my first days of life

Christmas Day

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Christmas Eve

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We love to try get pictures of holidays ... so we tried ...
I think years from now when we look back at these we might get a good giggle:

Happy Thanksgiving!

2010-11-26T18:56:00.000-06:00

For Thanksgiving we gathered at daddy's cousins house. We saw aunts, uncles and cousins and my great grandma Mary ... my name sake. I get kinda funny about pictures when lots of people are looking at me ... so never mind the weird look on my face http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifin this picture. I did have a good time, I think great grandma did too.

SNOW!!!

2010-11-13T20:38:00.000-06:00

This Dress Makes Me Feel Like A Princess

2010-10-10T12:45:00.002-05:00

It's Fall!

2010-10-09T18:31:00.000-05:00

Things I Love ...

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Love my puppy Daisy

Love my brother

Love to ride in my daddy's truck

Love my toes!

And I LOVE my "Daddy's Princess" shirt!

Family Photos!

2010-09-08T09:55:00.000-05:00

Our Doggies!!!!

2010-08-15T20:24:00.000-05:00

We adopted two cute doggies today! I so so so excited and they just so so so cute. The Black/White one is Charlie and the Whitish/Greyish one Daisy ... we are in love with them.

Me and My Daddy

2010-08-09T23:21:00.002-05:00

Sometimes Daddy and i like to watch tractor videos on youtube

August 2010

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My Auntie Alli just had a baby! I have a new cousin! His name is Walker.
When I say it I call him "Baby Wak-kah"

July

2010-07-30T09:41:00.024-05:00

Yes, my mom knows she has been missing in action lately ... I guess us kiddos keep her a bit too busy for posting pictures to blogs these days ... but she thought it might be fun to sum up July with some pictures of what we've done this month:

We've watched lots of baseball (because my big brother Gus plays baseball) and we've eaten lots of ice cream too (because daddy and papa love ice cream on a warm day)

My cousins enjoyed eating some ice cream too.

It was a fun day when Mommy and her friend Marcia decided to take us to the Mall of Anerica and UnderWaterWorld ... it was 5 boys and me (plus Mommy and Marcia)

On July 16th my mom decided that I should get my third hair cut, and it went pretty well:

Should probably add that the bandaid on my forhead was not a real injury ... I really like stickers and bandaids and tend to where several a day. Oh, and my brothers got hair cuts at the same time I did.

Here we are after haircuts and showers, all ready for bed

We had a great time one Sunday afternoon, when we met Grandma and Papa and Ann and Phil and Zach and Joey at Lake Waconia and played on the jetski:

Mary watching for her daddy and her Gussy on the jetski:

Zeke did not want a real ride on the jetski but he had fun playing on it with his cousins

Zeke and Joe had fun watching Owen ride on the Jetski:

Mary had tons of fun getting Papa to play with her:

Mommy had Gus take this picture just to prove she was there:

After fun at the beach we got to go pick up my big sister who was gone for a whole week on a mission trip. Missed her soooooo much!

We enjoyed a few days at Lake Marion:

I Love Toy Story ...

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... especially Sheriff Woody!

Look what we rented for my party!

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And here are the cupcake cakes that mom oredered from Target! She loved the idea of not having to cut pieces of cake. Target calls them "pull-aparts", mom called them a great idea!

Happy Birthday to Me!!!!!!

2010-05-29T12:00:00.000-05:00

My big brothers made me birthday pancakes! But that was about as exciting as the day got, becuase we are getting ready for the big party on Monday!

Guess who turns TWO tomorrow???

2010-05-28T13:58:00.000-05:00

Yep, thats right! Its me ... Princess Mary!

Another handme down dress

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My big sister wore this drewss 13 years ago ... mom says if she ever gets the scanner to work, she'll scan in some of the old photos

Cute Hairdo!

