M AI L .

S O   H E R E   L I E S   M Y  NEW  YEARS RESOLUTION.

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M A I L   I N THE MAILBOX  , ESPECIALLY UNEXPECTED !

SO LUCKY MISS SARAH  + GRANDPA ARLO THIS WEEK!

{LUCKY MISS SARAH ANYWAYS : A RING ON HER HAND}

H O P E   Y O U R    M O N D A Y    I S   L  O  V  E  L  Y  !

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@ W  H I M  S  YL O U 4Y O U . E TS Y .C O M

{ M Y PERSONAL M  AI LB O X  AS OF THIS A F T E R N O O N }

GO O D BY E  J ANU ARY  + H E LL O  F EB R UAR Y . X O X O 

C EL E B RA TE !

so i love www.iheartit.com + somehow someone has the perfect little words to be saying + i love it . so , really , its not like i have been drowning in tears these past days by any means but tears have certainly fallen down my cheeks over silly + even sillier of things . and i have decided that it needs to stop . i know it won't forever , but about the petty things , yes please . i decided that it isn't like you really need to conquer the world by the time you are twenty four years + three hundred forty eight days old . and it doesn't have to ruin my life when my ridiculous canine deeeeeeeeeeestroys my favorite glider cover for theeeeeee fourth time , O R when the living room floor is dirty the morning after the night i sWept it . things like that just don't matter in the whole scheme of things . and so i'm over it . not that i will turn into a hard , cold , dark person maybe a stronger , more confident , more realistic one that can look @ the world and smile not cry . so that's the story for       TO D A Y . 

so that's the story for today . and tomorrow + every day until something absolutely tear.worthy occurs . as for tonight , ryan challenged me to play a series of thirty games of stratego + i will not cry when i seriously lose

E  V E R  Y 

S IN G  L E

O  N  E  . 

X O X O X .

I SUPPOSE THAT AFTER FOUR DAYS EITHER IN BED OR IN A CLOSE ENOUGH VACINITY TO ONE THAT NAPS WERE ACCESSIBLE @ ALL HOURS , SLEEP IS ALL THAT I WANT TODAY . MAYBE IN A SWEET LITTLE WHIMSY BED OF A BEDROOM LIKE HERE ? PILLOWS GALORE + SUCH A WARM CHARM . . . 

{ ULLUM.TYPEPAD.COM }

MAYBE  A FLOATING  BED SWEETLY MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS A LOVELY LILYPAD POND ?

{ DAILY BIT S OF BE AUTY . CO M }

MAYBE A COZY TREE DEEP IN THE FOREST OF A SWEET NESTED BEDROOM ?

{ THISNEXT . COM }

OR REALLY , LET'S BE REAL , I WOULD IN NO WAY BE OPPOSED TO A BEACHSIDE BED , CURTAINS + ALL . . . 

{ S OU R C E   UN KN O W N }

I HAVE HAD ONE YAWN AFTER ANOTHER GETTING INTO THE MORNING ROUTINE AGAIN + HAVING FAR FROM ANY EXCUSE TO HIT THE SNOOZE OR NOT EVEN SET THE ALARM AT ALL  !  WITHIN THE LAST FEW WEEKS , RYAN + I HAVE ALSO BEEN BUSY SEARCHING + SENDING ALL THOSE BABY GOODIES THAT OUR TWINSIES + THEIR MAMA/PAPA NEED FOR THEIR ARRIVAL HOME VERY SOON ! IN THINKING OF BABIES + SLEEP TODAY , I RECALL A RECENT POST FROM A BLOG I FOLLOW , SKUNKBOY CREATURES , WHERE THIS SWEET GAL KATIE SEWS UP SOME AMAZING LITTLE ANIMAL TREASURES THAT ANY CHILD - OR ADULT - WOULD LOVE TO CUDDLE UP WITH !  SHE ALSO RECENTLY HAD A SWEET BABY GIRL , MISS POESY + LET ME JUST TELL YOU THAT I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE A LITTLE JEALOUSY ISSUE WITH POESY'S NEW BEDROOM . GO AHEAD + TAKE A LOOK + TRY TO TELL ME YOU DON'T   A D  O O O O OOOOO O O O O OO O O OO  O R E    I T    AL L . . . 

