Kelly Rae Roberts's Blog, page 104

the belly is coming!

photo by the talented darlene aka hippy urban girl
i love this photo. it's the first showing of the beginnings of a belly and i also love that it captures me barefoot + preggers. made me chuckle. but i also love that this moment of quiet was captured. just really relevant to how i've been feeling: peaceful.
other happenings over here:* john landed his dream of all dream jobs in portland. it's been so dear for me to witness his mondo beyondo dreams becoming real. he's worked so hard for this...

everything is changing

(photo by the lovely and talented vivienne)
my life looks drastically different than it did eight weeks ago. the deeper i lean into the quiet and the abandoned to-do list, the better i feel. there is a calmness that has stepped into my life. and people are noticing. you seem so grounded. so peaceful. i am.
i just feel new. in all this nurturing and not doing, i've realized how much i've missed the world. the laziness of weekends. the feeling of wide open days with nothing on the calendar. the ...

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giveaway winners!!!!

huge thanks to demdaco for all the goodies. we'll have to do more giveaways more often! the randomly chosen giveaway winners are:
constantly vintage wins the large "embrace change" girliekristy wins the large "love" girlielyndee wins the large "believe" girliemaygreen fairies from the UK wins the small "blessed" girlieanita from the UK wins the small "create" girlietake 38 wins the "brave in all things" plaquelost coast post wins six magnetstweety birds wins the 6x6 "hold on" canvaspushing...

Major Giveaway!!!! ELEVEN WINNERS!

DEMDACO has generously offered many many products from the Kelly Rae Roberts Collection for today's giveaway (thank you, demdaco!!). many of these goodies are currently sold out which makes it even more fun to offer them to you guys. we've got decorative art girlies, magnets, art plaques, small canvases, and large canvases!!!
okay, here we go! we've got lots and lots to give away (ELEVEN WINNERS!).
one winner will win the large "embrace change" decorative art girlie (shown above, far right...

inspiring me lately

*this artwork created by katherine center. story behind the work is here. image courtesy of katherine.
*tracey's iamenough collaborative. yes, yes, yes. i am working on an upcoming blog post about my own experience of enoughness lately. really inspired by this topic.
*the idea of creating a really, really simple life. this has been on my mind a lot lately.
*the thought that we are finally moving back to portland in two short weeks. it's been a long time coming. and i can barely stand it.
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the truth about my first trimester

where to begin. when john and i found out we were preggers, i screamed all the way down the stairs with wide open eyes in complete disbelief. we were in shock. we hugged. we jumped up and down. we stared at each other with no words until the words finally came. we called our families and shared the news over the phone. we dropped all of our plans that day and just puttered around the house in awe. every two seconds we'd say "can you believe it?" i think we were in shock that it actually works...

the hustle for worthiness

(me + brene, summer 09, photo by karen walrond)
earlier this week, brene's new dvd, the hustle for worthiness, arrived in the mail. although brene is a friend, i've never seen her give one of her infamous lectures (she is nationally known as an amazing speaker) and i was really looking forward to finally watching her in action on this dvd.
as i started to watch it, john was in the adjacent room working on his computer. every two minutes or so, he'd shout across to the living room "what did...

pregnant, prego, preggers!

i've been keeping a very big secret for weeks. and man, it's been a hard one to keep. but i'm so thrilled to finally announce what so many of you have suspected for weeks. yes, we are pregnant!!!!
i can hardly believe i'm making this announcement, that we are going to parents, that my heart is on it's way to a whole new existence. truly, i am almost without words. we are beyond words, beyond description, beyond, beyond, beyond.
it's the reason i've been soooo sick for so long. it's the reason m...