Week One

• first kisses
• first "baby burrito"
• first family ride in the jeep
• first Dr.'s appt (gained 4 oz and grew an inch!!)
• first family walk
• first farmers market
• first baby date
• first cold front
• first book (and yes, a brand new belly button :))
• first time wearing Papa's baby clothes
• first birthday gifts 
• first time at church
• first time parking lot sunning (need to get in that vit D!)
• first bowtie (:

and of course lots and lots and lots of snuggles,

its pretty much all we do around here anymore (;

This week has been such a surreal one.

Overflowing with such blissful joy and amazement that

these moments are actually happening.

That he's really truly here.

For real.

We're still pinching ourselves.

This has been such an echo of our honeymoon.

Days flowing seamlessly together, days of joyfully learning and 

feeling as if we have always been us three.

Days of implementing new rhythms and adjusting old ones.

Of walks and long talks with lots of laughter and some tears.

Such tender days.

Such raw days.

And to think I thought I could prepare for this.

Ha.

NOTHING could have prepared us for this perfect overwhelming

of love and joy mixed with tenderness in every form.

We are cherishing every moment of it.

xoxo,

the burkhardt 3

P.S. I should note that I (lyss) have yet to change a diaper.

Josh is SUPER DAD. 

But we all knew he would be (;

Away We Go!

We're off on our Irish adventure!

See you in a week (:

xoxo,

lyss

That One Time We Went On a Impromptu Labor Day Roadtrip And Forgot To Charge The Camera....

 hence the weird mix of phone and dslr pics (:

We are so enjoying this season of independence and being

able to do crazy impromptu trips like this one.

As we were talking about random things Saturday night

we realized we had 2 days off and hadn't seen one of our good friends

(he helped us move here in the middle of winter, 

so actually he's a really REALLY good friend ;))

in almost 3 years, so hey lets take this time off and go to Louisville and see him!

We had such fun (:

It was so delightful and encouraging to catch up 

and find that we were learning/going through some of 

the exact same things, just different circumstances.

To laugh about old stories (some of them new to me)

and make some new funny memories,

like losing Blake's car in the middle of downtown and

spending an hour in the sweltering heat searching for it.

It wasn't so funny in the moment (we all had blisters and were quite sweaty :P),

but in the evening we were crying we were laughing so hard about it.

 We ate so much yummy food too!

Some of the best chinese we've ever had,

sushi, fudge (the boys said it was AMAZING),

and we ate at one of those grilled cheese and soup places popping up everywhere. 

Their vegan cheese was reeeeally good!

And of course we had some local coffee (:

It makes me sad that the camera was dead,

because Louisville is just beautiful

and I would have enjoyed capturing more of it

for memories sake.

Especially the bridge they transformed into a walkway from

Kentucky to Ohio.

Have you heard about it? Its so cool! 

We walked on it in the evening after eating

and it was just breathtaking.

I took some pics on my phone but you'll have

to squint really hard to see much of anything...

I kinda of want to go back just to 

go on it again.

I am so grateful for old friends

and roadtrips (:

xoxo,

lyss

P.S. pics of the bridge

...and we're off!

Our bags are packed and we're ready to go!

We'll be off in a few hours,

and we'll probably be in Toronto by 

the time you're reading this (:

Eeek! We're so excited! 

Catch you later!

xoxo,

lyss

The Great Roadtrip

Earlier this year we started talking about how we wanted

to celebrate our anniversary this year 

and a roadtrip sounded quite perfect.

So we made Niagara Falls our destination

and started dreaming and planning from there (:

We will be stopping and exploring in;

~Toronto, Canada

~ Niagara Falls (Canadian side)

~Philadelphia 

~Washington D.C.

~Pittsburgh

If you have any tips, recommendations, 

or favorite spots you'd suggest we'd stop by or see

along the way please let us know! 

We are SO excited and cannot wait to be off!

 Fall

Family

 Apples

 Pumpkins

 and a bit lot of rain

Although I began to feel a little silly in my determination to get a pumpkin

when the tractor driver jokingly offered to pay me NOT to go out into the pouring rain....

(after asking who was the person who wanted go out in this and everyone pointed at me)

but it was just perfect when the moment we pulled up to the pumpkin patch

 the rain eased off and then stopped completely.

As we trudged through the mud to find our perfect pumpkins, 

I watched my guys picking up pumpkins here and there 

to hold them up high in the air and ask my opinion of their choice, 

I didn't think my heart could be any fuller.

 I so delight in and love these guys of mine and I deeply appreciated

their love towards me in following me out into the pouring rain in

the hopes of an adventure and a pumpkin.

God so richly blessed our day out in the orchard and 

it will be a sweet and precious memory for many years to come.

Even if it was a little cold and we were all a little wet (;

xoxo,

lyss