Thursday, March 31, 2011

Fall 2010 (3)

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Sunday, March 27, 2011

iheartfaces–slice of life

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IMG_8749 johnAlthough this wasn’t my little son that was born, it was a “slice of life” for me that day when he was born and I was there for it. Such a precious little life. The “Live Long and Prosper” hands, priceless!

Fall Color 2010

I do have a lot of pictures from Fall 2010 that I never did share last fall. So, as we wait for Spring to come, I am going to share another form of color…fall. I hope you enjoy the greens, oranges, and yellows from last year.

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Saturday, March 26, 2011

…a birth to remember

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I was invited to be alongside my dear friends Dawn and Dave as they were having their latest edition to their family a few days ago. Much to the very joy of Dawn, things went very, very different than previous deliveries. Which means instead of a 4-5 hour labor with many moments of intensity…it was 13 hours of labor with much fewer moments of intensity. A wonderful blessing indeed. On top of it, it afforded us many hours of visiting that we may not have had if it had gone differently. Yay for that!
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Although, during the last hour, things indeed do go pretty quick and little John Patrick arrived in a bit of a hurry. Yay! Dawn was relieved I am sure and little John, well, he was still a little upset over the whole thing, well just for a few minutes Winking smile!
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He was all checked over…ten fingers, ten toes, you know the check up!
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All the proper measurements were made.
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In his first wee little diaper…
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He was finally left to rest and after I had all my shots I wanted, we turned the bright light back off again.
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…so he could open his little eyes up.
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Daddy sayin’ “hi”.
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Finally momma gets to see him again. Awwww, priceless!
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After all was said and done and Simply Dawn was settled in her new room, Dave and I took off at 3:00 am. Yep, a little late and we ventured out into one of our worst winter storms this year. I would not have made it home on the roads and since my kids were at Auntie Lorrie’s I ventured out into the snow and made it to Lorrie’s who live relatively close by…although my parking job was a bit precarious at the end of her driveway. Lets just say that it was a miracle that I made it that far!!!
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Sunday, March 20, 2011

Full Moon March 18, 2011

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This was taken just as a quick snap the other day. I had wanted to dig out my tri pod and give it a better try yesterday, but the weather was overcast Sad smile. So this was as good as it gets!