Belly Shots

And they’re not mine!

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Seeing Red

I’ve wanted to paint the boys’ room for some time.  It was on the “to-do” list that kept growing instead of shrinking. The boys were rooting for blue, but in order to match what we already have, it would have been navy blue or a light blue.  Light blue would have needed a primer coat [...]

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Happy Father’s Day!

We took James fishing at a local park for Father’s Day and within 2 minutes of getting Alex set up with a fishing pole, he caught a good size catfish.  It was about the length of Alex’s forearm, so really quite a large catch for him!  And his Daddy couldn’t have been prouder! Happy Father’s [...]

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Happy Birthday!

Another birthday celebration here yesterday, this time for one special papa!  I helped Izzy make the cake in the morning.  Alex did the base layer of frosting and…. All three kids got a bag of colored frosting and went to town decorating the perfect birthday cake! I think James liked it!  Even though he had [...]

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Sprinkler!

It felt a little more like summer here this weekend when we hooked up the sprinkler for the kids and roasted some marshmallows over the fire.  I won’t mention the big old thunderstorm that blew in as I was roasting the last one and got me a wee bit wet. The boys positively adored the [...]

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Three Little Monkeys

I took a break from bread-making these past few months.  It was one responsibility that I could give up in order to have more of myself to give to my family in other ways, but yesterday, I felt called back to it… in the form of monkey bread.  If you’ve never had monkey bread, you’re [...]

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First Holy Communion

Alex’s had his First Holy Communion on Saturday and we all had a great day celebrating! I waited until the last minute to shop for a suit jacket, but my procrastinating paid off when I found a great deal on the entire suit for only $13!  The pants required some major altering, both in the [...]

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Alex’s Birthday

Eight years and one day ago, I went into labor with my first baby.  It was a long labor with happy memories of sharing cheese and crackers over the tub with my dear husband who continually brought pots of boiling water in an attempt to keep the water warm.  I spent most the day in [...]

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Another Grin!

Alex finally lost his other front tooth… in his sleep! He stirred about an hour after going to bed sensing that something wasn’t quite right, touched his tooth, and out it came. He won’t be keeping this beautiful toothless grin for long as you can already see his new teeth emerging.

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SMILE!

Alex lost one of his top teeth yesterday and I couldn’t resist posting a picture of his beautiful smile! Oh, and I finished his hat just in time for the snowy day!  Maybe now I should work on some mittens to match?

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