tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47480333351203465072024-02-22T04:08:42.429-06:00finding joy in the journeyNikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-58997062544560471102010-04-13T08:50:00.002-05:002010-04-13T08:58:14.960-05:00a few favoite photos of the last few weeks!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYKxierkMpHq2r0onk_pAcBhLmrCcI-IfOD6VBV0LIS4DHU6KVuzMUouJiAaHuudY6b_myBnsxkKER-KYGzNWM4bMl2ch0pdb_hClvId_9jl4QzuH_i5lOqpiz3_H8YbsS9EuOt2RNCIji/s1600/IMG_0140.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/AVvXsEgYKxierkMpHq2r0onk_pAcBhLmrCcI-IfOD6VBV0LIS4DHU6KVuzMUouJiAaHuudY6b_myBnsxkKER-KYGzNWM4bMl2ch0pdb_hClvId_9jl4QzuH_i5lOqpiz3_H8YbsS9EuOt2RNCIji/s400/IMG_0140.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459620873117963282" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RtbZASXeJFExDpXEkWTVZk-BMkaWHmrjRzQFeSi0oU-UF05EMWSzCu7gVf6NtF7tIz4JoXfTSmJGkiTgl-gvJ1mh7KpaTDCKHKTjTp0BePuxMPAXOZJsOqRRyUtokP1CDGnSfkmEIB3O/s1600/25848_1423801877055_1292991683_31218926_4745940_n_copy_7_seventies.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RtbZASXeJFExDpXEkWTVZk-BMkaWHmrjRzQFeSi0oU-UF05EMWSzCu7gVf6NtF7tIz4JoXfTSmJGkiTgl-gvJ1mh7KpaTDCKHKTjTp0BePuxMPAXOZJsOqRRyUtokP1CDGnSfkmEIB3O/s400/25848_1423801877055_1292991683_31218926_4745940_n_copy_7_seventies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459620864644418114" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Vk7R8zP8ALop0Tjd3zeV1a5vhGBgGa-Imr-1MpBEuTy1vOMIuFZA68T-w94PJNRr8h2HQeA0aXa7vsosBeRzOaK1s8vfh8YvK3j9v6JEJ-teooz-C68W28PrnLjc1QZsibErVBIfgJMe/s1600/IMG_0423-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Vk7R8zP8ALop0Tjd3zeV1a5vhGBgGa-Imr-1MpBEuTy1vOMIuFZA68T-w94PJNRr8h2HQeA0aXa7vsosBeRzOaK1s8vfh8YvK3j9v6JEJ-teooz-C68W28PrnLjc1QZsibErVBIfgJMe/s400/IMG_0423-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459620857622659186" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibd6XzcSo83bivnVt8kfGtm27sDM1n9s-iCNb_QIDPSOGUNbaIE7-Hdiv6-JAehQck-pHL7tr6oZumvYtlCimIcGYqoEqVPkhjpurjxr3sTu9KJnyDgmAt_3weqC0fEX1OmpiiQei-7yuG/s1600/IMG_0420.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/AVvXsEibd6XzcSo83bivnVt8kfGtm27sDM1n9s-iCNb_QIDPSOGUNbaIE7-Hdiv6-JAehQck-pHL7tr6oZumvYtlCimIcGYqoEqVPkhjpurjxr3sTu9KJnyDgmAt_3weqC0fEX1OmpiiQei-7yuG/s400/IMG_0420.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459620848161405538" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9hgmqqM2mrVQXhHQCzxUaEhDsZ6DlyvEGENHulsQmixn-8B_WAaFV80eFYP_vN04Yf157WL_9_ovjUNqBF8WOG1sWMJCq7H72Y7Lbxh0O91sJdFKJH2MlxQF9PK48hiXz0zIGde8U-BM/s1600/IMG_0408-1.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/AVvXsEjw9hgmqqM2mrVQXhHQCzxUaEhDsZ6DlyvEGENHulsQmixn-8B_WAaFV80eFYP_vN04Yf157WL_9_ovjUNqBF8WOG1sWMJCq7H72Y7Lbxh0O91sJdFKJH2MlxQF9PK48hiXz0zIGde8U-BM/s400/IMG_0408-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459620840543577346" /></a>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-83772838509767849252010-02-04T09:09:00.003-06:002010-02-04T09:11:48.008-06:00three weeks old...and totally edible!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKvrGSgwXVGuwqBGUGimBW8pCOeKO7pww3zWVAaVddUTCGV6nT5lLQT88c-76peyDVXspA1UiurX1DlZoCDNsZcmICmuFWpA-XkU7N33j_0ZhsuLKh0vt4CVNPSuEsHLjfdh3QPz9wgMw/s1600-h/IMG_9060.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434405880688643378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKvrGSgwXVGuwqBGUGimBW8pCOeKO7pww3zWVAaVddUTCGV6nT5lLQT88c-76peyDVXspA1UiurX1DlZoCDNsZcmICmuFWpA-XkU7N33j_0ZhsuLKh0vt4CVNPSuEsHLjfdh3QPz9wgMw/s400/IMG_9060.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>seriously... i could just eat him up!!! Mr Landon is three weeks old today. It is seriously going way to fast. I can tell that he is getting so much bigger..... I am so madly in love!!</div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-21928087780416656952010-01-29T10:25:00.009-06:002010-01-30T11:59:48.774-06:00where does the heart find room.....<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lrNI6jjmOPLAHYdrJiG2akUsv2JlhFSFfUHmVDALj2wY3xDJ9khQ5L_ZyYY8HECaB2qDhyphenhyphenXZ-F1qV_RiHhFJ7aT68nmxC3kAneZCmF7TI7DCIOoIwUR89ywu8WTDjCkxt9W-Xxd2vDpA/s1600-h/IMG_8588.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432235539746671842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lrNI6jjmOPLAHYdrJiG2akUsv2JlhFSFfUHmVDALj2wY3xDJ9khQ5L_ZyYY8HECaB2qDhyphenhyphenXZ-F1qV_RiHhFJ7aT68nmxC3kAneZCmF7TI7DCIOoIwUR89ywu8WTDjCkxt9W-Xxd2vDpA/s400/IMG_8588.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciVJfBEAqIX8xUZMEdnKF2B0xKfqs-X-_2UAmjFfyNwnnFFwjS6noFX9Ks5FhGVV87E8xHxgNbNU7Te9d-Qqry3HKD4f9wUJQMqVjcA2EshgoDw8aIdaJvHOBgtC5QFPeXsv8E5Dt-RZb/s1600-h/IMG_8788.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432235531729695474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciVJfBEAqIX8xUZMEdnKF2B0xKfqs-X-_2UAmjFfyNwnnFFwjS6noFX9Ks5FhGVV87E8xHxgNbNU7Te9d-Qqry3HKD4f9wUJQMqVjcA2EshgoDw8aIdaJvHOBgtC5QFPeXsv8E5Dt-RZb/s400/IMG_8788.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLA9-Yu5d3EibkgVuXInwToyL4pVKhRvawxeDkJEoOy3XLyGEFico4ryEDUErSeB3fV4HuyeI6uvxCvjgEVFqKOlTeBJxozsr7vhZsY82mL4CPmJX3au8__rVPsHH1dtyW9LZwM1fgMZeU/s1600-h/IMG_8927.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432230077905280914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLA9-Yu5d3EibkgVuXInwToyL4pVKhRvawxeDkJEoOy3XLyGEFico4ryEDUErSeB3fV4HuyeI6uvxCvjgEVFqKOlTeBJxozsr7vhZsY82mL4CPmJX3au8__rVPsHH1dtyW9LZwM1fgMZeU/s400/IMG_8927.JPG" border="0" /></a> OK. So all the fears that ran through my brain while I was pregnant about the hearts capacity to just keep loving each new child with the same amazing love I feel for my first two kiddos have been put to rest. I had an even bigger fear that if I had a boy I would feel "differently". Not that I would not love the kid to death just that it would be different. I know what girls are all about. I grew up with them...lots of them. I have brought two of them into the world. I know what to expect when you open a girl diaper... not so much with a boy. I know NOTHING about boys. So I had a fear that I would not know how to care for one if the Lord so chose to give me one!<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>BOY oh BOY (no pun intended!) was I wrong. I hate to put this in writing as I am sure that one day one of my kids will use it against me.... BUT I fell in love, ....mad crazy love with this boy the second Dr. Martin handed him to me! It felt so right. It was instant and I knew that my life would never be the same. Now let me clarify... I LOVED my girls to death. After Madison and Olivia were born I kissed them, held them for a few minutes and then passed them around to all the family waiting to see them. Maybe it was the fact that I had been in labor for 2 days and I was starving and exhausted... maybe it was the dramatic pregnancies and stressful last months. With Landon the pregnancy was great. The birth was only one day and not as exhausting. After he was born the doctor and nurse let us have him for 20 minutes before they even touched him. A luxury that I did no have with two previous high risk births. Because of the H1N1 there are no visitors allowed at the hospital under 13 so Jed and I were not scurrying to bring siblings in to do introductions. It was just the proud papa, a momma that felt really great, a nurse that we adored and even took pictures for us and a doctor that is indeed our doctor but more importantly a dear friend. Just the 4 of us and this precious new and perfect little man. It was amazing. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So for all of you that do not know...we had a little boy. Landon Jedediah Smith born on January 14th at 9:51 PM. He weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 19 inches long. He has a beautiful head of dark hair and the most beautiful complexion! ( I think it is because I drank diet coke with this pregnancy! He is good and preserved!) </div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432233152293654690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghUAPBZbBhrTWtwT5txVnnoukgwAVpHoN_9OXvZwjAlqh_86NwzBk0FeGY1mAU3STTWuzigbSwDJZkGTjkiKkUTHB5bAgnA2fZUYZ4gXC9fc7_U7MndldgT4W5PZMhAsBEifE-rodwLnKg/s400/IMG_85222.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432233147506586210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFm-CXiQn_xERsDluL5-r0MuBjOFvunO2ungCQ6MOS2pURmx51TE76c7n1W-byA8g6RI6WFMDOxmoxZ9ZaD9ARuiXGo56H9gEHmnouZXf6SL3527TjbK-7fiNoRVmWSRyY0V0RE-2u8Dg8/s400/IMG_85182.jpg" border="0" /> The girls adore him. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432228906976389010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhX_HK0v9ffJBSbsqKP1gv4O7VHS-SUTsq8R9VGKOa2Vrr42dw8okmVFgfdnv7gcMystXSkZArvHWitKTn5BxWmpBIDwzPOBeJAp9q7X5rVtrDwvOb_6S4tYcOubiMibWxtOk-oqhyphenhyphenvRD/s400/DSC_0006.JPG" border="0" />I can not tell you how blessed I am. I still pinch myself when in the morning the girls run in and get on my bed and talk and coo and love on their baby brother. I have three beautiful healthy kids. Two days after he was born they met him for the first time... they were so excited! It was great to watch them. They want to do everything for him. Within in the first 5 hours of being home I knew that if I did not set some ground work for how we decided whose "turn" it was to hold, feed, smoother him I would go crazy! At about 8 o'clock that first night home they were arguing about who had him first last time.... I let them know that we were not always going to be able to remember and that we needed to just relax and know that we all get lots of turns. They both chimed in with the famous "but mom, Maddie..." I told them that they had three minutes to figure out who was going o hold him first and that when I came back if they had not agreed on something no one would be holding him. I walked out of the living room and stood in the kitchen where I could see their reflections in the window. I was curious how the deliberation would go. After about a minute of going back and forth with no resolve I heard Madison say... "then were gonna have to do paper, rock, scissors!". And so the new routine of picking who goes first was put in place!<br /><br /><br /><div>We are adjusting well to the new routine or lack of one! I am loving having an infant in the house. My favorite stage of babies is the new, newborn stage. I know a lot of people do not like this stage but I absolutely would push a pause button if there was one and just live in this moment for a few months. In the moment where they are tiny, their legs still pull into their chest when you pick them up. The stage when they began to open their eyes and just gaze around trying to take in all that is so new. The stage when they smell so good....when their neck beg to be kissed and they sleep all swaddled up making those precious newborn sounds. The stage when their fingers find one of yours and they hold on for dear life! The stage when they fit so perfectly on your shoulder. Every day as Landon get visibly bigger I get a little sad. When he goes from barely getting 1 ounce down at a feeding to just two weeks later guzzling 3 ounces down I feel a twinge of sadness because this time goes way to fast. Too fast for my liking. I think that this time around it is even harder because I wonder if this will be the last time I have "this". Will there be another baby in our future! I think yes.... maybe by thinking that it allows me to enjoy Landon more because if I KNEW that this was it for me and newborns I would be to sad that I miss out on just loving on him. </div><br /><br /><div>I had an epiphany the other night. I was looking down at a ring that my sister bought me three years ago when I received the promotion to Regional Vice President with Arbonne and got my Mercedes. It is a beautiful Sapphire and diamond ring. I wear it all he time. However, the other night I looked down and had an "ah ha moment"! The ring has SIX beautiful Sapphire's! You get where I am going right..... is i a coincidence? I think NOT! I think that it means that we should be a family of six. I shared this moment with Jed and he told me he would be happy to take the ring to the jewelers and have a stone removed,.... heartless, I know. So we will just enjoy this moment...while it IS here!