life lately...

i have been the worlds worst blogger the past 2 months (not that i was ever that good).  but i'm back and going to try and be better!
i have like a million pictures, so this is basically a photo dump of everything from the last 3 months!
(i know so exciting for everyone :)

so after this little lady turned 2...

we partied it up!  which i have barely any pictures of... mom fail!  but it was a cookies & milk themed 2nd birthday, because what 2 year old (or 31 year old) doesn't love cookies!!   all her friends came and we filled up on pizza & cookies and played and just had so much fun!

then the next day i ran my first (and quite possibly last) half marathon.  don't get me wrong it felt great to stick with something and complete a goal (i get lazy and distracted easily and don't usually follow through with things).  but it was hard and my body was a little upset with me after.  we will see what my future in running looks like, it's still up in the air at this point.  i ran with katie, jill, and kristen and couldn't have been more thankful to have those girls there!  and we had our family and great friends at the finish line to cheer us on.  it is a pretty fun memory!
(ps.  it was kind of freezing and soooo windy!)

pre-race excitement!

somewhere around mile 8, where i maybe could have died...

finishers!!!

my littlest cheerleader...

the fam...

such good supporters!

and sweet friends...

then it was time for a new '2 year old' hair cut...

and it looks so much better!!!

and easter!

we had a neighborhood easter egg hunt

oh and this is what happened when i tried to put my daughter in a dress for easter sunday...

she just kept asking for me to put her 'clothes on'.  since when did a dress not count as clothes!?

and we have had some fun play dates...

colored our face...

hung out with nay nay and pops...

visited daddy at work...

played on the new swing...

took some glamour shots... not really but doesn't this pic look like it!?

and this one too!

did some swimming and ate some popsicles...

looked oh so cute!

and even shared some watermelon with daddy...

oh and found out isla was going to be a big sister!!

can't believe we will have another little one around here in a few months!
sorry this was so long!  i'll keep y'all updated more frequently to avoid the massive amount of pics.
xoxo

two!!

i really can't even believe i am writing a post about my 2 year old little girl!
(i wrote this 2 weeks ago but just forgot to hit post... oops)

the past two years have flown past.  i can still remember all the feelings i had two years ago waiting to hold this precious girl.  even with those memories so vivid of wanting, praying, and waiting for so long for isla i sometimes can't remember our lives without her.  like what did i do with my days off!? :)  

she has brought more love, laughter, and pure joy to our lives than i could have ever imagined.

this little girl amazes me everyday.  she is funny, and smart, and silly, and lovable, and so so sweet!

isla grace we love you more than you know!
happy 2nd birthday little love!

our sweet, little st. patty's day girl in her green!

that's right... i'm 2!!!

celebrating her bday morning with some green donuts!!  

from weeks, to months, and now on to years!  

so thankful to have this little blog to look back at our lives over the last 2 years.  

xoxo

23 months.

in a month my baby will be 2.  

i'm not quite sure i've wrapped my head around that yet... i guess i have another month.

the first year you count their age in weeks, the second year in months, what happens after that... years i assume.  wow, that happened fast.

things are fast & furious around here... we have a toddler, full force!  

funny isla faves these days:

she asks to watch dora... all day long! (not sure if this is a favorite, but it's definitely a memory)

isla is still our little dancer... daily dance parties are a must around here.

she can count to 10.

i'm amazed she isn't skin and bones with how busy she is... always running!

loves reading her books before bed.  we had to start limiting the number or we would be up all night!

she likes to take her stuffed brobee everywhere.
isla can laugh so hard she cries... i love that.
she loves to play hide and seek and says 'you scare me' when you find her.
isla loves her friends and asks about them every day.
she's just the sweetest, happiest little girl.  here's to our last month with a 1 year old. 

i love this picture.  i just feel like it say's a lot...

getting her dance on...

for anyone that watches fresh beat band on a daily basis you might recognize these moves :)

and this is an isla original...

love her more than anything!

xoxo