when east meets south
Ahhh, the Christmas cookie. I’d love to be able to call this a Christmas tradition. But it’s not. It’s really more of an excuse- for- mama- to- indulge- her- sweet- tooth- and- justify- it sort of a thing. With bonus points for me because the kids think I’m a stinkin’ rock star for buying all those yummy candies for decorating…. Read More
Ahhh, Isabelle. She was and continues to be my mystery. I feel like she and I are connected at the very soul, yet I often find myself straining to understand her. To know her. Lately, she’s decided she wants to be a baby again. She sleeps with a picture of herself at 11 months, taken on her ‘gotcha day’, propped… Read More
First, let me just say this… The snow has descended upon us. And it’s a beautiful thing. My boys thought so too. They couldn’t wait to get home from our afternoon spent at a military Christmas party to don their brand new snow garb. Since I couldn’t decide who to focus on for this week’s Snapshot, I decided I’d just… Read More
Jude doesn’t like to be cornered. So I knew my efforts to capture him for this Sunday Snapshot post would have to be cunning. Fast. And in his own element. So I took him to the playroom. And he was happy. Jude came home at 19 months, in the summer of 2007. It took he and I about three weeks… Read More
I had such a great time yesterday with Dalton and Asher as we ventured out for Sunday Snapshot pics. And then I came home and read about all your kiddos, and it made my day even better! Thanks so much to everyone who participated… y’all have some amazing and beautiful children! I couldn’t resist, and had to post more pictures… Read More
Ahhh Dalton. He is not easy to photograph. Sitting for the camera is not one of his favorite pastimes. And smiling? No thank you. I have to tease and trick those smiles out of him. He takes himself very seriously. Evidently, when you’re almost 8, life is pretty serious. So it was a most welcomed surprise to run into “Coozie”,… Read More
Miss Sophie Lu. She is 5 going on 25. Sophie came home at 27 months old. Even then, she seemed ‘grown up’. Wise beyond her years. She still is. She loves to ask questions. And one question just leads to another. Her curiosity is insatiable. As you might imagine, she absolutely adores school. Hanging out at the house is just… Read More
Last night we celebrated. Another birthday, another reason to party. Since Shepherd officially turned 3 on Wednesday, we’ve sorta been celebrating for a few days now… a present here, a present there. He’s heard “Happy Birthday” so many times he sings it to himself now. Since today is Sunday, I thought I’d make this not only a post about Shepherd’s… Read More
Asher means “happy” in Hebrew. If ever a child truly embodied his name, it would be my boy. He is happy. And he makes me happy. He loves sweets. It couldn’t possibly have anything to do with the fact that I craved cherry pie filling during my entire pregnancy. I must have eaten a lot of said cherry pie filling… Read More
This post isn’t so much for you as it is for me. When I wrote ‘thankful’ the other day, it required that I look back at some of the old stuff. Stuff I’d already forgotten, it happened so long ago. Like two whole years ago. I have got to lay off the aspartame. So, without further ado, I’ll be posting… Read More