Me

I'm sure you've probably seen the Facebook challenge floating around - the one where you're tagged by a friend and challenged to post pictures in which you feel beautiful. I chose photos from different points in life from the past decade. I was different shapes and sizes, had different hair cuts, and there's makeup in some and none in others. Regardless, happiness is represented in every single one of these. =)

Moving from left to right, starting at the top:

The first photo is of Dac and I on my 22nd birthday. I had just graduated from OSU the month before and we were engaged. =)

Next, is me with my fuzzy buddy Peety. A true friend. It was taken sometime in the past few years.

Dac and I at my friend Heather's wedding on New Years Eve 2011. I had just had surgery to remove a bunch of endometriosis.

One of my maternity photos by Elephant Juice Photography. I think I was around 7-8 months along. I had a ridiculous hair mishap right before the session but decided I wouldn't let it ruin our time. =) Laura worked with it and made me feel beautiful.

This is Dac and I gearing up for a date night a few years ago!

The next few are all pretty recent. This one is of Reid and I when he was still so new. I look back at pictures from that time and I see the tired, the puffy, the belly that just wouldn't go away, and the hot mess. I see all of that but it's trumped by the beauty of a mama who is so in love with her little boy. For that, pictures from those first days... even the most un-put together ones... will always be among my favorites... my most beautiful.

The next is from our newborn session with Jennifer Miller Photography. Reid was exactly a week old and I was exactly a week completely sleep deprived. ;)

This one is of me rocking my sleepy babe probably a year or more ago.

And finally, my love and I during our family photo session last fall w/ Elephant Juice Photography. =)