2010-05-22T13:36:00.000-05:00

Mommy is glad that I am starting to leave barrettes, bows and pig tails in my hair now:

Cute new outfit .... from grandma

2010-05-20T13:30:00.000-05:00

Happy Mother's Day!

2010-05-08T21:50:00.000-05:00

I can style hair!

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Happy Easter

2010-04-05T23:37:00.000-05:00

Here is my family all dressed up for church:

I know my brothers don't look very dressed up, but this is about as dressed up as they get.

After church we went to my Anutie Annie's for lunch. I had lots of fun on their swing set!

My Day Before Easter??? Glad You Asked...

2010-04-04T20:36:00.002-05:00

My friend Bella and Me

2010-03-24T21:05:00.000-05:00

Bella and I are close to the same age and she lives just a cross the street, she has big brothers, too. So we undersand each other. Mom took some cute pictures of us playing together and with our brothers today.

A spring day at the Zoo

2010-03-23T17:55:00.002-05:00

Since my brothers school is on Spring Break we decided to goto the Zoo today, and our friend Kaity came with, too.

We discovered that I love flamingos!

And fish!

We had to watch very closly to see the wolves:

Constructive Feedback Friday!

2010-03-19T09:54:00.006-05:00

Today over at I ♥ Faces its Constructive Feedback Friday! Its a special beginners only friday. I've loved to take pictures for 14 1/2 years (since my oldest child was born) but still consider myself very much a beginner (especially in the digital world). I hope you will head on over to I ♥ Faces

The first 50 people who link their photo into our special Mr. Linky today will have the opportunity to receive feedback on their photo from our contributors and participants.

Here is the photo I am entering:

I ♥ Faces asks that if you are entering a photo for Constructive Feedback you follow a few simple directions:

1) Please choose only one face photo that you have already edited. You can post the original photo and you can have multiple edits of that particular photo in your post...

2) You will need to put our i heart faces button in your blog post.

3) Make it clear to your regular readers that you are asking us to give you Constructive Feedback on your photo. We don't want to upset them when we stop by to do just that and they are wondering why anyone would "critique" or "put down" your photo. :)
Oh, please "critique" away ... I love to learn from others advice!

4) Let us know what editing program you use for your photos.
I use Picasa3 for editing and webalbums right now. I hope to invest in Photoshop Elements soon. I took this picture with my Canon PowerShot SD980 IS Digital Elph set to auto

5) If you know how to find this information, it'd be wonderful if you could put the EXIF data for your photo in your blog post. (This tells you what your aperture, shutter speed, ISO and focal length were when you took the shot. An example: f/6.3 1/100 sec ISO 100 230 mm)
Sorry I don't know how to find the info

8) What exactly is bothering you about your edited photo? (Is the skin tone off? Does the overall color in the photo just feel too warm? Do you feel like the crop job could be better? etc.) Let us know so that we'll know how to help you.
Below is a quick snap shots of the photos I had taken by a photographer on our Easter vacation in Hawaii of back in 2008 (Mary was not born yet, so we obviously did not have her picture taken there) but I found a dress matching the line I had the big kids dressed in that Easter, so sat her on the grass in our yard last summer and tried to take a few pictures of her so I could frame and hang pictures of all 5 kiddos up together. The photo of Mary is so obviously a snap shot and the other 4 so obviously professional it looks silly hanging up together. Any one have any suggestions how to adjust my picture so it fits better with the big kids ones?

9) Each of our contributors puts a tremendous amount of time into the feedback that they do leave. We ask that you please visit the blogs of the people who leave you feedback to thank them for their kindness shown to you today!

I ♥ Faces

2010-03-16T11:49:00.005-05:00

This week at I ♥ Faces their theme is "Bundled Up". Here is a picture of my big brothers all bundled up and playing in the snow:

If you want to see some more fun pictures from I ♥ Faces's Bundled Up Challenge or share one of your own click on the button below:

20 months old now!

