This Moment…

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ over at SouleMama for all to find and see.

Quarterly Top 5 Photos

I love, love, love this idea from Sarah Halstead over on The Naptime Momtog and Our Sonshines. You pick your Top 5 favorite photos you’ve taken of your kiddos (or fur babies) from the last three months and showcase them. Say a little about why you like each one, then head over and share them on Sarah’s Quarterly Top 5 for all to see!

It’s an awesome idea, and I had so much fun going back through my photos from July, August and September. It made me realize how fast they really grow.

So without further ado, here are my Top 5 photos from Quarter 3!

I love this one for obvious reasons. 😉 Miss Savannah Elaine graced us with her presence on July 3rd 2012.

My Sweet Scarlett doesn’t nap, unless she is just completely exhausted. I believe she thinks she will miss something. I was trying to wake her up here, she tried so hard to get out of the chair but didn’t quite make it. 

This was my last day of maternity leave. A bitter sweet moment, I loved spending my days with the girls. This is Scarlett’s “Cheese” face, by the way. 😉

My silly girl. Love her, chocolate covered face and all!

This is one of the few pictures I have of the girls together. This one is special because we were welcoming a friend home for the first time after 4 months in the NICU!

Don’t forget to visit Sarah’s Blog to share your photos, and check out all the other submissions!

Until Next Time,

J♥

This moment…

{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

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If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ over at SouleMama for all to find and see.

On Fall, Knots, and Seeing the Bigger Picture…

I love Fall.

The changing of the seasons always feels like a rebirth to me, but Fall especially. It’s finally cooling off, the leaves start to change, there are all sorts of fun things to look forward to.

On the way to work this morning I starting thinking about Fall and how lucky I am to live in such a beautiful place. It hit me that we spend so much time looking at what’s right in front of us that we don’t take time to see the bigger picture. I’ve lived in the same area of Alabama my whole life, and worked at my current job for 4 years. So every work day for 4 years I’ve driven the same route to work. I spend so much time thinking about the tasks of the day, what I have to get down, what I didn’t do yesterday, what needs doing tomorrow, that I had forgotten how beautiful and peaceful that 15 minute ride to work really is. As I crested the last hill right before you get into town, I noticed that out in the distance you can see the steeple of the church that’s in the middle of downtown. A lifetime and 4 years of coming into town this way everyday, and I just noticed this. Something amazing happen. The felt the knot in my stomach release. The knot that I didn’t even realize I had.

This rebirth season, I’m going to slow down and enjoy the ride. Snuggle with my girls more, and stop worrying about what needs to get done. My littles won’t be little forever and I rather look back years from now and remember the joy and fun I shared with them in our dirty house, over how the dishes and laundry were always done.

So slow down, enjoy the change and step back and take in the bigger picture today. Then go snuggle with your loved ones.

Until next time,

J♥