Time in General

Growing Up
In less than ten days, Marin will be eight months old, or only four months away from being one year old, depending on how you look at it. I had no idea at how quickly this time would pass me by. Over the weekend I saw babies between the ages of 1-6 months old and they seemed so small and so new compared to Marin. I love watching her grow, but am sad to see it happen so fast. I can only imagine how I will be feeling once that first birthday does actually arrive, and then the second, third and so forth. Take it from a person who thought she might never have children; this is how they get you! Once a baby, turned toddler, turned youth, turned teen and then young adult. You will miss each stage and therefore you must have more than one child because you'll do anything to relive all those precious moments more than once!

Time Away
To celebrate the 4th of July, our little family will be taking our first vacation together. We will be taking our holiday with the Ross family and are very much looking forward to some time away. Matt and I have been swamped with work and keeping up with Marin, the house and everything else in life. We need to take a week or so to breath before it starts all over again. Thankfully, we are fortunate enough to be able to take a little time away and I think we both will make the most of every minute until we realize it's our last night to be free before heading back to work and our daily routines. Nevertheless, the time away will be a great reward!

Daylight
I love seeing the light outside until 10pm. This may be, my favorite thing about summer. Such a tremendous gift taken for granted.

So sweet.