</div><br /><br /><div>But for now life could not be any sweeter. I would not trade anything.... </div><br /><br /><div>My darling dotting girls that adore their brother and are so helpful (that by the way I bonded with them in the same way I did with Landon it just took a few hours! And once I ate some teddy grahams and took a nap I was much more open to the whole being a mom thing!) </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432228920172156018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNchRThmuRvYwKjayhhJeB628X7jITQxw3Yu77TgPBatX63yd0EAAYZoTIOpouXaNf51mcyqywHZ5mzEhZl9ggDgvkdBsuAAs9APhAHr8cczeusoRxfWsgl5dUnp3TC7jTGWnThvIPsLe/s400/DSC_0040.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432233160867566114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgecX5Yhhi54C4dB4da93Wq7mTrJsFd81a7thOat0dMFYPqPaZmUqOfdoT3S0WOsaupK1y86sYhuYVy16xcOtsBJTPiylBrHGjKazar05OXNfjGO4roVmYCDiQ_dAumb0rt812NKISh9x/s400/IMG_8861.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432228930616986354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCVJKSoi2RKAvjD_VxQNOOMhQraV8uzGzsyub2jGr6msKivwi0TRmc3S00Mcq3ysKeOduHJZrJtthSoL-TqUidxCZwn6Ua-S3NeYf3bk46f6VPHnRf-n2jhZ-dtKfomU48QYlrACbXEe6/s400/IMG_8878.JPG" border="0" /> My husband who is giddy with excitement over his "buddy". He is so helpful and is just the perfect balance to my somewhat neurotic ways!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432230084547085650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3gGoY5bVZUIpXryWlZpG960ErcUGTkMpBc4_DYnHGh52cwEMjDhN4022l-UgIp1TWDcGZjOMaTcQFUSi8g6Rq0Nyn8XXLBkNCRPGxblcE1GGXnX8YEcYOkHu5hU6z9-9J4Y6OBOHxJS6/s400/Landon_041.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432230083873240034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDLi_wLWSYRGDWwC8MuP6-MNDOyxn8z371_oQRJzoU1YUiPZL1Pe9UFjEG7aqqoLqR4kkDdCqmbFI7JRW4N1qNm_rF2LA8So89tLoDUhsfATdqZsnIjbKCGYVwnXZ6f5TCPHybN0yKXVt/s400/Landon_044.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432230090372556690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpjO-6RqSQrk2CyeLCZ7gvRl5TvO5ICxh7Qv231dsXVhP7pceoL2m8zAGeicNcKyNX5-wkmjIPNDPG6rnrMk1zI3vCKECO5nj1_MpX5LsV0yfmHSAcQyB0P3l2ltDKEPmzb2NpfPGsDoTO/s400/Landon2_108.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432233136055214066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb1JQpPPORkEawmdkX3JARQWBzZKpBEXCjUXQSjlX8APvDwg1hNm0_iIR8WD8LGliTiv0NbedH8TsZnREwsIA1kq_oLEBiI8bfEnDZfzajtieQmI8WRkAHgrfolUEKIELfjMz4XxJFrcUe/s400/Landon2_121.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>My precious little boy who proved that no matter your experience or comfort level when you are given a blessing so great as a child the heart just simply finds room to love in a way that you never thought or dreamed possible...even though I am still slightly startled every time I change his diaper!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432593763535030034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0UMRSzRStJN-y9_h3V8fubQAP5emn1MqDwgV-A1iSUgQOsruBuknqesI85JBuX-D9uhgmC14ecphbRqo2MPaUVDl0mJ5H_j5ecjEgEGQoBhyphenhyphenzcgf2KMf_DWsZ1B-JODBF1Sx211NEMa5/s400/Landon_008.jpg" border="0" /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432235560193978034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhEBCogsRrU51shOvfnYXzg9B3fJJoiSyT0OI7SogbLb9suy18_noaNgSzBVXiN-gUE0jgZmLfn3Y3xWy5en66ssu9GMRqKID77an2dhwp2KUG4WSetiiqG5uzFmVSuxsGT6HH4qexQDa/s400/IMG_8525.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432235544042096146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxbTGYpG8tes13JCuLQlkO5IdGktPDYAM8rk_MvkPCoU3Tt12CH2GX_7IjqaOkYZG6_u_obLm-_9kqgBqtja6kqXN7oh7foBG8NWvWcFUiB3YO3oCeqrSqQuoy7jggP5kS7S0Ojbat5_V/s400/DSC_0154.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432233143163018306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFjJWxdKS5ufJoRc0Uq7XNLnlS-zxiaJysiYMq6ZztF0JW673BSj9fv1dKDw06cFs6J-I9bqiZmzVPGduorl7JY41cv4wOOJTZy4nMsdjsZ_ysaEvJSrIPUw0CL6bf84dcrbtJ3p9hKuK/s400/Landon2_115.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>Thank you Lord for this crazy blessed life that you have given me!</div><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432228922626205154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_ePm8l6nvym172ublo0PEqGDx1oHehIguOamqlXMU7_xbq_HHn6sW21HY_mCBT1Ede2ZmJBWfVf7pSfXj4FrIVUClVe_tNBBtlM6IukKMCGlfL21-SxbSg7C14DpE1bj3aAwmgTe0vqC/s400/DSC_0058.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432235525266217602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLDq0gg2lpl_u7EFdLRrOOubCGZx8JYIuQrdn-i57AhUlpBungTidpm3LkMnBLbQefE5J9ooNbrcprvSMzQCB730-Va8XMztwmX4JpT_UdK8_w8qRNqrlC8GXTHGhLPjUP5s1fTTHY-YST/s400/IMG_8791.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-17896290441432439592010-01-09T09:45:00.004-06:002010-01-09T10:17:39.947-06:00emotional rollercoaster....<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424767233324770354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 388px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTck7JzfI_NClp31iH_EnmfQoH0kij_rQBoEKoYypJ9uG8s2V1a3RyBxv2FDEssKjFKOz5H8fEtYny78qOZhDYvVtQ5oI1y2-JlgXwkYMli3oDvKTUb3__Vyg5FAUNsYSj3sWLN17H7oQJ/s400/Lookdown.jpg" border="0" /><br />Ok.... almost 39 weeks pregnant... something I have never been before! I never thought that I would make it this far. How thankful we are that this pregnancy has been NORMAL! The odds were against us but God had different plans! I am so emotionally unsure of what I want....stay pregnant, deliver TODAY? I am feeling pretty good physically. I have the normal aches and pains... sore legs, heartburn, pressure but nothing unbearable. I am not nearly as uncomfortable as I thought I would be this far along. So I am not miserable enough for labor to be appealing...yet! Since this is the third bambino I am also all to aware of what comes AFTER the baby is born.... sleepless nights, rolls of blubber where there once was a cute rounded attractive belly, hormones galore.... so I am stuck somewhere between being so ready to meet his sweet precious baby that has been growing in my belly for the last 39 weeks and being content to just sit here pregnant! <br /><br />Having had planned deliveries with Madison and Olivia the anxiety is a little higher this time around. I have never "gone into labor" on my own so every new twinge or cramp... I start to panic! It will be interesting to see how it all goes this time around. I would LOVE to go into labor on my own. My Dr has said that this labor will be fast! The baby is super LOW and I am ready to go....said that labor start to finish will probably be 4-6 hours total. Alot more appealing then the last two that were 24-48 hours... We had hoped to go to Chicago this weekend if I had not delivered yet to visit some friends. I thought that I should call Keith just to make sure that it was ok and that if I would go into labor that I would make it home the 2 hours... he called back and said that it was a "horrible idea unless I was hoping my kid has a Dupage County birth certificate"! Bummed that I can not go to Chicago but thrilled that he really does think this will be fast! <br /><br />So day by day..... today I will reclean the already clean house.... reorganize the clothes in the closet, look for things to do so that I feel "ready"! Stay tuned we are days away!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjdb9ZxmsASn9rQU6ut6B9Tkz7b8LKK5EAiGcvrKuL5KZXl5frjq1_AE_cgd-pVxPiVhxzymcfFpaPGKDiq1AefM7yZJtmGQyTLJ3ULP98_7J3jjz9GyaMkFn5OlAMQsdz5wtPjrgfUaY/s1600-h/IMG_8410.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424769472181209250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjdb9ZxmsASn9rQU6ut6B9Tkz7b8LKK5EAiGcvrKuL5KZXl5frjq1_AE_cgd-pVxPiVhxzymcfFpaPGKDiq1AefM7yZJtmGQyTLJ3ULP98_7J3jjz9GyaMkFn5OlAMQsdz5wtPjrgfUaY/s400/IMG_8410.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-0brfFkYyKs_lWo6VtRuYJICK3e2XvsiZY8YQIht-ZKVvW78Ah5-ODZamtQZLTUmouzCdR9i86uun-zY-30jhdvXljLGCOkLz1o8f3C__VPVuSvgeutDg9kRhHRJ-O_mleO59E_WyHYX/s1600-h/IMG_8440.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424769461270467170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGYE4yAHIAkhjButEHaseFrpF5iYC31l7iVyIe_j0ZtrVMfOKqHlGTnGPW3bzvK-F0xNeYCgfLam-r6E-1Z4DkKJ7lHhWqRlyJQJqcoq7J8O5ffA9tmkMn_fyASS_H773JFO6vTN7SCaIy/s400/nikki_12.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVxViNS8UUP8cNzZfv390JsMXRhk3CoH-Izye8g8AFfuvgE2Q4TA-pFo82JB4GM57CQM18mDJqNxoGhFVmbPEg4b5LHtmqze-5wOx8V82hGCdBLEpFZo4LW_DoI39RXFTZOjCVJQTTT49/s1600-h/nikki_05+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424767241262119826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVxViNS8UUP8cNzZfv390JsMXRhk3CoH-Izye8g8AFfuvgE2Q4TA-pFo82JB4GM57CQM18mDJqNxoGhFVmbPEg4b5LHtmqze-5wOx8V82hGCdBLEpFZo4LW_DoI39RXFTZOjCVJQTTT49/s400/nikki_05+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEzD9mLdfo-SITZyeptZij9Mdy0klyIV8__UHhDr4hCafKROXYa4q3jTFuNYoj1UyOoT1kCIy6dPJhyphenhyphencO28FyxX_UOlmdLCgc3orzcpt5jTk_uPWeMg8oGewapQHpBBOuq3hpTtm53QAL/s1600-h/down.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424767215459605874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 331px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEzD9mLdfo-SITZyeptZij9Mdy0klyIV8__UHhDr4hCafKROXYa4q3jTFuNYoj1UyOoT1kCIy6dPJhyphenhyphencO28FyxX_UOlmdLCgc3orzcpt5jTk_uPWeMg8oGewapQHpBBOuq3hpTtm53QAL/s400/down.jpg" border="0" /></a> most of these pictures were taken by a good friend Liz Foley who is just starting her photography business.... she is very taented!!! Glad to have this pregnancy documented as it could be the last....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-2582646518775316772009-12-12T22:47:00.004-06:002009-12-12T23:28:47.274-06:00The Tooth Fairy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcchJ7QdNYNg6lrPiF-cQOVJ208NqcSNbVkMyeJXddKB_dCliR9yRcEzkZnfTquV6t3qVF-GKvY2JqFZ09_m_tC0Xoh-P9kMw0e2FqSa2ftTPjigoyY1LGzVLkq4OVP9MlQ1JM7lYvbtx5/s1600-h/tooth.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414588452535652546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 362px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 380px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcchJ7QdNYNg6lrPiF-cQOVJ208NqcSNbVkMyeJXddKB_dCliR9yRcEzkZnfTquV6t3qVF-GKvY2JqFZ09_m_tC0Xoh-P9kMw0e2FqSa2ftTPjigoyY1LGzVLkq4OVP9MlQ1JM7lYvbtx5/s400/tooth.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Today we were greeted at the door by our sweet little girlies. What a great way to return from a night away! They were both so excited to see us! Madison was jumping up and down holding a bloody paper towel and a cup!!! Inside was a tooth! She had lost her 6th one!