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October 20, 2014

Favorite Corner

Maggie’s room is slowly becoming my favorite room in the house. She likes being in there and it is a refreshing burst of color for anybody else that gets to spend time there. I came across both the girls quietly reading on Maggie’s bed the other day. It lasted a few minutes, and I happened to have my camera on her dresser, so I was able to snap a picture before they started a sumo wrestling match. Other things to note include Audrey’s candy corn shirt. Audrey really likes to ‘get dressed’ and once I pulled this shirt out of the Fall bin, she immediately loved it. Anytime she wears it, which is anytime it is clean, she insists on people touching the ruffle candy corn. It’s funny and sweet.

October 19, 2014

If You’ve Ever Loved a Dog

We have some friends that are getting their first dog today and last night I couldn’t help but think of how great their lives are going to be with the added love of a dog. Barry and I both grew up with dogs and we both have memories of our first dogs from childhood. We had Sydney for a few years before we had kids, and we say that she’s our firstborn….and that really isn’t too much of a stretch. She’s an essential member of our family and helps us all keep rhythm as life hums along.

My dad said it perfectly a while back when he shared that he thinks that EVERYONE should get to know a Pug sometime in life. It’s so true. A couple days ago, a friend shared with me this stunning portrait session and pictures with a girl who was getting ready to say goodbye to her dog that she’s had since she was 7. Read it HERE. If you’ve ever had a dog in your life that you’ve loved as much as it loves you, this story will move you.

And with that, here are pictures from the first time that Sydney met Maggie….four and a half years ago.

October 18, 2014

Pictures of a Mama and Her Girls

Forgotten pictures are something that are becoming ‘normal’ around here, but I’m not complaining. I found these pictures from last September of me and the girls in Leavenworth and I’m so happy to have come across them. I often say that there are never enough pictures in the world of mothers with their children doing life. Granted, these images are a bit posed, but we were certainly living it up in ole Leavenworth where our dear friends, Jeff and Allison, got hitched. At the time that these were taken I was feeling like a chubby, nursing mama. Now, when I look at them, I just see my children being held in my arms and the closeness that we obviously share.