tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72605134541082706092024-03-05T22:39:35.320-08:00"B" is for BeverJulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-70076805772893930912012-03-01T04:54:00.001-08:002012-03-01T04:54:09.439-08:00RgfvfehhvfuhhtgJulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-28778362540222928142012-02-25T11:49:00.000-08:002012-02-25T11:49:42.797-08:00Great Wolf Lodge<b>SO.MUCH.FUN for KIDS!!! So exhausting for adults! </b>
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1) Ben's a "talker"...I'm thinking he might be my most talkative child. He will just babble and babble and babble. I need to record it because it's just soooooo cute!
2) He's close to rolling over.....from his back to his tummy. He's got his head cocked all the way back and is pushing with all his might with one leg....but so far is unsuccessful. I know it's coming soon which means I can't just leave him on the bed anymore while I run to go tend to another child.
3) He's sleeping through the night. Usually 8:00pm-7:30am. I'll take it. Now, if I could just get Rett to stay asleep all night! Whoever thought their newborn would sleep better than their four year old.
We went to our scheduled 4 month old well check. I was surprised that he weighs less than Rett did at this age. Rett was a whole pound heavier. To me, I feel like I am carrying around a sack or potatoes(or bricks).
<b>Bennett:</b>
Height- 25 1/2 in (75%)
Weight- 16lbs 12 oz (85%)
<b>Rett @ 4 months:</b>
Height- 25 3/4 in (80%)
Weight- 17lbs 12 oz (95%)
So, here's the most recent picture I took of Ben. It was wih my phone so it's not the greatest quality. Every night when Rett and Ellie take a bath I put Ben in the Bumbo and he watches them and just smiles and babbles. Just look at all that drool on his outfit. Think he might have some teeth comin' in?
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Our Spooky Dinner: ( a mummy-dog with Ranch spider-web, orange jack o lantern, and corn on the cob)
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Got this cute idea of stuffing grapes in a hallowed out orange from my friend Wendy!
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The Maplegrove Kids:
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Our cute neighbors, Connor and Kate. :)
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These girls had curbside service all night long.
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We even got to trick or treat at Marmie and Rockets:
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Last pic of the night. Tired, and half-dressed. Rett still had his entire bucket of candy. Ellie had eaten almost all of hers while riding from house to house.
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Sweet Sadie...Rett talks about her ALL THE TIME!
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Mrs. Hopkins
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Mrs. Kenyon
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Here's the events and fun things we've done since August.
<b>Sept 6,2011</b>
Rett and Ellie started preschool and Mother's Day Out.
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<b>Sept 8,2011</b>
Ben turns 2 months old
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<b>Sept 23,2011 </b>
My 30th birthday
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Too much partying for Ben:
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Sept 2011</b>
Fall day at the Dallas Arboreteum
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<b>Oct 2011</b>
State fair of Texas
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<b>Oct 8,2011 </b>
Ben turns 3 months old (check out those baby blues)
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<b>ONE TIRED MAMA!</b>
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<br />For those of you that have children you will understand when I say it feels like Ben's been here all along. He just fits right in. It's like he came home from the hospital and I suddenly can't remember life without him. Rett and Ellie adore him and he is really very tolerant of having them constantly in his face. Rett asks everyday if he can teach him how to crawl, and Ellie picks out toys for him to "play" with and tries to put them in his hand. Very cute!
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<br />We've had a little reflux issue so I ended up taking him to the pediatrician on his one month birthday. Low and behold the boy weighs 11.6 lbs!! He gained two pounds in two weeks. Whoo-hoo! Love it when I hear my baby is growing!
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<br />Here's Ben on August 8,2011 (his one month birthday)
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<br />This is a picture of Rett on his one month birthday, August 20,2007
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<br /><strong>DO YOU THINK THEY LOOK ALIKE OR WHAT?</strong>
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<br />Also, it just so happened that we went to my friend Lizzie's house to play on Ben's one month birthday and she did a little mini-photo shoot....here are some of those pics. She did a fabulous job considering he was pretty fussy that day!
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<br />JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-6050184774805961422011-08-13T13:46:00.000-07:002011-08-13T13:57:41.519-07:00Yee-Haw!Friday night we went with my family to the Mesquite Rodeo. It was SO.MUCH.FUN! We had great seats, sat under cold AC and watched lots of entertainment. Rett watched and clapped eagerly as each cowboy tried to ride the broncos. When it came time for the bull riding he was more apprehensive....and actually got a little scared. Ellie was a little ball of energy and bounced off everyones lap the entire night and Ben slept in the carrier. Definetly an attraction I would take the kids back to....
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<br />The group:
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<br />Rett riding a pony:
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<br />Ellie loves Lauren!
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<br />JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-30958477434456953342011-08-04T11:26:00.000-07:002011-08-04T11:39:26.002-07:00Who knew? They Grew!About two weeks ago I took all three kids for their well-checks at the peditrician. It was absolute chaos and I even had my mom there to help wrangle kids. When the appt was over I seriously felt like I needed a stiff drink! <br />Here are the kids stats as of July 22,2011<br /><br /><em><strong>Rett: 4 years</strong></em><br />Height: 40" (45%)<br />Weight: 46.6 lbs (95%)<br /><br /><em><strong>Ellie: 2 years</strong></em><br />Height: 34 1/4" (60th%)<br />Weight: 27 lbs (60th %)<br />Head Cir: 49 1/2" (85th %)<br /><br /><em><strong>Ben: 2 weeks</strong></em><br />Height: 21 1/2 " (75th %)<br />Weight: 9.3 lbs (60th %)<br />Head Cir: (25th %)JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-26523398993047111992011-08-01T18:28:00.000-07:002011-08-01T18:33:53.776-07:00Splish-splashThe kids having some fun at my in-laws neighborhood pool while I was in the hospital with Ben. They really look like they are missing mommy, don't they? <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmqWUwqh6lbNgfU8Eai2hzBdWc83Qw9xKphhdoplYINsSvJblApZ7-taOAw86h5infSN9zRCq2b9Jop8e_ioz66Oj-uSE6hGs_n0-4CwxmbqjPdQLFmcMAsMLu7i_H9tGxnACswomr_o/s1600/IMG_0521.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmqWUwqh6lbNgfU8Eai2hzBdWc83Qw9xKphhdoplYINsSvJblApZ7-taOAw86h5infSN9zRCq2b9Jop8e_ioz66Oj-uSE6hGs_n0-4CwxmbqjPdQLFmcMAsMLu7i_H9tGxnACswomr_o/s400/IMG_0521.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636064947147809570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhalAIQcuKM-V_hAR9G-m53YKgPZKrarH00pX5qzsV3N_qFMqgbR0fNvPRA0m5ULQCIPZ07uEUvfhUsb88sWvCCUm1BASJbwCY3m8MNdZQaVeMnH9tKew6M9nScKbzItEoO-qKzpWWZI0A/s1600/IMG_0550.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhalAIQcuKM-V_hAR9G-m53YKgPZKrarH00pX5qzsV3N_qFMqgbR0fNvPRA0m5ULQCIPZ07uEUvfhUsb88sWvCCUm1BASJbwCY3m8MNdZQaVeMnH9tKew6M9nScKbzItEoO-qKzpWWZI0A/s400/IMG_0550.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636064945627506354" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcHajLTQpdzAWKA8VaprC9MypAkxcGCyRHpiWuHBht2Z6j3EaIuRu2HD7_6YcWi7TBBROvzIQ9xckeh5CjSj-ydQv31c7EzvgmCds1OWV1ANgqPd0PH72kOg3K_KZFvjO2_bVu9-Jqps/s1600/IMG_0545.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcHajLTQpdzAWKA8VaprC9MypAkxcGCyRHpiWuHBht2Z6j3EaIuRu2HD7_6YcWi7TBBROvzIQ9xckeh5CjSj-ydQv31c7EzvgmCds1OWV1ANgqPd0PH72kOg3K_KZFvjO2_bVu9-Jqps/s400/IMG_0545.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636064935640115650" /></a>JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-6404238020272151362011-07-23T11:46:00.000-07:002011-07-23T12:40:56.935-07:00Rett's 4th BirthdayWednesday, July 20th Rett turned four years old. To me, four "sounds" so much older than three. Three you are still kinda a toddler...but by four you've turned into a BIG BOY! Rett went to "summer fun days" at LHUMC on Wednesday....and they made his day very special. He got lots of special attention and his class sang him Happy Birthday during chapel. <br />Later that evening when Troy came home, we opened the presents that he received at his birthday party and I served his favorite meal: hot dogs, corn on the cob, watermelon, and Cheetos! For dessert we made brownie ice cream sundaes. :) <br />He went to bed that night a very happy boy! <br /><br />PRESENTS!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmw45o-DGmi7IInRAjc39j1doKe7cF49jvhKyJ2Vf-rg1mo1zQNlzxBA8Jc1ilzDN4AYSt2heX7rBkOHd0-Ahgc1UmWSc7GRX2X8UoF-d8_iSQ77P7MPrNVKnb2ER0tLOXjyifnMIY9A/s1600/DSC_0486.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmw45o-DGmi7IInRAjc39j1doKe7cF49jvhKyJ2Vf-rg1mo1zQNlzxBA8Jc1ilzDN4AYSt2heX7rBkOHd0-Ahgc1UmWSc7GRX2X8UoF-d8_iSQ77P7MPrNVKnb2ER0tLOXjyifnMIY9A/s400/DSC_0486.