2018

2018… what. a. year! what a year…

it began in tears, the truest sorrow, but with people i love so so dearly and don’t get enough of.

i saw a movie in theaters for the first time in literally 7 years.

we enjoyed diana krall at the symphony!

minnie got her very first little hair cut.

i spent a day as an extra on the final season of the show nashville.

the easter bunny came!

rocco boy got his very first emergency head staples. yikes. i’m maybe still not over it.

we took our regular trip to my favorite place on the planet… [we drove the whole 12 hours for the first time with the kiddos, whew! saw a rocket launch, the sunrise, and the blue angels!]

though, our trip was cut short as we headed back up north for another tearful goodbye and family gathering. gosh.

we had a golden little mother’s day…

little miss maddalena graduated from pre-k!

the farm added a new horsey family member.

meanwhile, our next family member was growing! …a baby BOY! 🙂

also, giant bunnies.

we took an anniversary babymoon friendship trip.

maddalena wrapped up her first 2 years of dance.

father’s day weekend was warm and sunny.

the crepe myrtles bloomed!

we celebrated the fourth of july…

and rocco’s 3rd birthday… and maddalena’s 6th!

picked blackberries. matched in rompers. saw shania. squeezed in aaaall the pool time.

we ended summer [and wound up covered in TINY ticks after romping around on the trail]… as maddalena began kindergarten.

i formed a new sweater obsession, got my pre-baby hair done and shared some thoughts on beauty, inside and out.

we held a farmhome rehearsal dinner and danced the night away with a beautiful wedding celebration for my brother and his bride!!

we saw ed sheeran in concert…

and celebrated steven’s 33rd.

i perhaps dressed rocco as elliot and ET for my own entertainment. [so fulfilling!]

and was so sweetly surprised with a baby sprinkle by my nearest, dearest ladies!!

i hit 39 weeks of pregnancy, and just days later our baby luca was born!!

we brought him home sweet home…

had a successful halloween… [first time trick-or-treating on our own street!]

wrapped baby up like a pretty present and snapped some newborn photos 1 week in…

filled our bellies on thanksgiving and put up our christmas tree!

then luca turned 1 month, i turned 32…

and we soaked up the merry and bright little days [like matching jammy feepovers! and my sissy and her man got ENGAGED!!] until christmas!

HAPPY NEW YEAR, friends and loved ones near and far!!

here’s to the journey. the moment. the process. the magic. the growing pains. the deep struggles. the sparkles. the joy. cheers to 2019!!

[ps. this was my second-ever new year’s to decidedly not make it to midnight! ha! ’tis the season to sleep when the baby sleeps, so they say!]