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>She was thrilled that she would hold the title for the first tooth lost in the month <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">of</span> December in her class.... a big deal for a 1s grader! She also immediately was asking where the tooth fairy pillow was so that she could get it all ready!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I told her that I would look for it in a few minutes and asked her to put the cup with the tooth on the kitchen counter. A few hours passed and I cleaned the kitchen and of course you know how this part of the story goes... I totally forgot that the paper cup on the counter was holding a precious possession and apparently washed it down the sink. Madison was extremely calm about it all and assured me that a note to the tooth fairy in the pillow would be fine. Remember this is the same girl whose mom knocked her tooth out in the middle of the night at the hospital last summer and then had an xray that proved the tooth was indeed in the belly....she has experience with teeth mishaps and her and the tooth fairy seem to be in good standings on minor complications with mothers who knock out and trow away teeth!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>A few months back when Madison lost a tooth Olivia expressed great concern about her fear of the tooth fairy. Her exact words were "that tooth fairy freaks me out"! We seemed to have worked through it and she calmed down after I reassured her that all was fine!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Today I was paying close attention to see if amongst all the tooth fairy talk the fear of the freaky tooth fairy would be brought up by Miss O. It never came up so I believed that maybe it was a thing of the past.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>At nine o'clock after a few hours of playing games by the fire and having a great night with the family we headed upstairs...Maddie bounced into bed so excited to fall asleep... I went and got the tooth pillow, some paper and a pen and sat on her bed and wrote the note... </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>" Dear Tooth Fairy, </div><br /><div>Madison lost another tooth today! It was a big one! We had it in a cup getting it all clean for you and I accidentally threw it away while cleaning the kitchen. Please leave Madison her surprise as this is my fault. You can look in her mouth and see that she indeed has lost another tooth! Thank you so much for your understanding. Sincerely, Nikki Smith ( Madison's Mom)"</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>As I wrote the letter Madison was looking over my shoulder reading it out loud. I noticed that the more I wrote the tighter Olivia held on to my arm. When we were done we folded up the letter and placed it in the pillow pocket. Madison snuggled in and was ready to go to sleep. It was then that I realized Olivia's little body was trembling. I walked her to her bed and she grabbed on to me and said "please don't make me sleep in here!" Madison told her that she could sleep in her bed with her but I knew that was never gonna fly... that would put her IN THE BED that that the freaky tooth fairy was looking for.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>As I sat and tried to calm Olivia down she would ask her sister questions...."Madison, do you feel it when she lifts your pillow?". "Can you feel it when she walks around on your bed?" "What if you open your eyes when she is on your bed...is it freaky?"</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>After a few minutes she looked at me and said " mom, please let me sleep in your bed". I agreed and felt horrible that she was so scared. I tucked her in our bed but could see that she was still so afraid. I did not feel I could leave her like that so I crawled in bed next to her. I snuggled her up and said that I would lay there with her. I could instantly feel her body relax.... Just as I would think she was asleep a sweet hardly audible voice would ask yet another question.... "mom, how small is she.. is she like this big?" her little fingers would give me the size that she was referring to. I told her she was tiny like Tinkerbell.... "How does she get in our house?" </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>A few minutes later... "Are you sure it is a girl or is it maybe a boy?". A few more minutes and then my favorite question.. "Do you think she will try to fly up my nose?" - "Can you <span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00">get</span> out of bed and close your door so that she does not come in here?" </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>As she was almost asleep she quietly said... "When I lose a tooth I do not want any money. I do not want her to come here anymore" I told her that since the tooth fairy is just looking for the tooth pillow that we could certainly hang it on the front door that way she would never have to come in the house. She nodded her head and agreed with that idea. I ran my fingers through her hair a few more times sure that she was just about asleep.... As I started to get out of bed she said in the same small sleepy voice -" Mom, I don't believe you that she is tiny." I crawled right next her and asked why she would say that. Without opening her eyes she said "Because that note that you wrote her was way to big for her to read if she really is as small as Tinkerbell!". I had to hold back laughter. I assured her that she was safe and that I would be with her.... she never said another word and she drifted off to sleep.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Dear Lord what is a mother to do.... leave the 4 year old trembling thinking about the Freaky Tooth Fairy...probably resulting in needing therapy as an adult OR destroy the dreams of a 7 year old who right now is sleeping, fully expecting a trail of fairy dust from the window to her bed that the tooth fairy left just for her... along with a few dollars.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Speaking of a few dollars.. I gotta run. Not sure I have any cash. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Oh the joys of parenting!!! Never a dull moment!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-80512093409489048602009-10-28T21:31:00.010-05:002009-10-28T22:53:03.256-05:00didn't get a thing done today.....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg-1fubJeXa5aW8aXsO7S4nCoCzhvTi5Oqk6VJEhRBE1wvWv4vtS9KU2VPxLCjrLg2QNFEMgLtnP7dWubzl9jXT8vqc92ZoWT-l-GhhVepV3ZJQZWEuBtAg25WnEv_GfAaQkHsH7Ud5MU/s1600-h/200504201331310_mumDog.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397852521784964754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 261px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVg-1fubJeXa5aW8aXsO7S4nCoCzhvTi5Oqk6VJEhRBE1wvWv4vtS9KU2VPxLCjrLg2QNFEMgLtnP7dWubzl9jXT8vqc92ZoWT-l-GhhVepV3ZJQZWEuBtAg25WnEv_GfAaQkHsH7Ud5MU/s400/200504201331310_mumDog.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I totally am having those days where at the end of the night you are EXHAUSTED but feel like you got nothing done.... I was in the shower, at 5PM, discouraged about just that...getting nothing done. I started trying to run down the list of what I did all day so I could figure out why I never get things crossed off my list... there are piles everywhere, dishes in the sink.....<br /><br />*I got up at 7 after not sleeping AGAIN, even with the sleeping pills.<br /></div><div></div><div></div><div>*Got two kids up<br /></div><div>*Got them both dressed </div><div></div><div>*Fed them both<br /></div><div>*Peed </div><div>*Packed 2 backpack </div><div></div><div>*Packed one lunch<br /></div><div>*Found 4 shoes<br /></div><div>*Found Frog costume since Olivia was sick and missed Noahs Ark day last week </div><div>*Took pictures of said frog outside<br /></div><div>*Drove both girls to school<br /></div><div></div><div>*Made breakfast<br /></div><div>*Peed<br /></div><div></div><div>*Did 2 loads of laundry<br /></div><div>*Did dinner dishes from last night<br /></div><div></div><div>*Checked email <br />*Cleaned living room enough so I could sit on the couch and eat cold breakfast I had made half hour earlier </div><div>*Watched 10 minutes of TV<br /></div><div></div><div>*Paid bills<br /></div><div>*Got to school to do room mom duties at pick up time<br />*Went to courthouse with crying child to make sure my husband does not get arrested on Nov 16th for subpoena that was issued yesterday (that's another blog entry!)<br />*Got all the way to the courthouse door and was told I could not bring my cell phone in....walked all the way back to car to THROW phone in the front seat.<br />*Went back to courthouse<br />*Gave proof of immunizations for our freakin dog to lady so husband does not get arrested<br />*Explained to still crying child why we WERE NOT asking the guy at the desk for a sucker (the answer... I was pissed off he made me walk back to the car with my phone and crying child)<br />*Went to vet to get money back for overcharge on immunizations </div><div>*Sneezed and peed... my pants<br />*Went to post office<br />*Return carpet samples<br />*Got groceries<br />*Kept my cool while Olivias hid in every available location at grocery store<br />*Went to bank<br />*Unloaded car<br />*Started wash as I only have one pair of maternity jeans and they had been peed in.... its not funny!<br />*Made lunch for me and my child<br />*Helped Olivia with crafts<br />*Got homework ready and sorted<br />*Called loan officer to see why the refinance is taking so long<br />*Paid speeding ticket online (self induced, you do not have to feel bad about this one!)<br />*Started load of dark socks so my husbands shoes do not crawl off tomorrow<br />*Coddled an Arbonne client<br />*Mailed check to same client<br />*Peed<br />*Cleaned buckets for Arbonne party tonight<br />*Loaded car for party<br />*Picked up Madison from school<br />*Was informed she had a "pee infection"<br />*Called doctor<br />*Wondered if maybe I have a pee infection<br />*Remembered I was 30 weeks pregnant ( had forgot all day!)<br />*Started homework<br />*Had to explain why all the homework was going to be done again because it was so messy<br />*Got in a "fight" with a loan officer over the phone about car loan<br />*Did dishes while arguing with loan officer Called father-in-law to verify that the loan officer was smoking crack and I was right</div><div></div><div></div><div>*Was assured of crack smoking being done by loan officer by wise father-in-law<br /></div><div>*Ordered school pictures online<br /></div><div></div><div>*Picked laminae and tiles for a non paying design job<br /></div><div>*Called to find a place to hold a moms night out for MOPS( I think the bar is the best answer!) </div><div></div><div></div><div>*Saw husband arrive</div><div></div><div></div><div>*Husband side swiped by stories of "pee infections" and nasty foods</div><div></div><div></div><div>*Took shower</div><div></div><div></div><div>*Helped Olivia memorize her Awana verse while I was in the shower.</div><div></div><div></div><div>*Signed awana book with eyeliner</div><div></div><div>*Started dinner</div><div></div><div></div><div>*Tried to update husband on all activities for the night while stirring food and holding up to small towel around huge belly</div><div></div><div></div><div>*Worried about cars driving by that could see me in the front window, stressed and barley covered.