I KNOW IT'S NOT EVEN NEAR BEDTIME FOR MOST OF US + THAT I STILL HAVE A WONDERFUL DATE NIGHT AHEAD , BUT SWE E T E ST  D R E A M S  T ON IGHT !

S IM ON+S OU P+S EW

TODAY MAY BE TUESDAY , BUT I AM MOST DEFINITELY STILL MAKING UP FOR MY WEEKEND IN BED DUE TO WHAT TURNS OUT TO BE . . . STREP . BLEH . HOWEVER , ICAN IN NO WAY COMPLAIN ABOUT MY DAY OFF TODAY , NECESSARY IN ORDER TO NOT GIVE THIS STREP TO ONE OF MY LOVELY CLASSROOM CHILDREN WHO LIKELY GAVE IT TO ME IN THE FIRST PLACE , BECAUSE . . . I FEEL F IN E ! THERE IS NOTHINGLIKE A "SICK" DAY IN WHICH YOU FEEL COMPLETELY FINE , BUT STILL HAVE AN ICE CREAM STOCK IN THE FREEZER , CAN GET SOME SHOPPING IN + CAN LOUNGE @ HOME IN THE CLOTHES I SLEPT IN , HAIR UNDONE , MAKEUPLESS DOING ALL OF THE THINGS I WOULD DO IF I DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A JOB  . WHO COULD ASK FOR MORE ? ! ?

TODAY , MY THRIFTING SCORED ME A NEW ("NEW") SIMON + GARFUNKEL RECORD TO BE PLAYING AS I SLURPED CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP + GOT TO WORK AT MY SEWING MACHINE GOING TO TOWN @ SOME PROJECTS I HAVE LONG  IGNORED . NOW TO GO PICK UP MY SCHOOLBOY FROM THE BUS STOP :) HAVE A LOVELY TUES DAY ! P ROJ ECT UP DA TES  TO C OM E  S HOR T LY  . THE PR OJ EC T   LIST @ T HIS POIN T : WHIMSY LOU PORTFOLIO BOOK , WHIMSY CHANDELIERS , SHIRTS + SKIRTS , PILLOWS , PHOTO ALBUMS , CORK BOARDS , KEYBOARD CASES + WALL HANGINGS . . . AND THE LIST GOES  ON  . . .

1 /2 8,8 3 7

hello + happy saturday  .  today was originally a day of getting things done , meeting up with a friend of mine , spending time with my ryan , and enjoying the bliss of a  w e e k e nd  . instead , i woke up  s i c k : head spinning throat hurting , body aching + have been laying here in bed all day so far , not necessarily feeling t o o  so rry for myself , as my darling husband made a trip to the store to get me some s i ck . d ay   remedies , you know , like ravioli + rocky road ice cream  . mmmm . additionally , maybe it's not such a bad thing for me to have a sick day here or there , since that is almost the only way i will slow down + stop running around in circles trying desperately to be a superhero . i also find this sickly saturday humorous in that in the midst of my tears that i have honestly.really.very.truly.never.felt.SO.completely.awful , ryan listened + ignored from the next room because he thought i had started reading my new small group book , "so long insecurity" by beth moore + was convinced i was having a little personal breakthrough in my life + thought he would give me space to do that . ha far from true . but the second he realized the tears were far from an inner realization in the depths of my soul , he got right to work to help make me feel much better .  and now here i am , laying in bed with my second bowl of rocky road + liesl sleeping at my feet , listening to the sound of the christmas lights we haven't yet taken down quietly scratch against the 

house in the blustery wind . i really don't think that today would have been that wonderful of a biking day anyway .so 

i'm probably as sickly content as i could be here on this grey , blustery end.of.January colorado day . which reminds me , if you haven't listening to the zac brown band's newest song , "colder weather," please do that right now . it's fantastic , i think .