2010-01-29T08:57:00.000-06:00

One year ago here is what we posted about me on my blog:

Mom says she really can't believe I'm 8 months old, I'm almost crawling, I LOVE to grab paper or food right from anyone's hands, I weigh 17 1/2 lbs now and I'm almost 25 inches, I have my two bottom teeth and a third one popping through and a fourth one about to pop through (ouch!). I keep life pretty interesting for my family, but I can tell they love me!

Here are a few pictures from our day:

This was the first time either Zeke or I rode a ferry boat. We got on in Seattle and off on Bainbridge Island. I think Zeke was more interested and impressed with the ride than I was.

Really? has it been a year already since we visited Seattle???? Today I am 20 months old and I weigh 23 lbs and 10 oz and I am 31 inches. I've had 2 hair cuts and I love to run and climb all over stuff. I also love pens, paper and anything sticky, like tape or labels or post it notes or stickers! But Mom will have to wait and get my picture when I wake up :-)

Updated to add these pictures:

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Come on over and check out my mom's new blog:

Fun in the snow!

2010-01-15T13:25:00.000-06:00

January

2010-01-14T17:21:00.004-06:00

Happy 2010!!!

I got a cute new dress

But our neighbors got a cute new puppy

Check out my funky hair day!

And here we are on Zoo Day

Another Papa Picture!

2009-12-25T21:23:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-24T13:39:00.002-06:00

Mommy made a slide show to show off our favorite pictures from this year, Enjoy!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

My 2nd Thanksgiving!

2009-11-29T13:14:00.000-06:00

Mommy says we have so much to give thanks for and I agree!!! We had some of my daddy's family over to our house for Thanksgiving dinner this year. We had a really fun time! See:

And here is my great grandma Mary watching me write on my Disney postcards ... I love to write and color ... I get that from my big sister:

I ♥ Faces for Nov 17th

2009-11-17T10:27:00.004-06:00

This week at I ♥ Faces their theme is "Autumn Beauty". Here is a picture my mama calls "Autumn Beauty":

If you want to see some more fun fall pictures my mommy took look here. If you would like to share your "Autumn Beauty" or see what others have posted, please click on the button below:

Whats a Pumpkin Fairy???

2009-11-03T10:16:00.001-06:00

My big brothers and sister keep singing:
"Mary, Mary our sweet pumpkin fairy"

Then they smile and giggle at me, so I guess its a good
thing, but some days it sure is hard to figure those kids out!

And here are a few more fun fall photos my mom took a few days ago:

And here I am with all my big brothers and my big sister:

Mommy liked this one so much she is using it as her profile pic on facebook!

Home from our Disney Vacation!

2009-10-23T23:04:00.003-05:00

WE MADE IT!!!

I slept over half the flight home, so I'm not exhausted but my mommy sure is. She wants you to know that she is trying to keep up and keep track of things that are happening and all ... but my big brothers sure do keep her busy and so did spending 8 days in Disney World! She will get back to regular posting and regular pictures soon.

Happy Birthday Mommy!

2009-10-20T23:52:00.001-05:00

For Mommy's Birthday we had 12 more hours of Disney fun!

We visited Minnie's house

We met some princesses

Then we met Peter Pan

And played in a big Buzz Lightyear game

I am just in LOVE with these Little Green Alien guys!

More Fun

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Epcot

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First I went to breakfast dressed as Tinkerbell ...
too cute, right?

Then we headed out for a full day of Epcot fun!

Disney's Hollywood Studios Today

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Animal Kingdom Day!

2009-10-15T23:37:00.001-05:00

Here we come!

Watching the Lion King Show:

Visiting our Disney Friends!

Yep, we're ready for that nap back at the hotel

Magic Kingdom Day!

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Off to Disney

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16 months old!

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All my mom can say is that our life is
"busy busy busy!"

Back to School

2009-08-31T15:35:00.002-05:00

The big kids started school again today! Not sure why ... but they have to. My oldest two brothers go to school and my big sister is homeschooled so she does her work here at home. While they are having fun with school stuff, Z and I had to find a way to have fun on our own. Mom posted pictures from today over HERE

15 months old now!

