2011: month-by-month

What a year it's been! And it flew by oh-so-quickly! It felt like the whirlwind of life left little time to ponder and reflect, but the memories of the last 12 months came flooding back as I looked through the year's photos on flickr. This end-of-year post was inspired by Bianca's post of 12 photos, one for each month, of 2011.

Happy new year, everyone! May 2012 be a year of inspiration and love. xo

january

february

march

april

may

june

july

august

september

october

november

december

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This moment . . .

Inspired by Amanda Soule - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

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A Christmas tradition I'd rather not continue

For the past two years E has been sick with strep over the Christmas holidays. Poor guy is in so much pain that he's basically been down for the count for the past 3 days.

Hopefully his antibiotics will kick in soon and New Year's won't be such a bust.

^via

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Merry Christmas!

Wishing you and yours a most festive holiday!

can you believe 2012 is a week away???

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Santa, Santa and more Santa!

This year December seems to be all about *threes*: Indio had his third birthday, it's our third Christmas season as a family of three and we visited three different Santas in search of the best photo-op. [Last year's smile was caught in the first take.]

attempt #1: macy's 34th street, the epitome of christmas overload in nyc. honestly, it was pretty, but not all that.

attempt #2: we thought a visit to last year's santa would warrant smiles, but alas, that was not the case.

third time's a charm: finally! it was happenstance that a jolly santa and a jolly toddler were at the mall at the same time!

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This moment . . .

Inspired by - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

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3rd Trip Around the Sun

I know it's so cliche to say this, but I really can't believe I'm writing this post. It seems like only yesterday I was pregnant with Indio and here we are today: three years later! The last three years have been an adventure and a half. I've learned so much from my little guy and he continues to amaze me every single day.

Happy birthday to the most fabulous boy in the world! Love you like nothing else!

A glance back in time . . .

the day our lives changed forever: december 15, 2008 @ 8:07am

1st trip around the sun

2nd trip around the sun

the big "oh-three" @ 8:07am this morning

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