so , it's the kind of day that calls for being sick in bed , eating ice cream + ravioli , listening to zac brown , continuing to stare at the latest photos of my new niece+nephew twinsies back in minnesota + typing a little bit of nonsense on here in all lowercase lettering + probably the kind of writing format that make my grandparents stop reading + doubt the public school system . oh well , @ least i'm writing right now because i want to write right now + not because i feel mandated to update my blog with the latest happenings , but actually i did want to wrap up the little project i took part in, known as the  SK E T CH BOO K   P R OJ  E C T . that's where the 1/2 8, 83 7  comes in , as i was just one of twenty.eight thousand, eight.hundred.and.thirty.seven participants from ninety.four different countries around the world . i just think that is crazy . and S O O O neat . i do like the idea of being part of something that huge + that creative . the SK E T CH BO O K   P R OJ E C T is "like a concert tour, but with sketchbooks" and was a distribution of 2 8, 83 7 moleskine sketchbooks in november + a collection of 2 8,83 7 moleskine sketchbooks last week, each sketchbook focusing on a particular theme or topic + now the tour throughout galleries + art museums in the cities of : B ROOK LY N , NY ; AU S TIN , T X ; S AN   FR AN CI SC O , C A ; P O RT LA ND , M E ; A T L AN TA , G A ; C HIC A GO , I L ; W AS H IN G TON  D C ; WIN T E RP A R K, F L- will begin before the sketchbook collection is barcoded + available for public viewing @ the brooklyn art library in new york .  and wait until you see some of the sketchbooks that were received . I N C RE DI BL E . artists were able to get their sketchbook digitized once it was sent in + although i didn't decide to do that with mine, that artists that D I D get theirs digitized should be more than ecstatic that they have copies of truly amazing art . sometimes i am baffled at how talented human beings really are . the ideas that are created . the ways that ideas that are created are shown . really , very fabulous work . and that is simply why i am so honored to be 1 / 2 8, 8 37 . because even though my sketchbook was really nothing compared to others + even though my sketchbook project was of a theme i would rather have not done (i chose for them to send me a random theme: mystery maps) + even though i procrastinated F A R too long + my sketchbook ended up being more of a rigid , black+white , orderly type book instead of a sketchbook bursting at the seams with randomness + spontaneity + unprovoked creativity - i was part of something much bigger than my own sketchbook.y ability + that's what i love . so here are fragments of what i did + H E R E you may see fragments of what the other 2 8 , 8 36 artists did .L O V E .

H ELL O    WO RL D   SK ET CH BOO K   TI T L E

M Y  M AP   D EFIN IT I ON 

I LO VE   IN K   P EN S + T Y PE  

I LO V E  OI L  P AS T EL S   AS   WE L L 

WHE  RE   AM   I ?

RE A DY   TO   SHI P   O F F 

and just in case you didn't completely go crazy @ the thought of being part of another sketchbook project , you will N E E D to look @ the arthousecoop's newest projects : AMLP (A MILLION LITTLE PICTURES) + POCKETS . seriously sweet projects + S U CH  FU N . whoever came up with these ideas : I LO V E Y OU + Y OU   A RE  A G EN IU S .  R E ALL Y , I  T HIN K  S O.

WI LL A

TH IS PREVIOUS WEEK RYAN + I ADDED A LITTLE 

F L U TT ERI NG BODY TO OUR HOME WHEN WE 

T ALKED TOO LONG ABOUT W H ET HER OR NOT

W E SHOULD A CT U AL L Y  G O TO THE MARTIN 

LUTHER KING DR. DAY RODEO @ THE NATIONAL

STOCK SHOW OR NOT  +  TIME PASSED + SOON

IT W A S TOO LATE TO GO ANYWAY , SO RYAN'S

LONGING FOR A NEW PET KICKED IN , IN ORDER

F OR US TO FILL THE SWEET LITTLE WHITE BIRD

CA GE I HAD GOTTEN WEEKS BEFORE + I WENT 

ALONG WITH  H I M  + WE BOUGHT A   B I  R D .  

