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The Making of…The Family Portrait
My little guy wasn't too sure about this: He's a little happier here: This could have been the best picture, but: and my favorite: It's just plain torture, Mommy!
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A quick year
My baby is one. Wow! That was fast. Honestly, it seems like yesterday that we were stopping at Subway to get Court dinner on the way to the hospital. Eight days overdue, I was so ready for him to be born! I was also determined for it to be the perfect, natural birth. Somewhere near
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So close…
to walking! Augustine is a super fast crawler. Lately, though, he has taken to crawling with straight legs and cruising around the coffee table. He is letting go and standing on his own more and more. His is also falling and banging his fair head more and more as well. 🙁 The race is on:
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Advent: preparation and prayer
I have spent six of the last twelve Advents pregnant. Two of those years, I was suffering from horrible morning sickness. Four of those years, I was waiting for labor to happen, and then cuddling a new baby. Suffice it to say, our Advent preparation and prayer life have more often than not fallen short
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Uncle Joe! (and Gina!)
Joe and Gina couldn't make it down for Thanksgiving. They spent it in West Virginia with Gina's family. So they came down on Saturday night instead. I feel kind of guilty about asking them to. They had a long drive to get here Saturday and then I hear it took them 10 hours to get
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We love Baby Patrick!
We had a great Thanksgiving. A little smaller than usual, but it was full of love. Grandmommy and Granddaddy were here, and Uncle Stephen and Aunt Reve came bringing the best gift of all: Baby Patrick! It was our first chance to meet him. He is one of the cutest babies I have seen, all
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Now we wait…
The voting is done here. We have voted, we have prayed. Now we wait. God bless America!
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Birthday Balloons!
There something so fun about having a kid who can go out and get you balloons for your birthday! Charlie brought me this fun assortment:Superman Happy BirthdayOver the HillGo Diego GoMerry ChristmasClass of 2008CongratsHappy Birthday and my favorite:Happy 60th Birthday!!! I feel loved!
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History in the Making
Today is an historic day. As Regina marked on the calender, it is the first Hot Chocolate of the season! While true, the above wasn't really the event that will go down in history, just the reward for good behavior in less than ideal circumstances. Today we ( the younger seven and I, no large,
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Oops, forgot about our field trips!
I would be remiss in my blogging duties if I forgot to chronicle our first two field trips of the year. In September, we went to the Zoo. Katherine stayed behind because she had a game that night and didn't want to be worn out from walking around. So, it was the younger six and