tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17078543892137275522024-02-21T00:10:22.782-06:00MITTELSCHOOL DAYSColossians 2:2-3mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-54248864363948199842012-07-28T22:15:00.000-05:002012-07-28T22:16:20.984-05:00Summin' up Creation and Lesson 1: Ss Jesus is the Light of the World!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Ahh! I started school with the kids in September, blogged about it a few days and now it is the end of July! This should not surprise anyone who has seen my 'blogging history'! I am happy to say though that we have stuck with doing school and are enjoying it more, having better days, and more fun as well! Part in me calming down about it and part in Gage just growing and getting use to doing school and a routine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> We finished up days 5-10 of the Creation Unit by doing our circle time(pray, calendar, weather, songs, signs, etc), talking about and reviewing the 7 days of creation, reviewing letters, coloring, cutting, painted our paper mache globes, and reading books on God's Creation!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Then we moved on to Lesson 1: Ss Sun: Jesus is the light of the world! Each day we did our circle time(added in season, today, tomorrow, and yesterday, along with a shape, color, character trait, and state of the day/week, and added a leaf to our tree on the wall with the letter 's' and sang a little jingle thing to go along with Chicka Chicka Boom boom!) Then we did some math(started counting to 100 and counting beans). For Reading we went over the S sound and colored and cut some flash cards with words that started with the S sound, practice writing the letter S s and number 1. For Science this week we talked about the sun, put grapes in a cup to make raisins and charted each day with a drawing, also planted and charted beans to use in lesson 4, the leaf unit, used yellow and orange markers to make a sun with patterned rays, we also walked around blindfolded then in the light to see why light is important. We used a flashlight and globe in the closet, made a solar system mobile. We also painted a sun with our handprints, made and charted a sundial, and read a few Bible verses that were in the teacher's manual. Each day we read a book as well: A Child's Good Morning Book, What the Sun Sees, Jesse Bear, What will you wear?, Fancy Nancy Sees Stars, Sun, Moon, and Stars, and Bear Shadow. We also had some absolutely beautiful Fall weather so we played outside and enjoyed God's Beautiful World before the cold starts setting in!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> As you can see/read this is a very sloppy, thrown together post on what we did! (Run on sentences and blabbing...going to hit save without checking it over!), but I wanted to still post about what we did. We may be in 3rd grade by the time I ever get caught up with writing about Kindergarten, but at least I'll have done it! LOL I am not going to make promises, but I hope to continue to get on here and share what we have done! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>So, for day 3, we did our circle time(pray, put day 3 poster up, review days 1 and 2, read Genesis 1:9-13, review signs and add night and flower, verses 1-3 of The Creation Song)</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Then we did our number 3(color, cut and paste to poster) and an alphabet review. Today I had some puzzles that you matched up the upper and lowercase of each letter. Again, Gage did really good at this and it was total review, but I think since it was something new, he liked it! (They were from Targets dollar section this year)</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Then, for Gage and Malia's favorite part of each day...snack time! We made dirtcups to show how God made the land and filled it with trees, plants, and flowers! After that we went outside to play for awhile. We had done more this morning than any other morning so far before snack and playtime, so, I felt like we were improving a little bit!</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Then we made our page for our Creation book of day three. And for the first time, we actually listened to the song, "This is My Father's World"! I have to admit that I feel a little bad that it's the first time we got to it since MFW says we should do it daily, but it never seemed to fit in where I still had Gage's attention. We watched/listened to the song on youtube.com. I found a version by Amy Grant, that I liked! Gage then told me all the things in the video that God made! It is a beautiful video.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Later in the afternoon we made rainsticks from yesterdays study, but we didn't get to them. The kids seemed to like them. I basically had them made and they decorated them.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>For storytime we read in our Bible again, reading days 1-3. Then at bedtime my mom came over to read them a story and she read them The Berenstain Bears Discover God's Creation.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Day 4 went pretty good as well! We did our circle time(pray, review days 1-3, put up our day 4 poster, read Genesis 1:14-19, reviewed our sing language we've been learning, and sang verses 1-4 of our Creation song.-while we sing, I let them get some wiggles out by dancing around and then when I say,"On day__ they hold up that number on their fingers!)</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>We sang the Alphabet song, the way we normally do since Gage does not like the way MFW has us sing it. He keeps telling me I'm singing it wrong! Ha!</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Then we worked on our number 4 for our Creation Poster, more coloring, pasting, and cutting.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>For snack time, I found fish crackers at Target that were spaced themed! When I saw them, I thought what perfect timing for these to come out! The kids liked to find the star, moon, and spaceshuttle shapes! We also had some star shaped marshmellows, just because I had bought them first and then saw the fish crackers, so we had both!</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>After this we had a longer play time than usual just because it was beautiful outside and I know that all too soon, Winter will be here! So, I'm trying to let the kids enjoy God's beautiful Earth He made for us!</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Then we did our page for our Creation Book. The kids drew the sun and moon and I had some star stickers for them to add to the night sky!</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Then I found another video on youtube.com of "This is My Father's World"-today Gage just listened.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>At dinner time, we read our Bible for day 4 of God's Creation.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>And that wrapped up our first week of Creation...we skipped one day and just played as mommy did not feel good...but I guess when you are homeschooling and studying God's Creation, it's OK, to take an entire day to just play in His Creation!)</b></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Wow, this is so long overdue! A few times I have sat down to type up our first week only to have something come up! Hopefully, tonight, with everyone in bed, I will get to write about our first week in Kindergarten using My Father's World! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Being that I was really nervous to start, I decided that we would start on September 5th, that's right, Labor Day! This way my husband was home to both help me with Malia and more importantly, see/be there for Gage's first day of Kindergarten! The day went NOTHING like I had planned in my head! Ha! Go figure-it usually never does! But(and this is big for me!) I stayed calm, just went with the flow, and gave it to God trusting He knew the plans and they would work out His way....which is exactly what happened! It was probably good for me, because the rest of the week really didn't go on the schedule I had so thought out and planned either! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">To get it 'fun' again, I thought we'd do snack time a little early and then go out to play. We had marshmellows and water to represent how God split the waters in two(marshmellows-clouds, and water-water)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My mother-in-law gave me two white pillowcases, which I cut out arms and a head for the night before. The kids were rather confused at what exactly their mother was doing, but they hung in there with me until I was done. With the pillowcases on, we opened the stuffing and filled the pillowcases up to make them clouds! Then I told them to run all around! I am most certain Gage thought I was crazy! Ha! They loved it though! They were running and bumping into each other and trying to see what they could all do as clouds...roll down the backyard "hill"(very small roll off our patio), ride their bikes, shoot basketballs, swing on the swingset, go down the slide, etc., but the most fun really was rolling down the hill!