Before I was a mama...

Before I was Cole's Mama....     Chad and I could go on fancy dinner dates without a babysitter.    

I could fit inside the dryer.

 I went on "girls only" vacations and got to take fun pictures like this:   I wore "dresses" like this...Enter: super unflattering shirt/dress/mistake  I never thought I could love anything more than my "first" baby... Charlie.   It was just me and my lover boy. I didn't need anything else. 

Most of those photos were taken in the summer of 2008. The summer before our wedding and before we moved to California...This was also The summer before my son was born. If you had asked me that summer what I would have been doing in a year, I probably didn't think I would be about to give birth. I mean did you SEE what I was wearing?? How ridiculous! It's funny how a year can change things. I have been thinking alot about that summer lately, and while it was more fun than I'd ever had before, I wouldn't go back. I really, really wouldn't. I was SO lost back then. With a husband living on the other side of the planet, having just changed majors/schools for the 4th time, to living the Myrtle Beach restaurant life (work, drink, sleep, repeat) etc... While it was fun, I am in a better place now. Too much has changed forstyle the better. I have changed for the better.

Now that I am Cole's mama...

I know what unconditional love feels like.



...I get to create super-embarrassing, yet awesome Family traditions.




...I appreciate family pictures where nobody is crying.or has their eyes closed.



...I get a kick out of watching my boys play together and the special relationship they have.



...The highlight of my summer was throwing a party for my boy and seeing him smile :)




I am so glad to be his mama and I can't imagine life without my buddy. Forget the summer of 2008- because this is the good stuff.