Three Whole Months of Sweet Baby Levi Rhett

Happy happy three months of the sweetest lovin’

from our tiny little bright blue-eyed ray of SONshine,

Sweet Baby Levi Rhett (and his adorable whittle dimples hehe)!!

You truly are just a pure bundle of love, joy, light, and goodness –

and such a sweet gift from Jesus!

This month has been SUCH a sweet one –

full of your very first trip to the beach

(you are officially a “beach baby” just like your big brother, Judson!),

dipping your toes in the ocean (you love the water!),

allll the sleepy newborn snuggles on front porch swings and rocking chairs these days,

lovin’ and kisses from your big brother who absolutely ADORES you (be still my heart!!),

your very first time going to church (and you slept right through it all on mama’s chest hehe!),

slow summer front porch mornings,

summer nights out with the chickens and in the garden,

a couple weekends spent back home in Charlotte,

lots of family pool days,

your first trip to the airport overlook watching all the planes take off (that again, you slept right through hehe),

lots of walks at so many different beautiful trails and parks, and so much more!!

I LOVE this age because you are still so snuggly and tiny and you are smiling and talking ALL the time (you have found your voice and it is the cutest thing!),

love to giggle with mama,

are SUCH a good sleeper (already sleeping through the night!),

and are holding your head up like such a champ - our strong, happy, and healthy baby boy!!

You are such an easygoing and content little baby,

and like I always say, truly just “along for the ride” as the second born child…

and I love it!!

I am so loving being a mama of TWO baby boys and truly feel like I am living my dream come true these days!!

I love raising babies with my best friend and making all kinds of “first” memories as a brand new family of four (!!)

these precious #newbornandtoddler days!!

My very favorite thing is seeing how much your adoring big brother Judson loves on and takes care of you…

it has shown me just how special, tender, kind, and compassionate he is and I have never been prouder of him!!

I truly could cry just typing that… because man,

it was such a gift getting to pour into him during the days of just us two…

and now look what God has done and he is truly THRIVING in his new role as big brother!

And little Levi Rhett always smiles when Judson plays with and dotes on him… and it truly just melts my heart to a million pieces every single time!

With our hands full of blessings (in our babies!) and hearts full of gratitude,

I truly feel like the luckiest mama in the whole wide world to get to raise these precious gifts from God with my very best friend and am soaking up this sweet season so very much!!

We love you more than you could ever know, Sweet Baby Levi Rhett, and thank God for your precious life and truly can’t imagine our family without you now!!

We are oh so smitten with you!!

And now to recap all the sweet memories since my last blog post (aka… the last month – so if you haven’t already… make sure to go read my

birth story blog ,

“first 2 weeks” blog,

one month of Levi Rhett blog,

and two months of Levi Rhett blog, too!!

Soooo with that being said… let’s start off with recapping allll the sweet memories from this past month:

Being their “mommy” really is the dream job (& no one can convince me otherwise) and all I ever wanted to be in life - I wouldn’t miss these precious days with my babies for anything in the world!!! There is nothing better than getting to spend my days loving on and nurturing my babies, and they truly are the joys of my life!!

I live for sweet little back deck afternoons playing with these cuties while we wait for “Dada” to get home from work - and Judson is loving his sailboat these days and was soooo excited for the beach that coming weekend ahead - it’s all he would talk about haha!!! And eek we were so excited to bring our little newborn to the beach for his very first trip!!

Click here to see the sweetest little reel of back deck playing!

One thing about me… is I am a bigggg fan of post-dinner evening walks!!! It truly is the best way to end the night - catching up with your hubby and getting your babies out in nature right before they go down! Highly recommend!!

And y’all… Wes literally came home the other night and the first thing he did when he came up to give me a hug was comment on how good and “soft” (that’s the word he used haha) my skin looked!!! Made me feel good!!!!

This Oliveda skincare is MAGIC y’all… I’m telling you!! I even got compliments the other day at the nail salon - no joke!! Let me build you a cart with my favorite products and let’s get your skin “soft” and glowy, too hehe!!

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Click here to see a sweet little reel from this particular evening walk!

These truly are the days!! I’m hereeee for all the simple, slow, and sweet days with my babies - no where to be but with them! Being their mommy is the most important thing I will ever do and a gift I will never take for granted! Motherhood is the most beautiful calling there is - raising tiny disciples in our own little homes!!

Living the sweetest lil’ mama of two life these days - I love these happy baby boys SO! While I was nursing the baby this particular morning, Judson asked if he could “hold bubba” and man, I will never get over how much of a gift it is how much he loves being a big brother - you were made for this, baby!! And then, was rocking the baby down for his morning nap, I came back and Judson said “Mama, look what I painted you” - gosh put a fork in me!! And on the little paper towel, too!!!

And lunch time these days consists of a messy highchair, a happy dog getting scraps from the toddler, and a sweet sweepy newborn in the bouncer… these are the views I will always hold in my memory as the “good ol’ days” - and soaking in sweepy milk drunk smiles and snuggles while big bro was napping - simply the best thing in life!!

Click here to see this video of a little “day in the life” these days!

Judson specifically asked if HE could give his baby brother his bath the other night - he did so good y’all!! This firstborn baby boy y’all… we don’t deserve him!!! He truly is thriving as a big brother and it’s been such an answered prayer of mine!! Like my mama always says… everyone wants to be “wanted, needed, and loved!”

And I mean… can our little newborn be ANY cuter?!? Gosh we are smitten with you, Sweet Baby Levi Rhett!! (ps. nothing I mean NOTHING beats a squeaky clean baby straight out the kitchen sink hehe)!!

ALSO… linked all of our baby bathtime essentials for y’all (including this amazing “Blooming Bath” for the kitchen sink bath days!!) over on my LTKit app… so make sure to go follow and “shop with me” there if you haven’t already!! #babybathessentials

Click here to see the sweetest brother bathtime fun!!

We have been blown away by how well our garden has done this year!! Just like our chickens (who have been laying like crazy ever since I found out I was pregnant with baby #2… and now he’s here - notttt a coincidence but a “god wink” if you ask me) , our garden must know it needs to keep feeding our growing fam as well hehe!!

Happy chickens, happy garden and happy mama - I love this simple and sweet little life we are building for our babies!!

Click here to see our happy garden these summer days!!

It really is beautiful those little moments when God stops you in your tracks and you truly KNOW heaven meets earth and you’re getting a little glimpse of it… and this… this was one of them for sure!!

Sweet Baby Levi Rhett was literally “smiling into sleep” and I was actually a puddle - that little sleepy milk drink smile and sigh at the end… you have to listen!! I was texting my best friend and honestly, I KNOW this baby came straight from Jesus - he truly is my little angel and I just have never been happier in my whole life than being mama to my TWO baby boys!! And I especially soak up these moments rocking him to sleep when big brother is napping - what precious precious days these are!!

