Conor exercises almost every single morning with the girls watching him (and Holly sometimes cheering him on). This example has rubbed off on them and they love hanging from the chin-up bar. Cracks me up! Conor lets them hang until they fall, or he helps them do a pull-up (or is it a chin-up? I don't know, I can't do either!). Adorable. 

My example has rubbed off too. The other day, Holly says to me, "oh man! We didn't go to the gym today!" 

These three are my entire world. The sun rises and sets on them. 

I'm really young. I married Conor at 18. Sometimes I feel a little self-conscious of my age, especially here in California. But, I wouldn't trade it for anything. When it all boils down, I'm so grateful that I found true love so much sooner than average and I'm so grateful that I get to have children. I wouldn't trade my life for anything. Happy Friday!

I made a new pair of shorts for each of the girls out of gingham fabric that I bought about a year ago and I used the Oliver+S puppet show short pattern. Super easy and quick to make and the girls like them! Greta loves anything with a pocket.

Greta has become a little more chubby lately. She feels more solid and I love it, even though it means I can probably expect her to grow even taller soon. I just love that belly!  

It's been a couple years since I've had a birthday cake, thanks to being sick. This year, I made a paleo chocolate cake and served it with fresh strawberries. It was pretty good! I overbaked it a little unfortunately - baking paleo is different from traditional baking that's for sure. But next time, it'll be even better because I'll get the bake time right. The frosting was surprisingly delicious! This was a healthy birthday cake win especially compared to Greta's birthday cake flop last month. 

Yesterday was my 25th birthday and it was the perfect day! First, I wasn't sick! For the last two years, I've had a sinus infection for my birthday and so I really appreciated my health this year. I slept in, had a relaxing morning, curled my hair and we went out for lunch. Holly would sporatically wish me a happy birthday throughout the day and Greta would too. Conor and I went on a date and it was perfect (are you noticing a theme?). We went to Ranchos San Antoinio (a greenspace preserve) in Los Altos Hills (read: a large community of multi-million dollar homes) and went for a long walk. Everything is so green right now, some parts almost neon. And the outdoors smell so good! We enjoyed walking and talking and just being together. 

I always feel a little awkward asking a stranger to take photos, but I'm really glad I did. I had brought my film camera and we took a couple photos of each other with that, but obviously it's a little hard to photograph ourselves with a heavy DSLR. 

After our walk, we went to a favorite, Pizza Antica. They were out of gluten-free pizza, but that was okay because I ordered an amazing chicken dish instead. The flavors were unexpected and different and delicious! 

Ah, the perfect day. It's going to be a great year!