Me @ 30

You know I could name a lot of reasons why I don't like these pictures. Maybe that means I should take more pictures by myself. But I won't say a. single. bad. thing.

Instead, I'll tell you why I should love these pictures.

Because....

-In a blink of an eye I'll look at these pictures and realize how young I really was.
-I'm 18 weeks pregnant with our last baby and I'm finally come out of my dark, not so happy place.
-Speaking of the little one...we find out tomorrow what we are having. We jokingly tell everyone that we are finding out that it's another girl tomorrow, but given our track record it would come as no surprise. It's still fun to know regardless.
-My husband thinks I'm beautiful and said so when he was taking these.
-My girls will want these pictures just as badly as I wish I had pictures of my mom on her 30th birthday.
-It's not always about the girls and sometimes it's just fun to take pictures of yourself. It really took about 5 seconds.
-In the last 10 years I've graduated from college, gotten married, moved far from home, had 2 kids, supported Christopher through a Bachelors and now Masters degree, found lots of things I'm passionate about, and I'm excited to see what the next 10 years holds for me. Hopefully it involves a lot less moving and a lot more planting our roots.
-I love my girls, I adore my husband, and I've learned that no matter what life throws at me, if I have them, I can do anything!

Life is good. A lot has happened in my 20's. Here's to many more life changing adventures in my 30's!