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still waiting | love burt baby | the more joyful our expectancy

still waiting | love burt baby | the more joyful our expectancy

Fall Afresh | fall 2018 women's retreat | roving hearts

Fall Afresh | fall 2018 women's retreat | roving hearts

allowing space | learning the beauty of the wait | where creativity begins

allowing space | learning the beauty of the wait | where creativity begins

saying yes | something new is coming | at home with bb

saying yes | something new is coming | at home with bb

banana bread recipe | at home with bb | the domestic life | julie the mint julep mixer

banana bread recipe | at home with bb | the domestic life | julie the mint julep mixer

savor | pregnancy | july 31 | at home with bb

savor | pregnancy | july 31 | at home with bb

love burt baby | third trimester | love burt living

love burt baby | third trimester | love burt living

la vie en rose | love burt living | at home with bb

riding the waves | baby bliss & dying for heaven | at home with bb

riding the waves | baby bliss & dying for heaven | at home with bb

marriage isn't everything | God is everything | being on mission

marriage isn't everything | God is everything | being on mission

baby burt | community | stuff about ethan | love burt living

baby burt | community | stuff about ethan | love burt living

baby burt | love burt living | the story of finding out

baby burt | love burt living | the story of finding out

bacon and egg sandwiches | getting a new season | helen keller wisdom

bacon and egg sandwiches | getting a new season | helen keller wisdom

everyone's life is hard | joy & sorrow | my life and my song | love burt living

everyone's life is hard | joy & sorrow | my life and my song | love burt living

a good day | 30 days has november and yoga with tim | at home with bb

a good day | 30 days has november and yoga with tim | at home with bb

magic in the moonlight and the sunlight and in music | love burt living | at home with bb

magic in the moonlight and the sunlight and in music | love burt living | at home with bb

whimsy & magic | the new home | love burt living

whimsy & magic | the new home | love burt living

in the morning when i rise | new hampshire inn view | the sweet smell of morning

in the morning when i rise | new hampshire inn view | the sweet smell of morning

the life that builds us | love burt living | real married life

the life that builds us | love burt living | real married life

coffee coffee coffee | inspiration | love burt living

coffee coffee coffee | inspiration | love burt living

not mad about this life. not one bit! // hi! it’s friday and things are new around here so i thought i would do a fun little #fridayintroductions for new people and my favorite continued followers/ig community! // i just turned 29 and on that same day, our baby boy came into the world! we share a birthday and that is so special to me. i’ve recently lost both my parents, they passed within two years of each other. and right before my mama died i was able to share the news that i was nine weeks pregnant with our first, long awaited baby love. she cried and held my hands and thanked God outloud and said since christmas she had been fervently praying that we would get blessed next year with a little one of our own. God answers prayers and i will be forever thankful i had that private lunch date with mom to share our news and share in happy thankful tears that God gave us a pregnancy. ethan is my husband of almost nine years. he’s beyond perfect in every way which would be annoying if i didn’t benefit so much from it. 😂 he’s present and for us, his desires are for me alone and i feel his passion for me daily. he has done all the cooking and cleaning and gets up every time i do with jack. he calls our boy “my beautiful son” and “jack weasel” when he’s being a butt, and “perfect creature” all the time. he sings to baby and was made to be a papa. we live in a small town in illinois. we travel for work as wedding photographers. and our newest pursuit will be for fostering and adopting now that our parenting years have begun. we’ve traveled and been just the two of us for almost a decade (how?! time, man) and we are ready to settle a bit more into home and family life. so our job might shift. we may begin new companies and follow new passions as well as expanding our photography company. it’s a whole lot of fun, this life of mine! ❤️

went out to the park last night to walk around. the breeze was magical and we were the only ones there. it was like the night and the breeze was just for us. magic. 💚

slideshow of mama & jack truman outside on this fall like morning! learning how to wear him so i can go to the places and do the things and drink the coffee. ☕️ 🍁 ☀️ 🖤

some of my new mama tricks include eating a bowl of cereal in 45 seconds flat. taking a shower in 5 minutes. opening all the things with one hand. and feeding this kid with my body. ❤️ #jacktrumanburt #loveburtbaby #motherhood #acolorstory

well, this is special and perfect. 🖤 @joanna_scheuerman

the best and hardest experience of our lives so far. i feel needed and yet so needy. in happy baby land and also crazy weird non schedule no sleep universe. the smell of this baby is everything. he has one of my ears and one of ethan’s which is the most ridiculously cute thing i think of all time. breastfeeding is hard work and already so rewarding. ethan is maximizing his perfect-ness levels taking care of me and jack and laundry and food and rocking the no sleep thing. he’s the most selfless human alive and i feel so lucky. he also has never been hotter. i love that jack already smiles when he hears my voice. i am thankful to be his mama. one day makes a huge difference in recovery. today i stood longer, walked taller, and went on a mini outing for errands. i can feel my body responding to recovery. who knows what each night will bring. sometimes he sleeps well, sometimes he doesn’t. sometimes he latches, sometimes he fusses. sometimes i am calm. other times i have crippling anxiety over everything and can’t hold back tears. it’s all mystery. it’s also magic. 💛 #motherhood #loveburtbaby #loveburtliving #loveintensely

i have a feeling this kid will get used to having his photo taken. 😂 also, hot dad alert. 🚨 👀 #loveburtliving #loveburtbaby

me and my baby, jack truman. // the shift into motherhood is a hard one. it’s the most deeply emotional thing i have ever experienced. my selfishness runs deep. and it hits me like a ton of bricks with each difficult middle of the night fuss or feeding. recovering from a c-section and needing to be taking care of myself while having a helpless babe who needs my all is tough work! i can’t bend to get him if he’s down too low, i can’t carry him in his car seat or drive or even walk/stand totally upright. and all i can think about is how awful this would be if i didn’t have such an amazing husband who is for me and for us. how many warrior mamas go through so much worse with less. the strength of others is inspiring me. the way God has shown up in every little and big way in our birth story and in this sweet boy’s life already! the way God protected me and jack and how he used amazing humans to serve us well and lovingly at the hospital. the way He sustained this life for 41 weeks and 6 days and then on the perfect day, was born into this world for me and ethan to parent. AND HE IS A BOY! wow. what a lovely perfect marvelous magical surprise! we cried so much, we spoke praises out loud. we made the doctors and nurses cry along with our joy. it was not what we planned and somehow everything we’ve ever dreamed of or hoped for. and more. 💙 #loveburtbaby