a little sneak peek

another reason i love my husband, he woke up for a sunrise photo shoot without any complaints! i will be uploading some more soon once i go through them all. for this set, i wanted to use film, so there are some that are blurry and grainy (i actually love the sometimes unpredictable results you get with film, it makes it fun!) we have another little fun photo shoot planned for this saturday in ft.worth with a sweet friend of mine (which will be digital). and my mama is coming to visit from austin, so i am super excited about this weekend!

love,
meg

reaping and sowing.

gardening is one of the things i enjoy most. herb gardens. flower gardens. vegetable gardens. i love going to farmer's markets, talking with the farmers, tasting and seeing the beautiful produce made with love. growing my own ingredients to make delicious meals to share with friends. and there is something so therapeutic about digging my hands in dirt, and planting deep. i have lofty dreams of having a farm with a bed & breakfast and a huge garden, combining my two favorite things: food and people.

i've been thinking about farming/gardening a lot lately, more specifically - reaping and sowing. i feel like we can learn so much from farmers. patience. tenderness. faithfulness. discipline. sacrifice. they go months without seeing any results from their labor. and i've been thinking about how this relates to relationships in my life.

planting seeds, watering the seeds, tenderly watching to make sure there is enough sun but not too much, and waiting. and waiting. until there is the tiniest little sprout. fruit. and it's the same with people, you have to nuture the relationships in your life or they will wither and die. and you'll wake up one day, and wonder what exactly happened. plant and water your marriage, give a little sunlight to your friendships - even your parents and siblings. whether that looks like a simple phone call, willing to have the tough and intimate conversations, serving them, praying for them, sending a little card in the mail - just to let them know that you are thinking about them. learn their love language. be the kind of friend you would love to have. be the kind of spouse you would love to have. be the sister you would love to have. don't be afraid to dive in deep and give all the love that you can.

you may not see results - fruit for awhile - but in season all things bloom.

boho fort

photos by my dear friend

i am doing a little back tracking because i realized that i complelely forgot to blog about our trip to Colorado and thankfully my father-in-law had a camera that i could use while we were there or i probably would have died. (taking photographs is a huge passion of mine and something that i do everyday, and since i no longer have a digital camera, i have been going old school lately and having a blast using my film camera!) but, not to overwelm you with tons of posts photographs (because i am so behind, i blame it on the beautiful weather!) i will try and break down the trip into bite size pieces.

the weather was amazing. and being surrounded by God's creation, simply beautiful. the mountain air. the mountain VIEW, while drinking coffee in the living room. pure bliss to my soul. and just the refreshment it always needs. everytime we visit christopher's parents, i always ask, "why don't we live here?" seriously. i am already imagining the little bird's first christmas in the snow. hee hee.

on this particular day, we biked to the farmer's market, and as i tied my skirt in a knot to make 'shorts', chris just smiled at me. i guess he is use to my crazy ways.

the coolest thing we saw, was that bike they converted to make smoothies! chris graciously pedaled away to satisfy my craving for a banana, carrot, strawberry smoothie with flaxseed. yum!

love,

meg

pregnancy brain is for real.

so, i will be the first to admit that i thought the whole 'preggo brain' was a bunch of hog wash. not anymore my friends. not after leaving my digital camera on the plane (when we flew to colorado, i cried. seriously.), not after leaving the oven AND top burner on when i went back to the store because i forgot the cream cheese to make homemade frosting and as a result burnt an entire batch of rasberry granola bars (not mention could have burned our little nest down), not after putting the milk and orange juice in the cupbord, and not after the countless words i somehow forgot how to spell over night. oh and not to mention i can't remember where my purse is, phone is, or car keys are, or where i am suppose to be at any given time or day.

where has my  brain gone? and will it ever return to me?

tonight after dinner me and christopher slow danced in our kitchen

as bon iver sang to us through our record player

i looked up at him, and whispered ' we're having a child together'

and he responded with a smile on his face, 'this is our life and i am so happy'

mama's day.

this was my first mama's day and i was on the moon! i woke up so happy and encouraged, my smile didn't leave my face all day. there was a homemade card and a little love letter (my absolute favorite!) from my husband. fox in socks, my all time favorite dr.seuss book, not to mention a couple of other cute little books for me and the little bird. a beautiful fern. a lovely hope chest from my own sweet mama, who came down from austin to visit for the weekend.and a yummy thoughtful dinner cooked by my lovely husband for me and my mama. it was such a lovely sunday.

right now, my little bird is safely tucked on the inside, and i cannot even begin to fathom what it really means to be a mother. sometimes the thought of becoming a mother scares me, but mostly it excites me and encourages me to daily surrender to my creator. resting in the knowledge that he is leading me through this journey, and he desires even greater things for me that i could never think up or even imagine for myself. we may not have everything figured out, and we may not be abounding in what the world would consider riches, but we are overflowing in the things that matter: love, joy, mercy, and more adventure in our spirits than most have in their pinky. our hearts are open and willing to what the creator has for us through this season of stepping into parenthood.

happy mother's day to my sweet mama, the mama that raised my fun-loving, generous, kind, and handsome husband, and to all the mother's out there who are an encouragement to me!

love,
meg