Sunflowers have always been a theme in my life. When I was a teenager I used to plant a garden of just giant sunflowers. I’ll have to dig up those pictures. And when Ross and I got married we used sunflowers as our wedding theme: I had a huge bouquet of wild sunflowers, my bridesmaids each carried a sunflower staff, our cupcake cake was individual sunflower heads and the list goes on. (You can check out the Dreamlove Wedding photos which were published in New Hampshire Bride Magazine and Southern New England Weddings Magazine.)

Now with our daughter’s due date just 2 weeks away, it seems so fitting to see this field of sunflowers pop up in Charlotte, VT. I know by the time she arrives they will likely be passed, but right now they seem like a red carpet being rolled out for her arrival.