Captured in a Second

These days, when time goes by so fast, I am ever thankful for photography.

 

Family pic of the day 10-14-12

 

It's nice to live in a day when we can document moments and memories.

 

Saturday we photographed a wedding in Auburn for a fantastic couple! It's great sharing these days of love with people and seeing families come together that I never knew before. And for a moment, their time will stand still.

 

Someday I will look back and say to Jon, "Remember that Sunday when I napped all day and we went to the Joyner's for dinner and Christian threw that ball at Kate's face and Gavin was starting to walk and the kids played ukulele while Abraham and Lucy ran around licking everyone and then we came home and got in our PJs and watched the Italian Job and then took THIS picture with Margo, the best dog we ever had?"

 

And he'll say, "Yeah. Those were good times. I miss that."

 

Well I'm glad to be here. This time that someday I will wish to come back to. Because my baby smiles, and my dog runs to see me when I get home, and Jon comes to see me at work and gives me hugs, and really I don't think life could be any more fun :)

September Looked Like This

 

 

 

 

 

Awesomeness Rises

Remember back in January when we talked about this being the year of pictures? Well it's still going! I don't bring it up enough, but we still take a picture every.single.day.

Of course we may miss a day here or there, and almost all of the pictures are on our cell phones, and usually when we're going to bed and realize "crap, we still need our picture for the day!" but overall it's been a fun adventure in documenting our year. Here are some things we've been up to lately!

This was one of our daily pictures while camping in Manresa last month. Dang, that sun was bright...

This was one Sunday after church. I LOVE this picture of our little family :)

4th of July at the Taylor's. We were soaking our feet in the spa since I can't actually sit in it. Jon really loves taking these pictures, as you can tell.

Here we are assembling the baby's crib:

I've been doing a lot of sewing lately too! Working on hanging bookshelves and matching curtains for the baby's room:

And here we eating dessert after my mom's birthday dinner!

I figure I should also post this one - 39 weeks!

I joked on FB that at this point I have abandoned wearing makeup or doing my hair every day because I'm either in the pool or napping haha. Really though I still don't nap that much. Maybe a couple times a week - although I have significantly chillaxed and smoothed out my schedule, limiting any plans with others and minimizing my time out of the house. I could really get used to this time off! The baby has hiccups at least twice a day now and still moves a ton. There are no signs of the baby coming early - of course I am due on the 27th so it is getting really close. Nursery pictures will come soon :)

Of course, until then we are trying to have as much out-of-the-house fun as possible!

Earlier tonight we went to see Dark Knight Rises with our sisters, Beth and Michelle. Holy cow it was fantastic! I had heard going into it that it wasn't as dark as The Dark Knight - and that was definitely true. The Dark Knight freaked me out way more and just had intensely horrifying scenes. But Dark Knight Rises reminded me a lot more of Batman Begins. That and the ending could not have been better! I'm pretty sure Jon and I had the hugest smiles when the movie ended.

Ah, it was so good! I love Christopher Nolan for the fact that no matter how much Jon pays attention, the twists STILL catch him off guard. I was also very proud of myself for 1) making it through the whole movie without a potty break and 2) not going into labor halfway through the film. Whew! That's a pretty amazing feat at 9 months pregnant.

So far it's been a pretty awesome year. Can't wait to see what the second half of 2012 brings our way!