i must give credit where credit's due and take no credit for my header. it's all the work of my entirely sweet husband. that's right folks, my husband designed my blog header. {you can hold your applause until the end} umm, can you say, wow, what a husband?!?!
so, as you've noticed... the header is a wide {extra wide... sorry if you don't have a widescreen computer} and full of an assortment of pictures and they all mean something to me.
i know you've been dying to know what they all mean, and guess what? i'm dying to share. this works out perfectly.
1 = our sweet hunter @ 14 months.
2 = a really pretty/cool looking flower. okay, maybe i lied... there's one exception... this doesn't really mean anything to me, i just liked the color.
3 = sorry for the kissy face. if it makes you want to barf then oh well... when two people are in love, it's hard to hide it. this was taken on our honeymoon in hawaii.
4 = aww, the majestic redwoods of california. i'm from california and miss it ever so. the redwoods are such a serene place to visit. they remind you just how small you are and how big our Creator is.
5 = a fish. i caught it. i love fishing with my husband {i mean i get a tan while i'm at it, but i really just do it all for the fish}.
6 = hunter during his smash the cake photo session. there's nothing cuter than a naked baby with cake on their face.
7 = a highway. reminding me that the Lord is directing our path.
8 = i'd love to say that i was praying... but really i was just looking down at my dirty shoes. this was during our free trip to italy last october.
9 = a typewriter. how do you think i write all my blog posts?
10 = visiting my family in california last summer at bodega bay, staring into the sweet chubby face of my little boy.
11 = my two handsome boys at bodega bay. my heart just skips a beat when i see this picture.
12 = december 19, 2004. leaving our wedding, heading to hawaii. can you say, excited?!
13 = the golden gate bridge. my home. i love it there.
14 = my 2nd home... lake tahoe. i miss the mountains and all of their beauty.
15 = the graham's making sweet memories together {before kids} on a vacay in may of 2008.
16 = our sweet baby girl. soon this picture will be replaced with her face as the countdown is on {2 days} to hold her in our arms!
103 {comments}:
I love this!
Thanks for sharing!!! I love getting to know my blog friends :) AND 2 DAYS!!!!! Oh my goodness! You must be stoked!!!! <333
High five to the honey who creates blog headers! I loved reading this list and learning about what the pictures mean. So sweet...thanks for sharing. I can't wait to see Miss Sage.
Good job to your husband! I love that almost all of the pictures have a meaning behind them.
2 days - I bet you are so excited!
Oh My Goodness... only 2.. TWO days?? Thats crazy exciting!! I cant wait to see her. Ill be praying for you guys.
how fun! love the header even more now. :)
i love this. I can't believe you're only 2 days away.. eek!
Great header Carissa! Your hubby did a fab job!
2 days?!!?? eeeeek!! so excited!!!! and loved the explanations. it's fun to know the 'real' story.
Thanks for the explanation! I've always wanted to know about the header! :)
Good Luck Carissa!!!
2 DAYS!!!! Wow!!!! Can't wait to see her!
2 days YAY! So sweet your husband did your header....and with such meaning. I really like it! Good luck talk to ya soon!~
Great choices! I love your header, and I can't wait to see your sweet little baby girls face on here! I'll be heading to a funeral on Friday, but will be praying for you.
How cool! Funny you post this, I've wondered where some of the pictures in your header were taken.
The first time I saw pic #12, I thought it was you going to prom!
Oops....
Hope you having a great day! =)
Your husband did a great job. I had been wondering about some of the pics too. I look forward to seeing little Sage's picture for the first time! Good luck!
love this soooo fun!! I've always loved your header so cute and original!! I will have to say #5 I always thought was a turtle and I was wondering if it was a snapping turtle and how brave you were to pet it so close hahahahah :0)
I am glad you clarified that for me!! I just love all the pics and the meaning behind them!
2 Days left before Sage makes her sweet debut into the world!! How exciting....girl I hope ya e-mail me or post or something to let me know! I am getting anxious :0)
xoxo
Summer ;0)
Awww, thanks for sharing the details of all your pictures...I love them! The one that always catches me eye is you looking down at your shoes. I totally thought you were just laughing really hard with your eyes kind of squinty....so cute! lol Oh, and my sister lives in San Fran, and her second home is Tahoe! I'm hoping to get out there sometime this year. It's beautiful there!
Good luck in 2 days....eeek! I can't wait to hear the good news!
2 days!!! I can't wait to see her sweet little face! I'll be praying for you!
Love the explanation of all the cuteness. I always love your header. BUt wait... 2 days! How exciting. I can't wait to hear all about it. We'll be thinking of you and the whole family. Blessings to you.
