ellis.rose: a shop!

i started a shop a few months after Ellis was born without any idea of what i was really walking into...

or how much i would enjoy it!

it has evolved over time to include headwraps for babies on up to adults,

 and baby bloomers and rompers.

I finally put up a link to it over on the left and would love to have you stop by any time!!

I recently added quite a few solid color headwraps as part of a custom order 

for one of my favorite customers!

so if there is something that you want, but don't see it, definitley reach out and i will work with you to see if we can make it happen!

I also have a few new fun things in the works so stay tuned!!

xoxo.

a portrait and some thoughts.

while my presence from this little space has been completely absent for the past several months, life has been filled to the brim.

with hoards of rainy days spent indoors, snuggling and building forts.

with spring time adventures, gardening and trips to the park.

with a handful of weekend trips to visit family.

with cousins being born and a family reunion of sorts.

with sweet baby chub and kisses galore.

life has been incredibly slow and yet gone in an instant.

as it disappears right through my fingers, i am enjoying every last drop as well as i possible can.

because babies, children, simply don't keep.

i am learning a lot about myself during this season of motherhood.

things that i hope begin to pour themselves onto these pages once more, so that i can be reminded of them when these days are no longer.

i am highly sentimental.

a feeler of the deepest kind.

emotional.

and boy do i miss writing.

xoxo.

but first, coffee.

i am linking up with some of the dearest ladies today at Tuesday Talk, and thought i would do a little coffee chat. it has been ages since i have done one, and i do love them so.

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if you stopped by this morning, i would most likely have you come and sit in our living room with me, in front of a warm fire, with coffee in hand.
i would sink into the couch, get comfy, and start asking you all kinds of questions...questions about the simple stuff and questions about the deep stuff. i would want to know it all.

i would probably tell you that my mornings are slowly turning back into one of my favorite times of the day. before having children, i loved mornings and was almost always up early to greet the sun. however, through the course of having four kids in five years, i started to see the mornings less and less. i went from eagerly rising to greet the day, to rolling out reluctantly when my kids started to rise. this worked for a time, but no longer! i have turned over a new leaf, and am re-claiming my mornings! they have been nothing short of delicious. divine alone time to read, sip on coffee, get myself ready for the day, prepare my heart to shepherd the little ones that i have been given...and then i would probably ask you for a bit of accountability as i strive to make this a habit. ;)

i may tell you that my heart is so incredibly full these days. like overflowing, full. and that i am truly delighting in this season that i am in. it is a sanctifying season for sure, but i find that the more sanctifying a season is, the more i genuinely grow and enjoy it.

we are planning to start homeschooling our oldest next year, so i know this topic would come up. i am slowly starting to plan, research and get excited. there is a lot of fear wrapped up in this for me, though. i doubt myself greatly. doubt that i will have the discipline to do it adequately. doubt that i am at all capable of even teaching. teaching my child, while having three others that i am mothering through the day, will require a certain level of structure, intention and organization...all things i am not the strongest in. i am eager to challenge myself to grow, though.

i would talk to you about how we are searching for a church home right now. and how i strongly desire community...but am intimidated by it at the same time. i often feel more comfortable hiding out in my own home and family...i tell myself it is safer there, less draining, easier.

i would probably want to talk about inspiration and ask you where you are finding yours. i am incredibly inspired lately by all kinds of things...by my children and their laughs. by music and running, by other moms like you. there is inspiration everywhere, and i hope to be an intentional noticer of it all.

and now a certain bright-eyed girl is waking up, so off i go to tackle the rest of my morning! a real-life coffee with each and every one of you would be a favorite for me, for sure!!

xoxo.

a portrait // vol. 1

i am going to try to keep up this year with doing a portrait each week of the kids.

i am already getting a late start, so will try to play catch up this week!

to start us off, a little christmas edition. :) 

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// kale //

Christmas was so fun with you this year. 

you were right there next to me wanting to watch all the christmas movies, go christmas shopping for your siblings, and drive around to see the christmas lights. on christmas day, you got a few different kinds of punching bags and were ecstatic!  

but more than all the christmas fuss, my heart completely exploded this year, as you "got it." 

you got the reason we even celebrate christmas, and were just as excited about that, as any gift giving, movie watching, tree decorating moments.

and this, my sweet boy, was the best gift in the world, for this adoring mama.

// madden //

you, my child, were so very fun to surprise!

i made you and your brothers a "super-hero" pillow that you can use when we watch movies, or take with us camping.

while i had tried to hide them in your daddy's closet, you managed to steal a peak and were seriously ecstatic. we decided to give them to you on christmas eve as your one present, and you started running and jumping, and showering me with all kinds of hugs and 'thank yous'...even before you opened the present!

seeing your face light up with joy truly is my happiness. 

// tobin //

out of all the little goodies you received, you were pretty keen on this little dog. it was time for your pacifier and bottle to go this week, and while you handled it SO MUCH better than i was expecting, i wanted to get you a new little "lovie."

and i think this puppy was the perfect pick. 

once he was in your arms, you weren't all that interested in opening any other presents. haha.

not to mention, you are still kinda at the point where the wrapping paper is just as fun as whats inside.

// ellis //

this was your FIRST christmas, my love, and i had way too much fun dressing you up like my own little piece of christmas candy!!

i sure am enjoying all of these 'firsts' with you and am savoring all of the pure delight that you bring to each occasion.

i can only imagine the fun we will have next year, sweet girl. ;)