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And today we went to a Twins game in the Metrodome
We went with aunts, uncles, grandparents and
great grandparents. Fun times!

2009-08-28T22:33:00.002-05:00

Been takin' some steps!

2009-08-27T22:26:00.003-05:00

I've been learning how to take steps on my own! And that means there is a whole new level of things I can get into ... Just keepin' my mom busy!

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2009-08-23T19:54:00.002-05:00

Look! I'm a Tinkerbell!

Another Beach Day! Hoooray!

2009-08-22T21:41:00.000-05:00

Make a Smilebox photobook

New Toy Today!

2009-08-21T03:56:00.006-05:00

Picking toys is not easy and there is a toy website called ebeanstalk, dedicated to selecting good, safe baby toys. BUT they need help from moms like my mommy to help pick the toys. They sent us a toy to try out and review. Its called the Sort n' Learn Pelican from Tiny Love. My mommy has always thought that Tiny Love makes great developmental toys

I love love love birds! It was one of my first signs. So even without the cool shapes and sounds I would love this toy! But this talking bird toy tells me which shape and which color I just put in his mouth ... pretty cool, ha?

Rock my baby

2009-08-20T19:50:00.001-05:00

Country Fair!

2009-08-12T13:48:00.003-05:00

Yesterday I took my second trip to a country fair. But last year I slept the whole time (I was only 2 months old then). This time I was awake and watching everything the big kids did:

to see more of my moms pictures, visit her travel blog HERE

Happy Birthday to my cousins!

2009-08-10T11:47:00.007-05:00

Today we celebrated my cousin's birthdays! Addie and Nolan are twins and since we live in MN, its kinda fun to call them the MN Twins. And if you know anything about baseball you know that the MN Twins baseball team plays (for this year anyway) in the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis. So my cousins, the Mn twins, had thier 2nd b-day party in the the Metrodome ... we had soooo much fun!

And here I am standing on my own next to my big brothers and sister:

Alphabitty Moments

2009-07-31T15:59:00.003-05:00

Zoo today!

2009-07-30T18:38:00.000-05:00

We visited a zoo our friend Stellan likes to visit today. He was in the hospital too sick to join us, but we are praying that one day soon he will be well enough to visit the zoo with us.

We saw a gorilla there who likes to play peek-a-boo

And we saw Sea Lions:

We also saw Lions and Tigers and Giraffs!

Oh yea, there were Zebras and Kudus too:

I ♥ Faces ~ At The Beach

2009-07-28T21:05:00.005-05:00

My mom has really been enjoying playing along
at I ♥ Faces weekly themes.
This is:
WEEK 29 - July 27th - "At The Beach"
All photos entered this week have to be beach-related. There will be just one category (you can enter either a Kids photo or an Adults or a mixture of Kids and Adults.)

So, here I am At The Beach:

Click on the button above to visit the I ♥ Faces website, you too can join in the fun, or just see a whole lot more beach pictures!

Sharing

2009-07-26T23:32:00.006-05:00

Today my Brother Z, my Cousin J, and my Papa Ron taught me all about sharing ... mmm, mmm, I looooove sharing. My Mommy on the other hand was not so excited about the mess we made:

She even made Papa try to clean me up ...

And while we were making messes like that at the park, my daddy and aunt and uncle were working hard on our new patio. Papa did eventually join them and then we all had a yummy supper together!

They do pretty good work, ha?

Climber

2009-07-23T14:01:00.001-05:00

Oh yes it is my goal to climb every thing in this new house!
But don't panick my big brother is right there next to the piano, just out of the picture. But I did manage to get all the way up here before they found me. Mom says I'm a handful!

A Sunrise In Our Backyard

2009-07-22T13:55:00.001-05:00

My Brothers and MUD

2009-07-21T21:00:00.003-05:00

Look what my big brothers did today!
They actually played a bit of football ...

before they began to slip and slide in our backyard mud...

