Friday, August 2, 2013

working at the carwash







It's summer and it is HOT. Sometimes, when we are waiting for baby to wake up from his nap, so we can go to the pool. We head outside and wash the car. Its a win, win. My car gets clean and the boys are entertained for hours! Love it. 
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend

xoxoxo
Cate

a creative soul






I have been making a point to work in my studio, everyday. If only just for a minute, while the babe is napping and Finn is playing. I would usually not even bother because once i start to work and get those creative juices flowing it's always so hard to stop, like waking up right in the middle of the best dream. It never fails, right when I start to find my rythmn in the studio, I hear the baby waking up from his nap or Finn decides he desperately needs food or water or to go outside. Whatever the case maybe I am always getting interrupted while i'm creating and it is so hard to get back.  
So, for awhile ,I stopped all together. Not making anytime for creating. But, I have realized lately that I need to create. When I haven't been creating or doing something just for me, I can feel it. Its like I can feel it in my soul.  I start to loose that light. The light that makes me who I am, the one that gives me my passion. I get it from creating. That need to use my hands and work with raw materials to give them new life, to create beauty around me, for myself and for everyone else. To breath that refreshing air of accomplishment. Oh, it feels so good to know that you made that, whatever it is, with  just your two hands and your creative soul. I love that feeling. So, I am making a point to create, even if its just for a little while, everyday. A little something I can do for me, to kept me...me.    

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

This lil light of mine

 







My littlest boo. A lil ray of sunshine just for me. Gosh, I could eat him up, and lets be honest, i do! I nibble and kiss those sweet cheeks as much as he will let me.
 He has the most calm and happy sense about him. Just going with the flow, watching, learning,  playing.
He is getting to the age were is personality is really starting to shine through, and I can already tell he is gonna be just as silly and goofy as his big brother and daddy.
 I also can tell that he is going to have a bit of my personality, too. Like being a bit more reserved and easy going. Maybe, not quite as wild and emotional as his older brother, well a mama can hope, right! 
He has started walking now too, which is so fun to see. He pretty much walks everywhere, without crawling. He has kind of a drunk monkey walk, you other mamas out there know what i'm talking about, hands in the air and stumbling all over the place. So funny! 
Its nice not to have to carry him everywhere, and I can tell he is really proud of himself. Im sure he will be running soon enough, but for now I am going to enjoy my sweet little drunk monkey.

xoxoxo
Cate

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

flowers of the sun

These plants amaze me. They start from these tiny seeds, that actually taste really yummy, and grow into giant flowers. I mean these things are almost twice as tall as me! I love being able to show my lil ones that with just a little water, sunlight, and food/soil ANYTHING can grow. It is truly one of natures greatest wonders.





Can't you just feel the heat of the sun in these pictures?!
We don't call it HOTlanta for nothing, boy howdy. 
HA!
xoxoxo
Cate



Tuesday, July 16, 2013

we were made for this

This beach is very close to my heart. I have gone here, with my family and second family, more summers than I can remember. Its like a home coming every time I see it. I have nothing but love and endless memories of this little mile wide island.


^^my favorite bridge^^



^^lil island babe^^


^^you are a wonderful daddy^^
^^ these two are so sweet together, such a beautiful bond^^


^^ this little was not too sure about those big waves, frankly I don't blame him^^



^^Oooh, these two^^








see you next time, Hatteras 
xoxoxo
Cate



Tuesday, July 2, 2013

da pooL

Most days, when its not raining, you can find us here...



^^they look happy^^




we pretty much live at the pool in the summertime. its just too hot to do anything else :)

XOXOXO

cate.




Sunday, June 30, 2013

the front yard


During the summer we try to spend as much time as possible outside. The Georgia heat can be brutal so this summer we decided to get a lil pool for the littles to cool off in. It works out great because Kyle found a way to use the water that gets splashed out of the pool, to water the garden!


           ^^those eyelashes are outta control^^


 This one is my favorite^^^ those sweet lil hands^^






A little bit of the summer garden...




Drinking in some sunshine^^^^

XOXOXO