Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Postacular

You should start here, then read backwards (when you finish a post click on "newer post").  I posted 8 times tonight...Skip all the words and look at the unedited pictures, that is a much better use of your time. 

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Here's to staying up to late and posting 8 times...
Grace and Peace
xoxo

Family Photo Dump

Our week and a half of fun with our family went too fast. Since the hurricane landed us back at G-dad's and Babette's, our sweet cousin's absence is felt even stronger...Libby keeps asking "Where's my cousins Mama." Then when she sees a plane fly over head she waves uncontrollably at it and yells "Hi Mimi, hi GG Mom, hi Cousins, hi Daddy...we've had a lot of people leave on airplanes lately. Anyhow, Here is a photo recap of mostly posed pictures.
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This is the best group shot out of approximately 1 million

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The only 2 boys that didn't marry in
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Babs and Mags

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"Mommy, please don't leave me here"

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Love them, all 3.  I would have kept them if I could have devised a plan.

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Libby loved them too.

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Squaunch!

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Squish!

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Slurp!

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Cheese!

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Take 25

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Take 46



I may have taken a plethora of below average pictures, but I'm keeping every one of them. They help me feel like California isn't so far away.

Grace and Peace
xxx

GG Mom

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You should go back and read this story about my Grams...She is a strong lady.  Maggie's "Bell" comes from her maiden name.
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I love spending time with her.  I hope that I am like her when I'm 86.  She goes to pool exercises 4 times a week.  She just retired this winter, and she really loves the game show channel.
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We just call her GG now. 
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xxx

Once Upon A Time....

...Before I had little girls of my own, I posted pictures of my sister's sweet girls.
When I started blogging  Allison was Libby's age...Sniff. Now she is 7, Sidney is 8.
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I remember being 8...I got my hair cut short.
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I remember being 7, I had a white bathing suit with rainbow hearts on it that I loved...but then again, who doesn't love rainbow hearts.
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Amy and I are not tall ladies...I think that Sidney is well on her way to being taller than us.
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Allison has always loved baby dolls...MaggieBell was good practice for her dolls.
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Big girls, they used to be little.  Sweet girls, that stayed the same.
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xxx

My Little

She spins and she sways
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To whatever song plays

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Without a care in the world...

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So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms

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'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oooooh, I will dance with Cinderella

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I don't wanna miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight

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And she'll be gone...
~Steven Curtis Chapman


I think the words to this song almost daily when I watch her....
She is an amazing little girl.
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She is so close to 3 we can almost touch it.
That's all I have to say about that.

xxx

Red

I got my hair colored last week.
I asked my hair lady if she could make my hair the color of my Littlest.
I never imagined a red head in my life, but I love it just the same.
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My Mom says that her eyes look like blueberries and that her lips look like rosebuds...what a lovely description....
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She thinks that she is as big as her sister. This little horse has been posted on this blog before, it has been around a long time...Maggie loved it, she bounced uncontrollably trying to make it go.
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She gets where she needs to go very fast. Too fast actually. Those are steps right in front of her in this picture and she is making a b-line to get down them so she can catch up with the big kids. 
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She does not like baby food. She likes to feed herself...Which is good b/c all of my homemade baby food is probably melted from my power being off for several days.
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I like her...and her red hair.
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xxx

The Wolverine

A free verse poem.

Libby and Christian.
They love each other.
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They really do.
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They show it in a special toddler way.
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They are crying tears of joy...really.
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Libby and Christian.
They Love each other.
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They really do.
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Right after I took this picture Libby said "Christian, I'm going to miss you" they she scratched his other eye...and he scratched her back.
Toddlers together are a special treat.

xxx

About a Boy

See Christian
He is the only boy in a world full of tea parties, dress up, and princesses.
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See Christian run
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See Christian run fast
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See Christian rarely slow down
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See Christian pout
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See Christian laugh
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See Christian
We love that one and only little boy
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xxx