wilder in 2014: week 23

my favorite face last week.

my (yester)day

in photos:

"a morning without coffee is like sleep." — someone wise

cooked carrots for baby food.

playtime.

he didn't want to eat his carrots.

mama eats lunch on the floor.

a little writing while the baby naps.

making myself presentable...at 2 p.m. we're on baby time.

free sweet potato and toasted marshmallow Jeni's ice cream in Decatur!
and now this day is a success!

the bouncer is one cute dude. maybe i'm biased.

all the dishes are almost done. for now.

carrots mixed with sweet potato. a no go. 

freezing the carrots and rinsing strawberries in vinegar water.

afternoon snack and baby signing time. on the floor, of course.

this little bear gets grumpy after his bath. too much toweling!

story time!

this basket is never empty for long.

my idea of cooking dinner these days. 

labor day and photos of florida

as you know, we spent the weekend in jacksonville, florida for a church conference. and for the first time since moving to the south (and kind of going on and on about how much i miss texas), i finally decided to take some pictures capturing the beauty of the south in all its quaint soul. well, okay, only part of its soul. really, only a teeny tiny part. it's a start though, right? it's my new mission in life. what i love about photographs is their ability to tell a story that is completely different from what it was in real life. i know that sounds backwards. but for me, the beauty of a photograph is that it can only capture part of something. i think it allows us to see the beauty in things -- when we can only see a part (the beautiful part maybe??). the whole picture is sometimes too complex, too overwhelming. it muddies the view, so to speak. but a sliver of it? that is where a story begins.

and so, just a few photos of our time on the road and in jacksonville:




















while i wasn't particularly looking forward to the car trip, i was surprised by how fast it went by on the way down (the way back was a different story, as it always is). the company weren't too bad neither (southern speak for i am full throttle to the land of the dixies). i do believe we had ourselves a wonderful weekend.

paint and other goings on around here lately

our life in iphone and real camera photos: 

a perfectly sized baby.

always looking straight at the camera. such a smart cookie.

thursday mommy & baby play/prayer time...with donuts, always. 

go make this chicken pot pie with this crust now! you're welcome.

let's just keep him in his bath robe like always. 

weekends with baby are always an adventure.

we now have 8 different grays on our wall and i think we're going with the first set, wouldn't you know it. someone here is picky. also, i think i've been wearing that shirt for 5 days straight.

a no-makeup, still-in-my-pajamas, snuggling-with-this-one kind of day. i'll take it.

iphone photos + happy weekend!

our life in iphone photos:

so great to see friends visiting for the Memorial Day Conference! 

a regular pro at tummy time. and i need some sun on those feet!

snuggly bear. top left going in my all-time favorite photos folder 

playing in the mirror. he was really digging it a second before the camera came out.

bathtime babies and sleepy babies. they are they best.

getting me through these tough, not-quite-moved-in-yet days.

today is loverboy and i's five-year anniversary so we plan to do the new parent thing and go out to brunch in the morning tomorrow with W, since morning is usually when he's at his best...fingers crossed that we make it through! 

hope you have a merry weekend! 

xx