We have a baby book for Charlie.  My mom bought it for me before my belly even showed the slightest hint of our expectant blessing.  It is yellow and green with a quaint little giraffe on the front.  I still remember taping our first and then our second ultrasound onto it’s pages as we awaited […]

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  • Anonymous - June 26, 2014 - 12:26 pm

    Beautiful post Summer, as well as stunning photos. It looks like you and your family have a wonderful place to play all summer long.

    Cheryl N.ReplyCancel

    • Summer Kellogg - June 26, 2014 - 1:04 pm

      Thank you, Cheryl. We certainly do live in our own little paradise.

      I hope we get to see you in a few weeks at Jenna's wedding!ReplyCancel

  • Sassytimes - June 26, 2014 - 12:55 pm

    Miss you. Where is you live is simply beautiful. ReplyCancel

  • Ky | TwoPretzels - June 26, 2014 - 7:36 pm

    These photos. Can I give you a Hall Pass on baby-book writing? I mean, you don't even need to WRITE. JUST.KEEP. TAKING. PICTURES. MAKE PHOTO BOOKS. That's all they will need. Photo books. They will feel your love each and every time they look at these photos. They're incredible.

    And Lila's baby book = perfection. Complete with baby nursery paint swatches and fabric swatches.
    Vivienne's baby book = a plastic bag with a few keepsakes in it that haven't made it in yet. I honestly didn't even record her "Firsts." I'm hoping twopretzels exists whenever she wonders.

    Sigh.
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  • k - July 1, 2014 - 5:04 am

    Can I come live with you?? Oh my goodness I'm in love with your space. So magical.ReplyCancel

We just returned home from our 4th consecutive night of baseball.  And by “just” I mean an hour and a half ago.  It takes that long for kids to be bathed, showered, snacked, tooth-brushed, put to bed and put to bed again after descending the stairs for a last conversation, hug, drink of water, ‘good-night’ […]

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  • Sally Sosler - June 20, 2014 - 12:51 pm

    Beautiful images and such an inspiring post – time for me to stop (at least for a short while) 🙂 xoReplyCancel

    • Summer Kellogg - June 26, 2014 - 3:11 am

      If you only knew how much I appreciate you, Sally. Thank you.

      I hope you were able to stop–at least for a short while. 😉ReplyCancel

  • Karen, Brian and Lucy - June 20, 2014 - 7:20 pm

    Yet another beautiful post Summer, filled with amazing pictures. Thanks for sharing. And yet another similarity with us: I have specific memories and a special affinity for cooing doves too. Happy Friday!ReplyCancel

    • Summer Kellogg - June 26, 2014 - 3:12 am

      Thank you, Karen! Seriously, I'm going to have to count up all of our similarities. Parallel lives? Crazy!ReplyCancel

  • Ky | TwoPretzels - June 23, 2014 - 7:30 pm

    From your brain to my heart.

    You captured what I've been feeling: "Recently, I've felt this strange tug-of-war where I'm grasping for what was while simultaneously trying to keep up with what is."

    Maybe it's that my "baby" is now five.
    But I hear you.
    And I get it.

    Love this.

    And these photos are astounding. Oh Summer, your gift… Girl. You are doing it.ReplyCancel

    • Summer Kellogg - June 26, 2014 - 3:13 am

      Thank you, Kylee.

      Truly, so much of the 'doing it' is because you believed in me. Thank you.ReplyCancel

Just under 36 years ago a tiny baby girl with a bald head was placed into the hands of a bearded man with thick, dark, curly hair–hair so high it raised his height measurement about 6 inches.  It wasn’t the first time he would be called “Daddy”, but it was the first time he would […]

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Five or six mornings a week, I wake up before the sun peeks over the horizon and follow the same routine.  I shake the sleepiness from my body and kick my feet over the side of the bed.  I grab the clothes I laid out the night before and do my best to pull them […]

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Roughly 5,000 days ago, a beautiful thing happened. It wasn’t like any ordinary thing, it was like when Adam met Eve for the first time. Or when Mickey finally met Minnie. Summer and Chad met, and I am sure that there was a chorus of angels singing all around them. While their story has been […]

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  • Barbara Allen - June 2, 2014 - 2:53 pm

    You two are such an amazing complement to each other and Chad thanks for sharing your life, love and amazing relationship with Summer and your family – What an incredible future lies ahead for you two and your family and I look forward to watching the journey you are on and what the Lord has in store for you..
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  • Anonymous - June 2, 2014 - 3:11 pm

    I love you, I love you, I love you (that was to the both of you collectively, not just you, Chad…just in case you were puffing your chest out a little too much and Summer wasn't there to say something sarcastic to puff it back down). Seriously, though. I'm SO glad you have one another. I know you're suggesting you have perfection, but I appreciate that you make genuine love obtainable, almost tangible.
    I love you, I love you, I love you (that was just for Summer. just kidding).
    Love,
    Miss
    P.S. – i LOVE these hijacks. please never stop them. they make me cry every time. ReplyCancel

    • Summer Kellogg - June 5, 2014 - 12:42 am

      I love you. I am thankful for you. And I'm so glad that you will always be a part of our story. ReplyCancel

  • Anonymous - June 2, 2014 - 3:11 pm

    OMG – i meant to type "i know you're NOT suggesting you have perfection" 🙂 ReplyCancel

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