It is fantabulous to get an explanation! As a fellow "madly in love" couple, never apologize for a kiss! I love it! Soon you will have Sage! So exciting!
I've been wondering about some of those pics! The header is great. How did he make it?
Thanks for the explanation..it is nice to see all of the things bthat you love, it makes you who u r. Hope u are feeling good...can't wait to see ur new baby :)
I love this! And 2 days?! That kinda blows my mind since Luke had to be induced 12 days early. The suspense would be killing me! Either that or I'd be eating everything in sight, calling each one "my last pregnant meal." ha!
So sweet Carissa. All the things that make you smile. A perfect banner over your blog:) Your honey is cute and handy...great combination;)
Love this Carissa! So sweet. And I like that color too--it's nice to have something super vivid there! This was a lovely post...so sweet to see all that the header stands for. Give a big hug to your hubby from....well, from YOU. :-)
Love you, sweet lady! Thanks for being so kind. :-)
--Hannah
I love the naked baby with cake picture! It is one of my favorites:) Your header is great! I have been wanting to figure out how to make my layout and my header extra wide...just been too lazy to try!
I love it that you explained all your pictures! I'm from California too and I miss it terribly!!!
I can't believe you only have 2 days left!!!! That's amazing!!!
Good morning! I was excited to see that I still hadn't missed the birth of Sweet Sage. :-)
I have always loved your header and I am glad you shared the explanation. It lets people see just a little bit more into "our Carissa". These will always be cherished pics since they mark such important milestones (and long hair!).
Before you know it, you will have to update those sweet baby pics with teenagers. Our "baby" turns 15 today! God's timing... things we want to savor seem to fly by and those we are waiting on seem to take forever. Makes me smile when I think about it.
Praying for you and Sweet Sage today as always. Today would be a really good day to have her! :-)
that was so cool to hear about - as a new reader it let me in to your world...a lot!
we have a few things in common:
you honeymoooned in hawaii, i was married there!
we are both proud parents of boys first, then girls (well, you in two days, how exciting!)
praying too for you and your soon to be family of four!
Very neat :) Can't wait to see Sage!!
love the play by play. and so excited you only have 2 days left til you meet your little lady! so exciting! cant wait to see pics :)
Your header is sooooooooo cool. I love it even more than I did five minutes ago. Your husband did a great job. Hannah and I talk about how your header is just so you---and it really is!
Two days. You can do it!!!
Praying for you.
Rachel
I LOVE your header so much! It tells your story, which is way cool! You have one talented husband!
Have a great day!
--Morgan
I love picture #3 oh so much!
And I have always wondered where #10 & 11 are because I thought it would be a beautiful place to do a photoshoot! (I think it's a little far away!)
Beautiful
adorable! I love your header--what a sweet husband to design it for you. I'm excited to see a real picture of sage : )
I love all the pics and how special they are! that is how most every inch of wall space and shelves are in our home :) I love pictures and the feelings they give you when you think of the memories of them! They are beautiful and your husband is great! Can't wait to see how they change :)
this is so sweet :) you took such care to pick each photo and it produced an amazing result :) major props to the hubbs for his skills as well!
i like this post, i've oft admired your header so it's fun to know the background of the picks. oh my gosh . . . 2 days! . . . yay!! praying for a safe and easy delivery for you and baby!! oxoxo
I've always loved your header!! One day i'll figure out how to do a cool one for my blog :)
So excited you only have two days left to meet Sage. Can't wait to see pictures!
Sooooo ironic that you bring this up today...
Just last night I showed my hubby your blog and said "Isn't her header cool?".
Right away he said, "I could do something like that... bet it was her tech savvy husband who did it for her".
Too cute!
Gotta love our men :)
Thanks for the picture explanations! Your hubby is pretty talented!
only two days! my goodness gracious. I can't wait to meet her!
I love it! Oh and the flower does have meaning to you, it is yellow and you love yellow. WOW, two days how very exciting! I can not wait to see your beautiful baby girl up in your header. My new baby girl is now almost 4 months old. Where did the time go??? I just LOVE San Fran, we went on a vaca there 2 years ago and it just a very fun city! We live in Cali too and we need to visit there again! The Redwoods are just AMAZING!!! I will be praying for you these next few days!!! Big HUGS
So fun to see it explained! I love the Redwoods too, we are only about 15 minutes from them so it is always a fun day trip to take :)
i love your header! it's so personal and perfect for your blog!
i can't believe you only have 2 days left!!! SO EXCITING!!
