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Maternity Photos

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A few weeks ago, our talented friends Brandon + Kristin Kidd (maybe you remember them as our awesome wedding photographers??) took us on a little adventure to the Oak Canyon Nature Center (where they were married — such a neat venue!!) near our home (that we’re getting packed up to move out of this weekend — eek!) for a maternity session. Mumbles and I really wanted some photos to document this special time in our lives and it was made even more special having Brandon and Kristin there to share in the joy of yet another huge milestone for us — the anticipation of our first child. Even Baxter was included, which was awesome.

Here are a few of my favorite photos from the day (click on photo to enlarge for slideshow):

Thank you, Brandon + Kristin for blessing us with your talents and friendship!  I sort of want to get prints of all of these and hang them up in our new house but a shrine to my pregnancy might be a little weird.  Maybe I’ll just pick a select few, which will be hard.  I adore all the black and white ones.

If you’re in the market for an incredible wedding photographer, Brandon Kidd Photography is always my first recommendation. Brandon and Kristin are simply delightful people and they do genius work behind the lens to truly capture photos that you’ll cherish forever.

The Year of 3

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Today Mumbles and I celebrate our third wedding anniversary! I don’t know if we still qualify as newlyweds but the joy, bliss, love and happiness in our partnership astonishes me in the new ways it continues to grow.

“He is more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine our the same.” –Emily Brontë

We’ve been together nine years now and in this third year of our marriage we will become a family of three (humans…Baxter makes four). We have so much to be grateful for, especially our family and friends who constantly fill us with laughter, support, encouragement and inspiration. Thank you.

Cheers to three years, Mumbles, and to many, many more!

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[photo: Brandon Kidd Photography]

It’s A…

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Last week, Mumbles and I had the big appointment. You know, the one where you find out if you’re having a boy or a girl. (!) Our ultrasound tech was nice enough to take about 30 photos of this kid so we’ve got a nice little banner display at home now with a bunch of baby’s body parts featured. So tiny!!

So you’re probably wondering…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s a BOY!

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What a special moment for us.  And, to top it off, it was my dad’s birthday so we were able to celebrate and tell him the news over dinner that evening.  He was a bit disappointed having been absolutely certain that this little babe was going to be a girl but I think he’s over it now.  Ha!  We also had a great little get-together with lots of food, Sprinkles cupcakes, and a few friends and family to share our joy.

Mumbles and I are so excited and also a little relieved. You see, we didn’t really care one way or the other for a boy or girl but in conversations about possible boy names, we immediately agreed on many, whereas the girl names…not.at.all. We have a name in mind that I’ve loved for a long time but haven’t decided for certain yet.  Naming a human is hard!

If you have kids, I’m so curious to know how you decided on the name you chose and if you still like it.

Happy Birthday, Dad!

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dad 3Today is my dad’s birthday! He’s such a special guy.  He has a great way of telling a story, laughing really hard when a joke he’s telling is funny, giving caring advice, worrying too much (guess that’s where I get it from, eh?), and maybe the thing I love most about him is that he still walks me out to my car when I leave and stands in the driveway to blow me a kiss as I drive off.  Oh, and sometimes he’ll ask me to drive off slowly and tap my brakes so he can make sure they lights are working properly.  Also that he’s more obsessed with dogs than I am and we both agree that if we win the lotto our plan is to buy a big ranch where we can rescue dogs and let them roam free to run and play and cuddle up on lots of sofas.  Not sure why we both picture a bunch of sofas out in a field soley for the purpose of these dogs to lounge on, but hey, it’s our dream. Don’t judge.

We went to dinner last night to celebrate and I gave him the books I bought him.  Hopefully he’ll have some fun thumbing through them while he’s at home watching old western movies (he’s been doing that a lot lately).

Happy birthday, Dad!

P.S. Today is also the day we find out the gender of the baby!  Dad has unwavering confidence that it’s a girl.  We’ll see if he’s right!