</div><div></div><div></div><div>*Decided if they did see it they would never look in my windows again when they drove by</div><div></div><div></div><div>*Finished getting ready<br /></div><div>*Swallowed Dinner<br /></div><div></div><div>*Took TUMS<br /></div><div>*Went to Arbonne party </div><div></div><div></div><div>*Realized I forgot to put Mascara on when getting ready</div><div></div><div></div><div>*About died when I remembered taking to woman about how great the mascara is.</div><div></div><div></div><div>*Wondered why she bought the mascara when my eyelashes are not even visible tonight.<br /></div><div>*Packed lunches for tomorrow<br /></div><div></div><div>*Remembered no one was going to school tomorrow </div><div></div><div></div><div>*Ran throw tomorrow with hubby as he brushed his teeth<br /></div><div>*Called room mom about Halloween Party<br /></div><div></div><div>*Went and kissed kids in bed<br /></div><div>*Blogged about not understanding why I can not get anything done.<br /><br />If you can figure out how I am not managing my time well PLEASE let me know. I think I am going to have to cut out peeing and eating!</div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-10467677425618562232009-10-01T15:58:00.008-05:002009-10-01T21:36:38.524-05:00Breathe Life... Not Death<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8UtCvb51tqdHYmhW-1fi2jOOEqeIPH_tgBm4KAOh6y1c3UQk19hFtYU0NKc0btoSoc_nbrP0xIelrt5PHVKppzTXckc978xkUfRx0Sl9ygYuxZvohBCqP3vkyy3U4-TQz4FBVGtV-AFS/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387739409991515298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 104px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 127px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8UtCvb51tqdHYmhW-1fi2jOOEqeIPH_tgBm4KAOh6y1c3UQk19hFtYU0NKc0btoSoc_nbrP0xIelrt5PHVKppzTXckc978xkUfRx0Sl9ygYuxZvohBCqP3vkyy3U4-TQz4FBVGtV-AFS/s400/images.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Wow.... A bible study by Sharon Jaynes has been one of great conviction! I was informed of the topic selected for the MOPS bible study and knew that it was one that I could benefit from! The power of words..uuggh. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Today was a great study. First and foremost the woman (all 24! of them) that are in the group are fabulous and the leader is an amazing woman of God! This week we just kinda got started. Started digging in to what the "power of the tongue" means! The verse that we started with was <em>Proverbs 18:21 "death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit."</em> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Life and Death? That seems so harsh, so extreme. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We came to the conclusion that it can truly be life and death. Words can be just encouraging enough that they can literally breathe life into someone that was at the point that they were ready to end life. Words could also breathe death into someone. They can be the breaking point for someone that can take no more. No more hurt, no more picking, no more hatred.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>There is also the more daily "life and death". The life that we breathe into our kids and husbands when we encourage them, tell them we believe in them or give them courage to go for it! The encouragement that comes from saying... "I love you", "I am proud of you" or "I believe in you".</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Life breathed. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Then there is the other...." you'll never be good at soccer", "I told you to listen.... you never listen", "you are making me crazy", "why are you always late, you don't even care about me".....</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Death breathed. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The more we dug the more we started looking at what power really means. Strength. Control. Some had good emotions tied to power. Others no so great. Then this definition was brought up.... Sway of influence. Wow. That one really hit me. I looked down at the cover of my book and replaces the word power... " The sway and influence of a woman's words". It took on a whole new meaning when I saw it with just a different set of words.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The sway & influence to breath life or death to those around us. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I think moms are given the greatest chance to exercise just that as we are with those we love the most all day. It is said that it is easiest to hurt those we love the most. So all day we have opportunities to chose life or death with our words. I have never thought of it like this before.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>There are countless stories of great people that have accomplished amazing things that trace their complete success back to words that spoke life into them. Maybe by a parent, maybe by a teacher. Then there are the stories of those that can not move past failure or hurt. Most of them will tell you that ever since they were small they were filled with words of doubt, worthlessness.... really words of death.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I am going to be much slower to speak this week as I examine every word that comes out of my mouth. Especially to those who I love the most. I am committing to speak LIFE into my children and husband. To not allow the words of death.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Want to take the challenge with me? Speak only words of life this week and see what happens to the atmosphere of your home... I am not saying do not discipline, do not direct. Just do in a way that breaths life into your child's or husbands heart.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Dear God... give me strength! </div><br /><div></div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-22189472657356697982009-09-25T13:41:00.006-05:002009-09-25T14:23:41.375-05:00Madisons 7th Birthday!We had a great day at Madison's Bday party! All of our family was here... lots of good play on the new playset with all of the cousins! We tackled tie-dying as the craft project and it turned out great! The kids had a blast and they looked so cool! <br /><br />Thanks to Tiggi for her awesome Fondant skills & the help with the cake! 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Th<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">e process</span> was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">impressive</span>! It is so awesome having a handy husband!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385475991060696258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOo618Q0O64sqnWdOyLe0FEoHZTOK2X8neAFeSq_6C0a3noUgpazNIF8LBk3asPVUegICtU17bAIFU2cTAa7HHHPUBkGtg5nOG7fMk4DR46h-5qnGLd2PDqYoM10_7PjHAdf4JQO7MVXiE/s400/playset.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385474282870573650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcs89UtZenHB-_h9v8_USy8Kf5lzXZTD3HF8C1fg9BXeCuHb53WEvbQ_x8PBnlS2n3Y1xN4NCAX9ztjkpPbG173gtzHrazIVs_NN_Bx6SF8OYTqY4kvQAh_-iTqE2srCdbWRZ1JX0J3ov/s400/IMG_7182.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385474291001646978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNSV8vkzhlozjjZPkR6uEbXHlBOYFH-Xj4ziUFqlKJPb71brbqBDhZ9MSdgmj9zCjxVZ4QwFIZWgFOBF6PTDR4tHtdnFeLcZeEC1IA5oPy6mvGC9rc6ehVqvReSPV2pR4MYtL4xpk4T6OS/s400/IMG_7187.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385474299874943058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkwtmqDmT47tsFCcYcO1i_l8OiEOhWKkqayzFLFKAuTHXXPHkI_eziuFjHg-F7b28EU2ROYfoeX7uJwHqvc_6UxRAuvcSPPVgA3uD4OmylxT_XlOn0xdxW4RZZuVfNbYY0mBvVNLv3-p_/s400/IMG_7269.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385474308485129266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkwYh-hpPBEyEPnn88Aq7wdeXGkLmGIAKlXFA5iQe5F2cirkrNq6AqmQjc7WqeZhcKVpN3curoTWp7ydqlj48iEJlLkbAcO3wFLlRVJReitGii1VwetUv_M2-sGtMYQIScQml99t9eRT-S/s400/IMG_7272.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385474311811357346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7GUTHldQt85DLj10wcNpO9C0QGy3Hrmuhgt-974jTWaAZ0qPchQDDnAWJzsVyzWqs8u-LFVfThVuvYvu2IX1ADFERNv-M8ZzlCk4NIdBwNvQZ-tFTHrUz9Pl8VJTq_oU9Gq4_Hud1ed0/s400/IMG_7540.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385475952975520194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbl90GKlOiWS7-VsgZAMeDzzcHPqU7GJmd1DKyTs07G-y1ON3vRFk3y82meB4wkICSEXfujOFEOSpbzl5DjyYO6XWAGKcQyzrLhBp0z7Unh9x-wJo7csNVsiX9oI5xNIUvWbNLcxPwCDT/s400/IMG_7542.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385475959874916898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmUSR3drLcx1D-65lyYGXbddEfHdw-laJeDQQZh4lmtcoMCxF9qwth67h8Z44NNcTreFgbS2ljdUXfByM6FNUB7Uj6D_wgkk65cO2kVC4FjtW0jLJ_nUw1__tm_9GvOwRWhbqlOeM2lpu/s400/IMG_7550.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385475986254298066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJf42rv3_9bUJPyWiQDICLWKvkDr1yJn_kq4iBNLylS9B7-iYaV2ykA16my_A0aEG8siTVRYHhVkwffd9LRQ-bd2oCc5RF7Pm74ZHqnL5t1HkJdj3UyhnLm1MAEWk8mDJhZFfHShLjVeSG/s400/IMG_7551.JPG" border="0" />Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-23068151236862092822009-09-13T22:50:00.004-05:002009-09-13T23:03:37.008-05:00Olivias first day of school!<div> so this is a few days late... I figured I better get it up here to keep things fair as the girls look at the blog all the time!</div><div> </div><div>Olivia is LOVING school! She is often disappointed when on Tues and Thurs she has to come home with me after dropping Madison off at school. We had her orientation on a Thursday night. Jed and I went with her and helped her unpack her supplies ect. Later that night I told someone that she had her first day of school and she replied..."it is not school until I go alone"! She bounded out of the car the next morning ready to tackle the world! She is my little miss independent!!!! 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEints7-n9VsYkCdin_FD-Nh2dNiZj-R2quFoRddgGDfKcr4Tj7g1cWEQXEhAjX2xZPbprZXDhtbTe4ien9ca3YUenpeQXsQY_TahreWESXAezs53lD-TimMqojsqVBvko39lkNVpnrakkXj/s400/011_11.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpW7knzaesEguapUf68ujCmWfcmh4gd059vyIeFv4VeNhKGQhHmAyFTeY47pNpUTW2LZ0yakGf3oNAPcW8i0R3R3jcE-OgAuUW5jeWr5-mvtnr8LcQtFzl0vUZV8fvClY02WfV7kidBRYM/s1600-h/012_12.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380407992922527106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpW7knzaesEguapUf68ujCmWfcmh4gd059vyIeFv4VeNhKGQhHmAyFTeY47pNpUTW2LZ0yakGf3oNAPcW8i0R3R3jcE-OgAuUW5jeWr5-mvtnr8LcQtFzl0vUZV8fvClY02WfV7kidBRYM/s400/012_12.JPG" border="0" /></a> Could these pictures be any cuter??? I will have to blog all of the pictures soon. Extreme Home Makeover is in to town to do a house a few miles out of Freeport. It has been so fun. I was able to get to know a few people who are on the production team and have got a few sweet hook-ups. Today Jed and I were involved in a lot of the filming for the show and will hopefully be seen on the show as we are in the mass of people coming to demo the house and then the interview when Ty talks with the builder about the family in front of the house. It has been an amazing sight. When Jed and I got there this morning at 4 a.m. to work the foundation had just been finished. By the time we left at 4 p.m. the ENTIRE house was framed and the roof was almost completely boarded?? The old house was demoed and removed within about 3 hours.