a wedding and some good news

Matt and I went to my sister's best friend's wedding on Saturday. I've known Brittany since she was a toddler, and I've been blessed enough to become closer to her in our adulthood through Sarah. Her mom is also a rock star and one of my fantastic dressing change helpers slash awesome friend.

My sister has never worn makeup, I don't think. I relished every moment of slathering that crap all over her purty little face. She was not diggin' it.


Here's a shot of Matt and me before the wedding. Doesn't he clean up nice?


My sister. Isn't she beautiful? Makeup or not.

Emilee - Brittany's sister. This girl holds a special place in my heart and loves her some Jonah.

This is Jennifer, another one of my sister's best buds. She's a keeper.

Some more photos of the day.

Remember Salem? I can't believe how the time flies.

I got a little carried away with Salem pics. Seriously, this is only a few out of like thirty.

This is MY FAVORITE.

Could Brittany be any more beautiful? Definitely not.

The exposure on this next one was messed up, so I tried to tweak it. I should definitely not be allowed to tweak stuff.

This was not at the wedding. This was the next day, after church. Jonah was napping in the car, so we stopped by my mom's while we waited on him to wake up. I thought it was a good one.

I'm feeling tired tonight so I'm going to make this short, but I have some great news. Jonah is starting to take solids by mouth like never before. Today he ate nine ounces of yogurt, six and a half ounces of Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal, one ounce of black beans, and one ounce of his weird tube blend concoction (chicken/gravy baby food, avocado, black beans, sweet potato/white bean baby food, formula, apple juice and rice cereal... I know, disgusting right?). Anyway, I think he's finally getting it. I'm so thankful and don't take one little opened-mouth, eager bite for granted. We're certainly not at the "don't have to use the tube" stage, but it's a HUGE BIG ENORMOUS AWESOME step in the right direction. I'm so proud of him, and I know how many of you have prayed and prayed for this. PRAISE GOD!

Alright, I'm off to bed. As always, thank you so much for praying for Jonah's struggles, no matter how big or small. You know to my mommy heart they are all huge, and every obstacle overcome (or on the way to overcome) is just one more moment, memory, accomplishment I thought he'd never see. He's amazing. Thank you, God.