A   V E R Y  SWEET , CHIRPY BIRD .

W H O S E   N A M E   I S  W I L L A .

A N D  WHOSE COLOR IS YELLOW .

SHE WILL MATCH THE DINING ROOM PERFECTLY

BY THE TIME WE GET HER CAGE HUNG UP , BUT

FO R NOW SHE ENJOYS RELAXING IN OUR BLUE

OFFICE ROOM WHERE SHE HAS MANY A PLACES

TO PERCH WHEN SHE IS FREE FROM HER CAGE.

SHE IS PRETTY   P  H  O T O G E   N I C   , HU H ? 

I W I S H FOR ONE DAY I COULD BE THIS CLASSY

IN PHOT OS , DON'T YO U? SHE  DOESN'T  LOOK

REAL MOST OF THE TIME  , BUT ,  SHE FLUTTERS

ACROSS THE ROOM + YOU K N O W , SH E  I S  . 

T H I S  BIRD WAS  O RI G I N A L L Y   LILLIAN . 

LOVELY LADY LILLIAN . . . UNTIL WE THOUGHT

"S H E" MAY BE A "HE" {SOMETHING WITH THE

COLOR OF HER BEAK } + I STRUGGLED OH.SO.

HARD TO COME UP WITH A SWEET BOY NAME

FOR A S W E E T  YELLOW BIRD . SO THE NEXT 

D A Y  , WE T HOUGHT  SHE MAAAAAAAAAY BE 

A GIRLIE , SO WE JUST WENT WITH IT . BUT BY

THEN , I HAD BOUGHT A GOLDFISH + NAMED IT 

L O V E L Y   LADY LILLIAN INSTEAD . SO WILLA

CAME ABOUT . AND NOW I    L   O   V   E    I T . 

 A B SO LU T ELY   C L A SSY  .   COULDN'T THIS 

COMPLETELY BE IN A MAGAZINE THAT I WOULD

GUSH O VER ? I THINK S O . IF YOU KNOW ANY

MAGAZINES THAT MAY WANT A BIRD+AN AQUA

T YPEWR ITER , PLEASE CONTACT ME + WILLA .

P ER CH ED 

AFLOAT .YES , THIS   P H O T  O   LOOKS A BIT 

GR AI N Y  + THA T  IS BECAUSE  I T  I S  ON LY 

I N  MEMORY  O F   LOVE LY LADY  L I L L I A N

WHO COULDN'T EVEN SURVIVE   T W O  DAYS

T O MAKE IT IN TIME FOR THIS PHOTOGRAPH .

LIESL'S NOT THAT LAME . NOT IN THIS PHOTO.

H APPY  WEE K E N D   FR OM  MY   P ET 

IN F E ST  E D  H OM E   T O   Y OU R S  .

I GUESS I HAVE JUST  BEEN THINKING ALOT LATELY ABOUT WHAT REALLY 

MAKES ME HAPPY  +  WHAT SORTS OF CIRCUMSTANCES TRIGGER REACTIONS

IN ME THAT ARE JUST WAY TOO CRAZY  AND THOUGHTS OF WHAT I REALLY

WANT TO DO WITH MY LITTLE LIFE +  HOW MY HONEY BEAR RYAN IS JUST

DIVING IN  HEAD FIRST + NOT HOLDING  BACK FROM GOING FOR WHAT HE 

KNOWS WILL BRING SO MUCH JOY + HAPPINESS TO HIM + SO MANY OTHERS

SO REALLY ,I JUST READ THIS LITTLE ARTICLE IN,YES,WOMEN'S HEALTH

+ I DO SUPPOSE IT RESONATED  A WEE BIT WITH MY OWN LITTLE LIFE + 

IS ONE OF THOSE OH.SO.GOOD MEMOS TO L O V E THOSE LITTLE MOMENTS

ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATES GENERAL SOCIAL SURVEY, 

A NATIONAL POLL THAT GAUGES SOCIAL TRENDS,  WOMEN IN 

THIS COUNTRY HAVE REPORTED BEING LESS HAPPY EACH YEAR 

SINCE 1972 + WE'RE CURRENTLY @ AN ALL TIME HAPPY LOW.