Click here to see a video of this precious little memory!! Be still my heart!

Happy happy 9 weeks of life with this handsome and happy lil’ country baby boy!!! Oh how we LOVEEEE you, Sweet Baby Levi Rhett… you are truly our little bundle of boy and pure JOY!!

Also… peep the cutest cow bubble from his Auntie Alexandra!! So perfect for this season of chasing dreams out on our farm sweet farm with you here in our arms now, too!! We all adore you so, our sweet angel baby boy - you are truly perfect in every way and everything we could’ve dreamed of and more… how did we ever live without you?!

Click here to see the sweetest pics and videos of our baby boy at 9 weeks old!

Just a collection of sweet summer moments with our sweet summer babies!!!

It really is all about the simple little moments - like every morning nursing my newborn with a toddler playing trucks at my feet - that you will store in your memory bank forever!!

Man… these really are the good days - full of allll the snuggles, garden fun, morning/evening walks, and baby feet hehe!!! I sure do love our little life and these cutie pie babies we are raising!!

God has blessed us beyond measure with these brother besties and how special it is getting to chase our dreams while raising babies!!

So thankful to God for our happy happy healthy bright blue-eyed baby boy at his 2-month check-up this month

(and his proud big brother who helped him be so “brave”

and lovesss going with him and leaving with “stickers” from all of the staff hehe)!!!

Sweet Baby Levi Rhett was exactly 12 lb (he even smiled at the nurse and us when we weighed him - melting everyone in the office’s hearts per usual ) and 23.45 inches long and strong and healthy as can be!!! He truly is our content little angel baby andddd he was so so brave for his shots!!

He barely even fussed (even though it’s so hard on mama’s heart ofcourse) and then nursed and went right back to sleep!

We love him so much and are so grateful to Jesus for him - our tiniest new little ray of SONshine on this rainy day!!

And then we came back home, big brother was asleep for his nap, andddd I soaked in alllll the newborn front porch swing rainy day snuggles hehe!! I sure do love being their mommy - truly my dream come true and I am just overwhelmed with gratitude for these gifts from God in my babies!!

Click here to see some sweet front porch rainy day rocking hehe… but really, there’s no place I’d rather be than home rocking and raising my babies these days!!

Click here to see a sweet little moment I captured of Judson running into “Dada’s” arms out by the garden one night! We are living the sweet and simple little nights I’ve always dreamed of with our babies!! This is your sign to buy those chickens and plant that garden, too!!

Click here to see another lil’ morning in the garden with my little love while the baby was sleeping - picking another beautiful bouquet of homegrown flowers and tomatoes!!

It really has been so neat this year with our garden…

because I’ve ALWAYS loved flowers (they bring me so much JOY and show me so much of God’s attention to detail and love for beauty) … so I thought, why not grow my own?!

Had such a fun little time delivering some fresh homegrown flowers and tomatos to a sweet friend of mine that morning - and Judson even got to play with his little friend hehe!! It’s so important to me to teach my babies the importance of “making someone’s day” - because we really do all need sunshine in our lives… so why not be the one to spread it?!

Andddd back home with big brother down for his nap, I got to soak up the snuggles with my tiniest little newborn who’s been extra snuggly - and the most heavenly baby breaths - the best “flower” of all (hehe get it?!)!!

The rest of our afternoon/evening lookeed like a whole lot of packing and prepping for the beach and we were SO excited to take Sweet Baby Levi Rhett to our “happy place” (& his first big roadtrip slash trip!!) for the very first time and dip those tiny toes in the water!!

Sweet little precious moments of this #newbornandtoddlersummer so far that I want to bottle up forever and ever!! As y’all know… summertime, baby snuggles, front porches, and flowers will forever be my favorite things in life hehe - soooo this really is the summer of my dreams!!

And there is truly nothing in the world like seeing your babies love each other (this one morning in particular that melted my heart - Levi Rhett smiling SO big up at his “big bubba”) and like my mom has said, I really do think Judson was made to be a big brother… because he is truly thriving in new role and I’m constantly a puddle over here!!!  We were finishing up packing this morning and headed to the family beach house later that day (for Sweet Baby Levi Rhett’s very first time… eek!!) and so full of gratitude for this little life with our babies and these special precious summer days!!!

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We made it to our “happy place” with a brand new tiny addition in our arms this year!!! #babysfirstbeachtrip

Our hearts and hands were full of blessings!! So grateful to Jesus for our tiniest blessing we got to bring to our favorite place for his very first beach trip!! We made it down just in time for sunset and it was truly just a dream - getting to sit here and see Wes with our TWO baby boys in my favorite place in the world! There truly is just something about the coast that this summer-loving heart of mine has always loved - coming to this EXACT same beach every summer since I was a little girl!! What a gift getting to bring my OWN babies here now, too!!!

Vacation mode is officially ON and there truly is nothing I love more than rocking a newborn baby with this breathtaking view - I was sooo beyond happy to be here for the week with our babies!!!

Also… there was the BEST live music playing at the little bar right down the marsh from us - Sweet Baby Levi Rhett fell right to sleep in our arms to it hehe - such an angel baby!! Yay for vacation and all the family time and newborn snuggles by the best sound machine of all… the ocean hehe!!!!

Click here to see a sweet reel from us arriving to the beach house!

And Sweet Baby Levi Rhett’s very first road trip could not have gone better!!

Both babies were down for naps about 0.5 seconds into our trip -

so that’s a mom & dad win for sure haha!!

Also… peep Judson sleeping holding his whittle sailboat and their matching brother doggy lovies - cutest thing ever!!

We stopped at our favorite beach road trip stop (Smithfield’s BBQ ofcourse hehe)

and then a quick little nursing stop (it will forever be the tiny whittle crossed feet for me) and the boys came back with a Dunkin coffee for mama hehe - vacay mode was officially ONNNN!!!

Someone (Judson hehe) sure was happy to go get a donut with “Dada” and baby brother was smiling up a storm with mama -

he is the happiest most content whittle baby (I had to wake him up to nurse - and right after, we were back driving and went right back to asleep again) and we’re all OBSESSED with his sweet little self!!! We made it down to the beach house just in time for sunset and loved getting to start our vacation off with some sweet newborn snuggles overlooking the marsh - truly nothing better!!

As always, I linked all of our baby/toddler roadtrip essentials (and beach/travel essentials) for y’all over on my LTKit shop - so make sure to go follow along and “shop with me” there, if you haven’t already!! I love linking all things lifestyle, motherhood, family, and travel for y’all there that I’m using and loving!!

Click here to see a sweet reel of my heart in motherhood!!

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him.” // Psalms 127:3

Sweet Baby Levi Rhett’s very first time dipping his little toes in the ocean and it was just the sweetest core memory for our new family of FOUR!!