<br /><br />It has been so fun to see how it all comes together and how it is not at all the way you think it would be! Likethe fact that they demoed the house AFTER the new house was totally up on a different piece of the property!<br /><br />We have lots of great photos of the other designers, the house progress and the surrounding area that if full of production trailers, food tents - ect!<br /><br />Had to at least get these up!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-43002872329273577392009-08-21T16:46:00.009-05:002009-08-21T17:57:38.205-05:00I have been held captive since June 15th...really!<div align="left">"So where the heck have you been.... " that seems to be the question of the summer. I have started receiving death threats, hate mail and other mean, mean thing from faithful blog followers that are not happy with my updating skills.<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372547642419247746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 279px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 201px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiwWrak_ULCfZHqvpsiQbA_uXjPuCNtFl53OK1hMhz2S4il-wuWZgoWQheL8s1ioiwqP9pVf2lR6Lg1QnnY454UBd1Ub7wjnOstRfx9MAMVaLMZsm82L6QC01qkp047ogSq3t0KBCzORM/s400/no_haters_allowed-6787.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So what could possibly happen to a family in a few short week...ok months!</div><div align="left"><br /><br /></div><div align="left">Lets see....</div><div align="left"><br /><br /></div><div align="left">June was pretty much spent in the bathroom... Jed was busy finishing the remodel and I was busy hunched over the beautiful new Kohler toilet. Morning sickness had definitely set in. Yes, for those of you really out of the loop...we are preggo!! Smith number 3 will be joining us in January. I am just about 20 weeks pregnant and we are sooooo excited about the new little bundle that will be joining us. The bathroom as far as Jeds responsiblities go is done. My list however is not... The shower curtain, empty frames and less then appealing heap of towel on the floor due to my lack of ability to make a decision due to "placenta brain" are holding us back. I will give you real photos of the bathroom in thenear future when my desire to spend time in the bathroom returns. Right now t has to many bad memories...give me a month or so of non-puking and I should be ok to continue.</div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372549987169030978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_oVFUYAjxnxzn4TvXWuSDD8BbqXQwUrtOnNKWo5yQ1EwzUmPKZlUFqASJ0CFa6QiAH8RoltAqmYe0G_5gXNLs3AQOBCwkXIE15k5lprr82lyKRpzW3uWk3xhrmBBJUG0tv3DDc8-6R50h/s400/IMG_7215.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372549977197581154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjto8u2oZHbWmNR421LHhnYKOci0INOW9WbXsDCcuz5oii7jHWbXSvblio6pwNUOD5UcrH4uH7pVt9vdTGvfA9pluzvTgZwItqhtlTT2Wefq3W7J6cK3xwachPKXb_yDH5RhakZ8cdbDRsV/s400/IMG_7209.JPG" border="0" /><br />We have spent much time away from home this summer....much of which I did not document because I was to sick to think about packing my kids in the car let alone the camera. In July we were in Minnesota in the middle of the Arctic freeze. I think the high the whole time we were there was 75. uugghh. Really messes up my tan thing... but it was fun and relaxing. We got Madison a wetsuit and she was a great sport in the freezing water!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372546043464037778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCl4Sz3B-f6iKAYGbHv2AkeFdX4ZAT6qUOmidf2o7ux5UteR0QHcBP3w8cPDNyqCDcPZHH0uDtlVD4a3avY-GjgN8Xp7DRJV55d8KMRj-r6tqKamlOmrs9LrilRj9YWsmwtCcVRdcazXcU/s400/IMG_7134.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372546056635110418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__0HccRbg4w79JrEGa5Bn3LLUKvt_b3ESkW4OaFfzeqm3snNI_LHfqAqoO5mqWsq6O2pVAtUgMtz3tgkInfauD3lsSTqGxfslO3FhRB9AYPWhnUvTasWGL_odT1w2Evm-0n9U8zJeEk2u/s400/IMG_7127.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372544062240581394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhto_GV0EP7xZUp0cyrmuOIh7r_uTTVRKJemu-e4LbpwJ5krCEqEYDbpW6uhqTkkC_AA3CSVXWYaYr5foyilNUHAH-YwpSAtxgQpYfoTKCUe56SbNqE_UrHydBWU8U_7scZAO_Xbz8-OCAy/s400/IMG_6903.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372546022072291090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3ClaJTfZhQknH2SuXYq2cg_eRCQt82FZVE5m5lO0qsc56A-5DQFfeHLm1oYWvObzcLH15LCgdTmLHX_fRM13_POqwthF36DAnwg2GfMCwtDitZS8AZo5vX-n0i2sqp_QI4OnT5jhQQAe/s400/IMG_7028.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372546032194712674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjzzsxeDbAXNmU0EAFtZfC1y2dE_n7-4Rr93p17HdgIhjbBb7Shm_0CAVauFa-FTppLZHqd_YgSISPlQqtehPCZF1DI2vpA8d2HBwuwg0QOm_JTTwZGsQSX-86BdpEosOTXNoPEJECWza/s400/IMG_7029.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372544084790313298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_oNqlNiq4IkiXO2g-z57ahS_mDjJMlX6OIG4BMJbOl6j1FLO6OLY0gfJnLOs7PrADGGLndElPfAyeg0STntpfDa-PbsOJwYuzO0VJKwXr75rgKFWjI47EFlbFvysGNsAYphg5ZeBs3l-/s400/IMG_6963.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372544046158392002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdQEgFGRZ0jtwE-OL1pQvAHWwZw4eCs44hFuQKmn6729nF1vVfz_58cxnsYW_-RJqjGMbAH3NMu2vlajO9gXtmTFd-mp1Fs8b_NlgWps2de_Bbihp6SW6_QGNu99IJQkc-1GdCDgq9Fot/s400/IMG_6784.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372544056692034354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKk2vcUV0yeUtQAueU1iDECt2hAIaNDMZeBaAOyX_wYTFdwXjjUVwoyYI3Wlr8czFX5Npuqw6i3Me5mfbBboxIOyZLeAXWxwGmMR9E-StGQuG8rhJ8iJh6J0RNmo7rXMXDUt7GEG_mbSW/s400/IMG_6790.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />In July I also spent 2 weeks with the girls in Ohio at Ted and Danielle's house taking care of my sweet niece Teagan. Danielle had a major surgery and me, mom and the girls headed to their place to help out. It was awful to see Danielle so miserable but so fun to have Miss Teag! What a doll.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372544071052875746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Rg_Ya0dRETvYXMz-4XgbSnzt-PfbduoaJeEpqHQG7c179zhnOcs5p83Pv84nbEYp0SODdZh_nmluBYOxLc8WwcPM65-LwlwWzPdNLpebXUFPdRb-U6mIhlbSbEP4FSFw43-I6coOBevm/s400/IMG_6921.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">seriously...could I bottle her up???<br /><br /></p>Late July my pregnant sniffer kicked into high gear and I decided our house stinks and is making me sick. I have spent weeks cleaning, re-cleaning, having carpets shampooed, dogs shampooed and kids shampooed. I have washed every piece of upholstery, scrubbed every surface and am still nauseated at the smell of our home. I tried the FreshWave and it seemed to work for a day or so but the nastiness has returned. I just got a wiff a few minutes ago as I was typing and wiped my nose across every last square inch of the table sure it must be close by and CAN NOT find the offender. I am at a loss. I think I will next paint the entire first floor and have the vents cleaned. Really, Jed is ready to kill me. It is starting to get expensive! What could it be. It is a very distinct odor. One that I can not describe or explain. I need another pregnant woman to come and help me figure it out. I am ready to move to the playhouse in the back yard which leads to the next paragraph.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372546070588854562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnXaqpC_fgyXWd0lgXgNKE2w-JMnuw3oXDG3UCpXkrtRLxqKDBRRURfVl_h4QKTWf-PuOHlw4NtGl3KCGP2xVmjpaChnxZx5V341-1YtBVtFdiT6p41GDNV_7MiaJrKT3ziWXYVe_Jxdd/s400/IMG_7206.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">smelling every last inch of my house.....<br /><br /></p>In August we decided the kids needed a play set so we found one that we loved, bought it and got trapped right in the middle of a fraud. That is a whole different entry but here is the synopsis.<br /><br /><br />Bought playset online, paid for playset, waited for the semi to pull up on Aug 10th, semi never showed, called and found out that the site had been stolen and our money was in Beijing and my playset was non existent. Tears, sobs, yelling, throwing(remember I am pregnant and emotional) and several calls to visa laterand there is hope that the money will be returned. However, in the mean time we had to go to plan B to get the poor, sad, heartbroken kids a new set. So we bought a used set that needed a lot of TLC. It is coming along nicely. Power washing and staining have become a daily activity and Jed is in true engineering style remaking this massive playhouse that will be far better then the original figment of our imagination , nonexistent Beijing play set!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372550015949591554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkL0q6F4FIw1rm6MGWFLhDSwZXxoIu9I-ImLRVe89bYHxLb5YZVAe_mQ3XcPXqBg-y0duxPuJgxE09YHP9ai7lgeZJoTplMPkbzb7Gkd1HlEAmPtDJHdBeOFbQTbO9OIMi1FGDOjNVqaID/s400/playset.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Before<br /><br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372550000164468450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggI_Xh3PTruE-zSpd0rEko2_ReRvK9Wh29jVpPy4oE1YyHB2-7skPILMGZK5dk1zuSV7NQ5XKdlCWsSoTc0ytGE8oHbhDmQaBpKnQ4Wrbm2Ig_3zHYkkkGzoMJpsWzzSrFtb1ApHXJUsJd/s400/IMG_7173.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">During...<br /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372550006445843058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyn-cLpBMWychyWhvs9ntSfqRiPzAaAlLh5Ne5G20227UzE8wb05pGH89MmMCXkwaj0ynk3OrStDgOMlA48I4GsZ6qtENBFzQJAQ2HzDjeEZWYkWEGyPm_HIgtVDRS8wDlov00Oy1-H1v/s400/IMG_7181.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Much thanks to bridget and Claire who came and stayed at our house in the midst of the drama and helped a ton!! </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>And then there is first days of school, church and home commitments and my overwhelming need for sleep and clean air that keep me busy all day every day!<br /><br /></p><br /><br />So we are back. I promise this time. I will never leave you waiting in suspense this long again. It was wrong of me...please forgive me!Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-31700489936933394252009-08-21T15:11:00.005-05:002009-08-21T16:23:58.110-05:00First day of school....<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrTBpMujOwIe8Ko65JELaO5fxKrj1ZIJEdlBxM-GBaq7zP8Md884yq7tghQk9TLWmX47JYmqgdgPMzkcybzT2rC5BYQ4keRBcdnWnUpnE9KDtsIP7lE_-Zap1Vm5S4E6_7DavMn280CFi/s1600-h/IMG_7200.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372528001807533298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuVbGfdQAlz5_vdmnMu97LEd-1wSUDaykn5WXMErnfmJAM-zXBvZE8ElAJOFAI4cMfb0bDP1GUKwCbIxE15aG3RT-Q0-scuZR9AVWQIWIQguTc_1sJNIbiXgw5Tc-vq0lOWvrYEMfwf5fm/s400/IMG_7198.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372528023466845362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrTBpMujOwIe8Ko65JELaO5fxKrj1ZIJEdlBxM-GBaq7zP8Md884yq7tghQk9TLWmX47JYmqgdgPMzkcybzT2rC5BYQ4keRBcdnWnUpnE9KDtsIP7lE_-Zap1Vm5S4E6_7DavMn280CFi/s400/IMG_7200.