Texas

Last night we went to see the Luminations at the Lady Bird Johnson @wildflowercenter. We’ve been living in the Austin area for two years and are still only just starting to explore the sites and local events. I’m still not quite sure how we managed to make a night time event work with a 4…

Tree decorating! Vivi and I are supervising from the couch.  

Feeling a little nostalgic today about our drive along the Pacific Coast Highway last summer. This afternoon we sold our trailer and watched it drive away from us ready to build memories for a new family. I’m super excited for our next chapter, but also a little sad to say goodbye to the trailer that…

It may be December, but we’re finally getting some fall-ish weather in Texas, which means taking the opportunity to nap outside and soak up some vitamin D. Happy 3 weeks, Vivienne.  

We had Vivienne’s two week visit at the midwife’s office today and put her footprints up on the wall. I love that they do this…all around their lobby, hallways and exam rooms are footprints, stats, and names of all the babies they’ve delivered. It’s so fun to see all the babies footprints and know we’re…

It’s #smallbusinesssaturday and while I know no one is buying websites or marketing services today, I thought it seemed fitting to share a little “before and after” in celebration of how far we’ve come since Chris and I started @roadwarriorwp. This first picture is from 2015 when we were gearing up to rebrand my freelance…

Every November we have a tradition of putting a brown paper tree up on the wall and then spending the month filling it with leaves on which we have written things we’re thankful for. We’ve been doing it since Nora was 2 when I started doing #30daysofgratitude. It’s a family tradition that the girls all…

Thanksgiving is one of my absolute favorite holidays. I love that it’s a celebration of gratitude and all about finding joy in what we have. Chris has been working doubly hard to make sure that I can have a maternity leave this time around, but next week we’re going to have him at home with…

It’s official…we’ve joined the #minivan club. We spent the summer debating what we were going to do with our addition of a fourth car seat. We’ve been a one car family for the better part of the last 10 years, and for the last three years that one car has been our truck, for towing…

Newborn care is exhausting. Vivienne is a week old today and we’re mostly keeping it all together. We’ve had some bumps in the road with nursing, but everyone is doing really well adjusting to life with woth a tiny human in the house and we’re mostly getting enough sleep. Adelaide, especially, has adapted really well.…

We got a sneak peek of photos from our birth photographer and I am in love. Having a photographer come was a bit of a splurge, but for our last little baby (for real this time ) it seemed like a worthy investment. Addie’s birth and the following months were rough on so many fronts,…

Here she is! Our 4th sweet girl, born at home at 8:50 this morning. Meet Vivienne Louise, weighing in at 7lbs 2oz and measuring 18in long.