So special bringing our precious newborn to the beach so little… just like we did with Judson!!

And looks like we have another lil’ beach baby on our hands because he was content and happy as can be with that ocean breeze, gorgeous sunset, and sand on his whittle toes!!!

Oh, how I love all these “beach boys” of mine!!

Happy is as happy does, as Kenny Chesney says hehe - and there is nothing more special or happy than bringing our newest lil’ beach baby down to our “happy place” for his very first time!!

Woke up to the most beautiful sunrise over the marsh - truly my favorite way to spend a slow Sunday morning!

I love being a boy mama - constantly covered in babies, snuggles, kisses, andddd trucks and tractors on my feet hehe - my dream come true!!

Sweet Baby Levi Rhett is living his best little life down here and is such a dream baby… I mean… I want 10 more of him!!

And we’ve been having oh so much fun in the sun by the pool

with our little water-loving fishie

who is doing so well with his swimming

(& sweet sleepy baby brother in mama’s arms)!!

Andddd we got both babies down for naps (linked our favorite little baby dome for y’all on my LTKit app - the BEST for beach/pool days with a baby!!) and got to have sweet some pool time with my handsome baby daddy honeyyyy blasting Kenny Chesney (duh!) - it truly just doesn’t get better than this right here!

Being here in God’s breathtaking Creation to watch the sun rise and set over the water with a newborn baby in my arms… there’s just truly nothing that fills me with more awe and wonder… and reminds me just how BIG God is and small we are… and that is the most beautiful thing!! Truly couldn’t be more grateful for this time away with my new family of four!!

Click here to see a little video reel of my version of heaven on earth… for real though… beach naps with a “little bitty baby” just hit different!!

I’m fully convinced (& you can’t change my mind) there is NOTHING better than sleepy snuggly newborn baby cuddles with the sand between your toes and the ocean as God’s built-in sound machine!!

Truly couldn’t be any happier than this right here - in our happy place as a brand new family of four!! Full hands and fuller hearts by the coast - what a gift!!

Being a boy mom means you get to be “their girl” and it truly is the best (anddddd I sure do love being queen of the house these days hehe)!! Nothing in the world like being loved by all THREE of these cutie pie “beach boys” of mine and getting to take our Sweet Baby Levi Rhett to dip his little toes in the ocean for the very first time this beach trip!!

Click here to see a video of dipping Levi Rhett’s little toes in the ocean for the very first time – be still my heart!!

Nothing quite like experiencing your baby’s very first beach day…and we for sure have another “beach baby” on our hands y’all!!! This is your “sign” to take your sleepy newborn to the beach hehe - it’s truly been the best and the sweetest memories of our lives!!

Click here to see a recap video of Sweet Baby Levi Rhett’s very first beach day!

Our day in words… it started off with the best kind of early morning front porch rocking over the marsh with my honey… dream kind of morning y’all!! And our only plans for the day… beach & sunshine with our babies!!

My sweet mama and best friend got here late the night before and we spent our mornings chatting and drinking coffee with the sweetest little snuggly bebe -

these are the sweetest newborn days!!

Beach days are simply the BEST days!!! We were all just oh so happy to be there for the week!! And Judson was loving having another “beach baby bestie” this year (even if he sleeps in our arms mostly hehe)!! 

Nights like this forever- babywearing a sleepy newborn, diggin’ in the sand, evening sunset beach walks, shrimp scampi for dinner, and just soaking it alllll up!!

This was hands-down our favorite beach trip yet - and still pinching myself that we had TWO beach babies with us this year!!

The happiest (& snuggliest) little beach baby mama ever did see!!! 

Just a collection of sweet memories from Sweet Baby Levi Rhett’s very first full beach day - couldn’t have been sweeter from start to finish (with alllll the newborn snuggles ofcourse)!!

And goodness gracious we sure love our sweet beach lovin’ baby boy number TWO!!!

I love that God keeps giving us summer babies who love the coast just as much as we do!!

Sweet Baby Levi Rhett is happy as can be and has been living his best life hehe!!

And “big bubba” Judson is thriving as always - soaking in alllll the fun in the sun, sand castle making, pool splashing, and “showing his baby brother the ropes” -

beach days truly are the best days and we were making the sweetest beach memories as a brand new family of four!!! My mama heart was just oh so full!!

We had ourselves the best little time with our cutie pie newest beach baby - who lovessss the beach and was napping napping away with that warm breeze and God’s “built in sound machine” hehe!!

And our forever beach baby Judson was having the time of his life - running right into the waves, digging in the sand with new little friends he made (it’s the cutest seeing them play so well together),

and just having so much fun in the sun!! We love him so!!

After the babies’ naps (and watching the Olympics - gooo team USA!!) we stayed out on the beach until sunset and these beach babies sure do love the coastal life - just like their mama & dada!! Also… Judson’s little “mid-shoveling” kiss to his “baby bubba” melted this mama’s heart!!!

We ended the evening out by the pool at sunset with our little water babies -

and Sweet Baby Levi Rhett even got in, too, and loved the water on his whittle feet!!

We loveeee having beach-loving water babies in our fam and it truly is the best!! We take our babies to the beach pretty much right after they are born… so it’s really all they know - and these beach day newborn snuggles and beach chair nursing sessions are everythinggg!! We dipped Judson’s little toes in the ocean at just 6 weeks old, and now Sweet Baby Levi Rhett’s at 9 weeks old! There really is nothing sweeter than a precious little beach baby… and so surreal that now we have TWO of them!!

Click here to see a little reel I made about just this… raising our babies to loveeee the beach (just like their “mama and dada” hehe)!!

Click here to see a video I got of rocking the baby to sleep out over the marsh! Sooo peaceful!

I mean… is there anything better than starting off a beach day rocking a baby looking out over God’s beautiful magnificent Creation - and being in complete awe of the perfect little Creation in your arms?!

Click here to see cute pics and videos I took to celebrate the happiest 10 weeks of the cutest dimple smiles and lovin’ from our sweet precious little beach baby!!!!

You really are a real life baby doll and we can’t get enough of your happy tiny self these days - our bundle of “son”shine JOY!!!

Welcoming in August down at our favorite place… the coast!!

Beach days are the best days - amen and amen!!!

So much fun in the sun and front porch rockin’ with our sleepy newborn in our arms,

our ocean/water-loving toddler,

and the best “Nana” around - man, these are the days!!!

“Dada” took Judson on his first “boogie board” ride down the water and he had a ball!! And sweet baby boy snoozed away - my kind of beach afternoon!!

And that night’s sunset over the water was nothing short of breathtaking - we were just soaking it allllll up!!!

