the new little fam...

dylan and mary...

for those of you following little dylan's progress here's a little update of the last few days...

Little D is still in the NICU, but able to come and visit mom in her room at least once per shift. this is an amazing answer to prayer since mary is still struggling with borderline blood pressure and isn't able to go to the NICU to visit him. Dylan is doing great, looking more and more beautiful everyday. He will probably be in the hospital for a little while until he gains some weight. Overall, we have been so thankful for God's grace in this whole process and would love continued prayers for mary's blood pressure to continue to fall and for mom and baby to be able to come home as soon as possible. We love all of you very much.

who we've been hanging out with lately...

the DAY has arrived!!

Dylan Anderson Yarbrough has arrived! A little earlier than scheduled, but he is completely awesome already! He's bitty bitty weighing in at 4 lbs 4 oz... 16 inches long with curly blonde hair just like his momma... pictures to come soon, but for now check www.ryanbooth.net/dylan

much love amb

robert ryan...

Have you heard about this guy?? I was browsing around on Etsy (this website is a time warp!) and i came across these amazing paper cutouts by robert ryan.

I honestly don't know how he does all of that intricate work?? I just thought that I would share something that made me smile today, in case you were in need of one. I love that people still make things that can be held. Even though I really enjoy blogging, my favorite things in life are things you can touch and hold... a real letter sent through the mail, soft fabric, and hand knit scarf, a black and white photo of my grandmother that sits on my counter.... i still like simplicity... Anyways, i loved the line from the last image, it makes me remember a story about ryan...

my last year in college, i was admiring ryan from afar. We were friends, but I was wishing he would notice me or ask me out... something. he was acting a lot that semester in plays and i would go with friends and watch from the audience and wish for him. what a dumb girlie thing to do! But alas, I am occasionally quite dumb and girlie... One of the plays he was in was called "you can't take it with you", a quirky play about a family and a young couple in love. Anyways, ryan's character proposed to a cute dark haired girl on stage and after she accepts he spouted my favorite line from the play "If you know of a good rooftop...I'd like to do some shouting..." So sweet....onto the story

after the play i waited to see him in the hall and after talking for a minute i turned to leave... and ever so subtly he winked at me! it was the smoothest, sweetest wink, just for me... and it was the first time that i thought he might actually think of me as special, and it made me smile... for days. So......i love this quote above that says

"i can't forget and I never will, you smiled at me and from nothing, something came"

almost three years...

tomorrow i will have been married for three years... this amazes me sometimes. I got married when i was 22 years old... 22, holy cow. i marvel that i could have made such a life altering decision when i was so young. I'm still feel so young most of the time, not really feeling like I know how to be an adult, to make adult decisions... like i don't really have it "together" but no one has noticed. But at 22 years old, i knew that marrying ryan would be the best decision i would ever make. He is my best friend and the best partner i could have imagined. My mom told me when we were dating that I would never be bored with ryan and she has been so right. He challenges me in ways that make me like myself more. He helps me to be adventurous and brave ... he makes me feel smart and beautiful.

Our story is a pretty sweet one... we actually met in junior high school. Shared friends, and teachers and secret letters in the summer time. I remember once in 7th grade writing my now married name on a napkin and wishing that one day i could marry this boy. Now after living with him for three years, i know that life isn't a fairytale, its beautiful and messy, hard at times and wonderfully easy at others. But I know for a fact that my life is better with this man in it. He puts up with my craziness, holds me when I'm scared, leaves me notes around the house, forgives readily, and loves wildly. And I couldn't ask for anything more. I'm so glad he's mine.

new years...

ry and I just returned from our "tour de texas" whirlwind of a new years holiday adventure... we managed to hit austin, dallas and a little town called Gun Barrel, TX (no... i'm not kidding). We had so much fun with the Suttons and I was reminded of how wonderful it is to be our age... we are young enough to still really play, but old enough to appreciate it... actually i hope i'm never too old to play and be silly and laugh at myself.

Sooo... now we are back home in our cozy, bitty apartment and life is slowing done for now. I'm looking forward to one more week of nothing before school starts again and I start worrying about all of the things that i feel like i need to do. i pray that this year God teaches me to rest more and more, to choose to trust His timing, his peace to be enough even when everything in our culture tries to convince us that we don't have enough. I'm so bad at comparing myself to my friends and even people that I don't even know. I start feeling like I'm behind schedule and that I'm never going to catch up.... i just want to be me even though i don't even really know what that means sometimes. I want to be ok and just be. why is that so hard most of the time? Anyways, in the meantime I'm going to knit, drink coffee, listen to the new Eisley and hang out with my cute husband and sweet puppy... sounds pretty good huh?