</span><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It felt so good to have completed two days, not on my schedule, but none-the-less, we did it and had fun! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When I started this post I titled it, "Week 1 of Creation: The Foundation"...but my eyes have been getting heavy since the third paragraph, so, I changed it to "Day 2 of Creation: The Foundation"! Hopefully, I will get to the rest of the week and week two much sooner! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/76/555CE14CAB031224F68A3DD4C10C8C3E.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">the "MittelMommy" behind "MittelSchool"!</span></div>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-86340100874047584302011-09-11T22:56:00.000-05:002011-09-11T22:56:57.113-05:00so much to write...so little time!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The title pretty much sums it up! We FINISHED our first week of homeschooling!!! I do want to blog about it and hopefully, I will soon. Our first week was a lot of changes...getting back to a routine after being on vacation for a little over two weeks(naps, bedtimes...fun!), not having Daddy home all day with us, starting school, starting AWANA, and Daddy's bowling league started up! It felt like a crazy week for this Mama who has been struggling to begin with! But...we made it!!! God truly was my strength! So, I hope that sometime this week I will be able to catch up a little on our first week! I got to blog it before I forget about it! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The kids got up a little later than usual which normally would be nice, but today I had big plans of doing this on the normal schedule. I was dead tired and didn't wake up before them to do my Bible time, but was still determined that this would be a good day and we will still go on! The kids crawled in bed with Nathan and I for a few minutes and then I got up and put the cinnamon rolls</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> in the oven. I wanted to do a little special breakfast for the first day and since Nathan was home and he loves these I thought I'd do something special! It's only special at our house because normally we have cereal or toast with sprinkles(cinnamon and sugar)! So, we prayed, ate, read our Bible, closed in prayer, and started school! </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I got the kids special mats to sit on during our morning 'circle/calendar' time. I had the kids close their eyes, told them what to look for, and then they turned around and ran to find their mat with their names! They thought this was fun! Gage got a frog mat since he seems to be all into frogs, turtles, and bugs lately(yuck...yuck...and yuck! but I know I have to watch my words and actions as I want him to see they are cool because God created them for some reason!) We call Malia either Cupcake or Bug(Ladybug) so the same store had a ladybug mat! These mats are really mats for kneeling on when you garden! Then I blind folded the kids and asked them what they could see...Nothing..although Gage tried to tell me where everything in the livingroom was by memory! We talked about how before anything was created there was nothing, the world was empty and dark. Then we read Genesis 1:1-5, where God spoke light into being and made the first day and night. This is where Malia was the handful I thought she'd be and took a few minutes of telling her to stop bothering her brother or to sit down. (Thankfully Daddy was home today to help, so, we'll see how Mommy does on her own-almost like another first day!) I think for being 2 though, she did really really good! I could tell they both needed to move so we got some wiggles out and danced while we sang a Creation song to the tune of "This old Man"! (We just sang day one's verse...we'll add to it each day!) After that I asked a few questions to see what Gage got from what we talked about and read. We learned the sign for "Day"...which they both did...it was cute! </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Then we moved to the kitchen table where our curriculum as a number to color, cut, and paste for each day of creation. I am not a good mommy when it comes to using scissors, so, I have to admit I was a little impressed at how well Gage did! He chose to color his one in yellow which I thought was great since it was for "light" and Malia colored hers blue! At this time they also got to have their special homeschool bin with their new binders and filled pencil boxes...these were a surprise to them as well!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The next few steps in our curriculum were to work on learning the ABC's, but Gage already knows and can recognized them so we kinda just skipped over that part and did a little review for him and a start for Malia. I gave them each a bingo card and some little c-thru circle things to cover the letters as I said and showed them to them. I would say a letter, let's say "g" Gage would find it and say, "I'm done!" and Malia would look at it and then Daddy helped her find it on her sheet..she found a few of them on her own! Then I'd ramble off a few words that started with that letter until our boards were filled up! We sang the clean up song, put things away, and they ran outside to play!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As I was making lunch, my mom called and said to come over that there was a big butterfly that had been sitting for over a half over, so we ran there(I left the food on the counters) and then came home to lunch..sandwiches with oreo cookies and milk for light and dark...day one of God's creation!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We played some more, read the book, The Seven Days of Creation(sung to the tune of the 12 days of Christmas) and then tried to do nap time! After our little rest time, we did paper mache to make a globe! They are rather wet so I think my idea of waiting more than 48 hours to the 8th day of this unit might have been a great idea! The kids took a bath and I made BLT pizza with tomatoes out of our garden...yummy! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So, I know we started later than I thought, but how do people do all of this in an hour/hour and a half? It took us pretty much the entire day! I think the kids did amazing though! I feel so good that we did it and am so excited for this new adventure! Praise the Lord!</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/76/555CE14CAB031224F68A3DD4C10C8C3E.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-7637953716918678722011-09-05T01:40:00.001-05:002011-09-05T01:41:13.907-05:00Our First Day of Kindergarten is Today!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The last few days I have been a little nervous about us finally actually starting school(you know after over a year of just drooling over My Father's World catalog!)... and then yesterday I felt totally at peace and really super exciting! One, it just seems soooooo unreal that my baby boy is old enough to be starting KINDERGARTEN! How can this be?! It's a humongous change in our lives...he will forever be in school until he is an adult now! This just seems so crazy to me that it's here already, it's now! Second, I am so excited and feel so blessed God has chose ME, his "Mama" to be his teacher! I don't have to send him away in this new adventure and I get to see his growth right in front of these teaching eyes! Amazing!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well, our day ended up being about 4 hours later than planned and now I'm on here so it's even later for this teacher, who should get a good nights rest before the first day of class! Praying we are all rested and our hearts and mind are ready to absorb what God has for us in learning all about His Creation! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Before I ever even started thinking about homeschooling, my friend already knew she would be homeschooling and started her search for what curriculum she would be using with her oldest daughter. Once she found one she liked, she bought it and then showed it to me! I instantly was like in love with it! I was so super excited for her and just wanted it for myself! Especially that teacher's manual! (Remember I always wanted to be a teacher?!) What I really loved was how it was all based on God's Word and His Truth! Suddenly, I started thinking about what I wanted in an education for my children. I just figured they go to public school and turn out fine like I did. But now, having my own children, their education and "what" exactly they would be being taught became serious to me. I totally loved the idea of Gage and Malia seeing how God had made everything and how amazing His works are, and how He made this beautiful Earth for them! Something that I wish I would have taught at a much younger age...like right from the start! I can't change how I was taught, I'm just thankful God chose to show this Light to me, and so very thankful that I CAN educate my children this way!