And then Mom decided that it looked like they were having way too much fun ... so she just had to join them, she is crazy!!!

I just can't look at this anymore!

but coming soon ... pictures of how we cleaned them up ...

My Pink Purse

2009-07-20T23:23:00.002-05:00

Well, my mom is surviving without my big sister here, but its been a looooong day! Latly I've been in love with this cute little pink purse that my mommy got me back at Easter time. I carried it every where today, even held onto it while I nursed.

catching up!

2009-07-19T23:20:00.002-05:00

Wow oh wow! Does my mom have catching up to do on my blog! Now that she has internet again and a working camera, I'm sure she'll get right to that. Not like she has anything else to do ... like unpacking boxes or getting my brothers to baseball or swimming or other stuff or cleaning and laundry and feeding us all ;-)

Her are a few pictures from today ... My big sister left right after church for a mission trip ... we miss her already

Yes, the picture that Mikayla is holding up is a 13 year old photo of herself! wearing the same dress I am wearing today ... I look alot like her

Warning!!! And 400 Days old!

2009-07-03T16:39:00.004-05:00

Warning!!! We are packing and We are moving!!!
Oh ... and today I am 400 days old!

And my mommy says its making her certifiably insane, whatever that is. I guess you might want to say a few prayers for her this weekend end. My big sister thinks my mom is "running around like a chicken with its head cut off" I wonder if my sister has ever really seen that? Sounds kinda icky actually ... Mommy does not look yucky just fried and tired. It might take her a while to get caught up on posting my pictures, but don't worry she is still taking plenty of pictures of me, just not that much time to get hem online.

Here are a few from the new house:

having a livingroom picnic:

Big kids will be painting their rooms today:

And my big brother Z thinks he is really faw-min' now:

Day 396 ~ CARS

2009-06-29T20:46:00.003-05:00

Oh I get so excited when they turn this movie on!!!!

Day 394 ~ At my cousins' house

2009-06-27T23:47:00.005-05:00

We visited my cousins today, celebrated some summer birthdays, ate snow cones and cake and lots of other yummy food, played outside and in a jumpy bounce house ... it was really a ton of fun!

Day 393 ~ At the beach

2009-06-26T23:00:00.005-05:00

First trip to the beach this summer! I was rather overwhelmed by it all ... did not smile much while we were there, maybe I'll like it more next time. And maybe I won't eat as much sand next time either.

My big brothers and their friends really seemed to enjoy it and none of them tried to eat the sand ... I wonder why?

Day 392 ~ Alphabitty Moments

2009-06-25T21:45:00.004-05:00

My Mommy's friend MamaBear has created a great way to capture and treasure some of the tiny moments in our lives. Please come join us for Alphabitty Moments over at MamaBear's blog. She has a great talent for this photo stuff, and for raising "cubs" in their campground. We are having a blast making our way through the alphabet with little moments captured on film.

My Mommy is week behind, this week we are on the letter R, but Mommy is still doing letter Q. I guess me and my siblings are keeping her too busy ... or it might be that new house we are building ... anyway Q is for Quilts in our family. All the Quilts you see in these pictures were lovingly made by my great grandma (my mommy's mom's mom). We love to cuddle in bed, on the couch or even on the floor under one of Grandma's Quilts.

Day 391

2009-06-24T18:57:00.005-05:00

See the shirt I'm wearing here? Its my big brothers! But I found it in a laundry basket and I wanted it ... I tried soooo hard to put it on. But my big sister had to help me and I was so soooo proud!

Day 390 - more splishy splash

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Day 389

2009-06-22T21:28:00.004-05:00

Very Very hot here today! So we splished and we splashed in some nice cool water!

