Remember these pretty lights? I knew they would come in handy one day. They provided just enough light to take a few snaps of my sleeping beauty during her early evening nap today. I think I'm in love. ...
Nerves
Clearly, she's not nervous anymore. We've been walking across the street on sunny days to practice our skills. ...
Far Away Friends
Some of our very best friends live far, far away. We only get to see them a few times a year, when they are in town visiting family, but boy do we get our time in while we can. Chris was our very best friend in high-school (we shared) and married a wonderful girl who lived way down in Louisiana. I can just about guarantee that any time CG is in town, SD is with him somewhere - shooting pool, playing golf, arguing over Nintendo, throwing rocks at mailboxes (wink, wink). You know, the usual. We are so lucky that life has blessed them with three beautiful girls to match our two and ever luckier that they all love each other a whole lot. It always amazes me how little friends remember each other and love each other fiercely, when they can, even though they might go months without seeing one ...
Three Bunnies
For those of you who don't know, we lost a bunny over the Christmas holidays. I know we had all of them when we went to see Santa several weekends ago, but that night when getting Ella ready for bed we realized that we were down to two sleepy bunnies. I put Ella off for a few days and told her it was probably at Garan's or in the laundry, but I was starting to worry. After calling every establishment we've visited over the last three weeks, we finally had to come to terms with the fact that we were down to three. We now have two well-loved bunnies and one pretty bunny on the shelf. She took it better than I did and after an exhaustive interweb search, we have come to the conclusion that we cannot acquire another one. That night when we tucked her in, she asked for the pretty bunny and we ...
A New Day, A New Year
Well, it's my first post of the year and I'm going to try and start this one off right. I have had a wonderfully lazy week at home with my girls and now it's time to return to the real world. I am about to clean house, balance the old checkbook and get myself organized for Monday morning. I am notorious for abandoning New's Years resolutions, but there are some definite things I want to change this year. I'm trying not to categorize them as resolutions, necessarily, but goals that I'd really like to accomplish this year. So, in an effort towards transparency and having lots of blog friends to hold me accountable, these are the things I'm shooting for this year. Short Term Goals: "BE" with my children more. Not necessarily in the same room with them, but on the ground with them: ...
2010 in Pictures
I cannot believe how fast 2010 went by. Just twelve months ago, I was very pregnant and so excited about what all this year held for us. It has been everything I hoped for and more. Here are some of my favorite moments from the year. In January, there was a national championship win, our annual trip to the circus and thirty-one things we love about our sweet daddy. February brought our first snowfall of the year, a Valentine's date and a little work on our swing. In March, we took a trip to the zoo, visited the hospital for a sibling preparation class and had a very reassuring visit with our high-risk OB after a rather scary ultrasound. In April we had our LAST prenatal visit, celebrated a visit from the Easter Bunny and finally welcomed our sweet Sophie into the world. ...
Over the River and Through the Woods
Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother's house we go! Okay, we didn't exactly cross any rivers, but we did manage some curvy country roads. Does that count? The Thursday before Christmas was my first day off of work for the holidays and we baked, wrapped presents, watched Christmas movies and snuggled all day long. Come to think of it, that's pretty much what we've done since then, too. That night, we went to my parents' house for dinner and presents. We used to celebrate on Christmas Eve, but after everyone gets married it becomes harder to squeeze it all in. Now we just pick a day before or after and pretend it's Christmas instead. It was funny because the adults all had on leggings or pajamas, but the girls were dressed up! I couldn't resist -- we had too many Christmas ...
Bunny’s Surprise
Remember in this post, I told you that Bunny and I were working on a little surprise for Ella? After finishing up most of my Christmas shopping I knew I wanted to get her one more gift, but I wasn't sure what. After seeing a post on Design Mom, I was reminded of Jennifer Maher's amazing artwork and decided to see if there was enough time left to have her paint a custom piece of our very best friend, Paint Bunny. This is one of the pictures I snapped and emailed to Jen the week of Thanksgiving. And this is what I received in the mail just two weeks later. Let me just tell you that I teared up a little when I unwrapped the package. I knew it would be beautiful, but I wasn't prepared for just how much like our sweet friend the painting would look. We ordered a 5x7 acrylic painting and ...