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So, when my friend showed me her wonderful Kindergarten package from </span><a href="http://www.mfwbooks.com/" style="font-size: x-large;">My Father's World </a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I was swept off my feet! Many months later when we felt that we were going to be homeschooling, I just looked up My Father's World and kept falling more and more in love with it (and each grade as I started reading more...a timeline...heart is melting!)! I didn't really feel much need to shop around anymore until it started getting closer to the time that I would actually be ordering it, but all I found was some great books or lessons here and there, and that My Father's World was still calling my name! I love how Kindergarten is all about showing how God made everything and teaching great Godly characteristics for my children and myself to soak up! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When I was doing a little shopping around, I mentioned I did find a few other things I liked, so, I did buy Christian Liberty Press' The World God Made.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I really liked this book. I didn't really think I'd add anything, but when I saw this book, I loved how simple, but rich it is in sharing how God made it all! I plan to use a page or two with several of our units. The first two weeks of MFW-K are Creation and we have a lot of Bible story books, but believe it or not, not really much just on creation...so, this will be our main reading book/information book for creation! I like how it explains what God did on each day and gives a craft type idea to go along with it! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Our other additions are from Carisa, from </span><a href="http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: x-large;">1+1+1=1</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, and Jolanthe, at </span><a href="http://www.homeschoolcreations.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: x-large;">Homeschool Creations</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">, two blogs I found about a month or so ago...they have tons and tons of great ideas and FREE printables that go along with our units! I have gone threw two things of ink and 3 packages of paper since finding these sites! Needless to say, I've printed just about everything they have!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And last but not least....Homeschool Creations shared on facebook a sale on Little Passports and I thought it sounded like so much fun and a nice way to introduce Gage to "the world" outside of our little town! I also thought it might be nice to go back to when we study the Continents and Countries later on! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This is what Gage will be doing and I hope to include Malia in as much as possible! I printed off a lot of things for her to do more at her level that are the same theme as what Gage will be doing along with some extra Princess stuff, since she's all into Princesses right now(I so love it!) Miss Malia is one of the reasons I am so nervous. She is a very busy active girl and it worries me, but I'm praying that it will work out and she'll do some stuff with us, some special stuff of her own, and play! </span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am so excited(and totally nervous) for our first year homeschooling! It looks like we'll be having a lot of fun adding into our learning! I think this will be great for Gage as well! I'm praying that we have a wonderful year learning together(another thing I am so stoked about..I will be learning so much Bible history that I don't(sadly) know already! Plus, I'm way more interested in science and geography now than I ever was in school!). I'm praying that it really draws us closer as a family and that we all have a new appreciation for all God has made and done for us as well as more Christ-like heart attitudes that shine for Jesus!!!</span></b><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-40139942335329774312011-08-10T23:36:00.001-05:002011-08-11T00:21:51.378-05:00Starting MittelSchool soon!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Well, I totally failed at blogging just about our daily life! Twice now I have said that I was going to start doing it again...and well, it never went past that post saying I was going to do it or at least try! But now I am so super excited(and honestly nervous) about us praying, deciding and now starting to homeschool Gage and Malia that I could shout it off a roof top(!!!!!!), but since both sides of my family are not for it, I just keep quiet about it to not stir more issues up....so, that's where this blog comes back in! I'm really hoping to blog about our weeks and have a little online 'scrapbook' of our new adventure!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Like so many others say, we, too, did not plan to homeschool our children. I really feel it was God's leading and I am so excited to be spending this precious time with my children and to be able to show them just how amazing our God is in everything they will be learning! My husband was homeschooled and for all six of our dating years and just about two years into our marriage we both felt that we would not homeschool due to somethings that my husband felt and I agreed upon. Then a friend starting searching into what she would be using her first year of school and my heart struggled with, "wow that seems so exciting!" and "well, you can't get excited b/c one, you are not doing this and two, how stupid are you going to look when you've made it clear you would not be homeschooling"...and I really think that's when God starting working in my heart and leading us towards homeschooling. I have always wanted to be a teacher, I was always playing school with my brother and Granny when I was little, so my desire to teach has always been here, but when it came time to go to college for an education in teaching, I honestly just didn't go because I was scared of the student teaching in front of a teacher(I've always been scared to talk in front of people...guess out goes the "you'll be able to socialize if you go to public school theory"!). So what better teaching position is there than teaching the two(at least for now!) most precious children in the world to me, whom, I truly care about their education and what exactly they are being taught, than to get to BE THEIR teacher!?!? So, I started getting excited about this...but then there was my husband, who still felt the way I was starting to 'use' to feel. Clearly God was in control and already working in my husband's heart...When I just 'mentioned' homeschooling a little...like a tad little hint of it, making sure he knew I still wasn't thinking about it of course...his reply was, "If you are feeling like we should homeschool, then I'm in this with you and I think it's what we are suppose to do" ...What?! I thought we had agreed we weren't doing this and so quickly he is "yeah, if you feel God leading us, then let's do it"...only God can soften a heart like that! And now here we are a little over a year later, our curriculum bought, organized and ready to go on our start date! So there you have it, my "I wasn't planning to homeschool story"!</span><br />
