Leah Remillet Blog

I had all three of mine running circles around me at the grocery store.  It was one of those days where I have no idea how it happened but I’m pretty sure they must have each drank a gallon of Kool-aid or perhaps they were just taking spoonfuls of sugar right out of the jar? Whatever the reason it was obvious that I was playing with fire and when the meltdowns ensued, I’d be the one getting burned. All I could think was get in and get out before catastrophe happens. It seemed like a good enough plan although how could I forget the one obvious flaw? Me? Did I not remember Thanksgiving a couple years back? Everyone was busily working at preparing food, someone needed to go pickup a last minute ingredient and I gladly volunteered to get out of the house for a few minutes. As I turned the ignition I thought about my appearance and than quickly chastised myself… And besides, I wasn’t going to run into anyone at 9 am Thanksgiving Morning in some aisle of the grocery store. Almost right. It wasn’t an aisle, it was the parking lot. There in front of me, a friends who I hadn’t seen since high school looking nicely put together and adorable. While me on the other side, I was donning sweats with my unbrushed hair in a ponytail and not one stitch of makeup. It was a far cry from a lovely sight.

And so of course it would go without saying that I would run into someone I know again. I didn’t even recognize her with her gorgeous new hair-cut. She had just finished working out and still looked fantastic, so unfair. While I stood looking frazzled and perplexed as to how I had gotten here and what I was supposed to be doing.

While I’ll admit that I’d much rather run into people when I’m put together and not feeling like I’m trying to save my last battleship, I was still excited to see one of my favorite little guys (who I might add just sat there in the cart being wonderfully pleasant).

I met ‘W’ when he was just a little guy and have loved getting to capture the milestones throughout his first year. There is something really special about this little that leaves me smitten every time! I can’t believe how big he’s gotten, now he’s walking! Kyle suggested a fantastic little spot that I’d never been to before. It was great and I even took my kids back to play there today – they loved it! Thank you for a wonderful afternoon. Next time bed sheets and treats… lot’s of treats!

Look how great he’s doing with those feet! And so proud of himself too! And don’t you just love his sweet T. Mommy has him style’n!

I absolutely love this series! It’s so genuine to real life. Such happy perfect little moments that capture a special time in this families life. These are my favorite types of shots because they tell a story of an age that will always be remembered now!

I don’t know if everyone is as blessed as I have been with the friends who have come through our lives, but I hope so. I really really hope so. I feel like each of us should only be so lucky as to be blessed with the type of friends who, despite having no blood relation, immediately become part of our families.   Taylor and I have been over and over. Maybe we just need extra help. {grin} We met Brock and Amy when we were both just newly weds, it’s hard to believe that that was almost 9 years ago.  Neither of us had kids yet and with 4 full time incomes, well you can have some fun.  So we did… a lot! For about two years we were inseparable like a couple of BFFs in 7th grade. We did everything together, dates, vacations, holidays… Amy and I even struggled getting pregnant together and even more odd was when we both got pregnant within a couple months of each other and for both of us it was 3 years after being married. But before Amy was due, they took a job in Utah and moved away.  I remember shedding a lot of tears. It was the end of an era, life would never be the same. It was only a few months later that we moved to Hawaii.

We didn’t see each other for about 5 years. Until just a few months ago when Brock took a new job that brought him back to Washington while we had finished undergrad and of course are back in the NW so that Tay can work through Chiropractic school. When they called to meet up, I’ll admit that Tay and I were nervous. Were we going to have to deal with that awkward transition where you have to fill the gaps from years of lives that continued down separate paths? Was there going to be random surface conversation and awkward pauses while we all silently hoped to fall back into a familiar friendship? Five years is a long time. We each had kids now, we were different… they were different … (I’m liking the dot dot  dots, today) and I was scared that somehow if we didn’t fall into the familiar old banter it meant that our friendship had never quite been what I remembered it as.

The first time we got back together we spent a weekend at the ocean. I was overjoyed to find that it was like we’d never skipped a beat. We fell back into a wonderful conversation as if we’d only paused for a moment. The only thing that changed was the chatter and laughter of little people running and playing all around us.

B&M, I designed this Canvas Wall Cluster as the perfect way to display your beautiful family!