Since we are referring to it as 29+1, I wanted to officially say “Happy Birthday Marisa!” I hope all your celebrations were happy ones.

I picked up the pictures today, and of course they are amazing and wonderful and all I could ever want. If you live in Seattle and need a fabulous photographer for any occasion I can’t say enough about Hania. She’s awesome. We did look at all 600 of the wedding photos…those are going to take [...]

I am EXCITED because tomorrow I get my wedding photos back from the photographer. I have been warned there are SIX HUNDRED of them, so it may take awhile for me to sort through them and post them for sharing, and she also took some pictures of Murphy the other day…so it’s a double whammy! [...]

In a mad last minute scramble I ended up buying a box of 10 pre-made Valentines at Target, and sent them out yesterday hoping they’d make it to their recipients in time. (If you don’t get one, and you usually do…I’m sorry, there’s really no excuse). It’s pathetic & embarassing and I’m ashamed that I [...]

I’ve been trying for weeks to come up with a design idea for my Valentines. I’ve looked online & in books. I’ve pondered it while driving. Valentine’s Day is Wednesday and I have nothing. Not one good idea that I like. Not really any supplies that I’m inspired by. And with the new puppy, not [...]

It’s our 1 week anniversary of bringing Murphy home, and what an exhausting week it’s been. It’s hard work being “puppy parents”. There is alot of playing, and taking him outside to make sure he doesn’t potty on the floor. Luckily he sleeps alot so we can squeeze in things we need to do, like [...]

One of the first thing’s Katie McNerney (age 3) said to me, not 5 minutes after Jay & I were married was, “now you’re gonna get a baby”…and that we did. Meet Murphy. Watch Murphy’s First Movie >>

…”going to pick-up Murphy day!”