.a.tradition.begins.

We started a new tradition this Christmas. From now on, anytime we have a family function (Christmas, Thanksgiving, birthdays, the annual family beach picture, etc.), we'll have a single red Gerber daisy present to symbolize mama's presence. She loved Gerber daisy's...especially in her favorite color, "red," so we thought this would be a neat way to always remember her. Her daisy sat proudly on our dinner table on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Lisa and I are always talking about ways we can have our children know her...our Gerber daisy idea will hopefully be one of the many ways we'll keep her memory alive for us AND our future babies.

Speaking of babies...I'm not saying anything, but check out a few of the pics below and see if you can figure out Lisa's news. Hint: Christmas will be very different for us next year. ;)

We took a picture just like this about 13 years ago - same spot. I need to try to find that old pic. It's crazy how much has changed since we took the original picture.