Not Merely Living

Meet Jori: My nephew

+he's a really good snuggler

+sometimes he has baby mares that break your heart to watch

+he smells like happiness

+he likes to be rocked

+he doesn't like laying on his tummy

+I love him.

Week in review

I'm loving just doing a random roundup of things I want to make sure to share on Fridays. Are you liking my friday posts? Drop me a note!

This week

+ Became an Aunt for the 2nd time:

 

 

+I FORGOT THE best Annie shot of all in my post yesterday:

 

+ Ordered our wedding invitations from Minted! Wooooo! They should arrive next week! & my friends of honor dresses arrived!

 

+ Kept up with #marchphotoaday on Instagram:

              9. Red. Happy Hour

 

 

 

              12. Oops. fork. missed this one!

              13. A sign. 

 

              14. Clouds

              15. Car. From the inside

 

 

+ made yummy homemade pizza

 

+ Can't get over how much I love Kate Spade skinny idiom bracelets. Um Thanks Kate for making these in our wedding colors (close enough):

 

 

Green. Orange. Ivory.

 

+still in need of some green wedding shoes! HELP!

+lastly, I've been feeling so emotional (all the frickin time) and trying to simultaneously embrace my emotions and not be caught in their riptide:

                                                Source: thatkindofwoman.tumblr.com via Elaine on Pinterest

 

Happy Early St. Patrick's day and Happy weekend! Tomorrow, I will be decked out in green. Green is my favorite. You guys know that right? :)

Sending you joyful green thoughts. 

 

Welcome Jori!!

Today I became an Aunt for the 2nd time!

Little Jori entered the world this morning weighing a healthy 8 lbs 7 ounces:

 

 

 

 

!!!!!! I'm so excited.

I know that his Big Brother Kai will be the perfect playmate. Have you been missing the regular Kai pics?

Here's the most recent shot of our favorite little guy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miss you guys. 

 

I can't wait to meet the newest perfect little member of our family.

Happy Birthday Jori!

12 pictures from 2011: Kai edition

A few days ago I posted my 12 favorite shots from 2011, and I couldn't help but also post 12 Kai shots from 2011. Look how much he has changed!

January:

little man starts the year off looking dapper.

February:

March:

hat two months in a row, but it's so darn cute

April:

May:

June:

July:

August:

I. Love. Him.

September:

at Uncle Andrew's game

October:

ROAR :)

November:

awww. Looks like a good one!

best. picture. ever.

Kai, you made 2011 grand.

I know I can't be there every day to hug your sweet face, but I love you.

I can't wait to see all you will do in 2012.

xo
Aunt Mere

 

Kai's second Christmas

Hold on to your seats. This is going to get realllll cute reallll fast, and you should be prepared.

My nephew is the cutest. he just keeps getting cuter.

you know. just hanging out near the tree and the presents

anddddd I've got a candy cane.

awesome=hanging with my aunt in my sweet hat with my stocking stuffers.

opening the gigantic present from gigi and doc (grandma and grandpa)

have no idea what was happening here, but it was awesomeeeeee.

the matching hats I knit!!!

just cuteness

love the frown. what was grandpa saying???

and last pic of the evening: this awesome shot of my nephew Kai and my brother Andrew having a real conversation (just in two different languages)

Love him. Love my family. I'm grateful to have had a few full days of quality time with them.

xo

mere

 

Kai in December

ok. seriously. check out how cute these pictures are.

I mean. they seem like they're too cute to be real!

He is having So. MUCH. fun.

Rollllllll Tideeeeeee!

Miss his sweet face!

 

Lil man

Need a little pick me up to make it through Friday?

how about this little dino:

Rooooaaaaarrrr!!!

that's all. he's my nephew.

I don't know about you, but I'm going to roar my way through Friday :)

 

Kai in August

I get to see my sweet nephew Kai in just a few weeks!

In the meantime, I'll have to get my Kai fix from pictures:

the whole family :)

52 Card Pick UP!

Are you kidding me?!? look at that cute face.

I can't even handle this one. It's like he heard a good joke.

Momma Heather said this is what he did when she asked him to Cheese for the camera!

so funny

Cheerios are the greatest.

miss him SO much.

 

Kai is crawling like a champ

Look at this cute little mover:

 

standing in his crib!!!

look at him. so strong and standing!!!

peek a boo

my. favorite. picture. ever.

Go Bulls! :)

Miss your sweet face Kai!!!

XXOOXXOO,

Aunt Mere

 

Kai in May part II

my nephew:

I miss him so much. Every time I look at these pictures it makes my heart fill up and overflow.

Lil man

peek a boo

angel

such a perfect. sweet. good. child.

heyyyyyyyyy

so cool.