grateful

tonight i blog with an especially full heart. just an overwhelming feeling of gratitude for my family. 

i am so proud & feel so fortunate to be married to a man who's steadfast in his devotion to me & the family that we've created. i got a good one :)

& i am so so SO thankful for our two daughters. my deepest desire was always to be a MOM when i grew up! it's the best thing ever- even in the midst of the chaos :) [note that i write this as my girls are peacefully sleeping...]

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one year ago today [i know this because it's my grandmother's birthday], we got the best news! 

2 pink lines!! 

eloise amy was on her way :) she's changed just a bit since then...

& have to add a picture of big sister lucy from that wonderful day! AH!!! she's changed almost as much! baby lucy is just about the sweetest thing EVER :)

sisters are special :)

lucy had her first ballet class this past saturday! i was SO excited to get this going & i am thrilled that it went so great! what a sweet little class & lucy had FUN which is what it's all about. her teacher read little red riding hood, and the girls dressed up in red cloaks, white tutus, and learned "ballet" ;) it's a great introduction to dance & the routine of a class, and lucy's most favorite part is the "DOOR!" she would have gone in & out of that princess door leading to her classroom 100x if she could have :)

waiting for class to start- i die over the itty bitty ballet shoes. 

eloise wanted in on the dance action, too :)

my baby ballerinas!

a typical lucy-look as of late. she's working so hard to figure out this world that she's apart of! the connections she makes each day baffle me. she's a bright little girl and is teaching me so much about life. 

eloise is the most laid-back child. she is perfectly content to just hang with her people, and unless she's hungry or tired, is completely chill. she's rolling all over the place, initiates her own tummy-time, and has started to reach for her toys! TIME, you can halt now, ok?!?

dimple #2 is starting to form :) [right side is trying to catch up with the beauty of the left!]

we explored the "troll bridge" behind our house this afternoon- lucy requests this multiple times each day!

jon's in europe this week, and as always when he's out of town, meme to the rescue! my mom is completely selfless in all she does for me & my family. dinners, shopping, bedtime routine when jon's out of town. i want to be the mom to my girls that she is to me- always putting my wants before her own. 

happy new week!

-ivy