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632633069029192578" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQ-VSppjkT8xFHPaZFGyZOpdtyBQDicFsKGAxupMDiPVQQRnMdsZGuhGq8WVBRIawO1KDE2KngXIoLcHLbmdhGwczsKRyJmAVAEa2eYR-ZlUx4ickj4Updi0rMEhaW8RyOyeA0ttrrRY/s1600/DSC_0493.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQ-VSppjkT8xFHPaZFGyZOpdtyBQDicFsKGAxupMDiPVQQRnMdsZGuhGq8WVBRIawO1KDE2KngXIoLcHLbmdhGwczsKRyJmAVAEa2eYR-ZlUx4ickj4Updi0rMEhaW8RyOyeA0ttrrRY/s400/DSC_0493.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632633063713579250" /></a><br /><br />Ellie's favorite present (a star wars helmet and laser gun)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9Y79zukM5cBwxTJQvzPtN166BBcYymqBe9PGbdjJr1_GfLN4X8m4W6Mr27uitMUQKJSwSRAp1cLxq6-3Z1IBBxEvzvciuRmOn6014NHiigre4QjcXDg1hyphenhyphenzHzoUj1hHZL6fV03yhdhE/s1600/DSC_0508.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9Y79zukM5cBwxTJQvzPtN166BBcYymqBe9PGbdjJr1_GfLN4X8m4W6Mr27uitMUQKJSwSRAp1cLxq6-3Z1IBBxEvzvciuRmOn6014NHiigre4QjcXDg1hyphenhyphenzHzoUj1hHZL6fV03yhdhE/s400/DSC_0508.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632633059048554290" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidTO5RmG0NnWR8O6s2-_C_1JZW5Y8xfFNIKpE2byqn3SeU0Lta7Q7QY2wjCIoKCagCsWHUP11kUG8TfwGJUFZgwOaGIpyr_a7PIh0C47-O9N_5SFzHcfNox3Ml9MR8iCVDHvrd3fRP310/s1600/DSC_0515.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidTO5RmG0NnWR8O6s2-_C_1JZW5Y8xfFNIKpE2byqn3SeU0Lta7Q7QY2wjCIoKCagCsWHUP11kUG8TfwGJUFZgwOaGIpyr_a7PIh0C47-O9N_5SFzHcfNox3Ml9MR8iCVDHvrd3fRP310/s400/DSC_0515.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632632070735569266" /></a><br /><br />Rett's sundae he made ALL BY HIMSELF!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIxiweJEGhW0euvDGHQmmKHWRr5yeOPrhhSYe-n7tzUj_TxNsjhhc1rdA8Cu4oU1NCTqK2wjffDT_6Z_pugZBdZ6nE9787ZaiRkm5pb72FntHlVHh6CbOiWga97Ts5UeFADrILuq0Kog/s1600/DSC_0517.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSIxiweJEGhW0euvDGHQmmKHWRr5yeOPrhhSYe-n7tzUj_TxNsjhhc1rdA8Cu4oU1NCTqK2wjffDT_6Z_pugZBdZ6nE9787ZaiRkm5pb72FntHlVHh6CbOiWga97Ts5UeFADrILuq0Kog/s400/DSC_0517.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5632632056189089026" /></a>JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-62805227767719825542011-07-16T11:54:00.001-07:002011-07-17T11:43:44.754-07:00Since we've been homeWe've been home from the hospital as a family of five for just under a week now. Things are still pretty unpredictable from day-to-day and I am anxious to get into a routine. <br /><br />Bennett's belly button has fallen off (quicker than I remember with the other two) and his circumcision is almost healed. He is nursing just about every three hours round the clock and we are going through about 6-8 diapers daily. :) <br /><br />When we came home my mom had decorated the front of our house to welcome us. We tried and tried to get a "good" family picture on the front porch to put in Ben's baby book. This is what we got. <br /><br /><br /><br />Ellie pouting because she wanted to hold my baby, not hers. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIFcHPd1EtDNl_srgHb0MPWgofHvbFfK3S16-arbgmLAspqYgHGotOD27M43wmrr8sB2WXO479wZvuC1WobG3deAiFLyMH3Mi9OoBuzXY7LZP8HgjAwfA4gYHOzjLfjzgiKiTrx0u9R8/s1600/DSC_0399.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIFcHPd1EtDNl_srgHb0MPWgofHvbFfK3S16-arbgmLAspqYgHGotOD27M43wmrr8sB2WXO479wZvuC1WobG3deAiFLyMH3Mi9OoBuzXY7LZP8HgjAwfA4gYHOzjLfjzgiKiTrx0u9R8/s400/DSC_0399.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630387712017153762" /></a><br /><br />Rett wanted to take the picture:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOuNSwjLO0rbNefeZNjfrS4O32nUq2JD12bQ75zwHhpNQ7kjWA3c2vu6SuQQzxITL2bMc69jdzWHYuUluilh1wHxvOffkVS6saw9O8_YxtqptYRa7dghgQIJQ-kOAVGMhOaFAKPV4jRA/s1600/DSC_0401.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmOuNSwjLO0rbNefeZNjfrS4O32nUq2JD12bQ75zwHhpNQ7kjWA3c2vu6SuQQzxITL2bMc69jdzWHYuUluilh1wHxvOffkVS6saw9O8_YxtqptYRa7dghgQIJQ-kOAVGMhOaFAKPV4jRA/s400/DSC_0401.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630387707185321378" /></a><br /><br /><br />The best we got:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMY_gqzAL5m0ux_2Ntd6fsoNIdudGvwjhchmh1pO2TaMM6EMYWkUziuYgYqBQuQv2QqByUNBJ6sAbdCwayPK14nb4NDwrSMCDGSZr8x3s6kPESjR-Vl00pEmpK1mIkF0apWLNjjha0-SI/s1600/DSC_0402.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMY_gqzAL5m0ux_2Ntd6fsoNIdudGvwjhchmh1pO2TaMM6EMYWkUziuYgYqBQuQv2QqByUNBJ6sAbdCwayPK14nb4NDwrSMCDGSZr8x3s6kPESjR-Vl00pEmpK1mIkF0apWLNjjha0-SI/s400/DSC_0402.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630387702166546978" /></a><br /><br /><br />A few other pictures I have taken over this past week that I like: <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuu61wh7zzFxFm_bdVVah8EbIhJnkY9htkMj3ygAplVUHBMY7by7cJaL7Y0A_RuH7mH7oWY3qMMFy0aj9BujrlTd_vesoUMmD3vCt_kkPYR8kR8_ywdNWfhnFDY-yoP15GhPACvlU96VM/s1600/DSC_0383.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuu61wh7zzFxFm_bdVVah8EbIhJnkY9htkMj3ygAplVUHBMY7by7cJaL7Y0A_RuH7mH7oWY3qMMFy0aj9BujrlTd_vesoUMmD3vCt_kkPYR8kR8_ywdNWfhnFDY-yoP15GhPACvlU96VM/s400/DSC_0383.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630393410263937570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoL0Oiqy8_qupsHRedCZisaQAlLlBZobISWrQ-WAnmYIB_0qBiNex_Db-mQ8ejy6uIwd0OcolzzVUYDK_KJ_2_D6I2el5VKXJQ2MdSygf2WMtrO8DMJjA-izPoM1rL9dkV95FuOFBMFQE/s1600/DSC_0405.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoL0Oiqy8_qupsHRedCZisaQAlLlBZobISWrQ-WAnmYIB_0qBiNex_Db-mQ8ejy6uIwd0OcolzzVUYDK_KJ_2_D6I2el5VKXJQ2MdSygf2WMtrO8DMJjA-izPoM1rL9dkV95FuOFBMFQE/s400/DSC_0405.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630393406298791922" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2oAHrM0A9osHKMO4GCHE5GYC-f7xNXfnBXV0WHRaUrDPogx8rK9UAO5xv04PRmGrPbiw_hpeaF57iIDNFSpG6eyQ-J5Sb7dUiS_p_7ZwNvEKoPRjdjO3_bQKba_7ZWKDMFEzEst7C54/s1600/DSC_0407.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2oAHrM0A9osHKMO4GCHE5GYC-f7xNXfnBXV0WHRaUrDPogx8rK9UAO5xv04PRmGrPbiw_hpeaF57iIDNFSpG6eyQ-J5Sb7dUiS_p_7ZwNvEKoPRjdjO3_bQKba_7ZWKDMFEzEst7C54/s400/DSC_0407.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630393403991618882" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4EJKWjjSNEgPbNxhuwiK8aUDCf4ZFwYuUUvyNisVmEwFuTcOXJYJ7GTJCSzVVh5R96ydm40givYMrhexrQMjtdfO_uueYAepvALzliNjAZsN1kiut80S2RnJAKmShOo-MeexSQWn6gU/s1600/DSC_0410.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4EJKWjjSNEgPbNxhuwiK8aUDCf4ZFwYuUUvyNisVmEwFuTcOXJYJ7GTJCSzVVh5R96ydm40givYMrhexrQMjtdfO_uueYAepvALzliNjAZsN1kiut80S2RnJAKmShOo-MeexSQWn6gU/s400/DSC_0410.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630392043680938098" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAl5xUKqNh7d9FjeAfF0Squ2fZODd72n_rmqrtA13fwKEs86wKKnGjdJEE7hikdDgNiCEAEpPZIz7if8rZfo-Dw-ThrxNrxEf926CjubNy5eo9Y8R4tlz_8DczlJOAw9dDvXWPNFDbIwg/s1600/DSC_0411.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAl5xUKqNh7d9FjeAfF0Squ2fZODd72n_rmqrtA13fwKEs86wKKnGjdJEE7hikdDgNiCEAEpPZIz7if8rZfo-Dw-ThrxNrxEf926CjubNy5eo9Y8R4tlz_8DczlJOAw9dDvXWPNFDbIwg/s400/DSC_0411.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630392037564560002" /></a>JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-42114162118847556522011-07-15T14:34:00.000-07:002011-07-15T14:54:36.799-07:00Ellie's REAL 2nd BirthdaySince yesterday was Ellie's REAL 2nd birthday we had a little celebration for her in the evening. We pulled out all the presents we had saved from her birthday party and she opened them (with alot of <em>help</em> from Rett)! <em>Let's just hope that he lets her help him next week when it's his birthday.</em> Anyways, Troy had to go to a Pharmaceutical Dinner that was already planned so my parents brought over BBQ and Strawberry Shortcake and we had a low key evening. Ellie is a very lucky girl because she has so many people that love her and gave her many fun gifts! Thanks y'all! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOr008SuDl6JE8dO29WBNGcEYiZ_6U8eRXIvLU288j-JRct7DdZB1WD_ugX1kV9STMm59nTrm0dTlNoKiF-Vz0gWE5NFCu1O66PFOjTuRfVwn4luYAJcZhomU-dbY2jXDAVIGP2F28BA/s1600/DSC_0462.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOr008SuDl6JE8dO29WBNGcEYiZ_6U8eRXIvLU288j-JRct7DdZB1WD_ugX1kV9STMm59nTrm0dTlNoKiF-Vz0gWE5NFCu1O66PFOjTuRfVwn4luYAJcZhomU-dbY2jXDAVIGP2F28BA/s400/DSC_0462.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629700244493238562" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2yWYQenQ4d4CdAh2YtkcEqO-emaWxnNtE-iSu0-qTcw3q0UUFDO_94-QZdtt1VkdreJ86fUjB708b_P4ESS1VMCYAYNk8bY_ZUYwtG71E-RkpGLteuT-0WTnkRELtAziCkVhKLqsha0/s1600/DSC_0437.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi2yWYQenQ4d4CdAh2YtkcEqO-emaWxnNtE-iSu0-qTcw3q0UUFDO_94-QZdtt1VkdreJ86fUjB708b_P4ESS1VMCYAYNk8bY_ZUYwtG71E-RkpGLteuT-0WTnkRELtAziCkVhKLqsha0/s400/DSC_0437.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629700240758286418" /></a><br /><br />New swim goggles!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHycteZrMdonGaJdIlhZhFPQGVor7QiwE0JTLKzIVAPqUM82rcR-Sss4IBYt1v9PgBZaC6JyLJfudvauwvIiTsBVuZcZy0fVe43DJN1Hk5zMwk0U6TS15tal85Es0Bo6mabGSyEJCwGc/s1600/DSC_0436.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHycteZrMdonGaJdIlhZhFPQGVor7QiwE0JTLKzIVAPqUM82rcR-Sss4IBYt1v9PgBZaC6JyLJfudvauwvIiTsBVuZcZy0fVe43DJN1Hk5zMwk0U6TS15tal85Es0Bo6mabGSyEJCwGc/s400/DSC_0436.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629700234264872322" /></a><br /><br /><br />Ellie opening her first Barbie<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfN4BLiG0VwZ_bMOdrMSCQBd9RX3j5zsRRMHBIYrpH5u17HSSlhFvwfA105vcO_puYDUGUVM9ByL4Af64BOGHMEYjGVn19KRJ9wnitXNTILUK_Y1ujMWCnoQuBCzy6Yf6Nb-MbmrFTkqk/s1600/DSC_0426.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfN4BLiG0VwZ_bMOdrMSCQBd9RX3j5zsRRMHBIYrpH5u17HSSlhFvwfA105vcO_puYDUGUVM9ByL4Af64BOGHMEYjGVn19KRJ9wnitXNTILUK_Y1ujMWCnoQuBCzy6Yf6Nb-MbmrFTkqk/s400/DSC_0426.