(((APPLAUSE))) Your husband did a fantastic job on that header! It is beautiful and all the more beautiful because each bit of it means something to your heart. It is perfect.
He's a keeper and he did a great job! :)
Love your header and hearing some of the stories behind the pics! I can't wait to see that sweet Baby's picture in a few days! Your wedding pic is one of my favorites~ y'all look so happy!
this is just too adorable.
Oh, such sweet memories behind your beautiful header! Your husband certainly is talented - the header turned out great.
Only 2 more days... let's hope you have the baby on Hannah's birthday! I will pray that you have a safe an easy delivery, no matter what day you give birth.
Looking forward to pics of baby Sage soon!
Love in Christ,
Lizzy
I'm so glad you told us about each picture! I have always loved your blog and your header. Your husband is so artsy and has GREAT style. So creative. I love these pictures. What a great life you have, and I can't wait to see the little girly fill the spot of the ultrasound pic. 2 days is so soon! Good luck!!!! Xx
I love this explanation of the pics! Such a fun way to get to know you...hmm....think your hubby would create one for me???? 8-) 3. Love it, so sweet. 4. Awe-inspiring. I wanna see up close. 6. Could NOT agree more. 8. Love this pic of you...looks like you are laughing!!! 16. So exciting, wishing you all the best!
how awesome!!! how meaningful! it just oozes love and family :)
sooo exciting that you will hold your sweet baby girl in your arms in 2 days! praying all goes well!
Awww...I very much enjoyed the explaination of this! And yes, (clap, clap, clap) for your husband! :D
Two days! Ahhhhh! I bet you are bursting at the seams, both fig and literally! haha I can't wait to see pictures of sweet sweet Sage! I love the blog post and feel it's a great way to learn more about you. Great idea Carissa!
LOVE your header!! Your hubby is talented!! =)
TWO days?! That's insane! Can't wait to see pics! Props to your hubby, mine doesn't even really look at our blog!
LOVE the header:) i do graphic design stuff on the side, and i really enjoy the look of it...also enjoy your super cute little boy:) he is precious!
so sad about the egg allergy! do you ever just feel so clueless with this whole parenting thing? like everyone tells you something different, and "you know your child." and really you just want someone to hand you a manual...a detailed, how-to, directional manual. :)
so until that day happens, i love getting to ask questions to other moms raising babies, who passionately love the Lord :)
thanks for explaining the egg crisis, and thanks for being such an encouragement through your blog!! ... and thanks to blogs for making it perfectly acceptable to converse with total strangers via internet and learn from each other's lives:) lol
thanks for sharing!!! CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SAGE REPLACEMENT PHOTO
as for the fish pic...CLASSIC!
That's so awesome! Thanks for sharing! I haven't been blogging lately and I was just thinking of you today wondering if you had your sweet little girl yet! So exciting! Hope everything goes well, I'll be praying for you guys! :)
ooooohhh! a fish. i wondered. and i also love the great redwoods. they're so magical!
Oh my. You have SUCH an adorable family. I can only hope to be so lucky someday!
LOVE your header and all the love behind each pic!!!!!
Your header is fabulous- seriously one of my favorites! I hope to change mine one day and use pictures- I love the real-life photos more than the animated scrapbook stuff that I have now... just one more thing on the never-ending list of "blog to-dos"
2 days!! wow! so exciting- saying a prayer for you and your sweet baby girl. Can't wait to see her =)
Thanks for the rundown of all your photos. I love knowing the story behind all of them. And congrats to you on your baby girl in 2 days! Welcome to the world!!! Looking forward to seeing photos of her. :)
aahhh!! it's just perfect!
but I was wondering, are you intentionally naming your children shades of green, or do those just happen to be the names you like?
What a neat post, Carissa! I've always loved your header, but now that I know the meaning behind all the pictures, I love it even more!Your husband did a great job!! :-)
Love the header and I love how they all having a meaning (except the flower, ha)! Congrats on the baby. I'm so excited for y'all! Can't wait to meet her and see her little angel face! Babies are such a blessing!
He really must be a great guy!!! I often look at those photos because its so pretty and so personal....I adore that each image means something special...You are such a great person:)
Kisses and have a lovely day...How is the baby doing?
wow! What an amazing husband to make that for you!
It's gorgeous!
xxx
I love catching sweet memories with pictures! This was a fun post. :)
I love your header! And the explanation of each picture! Does that make me seriously nosey or what ;) I can't believe you only have two days left. That's huge! (Not literally, I promise)
I love this! It is so fun to hear all about your photos and why you chose them. What a talented hubby!
