Tuesday, April 27, 2010

just a little teaser...

i'm a little too tired to properly journal our supercalifragilistic vacation...so it will have to wait...but just to wet the appetite a little bit...thought i would share a few of the few pics i took...

wow...did we have a good time...

and i will definitely tell all...but not until...

i sleep!!!!




Wednesday, April 21, 2010

m-i-c-k-e-y...

m.o.u.s.e!

these little excited pumpkins are disney bound in the morning...trying to get their beauty sleep...

dinner with mickey, 8:15 sharp!

we can't wait! see ya when we get back!!!!!

Sunday, April 18, 2010

creativity...

it's a word that is currently being used in the past tense right now when referenced in my life.

back in the olden days...like when i only had one precious daughter...and i thought my life was hectic then (humph!)...i used to have a plethora of time to be creative. i made ella's party invitations, her first and second birthday cakes, her party favors, and had lots of fun scrap booking! my good gal pal - you know who you are - and i used to even attend some midnight crop nights...lots of junk food and creative juices flowing. i don't know about her...but these days, i mainly just have junk food flowing!!!!!

she turned me on to these adorable little happies called "paper bag scrap books"!!!! they are scrumptious and allow anyone's inner artist to emerge...because you cannot mess them up! they are actually made with paper lunch sacks...isn't that genius!?! anyway, i wrote a little poem for ella and made it into a book for her. so far, maddie and ava are getting a blog...that counts, right?!?!

due to the fact that my ella is fixing to celebrate her 6th birthday (the mere thought literally brings tears to my eyes...and as i held her in church today...i just reflected on what a special little person she is and always has been...)

oh more on that later...

i digress...

i thought i would just share the book. maybe when i have an empty nest...i'll find the time to make the other two sweeties a "paper bag book"...but until then, i just wanted to remember what my oldest baby looked like when she made her debut into the world...

my how time flies when you're completely in love.


"you are my heart"...

"one day God said from up above...i think you may have some extra love."

"a baby girl He patiently created...while the new little mommy patiently waited."

"with tears in her eyes and right from the start...this mommy sure felt..."

"you are my child...you are my heart."


"the baby girl's smile...no words can convey..."
"or how her eyes could bring light to the darkest of days."


"each moment with her was blessed and amazing...and most days, the mommy spent saying..."
"with tears in her eyes and right from the start..."
"you are my child...you are my heart!"


Friday, April 16, 2010

if you happen to need a...

good louisiana attorney...i happen to know one.

he happens to sleep beside me every night (ok...maybe just every night for two weeks out of the month)...

he happens to be the precious father of my children...

he happens to work in washington dc where he always does his very best...

he just happens to be my husband...

and he happens to be amazing!

babe...i am SO PROUD of you and your accomplishment. not many men could do what you did (help raise a family of five, work full time, travel to and fro, and study for a bar exam for which you never took one course)...and PASS! we love you so much.

you never cease to amaze all of your girls...this gal especially...

you just happen to be...

our hero.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

one week and counting...


my sweet girls...my sweet hubby...and my sweet parents...


WILL BE HERE!!!!!

Saturday, April 10, 2010

girls may play hard...

but they always play "pretty"!!!!

as i was sitting in my living room nursing on thursday afternoon, i looked out across the street at my sweet neighbors' yard and the scene was so incredibly beautiful. the sunlight was streaming through the trees...being filtered by the branches...and the grass was this electric shade of green.

the two older girls had been playing on the porch and when i asked them if they wanted to go play over there they said "sure"! when i got done nursing, i helped them cross the street and then came back over to my house and used my zoom lens. i wanted "real life" pics...not staged "cheese" poses...i LOVED watching them play together...from afar.

oh, the beauty of zoom...

they are such sweet little girls and they love each other so. so. so. much. i am thankful every day that these three little sweet peas have each other...

because who else could you have so much fun with...in the yard...in a tutu!









Thursday, April 8, 2010

she reached...


for me today for the very first time. it's funny how those "firsts" never get old...no matter how many times you've experienced them. her big blue eyes, that adorable smile, the bashful tilt of her head...

she's amazing.

i hope she'll reach for me all the days of her life...and know that i will always be there to hold her.





Tuesday, April 6, 2010

prayers for a "little"...

please keep a dear family friend's little boy in your prayers tonight and in the days ahead...he has been placed in the PICU for complications with the flu. there is one fearful mommy, worried daddy, and two concerned brothers that would covet those prayers more than you could imagine. as a parent, there is nothing more frightening than watching our precious children struggle to breathe, fight a fever, an ache or a pain...all while we can't do anything more than love them.

please. just. pray.

sometimes that's the best medicine.

a beautiful easter...

warning: what you are about to see are LOTS of pictures...mainly "blogged" for the sole purpose of one day...finding a place that can turn my blog into a book...seemingly impossible to find one that i like...nonetheless, a dream of mine...and i always want to remember this easter

now that we got that out of the way...we had a truly beautiful easter day.

we made. it. to. church. on. time. with. a. few. minutes. to. spare. i/we somehow managed to get showered, dressed, get three little girls dressed, make an ice cream dessert and a squash casserole, nurse, check out our easter baskets, and take family pics all before we left for church. quite an accomplishment if you ask me!!!!!

after church, we headed to the meldrum's annual egg hunt for some "pre lunch" fun and fellowship! wow...we all have a LOT of kids! it felt like there were more children than eggs!!!! ava had her very first encounter with the easter bunny and the big girls had fun hunting for the eggs!

we headed straight from there to mom's house for a fabulous easter lunch! everything was extremely delicious. the highlight of our afternoon was when the girls hosted an egg hunt for all the adults...one for the men...and one for the ladies! absolutely adorable! ella rang a bell to get everyone started...and maddie made sure that everything was fair (oh, our little peacemaker!)! dayne said it was a memory he won't soon forget and i would have to agree...it was precious watching them have so much fun!

we spent the afternoon hanging with some of our favorite people (honey & grandpa)...taking naps, coloring, visiting, and playing...and then headed home. it was such a beautiful afternoon and such a special day.

jeffrey and i both commented on the way home that it was just about a perfect day...spent with people we love...spent with our family. it is so amazing to reflect on what the day symbolizes and how thankful we are that God loves us so very much. He makes it easy to feel His love during this time because beauty is all around us...

everywhere you turn there is new life.

i feel so blessed to have what i have...be loved like i am...love like i do...

what a beautiful easter.














Monday, April 5, 2010

an "egg-cellent" day at st. paul's...

on thursday before easter, the girls participated in their first easter parade at their school. it was such a pReCiOUs event. all of the children make hats and don them during a parade in the garden and then each child helps flower a cross. it was so sweet watching them find the perfect place to put their azalea.

after a short concert, we all headed inside to watch the kiddos eat a yummy easter treat! jeffrey, honey, grandpa, ava, & i should have worn skates because we were hopping between ella's and maddie's classes...trying to miss as little as possible!!!!

i was so proud of my sweet daughters...

they are indeed precious on the inside and out!!!!!