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629699339066157906" /></a><br /><br />Rett says this is his favorite gift Ellie received. :) <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1N49qpuQT4LJOawl2fcxn-Sjou0m75iKJMBv3ei2Y6BABBhHc-iCiSa02N7I11iBK-NXLQzqYh00w5qhJFIjeplB52xhB8meoObP79xeXh-Es8w7RYFYKVPl5KtwsowzMQBFtmwaVcqA/s1600/DSC_0428.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1N49qpuQT4LJOawl2fcxn-Sjou0m75iKJMBv3ei2Y6BABBhHc-iCiSa02N7I11iBK-NXLQzqYh00w5qhJFIjeplB52xhB8meoObP79xeXh-Es8w7RYFYKVPl5KtwsowzMQBFtmwaVcqA/s400/DSC_0428.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629699335590829346" /></a><br /><br /><br />Ellie feeding her baby<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPPHkL5jTVoTREISJCQN8UkW42mZEPr1WpaImToru8neY0LbtKv_FDSJED7CAItsMcPvY0_YHliyYt1AneJF-M_219LMQT5BZGE7DA4FwQqQR1ojptel7uT7Flv1gf25v6XAeDcpQpbGs/s1600/DSC_0454.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPPHkL5jTVoTREISJCQN8UkW42mZEPr1WpaImToru8neY0LbtKv_FDSJED7CAItsMcPvY0_YHliyYt1AneJF-M_219LMQT5BZGE7DA4FwQqQR1ojptel7uT7Flv1gf25v6XAeDcpQpbGs/s400/DSC_0454.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629698893326518674" /></a><br /><br />Rett is really going to be a nurturing father someday. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTB9m3YIF5CAbIGvCoxFzKFRxx7OSJmdq2SumtFDcapv-o33DAsVcLZGi6lEeMVGIM0suKLOO1P83ncdnNpJa-nPneMqeGF82HMz6_1AMIsOn3kLQtt_j0R-wa-J6XeelNY61oygfvG0/s1600/DSC_0457.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTB9m3YIF5CAbIGvCoxFzKFRxx7OSJmdq2SumtFDcapv-o33DAsVcLZGi6lEeMVGIM0suKLOO1P83ncdnNpJa-nPneMqeGF82HMz6_1AMIsOn3kLQtt_j0R-wa-J6XeelNY61oygfvG0/s400/DSC_0457.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629698887459197218" /></a>JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-24511533443298702272011-07-14T09:00:00.000-07:002011-07-14T09:05:28.828-07:00Happy 2nd Birthday Ellie!Today is <em>Ellie's 2nd Birthday</em>. While it's been a whirlwind past few days I couldn't let the day go by without recognizing and celebrating my sweet, sweet, girl. <br />Ellie is gentle and girly! She loves babies(esp real ones) and books! Not a day goes by that I am not eternally grateful that I have such an amazing daughter. I can't wait to see what this little lady does as she grows up. I think she's definetly going to surprise us! <br /><br />Here are my favorite pics from her birthday (July 14th) over the past two years:<br /><br /><em><strong>July 14 2009</strong></em> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OQSvJNxySFEiUEURbjU9dEHtQZqJwKqDi9VfaY5PgAyqKtLvCU0u52ugL5jMjUZMCQUaV99aYw-4TWfwLKHj1soe0GMD-ZlvMuc2TvwZuGfcR5FnZHNfvs5F7-uFYuh6YF9xT5wZdB4/s1600/Ellie%2527s+Birth+and+Retts+2nd+bday+047.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OQSvJNxySFEiUEURbjU9dEHtQZqJwKqDi9VfaY5PgAyqKtLvCU0u52ugL5jMjUZMCQUaV99aYw-4TWfwLKHj1soe0GMD-ZlvMuc2TvwZuGfcR5FnZHNfvs5F7-uFYuh6YF9xT5wZdB4/s400/Ellie%2527s+Birth+and+Retts+2nd+bday+047.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629037277630361666" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94XROcOaG3T0B3BQ0M8ZWYmOL_mz9GUR7ZBfwduGkzV_FaQFbA12IJ2ardPHTjiBHQC8xJec5f6tSNqSpKpRd5YPcYh-7Aa5hXuXsYvERe8IvNXDLJnALeXnan9lhQQ2pfciEDdKe8Z0/s1600/Ellie+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94XROcOaG3T0B3BQ0M8ZWYmOL_mz9GUR7ZBfwduGkzV_FaQFbA12IJ2ardPHTjiBHQC8xJec5f6tSNqSpKpRd5YPcYh-7Aa5hXuXsYvERe8IvNXDLJnALeXnan9lhQQ2pfciEDdKe8Z0/s400/Ellie+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629037274082848306" /></a><br /><br /><em><strong>July 14 2010 </strong></em>(Just learning to walk on her first birthday)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhYK_ohZ1buN9REvBJa9NvVvjaiIcWlwlMshX2uspBEFsRe_a5ZXGaq5KII-1DBbDTfM49tHtfAsqNZjShFlOCq57MtM_x6kfU3st1_vO-sesS1orXBFtFG3z3GgINz9KWqpbsb4ELWo/s1600/DSC_0727.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhYK_ohZ1buN9REvBJa9NvVvjaiIcWlwlMshX2uspBEFsRe_a5ZXGaq5KII-1DBbDTfM49tHtfAsqNZjShFlOCq57MtM_x6kfU3st1_vO-sesS1orXBFtFG3z3GgINz9KWqpbsb4ELWo/s400/DSC_0727.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629037842050153010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQExcpbO-EOQgvMlIVcItFyCFk31I-TuGFAWzkJH5Mj5dIK8e0zm_HvrdbLoAdoAH0KUbOC68nFWbhvUtMdwUOWcWEZjM___93CPJ0-DtHB0oHt7lMikvI8495B7bx_IlDvqAU8uoVHXU/s1600/DSC_0721.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQExcpbO-EOQgvMlIVcItFyCFk31I-TuGFAWzkJH5Mj5dIK8e0zm_HvrdbLoAdoAH0KUbOC68nFWbhvUtMdwUOWcWEZjM___93CPJ0-DtHB0oHt7lMikvI8495B7bx_IlDvqAU8uoVHXU/s400/DSC_0721.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629037836102187570" /></a><br /><br /><em><strong>June 26,2011 *almost two*</strong></em><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbYPkeoPsXuzVHnDlJAoznoi23cS5VWTirpIfR7RfU24gR9ZUpvHWu9GdvwoBYwQZTV1Yhyphenhyphen5D30kDLu_l6LQTOH5HiYzV5MZyj8iWfAFFuk-XICWoU2hHD9egibQlUCDn5PCvPJuSkXY/s1600/DSC_0126.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHbYPkeoPsXuzVHnDlJAoznoi23cS5VWTirpIfR7RfU24gR9ZUpvHWu9GdvwoBYwQZTV1Yhyphenhyphen5D30kDLu_l6LQTOH5HiYzV5MZyj8iWfAFFuk-XICWoU2hHD9egibQlUCDn5PCvPJuSkXY/s400/DSC_0126.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629038466045140402" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRrPtXvuVpjdrSq6MH3X8bPUqFvsYHAgz8FEkejutAGZqe_2NZuyF-XqryHjmjrBoZhPmP-9xZ5Yh0ZzdXshGUFeRwwr2ETY42uW65obKgt92c-pvQVX71RP-VqKHmfaq0XpqtAqAFBQ/s1600/DSC_0121.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRrPtXvuVpjdrSq6MH3X8bPUqFvsYHAgz8FEkejutAGZqe_2NZuyF-XqryHjmjrBoZhPmP-9xZ5Yh0ZzdXshGUFeRwwr2ETY42uW65obKgt92c-pvQVX71RP-VqKHmfaq0XpqtAqAFBQ/s400/DSC_0121.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629038460892490674" /></a>JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-79764110719751908392011-07-13T12:16:00.000-07:002011-07-13T20:13:49.488-07:00The BIRTH-day of Bennett Troy Bever<em>Friday, July 8th, 2011</em> Troy and I headed to Presby Plano to welcome our third child into the world. Once we got to the hospital and I was all hooked up to the moitors the nurse asked if I had been having contractions...to which I replied "no, of course not!". Then she looked at the monitor and said: "well, you are having one right now". I couldn't feel a thing! While we waited in Triage for the next hour my contractions got stronger and I was able to feel them and tell Troy when I was having them....pretty exciting since I never went into labor with my first two.<br />At 9:35am Bennett was born. The doctors and nurses kept commenting on how big he was and how much hair he had! He looked so small to me that I was sure he couldn't weigh more than 7 pounds (but I am used to looking at a 2 and 4 year old all day). <em>*At my last OB visit my doc said she thought this would be my smallest baby...maybe around 8 pounds.</em> When they put him on the scale he weighed 8lbs 12.6 ounces and measured 19 inches. <strong>He was just perfect!!! </strong><br />I stayed for 3 nights in the hospital with Ben and my mom (Troy visited during the days and then stayed with the kids at night at his parents house). The recovery was much faster/easier than with Rett or Ellie and I tribute this to my moms overnight stays where she stayed up most of the night and let me sleep. She says she averaged around 6 hours of sleep over the entire weekend. I also credit a speedy recovery to getting up and walking around. I requested my epidural out as soon as possible and was up and walking around the next morning. Although not the most comfortable walk, it really helped to move and get things going again. I haven't even needed to take any pain medication since I've been home.<br />Here's the weekend in pictures. (Special thanks to Lauren for taking all the pictures right after the birth!)<br /><br /><strong>Day 1</strong><br /><br />7:00 am<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0INCpaY0kCt6OOaVB2ibsmKZ4Jh087XIKdYqZ4ybMvLhxf0dFtsV4Oin2BiBdeec9uuCQKBRuuG6FIDBVDIlA1GCzvlqhXHbZBqBxFM3AihUa0uvYPzNprR7u6e4EIRPBPHC6JyOe8c/s1600/DSC_0121.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629019164936085682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0INCpaY0kCt6OOaVB2ibsmKZ4Jh087XIKdYqZ4ybMvLhxf0dFtsV4Oin2BiBdeec9uuCQKBRuuG6FIDBVDIlA1GCzvlqhXHbZBqBxFM3AihUa0uvYPzNprR7u6e4EIRPBPHC6JyOe8c/s400/DSC_0121.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Roughly 2.5 hours later at 9:35am<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrz2N3FbCUCMcRyxL0LqsN1uND2OAXAYe3HsNNIgdq3O5R7LFrAtq7Us_rMEcrqw-NwybB6GalSasfFF2zO3cSM5PTAWAb_YZPlWRh8oKpMq82pAbQX4gBt3vEWOhyphenhyphene45gmG-BKZmVixo/s1600/DSC_0133.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629019158702864418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrz2N3FbCUCMcRyxL0LqsN1uND2OAXAYe3HsNNIgdq3O5R7LFrAtq7Us_rMEcrqw-NwybB6GalSasfFF2zO3cSM5PTAWAb_YZPlWRh8oKpMq82pAbQX4gBt3vEWOhyphenhyphene45gmG-BKZmVixo/s400/DSC_0133.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3IofvHUFmZlF4Y-7vEYOFuvcGLhQ0aQq5x8guH5pnKbVAnWO7psWR3erA4GdtClDRsXmaSSSQTzXQxf5Ap9_CYVwWcuBsrjBwN3I4pWNhfFt2N_VUw2dT6TDx_AfmUcB5O6CgbsITzI/s1600/DSC_0167.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629019146920064434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3IofvHUFmZlF4Y-7vEYOFuvcGLhQ0aQq5x8guH5pnKbVAnWO7psWR3erA4GdtClDRsXmaSSSQTzXQxf5Ap9_CYVwWcuBsrjBwN3I4pWNhfFt2N_VUw2dT6TDx_AfmUcB5O6CgbsITzI/s400/DSC_0167.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprYxjw_eQ_06FcByjrqw9PZab3vOsXx1gdH302K_uD8G_1KTLHkD7eHanI0QdZgUkdmwBYoEVppwsY3b_Jy3NydmabJDAoa8xjjIe9a-U6zHR8tS_20RDMj5yfgwFywUOBdrQ96TfqCQ/s1600/DSC_0173.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629019144422932594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprYxjw_eQ_06FcByjrqw9PZab3vOsXx1gdH302K_uD8G_1KTLHkD7eHanI0QdZgUkdmwBYoEVppwsY3b_Jy3NydmabJDAoa8xjjIe9a-U6zHR8tS_20RDMj5yfgwFywUOBdrQ96TfqCQ/s400/DSC_0173.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpv06ujBJZTXIaRZJAtNkhkEx6AqIJ8jL1G09gZ3lXcm50EClVzmhfn3jac3L98Il9HxH6l-In0wkVxSoVDmVYz6S0LMajqZr4GLe8iNFgD1I3FEz2OMzLbOGG_6lpRM9aBlRmVzrOYM/s1600/DSC_0176.