Hello, friends! Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes yesterday! I love being reminded of all the wonderful people in my life on my birthday. You guys are great. Thanks for reading and caring. I had a marvelous and cozy day, and the snowstorm was one of my favorite parts. So pretty and peaceful. Plus, Grant was sent home early from work because of the roads! Bonus.

In case you missed it, I'm offering a SALE this week: a custom designed blog header for only $15!!! Do you have a blog that you've been wanting to spruce up? I can help! I had a few orders come in for custom headers last night (thank you so much! I'm so excited to get started!) and a couple people emailed to ask me how the whole process will work. Yes. Great question! So I'm here to answer that for anyone who might be interested today. I also have posted below a few examples of headers -and a couple logos- that I've designed earlier this spring. Hope they might help you get an idea of things you like/don't like/possibilities for your own space.

Ok, here's how it would work.

1. You send me an email (summer.harms@gmail.com) letting me know that you're interested in a brand new look for your blog.
2. I will write you back (probably very quickly, I check my email like 200 times a day) and say "Yay! Let's get started." :) And then I'll ask you these questions.

• What colors do you like? Feel free to be specific. 
• What kind of style are you interested in for your header? Minimalistic/fancy and elegant/colorful and fun/simple and clean/bold/modern/vintage/quirky/ etc. Your header sets the tone of your entire blog, so if you have a vision for your space or you know you want it to "feel" a certain way, please tell me!
• What size would you like it to be? (I just need to know how many pixels wide to create it.)
• What is your blog url?

3. You send me your answers and I'll send you a paypal invoice for the $15. I'll start designing a handful of options for you. I'll email the options to you to see what you think, ask if you have a preference, and then you have the freedom to ask for any changes you want! We'll email back and forth until we get it just the way you want it.
4. You put your new blog header in place and when you are perfectly happy with it, we're all done! I'll be here if you need any adjustments, or anything at all. Doesn't it sound so fun?! It really is. I've loved everyone I've worked with.

You could be next! :)

Hi guys! Hope you're having a great weekend! Just wanted to stop in real quick this morning because I've been playing around and think I found a better way to get The 50 Promises list to you. The print was so tiny before! Here it is in a pdf for you to download and print. Please let me know if it works for you!

I'm back.


If you'll have me, that is. I owe you all a big, sheepish apology for totally bailing on the blog this spring! Don't fret, we're not out on the streets or mysteriously in quarantine or helplessly without internet. All is well! We're great. I don't pretend that my little stories here make or break your blog roll, but some of you have been telling me that you've been checking in every day for the past couple months! Wow. I love you for that. I don't take it lightly. Really, it's a privilege to be missed and cared about. Thank you so much. You are such dear people. Thanks for still talking to me, because I have to admit, I'm kinda scared I may have lost some friends!


(Seriously, though. I have missed you crazy. Are we still friends?)


So here I am and thrilled about it! I even have a new look to get us officially reinstalled and onto a new chapter of the blog. I hope you like it. 


Sincerely, excitedly, familiarly yours,
Summer Elizabeth Harms 


ps. let's catch up in the next post, okay? 

can you talk more about Hadley? you are so sweet. thanks for caring. i feel like there are so many people that already love my little girl. she is shooting me a smile as i type this, just so you know. we'll say it's for all of you :) so, honestly, i could talk non-stop about miss Hadley. but i have been keeping the spotlight soft as Grant and i decide how much exposure we want her to have. it's just a personal thing. i will be sharing bits and pieces about her i'm sure, but we are still figuring out what feels like it belongs on the blog, and what belongs with us. i know you guys understand, because you are great like that.

Hadley actually has her own blog now! it's a private one, just a little spot for us to stash photos, videos, and leave her notes and document little things like today we read goodnight moon for the first time. it's so nice that we live in a time where there are such things as blogs. i would never get anywhere with a baby book. i don't even get photos developed anymore.

are you going to post your birth story? the answer is yes! i know, i love hearing how other girls experience the biggest event ever. and i am excited to tell you what it was like for me! the reason you've been waiting so long is two-fold: 1. i've been afraid to tackle it! birth is huge. and personal. knowing what to say and how to mold it into a post is tricky! 2. a story takes time. something i am not rich in right now. it also takes concentration.. a little hard to come by also :) but don't worry, i'm working on it! i've already got the timeline all written up.

any more questions for me? ask away! leave them in my comment box or send me a formspring :)

hey i answered some of my formspring questions tonight! sorry i kept those of you waiting soooo long :)

i was loving the comment box. thank you for taking a minute out of your day to share your baby faves with me.
i can't wait to do some more shopping! and don't worry, amazon mom is definitely in my future.

and wow, so many of you guys know your randy moss!!
way to go. you win. grant was impressed.

wishing you a lovely thurs,
summer

ps. a minute ago i send grant an email telling him that i left my phone at the gym yesterday. my phone just rang a few feet behind me. pregnancy brain fog??