19/52

"a portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013"

morning snuggles with her aunt ellen. these two are completely smitten with each other. 

baby shower

i'm off to nashville again for the weekend.

(and no, i am definitely not complaining)

tomorrow is my very first baby shower 

and i am so excited!

stephanie, ellen, and karlie have been working so hard to put this thing together

and i feel so fortunate to have such amazing friends.

nashville here i come!

photos from a nashville labor day weekend

1. radnor lake. my favorite
2. the taco i had been craving for the past three months. THREE MONTHS
3. sweet hawk. baby girl's future husband
4. so so good
5. grapefruit paleta for a humid day
6. dinner with friends
7. pretty susan
8. baby girl getting big
9. sistahs. miss her every day
10. strawberry bum
11. jack cheesin real hard

sister visit

a couple weeks ago my little sister came to visit for a few days.

i hadn't seen her since march

and i was starting to feel really lonely

so it was perfect timing. 

we went shopping

and to the beach

and bowling

and ate at good restaurants

and spent the last day at busch gardens

where i passed out we had lots of fun.

it was so nice to be reunited with her

since i miss her every single day.

and the best part was that my puking held off until bennett took her back to the airport!

thank you, stomach!

i know ellen was very glad not to be woken up in the mornings

by my loud, um, sickness.

come back ellen.

i miss you so much.

sister time

this cute one is coming today to visit for the week

and i am so happy i could cry.

i haven't seen her since march(!)

and we have a bunch of fun activities planned

like shopping (duh)

busch gardens

the beach

and hopefully a rays game.

so tropical storm debby,

be nice to us please.

a good day

my mom and sister come today!

i won't be blogging for a while

since i'll be having a blast at disney and universal all weekend.

sorry, but not sorry.

: )

a week from today...

a week from today my mom and ellen are coming to visit!

i cannot even begin to describe my excitement.

i haven't seen them since we moved

which was back in december.

i've been so homesick lately

so the timing for this visit is perfect.

the best part?

we're going to disney world!

oh,

i can't wait.

photo from 3 years ago

reasons why i'm going to miss nashville

#2

my sweet, pretty sister

who i'm probably going to miss more than anyone.

good thing bennett and i are moving close to disney world

so she has no choice but to visit me : )

photo by steph

hilton head photos

like i said before,

i'm spending this week in hilton head

aka heaven.

bennett's camping with his groomsmen for his bachelor party

so me, ellen, stephanie, and her boyfriend billy all came here.

the family i nanny for was so generous

and they are letting us stay in their beach house

(which is probably the most gorgeous house i've ever been in besides the biltmore)

and now we never want to leave.

rockin around the christmas tree

(photo from a few christmases ago)

tonight i'm sleeping under the christmas tree

with my mom and sister.

it's something that we've done every year since i was little

and i look forward to it every christmas.

i can't wait to carry on the tradition next year with bennett!

merry christmas eve eve!

lately...

- time seems to be flying by

- i absolutely cannot wait for christmas

- i am trying to be much better about saving money

- i am trying to be much better about eating healthy

- i am dying to open the wine i got from our trip to the biltmore

- i have been practicing writing jenny foster on every piece of paper i can get my hands on

- i have been so tempted to start listening to christmas music

- i have 3 rolls of film i need to develop and it's driving me crazy

- i really miss my baby sister

- i really miss my stephanie

- i fall more and more in love with my bennett every day and i cannot wait to be his wife

- only 6.5 more months to go...

graduation

tonight my baby sister graduated from high school

and i still can't believe it!

i feel like it was just yesterday that we were playing with our american girl dolls

and now i'm getting married and she's going away to college!

oh how time flies...

and isn't she beautiful?

hello 1997!

i came across this hilarious picture when i went home last night

and i just had to share it with you all.

i am in the blue night gown and ellen is in the pink one.

it is of new years, 1997

and we were rolling in the confetti we had just thrown

as the clock struck midnight

...and it looks like we might have had just a little too much apple juice?

senior prom

my little sister had her senior prom last night

and she looked SO beautiful.

she is my best friend

and she is beautiful

and i love her

scenes from a 21st birthday