ONE EXPLANATION: THERE ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE 

TO WOMEN NOW , BUT WITH THAT COMES A LOT OF PRESSURE TO BE 

FULLY SELF-ACTUALIZED- TO HAVE THE AMAZING CAREER + FAMILY 

+THE ABILITY TO BALANCE IT ALL WITH EASE.SO YOU CONSTANTLY 

END UP FEELING DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT AS HAPPY OR 

SUCCESSFUL AS YOU THINK YOU SHOULD BE , S A Y S ARIEL GORE, 

AUTHOR OF BLUEBIRD:WOMEN + THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY OF HAPPINESS

YOU ALREADY HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BE MUCH HAPPIER 

THAN YOU ARE..YOU JUST NEED TO LEARN HOW TO TAP INTO IT, 

SAYS CHRISTOS BALLAS, MD A PSYCHIATRIST @ UNIV. OF PENN.

HAPPINESS-GENUINE HAPPINESS-CAN BE DIVIDED INTO 2 CATEGORIES, 

ACCORDING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.  THE FIRST IS MOMENT-TO-M O ME NT 

HAPPINESS OR THE SMALL SPURTS OF  J O Y YOU GET FROM EVERYDAY 

O C C URR E NC E S,LIKE DIGGING INTO A DESSERT OR RECEIVING A 

COMPLIMENT FROM YOUR BOSS... THEY HAVE A CUMULATIVE EFFECT ON 

OUR HAPPINESS THAT IS MORE P OW ER FUL THAN THE BIG EVENTS WE 

THINK WILL  W O W  US. T H E  2ND TYPE OF HAPPINESS IS CALLED 

REFLECTIVE HAPPINESS - THE DEEPER SATISFACTION  YOU FEEL WHEN 

YOU EXAMINE YOUR LIFE AS A WHOLE + ARE C ONT ENT WITH THE WAY 

IT'S GOING. IT ISN'T SOMETHING YOU THINK ABOUT EVERY DAY, BUT 

CAN HELP BUFFER YOU AGAINST THE STRESS OF YOUR D A IL Y GRIND.

HOW TO B O O S T YOUR BLISS: HAPPINESS IS GENETIC TO A CERTAIN 

EXTENT+EACH IS BORN WITH OUR OWN PERSONAL HAPPINESS SET POINT.

{I LOVE THE BULLETPOINTS WAAAAAAY TOO MUCH , BUT I CANNOT REALLY

SAY THAT THESE FOUR POINTS ARE IN ANY WAY THINGS I DO NOT NEED

TO WORK ON}- HAVE AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE -BANISH COMPARISONS

- FIND MEANING IN YOUR WORK - HANG WITH HAPPY PEOPLE . AGREED.

L O V E.

SO ANOTHER WEEK ON BOARD + ANOTHER

WEEKEND COME + GONE . A GOOD ONE, NO

DOUBT + ONE THAT LED ME TO LITTLE MISS

KIRSTEN BINGHAM 'S ARTWORK , WHICH

LED ME TO FOUR CHARMING LITTLE ETSY

SHOPPES I WILL SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT

A PART OF THEM ALL , KIRSTEN BINGHAM 

GIVES US A PIECE OF HER LOVE FOR THINGS

VINTAGE , HER TASTE OF THINGS WEDDED ,

THINGS PETITE { FOR THOSE BABES WE ALL 

ADORE } + OF HER LOVE FOR THE PURRRTY + 

COLORRRFUL + GRAPHICALLY GENIUS CITY

PRINTS SHE CREATES + SHARES FOR ALL . 

