WERE HAVING A BABY!!!

So, after my last blog post I kind of left you hanging.  I shared the exciting news on my instagram and fb, and by that time in the day I was so exhausted I couldn't even think about getting on here to blog.  Then I kind of forgot I didn't share on here over the last week.  Geez.  Anyway, James and I are expecting a little baby!  I can still hardly believe it.

I'm starting to get my energy back, so fingers crossed I'll check in here more with updates.  Just this past week I have felt alot of shifts happen, with my energy levels, and with food.  Although I'm still very tired, I feel like I can actually function now.  And finally many foods are sounding much better than they did a week or so ago.  I really struggled for a bit with anything food related.  I was very lucky though to only have really bad nausea for a week and 1/2 and that's it!  It's mostly been extreme fatigue that has got me, and food aversions. 

It was exciting to spend my first holiday yesterday surrounded by family who is so excited about this little baby.  Although I was pretty tired and felt like I just ate and laid on the couch, ha ha.  It was definitely a different Thanksgiving experience this year.  My Nanna is so excited she can hardly stand it.  I'm just as excited for her!

I'M GONNA BE A MAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A TIME TO BE GENTLE ON MYSELF

I'm finally finding the energy and time to share a little update over in this corner of my world.  My poor little blog has been so neglected, as well as the bohemian collective.  *sigh* But life has had some other priorities lately, that I will share with you tomorrow!  It will 100% be the biggest announcement I have ever made!  Alot is changing over here in our world. 

I even forgot to post over here that the magazine was released, that is how out of it I have been.  Hopefully most of you saw through the instagram or fb posts.  But in case you missed it, read about how to grab a copy here.

As you can see in the pic above,  I chopped several inches off my hair!  I was a little sad the first few days after, but it definitely does feel fresh and light.  Like a new start.  Appropriate for this season in my life. 

I am feeling so utterly behind on all of my commitments, posts I need to share, emails I need to answer, etc.  The list goes on, and it terrifies me.  If you are waiting on a response from me, please know I will get to it, everything is just taking me a very long time right now.  Hopefully I won't be MIA for too much longer, just adjusting to a huge new shift... And it most definitely is a time to be gentle myself, no matter what.  After receiving some negative feedback from an unsatisfied contributor to my magazine the other day, I realized just how fragile I am in this moment.  I feel vulnerable, like I am cracking open in very new ways... it's exciting, scary, heart bursting, soft and uncomfortable, all at once.  Life has presented itself to me in the most incredible way.  I feel like I have been handed a most precious key, to life, to myself, and to the future.  And now it's up to me to protect it.

A WEEKEND WITH KATELYN

Katelyn & Laura

Before time slips away from me I wanted to take a moment to share a little of my weekend with Katelyn.  We have been friends for 6+ years, after meeting in an online photography forum.  We began chatting and the rest is history.  We both have a deep love for photography and have worked together on many shoots, including several for the Bohemian Collective.  It had been a while since we had worked together in this way, so I had her come to my house to shoot one of the editorials for the next magazine issue.  This was the first time we had ever spent time together just the two of us.  Usually her two precious kiddos are with her and sometimes her hubby.  You never know how the dynamics are going to go when you are so used to being with someone in a certain context, and it was so nice! 

It's so wonderful having a friend you can be completely yourself with, have real conversations with and never feel embarrassed or ashamed, and even be able to have some rough patches of emotions with, and be able to work through them and still remain close.  Weve both been through alot and have gone through many personal changes since we met.  I think we have both taught each other a bit about forgiveness, working through fears or jealousy, being vulnerable, and being there, just simply being there.  We go wayyyyyy beyond the surface with our relationship, and that I am grateful for.

And we rocked a really fun photoshoot together for the mag that I can't wait to share!  We skinny dipped.  We ate breakfast together on my back porch.  She watched me sit on the couch with a migraine ( so much fun, right? ).... It was so quick, but so nice!