{pajamas are The Beaufort Bonnet Company and Petite Plume}

I wanted to share all about my birthday weekend!  I have a post about 33 things I’ve learned in my 33 years… but felt like sharing these sweet pics I’ve been storing up over the last couple weeks.  I’ve been trying to get as many pajama pics as I can (:

I had such a fun birthday weekend, I felt so loved and just incredibly lucky to have the people that I do in my life.   But after Breakfast with Santa I got a call that my grandmother was being taken by ambulance to hospice.  I rushed over there, and she wasn’t responding to anyone.  I spent yesterday there, and thankfully she did wake up for a few seconds.  We exchanged I love you’s.  I wish I could tell you that I have no regrets, but I do.  Life gets so busy, especially with kids, and I wish I had made seeing her more of a priority.  I came to see her every couple weeks, but I should have gone more.  There is nothing more important than loving our family.  I just wanted to write this, as a reminder to hold everybody tight and if you can’t get there, shoot texts, email pictures, send videos.  I am sad.  I remember Amanda Marshall writing after the Orlando shootings how now it’s more important than ever to create memories with our families, cherish them, keep strengthening our families over shared meals and moments (I’m sure she said it better than that!).  I feel that so much right now.  Though I’m sad, and not just because of my ninny… it’s also Aleppo, Berlin, etc… it all breaks my heart.  I am working to make life special for everyone around me in spite of that.  Squeezing out all of the holiday fun I can with my family and friends.  Sharing Gods love and the message of hope to anyone in the small ways I can.   It’s important to do that now, I believe, more than ever.

Sorry for such a tough post, but wanted y’all to know what’s going on in case it’s quiet around here.