Body By Leslie

10/21/2026

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY GENESIS!!!!!🎂💖🧑‍🩰🦋
here’s a stream of conscious you can read one day very soon i’m sure b/c you amaze me every day!!!

looking back at this past year from 2 all the way back to 1, i swear you went from being my baby to my little girl overnight. it’s like i blinked and you had a little ponytail & were running full sp*ed ahead!🤸‍♂️picking just twenty slides feel impossible. just took the pic of you in slide one, we’ve been toy hopping and you were blowing me kisses.

you are the purest love in human form. you have a million things to say and every night when we read goodnight moon, you see the toys on the shelf “i like toys and i want grapes!! i want to go pick toys.” i’ll never forgot your face when you picked scientist barbie happiest face i’ve ever seen and she goes everywhere w/us.👩‍🔬🧪🦵

how many times has my mom asked ‘are you really taking her THERE with you??’ yes yes everywhere. we go EVERYWHERE. you have been the brightest light through some of the darkest days seeing my dad die in such an awful way you, but getting to see you with him and your bond, and there you were with all the kisses.💔❤️‍🩹you are the biggest blessing that could ever come. sometimes i wish we had a village, but then i think how im the luckiest b/c i get to take you everywhere with me. i thank god everyday for you.

you mastered potty training staying home for three days straight was is so not our thing but we did dance parties & i’ve never laughed so hard in my life as when you p*ed and jack p*ed at the same time, & you told him ‘jack p*e p*e goes in the potty and your potty is outside!’😭😭
you are like a ball of fun. you have the sweetest heart and i live for your huge facial expressions of excitement over the littlest things. i can’t wait for your party saturday and to see your reaction and to play on the pink swing-set and slide daddy is he’s pouring concrete in the yard and landscaping as i write this to make it all so dreamy for you. 🩷🛝🚂🌳🚜

you are my angel with skin on. i know i did something so right in life to get to have you and id do anything in the world for you. i love you more than you can ever imagine.♾️

08/03/2026

8-4-18 💍 eight years married!

LOL I’m posting this a day early b/c Genesis is shockingly taking an epic nap, AND i want to put my phone away and be fully present tomorrow to drink you in. i love looking through some of my favorite moments together, and can’t wait for all the many many more to come.😍😍😍

every year i think i understand more about what it means to build a life with someone, and every year we find surprises and a deeper layer together.

you’ve supported every wild idea, every iteration of Body by Leslie, every adventure, every reinvention, every vision. you’ve always believed in me through all of it. and we make it through the hard stuff life throws at us hand in hand.❤️

we’ve walked through some of the most beautiful moments of our lives together, and some really gnarly ones. losing your dad and brother last year, and my dad this year has made me think even more about the kind of man i want beside me, and the kind of man i hoped would one day be the father of my children.

and then i see you with Genesis and it all makes even more sense.

the way you love her. the way you do all the voices with her puppets, make her plate so pretty, throw her upside down, and somehow make the whole world feel like one big playground.

i know what it means to be a daughter who gets to grow up with a really good man as her dad. and knowing that she gets that with you is one of the greatest gifts of my life.

i know one day she’ll look back at these years and know exactly how lucky she was to have a dad like you.

eight years, the creation of Genesis, approximately a million adventures, and still so much life ahead of us.

i love you, Chris. ♾️❤️

07/12/2026

06/21/2026

Happy Father’s Day ❤️.

So happy I heard you come in and all you saw were the paints 🎨🖌️🫟💓🐠!!! Can’t wait to see your face at breakfast surprise in the AM, and the cutest art project Genesis poured her 19 month heart into for dada…..

Watching you with Genesis has been one of the biggest blessings of my life.

And one of the greatest gifts my dad ever gave me was showing me what a truly great father looks like.🥹

I always prayed for a father like my dad for my own family.

Turns out I got one.

And Dad, I know you’re smiling today.

Two weeks until Kauai with my favorite humans, continuing the tradition I always shared with my dad and family (yes, I’m counting down🩴👙🩳🌴🌺✨).

06/07/2026

Chris bringing her to the party after my classes, calling me on the way to say he put pink bows in her hair.📲🥹😭🎀🎀🌹🌹🌹