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629018459808316946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpv06ujBJZTXIaRZJAtNkhkEx6AqIJ8jL1G09gZ3lXcm50EClVzmhfn3jac3L98Il9HxH6l-In0wkVxSoVDmVYz6S0LMajqZr4GLe8iNFgD1I3FEz2OMzLbOGG_6lpRM9aBlRmVzrOYM/s400/DSC_0176.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Meeting their new little brother for the first time<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_uEFV8A7c_OsrPyAaOokh7rewA1mHrS-TSoOWIlCNFkl62jInbTm8pZiiBLQe05xl-Eg9R7-jhomdGKnakgy3MoUMt7purIPx9qVvMG9DK6byb_IqUZ8RsB2wbvAWwRfxkPqTAPs8CU/s1600/DSC_0214.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629018456894823474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_uEFV8A7c_OsrPyAaOokh7rewA1mHrS-TSoOWIlCNFkl62jInbTm8pZiiBLQe05xl-Eg9R7-jhomdGKnakgy3MoUMt7purIPx9qVvMG9DK6byb_IqUZ8RsB2wbvAWwRfxkPqTAPs8CU/s400/DSC_0214.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiehAvidoIbK9-nDX4PUVlQQW17KHpB2qHGbYf5kpY5-vmiWg5sdV279wxBlV0E5DXHPcYZh4aKCh2ReKF33uClo1fbENzR1q_NKApMurMMoLrDkaBt335l3eIf0uKBolaDXjCRtD2y3Qs/s1600/DSC_0223.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629018454861232018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiehAvidoIbK9-nDX4PUVlQQW17KHpB2qHGbYf5kpY5-vmiWg5sdV279wxBlV0E5DXHPcYZh4aKCh2ReKF33uClo1fbENzR1q_NKApMurMMoLrDkaBt335l3eIf0uKBolaDXjCRtD2y3Qs/s400/DSC_0223.JPG" /></a><br /><br />The biggest brother, Rett<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAjYlsW_icwT9d5fIWk0yZPxhUSstCRLOjqsEXbc41uvLBoELDIANZY6ITfTO0_l28oo7lT4zxPcUDgodUZtkT2X2mXuL9Ks5w7KZGu1o1hDQoncG_g6WkO5xWSy85D0gVLfw0B5lGpI/s1600/DSC_0227.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629018450467496306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTAjYlsW_icwT9d5fIWk0yZPxhUSstCRLOjqsEXbc41uvLBoELDIANZY6ITfTO0_l28oo7lT4zxPcUDgodUZtkT2X2mXuL9Ks5w7KZGu1o1hDQoncG_g6WkO5xWSy85D0gVLfw0B5lGpI/s400/DSC_0227.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90TF9wiZrAP5NeMu4xMIb3brOeoFj_RWbmIJqkxwL8s9qbm65Vqzv9PP0ODwdh4imF26TgaMgt4OHnxczzibcS3DEKukGYTNiXbubDkH3K5Sa4BLDiaulLxO_ZRvSVrP1FoOuVUyc_e0/s1600/DSC_0240.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629018443010408850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90TF9wiZrAP5NeMu4xMIb3brOeoFj_RWbmIJqkxwL8s9qbm65Vqzv9PP0ODwdh4imF26TgaMgt4OHnxczzibcS3DEKukGYTNiXbubDkH3K5Sa4BLDiaulLxO_ZRvSVrP1FoOuVUyc_e0/s400/DSC_0240.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ94Td9dmRhmLAU3HxcngSum0EeX8JV7WC-pO0q4_4ExzZYjH3zfwmynqZhX81pEimkhtlVdSEcKjbNyleJLnguUwADWVGDB27AG0LLgfNBKBwPuQuuNyhtbs_1XSc43iyHF231LfyXsU/s1600/DSC_0238.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629017117581764306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ94Td9dmRhmLAU3HxcngSum0EeX8JV7WC-pO0q4_4ExzZYjH3zfwmynqZhX81pEimkhtlVdSEcKjbNyleJLnguUwADWVGDB27AG0LLgfNBKBwPuQuuNyhtbs_1XSc43iyHF231LfyXsU/s400/DSC_0238.JPG" /></a><br /><br />The new big sister, Ellie<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9ZruhZLJGk0sxcje9pfK5wGdXo7o5pQTvdkL81dF0qBE24iIikxwdxrB0y92YpA4B0xyMkWjjleiW96EThhwctoo4HA7JLmHtaiXG9iQTDZXJd0XD4_ITTA-QscHwGQbb6IwkAOnG4k/s1600/DSC_0249.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629017114584265730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9ZruhZLJGk0sxcje9pfK5wGdXo7o5pQTvdkL81dF0qBE24iIikxwdxrB0y92YpA4B0xyMkWjjleiW96EThhwctoo4HA7JLmHtaiXG9iQTDZXJd0XD4_ITTA-QscHwGQbb6IwkAOnG4k/s400/DSC_0249.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Troy and his sister, Jamie<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5T26OAI0Ty-zEFyKV1g3XaENB7lRfke7qxMszgrM8T3fuZGPIAG8JoagePuDPyd59OXJHty8nqtFvaTGrD5RU9q3x8v5LNwycDgDxZ4WvJSaZnUFb2OHZGcGNuWVeVk9GkXkpnl9Ij4A/s1600/DSC_0260.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629017102318789042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5T26OAI0Ty-zEFyKV1g3XaENB7lRfke7qxMszgrM8T3fuZGPIAG8JoagePuDPyd59OXJHty8nqtFvaTGrD5RU9q3x8v5LNwycDgDxZ4WvJSaZnUFb2OHZGcGNuWVeVk9GkXkpnl9Ij4A/s400/DSC_0260.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Cousins!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwM9oPgtB3v3PU1y2cS57EOb-oa3Tbh6iTO-1lrEI1uQQxQMozvkt7sjTnGQ9dcn0qbQAvVYEPT3kckj-JAdNQgeVtPJleRv0Pv-IG71g-cw53Y_eJ84bDN_MRMwHajPtMDZ5YHXh1nds/s1600/DSC_0264.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629017099218778738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwM9oPgtB3v3PU1y2cS57EOb-oa3Tbh6iTO-1lrEI1uQQxQMozvkt7sjTnGQ9dcn0qbQAvVYEPT3kckj-JAdNQgeVtPJleRv0Pv-IG71g-cw53Y_eJ84bDN_MRMwHajPtMDZ5YHXh1nds/s400/DSC_0264.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWDCW9NzOh-Vulr5yQtozvBgpZQ396qcXyDtQy8n58DkNN3-IV_OoEObMGdHVdn7_-0vE__HZl_9fnQ1hA8z_8vqlUvKDVCiUEP9LonlvBEfLz6amIGEVsDi8nytfMtWZW0MLJxe1pgc/s1600/DSC_0287.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629017093696244114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWDCW9NzOh-Vulr5yQtozvBgpZQ396qcXyDtQy8n58DkNN3-IV_OoEObMGdHVdn7_-0vE__HZl_9fnQ1hA8z_8vqlUvKDVCiUEP9LonlvBEfLz6amIGEVsDi8nytfMtWZW0MLJxe1pgc/s400/DSC_0287.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Day 2</strong><br />Patient Rett drinking apple juice<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHLVMG5aDP6y9FQiQsQ3LP2wudyA4kxnhSjD7qYgt4B1JC3Z4sx6qPp0EptBKOAPAOEyyrTqKoL06HHZaqvMLcaJZo4Y6XhTsKzeKKikfc5gcHjjTRQzqIvaA74K6ibCpRK_j5PBJetM/s1600/DSC_0305.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629028752170753282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHLVMG5aDP6y9FQiQsQ3LP2wudyA4kxnhSjD7qYgt4B1JC3Z4sx6qPp0EptBKOAPAOEyyrTqKoL06HHZaqvMLcaJZo4Y6XhTsKzeKKikfc5gcHjjTRQzqIvaA74K6ibCpRK_j5PBJetM/s400/DSC_0305.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicXhD4lDaIf0GKES0H9XzhT9P4HiTlfAEKs5mLrDvtLeZV3MXIup4QHpD4K7kOEAWPfx9dDOS6wQ4mE1HS9-pHqgZ6GqAmTkFb_Pp_G0vZj1eCQRmXM_dQyU2xU4Ja16qiKrQ5S5fe5VA/s1600/DSC_0316.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" src="" /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/border=0%20alt=" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZ6IZt9BZNgAtKBva3cYgetz02O7NgQebvpa8jI3gWgDEp7iMc6EeSox8d33Ik7BzexhXznZEecdV4L8MQzQdsGoFqlK7Ox-a9ks8wwqTcYdWvdvXuuDFFeUFO312M6fXb3GdxzwUvSY/s400/DSC_0316.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629030434179379826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbr0Kx6Xb_EnNZpYpq3XeLcatTRpl1dxP4aAf-4ZvJEHIWToDQIyJrb9ZelPtoa8QmyWmSaVAu2LquICyRgpLg_UxQIINUzOHa7l5l0WbXZs9hmb6Pcp3fc6tbKGq8a52AvSM4G7iw01k/s400/DSC_0341.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Day 3</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqimQtkCrNGatsPzyzop1uZsHiL6biTk76ebVw_ZY7_nUMrG5Hohs6sfYK438gOu2DC-Rc2iOd0zehdcyHbxX7vbfo5NCkbfoMbjt7ifJ6mDBtgnzVQfkhGB94XaXJhWnt9X6v0jj1R0/s1600/DSC_0351.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629033150760057426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqimQtkCrNGatsPzyzop1uZsHiL6biTk76ebVw_ZY7_nUMrG5Hohs6sfYK438gOu2DC-Rc2iOd0zehdcyHbxX7vbfo5NCkbfoMbjt7ifJ6mDBtgnzVQfkhGB94XaXJhWnt9X6v0jj1R0/s400/DSC_0351.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Ben's "friends" that kept him company in his crib<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80DGEpg2B-xfIclVdsX04oAOsbdtU1vxo6iDDt13JUQqbsDwLEmy6mwqm2qEeLFhYw6Buo4ex_5TkYgqwgzpgMCWgwtFkSaTrrxjACBy-SPJWaVUFiXBeAzIk_H6HEZxZZLzymWBAvYM/s1600/DSC_0352.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629032624017744626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80DGEpg2B-xfIclVdsX04oAOsbdtU1vxo6iDDt13JUQqbsDwLEmy6mwqm2qEeLFhYw6Buo4ex_5TkYgqwgzpgMCWgwtFkSaTrrxjACBy-SPJWaVUFiXBeAzIk_H6HEZxZZLzymWBAvYM/s400/DSC_0352.JPG" /></a><br /><br />He gets really relaxed laying on me<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYU4l9kcBbtzti_jch2iokGa5PaQUgEhxaTeFLJqtK4YCvrd20f5WSMzQFRtpGxviSR00D0hxBFt_KJ2rPCbxt82CmQBPP-cs4zFKfm55r13a11uDznTARSsYEeekC9XKx9gr-1q0G2Tk/s1600/DSC_0355.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629032006310834770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZ8lRJgOM6653HBH6V9WMFAXoHn6wiDrPCckEFqrxpZPRJWAg7ONHRKiv36hEcAoV7Cje-xOwD4f5kOQE9wQgCwlh162irxQlfASi48j3mWVZM7wKesr6EnRa6pmASCx-G7tgK2uYHQ8/s400/DSC_0360.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Mini-Photo Shoot while waiting for daddy to pick us up:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2B6w3Xnkdokv4NQfFB8iL6vs_XewcrwxdIMsz090RKXjLgVQSn3qo7zfLn5p0H8lA3yQ7qyYPmhHcYXM9krAA-7EmQLsz1AnCs0RVrJtVkIKhkfL_D4_FZopd5SYmCvgRx41Ov_frWow/s1600/DSC_0373.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629034286912511682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2B6w3Xnkdokv4NQfFB8iL6vs_XewcrwxdIMsz090RKXjLgVQSn3qo7zfLn5p0H8lA3yQ7qyYPmhHcYXM9krAA-7EmQLsz1AnCs0RVrJtVkIKhkfL_D4_FZopd5SYmCvgRx41Ov_frWow/s400/DSC_0373.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoGSGKR-nPzl3tqplzuzbVfhP9Iuykx3RdOPsh5nTG876YrkDC9XTYKy4Lh4iXkCqlGDIlgYxdEfXgCkGLpTvSXUgL7DUEgrw5KL4BQYXAN3Yt0_TI8HEdHrICEIwgwtN8yQyPMD4NHQ/s1600/DSC_0375.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629034284977958914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuoGSGKR-nPzl3tqplzuzbVfhP9Iuykx3RdOPsh5nTG876YrkDC9XTYKy4Lh4iXkCqlGDIlgYxdEfXgCkGLpTvSXUgL7DUEgrw5KL4BQYXAN3Yt0_TI8HEdHrICEIwgwtN8yQyPMD4NHQ/s400/DSC_0375.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J_dzMemuHDej7GwsbqFR_cM8UYF9vwyaWivY-VY-Isgzd6AHEy1hdKehe0L4NrTGUXq6o_ZkP4vDGlhwU3ypzwJxSeLG3Nx7XmGC3CRMHz19TdvFXr53LYIqLhuQ2vZE_YPy5aScJcI/s1600/DSC_0379.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629034276978326450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1J_dzMemuHDej7GwsbqFR_cM8UYF9vwyaWivY-VY-Isgzd6AHEy1hdKehe0L4NrTGUXq6o_ZkP4vDGlhwU3ypzwJxSeLG3Nx7XmGC3CRMHz19TdvFXr53LYIqLhuQ2vZE_YPy5aScJcI/s400/DSC_0379.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPifrnoYs1NXiXRJUfSo8f1Q3cbXrYiU0rA4RZUmoQ94pF8AxAuFQjHpkt-BbU5-tbhiEEqcGuzadNVnUwDpKKDnk2pZ-eA3ek9JhsRIeomdB4J90XGmVJbtNyBTJY3VEvADIizZU1vU/s1600/DSC_0381.