It arrived today!! YIPPEE!!!! The nice Fed-Ex man delivered it to our door around 10am this morning. Now that’s pretty impressive! I just ordered it Wednesday. That’s a 3 day turn-around time. Some of you have been asking about this for a while. It’s been in the works for a while, I have to admit. First, there were some issues with Typepad and Blurb- they were compatible for a while, then something changed, then they were friends again. Kinda like girls in Jr. High. I had to work out a few kinks – in the “slurping” process some of the characters got jumbled, but overall it was a fairly painless process. Some of my photos were too small so I had to find them on my computer and re-load them, but again, fairly painless. Now I can FINALLY cancel my typepad blog and save $9.00 a month! Woo-Hoo. Here’s a little peek at the book. It’s really pretty. The print quality isn’t fantastic, but I’m pretty picky. It’s WAY better than Shutterfly or Snapfish, but not high quality like pro-sites. It’s perfect for what I needed.
The company is here: www.blurb.com
Hi Stef- my email isn’t working this morning so I’m giving you a little sneak peek via my blog 
Let me know which photo you like best & I’ll send it to you once I get my email up & running this morning. Enjoy!
On a side note: I ordered my blog book last week. It should be here in about a week. I’ll post a little blurb once I receive it – I can’t wait!!!
For Sale: Twin Bedding from Pottery Barn Kids. Light blue, tan and red. Perfect for a boys bedroom. 2 sets (Twin Quilt & Sham) for $100. I also have the sheets available if you’re interested. I’m listing them on Craigslist tonight so if you’re interested- let me know!! Thanks for looking.
I’m already wishing I could go back and have the last 26 days back. It’s going so fast and I’m so tired and pulled in so many different directions. I don’t want to miss this precious time. It goes so fast. I’m sure you’ve heard me say it a million times- my favorite quote, “with kids, the days are long but the years are short.” It’s so true. I feel like each day lasts an eternity but each week, each month, each year passes in the blink of an eye. I bent down to pick up Cade’s pacifier and stood up to find him a young man, 8 years old, handsome as can be, able to read 2 or 3 books per day, helping with chores, teaching me new things, growing up way too fast. I know I harp on this issue a lot, but it’s important to me. Because I feel this way, it makes me live “in the moment.” I really enjoy my children. I don’t just Love them, I like them. Liking someone is so much harder than loving them, I think. I like the things they like, I get excited when they are excited about something… no matter how small. And I take pictures. Thousands and Thousands of photos that I can enjoy now …And one day when they are grown, I’ll be able to look through these thousands of photos and re-live all these sweet moments. Here are a few from the past 26 days that I didn’t even realize I had…
This last one reminds me of my film photos. I wonder if our kids will know what “film” is?
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 2:41pm Posted in Keagan
Keagan woke up several times in the middle of the night last night. Funny how that happens when you’re already waking up several times in the middle of the night to feed the baby. They are already learning to take turns- Chloe would wake up, then Keagan and so on… But I didn’t mind. I LOVE holding my babies. They won’t be little for very long. In fact, just 2 weeks ago I remember thinking to myself, “I love this age (Keagan’s). He’s still so little and cuddly and babyish.” Fast forward 2 weeks and my perspective has changed. Suddenly Keagan is a giant. He really looks like a GIANT BABY. His head is 2 or 3 times the size of Chloe’s. He’s learning to talk and climb and he understands what we tell him, he’s getting into things he never even noticed before… he’s growing up. So when he wakes up crying in the middle of the night because he has a fever and he can’t breathe through his nose, I’m happy to hold him and rock him and cuddle with him for a while, even if I’ve already been up 3 times before….. he’s still my baby and I like him a lot.
napping with daddy.
I just realized that my title, “Missing Grandma” may make it sound like we’ve lost grandma & we can’t find her In reality, though, we just really really miss her. It was so wonderful to have my mom here for 2 weeks to take care of us. She really is amazing. She cooked, cleaned, sewed, shopped, wrapped, played, baked, and about 10 other things I’m forgetting to mention. My kids LOVE her & she just spoiled my kids with food and fun and love. I miss her most of all though. It’s hard to be so far away from family- especially during the holidays. I wanted to turn off the alarm clocks so we would be late to the airport & she’d miss her flight But… I decided that wouldn’t be fair to my dad or my sisters. I’d had her for 2 weeks so I’m sure they were missing her desperately. Well, we got lots of great photos while she was here. Here’s just one of them.. I hope you all have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and enjoy your families. And I hope you all remember the REAL reason we celebrate Christmas- Jesus.
Okay- I’ve been trying ALL WEEK to have a photo session with Chloe, but the time just slips away. Feeding the baby, taking care of the other 4, trying to rest, trying to eat, trying to keep up with laundry, trying to keep the house in order…by the time I’m ready to take pictures there’s no more light! But today James helped me & we were able to get some great shots of our sweet little girl Are you ready?? Here they are- in no particular order.
I LOVE this shot of Kennedy & Chloe. I think I’ll hang it up in Kennedy’s room.
These 2 boys ADORE their little sister- it’s so sweet.
Gotta have a father/daughter shot.
look at Chloe’s smile- she loves her big sister already!
She knows the brand names already
I took a shot similar to this when Keagan was a baby. I wanted to re-create it with all 5. I think I like it
A favorite from the day.
Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 1:28pm Posted in Kennedy
As Kennedy was writing a “wish list” today (consisting of entirely DIFFERENT items than her original list), this is the conversation we had:
Kennedy’s new list: a bag with a doggy in it, a barbie with a dolphin, a set of ponies, and a tinkerbell house. (she’s NEVER mentioned any of these)
I said, “Kennedy, I don’t even know what that means (speaking of the bag with the doggy in it)”
She said, “Well, you’re not getting it for me”
I said, “Oh, who is?”
She said, ” The mailman!”
So apparently the mailman is the new Santa
by emily
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