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It really isn't that I haven't wanted to, because, I have, it's kinda fun and nice to write/get things out, but ever since having Malia 15 months ago(I know, I never even did a one year post for her! And my header is still her birth pictures from the hospital!!) I just never seem to get on the computer as much as I use to! I don't know exactly why that is because she is a really good and content little girl! She isn't as demanding of attention as Gage always was, but still very active! She goes from one thing to the next! So, here's my little post to hopefully get me started on blogging a little bit again! I think it said that my last post was in January, making it 6 months -almost 7 since I've blogged! Not sure how you mommies do it several times a week! <div>And just because it's been so long, I'll go add a picture or two of my (cute) kiddos!</div><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLJ43mjYkFh7QfIr-qgdil-nTWmW9TGVssH8pmX1wqjEqJOxChqP25uYVLKh4U5CFKDz9_liPCUpPRR4wFEGxhuwcg2MCoOUM7X7vlnYqtIbGvDTsyXdfXWL85AIh6DAU5K3tXnvCbAA/s400/DSCN9499.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498598121318619762" /><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNFvNOrNkwbV70A5YBYTMgE_9WrhA1YWAyJ-xBT5J4cp_q7_5DoO1a9_lZjdt-MtboadMt2SS1oyawayzOny8bPBgTseIVmRNEa0rvzB2YgIxiMAuTvmKRIIBdZAZWesVNqUA2N2j6FI/s400/DSCN9251.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498598112127550082" /><div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/76/555CE14CAB031224F68A3DD4C10C8C3E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-68138869036430153532010-01-29T07:50:00.004-06:002010-01-29T08:32:24.529-06:00Where are you Christmas?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcqC9DkCwbrW5Hnl16SQB1ckju9gS8hoUm7lmzOUG3sC2VZ91ZXnTLbie-q7Nf2SHefAwq1d5gkb1MUaCFad9kwS7jDE0VuUD-5uJ8tNy3nI0t1-xXw71oTCSYLYk1J91udMDnynKCzI/s1600-h/DSCN9161.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcqC9DkCwbrW5Hnl16SQB1ckju9gS8hoUm7lmzOUG3sC2VZ91ZXnTLbie-q7Nf2SHefAwq1d5gkb1MUaCFad9kwS7jDE0VuUD-5uJ8tNy3nI0t1-xXw71oTCSYLYk1J91udMDnynKCzI/s400/DSCN9161.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432168229541442146" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">so, i had planned to post a few little things that i made this christmas season, and clearly i never got to them! so before it's valentine's day, i'll post a few pictures. i made a few gifts for my friend, amanda's kids and after i wrapped them i realized i never took pictures of them, so maybe she'll read this and take a pic for me...hint hint...i made my mom a plate sign for in her kitchen that i see i did not take a pic of either! guess i'll have to do that next time we are over! anyway, so, here are the pictures...</div><div> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfYhaBf384a8GToSWbRdqNfBTgBe-mdW8jrTvW4WleyZ7aIy2kOQhXBLvmpDZD2mnnJ5sLsi0Nt0OZAYfd0Gf7-0uk361I4WIOzGGjZ_LzbuWi8iNJlUJBAtoyxFUSxRUGEK3oXj2kMKc/s400/DSCN9399.JPG" /></div><div>i have yet to find stockings for the kids that i really like to have up every year and since this year was tight on money, i found these stockings and decorated them a little for the kids!<br /><div><br /><div> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUUpE5lG1IqdfVHWjX1AkSGA_0Hmb9Z6A39ovE_IkwDm3rp2ilc-nUZUydw0Xc4mDdCIrAiFqjzZf9sTu9p9XIvdLba7Uhr_Y2G3DGMES6aUTkpillrxAk7ED6jTjVwsJenlGcE0slt8/s400/DSCN9400.JPG" /></div><div>then i got this idea from another blogger and thought they were cute and probably easy to do so i'd try it...making the ornaments overall was easy, but getting the tinsel in the tiny opening of the bulb...not the easiest and the glass is not smooth! but they did turn out cute! i might make more for next year! i made one for each nathan and i as well, but only took pictures of the kids'...the theme was the same though, girls got more red and boys got more green!</div><div> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1i59xNhCGKVtIFFnrflxtxMY6eazdQVdNcQBPLcP2us9N-89lQ01yWqMArmYJewDw-nnMLgdJt8IztQd_MdamtQI5DgIDCdawS2NjvohTQyGPHh99_8pX9OMhuCBs4SUpQk_q2Rp3eM/s400/DSCN9401.JPG" /></div><div> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFI4y2YslozuWPf7rldvYtj8yB9rM_88IVhSMLjpKd-4Mq8lqaOjAfPlM-8sYLikJ064gNpb0m6Y8o1aPAPPNg1IZ3gYVSK33WTyDFtc9pyfXBTTfz1OPiVDKVk54sg32c1YfF2dcMnTo/s400/DSCN9402.JPG" /></div><div>and this is the ornament that malia made for everyone in the family for christmas. i got this idea from amanda, as she did it with amelya when she was a baby! it's her little hand print with a poem about four snowmen! very cute! i did it for gage's first christmas too on a blue ornament. and every year since gage has made an ornament, except this year. i was really kinda out of ideas and stressed out this year. so i do feel bad about that. maybe we'll think of something for next year!</div><div> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7ME3M_X0cxYnt4x9xrMGD0urTlb885L-H3FJawvspk9hQUHdrBDxeyhFV3P9pCA-LNshtZdOqDzBHlPW-nSrs0uEKGAEbfhlYNzYkUrY3BSEHLH7ChFokQFOeH9ZzU1sgrZTKhpAWQU/s400/DSCN9404.JPG" /></div><div>that's about all i took pictures of this year! actually, i only made a few more things and they were all gifts, but normally, i like to take pictures of everything, so, hopefully, i'll get pictures of those items too sometime soon! </div><div>So, where are you Christmas? Just about finally packed up and in a box until next Christmas! praying everyone keeps the reason for the season in your hearts all year not just Dec. 25th! </div></div></div>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-3653461183652394482010-01-21T17:19:00.003-06:002010-01-21T18:06:22.375-06:00THREE YEARS and NINE MONTHS...how can that be?!?!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoGSwYT8KgKsZchgnBMJ2Dua8y2D-Aj-s_Ef76_zxoD5kYI00zp-xmR6bvHOimffh4WUu0M6__-0DXrZXY_qulTLD1XNVYfJWRl3Uoxubi2rzqcKOZei-Go_daSZMdIv9aoTKEh1nROs/s1600-h/DSCN9390.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoGSwYT8KgKsZchgnBMJ2Dua8y2D-Aj-s_Ef76_zxoD5kYI00zp-xmR6bvHOimffh4WUu0M6__-0DXrZXY_qulTLD1XNVYfJWRl3Uoxubi2rzqcKOZei-Go_daSZMdIv9aoTKEh1nROs/s400/DSCN9390.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429344141657701730" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br />I started blogging when i was pregnant with malia and now she is already 9 months old! time is just flying by her first year! i feel like she's almost one already. i keep having to remind myself that i have three months to go yet. lol it's true though! she is such a happy girl! not a great sleeper, but happy, content and all smiles! she started crawling the other week and within a few days of that started pulling herself up into a standing position against things! gage did not do all that in one week...he was much more content being able to crawl and explore for awhile! she just wants to walk. stand up on everything and try to move from there! with help, she's starting to take a few steps. she got herself up last weekend behind a doll stroller and took three steps across the living! i'm so not ready for this...i want her to be little yet! i'm excited her hair is growing back in finally! we had to do without clips for awhile and just do headbands, but the hair is coming in and although the clips slide out easily, i can get them in! as much as i kinda wanted her to be a little girl, i think she's a big girl. i know she's a little over 20 pounds and this past week i started putting her in 12-18 month clothes...not because they were so cute i just had to, but because they really fit her...not she'll grow into them..they fit! crazy. gage was always a size behind his age so i thought malia would be about that or equal to her age. so i bought a few dresses and outfits on sale last year for spring and summer that are 12 months, i'm starting to think they may not fit come summer...maybe she just had a big growth spurt now though( since in november she was still wearing 6 month clothes) and won't grow so much and will be able to wear those cute outfits come spring and summer after all!<div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_UjxzuD68owUtKhI5AUR3yZf15CeVfUQHuDYkjrlfZkqQkqyzC_9jiezHOD9_86Ln4uVB2-A2sUyIz9jAVIprXOHLNJzUedrWXAklg8jN6D_ZNRQ0oo3X_ko1ANsRLh0Xu3QdszHhgo/s400/DSCN9591.JPG" /><br /><div>and i don't think it's possible that a week ago gage turned THREE whole years old! how could it have been three years already that i gave birth to my first born? how could it be three years ago in a few days that he underwent almost a 7 hour open heart surgery? and that he survived it? that nathan and i survived it?! all god! praise the lord he has done amazing in these three years, but it still just seems crazy that it's been that long! he's such a cutie and a little smartie! he is just a sponge wanting to soak up everything he can! we are working on potty-training and except for two accidents yesterday we have gone 4 days without any accidents and then today has been great again! so nice to save on diapers! </div><div>i am so thankful for these very special gifts from god! he has so blessed me! but i don't know where all that time has gone! </div><div>speaking of time...i'm behind on laundry and i gave myself a goal to catch up today...and it's been about 30 minutes now so i need to go fold the towels, put the other load of towels in the dryer, then put another load in the washer! i just might actually catch up by bedtime tonight! yay! </div><div>ps-i'm posting without reading over this...so ignore the errors! =)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/76/555CE14CAB031224F68A3DD4C10C8C3E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a></div></div>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-31565403162081952642009-12-31T00:16:00.009-06:002009-12-31T01:55:13.465-06:00little miss cupcake<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0C4nnLE-mJCZWySjuYFK8zcAiuZJL_Ujqb5_oosvfA1OtJBwb-EAl0DatGdQr_MY8wGE_0sVzB4X0Z9jnJWr19sJudMnEx8m3RVegaFbbd5rZIzZds28FE4KGv13cqVxtJPxJ7LBewk/s1600-h/DSCN8866.