Day 388 - Happy Father's Day

2009-06-21T23:31:00.004-05:00

Back in March my great grandpa turned 90 years old! But we waited till today to celebrate. My mommy says thats because living way up north in the 'frozen tundra' means not everyone wants to come to your birthday party in March ... cause it might be like 20 below zero and there might be 20-some inches of snow and ice on the ground ... but June is pretty safe and what better day to be surrounded by all your kids and grandkids and friends than on Father Day!

Some of the fun things I did out at the party today:

Play with flowers:

Eating beans:

Sleep:

Walk in the woods:

Alphabitty Moments

2009-06-21T15:57:00.000-05:00

Day 387

2009-06-20T11:29:00.001-05:00

My big brother likes this movie about Cars
I guess I like it too!

Day 386

2009-06-19T18:12:00.007-05:00

My Mom is crazy ... Remember this picture she took this spring:

Well, mom thought she needed a summer version so went back to the same park today to take our picture again. And then we played for a while.

Here is what happens when my big brother Gus tries to take a self portait with me on his lap:

Here I am just enjoying the park

Day 385

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Day 384

2009-06-17T20:53:00.002-05:00

Go ahead, smile with me ... but mom says I am just into everything today ...I guess its a good thing I am so cute!

Day 383

2009-06-16T17:30:00.004-05:00

My grandma bought us all 'red white and blue' outfits, our cousins too. And this morning we went and had professional photos taken, so grandma can hang a beautiful picture of all 10 of her grandkids up in her hall. Can you imagine trying to get 10 kids (ages 13,10,8,7,6,3,2, 22month old twins and a one year old) to all hold still long enough to get a good picture. Mom says it was not a disaster, but not altogether succesfull either ... we'll see next week when the proofs come back. Here are a few quick snap shots my mom and grandma took of us before hand:

Mommy even got in this one:

Day 381

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Day 380

2009-06-13T23:18:00.009-05:00

Had a great time seeing my Grandma and Papa out at a campground today! They have a new camper and I just love it! Especially the stairs! I love climbing stairs! See:

And mom took LOTS and LOTS of pictures! She loves to take pictures.

How much fun can we have with a blow up pool and beach balls?

I really wanted to figure out how my big brothers ride these things ... but never could figure out how to get on.

Day 379

2009-06-12T23:21:00.003-05:00

We drove out to the campground where one of my mommy's friend's is working and were my grandma and papa are camping today ... I really do not like drives ... That carseat makes me so mad, but I did find a new comfort item today:

I just love my big sister's green phone, I clung to it and cuddled it just like it was a blankie. My mommy and my sister think that is kinda funny.

ABCs - Alphabitty Moments

2009-06-12T12:09:00.002-05:00

My Mommy's friend MamaBear has created a great way to capture and treasure some of the tiny moments in our lives. Please come join us for Alphabitty Moments over at MamaBear's blog. She has a great talent for this photo stuff, and for raising "cubs" in their campground. We are having a blast making our way through the alphabet with little moments captured on film.

This week we are doing the letter P
And we thought of endless Possibilies:

Paper - I LOVE to eat paper
Papa - I have two Papas and two Great-Papas
(as in Grandpas and Great Grandpas)
Pencils - I recenlty discovered that I can make marks with these
Popcorn - it drives me crazy when I see my big brothers snacking on this becuase mom won' let them share it with me.
Pancakes - I love to eat these!
Park - I love to go play there!
Pictures - my mom is addicted to these, espcially if I am in them

But we decided we better narrow it down to
"Pictures of People At My Pool Party" (hey - thats 4 Ps!)

And here are just a few of the many many Pictures my mom took of People at my first birthday Pool Party:

Day 378

2009-06-11T21:13:00.003-05:00

Mommy is still trying to find the peeeeerfect outfit to take my one year pictures in, here is a new dress she bought today.

Day 377

2009-06-10T09:43:00.006-05:00

Amazing how much I grew in my first year, ha?

June 10, 2008

June 10, 2009

Day 376 - Zoo Day

2009-06-09T23:00:00.005-05:00

Playdates!!!

