EDWARD!

Simply Put

When Christian was first born he was a month early and spent 15 days in the NICU for his lungs being under developed. He was intubated and a little machine helped his baby lungs breathe for about 4-5 days.

The situation was awful and I didn't even get to hold him for about 2 days! He got stronger and better with each passing day, but I feel the 15 days without his Mommy right by him made him not want to be close to me in the next few months to come.

He was always fussy with me and did not let me or want me to hold him, cuddle, or even kiss him. He always cried and it made me cry in return. I felt he hated me. I felt nothing but rejection from him and how could I? He was only a baby. Just a few months old.......

Well, as the months passed I still MADE him lay with me and cuddle. I was NOT going to let those 15 days distance us forever! NO WAY!

I nursed him for almost 4 years! Yes, you heard it right 4 years!! hehe And people tried to tell me every chance they could that I was crazy and I should stop.

No way! How again could I take that away from him? He loved it, as I did every chance I got....I laid with him, with the quiet all around us, looked into his eyes, cuddled more, and I loved every minute of it.

To this day he is a big Mama's boy and is soooooo affectionate to ME! Not really anyone else, and especially not Daddy.

So my point of this little story:

The other night I was laying him down for bed and I told him the story when he was a little baby he didn't like to give me kisses or cuddle. I was very sad.....He looked at me with his big brown eyes and gave me a simple answer that made my night!

"Well, it's because I was a baby and I didn't know you. Now I do, and I love you sooo much!"

My Sweet Boy, that is all I needed to hear! :)

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Twilight is now at the dollar theatres near our house! My little Son has saved up his money and he keeps telling me that he is going to take me to the movies with his OWN money. How adorable is that? I will take him up on that date soon!!

CUTE with a Capital "C"

Aren't these adorable? I love them all!

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LEMONADE~

Tori said "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade."

We juiced lemons for about two hours and made THE BEST fresh lemonade EVER!!
We froze the rest in baggies so we could make more in the months to come.....






Lookin' cute but hard at work!



We tried my Jack Lalanne power juicer at first but it still didn't work as well as this little juicer did! Plus, I would have had to peel every lemon for my Jack Lalanne juicer.....NOT!
It was easier all around to just use this juicer instead and both kids had lotsa fun with it.

Joke!

What did the number 0 say to the number 8?

Nice belt.

Valentine's Day!

I am curious what some of you readers are doing for your Sweetheart on Valentine's Day?

Some of us out there have no clue! Please leave me comments as to what your special day may be like or what you want it to be like!! We also want to hear of past Valentine's days that were memorable to you!

This will be fun hearing others stories....

So come on, don't be shy...leave a comment below. :)

Did you know:

~Hundreds of years ago in England, many children dressed up as adults on Valentine's Day. They went singing from home to home. One verse they sang was:
Good morning to you, valentine

Curl your locks as I do mine ---

Two before and three behind.

Good morning to you, valentine.

~In Wales wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts on February 14th. Hearts, keys and keyholes were favourite decorations on the spoons. The decoration meant, "You unlock my heart!"

~In some countries, a young woman may receive a gift of clothing from a young man. If she keeps the gift, it means she will marry him.

~A love seat is a wide chair. It was first made to seat one woman and her wide dress. Later, the love seat or courting seat had two sections, often in an S-shape. In this way, a couple could sit together -- but not too closely!

If you cut an apple in half and count how many seeds are inside, you will also know how many children you will have.

How I LOVE YOU is said around the world:

Danish: Jeg elsker dig

Russian: Ya vas liubliu

Canadian French: Sh'teme

Irish: taim i' ngra leat

Spanish: Te quiero

Cambodian: Bon sro lanh oon

French: Je t'aime

German: Ich liebe Dich

Italian: ti voglio bene

Japanese: Sukiyo

Thai: Khao Raak Thoe

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On our way to dance. Peace Out!!

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Where's Edward??

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Sam going to Baseball practice.

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His Special Day!

I surprised Christian on Friday morning by taking him to the Phoenix Zoo. So you ask what makes this day so special? There was no Daddy, or sister's. Just him and I, and he thought that was the absolute coolest! I didn't say where we were going....We packed a lunch, got water and a sweet snack for him and drove there.

As we got into the parking lot he saw the sign and said, "Oh my gosh, we are going to the zoo!" His face said it all and made me happy I was able to spend this day with him alone!

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My baby chopping off his hair! It's plenty long still!!

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ANOTHER COOL PHOTO FROM TORI!

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Mirella off to school! What a HAPPY face!!

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Our second photo around town!

SO YOU THINK YOU'RE COLD?

SOOO PRETTY!

GOOD GAME!

Robert and Roy
Michael and Monica

Krista and Clementine

Dad and Me

Krista, Sonja, Vanessa and Paul

Clementine

Mishaela and Mirella

Dad

We didn't win the game, but we gave it a REALLY good run! We played our hearts out. Anyway, we needed another reason to have a PARTY! GO CARDS!

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We have the BEST fans in all of the NFL. Just driving around town everyone is showin' off their Cardinal pride!! I had to capture a couple driving around..... These two trucks are side by side and both have cards flags and logos. The truck above hand painted the logos and words of encouragement on all sides of the truck! I also found these awesome brownie cakes at AJ's fine foods. You can see that Christian couldn't wait to stick his fork into one! There were tons of Cardinals goodies at AJ's.

So cool! Go CARDS!

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So Tori and I are going to start something....anything we see around town that is in any way associated with the movie Twilight, we will photograph and post here on my blog. It's going to be fun! So here is our first picture!

Keep checking back for more to come. Maybe we should call this Project Twilight!

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Lookin' cute at Makutus Island! See the balloons in back! YAY! CARDS!

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We visited the Horsies...Christian was up close and personal with them the other morning! So pretty. My face was literally inches from his!