{ pretty little love song }

our 9th wedding anniversary date... a wonderful evening filled with "comfort" food &
a trip to target to "look" through the baby items! it was fantastic to spend time... just him & me :)

{ nine }

bits & pieces :: our august day

love garland & love notes


lovely dinners & homemade hand-picked blueberry cake


words shared & kisses remembered

i love you baby & i can't wait to see what
bits & pieces this next year will bring!
{all of my love}

feel the earth move

cause well it just did, that's just how much we love each other...
enough to make the earth move!

on this day eight years ago, we married as sweethearts
& now happily ever after is all we know

someday, many years from now, we'll look back on this crazy time
in our life together & wonder how we did it all...
& then, those ordinary, everyday moments that we often take for granted
will shimmer like stars as we recount them...
i'll sit close beside you, you'll take my hand in yours. we'll look at each
other & say: "i'd do it all again and wouldn't change a thing."

there's no one I'd rather go through life with than you!

Happy Anniversary Baby!

I Love You!

**NOTE** for those who don't know a 5.9 earthquake hit Virginia & several other states today, quite amazing to experience! and for our family & friends we are feeling quite blessed to be just fine, slightly shaken up but we are just fine :)

On Your Birthday...

there was sleeping in, b-day banners hung front porch side, firsts with your oldest bean, he made your favorite cake, house decorating,
cake banners strung & chocolate drizzled, happy birthday serenaded to you by your boys, heartfelt cards & well received gifts,
candles that sang, one more year shared & enough love to last a lifetime!

We love you Daddy!

Happy Happy Birthday!

Sittin' In a Tree...

                                                                                                                                 k-i-s-s-i-n-g

{love} lives in our hearts & dwells in our faith, daily like our two bean sprouts, it grows & strengthens...
loving you here & after... forever eternally

"For where your treasure is, there your heart will also be."
Matthew 6:21

Oh Won't You Be Mine?

would you, could you? please, please!!

and believe you me he is quite the stubborn one... selective hearing & blue in the face are two of his top toddler tricks Ü
but oh how he is just the sweetest indeed, i just love that he is my little valentine!

i'm really late with this one {guess we were holding our breath}
her linky is only open til 11:59pm tonight, so hurry!

more valentine's:



random fact about the littlest bean {ahem... he loves candy}
photo above is evidence {see fingerprint in top left corner}
attempt at making his own breakfast, tic-tacs & old as christmas candy canes!
my husband & i are quite baffled where the candy cane bits even came from?
we know we had tic-tac's atop the fridge {used to be the little hands free zone}
but Houdini {littlest bean} strikes again.
see he loves chairs & has figured out that if he scoots the chair to the counter & hops up
{cue the horns & trumpets} he can reach every no-no stash galore
{or maybe he has just watched his older brother do this on too many times :}
anyhoo that kid has candy seeking super powers; hearing of a bat,
can hear you unwrapping a sweet treat from a mile away &
will come running at such sound, a sense of smell like a hound dog,
he will smell that reese's peanut butter egg that you gobbled down as lunch while kids weren't
paying attention, no matter how you try & hide it, he smells everything!
well needless to say we had to have a little talk about breakfast essentials &
the tic-tacs have a new-even-higher-behind-a-closed-door-hiding-place!

more macro's:



my entry for Six Cherries on Top & Webbisodes {my funny valentine} cutest couple photo contest that is open until
Feb. 14th so if you haven't already joined in you really should! This image is a re-edit {first version here} & i had so much
fun doing it, not to mention i just love remembering this moment!

more couple's valentine's:



also i want to say a BIG thank you for all of your beautiful & supportive comments, especially on this week's Shoot & Edit,
each one was so thoughtful & truly appreciated, so thanks so much ladies!

now let's go make some new friends:

Happy Friday!

xoxo

Word{Filled} Wednesday: {Pucker Up}

{**WARNING** post may make you nauseous with all the puckering up, but i promise the story & reasoning behind it are well worth hearing!}

over the past year+ i've really been honing my photography skills... since i don't have a plethora of friends or extended family here to practice on & not feeling quite prepared enough yet to be offering my services to anyone, i use my family as practice subjects {best. subjects. ever! promise i'm not being bias, maybe just a little} plus i get to really capture the moments of us at times. {long story shortened} my hubby giggles {not at me} every time i get on a roll with the pictures on our outings {& oh how he doesn't mind, he always lets me know this first} i must really love the kissing images {see why he doesn't mind :} i really have been inclined to not believe him until i started thinking about my Wordless Wednesday for this week & how i wanted to use this top image, as we are all obviously {puckering up}, then that lead into me thinking about his comment{s} so i went on a kissing expedition {if you will} through our apple picking images & i think he is right {shhh don't tell him} but i'll let you see for yourself {oh. my. how they get funnier toward the bottom, expect the last image, my favorite *squeal*} this post's completely dedicated to my hubby, so {Pucker Up Buttercup} cause if you were here right now i'd kiss you :)
love you babes!

more WW:

you can also link up at: the paper mama & miles to go before i sleep

more lovelies:

{favorite daddy image ever! we love you daddy}
the beans quite enjoyed the kiss craze!

{personal favorite}

{definitely floatin' on cloud nine}

more cloud9:


{and this is where they start to get a little funny}
i apparently need to learn the art of constructing a better kissy face :)

{above & below images are just too hilarious!}

{oh. my. favorite!}
another version here
submitting into black & white wednesday

more b&w:

so there you have it my kissing addiction revealed,
but how can i resist those three sweet faces!

off to catch-up on my commenting

& as always a truly appreciated

thank you for yours :)

happy wednesday! xoxo