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT0C4nnLE-mJCZWySjuYFK8zcAiuZJL_Ujqb5_oosvfA1OtJBwb-EAl0DatGdQr_MY8wGE_0sVzB4X0Z9jnJWr19sJudMnEx8m3RVegaFbbd5rZIzZds28FE4KGv13cqVxtJPxJ7LBewk/s400/DSCN8866.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421301410443636242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">other than the fact that miss malia is a little chubby and has a lot of cute outfits with cupcakes on them, i'm not sure how her nickname has become 'cupcake'! but it's cute and fun!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiySqi3nFFHDeokymjcU5Zx40kQb8nDDI4ZJyPfpVJgOhDyDPh4a7B34i9DbxMzE3vIin56m1qYA1bgS4DA3KrKaPBJnQYUcTu5xPIUcP8jEEUe8udC4qeJ0MdRiFQcHBV4bUw1g6Jm-Yc/s400/DSCN9346.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">i didn't realize this until after my groovy granny started calling her cupcake that cupcakes seem to be an 'in' thing right now! malia has about 5 outfits with a cupcake or cupcakes on them and i just bought a shirt at kohls for when she is a little older...since it was on sale, why not, right?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-XIU0nJ5L0y4s4qDByiFWYBTlQkZas2CFzOe7uOVixwEzbOw1oxDGqpNSQ6EO-FmAXnYgsB4DHZ6x1Dc97pfRzFGMFMDbM1dduR-XxnXltwe4awDQp_ioeKpHGBEWNMBVlyy7nQSr7v4/s400/DSCN9344.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> anyway, so, i was at target, and looking through their dollar section and found several cupcake things! it was fun to find stuff for only a buck! lol</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOsSKUlnNL1t6MuOx5hsf0XDUD-R9qBFyQ8vDnmQiCVYfkMVPrwXksuLrmM7jpgb7GbmvmA-YjMoSQX5clO27dXQv8i1qHUGQnwNXyQz18PC5Qu0azgy2quDd-gbrSwoOzg3rGiI15Pk/s400/DSCN9339.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">anyway, i found scrapbook paper and embellishments...which are so perfect because of course i'll have to scrapbook how we call her 'cupcake' and all of her cupcake things she is starting to get!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ULgVoZJg7G-9Z6hxrXkjAlfh9hiSAGa8jEBmK650LZRTwE77FsY3ual_e26ZbgtZs-03W6CFjg9TGkXziIwKWzsFzvTjPzH4-l5EYffZNHOu-ANJ28hVaQ1fhb0Kwysv994OvqjAGts/s400/DSCN9338.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> then although i am not ready for this, but it got me thinking about her first birthday and how i can use the cupcake stamp i got on her invitations and my mother-in-law makes cakes and she just did one of those big cupcake things, which i have to admit, i thought was a little odd when i first saw them, but now i'm thinking how cute it could be for malia's cupcake theme!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsb4F8x6nAtGUE75rL_F277PIUl01Od_SeMDAs7NL9hBr_PCDqyJ1tGjhWrAEE3tDWT2_tM5Mumhok4NgIB-yjZOlbK4Y6ApaAxw3JFSMU4tvrfP3J3xuBZ6uKkJ1WVg3O0aEcv9Akm6s/s400/DSCN9343.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> then i found kitchen towels, oven mitt, and hot pad all with a cupcake on them so i figured she had to have them for her little kitchen set when she is older! yeah, it was so much fun shopping the other day! i also saw an adorable cupcake theme bedroom set, and i would consider doing it, but right now, i just did a room for her that i love and i'm not ready to start over and i think it will make a nice room for her now and through the toddler young child stage. who knows, maybe if the name sticks, we'll be ready for something fun around elementary school age! hopefully we'll be able to find cupcake stuff by then!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7slWcj8JAJKLZnbhFYGSA_Ys-EFIRR7KksPqRTY26TT5yklDhHiDpW0ICciTwwJDdoF7pSZQ6gdp73HyuBS0itaoOOfeH7iOvaSoRofJub49MIk81A8Qtwrk6zRblfvCIuRJino9RPmE/s400/DSCN9341.JPG" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">my dear groovy granny has been so in love with malia. she's always been a great granny to all of us, i'm the first and only girl and then came four boys, and then a great grandson, and now i think it's just fun to finally have a little girl around again! anyway, she's the one like i said who started the whole cupcake thing and she must have it on her brain all the time because now tonight she called and said she felt like baking...cupcakes...today, which she hardly bakes anymore! but she just baked them and brought them over! i guess it was a good excuse to visit! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKbn8-k-VW-axDRiDcKw_MEwEeVyjYgfqnh3i47q_iJjbBs3Yb1_M558pdWqz5nLsRjqCWFAxuSRZb2qQHwUKym4emmy_UNLBRDop9ZSdqSCLcAuOZGCUMlb_Ol9ym379awPFuuus-6I/s400/DSCN9345.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(this was her tag on her christmas gift!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">i can't believe my little cupcake is going to be 9 months old already in two days! <a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/76/555CE14CAB031224F68A3DD4C10C8C3E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a></div></div></div>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-33060119047892480112009-12-25T23:52:00.015-06:002009-12-26T00:33:05.137-06:00merry christmas!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOscWvtpdp_bwRGSvQ9c1Ud33VjeOJR-iVdcLgoyyXlR0NSN6y384XDcufneiuSL_u2OztwrrKPSihvN8a2FFb6be6sS8DmtaiLodfYW5tP4sOPGlaLR-IsVAphSZOYVGgr9gJiHzsPg/s1600-h/download.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 195px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOscWvtpdp_bwRGSvQ9c1Ud33VjeOJR-iVdcLgoyyXlR0NSN6y384XDcufneiuSL_u2OztwrrKPSihvN8a2FFb6be6sS8DmtaiLodfYW5tP4sOPGlaLR-IsVAphSZOYVGgr9gJiHzsPg/s400/download.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419425099269429570" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>wow. it's just about a week shy of 3 months since my last post! i have wanted to get on here and do a post several times and i just never get to it! not that anyone really cares, but it is kind of fun to do!<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ_eCOrlux-a_K1XHeW2abF8h5ECVaGYkFs1Pl6r0m9ZMDY1u5cnJMtLGhw1_yljcO2bH011LJKWB6WKDQFo3WNakCqgsE0RaAPJKFReZVJ6uYV7Z6iSokYAoLuYdu8cgrm_OVMsfV9Ls/s400/DSCN8572.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419424837520693266" /><div>life has been so crazy lately. i guess it probably always is though! it seems like i hardly have time to get online and read everyones blogs like i used to...but i still skim them! life at home has been crazy good! <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35MPbmJuJGydWdtBNFXpm9ojvo7m9KaQVq56kpYd8SVLxs1Sw4msyeLXnYbsf2Vik16P1ttBdBS2Xh6Mjf49KBM88QtJ0QWI2dcBm62f82xaST7YQ95s4yXHIH1PN7whbIsNSRH88JXc/s400/DSCN8693.JPG" /></div><div>gage is getting so close to 3 years old! i can't believe it. i don't know how he can be turning three years old. he has been through so much, but is still such a stinker at times and loads of fun! he just loves to soak up everything he can! he's so smart. (if you ask my brother or even if you don't ask-my brother will tell you gage takes after him! ha!) and he's so cute! (that my dad claims is after him..lol...actually he does look a lot like my dad with nathan's (my husband)smile! gage is still obsessed with thomas, but likes superwhy, clifford, and elmo too. i am pretty sure we are going to do a thomas birthday party. i'm sort of torn on to invite friends or wait yet. i think it'd be fun and he loves to play with his little friends, but he's only turning 3. but i also know he loves to play with them and it would probably make a great day super fun to him! what do you guys do? even if he doesn't remember it, it'll still make cute pictures for the scrapbook! his birthday always comes up so fast after christmas. i feel like i need to start on his birthday stuff either while doing all the christmas stuff or the day after. i like to make my own invites, but i found some cute thomas ones that might just make it easier on me, plus they are personalized! and they'd be cute in the scrapbook! lol always thinking on that level..as if you couldn't tell!