Of Anselm

Added some more to my IG shop @naomisstuff - including some goodies for you photography enthusiasts! We're moving in the next couple months, so follow the account to keep up with when I post new stuff!

Six months ago, on the 4th of July, I spent the morning having a baby, and spent the evening watching everyone in our neighborhood set off fireworks. Happy half-birthday to my little Chestnut!

Celebrating Paschelle's 2nd birthday with some cake after dinner tonight!

My mom holding me on my first birthday. This is the house we grew up in in Maryland.

My brother gives the most useful Christmas gifts.

This Christmas, my mom gifted me some serving utensils that belonged to my grandma and great-grandma.

Woke up this Christmas Eve with a cold and no voice. So glad my marmela's here to help me out with my to-do list - to which a nap has been added. Happy last-minute preparations, all! May the joy of the Christ-child's advent overcome all Martha-like persnicketiness in us today.

The stockings are coming along! I was a little bummed that they weren't quite as nice and smooth as I pictured, and Peter said "I don't want them to look like you bought them. They're perfect." Love him.

Eucharisto to theo

"And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice." - Deuteronomy 16:14-15

...und Schokolade.

Today I'm thankful for the opportunity to lead my children - and for forgiveness (from them and God) when I fail.

Little feet. I wish someone made tights like these for adults.

Got some goodies in the mail from @wifeysinger for our neighbor and his daughter - and going shopping again tonight to get some more! Thanks to everyone who's so generously helped out this family after what they've gone through! Thanks especially to you, Hannah!!