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Baci Baci Baci

Jac

Try

This music video has been circulating around Facebook and everywhere and I finally got a chance to watch it the other night. Whoa! I've been a huge Colbie fan since I saw her as an opener for some 80s band years ago. The message of this song and the power of the video is so so good! With social media taking over our lives and this constant pressure to look "perfect," whatever that word has come to mean, I'm so thankful for this reminder. Hoping it's something we as women can genuinely embrace and not simply momentarily support. I like you! Do you?
Baci Baci

pondering … 10 months

Where did ten months go?! People always warn you that life speeds up as you get older. But no one could have really prepared me for how quickly this time would just fly by. This little man is not so little, he is chatty, incredibly mobile, and full of his little personality; and what a personality it is. I wish I could remember every little moment: every hand clap, every smile, every stubbornness, all of it.
I always think about the verse where it says "Mary pondered all of these things in her heart," referring to Jesus as a baby. I think that is such a great way to approach all of this. I cannot remember every single tiny detail of every one of Hudson's days, but I can remember moments. And you can bet that I will continue to ponder and treasure all of these little things in my heart.

Pause and Reflect

We just got back from an incredible twelve days in Montana! The time was sweet, the air was CLEAN, and the memories will never be forgotten. Time with family is so sweet, and while we get a ton of time with my side, we don't get nearly as much with Jake's and it was just so sweet to all be together for almost two weeks! I'll get some photos up this week, Jake got some AMAZING shots! But, my time out of this crazy city made me realize how fast life is going.
My baby boy will be ten months old this week! TEN MONTHS! Where did this time go? How is he trying to walk, and talk, and feeding himself, and already moving a million miles a minute? I don't want to look back and see a blur of our life, I want to remember moments, the tiny things, the huge things, all of it.
With that, I've decided to start every week off with a few moments of pausing and reflecting. Each Sunday I want to take some time to look back on the previous week, whether it's the messy hard stuff or the exciting thrilling stuff, I want to be able to look back and at least have these weekly snipits to remember. I hope you all can take the time to be still for a few moments each week and reflect on the many things going on in your own lives.
Baci Baci,
J