And this babyyyyyy y’all!!!! Sweet Baby Levi Rhett slept through the through the night the morning he turned 10 weeks old… we have been so blessed by this angel baby and how good of a sleeper he is!!! And he wakes up SO happy every morning… I mean, THAT SMILE MELTS ME!!!! He is our JOY bomb!!!!!

These are hands-down the happiest days of my life yet - goodness gracious I love being wifey and mommy to our sweet little beach babies!!!!

Click here to see a little reel I made about my heart in being a “mama” – it really is my dream job and I love being a stay-at-home mommy to my precious baby boys these days!! In a world that will tell you everything else… I truly believe in the beauty and JOY of being a wife and sahm mama raising these little souls to love and know Jesus, and consider it such a privilege and gift to spend my days raising and nurturing them… and yes mamas, what you are doing is enough and matters more than you will ever know!!

My own sweet mama (and greatest role model in motherhood!!) candidly captured this precious video of Sweet Baby Levi Rhett smiling on mama’s chest after a little post-beachday nursing session and it just makes me smile so big - goodness I love that little dimple smile and his sweet little self so stinkin’ much!! Being “mama” is the best gift ever and I am so thankful Jesus entrusted me with these precious little babies of mine to nurture and love in this sacred season of life!!

I sure do love these cutie beach boys of mine!!!

Full hands and fuller hearts for this year’s beach trip and we couldn’t be more grateful!! The Lord has blessed us beyond measure with this precious growing family of ours and we are so thankful for these good good gifts from above in our sweet baby boys!! I truly just feel like I keep “pinching myself” that this is my life and I am truly living my dream come true being wifey to Wes and mommy to my babies!! Thank you, Jesus, you have been so very good to us!!

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” // Ephesians 3:20-21

My sweet sweet beach baby boy SONshines and my whole stinking heart!! Goodness, I love being their mama so!!

Boy mama life is… seeing an excavator come by on the marsh and stopping everything you’re doing… and knowing your excavator-loving toddler’s whole week has been made!!

Click here to see the video – sooo stinking cute! A core memory for Judson for sure!

 Boy mama life really is oh so sweet - trucks, tractors, and excavators are everything these days!!! These are the little core moments and memories I pray I always remember!!!

Being a mom is saying “hi” to your baby over and over again… just to see those smiles!! Click here to see a video of them! And goodness do I love those little smiley coos, too!!!

Sweet Baby Levi Rhett sure was happy and excited for another beach day - chit-chatting away!!! Utterly obsessed with this dream blue-eyed baby number two of ours, y’all!!!

One day you’re falling in love with him… and the next you’re raising your babies together… and it is the sweetest season of our lives yet!! I sure do love raising babies with you, Wes, and taking them to our favorite place!!

Click here to see this little reel I made of our family sunset beach photos!

Just a collection of memories from the happiest beach week yet with a brand new baby in tow and our very first trip as a family of four!!

I was in heaven soaking up all the beach day snuggles -

cuddling this sweet angel baby while watching my big boys playing right in front of me - truly nothing better!!!

Starting every morning with front porch rockin’, coffee sipping, and quality conversation with my sweet mama (& best friend) -

there is nothing better than slow mornings down at the beach!! Wave chasing, sand castle making, newborn beach naps on mama, ice slushies, and just soaking in the sun with the people I love - so so grateful for these precious beach days!!! Also… peep the baby boys’ matching swimsuits - Levi Rhett has been wearing Judson’s old ones hehe!! And so loved Wes and I’s little “day dates” out on the back porch overlooking the marsh while the babies were napping!!

Anddddd our little fishie Judson sure has been having FUN swimming this beach trip - swim baby swim!!!

Spent our final beach night out on the dock with my precious boys last night - and soaked it allll up!!! And ended the evening with a little icecream shop trip - and y’all… we were cracking UP at Sweet Baby Levi Rhett’s little grin at Wes’ icecream cone!!! I mean, soooo stinking cute haha!!! Goodness gracious I love these beach boys of mine!!!

Click here to see a reminder to… build a life you LOVE to live! Chase those God-given dreams and live on purpose, friends!! But really… we truly do only have this one beautiful abundant life to live down here on Earth, and I don’t know about you…. but I sure do want to make the most of it with the people I love - my little family!! And as I was talking with my best friend… it’s definitely a good feeling to be leaving vacation knowing that you love your life back home just as much - raising our sweet little babies!!

It was the sweetest beach trip ever as our very first time as a family of four!!! But the best part is, we are so happy to be heading home today with full hearts and our two sweet babies to our little simple country life we absolutely adore - and chasing dreams out on our farm sweet farm these days!! Anddddd we will be back here again at our “happy place” in just a couple more weeks!! See you SO soon, OKI!!

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It makes me smile knowing that my sweet little babies are half me and half the person I love!! And goodness we sure are smitten with them!!!  I love raising “SONshines” with my very best friend in the world - these truly are the days and we are soaking up every bit of this #newbornandtoddlersummer around here!!

Click here to see the sweetest video of some beach brother lovin!!

Happiness is having a husband who is an amazing dad… and it makes you fall in love with them even more every single day!!

Click here to see this reel, too!!

The day after we got home from the beach, we took Sweet Baby Levi Rhett to church for the very first time… and he slept right through it on mama’s chest!!

Very first time taking Sweet Baby Levi Rhett to church

and goodness I love my sweet family of four so  - Thank you, Jesus!!

I love this sweet snuggly baby so!!! And made it back for Sunday lunch and a little “tractor ride” by the garden for Judson before both babies went down for naps - we sure do love slow Sunday afternoons around here!! It sure does feel good to be home sweet home with my boys!!

Click here to see a video of our very first time taking Sweet Baby Levi Rhett to church – such a sweet memory!!

Click here to see a fun little video I took out by the garden…

Home isn’t a place… it’s a feeling! And that’s the truth!!

Whatever “home” feels like to you… do lots and lots of that!! For me, that’s spending quality time with my growing family and flowers… always flowers!!

Like Wes always says… babies and flowers will forever be the way to my heart hehe!! After a wonderful week away on the coast, it really did feel so so good to be home sweet home with full hands and fuller hearts - a sweet sleeping newborn in my arms and a garden full of butterflies and fresh flowers to cut!!

Feels oh so good to be home sweet home to our simple little country life these days with the people I love the most - what a gift to live a life we love!!!

It was such a good feeling to be on our way back from the beach the other day with both babies sleeping and feeling thankful to be headed home to our sweet simple little country life we love!!

And on the drive, we passed a field of my favorite flowers and it made me smile so big!!

Wes always says I’m a sunflower hehe and one day out on our farm… we are going to have a whole field of these!! I sure do loveee the coast, but goodness, my country girl heart loves coming home to these mountain views and fields upon fields - there is no place like home!! Our dear friend Columbus (who was best friends with my “Papaw” back in the day and who Judson refers to as “Grandpa Columbus” ) took care of our chickens and garden while we were at the beach - and said he got lots of eggs and yummy tomatoes while we were gone!! Coming home to these little joys in our small town USA these days will never get old!!