I HAVE TO GIVE A WEE BIT OF CREDIT TO 

KIRSTEN'S HUSBAND , NIC , WHO ALSO TAG 

TEAMS TO MAKE UP EVAPAUL + EVAPAUL 

PETITE + JANUARY JONES PRINTS + SUGAR 

BEE VINTAGE . WH E W . THIS HUSBAND/

WIFE DUO DOES IT ALL + DOES IT QUITE WELL, 

W  O U L  D N  ' T     Y O  U     A  G R   E E    ?

{ SIG H } LOVE THEM ALL . 

o h g oo d i e .

g  o o d   by  e     w  on  d e  rf  u  l ly    l  o  o o  oo o o o oo  o n g   w  ee k

 +  h  e l  l o   e v e n   m  o r e   w o n  de   r f u ll y    lo  o  n g   w e e k e n d

t h r  e e   w ho le  b li ss fu l   d a y s  t o   d o  a ll s ort s  o f  g o o d n e  s s

i   w  o  n  d  e  r   just what w i l l  it be  b r i n g i n g .

a    b   i   t    of a way.too.longly.put.off.w  o  r  k o u t

most definitely a cruise on my lovely (still unnamed)

(  +   f  i f t y   c o l o r a d o   d e g r e e    w e a th  e  r )

hopefully  a   l i t t l e   boot wear i n   r o d e o   action 

i may just think  about changing the christmas tunes

playing in your ears as you read this .  its just so sad

t o   s e e   i t   g o   .   +  o h   , f a r , fa r  t o o   s o o n

perhaps a bright + beautiful  nail painted  m ak e over

+ of course, a big moving day for j+p who are moving

i n to   t h e ir  c o zy   li t t l e g o ld en ,co  u ps ta ir s

D O S .

D O S = 2 

2 = T W IN S 

T WIN S IE S = MY N IE C E + NE PH EW 

NEW TO THIS WORLD AS OF 1 .1 1 . 1 1

 OK AY , TH I S  I SN 'T  K + B , BU T  S TI LL  S O   S WE E T

I LO V E  TH EM  + I  KN OW  I  H AVE N'T  M E T   TH EM  Y ET , BU T  I  W I LL  S OON   EN OU GH  + I  S U RE LY  B E T  TH AT  WI LL   ON LY   MA K E  M E  L OV E   TH E M    MOR E !  SU CH  A CR A ZY   TH IN G . I 'M  AN AU N T !  RY  I S AN  U NC LE  ! K+J  A RE  A M AM A+ PAP A ! 

K E LSE Y  J O+ B EN JAM I N   D A LE , WEL CO ME  TO  THI S  S WEE T  WO RL D !

{ D A . D A DA  D A A A A A AA  A A }

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH B A BY   FE  VE R . H ER E   W E   G O .

IN S PI R AT ION F OR T O DA Y

 SO FAR THIS YEAR I HAVE FAR TOO MANY IDEAS 

 + FAR TO O LITTLE TIME TO DO THEM ALL . BLEH.

W HAT TO DO ?  OBVIOUSLY , JUST BLOG ABOUT

HO W MUCH I WANT TO BE DOING ALL OF THESE

SWEET THINGS + FIND TIME TO DO THEM LATER.

SO WHAT INSPIRES ME THIS FINE DAY ?  Y A R N .

1 .   A  C R OC H E T ED   C H A N D E L I E R .

2  .   A   L I T T L E  Y A RN  BOM B ED  T RE E 

( DENVER'S SWEET YARN BOMBERS HERE )

3  . A CO ZY CO W L/CIRCULAR NECK SCARF

4.K N IT W ED DI N G  B OUQ UET  FLOW ER  

5 .  M U ST AR D  FI N GE R L E S S  G LO VES

F AL L IN  L OV E  FR I EN D S  .

!