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629034272603748674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSPifrnoYs1NXiXRJUfSo8f1Q3cbXrYiU0rA4RZUmoQ94pF8AxAuFQjHpkt-BbU5-tbhiEEqcGuzadNVnUwDpKKDnk2pZ-eA3ek9JhsRIeomdB4J90XGmVJbtNyBTJY3VEvADIizZU1vU/s400/DSC_0381.JPG" /></a>JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-48292957739823485642011-07-06T19:01:00.000-07:002011-07-08T15:06:42.219-07:00Which belly is biggest?I'm not big on posting "belly" pictures when I am pregnant. I guess partially because most of the time when I am pregnant I just feel flabby. I have however taken a picture just before I leave for the hospital with each baby. The doc tells me this is going to be my smallest baby....I can't tell...my belly feels like it's just as big as with Rett and Ellie. <br /><em><br />What do you think?</em><br /><br /><strong>Rett (July 20th,2007) <br />Birth weight: 9 pounds</strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlugPH6DP-7pPNn8LXs9TKaVYm68RERQETqp14NV_g8JRgBMZqMj_o1TR-GDR8UPXKbZrFZeioAskq3Z_ICIj7pHIpwFEPZDflw6S4QhPZ3SIb5fA8D2xfEFsNlVhws6oyossRlwEKf8/s1600/P7190025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNlugPH6DP-7pPNn8LXs9TKaVYm68RERQETqp14NV_g8JRgBMZqMj_o1TR-GDR8UPXKbZrFZeioAskq3Z_ICIj7pHIpwFEPZDflw6S4QhPZ3SIb5fA8D2xfEFsNlVhws6oyossRlwEKf8/s400/P7190025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626426628728326114" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Ellie (July 14th 2009)<br />Birth weight: 8 pounds 8 ounces</strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDX0pzPr77Gci3oT9mTXE0InFBAN10VVJhy3iZuOUpzqct3Tjwv3puZtHch2CzudpnRj2GJX1UO8Fujq1-aAEfj2IF-9l1MZi9o5O4AjK4wz1FEdZtUSz-wNDqQCd2YxFR1wepnaqOPs/s1600/P7140975.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLDX0pzPr77Gci3oT9mTXE0InFBAN10VVJhy3iZuOUpzqct3Tjwv3puZtHch2CzudpnRj2GJX1UO8Fujq1-aAEfj2IF-9l1MZi9o5O4AjK4wz1FEdZtUSz-wNDqQCd2YxFR1wepnaqOPs/s400/P7140975.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626427993071244002" /></a><br /><br /><em>*updated*</em><br /><strong><strong><strong>Ben (July 8th 2011)<br />Birth Weight: 8 pounds 12 ounces</strong></strong></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGKdSH83dD1Rjr8ixnnEVOFDf1_2hFG6TS1Bz0TRnzEa66agv7q3ploD_20b9hgZ7DnTiJPUP9WBkWsUbIVNzCUohtR-QkNoLYbOVfOdwVK6lf0kbwHfIpGiKntIb3zrF5iP06fUKLS0/s1600/DSC_0121.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGKdSH83dD1Rjr8ixnnEVOFDf1_2hFG6TS1Bz0TRnzEa66agv7q3ploD_20b9hgZ7DnTiJPUP9WBkWsUbIVNzCUohtR-QkNoLYbOVfOdwVK6lf0kbwHfIpGiKntIb3zrF5iP06fUKLS0/s400/DSC_0121.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627105796716454098" /></a>JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-13237252409192390312011-07-06T18:19:00.000-07:002011-07-06T18:50:26.641-07:004th of July at the LakeWe made it to <em>4th of July at the lake </em>this year. Many didn't believe we would be there because everyone was SURE I'd have the baby early this time...before the 4th of July. But, just like my other two pregnancies...this kiddo wants to stay nice and cozy as long as possible. <br />The lake is really low so this year we mostly played in the baby pool, did the slip n slide, jumped in the bounce house and played indoor games because it's beastly hot. Oh, and there was also alot of drinking and fireworks involved....but I didn't really partake in either of those activities. Rett was scared of the fireworks this year. :( I did however, eat and eat and eat....there's nothing like good, home-cooked food at the lake. <br />I have a million pictures to share.....peruse them if you'd like. :)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYUGWo_xxjW7azkExUu3bZN5rfHp30G1BHbe53LjSLdcWVTpxEiv2dCA1xpxqLtSmx-kx4QWXI-V4qSPcgEmVPAuZHopX4-XjX_Tzc3yP7yf7TIRmkW-7FwQyrk_xlv8ubxLclKdDOIw/s1600/DSC_0231.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYUGWo_xxjW7azkExUu3bZN5rfHp30G1BHbe53LjSLdcWVTpxEiv2dCA1xpxqLtSmx-kx4QWXI-V4qSPcgEmVPAuZHopX4-XjX_Tzc3yP7yf7TIRmkW-7FwQyrk_xlv8ubxLclKdDOIw/s400/DSC_0231.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626421089650644962" /></a><br />Finding ways to entertain ourselves:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjermonEqjEk_ov60JY3oTw52M3KroWDgAeXaTEGFh6BJeMNJpIrImHHN3sb_YTjef3p2oigvpJgWrZVzmfyLcXsYwGDU6LOEKRc-ReplITai7ZhSY0X8ezZOGaYwaFQb1aEymc-yZ9Q/s1600/DSC_0135.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgjermonEqjEk_ov60JY3oTw52M3KroWDgAeXaTEGFh6BJeMNJpIrImHHN3sb_YTjef3p2oigvpJgWrZVzmfyLcXsYwGDU6LOEKRc-ReplITai7ZhSY0X8ezZOGaYwaFQb1aEymc-yZ9Q/s400/DSC_0135.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626421091308734066" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhScWbZEskGrrKQoNRpNgwO4hXm9-HRhutAANjFw9oLX5Sg4MAJ_Bs3VSj0N9uEaxzHj6RYywQU9VVDANDLY55rHtqeb2KOHWieq_HNM983aWpwYtPmSYD7cYXuoiiSMiSz5PxxKbuU38/s1600/DSC_0154.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhScWbZEskGrrKQoNRpNgwO4hXm9-HRhutAANjFw9oLX5Sg4MAJ_Bs3VSj0N9uEaxzHj6RYywQU9VVDANDLY55rHtqeb2KOHWieq_HNM983aWpwYtPmSYD7cYXuoiiSMiSz5PxxKbuU38/s400/DSC_0154.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626419724750980898" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfvnrNKN5ce9l1OzHSFTZdMIVukXTkILc4drHJpTXJ8nu3TpQu88X5cT_gz7l0v47WliF5Fx9tNs0x-6HmP-5eWCzjQqMiJSrwnXSg82XOGbUOGizNUryEI3TMSJFkV9rksgH8VXf4yo/s1600/DSC_0145.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvfvnrNKN5ce9l1OzHSFTZdMIVukXTkILc4drHJpTXJ8nu3TpQu88X5cT_gz7l0v47WliF5Fx9tNs0x-6HmP-5eWCzjQqMiJSrwnXSg82XOGbUOGizNUryEI3TMSJFkV9rksgH8VXf4yo/s400/DSC_0145.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626419732558485618" /></a><br />An Oreo in the baby pool=big mess!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidF1IyKsj4HGuTUhYNZPrTyM4AGknhP821tXwy_8MrWYP5Bmf6msEExp1VP3Zj7llhyphenhyphentoIKfGfxRi_gJ5HVeKs82BKzgTgb55vNd5OVIUWfeRjl4qYmq4dSYXm7Tb6GpsgQ53MU5Zpou8/s1600/DSC_0157.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidF1IyKsj4HGuTUhYNZPrTyM4AGknhP821tXwy_8MrWYP5Bmf6msEExp1VP3Zj7llhyphenhyphentoIKfGfxRi_gJ5HVeKs82BKzgTgb55vNd5OVIUWfeRjl4qYmq4dSYXm7Tb6GpsgQ53MU5Zpou8/s400/DSC_0157.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626419714085727698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWjFkQ3FIZRac2SlKsGSEqaPulBtxCRpkEwk8L2woiDJ9mLw0GSBPuWDlqANEM74IuNsuqWS2biou_OGMDjp1z8fBIlz64jSn4yB-wMhmAqpO-f2DkYabl7CRpeiE2YvYyvsafbLZQlA/s1600/DSC_0159.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheWjFkQ3FIZRac2SlKsGSEqaPulBtxCRpkEwk8L2woiDJ9mLw0GSBPuWDlqANEM74IuNsuqWS2biou_OGMDjp1z8fBIlz64jSn4yB-wMhmAqpO-f2DkYabl7CRpeiE2YvYyvsafbLZQlA/s400/DSC_0159.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626419706866437218" /></a><br />Ellie meeting Gage...she was simply smitten with the new baby! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2m_uDzhLCSXIDDEx6zgE4N353tE2Lr36FAjdc8w-GZEIthDqDyd7Y1CK8pjozy7m3gitX4Y7y6vELjYjkxM3sqT_kpdCzUbgoa6pHC6dpZCXgmTARR0oi_Hzpq3xcpjJjwuC5VwgNAU/s1600/DSC_0176.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2m_uDzhLCSXIDDEx6zgE4N353tE2Lr36FAjdc8w-GZEIthDqDyd7Y1CK8pjozy7m3gitX4Y7y6vELjYjkxM3sqT_kpdCzUbgoa6pHC6dpZCXgmTARR0oi_Hzpq3xcpjJjwuC5VwgNAU/s400/DSC_0176.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626419699413999586" /></a><br />One of Marmie's many surprises:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSESdiebcxtgjGpnAM7aeqKK0UkyhFe4wEqd-1gf4Z4yWG9lkEp756I1HU4sXYxCR2yQamz9oCIbfA2TvlP0_D1jj_JwSc7ZpOPpcqWlNyLC-0IF_lLC4XN5PdRSceACXhO1qStegylu8/s1600/DSC_0183.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSESdiebcxtgjGpnAM7aeqKK0UkyhFe4wEqd-1gf4Z4yWG9lkEp756I1HU4sXYxCR2yQamz9oCIbfA2TvlP0_D1jj_JwSc7ZpOPpcqWlNyLC-0IF_lLC4XN5PdRSceACXhO1qStegylu8/s400/DSC_0183.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626417886466497634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5k6CeAoeY3AR8H_503MECNffuUjJR2tCKrD7QkDMROnS8GXpMKAzQiGl00oUhdnR8wBbB6c56-FK2JUXfKiw_K_Y_16_pA51KkLGgJzvJHP4TbrB9ZZI1LEOyycsPH4OkaSBt2GnbYS4/s1600/DSC_0187.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5k6CeAoeY3AR8H_503MECNffuUjJR2tCKrD7QkDMROnS8GXpMKAzQiGl00oUhdnR8wBbB6c56-FK2JUXfKiw_K_Y_16_pA51KkLGgJzvJHP4TbrB9ZZI1LEOyycsPH4OkaSBt2GnbYS4/s400/DSC_0187.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626417881723988242" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLRnZv1R5od6I3wyc0iR3Iv5bOaQz8HD8uumrRU02-3hFBwrHH4aWSDqz4dkYiHhTZxbW_DCcCMF2txMeDAWF2t_iM4Mi6Cb5vq456_8HRMwKd2SEuqU37iXRNhE88hcHWsUOVztufTg4/s1600/DSC_0197.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLRnZv1R5od6I3wyc0iR3Iv5bOaQz8HD8uumrRU02-3hFBwrHH4aWSDqz4dkYiHhTZxbW_DCcCMF2txMeDAWF2t_iM4Mi6Cb5vq456_8HRMwKd2SEuqU37iXRNhE88hcHWsUOVztufTg4/s400/DSC_0197.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626417872212181122" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZNBH0svEhAx4TrWslqMrcCuR8POw2j4brJQ7kdLTLanc_jO3IK0pYUHRtqfHB0WRsyQ_PuBbvA3xsn9X2QVSFjR29S5YBIfSIE0mqTmpmcMbHL8-hR2X1zhKnsZHhrAE-ftXYzL3PG0/s1600/DSC_0201.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZNBH0svEhAx4TrWslqMrcCuR8POw2j4brJQ7kdLTLanc_jO3IK0pYUHRtqfHB0WRsyQ_PuBbvA3xsn9X2QVSFjR29S5YBIfSIE0mqTmpmcMbHL8-hR2X1zhKnsZHhrAE-ftXYzL3PG0/s400/DSC_0201.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626417863677356866" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rOhWejqwwQh5Lmzx4v_zwf2w0392i9_xhOM8EIAB3E0OpLM8jOpgNQ1o-JeRBSXsrPILUBYqrQ4KJRn_K-G3hoRQH-jLk9EO6aIy-3YOZwxHYsdKD52DexiEbLRR04Vv4b8Og0WC4ok/s1600/DSC_0206.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rOhWejqwwQh5Lmzx4v_zwf2w0392i9_xhOM8EIAB3E0OpLM8jOpgNQ1o-JeRBSXsrPILUBYqrQ4KJRn_K-G3hoRQH-jLk9EO6aIy-3YOZwxHYsdKD52DexiEbLRR04Vv4b8Og0WC4ok/s400/DSC_0206.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626417855420092226" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlxuOcvmZIGQCnO3gLZl1s1eZg4nINT1_t8DMblOHHrbh0OSK_0u2LDiQ_i48HEfwK_7ly-Vjcu28_j90MoyoL9c1aCcjQx8TiRRkoJfNcA_WMR7mnbYG0Frdg_LV1tbyNDg7KT-_8apc/s1600/DSC_0210.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlxuOcvmZIGQCnO3gLZl1s1eZg4nINT1_t8DMblOHHrbh0OSK_0u2LDiQ_i48HEfwK_7ly-Vjcu28_j90MoyoL9c1aCcjQx8TiRRkoJfNcA_WMR7mnbYG0Frdg_LV1tbyNDg7KT-_8apc/s400/DSC_0210.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626416233132604178" /></a><br />The roses Troy surprised me with for our anniversary. (July 2nd)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BiMR0uvaFl2oxFb9MCkaHcPVQCPtMLiEwpZwVexWii17eLLupqrdZUPc4dSwBZFt5pTXSFXiCq5vAepE6LlOCbekxPKcos3oaaQFQE4fseb_nI_QZq4BDYVsBld5wsde_iimpGwny7Y/s1600/DSC_0223.