Judson made his sweet grandma (“RaRa”) a homemade card and we delivered some of our homegrown flowers for her bday (that we missed while down at the beach!) and spent the evening with Wes’ parents!!

Andddd ended the evening driving out on our farm sweet farm and little slice of heaven - I sure do love chasing dreams with you and our sweet babies, Wes! We are soaking up every bit of this #newbornandtoddler summer around here and were oh so happy to be home sweet home!!

Click here to see a recap video of what truly was the most perfect #babysfirstbeachtrip and we officially have another lil’ beach baby (and easy traveler!!) in our Sweet Baby Levi Rhett!!

Our week was filled with the most gorgeous sunny weather, oh so much fun in the sand and sea, our water-loving babies, alllll the newborn snuggly beach nap cuddles and nursing sessions, front porch rocking overlooking the marsh, slow morning coffee views of the sunrise, soaking in every sunset over the water, and just the sweetest family time with my honey and my mama!! Couldn’t have asked for anything more - and our hearts (& hands) are so full!!!

PS. Andddd the best part is… we are actually headed back to my family’s beach house (our “happy place”) on the coast in just another week and a half… so we are pretty excited about that!! We saved all our summer trips for late summer due to having a newborn hehe - so it really has just been the best summer ever and we are soaking it alllll up around here!!!

Click here to see how and this smiley little cutie pie has mama wrappeddddd around his whittle finger y’all!!!

Oh, how we love and adore you, our smiley happy Sweet Baby Levi Rhett - our tiny little bundle of JOY!!

Click here to see a video showcasing…. when being a wife and mom IS your dream job… and that’s the truth!! What a gift it is getting to be a wife to the man of my dreams and have the title of “mama” to my precious little babies!!! Thank you, Jesus!! No other way I’d rather spend my days than loving on my little SONshines!!

Sweet Baby Levi Rhett was lovingggg getting all the special time with mama while big brother was napping hehe andddd then taking a whittle front porch swing nap on mama - and I was just happy as can be!! I love being mama more than anything in the world!! Truly, my dream job!

Most of y’all probably didn’t know this… but I actually have my Master’s in Professional Counseling Degree (finished my final internship when Judson was just one year old!) and I can’t even BEGIN to tell you how much I believe in the power of walking (and how often I would recommend this to couples and individuals I was working with)!!

I mean truly… the health (mental, emotional, physical, spiritual) benefits are countless… and it is such a good rhythm to add into your days!! We have been doing “evening walks” since our earliest days of marriage… and now it’s so fun getting to continue this “rhythm” (if you will) in our growing family with our TWO babies now!! Anyhoo… just thought I’d make a little reel and share because, goodness, we love walking around here and I think everyone should implement it into your days!!

Anyone else just look at your babies and think your heart may burst?! What a gift it is getting to be their everything - nothing better in the world than the gift of being “their girl!”

Click here to see what a gift it is getting to be a little person’s everything! I sure do love being their mommy and am currently soaking up this precious #newbornandtoddler stage of motherhood I’m in… all the babywearing, snuggles, brother loving, and just pure sweetness from my baby boys!! It’s those moments when… the first thing your firstborn does when you go outside for a walk this morning is pick you a wildflower and say “I pick a flower for you” - it’s fine I’m fine - just a puddle - this baby boy is an actual angel and I’m obsessed with him!! We see a weed… and they see a treasure to share with mama!! And y’all… he held that little flower our entire walk down our street - and I truly just could’ve melted of pure joy at the gift it is getting to be their mama and spend my days doing this right here - babywearing a sleepy newborn and little blue car walking my toddler!! It really is the little things in life that bring the MOST joy, y’all!!

Click here to see a video celebrating happy 11 weeks of our little ray of SONshine!! It will forever be the arm rolls and gummy smile for me!! You bring SO much laughter, happiness, light, and JOY to us, Sweet Baby Levi Rhett - and we are honestly all obsessed with you!! We are so grateful Jesus blessed us with your smiley and happy little angel baby self and truly can’t imagine life before you now!!!

So blessed to be their mama and get to spend my days home raising them!!!

I love starting the day taking in the sunrise over the back deck - what a gift it is living here in my great grandparents’ old family farmhouse for this season!!

And these two little country baby boys melt my heart on the daily!!

Their little love for one another melts me - and whenever I’m rocking the baby in the living room, Judson just loves to come sit in my lap too - and after he went to sleep, give him allll the kisses - my heart my heart my heartttt!!!! Having TWO boys back to back has been such a gift and I love being their mama!!!

Andddd Judson did great and was such a brave boy at his dentist appointment this month - and yay for the no cavity club!!! And Sweet Baby Levi Rhett was just along for the ride and slept right through it all - angel baby!!!

I sure am loving these barefoot, fetching eggs from our ladies, babywearing, feeding watermelon rinds to the chickens, and swinging kind of summer nights around here!! I love our little life these days!! And my favorite “home making tip” - allllll the fresh flowers - always - makes your home feel oh so happy and welcoming!! And even better when they are homegrown in your very own yard!!

As always… you can shop all of my outfits (& the boys’) and alllllll things family, lifestyle, motherhood, toddler/baby days, and more that I share about over on my LTKit shop - so make sure to go and follow me there if you haven’t already!!

Click here to see a day in the life - allll the cozy rainy vibes around here!!

I was up before the babies watching the storm roll in this morning with my cup of coffee and sending my sweet Wes off to work!! Then the babies were up and I loveeee a good rainy slow lil’ slow morning on the porch with them!! Judson and I have talked alllll about how rain is good for the plants, flowers, and animals and sweet Baby Levi Rhett is just the sweetest whittle angel baby we ever did see!! Lots of nursing, reading books (Christmas stories were Judson’s pick this particular day), blocks, cuddling and playing - and mercy… my heart wasn’t ready for the cuteness that was Judson holding Levi Rhett up and “reading to him!” Judson, you are the best big brother ever and your “baby bubba” absolutely adores you!! Everyone who told me that seeing the daily sibling bond grow would be my favorite thing ever… you were right!! Goodness gracious, these are the sweetest and simplest little days!! Andddd loved soaking in some rainy day newborn snuggles while big brother was napping - I love a good slow cozy rainy day here at the old family farmhouse!!

When “Dada” gets home from work on a rainy day - you run into his arms in the rain and splash in the puddles!! Click here to see the sweetest video! These are the memories I want to bottle up and keep forever and ever y’all!!

… But really, Wes and I were talking at dinner tonight about just how sweet, special, and sacred these “little years” are with our babies - and just so grateful for this season of life we are in of #chasingbabiesandchasingdreams while living here in my great grandparents’ old home while we run after the dreams Jesus has so clearly placed on our hearts!!

