i'm baccccck!

So, so happy to be home. I took off today to spend with Rylan since I've been away a lot of the past two weeks but it turned out to be a snow day! I had big things planned like making farm animal sugar cookies and painting them with Rylan... until around 10 am. That was when Rylan hopped on top of me on the couch playing his plastic recorder. I looked at him and said, "don't hit mama with that." Which translates to a little boy as "hit mama with that."

Not even two heartbeats later and whack! I covered my eye quickly with my hand thinking it just hurt pretty bad but as most bumps & bruises with wee ones, the initial sting would disappear just as fast as it happened. Wrong. I took my hand away for Ian to look and his face scared the hope outta me. I was bleeding. And it was already swollen to the point my eye would close within the hour.

One ice pack and a shot of liquor later and I have my first black eye. Did I mention my bachelorette party is this weekend in Boston?

So in honor of St. Patrick's Day, the luck of the Irish that I clearly don't have and the cookies I can't post because I can't see out of one eye, here are some engagement pictures featuring the color green. That works, right? We had them taken in October before it got too cold on a rainy day outside of Richmond, Virginia. I wanted Rylan to be apart of the day so he came along and took some shots with us. We have the BEST photographer and can't wait to see what she is able to capture at the wedding in June. Hope you enjoy her work as much as we do :) See you tomorrow and Happy St. Patrick's day!!