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BiMR0uvaFl2oxFb9MCkaHcPVQCPtMLiEwpZwVexWii17eLLupqrdZUPc4dSwBZFt5pTXSFXiCq5vAepE6LlOCbekxPKcos3oaaQFQE4fseb_nI_QZq4BDYVsBld5wsde_iimpGwny7Y/s400/DSC_0223.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626416232994111202" /></a><br />Scrabble<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatDtKRZO6eARu4ihyphenhyphen13D6V1cX-BN5VwUGFW5v7MRZ7Fi_QsiboLu5hI9Ra4y8CLhRf7yNTz1C0ISdw684hS2lCFcSBFp0DKgf1O1TwYaTQJV-Ow3OmR7qdId35_tDQiP8fkghgTsQJyU/s1600/DSC_0228.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatDtKRZO6eARu4ihyphenhyphen13D6V1cX-BN5VwUGFW5v7MRZ7Fi_QsiboLu5hI9Ra4y8CLhRf7yNTz1C0ISdw684hS2lCFcSBFp0DKgf1O1TwYaTQJV-Ow3OmR7qdId35_tDQiP8fkghgTsQJyU/s400/DSC_0228.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626416221701760930" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9Cd-_HDTRMoUzbpHsCq2CxQkWFwgbs9J2_oW5E_AEoVFpjWqVWaD1plwWKQznqKoG87k0m6JWOh6VE5GeRBaNOZ3yqfe2HswkRs2R6hezKQkzkCJVsgX1_wukC9AiSF8g2-otg1ZSsM/s1600/DSC_0234.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9Cd-_HDTRMoUzbpHsCq2CxQkWFwgbs9J2_oW5E_AEoVFpjWqVWaD1plwWKQznqKoG87k0m6JWOh6VE5GeRBaNOZ3yqfe2HswkRs2R6hezKQkzkCJVsgX1_wukC9AiSF8g2-otg1ZSsM/s400/DSC_0234.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626416215409649362" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkpOCRqAcaT_6A63DiXZN4zRXmidjLTDbenn6XONAvtQH4IiphJ1ZVugjqX_szF_P4Njy6vjRh9FOGF0acTaeMn_mbmMkzL02t9N2PqBh9LY-Bo6j0UbdM8WXAnE8I1zZgr19jcYZSJc/s1600/DSC_0240.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkpOCRqAcaT_6A63DiXZN4zRXmidjLTDbenn6XONAvtQH4IiphJ1ZVugjqX_szF_P4Njy6vjRh9FOGF0acTaeMn_mbmMkzL02t9N2PqBh9LY-Bo6j0UbdM8WXAnE8I1zZgr19jcYZSJc/s400/DSC_0240.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626416203547884098" /></a>JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-5630994323908419542011-06-29T11:29:00.000-07:002011-06-30T11:50:59.380-07:00Racecars and RainbowsThis past weekend we hosted Rett and Ellie's birthday party at The Little Gym...one of their favorite places. The party was a little early (about 3 weeks before their real birthdays) because we are only a week away from having another baby and the thought of hosting their birthday party just after having a baby was too overwhelming. <br />The theme was <em><strong>Racecars and Rainbows</strong></em>. I brainstormed many different themes that would suit a joint party for a boy and a girl: Ladybugs and Lizards, Pirates and Princesses...but Racecars and Rainbows seemed to suit their personalities/interests best. <br /><br /><em>I am a sucker for themed parties...here's what I did:</em><br />The invitation: *a sweet lady on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/">Etsy</a> designed it for me.*<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEg_U2gkhyphenhyphenVUwXWGH7RF3CxpPX2e0nPyxDmQNn8gcv84J6AY-l0MWOqXFjKr2x1gw_lRWXT0DQ8QQzQbRICIHPENnG6mSHdgzL1IIp5ddF9l7ks0gOG2DQNsT2ec03eZNeHKnebvHcNSc/s1600/DSC_0122+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEg_U2gkhyphenhyphenVUwXWGH7RF3CxpPX2e0nPyxDmQNn8gcv84J6AY-l0MWOqXFjKr2x1gw_lRWXT0DQ8QQzQbRICIHPENnG6mSHdgzL1IIp5ddF9l7ks0gOG2DQNsT2ec03eZNeHKnebvHcNSc/s400/DSC_0122+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624083885501826770" /></a><br />Boys party favor:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5rRfuVnXIzY2xq5h-5adMMGJiGqPt9-Anf28Em5G3N7xc-ZEjWDvB5MoFNlF8TGuViHIjuy-wbKEv9yEgrLU9uLjkBZAMr_MzzV8oGVZvqGChNK-Ao9GMPDeaAMYUfaoIjbqKJQ60tI/s1600/DSC_0123+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5rRfuVnXIzY2xq5h-5adMMGJiGqPt9-Anf28Em5G3N7xc-ZEjWDvB5MoFNlF8TGuViHIjuy-wbKEv9yEgrLU9uLjkBZAMr_MzzV8oGVZvqGChNK-Ao9GMPDeaAMYUfaoIjbqKJQ60tI/s400/DSC_0123+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624083882433100162" /></a><br />Girls Party Favor (a rainbow hairclip that matched the ones in Ellie's pigtails)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsphg2FaFJYMo3XuwtSo819EX6rvHTELTWSLKWXPSC27veMAc85c0aij4anR5TTYXJBbqs1zwGfcBxtEAxIzzOJ_fENdynfFhc0zsbecQIgx0gkmgnN-XiwYxUaaL2qAbbAEfY7MDHiOc/s1600/DSC_0125+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsphg2FaFJYMo3XuwtSo819EX6rvHTELTWSLKWXPSC27veMAc85c0aij4anR5TTYXJBbqs1zwGfcBxtEAxIzzOJ_fENdynfFhc0zsbecQIgx0gkmgnN-XiwYxUaaL2qAbbAEfY7MDHiOc/s400/DSC_0125+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624083877256783458" /></a><br />The table setting: a blend of racecar check and rainbow snacks<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SuC_SQ28SC701hyJH_jCVhNo6SjUOU5_mHDR8Ep1Yir3qKncWRZ0XwTqohyphenhyphen6AeKCpmItSycj-u1R1QIODI1VvMtDNqbYMJUOzT50g3viaQ4KBztpddBfYat8Aswb0PfnBSKSDW9x1uM/s1600/IMG_6240.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SuC_SQ28SC701hyJH_jCVhNo6SjUOU5_mHDR8Ep1Yir3qKncWRZ0XwTqohyphenhyphen6AeKCpmItSycj-u1R1QIODI1VvMtDNqbYMJUOzT50g3viaQ4KBztpddBfYat8Aswb0PfnBSKSDW9x1uM/s400/IMG_6240.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624083872994747602" /></a><br />In an effort to feed the kids non-messy food I served a rainbow fruit kabob, rainbow goldfish, and a M&M cookie. The fruit was the biggest hit with the kids! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc95__r89p0WnInkIPXyOuXTlHiL30X-nZ2k-2_xzBSHzkCJUSnu_9TyLyVUrUd4zB-Drs0GXn8yrquYfcKOjNFcmxwVew2vvcrluRDqIarLPvBQ74e1m-Z5b0FsdDZajKek3_1Lx-_cM/s1600/IMG_6241.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc95__r89p0WnInkIPXyOuXTlHiL30X-nZ2k-2_xzBSHzkCJUSnu_9TyLyVUrUd4zB-Drs0GXn8yrquYfcKOjNFcmxwVew2vvcrluRDqIarLPvBQ74e1m-Z5b0FsdDZajKek3_1Lx-_cM/s400/IMG_6241.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624083870045684914" /></a><br /><br />Before we left for the party; where I knew it would be IMPOSSIBLE to get a good picture of the two of them! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_2JbWxypf3RZTiWGtZXHVcl8v6BUfpL3_D75uMgMn5Wx1k0bOplDlE60UXTgioI0RLCMRsb_M6sbelTFkpzb-R1toyIuMR05SrqSkgzF6AzKdWeJbDgkNi6D0jknDHHnKQ5EwlC4lq8/s1600/DSC_0130.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_2JbWxypf3RZTiWGtZXHVcl8v6BUfpL3_D75uMgMn5Wx1k0bOplDlE60UXTgioI0RLCMRsb_M6sbelTFkpzb-R1toyIuMR05SrqSkgzF6AzKdWeJbDgkNi6D0jknDHHnKQ5EwlC4lq8/s400/DSC_0130.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623717255471800098" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjVARs9LLFBwCMHvbyA-e8JeeFCXkVXSYm4rqm3COQYNxqOa1OkItZTlBebCATzklM8ACZWRlzISpU-usI0E6kpEgLPIfc8ZacfM8Jiw_TvgZhdGqCgjeVzxAJeA37-cPr87F0fcN-Mo/s1600/DSC_0121.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjVARs9LLFBwCMHvbyA-e8JeeFCXkVXSYm4rqm3COQYNxqOa1OkItZTlBebCATzklM8ACZWRlzISpU-usI0E6kpEgLPIfc8ZacfM8Jiw_TvgZhdGqCgjeVzxAJeA37-cPr87F0fcN-Mo/s400/DSC_0121.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623717249640381954" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqsKvI60632MOkHta0TzGASjpDz5WTbugtobAiI1KHvUIzVQdxjA76gltEWh3hhn6zDWcfMfwzukh6h7uoeLYDRtftq0pyDrhX5AfeazjP4MG7sTyKH4cGtHJ7wO3RjyKv57hEPmqN7g/s1600/DSC_0122.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqsKvI60632MOkHta0TzGASjpDz5WTbugtobAiI1KHvUIzVQdxjA76gltEWh3hhn6zDWcfMfwzukh6h7uoeLYDRtftq0pyDrhX5AfeazjP4MG7sTyKH4cGtHJ7wO3RjyKv57hEPmqN7g/s400/DSC_0122.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623717237233891410" /></a><br /><em>And, Rett asked me to take this one:</em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJq5Oo1LoCziUE1Lv3klceRY07vg_wDldVw4tPVcP0oUIMiLDFacbjnpn1BRTHVb19PlkiJ_qfjc4Csw_OkALAAN1DHMeosYynQBxvfJegiwO0q5xMkQuftUCmbRTy8D-e8fNp42Zmns/s1600/DSC_0133.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBJq5Oo1LoCziUE1Lv3klceRY07vg_wDldVw4tPVcP0oUIMiLDFacbjnpn1BRTHVb19PlkiJ_qfjc4Csw_OkALAAN1DHMeosYynQBxvfJegiwO0q5xMkQuftUCmbRTy8D-e8fNp42Zmns/s400/DSC_0133.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624072886037646658" /></a><br /><br />The staff was so entertaining and the kids all had alot of fun. Here are a few pictures to commemorate the event: <br /><br />At the party:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iMZRQ9-OiqFis0sh5p_9Thr0Bf9KC-HXQd6yoyGsRX8Wi80JKESdV1ArKGtIWRpBw1hyphenhyphenxDWMzBwFYNuHBtBlUep6QY3kqKf-TXe1vA_MF_GgaGB_3qVCUG6WNcwu5d-nwKdY-kgMmZQ/s1600/IMG_6203.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5iMZRQ9-OiqFis0sh5p_9Thr0Bf9KC-HXQd6yoyGsRX8Wi80JKESdV1ArKGtIWRpBw1hyphenhyphenxDWMzBwFYNuHBtBlUep6QY3kqKf-TXe1vA_MF_GgaGB_3qVCUG6WNcwu5d-nwKdY-kgMmZQ/s400/IMG_6203.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624079132154920514" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYtLzxqfveuBt93OmIBIUBDLsVvgq99RKr4lWWItBZI4eEKQ7Xjsn8x70MR8n_kf1nU7L7CXM1vk7S0XsIzKO0TAIBPQFpaX_0KMikKoyv3lLk7kv1bCTi90T7uoNzjKSQLsfrIDK7UU/s1600/IMG_6205.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPKxsJd4I96E8MPYKHnCkVV_P46keQscvlOASMy6EJgax2qbUMWgATwCFXb31xiSRThkBvJ3n-hRStN-k6mzxMRLgKWTJlrWbgVX17F7N62pVWKXonGkyLZrB0A19kaQo0JCcL89Txaw/s400/DSC_0169.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624079891104419074" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwK68qSDAfnxhXvzhhV8y7Eoia9Y0vulJTVVHYZNZMUnrJqpvLBaUtBPiCaCzGTnTz73kPsKZdEjpH3jwSvoK49dNDKpHAQZop6C8BYyP1DyGNXkT7dS9v-P3CPnWFMrLVdiUoapBnS5U/s1600/IMG_6246.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwK68qSDAfnxhXvzhhV8y7Eoia9Y0vulJTVVHYZNZMUnrJqpvLBaUtBPiCaCzGTnTz73kPsKZdEjpH3jwSvoK49dNDKpHAQZop6C8BYyP1DyGNXkT7dS9v-P3CPnWFMrLVdiUoapBnS5U/s400/IMG_6246.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624079886002502658" /></a><br /><br />It's still so hard to believe that they are going to turn FOUR and TWO in a few weeks! Where has the time gone?JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-42655085128764165512011-04-08T13:14:00.000-07:002011-04-08T13:26:24.932-07:00a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet?I love roses! I always have. I think I get it from my mother and grandmother who also love roses. My grandmother has the most beautiful roses at her house. She has since passed away and my mom and I are keeping up the grooming of her roses. My mom and I both agree that this year they are the most beautiful they have ever been. Last time we were over there Ellie was smelling all the blooms and my mom picked one and gave it to Ellie to take home. It's in a vase on our windowsill. Maybe Ellie will love roses when she grows up too? <br /><br />One of my grandmother's GORGEOUS rose bushes!