. . . firstborns . . .

. . . oh ~ good morning pretties . . . 

. . . i know it isn't quite october yet . . . 

. . . but there you were 

at home depot last night . . . 

. . . looking all beautiful . . .

. . . and how could i resist? . . . 

. . . please don't consider yourselves

 guinea pigs . . .

{you totally are}

. . . please don't think 

your purchase and planting 

were a desperate wish 

for the end 

of triple digit temperatures . . . 

{it totally was}

. . . one of these days . . . 

{cough when it cools off cough}

. . . i'll get you 

some tiny alyssum friends . . .

. . . but for now ~ just rest easy . . . 

. . . send down roots . . . 

. . . don't fry and wilt . . . 

. . . bloom like crazy . . . 

. . . and know that

out of all the geraniums 

i'll plant in 2012, 

i loved you first . . .

. . . and speaking of 

who i loved first . . . 

. . . well ~ childrenwise anyway . . . 

. . . thirty-two years ago today 

this beautiful girl

{the beautiful girl on the right}

made me a mama . . . 

 {halleigh anne hansen turned 9 yesterday, 

and amber leigh romney hansen turned 32 today}

. . . happy birthday to my firstborn . . . 

. . . if you know her at all, 

you'll agree with me 

that she's downright amazing . . .