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuhZR8gdk4yJkA87wTO3uQWijZfFHJCpE5rqh8BltQ8s_AB-JVH-pZNIDSJJhiz1SQ2-0Pyb3B4FH94dmj4pqjHkbU7GnUetDfK2wiXywL-yxPCjLqmcxTMxzzgD1Go1wR3czdBCTFKgH/s1600-h/IMG_7204.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372527994430680050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuhZR8gdk4yJkA87wTO3uQWijZfFHJCpE5rqh8BltQ8s_AB-JVH-pZNIDSJJhiz1SQ2-0Pyb3B4FH94dmj4pqjHkbU7GnUetDfK2wiXywL-yxPCjLqmcxTMxzzgD1Go1wR3czdBCTFKgH/s400/IMG_7204.JPG" border="0" /></a> The cutest locker at school... sporting all her cousins and family!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">Sob, weep....<br /></div><div align="left">Madison started first grade today. My system has been in shock all day and I am counting down the minutes until I get to pick her up. I have stressed about this day for the last 2 years. FULL DAY school, in big girl undies, with a meal at school and new (hopefully not mean) kids. I have run through all of the "what if" scenarios in my head. What if she has an accident, what if she has to go in a pull-up, what if kids laugh at her if either of the above happen. UUGGHHH... being a parent is miserably complicated.</div><div align="left"><br /> </div><div align="left">So I will just trust and pray. Mostly pray!</div><br /><div align="left">This morning Madison was so excited. She came bounding down the stairs saying "first day of school, first day of school" in true NEMO fashion! I think the locker thing is what she is most excited about. We opted to put her in the public school this year as we felt that it would be a better fit for her. Having a school nurse seemed necessary at this point as I can not be available 24/7 in case there is a problem. She is a huge music and sports buff and we feel that she needed that exposure as these are areas that we can really help her boost her self esteem as it is lacking in other areas due to her health issues and lastly ...the teacher seemed to be a GREAT fit!!</div><br /><div>What a big girl she is. I am so proud of her I could burst! What a difference a few years can make. I really question last year if this moment would ever be possible for her. </div><br /><div>A FEW HOURS LATER: OK she is home. She survived. Nothing horrible happened, no one shoved her in a locker or tripped her in the lunch room. The teacher did not swim off with her to the "drop-of" (again, true NEMO style!) There was no first grade bully and she actually said it was so much fun she can't remember what she did??? A comment like this in high school would have made my car do u-turn to the closest clinic for a blood draw and drug test, but as a first grader I will believe that pure excitement has left her memory a little foggy. I got a few details out of her on the way home. I told her I was worried about her all day and she asked "why" ( for all of you thinking, "well that's great make her think there is something to be worried about"...shut-up. This was hard for me!) I told her that it was just really hard to have her gone all day and I missed her. To that she answered " mom, your just gonna have to get over it. I'm big now" I thought about grounding her for being so mean and heartless...but then I realized she is right, I need to grow up because she has. This is a huge milestone and I will except it and be happy!</div><br /><div>As we walked in the door I suggested that we go get dad in his office and talk about her first day of school... she replied "mom, I just need to watch one cartoon. I am so exhausted"! So she is watching a cartoon, coming out of schoolcoma. I will keep you posted as the days continue! Thanks for your prayers!!!</div></div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-10915960392642988362009-06-15T14:28:00.003-05:002009-06-15T14:41:38.489-05:00My sweet girls.... and yes we are still alive!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgQcPZEochZnC_bk5nzcx4SuWVE_ANxtw4k_4DuK1M73sR6EOBon8koWqiJHEO4kWmEdPcwFVA6v4dLVSmOxah114SDx6ZXfz8HQeuKYhIumhN9g3Fcni8olgjHbq9BFbpa7OsJ6iD7jv/s1600-h/IMG_6483.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347638769111794498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVgQcPZEochZnC_bk5nzcx4SuWVE_ANxtw4k_4DuK1M73sR6EOBon8koWqiJHEO4kWmEdPcwFVA6v4dLVSmOxah114SDx6ZXfz8HQeuKYhIumhN9g3Fcni8olgjHbq9BFbpa7OsJ6iD7jv/s400/IMG_6483.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ok. Ok. I know.<br /><br />I will do better, O promise. Please forgive me!<br /><br />I KNOW I am on the bad blogger list. It has been way to long since I have updated the blog. Life seems to be flying by. Maddie graduated from Pre-school.... the girls are busy at soccer. Jed seems to be working a thousand hours a week and I am doing the same ole, same ole... all you moms know what that means. Dishes, laundry, cooking, cleaning, disciplining...repeat, over and over!<br /><br />I will get some newer pics up this week and promise to keep in better communication with you all!!!<br /><br />Have a great day!Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-36890568489919069112009-06-15T14:15:00.003-05:002009-06-15T14:27:57.845-05:00Bathroom updates<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKDnZATgPqBRgSqntaYEhfHSLOMy71H4JIsmJLGdoL8QgH79tM0wd4KBNrUxwEdajE-qIGvd7y7IEcnJcU_2dyLF4P6QdnSkve1ilpdxphw3ErdknzkHT14z7rrUDWNHIB7157g1AG_qh/s1600-h/IMG_6530.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347636318827310914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKDnZATgPqBRgSqntaYEhfHSLOMy71H4JIsmJLGdoL8QgH79tM0wd4KBNrUxwEdajE-qIGvd7y7IEcnJcU_2dyLF4P6QdnSkve1ilpdxphw3ErdknzkHT14z7rrUDWNHIB7157g1AG_qh/s400/IMG_6530.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAYkj05EMt5I1EIo-vzJA9U1BTMaTJPcbKZZ4v40thZljj0ZNR3t6qk8GDpjesr7IGQS3cINXfmFuAqiNQz3jsvTEK7TW23u0cwrN9qiHTkeyOWVscQOdYV9J9G74UgJrVH8vC3WpykeX/s1600-h/IMG_6552.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347636316865164114" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsEL7r09ts6n9beq_TWY8f6szBZUvpIt_pp1CWqG5BzA7pRL4QCdByiKljUAwQ4PgOtyzkDl3CeQBQrAvx0pHy_7jUBg7urr6QJagDp27qcfbZQ7JORScFdeGdOpVZHJfE8vCFgZDNbBKQ/s400/IMG_6534.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_Q2ujMq8i-smLbTzbfVdOirtnQHb31cihLl1rtlnBQLHuTh9vzqcmu_xqn7BBtkG5wUsuSMZQB3h3BTxerfeqNVghGWb7Gx_7wVQc_fVyqSZj_j-TGP5KYrWkFiSbj4NSQnZKdl6lR6C/s1600-h/IMG_6532.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347635923622691618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_Q2ujMq8i-smLbTzbfVdOirtnQHb31cihLl1rtlnBQLHuTh9vzqcmu_xqn7BBtkG5wUsuSMZQB3h3BTxerfeqNVghGWb7Gx_7wVQc_fVyqSZj_j-TGP5KYrWkFiSbj4NSQnZKdl6lR6C/s400/IMG_6532.JPG" border="0" /></a> The mirror will be installed on Thursday and then the the rest of the pretty things!!! Decorative lights, shower curtain and curtain!!! We are loving it and will really love it when there is a mirror!!! Jed has done such a great job!!! I take a bath in the new soaking tub almost every night.....aaahhhhhh.</div><div> </div><div>Will keep updating!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-65499317475014092032009-04-27T21:39:00.002-05:002009-04-27T21:47:11.959-05:00a visit from family....We had such a great time with my cousin Brandy and her sweet daughter Keira when they came for a visit a few weeks ago! It was so great to have them here! Thanks for staying even without the modern conveniences of a shower! That showed me just how much you really love me! It was so fun for the girls to get to know each other and a blast to sit and get reacquainted with Brandy! Love you guys and miss you! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329566931909370194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqgr_icCf_qDM-DI0rYkvTzWZM-AVYVasdzdR8TJiXLts7j0Q2wzXvN6QeuteUVEt5XIPS_UVmHXdcC4pTaLCDJyG3YV0piKeg9wTeAZZeH9pYvFrlw5MT2lpZWVuFJUDdrZ847y9pACA/s400/IMG_6357.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329566935963021922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZzgL0meIh-1qfb0snec5FaMZjs_aXdP8mWMUbOabYth-9gmbBi6bIsRMSap6RkUwE0JAlrYFmJUiXh79XL2mhNUi_SIQPmW1OLyIc7Wk0liJG7LxeJZsAfFmo5g5S7K8W1rIysYiWD344/s400/IMG_6371.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCM4_VUfWP5d8jW97ZEaOuCyo5VG0Qkup33F2a8giOcpqcpPGT8xo0p_gA40yltWyp6GJU_QBw5fLyOgNMnLX0Nouyy826vQ6wIkiQgN5G9mANijt2BNVjhacedchzFlPQOTiIlYXCHFB/s1600-h/IMG_6387.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329567321573769106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCM4_VUfWP5d8jW97ZEaOuCyo5VG0Qkup33F2a8giOcpqcpPGT8xo0p_gA40yltWyp6GJU_QBw5fLyOgNMnLX0Nouyy826vQ6wIkiQgN5G9mANijt2BNVjhacedchzFlPQOTiIlYXCHFB/s400/IMG_6387.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQs9CF7xMZ0svuoZ5BuJlRy2eXCSYr1ivG8JsVKvQobpRd9nORjm2LAlKHXVrzXZb4GRwHqnQEhtbdAb32YT39XYdyzP3osp37bE1HPgjEv9i7hyphenhyphen6ih-MNWFDTsmGDw5dXKQQ-dgPaXomH/s1600-h/IMG_6384.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329566955807952210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQs9CF7xMZ0svuoZ5BuJlRy2eXCSYr1ivG8JsVKvQobpRd9nORjm2LAlKHXVrzXZb4GRwHqnQEhtbdAb32YT39XYdyzP3osp37bE1HPgjEv9i7hyphenhyphen6ih-MNWFDTsmGDw5dXKQQ-dgPaXomH/s400/IMG_6384.JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329566947363551202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHyebcjj19QjO7dDJHxtks9Xhwhp8B3oyc4HGZRN9eoFOxyHXt4TVVYFId4MK30HUHZUItYG8WdBaMutTVfC9fnE9iblmcBFadQj6yHi1SRJ2rDhNYLPNJ3x6EZkh7znhY1YHFklS7BCM/s400/IMG_6381.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQIfH_ZAx6G9deyiWKet4bx1Ll7P-PuyO4vXM79-tFYkBNCsoQM0lI_s9vCIVE-4XaTvgQV9z3p1MrMwN6LTDQUL49qeQ6-L_7qr-jrUhLBP1jZbFKYWLD3f9qUGXmfJanyqNAb5PF0M0/s1600-h/IMG_6377.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329566941556253266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQIfH_ZAx6G9deyiWKet4bx1Ll7P-PuyO4vXM79-tFYkBNCsoQM0lI_s9vCIVE-4XaTvgQV9z3p1MrMwN6LTDQUL49qeQ6-L_7qr-jrUhLBP1jZbFKYWLD3f9qUGXmfJanyqNAb5PF0M0/s400/IMG_6377.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329567326373985010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPSGZdkWxSucw4fs_mwDHTAvWtG6-YkVre7D4D5VyClLxXoO-2Fk_Opzw9YqCrnjaCNbqEH-zm5Ros5jEaiH_W6PFVHa4kH7Lbpz4vYwzKOO-6rIBgW7Pr7L_FkraWgsFrw68-7wuNZz1/s400/IMG_6389.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-5247389069722350202009-04-27T21:08:00.005-05:002009-04-27T21:38:14.452-05:00We are getting there!<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>The bathroom is moving along nicely! We have had a crazy couple of weeks which have slowed things down a little bit. A trip to Vegas for me with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Arbonne</span>, Jed working 60-70 hours a week with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Loctite</span> and busy little girls have taken a few hours away from the remodeling! </div><div><br /></div><div>Jed is working so hard at getting this all done! It has been 3 weeks and I am estimating that the tile, cabinets and marble will go in beginning of next week!!! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">YIIPPPEEEEE</span>!</div><div> </div><div>I am so excited to get the "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">bling</span> and glam" up!</div></div><div><div> </div><div>Here's some progress pics!</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329562966589929474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrJ2BsmkEvYblYk6S-xBkiBAudh1QBC00CqjvLYJ5waZ275O3jyI_J1XGjhDtMeymxaFm1tWa500FiMPpNOQLF9l9lwJ-VTmJd1Df80of8zhiXkFCrVSfUz-vhH7IxF2CgmPq7EztPqbt/s400/IMG_6401.