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlrtHRqgrUW7CQ5sFoqwJLaDFG7NJR_XPKv4c6yLnloYqAXLLDKLTtZ9x_7BTcm1sm9Y0JyGenz3VU7F-7-OqVYpdZjGaPrAfT9UoYkg-Hg0WE4a3hND0Ax2b3sDLrUh8kb4M0q561fw/s1600/roses.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvlrtHRqgrUW7CQ5sFoqwJLaDFG7NJR_XPKv4c6yLnloYqAXLLDKLTtZ9x_7BTcm1sm9Y0JyGenz3VU7F-7-OqVYpdZjGaPrAfT9UoYkg-Hg0WE4a3hND0Ax2b3sDLrUh8kb4M0q561fw/s400/roses.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593311298979245186" /></a><br />The bloom I get to look at everytime I go into my kitchen:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tBbyOZs4oGDlmj1j4QSsQuBa0l8St1JCR0gJcAXJFfKsndfFxfbmDY68GfgRGET5ZmYEENFlPZdIaAg1jkUD-nfpikx93yEVJVKomx1UQXTJtbBJ2Atg-Snhxil-tFAcDQfqwRTB2C4/s1600/DSC_0113.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tBbyOZs4oGDlmj1j4QSsQuBa0l8St1JCR0gJcAXJFfKsndfFxfbmDY68GfgRGET5ZmYEENFlPZdIaAg1jkUD-nfpikx93yEVJVKomx1UQXTJtbBJ2Atg-Snhxil-tFAcDQfqwRTB2C4/s400/DSC_0113.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593311295776680754" /></a>JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-39621653733088969722011-04-06T18:42:00.000-07:002011-04-06T18:46:22.747-07:00Giddy Up!Okay, only have a few mins to post this....but I wanted to share how cute Rett looked this morning when I got him ready for Rodeo Days at his preschool. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPagbO1al4XJh8mDpqtE_k4fpBFSFCaoZrM_0ZfN9DCWwXX2BIX89UKpMG47dEpN9aKl3F7qgIUJMMZVTna2_pU9VJMWIXyj8S3lm1LMEfJvk9lBoB3uE8JuHRHC1usIL_-XiSUeHn2xU/s1600/DSC_0002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPagbO1al4XJh8mDpqtE_k4fpBFSFCaoZrM_0ZfN9DCWwXX2BIX89UKpMG47dEpN9aKl3F7qgIUJMMZVTna2_pU9VJMWIXyj8S3lm1LMEfJvk9lBoB3uE8JuHRHC1usIL_-XiSUeHn2xU/s400/DSC_0002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592651896257859906" /></a>JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-28809437865536957942011-04-05T13:16:00.001-07:002011-04-05T13:25:50.504-07:00ArboreteumA few pics from the Arboreteum today. It was "tiny tots" Tuesdays so they had lots of activites geared towards preschoolers. Rett got his face painted shortly after we arrived so it kinda ruined my chances of any good springtime pictures of the kids...but there was NO LINE for face painting...so how could we pass that up? <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJ4jKTLYr-__zoC5eAT6o4vZC2n8TLENKb-1g0MtVEMw7ZcfKNlT8FdrU4SOEpGpz_QYbs4yB6KvEP7Vd4FNGGwbtUDVmmwCYMT4XrGI6lUH0gTa0MCks_Jd8psNJ_Wjw0cPOi4oT6m8/s1600/DSC_0334.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJ4jKTLYr-__zoC5eAT6o4vZC2n8TLENKb-1g0MtVEMw7ZcfKNlT8FdrU4SOEpGpz_QYbs4yB6KvEP7Vd4FNGGwbtUDVmmwCYMT4XrGI6lUH0gTa0MCks_Jd8psNJ_Wjw0cPOi4oT6m8/s400/DSC_0334.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592197666365358354" /></a><br />Double Batman's-Collin and Rett<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJThXp1BFUyy6WKa2CJt4dgKBQh3CI-0trGsCv2iJQUtGePQQSMSBzx9idVFHdZLPH_hv8nhxRfPxofjCz3A8ACfMYvujkg-maJkY9a4YeUAGy-Ns0SLFDR7_t6RzE2aFvnFZVQGvNqVk/s1600/DSC_0341.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJThXp1BFUyy6WKa2CJt4dgKBQh3CI-0trGsCv2iJQUtGePQQSMSBzx9idVFHdZLPH_hv8nhxRfPxofjCz3A8ACfMYvujkg-maJkY9a4YeUAGy-Ns0SLFDR7_t6RzE2aFvnFZVQGvNqVk/s400/DSC_0341.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592197662311731074" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wix7SnZG-CZ8zK-8vyNdBdci1X-WsARDAx6oJc5Vx-YcW5Y4Lf1QUxqgZFwrAYXIGEfoRFrY6ONNDccB3oOswf26Mb3wFU1k7X5jveiV4kECCGw_WanrGY5emixVsQpP8QfQ4rq8GKI/s1600/DSC_0344.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wix7SnZG-CZ8zK-8vyNdBdci1X-WsARDAx6oJc5Vx-YcW5Y4Lf1QUxqgZFwrAYXIGEfoRFrY6ONNDccB3oOswf26Mb3wFU1k7X5jveiV4kECCGw_WanrGY5emixVsQpP8QfQ4rq8GKI/s400/DSC_0344.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592197665892127186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1V64-EU-D5YqKDAeB-W2gxHKlSOpQaV71yUwfeBZNk7gcu4CGNrVZ8Y9NFZMXsLgvlto_P5UAPkT_9tejj17-UIfJLdSz0Pj7J8bep3Rr0MB-gRcQuo3oJfPRtOeAm23v62baWY76zc/s1600/DSC_0348.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1V64-EU-D5YqKDAeB-W2gxHKlSOpQaV71yUwfeBZNk7gcu4CGNrVZ8Y9NFZMXsLgvlto_P5UAPkT_9tejj17-UIfJLdSz0Pj7J8bep3Rr0MB-gRcQuo3oJfPRtOeAm23v62baWY76zc/s400/DSC_0348.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592197660704165954" /></a><br />Throwing our pennies in the fountain and making a wish!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVvlUWrer9tn4gvbJUMxJ7vXzXBu3LFRn2cJRl6SU_K0fB8Em2AoSzz3uyPJG3GiMnNUliZIxbH7ZqkkSxCYUk57sl1DIZHaU7bd2J8gneQFVcxXPSTsQp6f1ljxk_e7eZelUWouX3NtM/s1600/DSC_0352.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVvlUWrer9tn4gvbJUMxJ7vXzXBu3LFRn2cJRl6SU_K0fB8Em2AoSzz3uyPJG3GiMnNUliZIxbH7ZqkkSxCYUk57sl1DIZHaU7bd2J8gneQFVcxXPSTsQp6f1ljxk_e7eZelUWouX3NtM/s400/DSC_0352.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592197656271335394" /></a>JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-81555606645485073652011-04-02T18:38:00.000-07:002011-04-02T19:27:30.946-07:00Play Ball!!!Rett had his first T-ball game today and he did AMAZING considering he is only <em>three years old</em> and is playing on a team with four and five year olds. He hit the ball way into the outfield everytime he was up to bat and sprinted around the bases! He also played catcher today and did a pretty good job at that too. :) Baseball really is HIS sport. He loves watching it, playing it, and talking about it. He can tell a whopper of a story where he "hits a home run and slides into home". Which he also did today (slide into home)....just wish I had been able to get a picture of it.<br />Short video:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wFoF2ahkr48?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wFoF2ahkr48?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Ellie, just before we left for the game<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZvjF_0jDm3OqSrMtnXuVx9oHubUVdjo7v8wwnMk3fuilMgtgDe5VL3wDpsbdxiCMDv_idZq_GHpBwmBTJ1A-LXipOZRVtAw3H9qOTyS0JmPIJNFtNGivVr-xxP6Mvq3l-60kSsTO88M/s1600/DSC_0277.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZvjF_0jDm3OqSrMtnXuVx9oHubUVdjo7v8wwnMk3fuilMgtgDe5VL3wDpsbdxiCMDv_idZq_GHpBwmBTJ1A-LXipOZRVtAw3H9qOTyS0JmPIJNFtNGivVr-xxP6Mvq3l-60kSsTO88M/s400/DSC_0277.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591170096168603010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGokaYMJx00uLII7kw9Rnbjh2Vv3vyyHZb_PC-K7ENQoa8bc7DhUDwQ_ruOUdS2dAyXHSyC6gv0sKqYzDyFcp8hQHZ750_Ah20kBECBu-ADBDwe9QjjMnSKOKRBdNFAIAxLXKQ_83lI1s/s1600/DSC_0321.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGokaYMJx00uLII7kw9Rnbjh2Vv3vyyHZb_PC-K7ENQoa8bc7DhUDwQ_ruOUdS2dAyXHSyC6gv0sKqYzDyFcp8hQHZ750_Ah20kBECBu-ADBDwe9QjjMnSKOKRBdNFAIAxLXKQ_83lI1s/s400/DSC_0321.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591169402891205426" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3eNdMVswnUfGO0-ieTRyo84prqqp742UScjZfMkuHntfnfVMM2JmGMKm2EGeiiJQhnnFTfbqszV2iOrN39iiM9I9GRpDcQFe9PC41uGTYgwpH00g2zXyD9zd13Oc3qoBztKomF_4DZw/s1600/DSC_0286.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3eNdMVswnUfGO0-ieTRyo84prqqp742UScjZfMkuHntfnfVMM2JmGMKm2EGeiiJQhnnFTfbqszV2iOrN39iiM9I9GRpDcQFe9PC41uGTYgwpH00g2zXyD9zd13Oc3qoBztKomF_4DZw/s400/DSC_0286.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591169394070396594" /></a><br />Rett's very first up-to-bat<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMNu4mR66Mcr6aEfTks_N43JLZ0u5O5vgtyn7tFyohzLlhnu6IKVZctd8fGjl5rlCWDANfDIUrF0hcyvWwerTWeZDDRv3MFfNHKerUMQql0-JTmuVHU57y-6agXhTE8jBhF2Qwepw8Bk/s1600/DSC_0290.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMNu4mR66Mcr6aEfTks_N43JLZ0u5O5vgtyn7tFyohzLlhnu6IKVZctd8fGjl5rlCWDANfDIUrF0hcyvWwerTWeZDDRv3MFfNHKerUMQql0-JTmuVHU57y-6agXhTE8jBhF2Qwepw8Bk/s400/DSC_0290.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591169386398288834" /></a><br />A BIG HIT<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4z9D3fOfuX0IC602mglyCnMqYLNU0pz7uB2xPxkm5tc0aPiQ3ztFAtSLz8GaWhlXChxY6qR3Zeq1ITYfC-XuIN6skoGQq549W2SEwI3L-PvPXpM6S0aPllp61MhDDM8wdf6IlX51Jo3c/s1600/DSC_0292.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4z9D3fOfuX0IC602mglyCnMqYLNU0pz7uB2xPxkm5tc0aPiQ3ztFAtSLz8GaWhlXChxY6qR3Zeq1ITYfC-XuIN6skoGQq549W2SEwI3L-PvPXpM6S0aPllp61MhDDM8wdf6IlX51Jo3c/s400/DSC_0292.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591169384139135458" /></a><br />Running Home:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjvk2DL3U22ocFf5tbRAJjvfyGfSsP41SEilQmbgy1sHBMkhhQWGLWcqiuPn4ofWYfOuNoy6xMlYJzEh2jGhyKAK5-p53NY4uvkp041i8cTypW0BVhyphenhyphenNkgtRmwN1uLHF50SU_FKtPZgM/s1600/DSC_0295.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwjvk2DL3U22ocFf5tbRAJjvfyGfSsP41SEilQmbgy1sHBMkhhQWGLWcqiuPn4ofWYfOuNoy6xMlYJzEh2jGhyKAK5-p53NY4uvkp041i8cTypW0BVhyphenhyphenNkgtRmwN1uLHF50SU_FKtPZgM/s400/DSC_0295.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591169379431505026" /></a><br />The catcher<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiu7ynu3T_zia_dey7xZBUxjIKh2gPZ05b6tPLAVHMUD3wBUAWuTBu8f7dnTnsq8LYwWWnEgX8aH57wVprqEu06va2NNXNzNtRs-Sit5cexAOc3QA-jX8Dozj4jyAfDwbCDZayzN9zzEY/s1600/DSC_0306.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiu7ynu3T_zia_dey7xZBUxjIKh2gPZ05b6tPLAVHMUD3wBUAWuTBu8f7dnTnsq8LYwWWnEgX8aH57wVprqEu06va2NNXNzNtRs-Sit5cexAOc3QA-jX8Dozj4jyAfDwbCDZayzN9zzEY/s400/DSC_0306.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591167951065814242" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2YBaMNTAQRUr1gFzRw4KR6eZYC7psyWbqlrhPoNelobizs7V2xGxZmfam4TCzN3xLrXDnIS4MSopLY2tlXlZkt79wrOM0J6PZnu7oUFQK7mK9eoa5ZDfh5Zy9gbOulBzvuw2UhgPDPwg/s1600/DSC_0309.