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A ‘tween is seen!

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Our oldest girl is 11 today.  Utterly amazed at how the years just fly on by…thankful for video and photos because my grey matter fails to keep up in the memory department and these tools are helpful, to me.  Before I pull out the Sudoku and crossword puzzles and purchase the Ginkgo to shore up the old brain, I am thankful that I DO remember our children’s birthDAYS.  So far.  Which is good.

11 years ago we had 3 & 5-year-old fellas and no idea what the babe in my belly was.  I can tell you that I was OVER being pregnant and happily accepted my OB-GYN’s offer of induction.  Call me wimpy, I don’t care, I can tell you I did NOT enjoy being pregnant.  Don’t get me wrong, I was thrilled about the baby; physically it was a huge cross for me.  I envied those “happy” preggers, for me it was all about being a weeble wobble and heartburn.  Anyhooo….he said induction, I said yes, please.

 

wobble much...yes, yes I did.

wobble much…yes, yes I did. 

5:00 a.m. and my sister came to be with the boys and we headed to the hospital.  I’ll spare you the details (mostly because it was all wait and contract and epidural and wait) but it was definitely my “shortest” labor with the regular contractions coming on about 10 a.m. and by 2 p.m. when the nurse practitioner told me not to not push yet because she wasn’t ready…I told her she better get some gloves on quickly.  2:05 p.m. “It’s a girl!”  My response:  “A Girl?  What do we do with a girl???”  It took about 2 milliseconds to figure out.

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What a sweetie pie she is.  Sensitive.  Caring. Helpful.  Curious.  Loves to snuggle at night.  Quality time with mom or dad.  Minecraft is her new favorite game.  Running is a new little challenge with her goal on her first 5K at the end of the month.  Middle school comes next year.  Girl school drama has started this year.  Tears have been wiped and she holds her ground and stays true to who she is and not what “popular” is.  Oh, this girl.  She has our heart.  Hook, line and sinker!!

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IMG_2355Happy birthday, sweet girl!  We love you more every day!!!  XOXO

 

Hibernation

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Not EXACTLY hibernating, but have definitely taken a break from blogging.  Not INTENTIONALLY but it has been good.  Lots going on around these parts, but for now I have to get some kids up and at ’em because SOMEONE named mom set the alarm for p.m. instead of a.m. and our day is starting out with a little adrenaline!

Here’s a little peak at what I’ve been doing…..

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2012 Photo Review, linky loo

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Dwija over at House Unseen is hosting a year-end photo wrap up, aaaaaand being a sucker for link ups (as well as a penchant for family photos…..) I figured I’d join in.  My friend Lea does this every year as a slideshow and music, it’s always beautiful and FAR beyond my patience level to put together, but maybe ONE day…after all, this IS the year I learn to KNOW my camera and work Elements!!

It was tough to pick just ONE photo for each month so I did a couple of montages for a few months.  THIS should keep me PLENTY busy throughout the remainder of the week with my blog hopping!  Head on over and check ’em out and/or join the linkup; it’s going on all month-long.  Happy New Year and may 2013 bring YOU plenty of photo ops and joy throughout the year!

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WIWS Vol.7…and some thriftin’..

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You can blame it all on Emily and Kendra @ Fine Linen and Purple.  Sunday has become the Mass Fashion show….raising the bar on how we present ourselves in Jesus’ house, how we prepare ourselves mind, body and spirit for Mass and snapping some photos along the way.

Warning, soap box moment:  Once upon a time dressing for Mass was dressing in one’s Sunday best and there wasn’t even a second thought or argument about it; these days its anything goes (and in our warmer climate…believe me…ANYthing goes).  On the one hand, we should just be grateful people are PRESENT for Mass and disregard their dress (maybe pray that the Holy Spirit will open their eyes to their cleavage bearing/thong showing/ripped jeans/flip-flop selves); however, there is the just-coming-from-work-and-straight-to-Mass-dress and there’s just-popping-by-Mass-before-I-hit-the-beach-club-BBQ-dress. Big difference.  This is where this lovely little link-up comes in….a way to remind us to take the time in all areas to properly prepare and present ourselves for Mass, time spent with Our Lord, one measly Hour completely His and to give Him the respect He is due.  Ideas borrowed from other women and men and encouragement in taking a little extra time with our appearance.  Stepping off the soapbox now….

Submitting my little collage…trying out a new app…of the girls and I ready for Mass.

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Shirt: Kohl’s, few years ago, Pants, Christmas gift years ago, Shoes: Kohl’s

Necklace and earrings: gift from my girls a while ‘go

Ring: Lia Sophia fave

Mini-mes:  Sporting yesterday’s thrifty finds, dresses AND shoes…and a sweet little Christmas necklace on the Diva daughter.

Blessings, y’all…We are off to do nada…or maybe hit the movies…

Friday…and all mixed up!

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With Christmas and New Year’s falling on Tuesdays it is really wrenching my brain on what day it is….Off 2 days, work one, off one, work 3, off 2, repeat…what?!?!  It will take me until mid or end of January to get straight.  Sheesh.  Thank goodness I have the day/date feature on my watch to keep me straight…Gotta love the 20+year old Seiko, baby!

However…let’s cut to the chase.  It’s Friday.  Joining in with Jen and the humongous throng o’ bloggers doing the end of the week “7 Quick Takes” so jump on over and check ’em out…it’s always fun and interesting and good for hours of screen time…no joke!!  Without further adieu…here I go:

  1. Christmas was GOOD.  You can refer to this post for the deets, but overall, somehow the chaos felt “manageable” this year, less rushed, time to enjoy each other.  A win for us.
  2. My mom is home from the hospital post surgery for her Christmas Eve fracture (see #1 insert for the dirty…), so now she just needs to manage the walker, the snow, the dogs, getting around, getting ready to host her daughter and 2 grand-daughters in a few weeks and potentially re-plan her trip back to the Sunshine State or learn to drive in a boot….tricky.  Time will tell.  Drink lots of milk, Mom!!!
  3. Colds stink.  Hubby has one.  (far worse than mine…go figure).  Hopefully, the kids are immune since they’ve all had their opportunities at being sick this past month.  So cough, sniffle, blow, repeat….Chicken soup is on the menu.
  4. In TV news January 6 is a BIG, BIG day….(and I’m really just NOT a big viewer of the tube, but…..) I have a couple of favorites and the best is that JANUARY 6, 2013 DOWNTON ABBEY RETURNS……I’m so excited.  So is Hubby.  (maybe not all CAPS excited, but excited)  In anticipation, we’ve been rewatching some of Season 1.
  5. Once Upon a Time ALSO returns January 6!!!  What???  Our girls think Hulu is playing tricks on them and holding back…they are going to flip out when they find out they have ANOTHER week to wait!
  6. Biggest Loser returns WITH Jillian (sailor mouth) Michaels on January 6!!  ACK!!!  The girls and I love this—Hubby and the boys can’t take all the tears and boo hooing….personally, it coincides with my annual giving up of food and another effort at losing the baby weight (the baby is now 9—you do the math).  Exciting!
  7. And that’s all I got folks….my stuffy head is ready for bed and hope this winter cold nonsense hits the flippin’ road.  And I mean soon!

Blessings and don’t forget to visit Jen et al.