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329562974629319586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJd30jdQhS_tTjxFfX2hn3O4BW2tZha1xOI-hYZZZs_xIcCaYHs2BuIgPp01hOwJfeiLfjo5AOJ6aWkB84Yg4I0fm8HswRU5owbNyY_8lvDKt6PuQ8E6IR8PdY5aje7dIJHMkh5flfZOW5/s400/IMG_6404.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Jeds</span> amazing new plumbing skills!!!! ( thanks Cole for the assistance!)</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329562978575059266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQVIl0meivzZmBu2fRA8UgyhTzqpr_ZpR_3ts3zL9P_nk_pJo2zhZNmS-aCZDj6ilvB8spdv3fnDVKfnH9vGKpkKxyEe4PuZY0NktLOgA70PRYbzpaGLxc6mZdvMvSwiE9Vh6zMNj5VfM/s400/IMG_6409.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">The exhausted free labourer!</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329563454388093042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikc4RC2N9KOv6yqEjlVA-6ipiNv_yJkxeg10hXvarEbQJ7PumC4HWx245VvRnlbrpO1FKuX-VpdUmnYxicVcz_waWBPtzojY1GNnO_oa5TGaJ0_0eR-uik3P1W4otL7b_mAGjO2lgowpAH/s400/IMG_6457.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Looking good!!!</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329563445884282770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3IySnzfuQ7ko94miftfiZlfUerg76NGRlH9NKOICfHjlTdKt-7mO7kag1THAd0jZXUh_bXXYZc9o_0lWt7kxwQ5KTrNKxqC0llBRAZjgWIfSDW6ADUc7d82ur2ZEl_3tDiwdXNadHVpA/s400/IMG_6454.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">We have a shower and tub!!!!</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329563451374801506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFlTkhv1CxijY4hfBPUX-KNEl5nhe7ee8x35CZQl1zzmqM1Om3zpjtqo9MSgvzuIcmLnaoM3_FhO7es29SLSCittoIFv55b2xH25xLdatMC07rXb-8XMoGaM3kFbZeFsSzGXqOvYOU68X/s400/IMG_6453.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">The memory wall!!! Had to put a little piece of "us" in the walls!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329563441134265698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibxfRyDVxv6NZHVKJr2t36JOQcTk6nZled-VKKVTle7w8bOE8_-ye9krxWHSusBVP8XOdQ6pcvfqSFrL-qj4o9G2W3DOdktg8-Mgz0sPJhGLBknF3vCUUGYllYzT5iX45J03R7B5H-wgz1/s400/IMG_6432.JPG" border="0" /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Madisons</span> photography skills!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329562981225711394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vQzCMb4m6WEXCLHldTHcndEx2W5kecv1aLATs4UxmM7L_XvCan9_2ZZo8IqXvXgcg4g9Y6JYP5zmLurRXTAEZC16sv6IMJIHw_qAoP5mUCDhm-qmJWLCN2aMrgQkizQw_M4p7Blyq_0D/s400/IMG_6431.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329562979638009618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0yAGCNj_K4CzeonlXEVNimbK7tVO8kGf0hkO1vW_LGqF_VdddiwJtn8jM_635xf_pjWwogfsPw5KzbJ1S8-DlbelEljsWYeJoFr_6Xt_mAksDJ-MCZJDNyDNraXMM6_SxsJzd-nKENiP5/s400/IMG_6428.JPG" border="0" /></p>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-18097831043825037242009-04-04T13:25:00.007-05:002009-04-04T14:00:21.705-05:00The bathroom remodel is underway!<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Jed and I have been talking about remodeling our bathroom for some time now. We did the quick redo about 7 years ago to get us by... last Friday night I asked Jed what the plans were for the weekend and he answered half jokingly " I guess we could gut the bathroom"! he should know better..... so Saturday we took the sledge hammer to our ONLY full bathroom! It is going very well and we are on task to have the shower back in business by Monday or Tuesday! I am so excited and am having a ton of fun picking out all of the beautiful "loot"!!! Here is a sneak peak! You will have to stay tuned to see where it all goes!!!!<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320910498143917586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMmMSz0Ory2bZNzgsvotzu_MUJq83pgmy8Uj-f3Nr4UzwpksvqSRBrp4gr59k0XOx0vpstYJDSO4MI_aIfKJA561je8d2npUORN7sV29WxFnG8Q3KV_G0_95JaCnKye8SUCvaXir7eLXG/s400/IMG_6277.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320905240219466226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 146px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 335px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMxUudC6nlaQ3EMC8DRKuLrzWCDpzm8_a3k2Qsxt_4afT9V1S1LFcumWbziXkh1xcpf1lPNOuPbMxJK-Lqb-5rA41Sbxk7ujnxkRbmCYTzX02zu8G8_XX88TsgCvWmCfP1k5wxGqA1Udh/s400/elkins.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320910494159407282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3ILZB3mz7B7PycWt85NQaDPuC283AkDcNzsmDCI4Zm_Cmoy-amr4CIYE_Jg9bT0yUaRQdbFsR9RvwZmqjzIfx-mtKyRKoshvfBiR5GfJHtcgWzG9JnZu7A8JJnxClDAPaPGgDg26-eRh/s400/IMG_6284.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320905560424802530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 168px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 164px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ajZa0wxEUF-t8W6JR4l3V5ATHHsoia1Gj71S7jNcxMTaC_j3ZxgKmqdTzsKp4jCuROyvs3B3AU8p2u2DbEyqG_6aZyKAFDbdSycvPC3cnuLnqDBZT8APVm7QgpqhhBCzNsGx4TKBCoEg/s400/knobs.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320905238618424946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 335px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 194px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rM7s76guwdJsjdu0cFWX_38TbiRZ7bQiwx2-uVx9X1FJfA4DT-inht0RgJ37fi1xaEAc495Ljq2OAEWmqEH40f3BWqqgYe2XhJFUJ7-OBtTMb29fth_Sk-Bh5HLVxnmlIEhKLRnlKYoX/s400/picture+light.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320907287692126914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjNcWV6EbTfKWcfC5HBp51cEX57bIBTVIwyaU6cjrM05ToETZBlcTRb6bvO5oPgZ8MZ8H8XmlWJd9ItsKWHOe6lGnIVKWo01IpgcaQOmi1dDggyAt1S6RLgccmofMIwh4mRfXb27Si8li/s400/NexusBrownBlack30-full;init_.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Cabinets.. only in a bathroom!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-18972358332298374392009-03-10T10:48:00.005-05:002009-03-10T11:04:07.967-05:00strawberry shortcake extravaganza......<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWt2LIZhKQwvvAx-yvt0PelXpzXhSfKTpRp78gteSmNd00nVW1N2dnAh2CfPIYyJBgV24oTkP997Rud2zKswD7GXqDPW8SBo2o8NGQ2xrPuV_gOmgJvmW2_xk3hIr9kQzW2S8rcN7Ca2U/s1600-h/IMG_0005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311589728571088914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UKrxyrySViI6bXrLZPGv0yAeecT-JuA7JFv7cCQ0NI21-7jRxMHz1XarMfTsmlA-tTKNVObbOwylQI_foYD8EyhyphenhyphenYr0ormPGy1tgFx4lVxPKswa5KPNjp-BLh1SWUL5eKEItvCEFqGLE/s400/IMG_0050.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We had a great night celebrating Olivia's birthday on Saturday. It is so hard to believe that my baby is 4 years old already! Olivia loved all of the baby doll loot that she received as well as tons of great make-up...she is my true girlie girl! </div><div> </div><div>I need to go...we are off to paint nails! Miss Olivia is waiting patiently!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-74393605265560003242009-03-09T17:34:00.005-05:002009-03-09T17:55:03.637-05:00Miss Olivia's 4th bday!<div align="center"> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311321199623426306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPml0vCr7YNpfSNwUC9fGdSbkVPWf9aGja6bBUZcqkR3bjyvcHHnjaAZjfwFzTZEpiBysbhKTYDNie-_vadkiIljXjk1t7uy08iusFf0t5uKUnhVZBhj1p3NJC_tiMin4hAyD-4aCGc04/s400/P3030069.JPG" border="0" />We had <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">soooo</span> much fun!! Jed had to be in Chicago on the night of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Olivia's</span> birthday for work. We decided that the girls and I would tag along and make it a special birthday celebration for Olivia. She LOVES her American Girl Bitty Baby. We made reservations for a lunch at the Cafe for the six of us! (the four living Smiths plus Taylor & Emma - pictured above!). We loved every minute that we had with the girls. There was no one there but us!!! Olivia was in awe of everything! We spent several hours cruising the store and then headed down Michigan Avenue to look some more. Then back to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">the</span> hotel to swim and eat Chicago style pizza in bed while watching American Idol! What a great day! The girls and I met Auntie Aimee, my good friend from design school, and headed to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Shedds</span> Aquarium for the day! </div><div align="center">HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BABY GIRL!</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311321206454743042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnM574cyazxx8IUHhF50J3PZrvM82H4qlb9ZY9-n5aMEPv_H_UABwyUfukXUX8wxhLi5AmP2YNEF0FWyQgkv22_glrqpLoGZhflMHVwpA_lE41fTlJVlTfgro9bnbTWGImnqQCgnGQizm/s400/P3030071.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311321211338330466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScnyNxja4ldGEP_iQ6pqgOdkTeHrF3xjV357Wvz1mn-4mgM8IvxSYFh3cYY2hWVh7d0m-lYt_h7U3vz-S9Tigu-3TwK-XKvwbul3SDIk8x6z_bE9VTLzOpHzTedHadAyIczWoRvVHVhQ/s400/P3030074.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311321221725146642" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWAe39DqxD1w6uA1_MhzEQKXDffUpEYMWXUwhzdsAbc_6sVgAfQQW5l80wu1UkwBqzUMasqGwk3wpxbftfE8hs16Zv1kTD9ktNCTfzLwFDgbu-bKQZs3IV5G7ZlSZvKK6tHwOUlcX2oE/s400/IMG_6203.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div>Ok.... I could see getting a little addicted to this whole bargain shopping thing!!! I have been known to clip a coupon or two in my life...mostly because it seems like the thing to do on a Sunday morning. You know so June Cleaver like.... Jed sits and reads the sports page while eating the big beautiful breakfast that I cooked him (listen...as far as I am concerned adding milk to cereal is cooking! and it is a big breakfast... you should see the size of the bowl!) We both sip our coffee. It just seems like I should be clipping and dreaming of all that I could save our family. </div><div></div><div>But one of two things usually happens next. </div><div></div><div>1- I lose the coupons in a paper pile and do not find them again until they have expired</div><div>or</div><div>2- I get so excited about all that I could save that I buy everything that I clipped a coupon for and end up with the most random stuff that we will never use..so really I didn't save Jack squat!</div><div></div><div></div><div>So I promised to stop "clipping"..... until a few months ago. I saw an Oparh about how to get a lot for little and was up for the challenge! I have been slow going. Occasionally I will do really well...other times not so great!</div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;">But baby oh baby did I work the system today!!!!</span> </div><div></div><div>After I finished checking out I told Madison and Olivia that there was something very exciting I wanted to tell them when we got to the car. They begged me to tell them the whole way out. Once we were at the car I said..."girls come look at all of this stuff back here. How much do you think this cost?" They could have cared less and where interested ONLY in what the exciting news was that I had promised to share. I explode with excitement..... "FREE... it did not cost me anything...thats the exciting news!" Madison looked at me and said. "you have got to be kidding me if that is the exciting news" I guess I need to work on teaching the value of a getting the cow and the milk for free!!!!</div><div></div><div></div><div>So I know you are dying to know how I did it!