'you were a million years of work,' said god and his angels with needle and thread.

- sleeping at last

little lady

Stella Rose is over a month old. She's a quick one. I couldn't be more excited to snuggle her this weekend. She lives at the Central Coast; 2.5 hours away from her auntie!

I had a really special relationship with my aunt when I was a little girl. What an amazing thing to be: an aunt. No really, it is.

I loved sleepovers, Mexican restaurants, and shopping with my aunt. I ate up everything she said. When the kids at school teased me for my 'baby's bike', she heard my cry and surprised me with a shopping trip to pick out a new bicycle. Was is overindulgence? Maybe. But she heard me in a way only an aunt could.

So, rest easy, Sis. You will be heard.

start her young

listen here. anthropologie can really make my heart go pitter-patter but this baby girl sure takes it up a notch. this is our dear friends' daughter, emma. life is so much better with a baby around.

[way better than anthro]

for the record, she had all the anthro shoppers stopped dead in their tracks. no amount of material lovely around could distract from her beauty.

can i just be a proud auntie m for a sec?

this is stella rose . . .

this is her little ear . . .

this is her little cry . . . 

this is her little eye . . .

she's a wonder and a beauty.  don't you just want to cuddle her?  i sure do.  

Day 3

life happened today.
brutus [the dog] broke into the maxson house and did dog things that humans don't like.
baby niece stella was born today
sam is working late.
i am sick.


life life life.


but we are sticking to the challenge.

and because i'm the proudest aunt on the face of the planet...


[stella rose]

she's so cutie.

i spy with my little eye...

craziness.