</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHx-g5u8c6oeqiZytZZjO-0Fd-3EQoLqs1lYJLa0I1sNFfbCtOmGkcrJoko5xeltfJkNfWJ8Q3sBNP56EXszBRG0xQZ74_kbhIdT-MdWY0LgGqwjHT2YALHITLRYKBvncV0v_LnuTW8U/s400/DSCN7966.JPG" /></div><div> my sweet malia is almost 9 months old! sitting up, starting to pull herself up and getting so close to crawling! didn't amanda just hack my blog and announce she was born?!?!?!?! i'm positive that could not have been 9 months ago! she's such a sweet happy girl. she doesn't cry much, but when she does, it's a scream. no crying here! she is so much fun to dress and do her hair. it's finally growing back in and i can just barely get her clippies in again!! that was an exciting day for me when i noticed that hair seemed long suddenly and the idea of a clip maybe fitting in again! i know, i might be a dork. but it's so cute! and she's such a doll! or we call her 'cupcake' actually, so a lot of her stuff is starting to become a cupcake theme! she was a lot of fun for her first christmas! gage was the most fun he's been this year too! he didn't care too much about gifts and opening them his first christmas and he was 11 months old. but this year they were both fun! it was exciting telling them all about the meaning of christmas...reading books, watching the christmas story movie, acting it out with the little people nativity scene, making the cake and singing 'happy birthday jesus'...i'm so glad god has drawn both my husband and i to him and that we get to teach our little gifts all about the ultimate gift...Jesus!</div><div>i'm going to go add some pictures and then sign off since it's late and my 3rd night in a row going to bed after midnight and we have a breakfast with the family in the morning at my groovy granny's house! <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2j9QiM21HCvwEO3Uo9FZPOAWddgFRLFFvzvf9eXd8u85aBo6zouxNLtcGhyZhPEQOsoz6AB1aGp-ZBSlwdElnXDMpNpgFw0kXG_okOPJgA1-yd_7ZLBrV7Px9pLm3d8doSIxhIjHqlH0/s400/DSCN8606.JPG" /> <a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/76/555CE14CAB031224F68A3DD4C10C8C3E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a></div>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-8740429556888786562009-10-05T22:31:00.002-05:002009-10-05T22:33:45.816-05:00another update or two...from gage's site<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "><p class="uc-subheading" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(87, 39, 0); ">SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2009 10:00 PM, CDT</p><div class="uc-message" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">A few weeks has once again passed, so I have a few updates on Gage's blood pressure checks. <br />Aft<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">er Gage's blood pressure check of 108/56 on Sept. 10th, I got a surprise call the next Monday from Kris, at Strasburger'<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">s office saying we were going up on the Enalipril. I was very upset, as I was told they were giving him two weeks. So we went from .7 mls to 1ml twice a day. Then he had another check on Sept. 24th. This appointment too, was very discouragin<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">g as we moved up on the medicine so did his blood pressure. His first check was 110/48 and the second check was 106/50. There are some slight factors like Gage was sick and a little congested so that makes it go up, but either way, it is still too high. So, the next day Kris called again to increase his medicine to 1.3 mls twice a day. <br />Then on the 28th Gage got into the fridge and into his medicine. I came in to see most if not all of it on the floor, but I could not be sure he didn't swallow any of it. I called Kris, who told me to take him to the ER to get a blood pressure check, to make sure it wasn't dropping too low. It was at about 94 over something. Strasburger was contacted and had an IV put in incase they would need to give him a counteracti<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">ng medicine right away and then ordered him to be transfered to the Children's Hospital at Theda Clark to monitor him for about 6 hours, since that is when the medicine would have peaked by. Gage did really good the entire time! They had a Thomas movie for him to watch! The entire time he was there his blood pressure was anywhere in the low 90's to low 100's, which Strasburger was happy to see, but of course we didn't know if this is where he's been running on the new dose or if he actually did swallow some! The whole thing just made me freak out, but God was watching over him and knew the outcome! <br />Th<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">is past Friday, the 2nd we had another blood pressure check. We went in really praying that he didn't swallow a little extra Enalipril and that he would still be in the range Strasbuger said is safe for his heart. Stephanie, came to get him and he acted a little odd, not wanting to go. Normally he runs along and plays with her once we are in the room. Friday...no<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">t so. He kept telling her "no" and even hid under the chair saying he wanted to take a nap! We think there might have been a little 'white coat or in this case nurse scrubs syndrome' going on from the ER visit and the several pokes to get a blood draw. Once we got him out she took his blood pressure and it was 108/48...on<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">ce again high. I stated that he was lower in the ER the other day and that Strasburger thought he'd be lower b/c the tests they did didn't show much change in anything else, so they felt he didn't swallow much if any. So, Dr. Hunt said to wait a few minutes and take it again. Stephanie got back on the floor and asked all about Thomas while Gage started to warm back up to her! This blood pressure was better at 98/46! "Thank you Lord...Than<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">k You Lord" just kept running through my head. I have prayed several times daily for a good blood pressure check for weeks and last week was the week God had for it! I expect to get a call from Kris tomorrow, but I'm not sure of what the results are going to be. Strasburger said that if he was 100 or lower, we would not be changing his medicine, but if it was higher we'd need to increase it yet. So, the first check was higher, but he was very unsure of what was going to happen, and then the second check was just what she was wanting, so, if she'll look more at the 108 or 98 I'm not sure. Stephanie thought she'd take the circumstanc<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">es into considerati<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">on, so, Lord willing, she will. If he needs to go up, then that's what we'll do, but it'd be really great to not need a big dose. Please be in prayer for continued good blood pressure checks and peace for Nathan and I(I guess mostly me, as I'm the one who gets upset after each call from Kris)! I have had a hard time dealing/tal<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">king with Kris, but after our ER visit and a talk with Dr. Strasburger<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">, I have calmed down and I'm not so upset with her. So, I'm thankful for that peace as well...I'm sure Kris is too! Ha! I will find out when Kris calls if we will need to do another check or not. If the medicine goes up then we will and if not, then we'll be able to wait a little while!<br />I'd like to get a post out about the walk we have coming up, in less than a week, but I think since this is getting long, I'll leave it for (hopefully) tomorrow! Please be in prayer about where and if you feel led to donate. The cause truly has blessed us and means so much to our family and all the other children, like Gage, that is helps to save their lives as well! <br />Love,<br />Nathan<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">, Chantae, Gage, and Malia </div><div class="uc-message" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></div></span></div><div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">I don't really know how to start with something like this and it's really not me to ask for money, so, I will just say, please pray and do what you feel led to do! We have a team of walkers, Heart Hikers 4 Gage, going down to Milwaukee this Saturday the 10th to "hike" in the Brigg's and Al's Run and Walk for Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. All the money raised goes directly to the hospital in return benefiting the children, like Gage, who are always in need of the care CHW provides! A lot of the money raised last year as well as this year goes to the new building that finished up this Spring. Although, I hope it's a long while before we have to see it for ourselves, I'm kind of 'excited' to see just how nice it is! The building has a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, which will directly affect and bless Gage in the future. The rooms are a little nicer for the doctors and nurses to work as well as a little room for the parents! I'm so glad that there is a little nook for the parents in the rooms now! I hated leaving Gage at night during his first surgery and the last surgery, I slept in a chair throwing up at about 5 months pregnant with miss Malia..not fun nor comfortable<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">, but Gage came first! So, I just think the area for family is really nice and I heard they have t.v.'s in the rooms, which might give us parents a little something to do while our children sleep most of the time! So, as you can see, the money raised does so much and truly blesses the children and families who need Children's Hospital. All of you who read Gage's story know how priceless the hospital, doctors and nurses are to our family! So please consider making a (tax-deduct<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">able) donation to support our team, Gage, and the many other children this will bless! <br />Dona<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">tions can be made to me personally or we have set up a fundraising page you can donate online with: <a href="http://www.firstgiving.com/hearthikers4gage" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 147, 237); ">www.firstgi<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">ving.com/he<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">arthikers4g<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">age</a> <br />If by any chance you'd like to still join in on our team, please do so at : <a href="http://www.register.alsrun.