“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” Elizabeth Stone   aiden shirt c/o: petite lemon  Casey shirt c/o: impeccable pig  stroller c/o: bugaboo +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ** also, I have a friend in CT and she has put together a […]

I had been telling Chris how much I would love to have a chalkboard wall in our playroom for the past few weeks and then last week I took Apple to the doctor for one of her well visits and came home to a beautiful surprise!  I’m serious, this was the sweetest! Chris was so […]

Aiden adores dinos.  Dinosaurs, sharks and alligators are top of the list.  And actually Ainsleigh is a pretty big fan herself these days! On Wednesday we decided to surprise the kids and head down to Dino Valley State Park for the day. I talked to my friend, Holly, we set the time to meet and […]

How sweet are these two?  I cannot even put into words how much I have loved being home snuggling them both the past 2 days. Aiden has entered this new phase of giving me “unprompted” compliments. It is so sweet & so unexpected. Today he told me that I had cute ears, an awesome tshirt […]

*what I look like most nights…sitting at my computer writing out my thoughts This post seems so simple.  Like I should have known this my whole life. But I had this small epiphany this week.  It was on my post about the Colorado shootings…and someone’s comment said, “casey, you said it best with your last […]

When we brought Ainsleigh home from the hospital Aiden was only 18 months old.  At the time I thought he was such a big boy but looking back, he really was still such a little guy :). Ainsleigh was one of those babies you hear about.  You know the ones that never cry and sleep […]

I just wanted to say from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU SO MUCH for all your sweet comments, tweets, texts, facebook messages, emails- I am BLOWN AWAY by people’s kindness and the way you made me feel so wrapped up and loved as I went through them all today. So so so touched! […]

Saturday we got to spend the day at the pool with my parents- it took me back to my childhood summers…pool, sunscreen, popsicles, pool toys, naps by the water…. we had a blast :)- it was perfect. * ainsleigh’s swimsuit is from old navy!

I am sitting here awake, just got home from teaching an art class at the studio and should go to bed but I am looking through these pictures from today… I couldn’t go to bed without sharing. Look how happy he is. Oh be still my heart. I just can’t stop smiling knowing how happy […]

I have this image in my mind.  It’s an old house, the attic upstairs has been transformed into a huge open studio, the floors sanded smooth for my bare feet to slide across. There is an open window with the early sunlight peering through, curtains blowing through a light breeze. The natural light glimmers through […]