I HAVE LINGERED WAY TOO LONG 

+ PUT OFF HELPING WITH DINNER

TO TRY TO BE CREATIVE TONIGHT

+ I'M COMING UP EMPTY HANDED.

HOWEVER,THERE'S A SWEET GAL

WITH  A  BIRTHDAY CELEB RATION

THIS EVENING+SHE'S GREAT+THE

CELEBRATION WILL BE TOO +THIS

IS TOTALLY MY "THI NGS TO LOVE

THURSDAY": I L O V E MISS KACI J

TAKE A LITTLE LOOK @ HER LIFE :

WW W. LO N GO B SES SION . B L OGS PO T. C O M

FOR THE RECORD, TODAY, I ALSO

LOVE: COCA COLA , PHONE C ALL

FROM A FRIEND , ENGAGEMENTS,

STEAK+MASHED POTATOS ( D IN )

FIFTY DEGREE JAN UARY DA Y S+

BICYCLE RIDES WITH MY SWEETS

LOVELY EVENING TO YOU . XOXO.

TUN E.F OR .TO DAY

NEW ES T   FA VE :  M U M FORD + SON S . TH EY  TURN O N   SOM E   M A J OR  CHARM  WITH  THE I R  GOSH   D AR N   AM AZ IN G   B RI T   ACC EN T S + S OM E  TR U E .T O  .TH E . BON E  LY RI CS .

TA K E  A  LI TT LE  L I ST EN , F RI EN DS .

FA VE   LY RIC   FRO M   T HIS  ON E  IN PA RT I CU LAR ? 

IN THESE BODIES WE WILL LIVE

IN  TH ESE BOD IES WE WILL DIE 

WHERE YOU INVEST YOUR LOVE

YOU   I N V E S T   Y OUR  L  I F  E.

X O XO  FOR A  T UES DAY .

THINKING OF OUR PRECIOUS TWINSIES TONIGHT . K + J SWEET LITTLE BABES ARE JUST A BIT TOO READY TO BE COMING INTO THIS WORLD THAT IS WAITING FOR THEM . WE ARE JUST PRAYING THAT THEY CAN HOLD ON AT LEAST A FEW MORE WEEKS SO THOSE BUNDLES OF JOY CAN BE HEALTHY + HAPPY AS CAN BE . I REALLY JUST CAN'T FULLY

B OT H  S WEET  CH EE K S @ 3 2 ( I SH ) WEE K S   N OW 

IMAGINE THE JOY + LOVE ONE MUST HAVE FOR NOT EVEN JUST ONE, BUT TWO LITTLE PEOPLE THAT WERE PERFECTLY CREATED + OH.SO.EAGER TO ARRIVE . EVERYTHING FROM THEIR SOFT SKIN+THEIR SWEET COOS+ GURGLES+THEIR SNUGGLINESS+BABY SMELLS. . . OH . I LOVE THEM ALREADY . THINKING ABOUT THEM TONIGHT MADE ME ALSO THINK OF ALL OF THE SWEET WORDS DANIELLE FROM SOMETIMES SWEET SHARES WITH HER HENRY , 6 SIX WEEKS OLD. I COULD PROBABLY GUESS UP ALL OF THE MOST WONDEROUS FEELINGS + HAPPENINGS OF HAVING A LITTLE PERSON OF YOUR OWN TO SHARE THE WORLD WITH + SPEND YEARS GETTING TO KNOW + LOVE EVEN MORE THAN YOU WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE , BUT I'M QUITE SURE MY GUESSES WILL BE FAR SURPASSED ONE DAY + I WILL GET TO ONLY ATTEMPT TO PUT THOSE FEELINGS + SHEER WONDER INTO WORDS ON PAPER (OR ON A COMPUTER SCREEN) . FOR NOW I HAVE A PAIR OF BABES THAT I ALREADY LOVE + CANNOT WAIT TO MEET . PRAYING FOR THESE NEW LIVES + FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS ! WAIT JUST A WEE BIT LONGER MY TWINSIES . X O X O .L O  V E