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 147, 237); ">www.registe<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">r.alsrun.co<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">m</a> (Team: Heart Hikers 4 Gage Password: gagehiker or contact me at taemittel@g<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">mail.com) -we'd love to have you! Thank you too, to those of you who are walking! Your time and love you put into this to show your love and support to Gage and our family means so much to us! We are touched and feel blessed by it all! <br />Love,<br />N<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">athan, Chantae, Gage, Malia and the Heart Hikers 4 Gage Team</span><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/76/555CE14CAB031224F68A3DD4C10C8C3E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-27110844489660507012009-09-11T00:41:00.000-05:002009-09-11T00:42:02.642-05:00update on gage's caringbridge site<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px; font-size: 13px; "><p class="uc-subheading" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: 700; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(0, 147, 237); ">FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 12:21 AM, CDT</p><div class="uc-message" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Gage has had a few more blood pressure checks since my last post. On 8/27 he was 122/64. Since this was so high, the nurse waited a few minutes and checked it again. This time she got 112/58, lower, but still too high. Honestly it was a shock and discouragin<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">g. His blood pressure checks have been good, so, I really was not that concerned. Dr. Strasburger decided to start him back on Enalipril. He is on a very low dosage of .7 mls twice a day. She said she was not sure he fully needs it right now, but she's hoping it helps in the long run. If his blood pressure is high it means that his heart is working harder and will result in wearing out and causing his valves to leak. So, the hope is that starting the medicine will cause the valves not to have to work so hard so that leakage he does have does not get worse at a fast rate. Again, it was very hard going back on a medicine after being off 9 months. I know that at the same time, we are thankful for the 9 months and that some children never go off, but the enalipril is like a daily reminder and I don't miss that! But Lord willing, it will help Gage in the long run! <br />So, today he had his first check being on the Enalipril. It was 108/56, so it's come down, but still high. He's been on the medicine since last Tuesday, and the nurse today said it takes a good week or two to take full effect. So it might help out a little more, but Dr. Strasburger said she'd start low and go up from there as to not shock his body with a big dose right off the bat. So going up won't surprise me, but staying as low as we can would be nice too! <br />On some other news-we signed up today, as Heart Hikers 4 Gage, to "hike' in the Brigg's & Al's Run & Walk for Children's Hospital of Wisconsin again! Obviously you all know how much CHW means to our family. God has done miracles through the doctors and nurses to give Gage the life he has today! We are forever praising God and thankful for the team of Doctors and Nurses who have taken care of Gage through both his surgies. If you would like to join our team and support us, please visit www.regist<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">er.alsrun.c<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">om -we would love to have you join us! And either way, if you feel led to make a tax deductable donation, please visit, www.firstgi<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">ving.com/he<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">arthikers4g<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">age -we really appreciate your donation to help with awesome cause! <br />Gage goes back for a blood pressure check next week. I'm not sure exactly how long we'll be doing this, but probably at least a few more weeks until we know how much medicine he needs. <br />A little Sister update-She'<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">s getting so big and she's so cute! (Okay, I know, I'm her mom...so I might be a tiny bit biased!) She is rolling over a little bit, but not very often since her big brother just pushes her over as soon as she gets mad. Which is within the first few seconds of being put on her belly! But at least she can and does do it when she gets the chance! She is starting to play so much with hanging toys and she loves to hold her feet or push toys away with her feet. And yesterday she starting giggling outloud-so adorable! Gage just loves her to pieces and is quite the helper and well, Malia, she just loves that big brother of hers...she lights up every time he comes near! <br />Again, thank you for your prayers! <br />Love, <br /></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">Nathan, Chantae, Gage and Malia </span><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/76/555CE14CAB031224F68A3DD4C10C8C3E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-57197743202056155082009-08-31T19:20:00.008-05:002009-08-31T20:45:44.984-05:00our room...and some other crafts i've been up to!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">here is what i did above our bed...i dont' know if you remember when i showed you what our room looks like, but i've added the 'hawaiian' theme to the walls to match our comforter. so i added the branches and the hibiscus to the ribbons holding the picture frames.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3lJZKwgYUo_k6paakxzkVjWt3i_8S54erg8dJv9pnmq4ywg_3iAupaWJWicUADwNgEUTgFbhc-8DaW9JGp0vT9aD3e88EEwiJNRzfvE3CxaembKqSQd6JMb-0FLu_51cWnq0nIgOzCE/s400/DSCN6723.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376288680269515474" />this is to the left of our bed...added the flowers and the branches and the little gecko...<br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsBJWztYPQcTezXXSRhmyVPGw29oRSynqZiXimDkSnYPoqNzkRe9Pq5bdHjG6u0bh6fnd1-S5MsXpaS0eFrPMIPeemeqPdg93TIXf-wI3vsgL5Nmoys8-QG-ELAms5aTPKeHFt61WTWA/s400/DSCN6724.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376288685844310306" /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>and here is to the left 0f that window...basically added the same thing!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii84FBCkYZ4OdleTtbabsJ0nuNe7ntaiqYUYQLGboSwu_oZr6UItbv6HzxvzxER9pCxkywQBTjyD9lWm68lmYc_fOr2wR2XmV8AF01syOT4FqqW9yMsAh-yN42N_wQ-5axvnJBU3RhCd8/s1600-h/DSCN7113.JPG"></a></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii84FBCkYZ4OdleTtbabsJ0nuNe7ntaiqYUYQLGboSwu_oZr6UItbv6HzxvzxER9pCxkywQBTjyD9lWm68lmYc_fOr2wR2XmV8AF01syOT4FqqW9yMsAh-yN42N_wQ-5axvnJBU3RhCd8/s400/DSCN7113.JPG" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376292368284418866" /><div style="text-align: left;">here is a close up of one of our little friends in our room...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqE5-NVtJlS95HMXmKXX16yvm-Rn14Bbb-YNlgFblao2txfq9fPZTBWa1YaRihTm6dDDFsOZQ0iAFsCl6rLgAHi-RSc997P5bzDeKZWjWX9brCb0EeS66aQLZfmLFZapiZyex2Z20CH8Q/s400/DSCN7114.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376291014713577826" /><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">and above our closets...</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFNYVEb4HtHWuO-79xfll7O7DVMRJEEe3gObNG1gFyPOUp-Z_Re8v-t4kBfpKCcLuKoGyDP3-KGY4knaiWevlwrXRh8VFp63emHVpJ1kii6YJhKsjU4ZdA-gOLF_83tI-iAKtEitsyqo/s400/DSCN6725.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376293948316521570" /><div style="text-align: center;">and another little tropic friend, a turtle by the light switch...