“You have the power to create a small lifegiving world within your home. The rooms of your home reflect your values, your tastes, but most importantly, your love.” // Sally Clarkson

I have loved this quote since the first time I saw it!! Such beautiful words by one of my very favorite authors on all things motherhood and homemaking - Sally

Clarkson! I read her “Mom Heart Moments” devotional every single day and love her books as well - I linked the ones I have over on my LTKit shop!!

In a world that views and talks about motherhood and children as a burden and often in such a negative light, I feel such a strong calling to showcase the beauty and JOY of being a mother - and what a blessing it is to raise these tiny little disciples in our homes that Jesus has entrusted us with! What a joy and honor to have such a high calling “for such a time as this” (Esther 4:14)!!

I sure do “enjoy the view” these days with these cutie little country baby boys of ours!! Click here to see a sweet video from this day!! I sure do love starting our days with morning walks with this lil’ cutie & his sleepy newborn baby brother on my chest!! Our chickens and garden bring so much joy - it’s just so fun raising #littlecountryboys these days!!

And I love that Judson riding on his “horsie” and Sweet Baby Levi Rhett grinning at me from the bed was my view when I was trying to blow dry/curl my hair and get ready for our weekend trip - these are the days!!! Daddy got home from work, we packed up the car, and headed to Charlotte for the weekend - to see my parents for a night and then Wes had a neat side job up there in the morning!! Iced coffee for mama & dada anddddd a sleepy baby in the backseat - cheers to the weekend!! We made it just in time for dinner, bathtime, and storytime with my parents and our hearts were so full!!

These truly are the days -

the sweetest, simplest, and happiest days raising our brother bestie country baby boys!!

Joy is… who you share it with!! Click here to see a sweet reel of an afternoon back home in Charlotte! I love being their mama - long live the snuggles from my boys andddd the pure excitement over spotting a lizard by the front door hehe!!

And a little pre-dinner walk on the streets I grew up on with a cutie toddler and our sleeping newborn (and yes, we got stopped many times to see the baby) - nothing better than being home sweet home with a new baby!!

When your slow Sunday mornings look like this… and it truly is everything we need!! Thank you, Jesus, for this family of mine!!

Click here to see a sweet slow Sunday morning together!

Happy Sunday from our little bright blue-eyed rays of SONshine!! Our newest little angel baby slept all the way through the night AGAIN that night y’all!! So that made two nights in a row! The Lord has really blessed us with a good sleeper in Sweet Baby Levi Rhett (pretty much from the start honestly!) and we are so grateful for his easygoing and happy little self!! (Ps… I also linked our baby/toddler pack n’ play we use and all things we love for “travel sleep” over on my LTKit shop - so go check it out there)!!

These cuties have my whole stinking heart!!! I truly love being a “boy mama” and being surrounded by all these little SONshines!!! Judson’s love for his baby brother melts us us on the daily… there is truly just nothing like sibling love!!! Full bed & fuller hearts these days with the early morning snuggles!! And then while we were cooking breakfast… we didn’t even realize it but this little angel fell asleep just like this on Dada’s shoulder!! Goodness what a little sweetie pie!!!! I just wanna eat him up!!

The “good life” is just being with my little family! There’s nothing I love more than our weekends together making sweet summer memories like these!! Click here to see some sweet summer fun! It was such a fun sunny Sunday pool day with our little water babies and gosh… just so proud of our little fishie Judson!! He LOVES to swim!! That’s my boy!! And Sweet Baby Levi Rhett was just taking it all in - the cutest lil’ pool baby I ever did see!!!!!

And all the fun in the sun wore the babies out - and Judson was out for the count and little Levi Rhett fell asleep right in our arms!! I love these sweet summer babies so much!!! And then a little backyard poolside YAFO Kitchen (the BEST if you are in Charlotte - I always crave it when I come home) lunch date with my honey while they were napping - what a fun Sunday!!! Living in the very sweetest days of our lives - thank you Jesus!!!

No place I’d rather “bee” these days than raising these sweet baby boy sonshines of mine!! Truly living in my happiest season of life yet as a stay-at-home mama of TWO these days!!

Just a collection of sweet precious memories from our weekend back home in Charlotte!! Lots of fun in the sun by the pool with our little water babies!! And we had so much fun taking Sweet Baby Levi Rhett out to eat at a restaurant for the very first time (!!!) at one of my favorite charlotte spots – Providence Road Sundries - and he was an absolute angel and slept right through it!!

I love seeing Judson play with all of the same vintage toys from my childhood that I played with as a little girl (like our old timey legos!!) - it’s so nostalgic!!! And rocking your newborn baby to sleep in your childhood home in the same rocker you were rocked in as a baby just hits different! I’m such a sentimental person (as y’all probably know!) and I just love spending weekends back home!! I sure do love our family, Wes, and making these sweet summer memories as a brand new party of 4️!

Click here to sweet the sweetest slow morning with my babies… and I wouldn’t trade mornings like these for anything!! There’s just nothing sweeter than slow and simple august front porch mornings with my babies - with nowhere to go and nowhere to be! And y’all… the way Sweet Baby Levi Rhett smiled in his sleep while Judson came up and kissed him - be still my heart!!! I love being their mommy!!!!

“The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.” // Laura Ingalls Wilder

… and an amen to that!! I love this quote so much and couldn’t agree more!! 

Nothing I love more than summer nights out in the garden with our babies!! Sweet Baby Levi Rhett loveddd feeling the flowers last night and it was the cutest lil’ thing!! And our little Judson was so proud to see what “he grew” hehe!! And ofcourse our “digger loving” toddler ended the night with his excavator - man these toddler days sure are fun!!

Our sweet elderly neighbor next door, Ms. Toni, saw us checking on the chickens and came over and gave us this precious vintage “chicken wind chime” - she said she has had it forever from an old friend and “thought it would be perfect for us with our chickens”  - so sweet! We bring her eggs often, and this made me smile! It really is the “little things” in life y’all - truly - and there’s nothing like small town/country living these days!! We always say it feels like “going back in time” living here in my great grandparents’ old farmhouse for this season and we are so grateful for our simple little country life these days!!

The best thing that I’ll ever do will be growing up raising you! And the most important work we’ll ever do, too, mamas!!

Click here to see some sweet rainy day memories at home with my littles!

Rainy days call for allllll the books with my bubba - my former teacher heart loves his heart for reading and I just love that I get to be the one teaching and instilling a love for learning in him these days - my dream come true! And nothing I love more than cozy rainy afternoon porch swing snuggles with this little angel baby while big brother is napping!!

These truly are the glory days - “watching our barefoot babies, laughing and picking daisies” - ones that I will always cherish of this sweet #newbornandtoddlersummer !!