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Me by the window way up high
My big brother waiting for the elevator

All three of my big brothers

oh, cool! bubbles!

Mama and me are gonna try

we did it!

We just love playdates ... like the one we enjoyed today at the our local children's museum with MckMama and her many small charming children. Have you ever scrambled for a piece of paper or somewhere to write down a number, an email, a blog ... while trying to make a playdate? Well you just need to see what a very wise mama has come up with, playdate cards:

Sorry for the bad pictures ... but I did insist that my mama hold me while she took the pictures and even now while she types :-)

Please do go visit their site, Moom and Back Studios, and enjoy some of her wonderful printed products!

That was then ... this is now! But both were taken on June 7th with the same sling!

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June 7 2008 - 9 days old

June 7 2009 - 374 days old

What a difference a year can make!

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Here I was on June 5th 2008

Here I am on June 5th 2009

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

ABCs - Our Alphabitty Moments

2009-06-04T18:59:00.003-05:00

Please come join us for Alphabitty Moments over at MamaBear's blog, she has a great talent for this photo stuff, and for raising "cubs" in their campground. And we are having a blast making our way through the alphabet with moments captured on film. This week we are on letter O!

The most Obvious O in my life is my big brother O

But I've also discovered that I love to be Outdoors!

Day 370

2009-06-03T23:19:00.004-05:00

Another fun day in the sun here! My big brother had to be at the park today for his baseball pictures, so the rest of us got to play at the playground ... Mommy says I am a monkey climber:

Day 369 - I love water!!!!

2009-06-02T21:09:00.001-05:00

It was a very sunny and pretty hot day here today, it was great to chill out at grandma's house and swim and splash with my big brothers and big sister:

Day 368

2009-06-01T22:04:00.002-05:00

Cheering on my big brother G at his ball game tonight:

Mmmm ...mmmm ... cake!

2009-05-31T23:19:00.002-05:00

Day 367 - Party Day!

2009-05-31T18:27:00.002-05:00

What a great day for a party!!!

My Family:

My Siblings:

My Grandma Mary and my Godmother Mary and Me Mary:

My friend Courtny and Me with our mommies:

My new little pool with my cute pink floaty duckies:

My Daddy:

My Mommy and my presents:

My crown:

My cake:

And back in my pool:

With my tasty duckies:

My parents and grandparents:

My Great-Grandparents:

Day 366 - a note from my mom

2009-05-30T18:03:00.005-05:00

Wow! A year and a day! We are so blessed to have you and know you, Mary. Part of me wishes you could stay my tiny baby forever. I just love to hold and snuggle you, I love to kiss your sweet cheeks and tiny baby toes. I love the way your baby hair feels so soft. And I love the way the top of your little head smells so good. But I also love all the things you are learning to do. I love to watch as you grow and discover. I'm certain that God has an awesome plan for your life! You are surrounded by so much love. Even beyond your mommy and daddy and four big siblings there are so many who love you. And beyond all those wonderful people you are loved by The One who created you The One who knit you together in my womb, The One who knows you perfectly! Psalm 139

I am so honored to be your mommy. I hope you will one day understand that every day I give thanks to God for blessing me with you and your sister and brothers. My greatest prayer for you, my girl, is that you will grow to to know the love of our God and Savior, that you will cherish His word and live the life He has for you.

All My Love ~ Mommy

ABCs - Our Alphabitty Moments

2009-05-29T20:43:00.004-05:00

Please come join us for Alphabitty Moments over at MamaBear's blog, she has a great talent for this photo stuff, and for raising "cubs" in their campground. And we are having a blast making our way through the alphabet with moments captured on film.
This week we are on N!

In honor of the letter N we thought of NEW
And one year ago today I was Brand Spankin' NEW!
Happy Birthday to Me!

365 DAYS OLD!!!

2009-05-29T19:23:00.002-05:00

Day 364

2009-05-28T20:34:00.001-05:00