Wow I love that you explained your header!! It is beautiful!! xo
I loved hearing about the pictures in your header!
awww you husband is sooo sweet!!! hmmm... do you really use a typewriter to type all your blog posts girl??? is it some type of typewriter that links back to a computer?? ;) i really love your header and how it is a great picture of your awesome life! =)
So excited for baby Sage to grace you with her presence!!! Enjoy going from a family of 3 to 4! I will be sure to say a prayer for you each day as I read your blog, that God would bless this sweet time. Can't wait to see how beautiful she is! Congrats to you...and yes, such beautiful pics and glimpses of your story. :)
I love all these pictures - your header is so fun! And I have a confession - I couldn't wait to check your blog when I got home from vacation to see if your baby girl had arrived. I can't wait til that last picture is replaced!
I've been wondering about your blog header! Thanks for sharing! And what a sweet hubbie you have :)
I'm so excited to get another cute baby to look at!!
Love all the pictures and good luck with your delivery!
I love love LOVE your header. I was always wondering if #5 was a fish or a turtle! :)
I was born and raised in California. I don't think I will ever leave! WOW, just 2 days? I am so excited for you. I cannot wait to meet your precious one!
love it!! I love the explanations of each of these precious photos. TWO days!! How exciting!
I love that you spent your honeymoon in Hawiaii, it must have been breathtakingly beautiful. And that's cool you are from CA, I am a true socal girl at heart. I love San Diego!
I cannot wait to meet little miss sage! She is going to be precious!!!! I am counting down the days with you!!!!! :)
What a lovely lovely post! It was great to know more about you and your life/adventures :) and only two more days, oh my goodness exciting!! XO
I adore your header! It is so different than everyone's in bloggy world!
I love hearing these stories behind the pictures! It's good to have hubbies who are so talented, as far as the web goes. :) I fall into that category (not that talented part, but the having-a-talented-husband part).
Free trip to Italy?! Well! That must have been something!
Your blog is so very lovely...it's like a soothing balm. I like it here (and obviously many others do as well!) and so I will be back! Two more days...you must be giddy and sooo ready!
thanks for sharing what all the photos mean!! i wrote a little about you tonight in my blog post...
thanks for always stopping by...even tho you have like a kajillion followers, you still stop by and i love it!
xoxo
Oh, two days!?! And since this was posted yesterday that means only ONE! Wow, you must be soooo excited! I hope you have a smooth delivery and all!
Aw, thanks for explaining the header! I love the way each picture is something special of you...and it also tells your families story, wedding, honeymoon, one baby, two babies!
Love,
Brianna
WOW!!! That was an interesting reading ; ) Love it!
I hope you are doing all right. I can't wait to meet Sage ; )
ahhhh, I cant believe Sage isnt here yet! She must like it there too much still! are you about to explode with anticipation?!?! I cant wait to see a picture of her!! and thanks for telling us about the pictures. i have wondered what a few of them were about.
I was in fact admiring the pretty header when I came upon your blog! I think it's cool that each picture has something special that represents you. Love
I was wondering about the header pics!!
I am getting SO excited for you to meet your little one! All the motivation you need in labor is thinking about holding her!
Count on my prayers!
Much love,
Anna
ohmygoodness!!!! your little girl is almost here!!! :)
So excited for you! tomorrow you will meet little Sage :) Thanks for your words of encouragement I know he will come out when God has appointed for him I'm just so excited to meet him! Patience is a vitrue that I must work on daily. Super excited to see pics of your little blessing soon! :)
i was just checking on my little lower case mommy.
have you had the cry to end all cries yet? if so, you
are very close.
will be praying for a safe and easy delivery of a
perfect baby girl.
Carissa,
Your blog is so amazing. I am so glad I found it! The title is beautiful and very sentimental. The images look great together, and I love how it tells a story.
:) Marcie
I love this post!! I love the header because it really does represent everything that you love... I am so impressed the hubby made it for you... Tyson needs to get on that hah! I'm sorry I haven't been a very good blog friend this week...I was in Houston for an interview... I will update you as soon as I know more... I hopefully find out Tuesday (but I know you will be busy with sweet Sage). The job would be in Houston though so now we are just praying that if it's God's will that Tyson is able to get a job there by late July. I know He will take care of it for us :)
I can't believe Sage comes tomorrow!!! I have been thinking about you all week... Praying for you and Sage. I am just SO excited... She is going to love her cute nursery. Thinking and Praying for you beautiful friend!
Stopping by to say hello and follow your awesome blog! :-)
Wow this is beautiful and I love your idea. I seriously thought I was a follower but I wasn't, I am now!!!!
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