I love May.....

I love May. We celebrated our 4th anniversary this past weekend along with Mother's Day.

I can't believe we've been married 4 years. In some ways it seems like the time has flown by and in other ways, it feels like Darin has been in my life for as long as I can remember. I honestly don't know where I would be without him. People say that all the time. I know it's sort of cliche, but truly, I probably wouldn't have been on the best path had he not entered my life. He's such an amazing husband, father, friend. Even when I think he isn't listening to me, he is.

Case in point.

I've been wanting to do a mentorship with one of my favorite photographers for SO LONG. But it just wasn't in the budget and there were so many other things I needed for my business that I hadn't really given it a thought recently. I only mentioned it to him a couple times, but obviously he was listening, because this is what he got me for our anniversary/mother's day. He never disappoints. I'm so excited for it and can't wait for all the things I'm going to learn.

We enjoyed lunch at the park, the beatiful weather, and each other's company.

Last year I got my first Mother's day gift in our ward. A CD or something if I remember right. I was pregnant at the time and couldn't even begin to anticipate what being a mother was going to be like. This year I got a chocolate bar at church, and don't get me wrong, I really liked the chocolate bar, but obviously there's no better gift than just getting to spend every day with my little girl. She brings me more joy than I could ever imagine.

Her and Diesel are best friends already. (Even though the look here signifies that she's absolutely terrified, I promise she wasn't.)

She is OBSESSED with her toes now.

Grab the toes.

Examine the toes.

Insert the toes.

Did I mention she's REALLY good at inserting the toes? She is.

These pictures make me laugh. Darin is a REALLY good Dad, but sometimes he's a little engrosed in his sports or whatever show he's currently occupied with. Sometimes he ignores Nora. And Nora doesn't like to be ignored. So she starts whining and I remind him, "You need to entertain her". I look over to see him haphazardly piling her toys on top of her without really even paying attention. I brought it to his attention and we laughed and then had to snap these funny pictures.

She didn't think it was funny.

I started feeding Nora fresh pears with her cereal. I simmered some pears to soften them up then pureed them and she LOVES it.

This is our life.