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2YBaMNTAQRUr1gFzRw4KR6eZYC7psyWbqlrhPoNelobizs7V2xGxZmfam4TCzN3xLrXDnIS4MSopLY2tlXlZkt79wrOM0J6PZnu7oUFQK7mK9eoa5ZDfh5Zy9gbOulBzvuw2UhgPDPwg/s400/DSC_0309.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591167946813743522" /></a><br />Ellie watching Rett<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1_3S-FEXnVHbCsbju5AMOPogJa3EfkWFbmNzy8LVHijMzpGqZbPN07LYj2ulO7r9qdsWlhuH5YV1NC1RujlONH8YjYay_wlcmW3JZjNowPXuXYTMgRgEHrVWtoCthFwzX2Fmz4NRwAk/s1600/DSC_0299.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1_3S-FEXnVHbCsbju5AMOPogJa3EfkWFbmNzy8LVHijMzpGqZbPN07LYj2ulO7r9qdsWlhuH5YV1NC1RujlONH8YjYay_wlcmW3JZjNowPXuXYTMgRgEHrVWtoCthFwzX2Fmz4NRwAk/s400/DSC_0299.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591167938943205442" /></a><br />The two Ellie's watching their big brothers <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbHv7WeHS2kF6mG_675t0B_niVOMRamVzRN8S0KmkqMZakVTcuSzK1PkEpJ0aNnlEfQ1mxDmAYk3hR12DGiASdeJlh90gJM7U2O7NTUDRl7YRnBHBM80YYd-olu23YQx_5I9Th5VsM_g/s1600/DSC_0318.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbHv7WeHS2kF6mG_675t0B_niVOMRamVzRN8S0KmkqMZakVTcuSzK1PkEpJ0aNnlEfQ1mxDmAYk3hR12DGiASdeJlh90gJM7U2O7NTUDRl7YRnBHBM80YYd-olu23YQx_5I9Th5VsM_g/s400/DSC_0318.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591167938686916546" /></a><br />Good game, good game<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8XbXiYfKo075iMjA3RH0IyWkVkJXhzr8Q-Af8BaTnmDbc5kr0q_rbPVaKuvQyM_KRp5sThn8lPbytvM3U0ehuPWK3cK26bzlq0eY0DzwCXLmEdAeyjFUXyyAEzH7tqA0mYufWPvJk5e4/s1600/DSC_0327.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8XbXiYfKo075iMjA3RH0IyWkVkJXhzr8Q-Af8BaTnmDbc5kr0q_rbPVaKuvQyM_KRp5sThn8lPbytvM3U0ehuPWK3cK26bzlq0eY0DzwCXLmEdAeyjFUXyyAEzH7tqA0mYufWPvJk5e4/s400/DSC_0327.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591167931124383426" /></a>JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-65592002718373863392011-03-27T11:29:00.000-07:002011-03-27T11:44:58.386-07:00Jones/Auden WeddingFriday night Troy and I went to Katelin and Phillip's wedding at Winfrey Point. The setting was beautiful....overlooking WR Lake. The bride and groom were married at sunset during a beautiful ceremony. THEN, the party began. Let me tell you, a par-tay it was!!!....it is <em>not fun </em>going to a wedding 6 months pregnant, wearing super-uncomfortable heels, and watching people drink till they are silly.<br />After snapping a few pics, and bee-lining it for the dickey's BBQ buffet line I couldn't stand my shoes any longer....so I made a quick trip home and switched to flats. An excellent choice. <br />The pics:<br />I took this as Katelin was walking down the isle and I love the expression on her face!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-9gzk6Ssk_bd6qfMWN4D7vFKe8-ePS-XXcRweuGlM0ZFtTyipWF9kediesz0WZ3jNce4jJOjiTVSLiFqHnoS5YjDbb_afNzRk5tlCVqKq17igHb16KnVvEuJK8PbDq42sVp4Wc230do/s1600/Kwalkingdownisle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-9gzk6Ssk_bd6qfMWN4D7vFKe8-ePS-XXcRweuGlM0ZFtTyipWF9kediesz0WZ3jNce4jJOjiTVSLiFqHnoS5YjDbb_afNzRk5tlCVqKq17igHb16KnVvEuJK8PbDq42sVp4Wc230do/s400/Kwalkingdownisle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588831077605308722" /></a><br />One of my oldest and best-est friends, Shanna, and her boyfriend, Dillion. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ELTBcluKF8pPBI8saWAODgS8wP1B-kSQnnuftBr44vcs2efJ4PVHGaDWwEltGh0tx5Bi2rp6ktfEWXI5sn3fmJA-RUfvpwmRl-mbXBsnFF0VPDhat6ZptU7nelxD-bu9Oj4c1e8g-x0/s1600/shannaanddillion.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ELTBcluKF8pPBI8saWAODgS8wP1B-kSQnnuftBr44vcs2efJ4PVHGaDWwEltGh0tx5Bi2rp6ktfEWXI5sn3fmJA-RUfvpwmRl-mbXBsnFF0VPDhat6ZptU7nelxD-bu9Oj4c1e8g-x0/s400/shannaanddillion.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588831074102604786" /></a><br />SarahLyn and Lauren<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTSgkNLVtmBjDgHdY8Lv6phudJwkE3ZuvXn68nO5vq-0kAHjkm4lHeNM-Bb1IOfdqEXUbbL4-gaZrhnod6FodD_-NnR2SPfz8j7FMDUbo3km-CrKcga14NLrbmqNIYd4aZ2cQU9aNJac/s1600/SLCLauren.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTSgkNLVtmBjDgHdY8Lv6phudJwkE3ZuvXn68nO5vq-0kAHjkm4lHeNM-Bb1IOfdqEXUbbL4-gaZrhnod6FodD_-NnR2SPfz8j7FMDUbo3km-CrKcga14NLrbmqNIYd4aZ2cQU9aNJac/s400/SLCLauren.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588831073835407138" /></a><br />SarahLyn, Lauren and I<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-mp3WIsMd31jZvMrlnlYiAjZf2X9aA1IjSIv0nLveeR-cRaBMT-5BYGf9i-9vW1Rc7x7ZL7ZdFCnQbAPmxZsVJIenhmgkzbvZ8fpqXlx54J0cGN8qX65OdBtr30-9LCNZHZE2nNO90A/s1600/SLCJACLER.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-mp3WIsMd31jZvMrlnlYiAjZf2X9aA1IjSIv0nLveeR-cRaBMT-5BYGf9i-9vW1Rc7x7ZL7ZdFCnQbAPmxZsVJIenhmgkzbvZ8fpqXlx54J0cGN8qX65OdBtr30-9LCNZHZE2nNO90A/s400/SLCJACLER.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588831069435753682" /></a><br />SarahLyn and I<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZZIQX-QLyVZ92qCvB-aLF3urC4ivyFdAROApb_cvNDYvkl7ecLLhu92D1O29nNk0yPfBLyU090rzZMw3OyZHNkJRu4ldS6FtbcOSWMk7qPFEepmhx9xu3BiPxBDC79DphshPObQyhZk/s1600/SLCJACB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWZZIQX-QLyVZ92qCvB-aLF3urC4ivyFdAROApb_cvNDYvkl7ecLLhu92D1O29nNk0yPfBLyU090rzZMw3OyZHNkJRu4ldS6FtbcOSWMk7qPFEepmhx9xu3BiPxBDC79DphshPObQyhZk/s400/SLCJACB.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588831067782178322" /></a>JulieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08106297493395334803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7260513454108270609.post-79912730721532852842011-03-25T11:19:00.000-07:002011-03-25T11:41:54.426-07:00Lovin' the LakeLast weekend we spent the weekend at the lakehouse with my parents, sister, brother and his girlfriend, Lauren. It makes me yearn for summertime!<br />A few of our activities:<br /><br />Rett went fishing with Daddy and Mason:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjda21LiJDrnenT19YIKdkn39gv73skq1BcFx20yHTlOthppoPRpz74c4KLkSZF8WC4qgPRBYPKKPt0u9c-KrsDKcNI4n1M7XwvV084xsk7gV-w7BZ_SMkzplqWncvQKEbSe-3CFPSNgMw/s1600/DSC_0134.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjda21LiJDrnenT19YIKdkn39gv73skq1BcFx20yHTlOthppoPRpz74c4KLkSZF8WC4qgPRBYPKKPt0u9c-KrsDKcNI4n1M7XwvV084xsk7gV-w7BZ_SMkzplqWncvQKEbSe-3CFPSNgMw/s400/DSC_0134.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588085443136019730" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34d4rqOQLxaN0yYVU91PJLrEf-Z6negghBsOtwr4Il9nOJ8a1_HXLtd2vzAy01M650g-SM0irY_vj1hUZvmubB4A7gp0q4fmQZGqxpZoWQGiEFMsAhTnsIjM0-7LAFBLgZZ1JPIZp-bQ/s1600/DSC_0139.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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It was SO.MUCH.FUN! In perfect Wendy style, she really got into the theme of St. Patricks day! After a "green" lunch, our little leprechauns played a game where they followed the rainbow to find a treasure...a pot of gold! They also planted four leaf clovers and ate rainbow cupcakes! The weather was beautiful and the kids played quite nicely together. I am so lucky to have such a great group of mommy friends. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpm5ZnrkypJ42h4IIA7LKu7QpSNI48nfvw5mbxIKIVDnWGrgXRukFP6PtheDzV0EMCRGNSfL8cPzb0rC-qbWSDiE2z5LnTFo2Y4ZcswIpGHSfVVN7_8TDL6wLlg0J_NttSgHEgot8zNrI/s1600/DSC_0102.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpm5ZnrkypJ42h4IIA7LKu7QpSNI48nfvw5mbxIKIVDnWGrgXRukFP6PtheDzV0EMCRGNSfL8cPzb0rC-qbWSDiE2z5LnTFo2Y4ZcswIpGHSfVVN7_8TDL6wLlg0J_NttSgHEgot8zNrI/s400/DSC_0102.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585129136042313954" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-UX7CgNzlYbfYKNKVl8Z3_adQUfru0Xy4JyTBQ0ABCBLP0RZXsWWBx035R8KCDx_hU2tCP2xHep-fw3u3gJ6TBJu73yD5D_gTYABhzrNmuWZz-nZjCv8ABuIwCzkCLtoWJ327atizOY/s1600/St__Patty_Party-_Ellie%252C_3-17-11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-UX7CgNzlYbfYKNKVl8Z3_adQUfru0Xy4JyTBQ0ABCBLP0RZXsWWBx035R8KCDx_hU2tCP2xHep-fw3u3gJ6TBJu73yD5D_gTYABhzrNmuWZz-nZjCv8ABuIwCzkCLtoWJ327atizOY/s400/St__Patty_Party-_Ellie%252C_3-17-11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585228495021453922" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekOlqtu2-s1hfxbUHRU_DYSqyEL5JfukAjLrW55dmmt5wR6FBxQWwvLX5eGx5mHv-vLOgJIG1P9OZ8WX9XeYsxkby-fuUAFEpmlA4g5pYFPltAMEKAHdt6Usj042bmW7CQ7rdGpubpRw/s1600/DSC_0113.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekOlqtu2-s1hfxbUHRU_DYSqyEL5JfukAjLrW55dmmt5wR6FBxQWwvLX5eGx5mHv-vLOgJIG1P9OZ8WX9XeYsxkby-fuUAFEpmlA4g5pYFPltAMEKAHdt6Usj042bmW7CQ7rdGpubpRw/s400/DSC_0113.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585128627055429298" /></a><br />The Little Leprechauns:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8PVlnnsM2iHw46BqVlMMRpSU_T7pnpWK9M6tKYAbjTnK3jigITTiljIPb1pet3bWlEWJeoIIb-uunR2Hu6iRHfc1yXSns0v-MMZquXek8N1Kp73TR6_Pla-c863-XK3fs6KZCpcH5CQ/s1600/St__Patty_Party-_little_leprechans-_A%252C_3-17-11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8PVlnnsM2iHw46BqVlMMRpSU_T7pnpWK9M6tKYAbjTnK3jigITTiljIPb1pet3bWlEWJeoIIb-uunR2Hu6iRHfc1yXSns0v-MMZquXek8N1Kp73TR6_Pla-c863-XK3fs6KZCpcH5CQ/s400/St__Patty_Party-_little_leprechans-_A%252C_3-17-11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585228490232231058" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dL_ftdrsGoXVF8RjoZd0FMw_V1LhjDeVhim10HC9BKJ4_ypY5cEoruFBBWlcT1mIcC7Pb99BCeemD8zEBkt0uCQNPW3i3oxldG5dPOzgboilIcq2RezoOhm5ThFoozbBDV5V9v5mtHQ/s1600/DSC_0118.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dL_ftdrsGoXVF8RjoZd0FMw_V1LhjDeVhim10HC9BKJ4_ypY5cEoruFBBWlcT1mIcC7Pb99BCeemD8zEBkt0uCQNPW3i3oxldG5dPOzgboilIcq2RezoOhm5ThFoozbBDV5V9v5mtHQ/s400/DSC_0118.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585128623578171762" /></a><br />Following the rainbow:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1TM2HWj32v_6Y60a4htb_Q8jqAtMHAhVjzjhczWn3_oyIwIFaRF_m9cxkLmnfAK-ULDWhLhKyG9XMYC_AjvgyWTbuCHglldMIvVRUUBxRMGXsPsaIP9AFbmuIXjIES4Y2k_fu_zFDvU/s1600/DSC_0125.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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