Thank you, Lord, for this beautiful little country life we get to live with our sweet little babies these days!!

So many little moments have been bringing me such joy - front porch rocking the baby, Judson sittin’ in “Dada’s” lap in the old red truck, nights in the garden picking vegetables and flowers, fetching eggs from our ladies, cozy rainy days and slow mornings with my babies at home, alllll the reading with our little Judson bookworm, painting in the mudroom, sweet brother loving (that constantly melts me to a million pieces), and Sweet Baby Levi Rhett’s smiley little sunshine-y self - just a pure bundle of JOY!! And moments like when Sweet Baby Levi Rhett falls asleep on mama’s chest while he’s nursing - I so love breastfeeding my babies and know it’s such a gift from the Lord to feed and nourish my babies in this way!

And daily post-dinner evening walks babywearing a sleeping newborn, Judson in his little blue car, my honey and Red will forever be my favorite time of day! I love this sweet season of life so stinking much as a new mama of two and am soaking it all in!!

Click here to see a reel celebrating the happiest 12 weeks of loving from our smiley angel baby - we sure do adore you,  Sweet Baby Levi Rhett!!! You truly are the SONshine of our lives and just a pure tiny bundle of JOY!!

This sweet angel baby has continued to sleep all the way through the night the last few nights (we are mind blown - what a gift this good sleeper little baby is - truly a DREAM baby y’all) and look at this him holding his head up already!!! So proud of our strong happy baby boy hehe!! He’s just such a cutie pie and we truly can’t imagine life without his sweet little self!!

“The life and love we create is the life and love we live” - … and that’s the truth!

Click here to see a video of a sweet summer night out in the garden!

I have always believed in creating and building a life you love to live and wake up to, and I’m so thankful to be in this season of #chasingdreamsandchasingbabies with sweet Wes out on our farm sweet farm while staying home and raising our babies and making the most of our time here in my great grandparents’ precious old family farmhouse!! That really is what life is all about… making the most of this precious time here on Earth that God blesses us with - because every day and every breath truly is a gift from Him!! And if you get anything from my happy and uplifting little corner of the internet… that is it - my heart behind it all - to help encourage us see the beauty, joy, and goodness in life and God’s Creation all around us that, ultimately, point us back to HIM… the Creator of it all!!

“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” // Philippians 4:8  

Long live summer nights out in the garden with my sweet little babies - nothing brings more joy than a bouquet of  homegrown flowers picked fresh from your very own backyard!!

We had the BEST morning playdate with my friend Kristen and her sweet boys (and loved getting to celebrate her (belated!) birthday, too!) - what a treasure getting to see all FOUR (!!) baby boys together!! Sweet baby naps, nursing and chatting about life, toys at our feet,and just making memories together with our sweet littles!!

I sure do love doing this #boymamalife with you, sweet friend, and am so thankful that the Lord gave us one another to get to do motherhood together!!

Babies and flowers - the very best things in life!!

Being their mama is truly the greatest gift and joy and I am truly living the sweetest season of my life yet these precious #newbornandtoddlerdays !!

And speaking of motherhood…

this verse is so near and dear to my heart in this season of raising littles –

“He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads those who have young.” // Isaiah 40:11

Just a little collection of sweet life lately at home with my babies… #wheregoodthingsgrow

“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” // Colossians 2:6-7

Just got done with my hair appointment with my girl Heather (yes, I still come home to Charlotte just to see her because she’s been doing my hair since college and I adore her) and eek I love!! Andddd the skin is “skinning” (as the people say) thanks to Oliveda!! For real though y’all… my skin has never been more bright and glowy and I want everyone to try it!!! I am obsessed with the products and can’t stop talking about them - send me a message over on Instagram if you’d like me to help you get your  glow on, too!!

Click here to see a sweet reel from this particular day!

Wes had the day off since he would be working Saturday, so it was such a treat getting my hair done and coming home to nurse and rock my sleepy newborn in the same rocker I was rocked in as a baby – it truly was the sweetest lil’ Friday indeed! I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again… but there is nothing more nostalgic than rocking your baby to sleep in your childhood home  in the same rocker you were rocked in as a baby!!

“I’m just sitting out here watching airplanes”

We took our little airplane-loving Judson (& sleeping Sweet Baby Levi Rhett) out to the airport runway overlook park to watch the planes take off at sunset tonight - and it was such a core family memory for sure!! Nothing like seeing the world through your precious baby’s eyes, and gosh, I just love his love and wonder for life and his amazement at watching the airplanes go by!!! I sure do love being a #boymamax2 and love making sweet Friday night memories like these with my sweet boys - ones I will always cherish and remember!!

This is your sign to take your toddler to watch airplanes take off at sunset… a core memory made for sure!!! Nothing like taking your airplane-loving toddler (& his sleepy newborn baby brother) to watch airplanes take off at sunset on a friday night… so much fun!! Nothing sweeter than watching the joy in your toddler’s eyes as he watches the planes take off into the sky at sunset while sitting on daddy’s shoulders!!

Click here to see the sweetest memory from this airplane watching night!

Click here to see a sweet summer Saturday at the park with these sweet boys of mine - nothing better!! And watching Judson feed the duckies is always the sweetest thing!!

Life with our sweet babies is oh so fun and I sure do love this sweet season of life raising littles with you, Wes!!!

A mama will always look at her children and see her heart!! And this quote couldn’t be more true! These babies sure do have my whole stinkin’ heart and being their mama is the absolute JOY of my life!! Thank you, Jesus, for blessing me with these tiny blessings that are such a picture of the goodness of God!!

Click here to see a heaven sent kind of slow summer Sunday!

We sure do love a sweet slow summer Sunday back home!!

Nothing sweeter than seeing your hubby reading Bible stories to your babies from the same children’s Bible I read as a child! I’m so thankful I didn’t just marry a godly man who “talked the talk,” but who “walks the walk” - there is nothing more beautiful than seeing your person teaching your babies about the love of Jesus!!! I love you, Wes!

And the sweetest thing recently has been Sweet Baby Levi Rhett nursing and him randomly stopping to look up at me and “talk” to me and my heart melts!!! This lil’ cutie’s little giggles and chatting these days make me smile so big!!! He is the CUTEST little thing!!

We had a lovely Sunday morning neighborhood walk on my old stomping grounds back home in Charlotte - what a beautiful day!! These are the sweetest lil’ sleepy bassinet stroller walk days - he truly is the sweetest most easy going little angel babe and we are all so smitten with his tiny newborn self!! Another weekend home, another lunch out at Providence Road Sundries- because it’s everyone’s favorite spot hehe! Then got to hang out by the pool with my honey while the babies were both napping and we had the BEST kind of Sunday afternoon swimming with our little fishie Judson while baby bubba was still napping away!! I sure do love these sweet summer weekends with my boys!!

