I’m an aunt again!! Weston Deacon Thuss joined the world on Monday and we’re all so very much in love. Kelsey and Dan are adventurers at their core and I’m so excited for them to start this life-changing one.

If we’ve talked at all, you know that bragging about my sister Kelsey is one of my favorite things to do. Playmate, confidant, inspiration, secret-keeper…she’s one of my favorite people ever. She lets me flash the insecurities I’ve had since childhood and then holds them up to truth. We’re as different as night and day, and yet somehow the long history of love, that only sisters can share, makes those differences a source of pride in each other. She’s the one true witness to the entirety of my life and, rather than make me feel uncomfortable, it makes me feel at home.

Getting to now join her in the wild ride of motherhood is an incredible source of joy. And, getting to do it sharing the name of a little boy who had the ability to make us both brave, is almost more than my heart can handle.

Weston Deacon: may you be fearless in love, just like your cousin. May you be curious and brave, just like your mama.