A picture taken the moment I knew he liked me too

(For the next week while I'm away from the computer enjoying the wilderness that is Alaska, I'll be sharing posts that led to the miracle baby boy we call Elias. I'll be writing live again on August 1st. Until then please enjoy these glimpses into the past few years.)

B.C. We met in the mountains my first month in Alaska. A place I planned to visit but never expected to call home.

I fell in love with the state and the man at first glance.

But it was the miles of walking along dry riverbeds, through forbidding alders, and over snow covered passes that told me this love would last.