Eliana Reese, My Little Niece

Welcome Sweet Baby Girl! 9lbs 2 oz November 20, 2010 at 2:22pm.







...This is what I've been waiting for. :)

Sometimes a day off...

is all you need. :)

We exchanged yesterday for today at work and it has been nothing but catching up. Doctors appointments, endless laundry, planning baby showers, buying flights, washing the sheets, budgeting... the list goes on. Listening to Sara Bareilles makes it all fun.

I'm planning to go on a walk with a friend sometime soon then tonight we are celebrating Kim "Ruby"s birthday at her place with dinner made by her husband. Sounds like a birthday party to me.

* Happy Birthday Kim! *

Saturday & Sunday have nothing on my iPhone calendar... NICE. This week merits a weekend like this. All I need is a margarita tonight and all is well. ;)

In light of the shore.

I stole this quote from a friends blog, but it was just too good not to re-post. In light of my last post and the longing for some things to never change, I find this quote inspiring. Lord, take us on an adventure with you. Whether storms or blue skies, we are with You.

Disturb us, Lord, when
We are too pleased with ourselves,
When our dreams have come true
Because we dreamed too little,
When we arrived safely
Because we sailed too close to the shore.
Disturb us, Lord, when
with the abundance of things we possess
We have lost our thirst
For the waters of life;
Having fallen in love with life,
We have ceased to dream of eternity.

-Sir Francis Drake

Taylor & Reflections on Life

Well, as I sit here listening to Taylor's new album and thinking of last years Halloween Costume, it gets me thinking about life.


And how it changes. Wow.

On Taylor's new album she has a song called Never Grow Up and today it made me cry. This must have been the reason I didn't wear make-up today. Sometimes I feel like this song and I just want to click 'pause' on life. Or go back and live at home again. Its a deep longing in me that wants to sleep under the same roof as my parents again and have them buy the groceries or drive me to volleyball or even write me a list of "chores" for Saturday. Or open presents from my Grandma at Christmas. Or smell the apple pie she made on Thanksgiving. I want to never grow up sometimes.

Life is an interesting thing. Its has moments of pure bliss and the change is joyful, renewing and exciting. Then there are moments of utter sorrow and things change that you never wanted to. Life seems to throw you around, never slowing down but always changing. As I look through my pictures, I noticed a few.

...Last year, Kamar, Kim and I threw the Halloween Party. This year, I live with Kamar and Brittany. Kim is married and living with her husband.

...Last year my friend Melissa was Kat Von D for Halloween. This year she is about to have a sweet baby girl and was a "Speed Bump"

...Last year my friend Emily was a pumpkin. This year a hippy and well over 100lbs smaller.

...Last year my Grandma was alive and well, unknowing of the cancer growing in her body. This Halloween she's gone.

Some things are still the same. My blond curly hair. My job. I'm still kind of the same size. (Shoot!) I still have the same amazing friends. Single. Love rap music. Ha. But most importantly, what hasn't changed is my God.

He's the same yesterday, today and forever.

Thankfully. :)