Hearts so happy and full after such a sweet summer weekend back home - snuggling my sweet lil’ newborn baby in our old family rocking chair, taking our babies to my favorite childhood park to feed the duckies, fun in the sun by the pool, walks in this gorgeous weather, and just sweet family time!! And as much as we love spending time in the Queen City, it sure feels good to love coming home to our little small town country life here in my great grandparents’ old farmhouse for this season while chasing dreams out on our farm sweet farm - just really grateful for this life and chasing our dreams so young while chasing babies!! Home is whenever I’m with you and our babies!!!

Click here to see a reel of another sweet summer rainy afternoon full of allllll the sleepy snuggles on the porch swing with my Sweet Baby Levi Rhett while we waited for “Dada” to get home from work!! These newborn days are everything and I am soaking them allll in! And I soak in the snuggles a little extra whenever big bro Judson is napping too hehe!! I am fully embracing this season of motherhood and alllll the snuggles these days - because loving on these sweet babies truly is the most important thing I will ever ever do!!

Click here to see some super FUN summer “happy mail” from an awesome company this week and had so much fun unboxing their PR package to our little fam!! How fun is this?! Judson was soooo excited to see all of the sunglasses they sent - both for him AND the baby!!

He had an absolute blast trying them all on (loved them all) and immediately wanted to “put the sunglasses on bubba” as soon as Sweet Baby Levi Rhett woke up from his afternoon nap!!

It was the cutest thing everrrrr - I mean…. Babies in sunglasses… it just doesn’t get any cuter than that!!! Thank you, Real Shades, for the coolest new shades for our upcoming beach trip and for dressing our baby boys in style!!

Babies in sunglasses may be about the cutest thing EVER!!! But really y’all… we are in LOVE with these adorable baby/toddler (matching!!!) sunglasses that Real Shades gifted to our family for our cool kids hehe!!!

We can’t wait for the baby boys to have these for our beach trip coming up in just another week and half… for allllll the fun in the sun!! We sure do loveee summer around here and are soaking it allllll up these days with our sweet summer babes!! You can shop these exact shades (& similar ones!!) over on my LTKit shop!!

Click here to see the cutest little giggles mama finally caught on camera - fully convinced that baby giggles are the BEST sound in the world!! He is truly a dream baby and just so stinking HAPPY!!! We ADORE you and your giggly little self, Sweet Baby Levi Rhett!!

And this little angel was literally smiling and giggling in his sleep, too!! I mean… I am a puddle and so smitten with this sweet angelic baby boy - he is truly a gift sent straight from heaven!!!

My brand new family of four (!!) is absolutely everything to me and my favorite place in the world will forever be wherever I am with them!!

Click here to see a reel I made with some of our favorite newborn photos!

I love being surrounded by all these sweet boys and love getting to be “their girl” hehe! These precious #newbornandtoddlerdays are the sweetest of my life and we are soaking in this beyond precious season with our sweet and snuggly newest little bundle of love these days!!!

And click here to see a reel of what I believe are the most beautiful things in life!! Nothing beats a sleeping baby strapped to your chest while checking on the chickens and garden- man I love these simple sweet summer nights out here!! And long live sleepy baby carrier and little blue car walks at sunset with my sweet boys!!! I sure do love our little daily rhythms around here!

Goodness gracious this sweet little blue-eyed angel baby boy has brought so much JOY to our lives and we truly can’t imagine our lives or family without his sweet whittle self now!!!

Click here to see a reel celebrating the happiest 13 weeks of the sweetest sleepy snuggles, smiles, giggles, and life with our newest little ray of SONshine!! Oh, how we love you SO, Sweet Baby Levi Rhett!! How did we ever life without you?!

Living in the sweetest days of our lives as a new family of four!! We are so grateful for our tiny new addition in Sweet Baby Levi Rhett and soaking up these precious #newbornandtoddler days!!

My heart is just so thankful for days filled with playdates with sweet friends,

walks on all of the beautiful trails around us,

summer nights out with the chickens by the garden, all the sleepy baby snuggles, and baby giggles!! And most every day starts with rocking a lil baby and my firstborn playing trucks and reading books at my feet - it just doesn’t get better than these sweet slow mornings with my babies these days!!

And yesterday's DREAMY weather called for a picnic lunch at the lake by our house - the best kind of day!!! Judson loves having “picnics” and sleepy Sweet Baby Levi Rhett was sleeping and just along for the ride!!!

And onto an EMC note… Resharing this same little “note” from my previous blog posts (in case you missed it):

I am currently out on MATERNITY LEAVE over here at EMC and soaking in this sweet season full of precious family time and alllll the newborn snuggles!!! You can follow along with our new family of FOUR over here on the EMC Blog as well as on my personal Instagram page - @emilyjoannemabry - where I am always sharing sweet memories, links (over on my LTKit shop!), and all the things!! #maternityleave #outformaternityleave

And while I am out on maternity leave, I AM still checking messages and taking orders for when I come back later this coming fall season!! So, feel free to message me with any prints and/or custom orders you have and would like to place during this season of soaking in such precious memories with my babies and adjusting to life as a family of 4!! I LOVE this sweet small business and every single one of YOU - and am so grateful for the gift it has allowed me of being able to do what I love while also staying home and raising my babies!! I so look forward to working with all of you later this coming fall after cherishing these precious newborn days on maternity leave!!! #shopupdate #maternityleaveupdate

And for those of y’all who may be new around here, make sure to head on over to @emilymabrycreative over on Instagram to see all the fun lettering art things I’ve been up to and my personal page @emilyjoannemabry to keep up with our little family! I’d love to have you following along there, too!!

And for those of you who are new around here to the EMC Blog, you can also find me and “shop with me” over on the LIKEtoKNOW.it app. So, if you haven’t already, make sure to download the app and “follow” me there (I put instructions over on my LIKEtoKNOW.it story highlight over on my personal Instagram page @emilyjoannemabry) - where I’m always sharing all my favorite lifestyle products, baby/kids’ items (and cute clothes, of course!), mommy items, pregnancy items, and finds!!

You can download the app and follow me here:

https://www.liketoknow.it/emilyjoannemabry

I am also constantly sharing “links” on my Instagram stories where you can click, and it will take you to be able to “shop” that specific photo & what you see!!

Like I always say… this blog is such a fun little creative outlet for me and truly just feels like one big “scrapbook” in a lot of ways!! I absolutely love getting to share our lives with you on this EMC Blog as well as over on my personal Instagram page!! We are living in the sweetest #newbornandtoddlerdays and are absolutely loving being a family of four!!

We are absolutely smitten with our Sweet Little Baby Levi Rhett and soaking in allllll the sweet baby snuggles and lovin’ these days!!

So grateful to have each and every one of you here following along – we love you and this entire EMC Community so!!!