{ my baby }

Five years ago I experienced a labor and delivery that I wish the first two could of been like....

...only after 20 minutes in the hospital...

...surrounded by friends, family, and my midwife, Tanner was born into a relaxing, warm, and calming birthing tub. It was absolutely amazing! After such a gentle calming experience, I ended up with this...

...an incredibly loud and passionate little boy.

After 5 years, not much has changed. Happy Birthday, Tanner!

{ wall quote }

{ i ♥ her }

While I was in Utah for Marcus' basketball tournament, Ava, my adorable niece, turned THREE! She's seriously the cutest three year old ever! She has so much personality and she changes her outfit 400 times a day. No joke. I went to her dance studio and watched her dance. They made a pouty face and waved their finger in their routine, it was sooo funny! Here we are trying to do it...

I just love this girl!

{ jam session }

I should of posted this awhile ago, but last time we were in Utah we were able to set up a jam session for Caleb and La. La is Marcus' long time friend who is an amazing musician. The boys and I hung out with La's awesome wife, Jen, and their ADORABLE little boy Talon, who is seriously the coolest kid. Caleb learned a ton from La, and we are super excited they hooked up! Caleb even bought the guitar he is pictured with from him. Thanks La, Jen and Talon for hanging out!

{ easter egg hunt }

{ kiara's first birthday }

My best friend's little girl turned one on Easter Sunday. They day before she had a party with an easter egg hunt. The boys had a blast! Kiara is so darn cute! I bought a plain brown tank and ruffle skirt from Target and appliqued a K on the front, added some buttons and flower, and made a matching headband. It was so easy and came out totally cute. I even made one for Ava for her 3rd b-day.

{ easter cake pops }

{ easter eggs }

My boys love projects. The messier the better! We used a pin to make little holes in our eggs and blew out the yolk (Daddy made an omelete with the yolks!). Out of a dozen eggs, 8 turned out to be beautifully dyed easter eggs. Not too bad, eh?

{ 59...woah. }

Happy Birthday to my awesome, amazing, incredible, DAD! I was going to post 59 cool/weird facts about him, but I thought for now I'll leave you wth just one:
1. Every year he poses with a cow at the Fryeburg Fair. Weird, huh?

Oh, wait. I do too. (And the cow ate my hair.)

My dad loves Needhams. I never realized they were a Maine Potato Candy. Did you?My cousin Peggy makes the best so I called her for the recipe. The recipes online are very similar. They are so easy! And they call for mashed potato, weird huh? So last night Tanner and I snuck over to my parents and left some on the seat of his truck with a pile of Tanner's artwork for the birthday boy.
I am so blessed to be a daughter of this remarkable man! I love you Dad, Happy Birthday!