Weekending

Man I need a great weekend ahead as if it is the only thing that will sustain my life force at this moment! And fortunately there are some pretty exciting things in the plans....

--my parents are coming up from Cincinnati to visit and watch Eleanor so Michael and I can go on a needed date.

--I'll be seeing my friend Dianna on Sunday morning for brunch and/or a movie! We've been hoping to see Where the Wild Things Are.

--and then hopefully a whole lotta nothing nothing nothing, including at least one nap! That is an essential.

Hope you have a great weekend yourself! xx

photo taken by Jessi of Everyday Studios (see previous post). I forgot to mention why that book she is reading is so sweet. Leonardo the Terrible Monster mentions an Eleanor--specifically "He wasn't BIG like Eleanor." That cracks her up every time :)

A Storytime in the Woods

So I totally suck at blogging lately. I think it was just much easier when we were abroad because I felt like there was more to share, more going on, and had a deeper sense of needing to stay in touch with being so far away. And I totally don't want this blog to be just about photos of the girl! But since most of my days revolve around her, that can be hard not to do! So here is yet another about the girl....and I promise I'll do better next time.

A couple weekends ago we had our photos taken again by the fabulous and talented Jessi Weithman of Everyday Studios. She is a good Mama friend of mine. She was one of my most faithful friends who emailed me without fail throughout our time abroad. And when I say throughout I mean several times a week - often daily!

I wanted to share a few photos during our session that are my favorite...a storytime with Eleanor in the woods. Many of you know I'm a librarian and am so happy that Eleanor already shares a great great love of books.


If you are looking for a wonderful photographer in the Central Ohio area, please do visit Jessi's site Everyday Studios for more information. She also has a fun blog to read.

Sometimes it's nice

to have a smoothie as big as your head :)


She didn't even seem to get a brain freeze like I did!


And then we were all like - hey, we've got some bread - let's go feed the ducks! And she was all looking like, but hey, then I'd have to like put down this smoothie that's as big as my head.

oh wait, this might have been some minor brain freeze, but it only stopped her from the strawberry banana love for a minute.


We are having a beautiful, relaxing weekend. Hope to share more photos soon. Hope you are having a good one too.