Happy holidays, friends! As we end the year, I wanted to thank you all for being here. I am so very grateful to have you as readers following along to both the business part of me and the personal part of me that I share with you. As we wrap up the year, I wanted to share a few outtakes from our recent holiday photos. Every time I have a baby, it always takes me about a year to feel back to normal—both emotionally and physically. So this is the first time I can look at photos of our family of four and feel really peaceful and content about where we are and where we're headed. It feels like a great place to be to end 2015, and I'm excited for a fresh, new year to begin.

We'll be taking a blog break for the rest of the year and will be back here on January 4, 2016 (Say what?!? How can we already say that?!). Wishing you and your loved ones a holiday filled with simple joy, enthusiasm for life, love in the purest form, and every sweet treat your heart desires (because it is the holidays, after all)…

P.S. I have some VERY exciting news coming in the new year that I can't wait to share, so stay tuned!

{Photos by Morgan Pansing who we adore and is seriously the child-whisperer when taking photos!}