</div><div></div><div></div><div>CVS sent me 2 coupons in the mail. If you transferred a prescription or filled a new one you would get a 25.oo gift card. I was motivated...however just needed some prescriptions to fill....I immediately began checking old bottles to see if any of them where eligible for refills...all narcotics, no refills allowed.... I did find a bottle of codeine from my surgery last month that I was able to refill..BINGO on prescription #1! </div><div></div><div></div><div>Olivia has been sick the last few days. On Sunday she had a real flare up with her eyes... couldn't open them, swollen, itchy. Everyone tried to tell me that it was pinkeye. I was sure that it was not...her eyes were not pink at all... I was sure pink eye meant "pink" eye! This morning it was a little better...so I debated what to do. Take her or not. I caved and made the appointment to see Dr. Bennett. Jackpot...she has pink eye and Dr. Bennett wrote a prescription!!! He said that he did not want me to start it for her because it looked like it was getting better everyday but wanted me to have the prescription as insurance "in case" we needed it! What he didn't know was that he just gave me "insurance" to work the system!!!! </div><div></div><div></div><div>So off we went to CVS on a mission. An empty bottle of codeine in the purse ( I dumped the 30 pills that where still in the bottle in a plastic bag!) and a new prescription that I needed as "insurance"!</div><div></div><div></div><div>Here is the breakdown....</div><div>.</div><div></div><div>10 dollars for both prescriptions and they hand me a $50.00 gift card!</div><div></div><div></div><div>4-12 packs of Diet coke - 4 for 13.00 PLUS 3.00 cash back</div><div></div><div>3 boxes General Mills cereal 10.00 PLUS 5.00 cash back</div><div></div><div>buy one get one free arm and hammer laundry soap 6.99</div><div></div><div>buy one get one free toothbrushes 2.99</div><div></div><div>buy one get one free toothpaste 2.99 </div><div>(by the way it is the ONLY sponge bob square pants thing i have EVER allowed my kids to buy.. I was so distracted by the sale that I allowed my moral conviction about a freaky pants wearing sponge sneak through</div><div></div><div>buy one get one free 12 pack AA batteries 6.49</div><div></div><div>2 bottles of dish soap - 1.49 each PLUS $2.oo cash back</div><div></div><div>cough drops 2.59 ( no good deal we just needed them!)</div><div></div><div>hand sanitizer pen, chapstick, q-tips and Kleenex...free goodies for being new pharmacy clients!!!</div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div>I paid 10.oo for the prescription, my total for all of the products was 49.62. I used the 50.00 gift card and they had to issue me 10 dollars in CVS cash back coupons...which means I literally got all of this for FREE!!!! not to mention 30 more codenine and a prescription for pink eye that i will sell to the highest bidder!! ( totally kidding... I know how illegal tha is. BTW....Lauren when you have a chance can you bring back the muscle relaxers and pain killers that I loaned you!)</div><div> </div><div></div><div>I was so excited! So go find a reason to get medicine... and save a ton!!!!</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div>June Cleaver would be proud!!! And now I have 3 boxes of cereal to keep up the cycle...."cook" a "big" breakfast, clip and save!!!!</div></div></div></div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-30659323560815528702009-02-15T16:35:00.002-06:002009-02-15T16:55:25.286-06:00I'm back...<div align="center"><br />She is one crazy cat!!!<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303157233077898466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAUig6JB35IKdXQ0sfVPQO1v5KvYxzqsCYJhyMO0DJv5ZSHKW8taW-2VSNxN14yj6XNPtINSwffI7_V8Y8ONIcdUBvO16lIxQQdWwxUrHoNp_MO2p29STQUpRWS2b9TywRFYA1TUP80ak/s400/IMG_9897.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303157226108532258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytrrepjhrk9EFQUddptOmAc7h-QSS3NbbU16ii0xFxggWhPDanwJDEAhpKGtFHOWYNGlINviemFZFJjLs5sA3OtLHVQZp3umum4rdmtcckDdiEI1lcxIKbzksr3dh3USEPpbgyo-WKhQ/s400/IMG_9896.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303157223624535010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNZwueQI7w1hPdJJ5dDnyRXNuQ17lvjAiGOd2iLafN3pvQM1Z-dNlY8OZha6kWUwart-ZnYCJmvKQXJITpoSjGK7OUPCBneErONyVc46Tx5vIDF-v2ADTSOrj1ImY4GTWsjbo9jhWeEI/s400/IMG_9884.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303157214023210562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKv58DLQ001-WL537rvUYAeGU5xUbNeG0qWTxpU2yykju_2RxbmkPVVNWQCrNMkweiUzsvEVHEcnH-G724HquVTMTlBBvU_KFoFy7SLI5x4DCvSdrRa3U-lmtkY72iLw6eWfadt_3-9g/s400/IMG_9885.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Daddy Daughter Candyland Ball....... </div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303160721376478818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-e8vBznagg16CMT0K9NWTFzSNUVUbWqeX33YNeq6N1uG2RQtz2vDndeB8StxhPpIpsyNtRxLsnpmL7S2Cvi0y1F9FlU_x58llCxzkezCXq2ufBiiAu8N7Bv6EZMCH8y4QHBOnquTAgOg/s400/IMG_9982.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div align="center">Jed and Uncle Derrick took Maddie and Olivia to the ball on Friday night! They had a great time!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_uaykBzvf6_1csPM8nIhrdsAmkXIn2XhuNp36c64YfQiVIU0F8JZ7MuBlZUEwuBTpDBc2PI8cnlMp0CEA8D6Q3zNKsuNhDjZZdQcR7A4PAObQW67D0bpP9yY5cqzuSD61FZZv4WcBOs/s1600-h/IMG_9991.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303159303884751618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_uaykBzvf6_1csPM8nIhrdsAmkXIn2XhuNp36c64YfQiVIU0F8JZ7MuBlZUEwuBTpDBc2PI8cnlMp0CEA8D6Q3zNKsuNhDjZZdQcR7A4PAObQW67D0bpP9yY5cqzuSD61FZZv4WcBOs/s400/IMG_9991.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-exnmDixFBGEZHXDfPHPg2gWSgY5-qZNPAj7VSvO4QweRS0J4i2xp2icUhuuSQHXlslO3cRzoaR4etxCLERH0uJcedx4ljfvz5wMEWTs7AR8yuO4mChXzRyUNFPyP9xhsSLLnq9jKs0/s1600-h/IMG_9970.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303159298543247954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-exnmDixFBGEZHXDfPHPg2gWSgY5-qZNPAj7VSvO4QweRS0J4i2xp2icUhuuSQHXlslO3cRzoaR4etxCLERH0uJcedx4ljfvz5wMEWTs7AR8yuO4mChXzRyUNFPyP9xhsSLLnq9jKs0/s400/IMG_9970.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Helping daddy with Loctite samples! The girls love to help daddy with his work projects! Todays samples needed a UV light! Just another day in the life of the Smiths!<br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIx7KnFa5zAftyy0vt3VwVD7pXTvnrLQbmNUUCi-agp2XPAeGJB02ME5UMDjrVBNxxizZUyUo4VWAV5pwFV3zWbpRsMfFnYsto212Zb4ANW61JqrfAnKgmeU-_TyHkG3y4P9-D6wxzzc/s1600-h/IMG_9962.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303158437806383986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIx7KnFa5zAftyy0vt3VwVD7pXTvnrLQbmNUUCi-agp2XPAeGJB02ME5UMDjrVBNxxizZUyUo4VWAV5pwFV3zWbpRsMfFnYsto212Zb4ANW61JqrfAnKgmeU-_TyHkG3y4P9-D6wxzzc/s400/IMG_9962.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NQWVsjFmeW28h-KBja07539MTpRwDmmDjUHZ8C3b8EenV_lqqYzCciframm096X87oO-bsDNVc42gYLR1Ba_z5x9599kpLxd8TXDYSn_pl30zGi7ExVaTwZQ4fSr_y_um6abJwsGg6A/s1600-h/IMG_9954.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303158433095312610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3NQWVsjFmeW28h-KBja07539MTpRwDmmDjUHZ8C3b8EenV_lqqYzCciframm096X87oO-bsDNVc42gYLR1Ba_z5x9599kpLxd8TXDYSn_pl30zGi7ExVaTwZQ4fSr_y_um6abJwsGg6A/s400/IMG_9954.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZHyyNspIV4DQ5-XCi6_T0gYqVPZ7Q84l-0OewGcv1rpB17D17UnuAaS0IWJUY27EbexCGrLWE8n23so4th8CBXYQr9FZRSHexYYuxtmVbCz49DJhf2viQLIbr9mMTbjuUyyNhTmB0IjA/s1600-h/IMG_9950.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303158431641398498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZHyyNspIV4DQ5-XCi6_T0gYqVPZ7Q84l-0OewGcv1rpB17D17UnuAaS0IWJUY27EbexCGrLWE8n23so4th8CBXYQr9FZRSHexYYuxtmVbCz49DJhf2viQLIbr9mMTbjuUyyNhTmB0IjA/s400/IMG_9950.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshLrKia-7tTTf5GnmG7Bihyphenhyphendtmv4pOIhLGJDYtqhpGovNxK5HdlEW_6YtUXkiA_d1uMXNVwfSY32yJSDClpCxTiTAoGDQznD2YbXjWV8vDpTDtOIhyjqYmCeYFo9GTlbwuwYMraeMSaE/s1600-h/IMG_9942.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303158424754151794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshLrKia-7tTTf5GnmG7Bihyphenhyphendtmv4pOIhLGJDYtqhpGovNxK5HdlEW_6YtUXkiA_d1uMXNVwfSY32yJSDClpCxTiTAoGDQznD2YbXjWV8vDpTDtOIhyjqYmCeYFo9GTlbwuwYMraeMSaE/s400/IMG_9942.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-24870889593970672852009-01-16T18:53:00.004-06:002009-01-16T21:10:49.780-06:00kids say the darndest things...I remember it well. It was years and years ago (humor me here, I am getting old!). Do you remeber it..... Bill Cosby and that great show, <em>KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS</em>. As a twelve year old I would watch the show and laugh my head off...however, I truly believed that the kids were bribed in some way to say the things they said. Well..... that was before I had kids of my own. I now believe, no - I know, that there was no bribing, those things simply just flow off of the tongues of small precious creatures! You know what I am talking about. The times that you laugh your self silly and the times that you want to crawl into a hole. I need to to better at writing them all down. Olivia seems to be flowing with them lately...<br /><br />picture this...<br /><br />I am snuggled on the couch with Olivia reading a backpack full of books. We are laughing, having fun and just loving this time together. We start reading a book about a kid that is, lets just say...fat! I love this book... it was talking about how people make fun of him and how sad he gets that he is the "big guy" and how much he hates it when his Aunt grabs his cheeks while asking.."how's my chunky guy?". I think to myself, "self... this is a perfect opportunity to teach a real lesson". So being all deep and serious I put the book down and say to Olivia, "sweetie God doesn't care about what we look like on the outside, he cares about what our what looks like?" I was pointing to her heart when I asked the question...hoping that she would understand the clue and be prompted to answer with the right answer so that I could smile and pat myself on the back for......training a child in the way he should go!!!<br /><br />I was surprised when she looked at me so clueless, seeming confused and responded..."mommy, I didn't know God cares about what my boobies look like"......<br /><br />So no patting myself on the back. Just a heartfelt high five to Bill Cosby and some explaining about what God really cares about!Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-48295316713382087002009-01-16T18:45:00.003-06:002009-01-16T18:50:39.966-06:00props to the sistas.....thanks to my sisters...<br /><br />Heidi- for the awesome instruction on how to create new blog headers. I may become <span style="color:#000000;">addicted!</span><br />Kori- for taking the cute pictures of the girls...and our legs!<br /><br />love it....Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4748033335120346507.post-89563591662668819012009-01-13T22:59:00.003-06:002009-01-13T23:04:27.087-06:00guilty as charged.....I know. Leave me alone already! I am a slacking blogger. I really do have allot to update you all on but its late.<br /><br />In a nutshell.<br /><br />I am Thankful....Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429188212861916212noreply@blogger.com2