always frontier

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The spiritual life cannot be made suburban. It is always frontier, and we who live in it must accept and even rejoice that it remains untamed.

-Howard Macey via my friend Bri :) 

bisous & her big adventures

Being puppy-sat at our friend's video/photography studio.

our baby's mobile

I just bought this adorable mobile here - it is perfect for a boy or girl... since we still have two more weeks before we find out! Oh I love mobiles! I can't wait to hang it above our baby's tiny bed.

a teepee for our baby

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This is the cutest sandbox I've ever seen!! This is going to be our project next year when the baby gets old enough to crawl into the sand.

waiting & incubating

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Isn't this the most beautiful cocoon? If I was a butterfly this is the color cocoon I would want. I am learning so much right now about waiting, patience and letting go of control. I know these are the lessons I need to learn before becoming a mom to this little one I'm incubating. I'm reminded of one of my favorite quotes in the world today...

Today is my birthday. It makes me think of the new life I am incubating and the Birth- day still to come. Sometimes it seems that life is a grace too severe, too vast, and too beautiful to receive. But I open my hands anyway. Today I'll talk to myself, I'll say, accept life - the places it bleeds and the places it smiles... gather up the pain and the questions and hold them like a child upon your lap. Have faith in God, in the movement of your soul. Accept what is. Accept the dark. It's ok. Just be true. I'll say to myself, you're loved. Your pain is God's pain. Go ahead and embrace the struggle and the chaos of it all, the splendor, the messiness, the wonder, the agony, the joy, the conflict. Love all of it. ~Sue Monk Kidd

the second trimester

Oh yay for the second trimester! I still don't feel good at all, but I have hope that I'll like food and be full of energy again soon. Here is what our sweet baby looks like today.

bisous makes a friend

Bisous in Santa Cruz.