March 4, 2010
THE FIRST PHOTO WAS A MOMENT I DIDN’T WANT TO FORGET. ’stop! i need to grab the camera!’ i said it many times on saturday. it was one of THOSE days. pleasant, sweet, lovely, nice, perfect. i don’t want to forget this.
tommy woke up with wren and let me sleep until 10am. i treasure him! i cannot even tell you the last time i slept that long. a year and a half? two years maybe? he then made me breakfast – cheesy eggs with parsley, toast, coffee, delicious. i adore him! then came presents. a beautiful shirt and the most divine candle that has filled our entire home {now a scent memory, a sweet reminder of the day}. i am blessed by him! next, phone calls full of love and happy day wishes, the fun yellow dress with the birthday necklace, and an hour long back-and-forth whether to heed the tsunami warnings and stay away from the beach. hesitant, then with disregard, we went. imagine this for one moment: driving through the mountains, pouring rain, sun peaking just enough to bedazzle the atmosphere with rainbows, and the Sundays play on the radio. serious? come on. this was made for movies. pizza for lunch {pleasure pizza, my friends, pleasure!}, a stroll in capitola, admiration of the miracle of large waves, mr. toot’s for coffee, and sushi for dinner. a rarity. overindulgence. a special, special day. i love him! and most importantly, HIM for blessing, after blessing, after blessing. another year HE has me on this earth.
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March 2, 2010
SATURDAY WAS A TREAT. more to come later, but for now, birthday flowers – tommy continued the tradition, buying enough flowers to fill every vase we own.
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February 26, 2010
TOMORROW I TURN 31. thirty one! when did i turn thirty? last year was whisked away by a gusty baby wind. i do remember waking up a year ago today with a very high fever and intense, searing pain in both breasts. thinking it was the flu, i tried plugging along carrying for my 3 week old baby. as the day progressed, and breastfeeding became near impossible, i made an appointment to see my doctor the following day, my birthday, to find out i had mastitis. happy birthday! that was misery and i almost quit nursing at that point, but kept plugging along {my motto last year}. tommy made the most of my mastitis birthday by working from home, changing all of wrennie’s diapers, treating me to in-n-out and rockbottom brewery take-out, AND buying me 10+ bouquets of flowers {no exaggeration, our home was filled with floral arrangements in every corner}. i felt like a very special girl despite the pain, tears, so many tears, and reoccurring bouts of postpartum depression.
lesson learned from last year’s birthday: it can always be worse + your birthday is as special as you make it {unless you’re married to tommy or have my mumcakes as a mom, and it’s always, always, always special}. here’s to my thirty first year tomorrow. happy birthday to me!
oh, anthropologie sent me that birthday candle necklace along with an enticing discount…which led to this overwhelming decision. i’m definitely wearing my birthday dress tomorrow with the necklace.
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November 2, 2009
TIME TO GET BACK WORK…18 more days until the craft faire. oh my!
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October 31, 2009
happy halloween!
overheard {twice} while taking photos, “taking christmas pictures? it’s a beautiful day!”
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October 30, 2009
I CAN’T GET OVER HOW ADORABLE my brother and sister are in those pictures. look at the expression on my brother’s face…he must have just been busted for something. two of my favorite halloween memories: dressing up as a fairy princess, and as dancer with my sister {huge props to my mom with her creativity on those costumes – and look at our hair!}. another favorite, not even sure there is a picture, is when i was in the 3rd or 4th grade and dressed up as cleopatra – even had my hair cut short with perfectly straight cleo bangs. i won two different costume contests, one prize was a ‘don’t worry, be happy’ t-shirt. classic!
i’d give anything to have those argyle leg warmers right now.
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October 24, 2009
FOLLOWING FRIDAY’S WEDDING extravaganza was the sixth annual pumpkin carving party with our pals. each year the pumpkins get bigger, the guts messier, and somehow the number of kids multiply. this year i managed getting away without having to carve a pumpkin – tommy did all the work while wren and i supervised. he did a great job, my favorite part being mr. pumpybum’s tail.
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December 15, 2008
has it really been a month since i last updated…and christmas is next week? oy! the past month has been a whirlwind. we visited family in iowa for thanksgiving and got our cold weather fix – yeah, the crazy sanchezes love cold weather. our trip did put us back a week in decorating for christmas, a task we take very, very seriously. so serious, that tommy has been in a slump because the christmas lights on the porch are not cooperating {time to buy new lights}. to lift his spirits a little gift was left for him.
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