Harper Atticus was born at 6:12 pm on May 28, 2009! He weighed in at 8 lbs and was 20 1/2 inches long. We are so happy to have him here to complete our little family!
Special thanks to my friend Lori Barbely for some great shots of our little man! Can’t wait to see the rest!
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TrackbackAwhile back I featured a few wedding shots full of emotion. It is still one of my favorite posts, however simple. I love that I can look at a single shot and feel pure joy or have my eyes fill with tears. That is the sign of a truly wonderful photographer.
Photo by Chenin Boutwell
Photo by John & Joseph
Photo by Justine Ungaro
Photo by Natalie Moser
Photo by Poser
Photo by Paul Johnson
Photo by Apertura
Photo by Jenna Walker
I love discovering a photographer I didn’t know about! It’s so exciting to add more styles and perspectives into my Google Reader! My latest discovery is Clane Gessel, based out of Seattle. Clane is a sweetheart and his photography is to die for! He recently sent over images of Cody and Jeanette’s wedding, another black and green masterpiece to put me head over heels!
The Art Of A Good Marriage by Wilfred Arlan Peterson
Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens.
A good marriage must be created.
In marriage the little things are the big things.
It is never being too old to hold hands.
It is remembering to say “I love you” at least once a day.
It is never going to sleep angry.
It is at no time taking the other for granted; the courtship should not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through all the years.
It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives.
It is standing together facing the world.
It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.
It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy.
It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways.
It is not looking for perfection in each other.
It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humour.
It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.
It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.
It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.
It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal.
It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.
Photo by the incomparable John & Joseph Photography
Anna Kuperberg is a genius. That’s all there is to it. Her wedding images make me feel like I was there, feeling every moment and every emotion. This wedding held at a private home is amazing. I love the simplicity, the veil, the dress, oh… those Chanel shoes!
Photo from With This Ring. Gorgeous black, white, and green wedding, by the way.
One of my favorite wedding details is placing a basket of flip-flops by the dance floor for tired feet! It’s also a cute idea to supply flip-flops beachside for a beach wedding. This Saturday, the 23rd, for one day only, Old Navy has their [solid, non-metallic] flip-flops on sale for $1 a pair! There is a limit of 5 pairs, but if you are the least bit organized, you can recruit friends, family, and bridesmaids to help you stock up! I have also heard brides who took advantage of this last year say that the limit was lifted near the end of the day. Can’t hurt to check it out!
To Keep Your Marriage Brimming by Ogden Nash
To keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;
Whenever you’re right, shut up.
Photo by the geniuses at Our Labor of Love
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Apache Wedding Blessing:
Now you will feel no rain,
For each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no loneliness for you,
For though you are two bodies,
You are only one life.
Go now to your dwelling place,
To enter into the days of your togetherness.
May your days be good and long upon this earth.
Photo by Susan Stripling
Over the last year or so of wedding planning, I have read countless ceremony readings. Only a few touched me enough to save them on my computer, and today, I start sharing those with you! These aren’t revolutionary, and most people have probably read them already. After all, I did find them via Google. I just hope that someone finds what they have been looking for!
I Love You by Carl Sandberg
I love you for what you are, but I love you yet more for what you are going to be.
I love you not so much for your realities as for your ideals.
I pray for your desires that they may be great, rather than for your satisfactions, which may be so hazardously little.
A satisfied flower is one whose petals are about to fall.
The most beautiful rose is one hardly more than a bud wherein the pangs and ecstasies of desire are working for a larger and finer growth.
Not always shall you be what you are now.
You are going forward toward something great.
I am on the way with you and therefore I love you.
Photo by the divine Fred Egan
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