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU9ms7pjPhZKax95HhkCN4L7-s7-eejDx3uMH27fnPYco7KRESu7I-0Z-FYSXtZJNml0JH0Fd9rWegOQB0ZiwY1i2oyolwiBTRNi5tCCHPufx_cGJr7GZhyphenhyphenB6QPkZq5iohF0MJWUG4tLo/s400/DSCN6730.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376288696669086690" />here is some writing i did in our bathroom. i've always wanted to do something in the big empty space above the shower, but everything i had was too short or too tall. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcq95_cTiTvwawGT_zeOv-3ALduzLUo5K-w09Sp_DkJLYoBrRjitgOJEcMKCrpDgH1mt6-Lblr1nTwdkX5-T8j1gwTk05pjk_ovrExIr7otLTc13G6H0HYmQy7HBkEkUjRZDqb2MEX5i8/s1600-h/DSCN7115.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcq95_cTiTvwawGT_zeOv-3ALduzLUo5K-w09Sp_DkJLYoBrRjitgOJEcMKCrpDgH1mt6-Lblr1nTwdkX5-T8j1gwTk05pjk_ovrExIr7otLTc13G6H0HYmQy7HBkEkUjRZDqb2MEX5i8/s1600-h/DSCN7115.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcq95_cTiTvwawGT_zeOv-3ALduzLUo5K-w09Sp_DkJLYoBrRjitgOJEcMKCrpDgH1mt6-Lblr1nTwdkX5-T8j1gwTk05pjk_ovrExIr7otLTc13G6H0HYmQy7HBkEkUjRZDqb2MEX5i8/s400/DSCN7115.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376291005952862722" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">and i did a few lil things in malia's room. i added the pic and her headband holders to this wall that was very empty...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9D_OBdubFdh0n93fjbPUcBBsbYmRly-FBb6J0YiA9Rz8khnsPh3oWwfb7GZuX_6C7FQW4S2VBPMxq0K7FCQj9-hUGAzmBwpUu3fBu0QkFD7ckuMmz4ChcdVYWviznYFtvT6N4PyHDnGo/s1600-h/DSCN7116.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9D_OBdubFdh0n93fjbPUcBBsbYmRly-FBb6J0YiA9Rz8khnsPh3oWwfb7GZuX_6C7FQW4S2VBPMxq0K7FCQj9-hUGAzmBwpUu3fBu0QkFD7ckuMmz4ChcdVYWviznYFtvT6N4PyHDnGo/s400/DSCN7116.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376290994792885122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">and on the wall i made the plaque, i finally got some frames up and a few pictures. she turns six, yes, six months in october, so i hate to say it but the two empy frames will probably stay that way until i get those pictures taken and fill up the two frames...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunqZKynbMFZdmv3JVjCzGNb6IN78tRmKutbYaWcvS1Y9LXUln0XnpbT1VmLmLQLUiLe_Sb8divYskxgXrqCi3EvrrPKfbKm3sDH9rC_Q0ksXAdT4lN5h_Vzs-4kLReV225VIYqFvfAkc/s1600-h/DSCN7117.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunqZKynbMFZdmv3JVjCzGNb6IN78tRmKutbYaWcvS1Y9LXUln0XnpbT1VmLmLQLUiLe_Sb8divYskxgXrqCi3EvrrPKfbKm3sDH9rC_Q0ksXAdT4lN5h_Vzs-4kLReV225VIYqFvfAkc/s400/DSCN7117.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376290983303865282" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">and in gage's room, if you remember, he has the jungle/giraffe theme going on the walls, so on the ceiling we put the glow in the dark stars up for the sky, which gage just loves to look at the stars in real life and now in his room! then on his ceiling fan, i added the clouds for the day time up in the sky...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQilyS53whpBdS0LjsZOIQNerwW1ATDe4wvfMwUFEYWTAXVfIoeKavmTHzEAGmCxxHOXYEjshiPQ8-ysXrRqfen_YS2njBga1dax2heue0VkbuPHhhHm_ZnK5Hx9ugcfzkbWC4Go-ovZE/s1600-h/DSCN7118.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQilyS53whpBdS0LjsZOIQNerwW1ATDe4wvfMwUFEYWTAXVfIoeKavmTHzEAGmCxxHOXYEjshiPQ8-ysXrRqfen_YS2njBga1dax2heue0VkbuPHhhHm_ZnK5Hx9ugcfzkbWC4Go-ovZE/s400/DSCN7118.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376290976457757874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">and there was a couple on our block who just had a little boy with a big brother, so i made some name signs for their room as well. it worked out good. the week before she had her baby boy, she showed me the boys room! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWwtDtkKk6yV5mFcxT4AcKCo4MlvrVxiLfsVIBsHeTvBFEhiKi4XG2TVSyLPikaIla_9PJBE-wmo0UJLZyYy4yReZEZ6wJ_jpSaSqoe4utp773R3bRmh0EJcfD3SdZ1Cx-ZMjZ2If4ok/s400/DSCN6864.JPG" />s</div><div style="text-align: center;">so, besides being super busy being a mommy, doing tons of cleaning and gardening, yes, we ended up doing another big project before the summer was over! lord willing, we are DONE, and next summer we are JUST enjoying it, you know, between pulling weeds...anyway, my daughters dedication, and church, that's what i've been up to! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/76/555CE14CAB031224F68A3DD4C10C8C3E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a></div></div>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-72538220064647834432009-08-21T00:06:00.003-05:002009-08-21T00:09:24.593-05:00gage's caringbridge siteopps...this is a week late! i saved it instead of publishing it and just noticed! oh well! either way, last week or this week, please pray for my little guy! thanks! This is the update on my sons caringbridge site (www.caringbridge.org/visit/mittelstaedt) :<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px; font-size: 13px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: small; ">When I left off with my last post, Gage needed to start having blood pressure checks and Malia was about to turn 4 months old! Before I give the update on the kids, I wanted to share a ‘post that has been running through my head’ that I never got out.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: small; ">Two weeks ago, shortly after finding out about Gage’s blood pressure, our pastors wife got up at the end of church and spoke about how God had put ‘complainin<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">g…or not complaining really’ on her heart. Many topics bring me to Gage even if it’s not exactly what we are talking about. Like songs about healing, two years later, I still can’t get through them at church. Not totally because Gage was not healed the way I had hoped, but for All God has done for Gage. Well this one brought me to Gage as well. Now, I know this goes for a lot more than just Gage’s blood pressure, but the message was clear and really spoke to me this week! It got me thinking that if Gage’s blood pressure checks are good, then, he is doing good, we are medicine free and totally praise God! It also got me thinking that if these checks show that Gage does have some high blood pressure issues, then I should not complain, but be thankful that it’s being caught right away, God is still watching out for him, that there ‘is’ medicine for him to take and not just complain he has to take it. Gods word tells us, ‘in All things give God the glory, not just when it turns out how ‘we’ want’. All week, this just ran through my head how, I need to give it to God…the worry of the blood pressure checks to all the glory no matter what plan God has! What great peace this also brought me all week!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: small; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> With that being said, I am happy to report that Gage has had two blood pressure checks, 100/60 and 102/58! Praise the Lord!!! These are just fine numbers for him! His cardiologis<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">t would like him to be at about 100, little lower would be great, but she’ll take a little higher as well! It felt so good to go in for his check yesterday and have peace about it either way. Sure my heart would have been saddened, but I still would have more to praise God about than to complain about!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: small; ">Malia is now 4 months old already and getting closer to 5! She had her 4 month check up and weighed in at 14lbs 8 oz(71%), 23.5 in for height(23%)<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">, and 40.5 cm(37%) head circumferen<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">ce. I’m always looking back to see where her and Gage were at – at the same age. I don’t know if it makes the difference that ones a boy and ones a girl or if small differences really make that big of a difference. Gage was 13lbs 9oz, only a pound less, but took him down to the 14th percentile, he was 24 inches tall(18%), and his head measured at 40cm(6%).No<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">t big differences in numbers, but it sure changes the percentiles. My conclusion though, it looks like my kids will just always be short!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: small; ">Well, I just got my husband off to work, so, I should try to go get a few more hours of sleep before my children are up!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: small; ">Thanks for praying and praising God with us! We will continue to monitor Gage’s blood pressure in the next month or two just to make sure we find a good average range to go by. I will update after the checks, so please keep them in prayer!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: small; ">Thanks!</span></span></p></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">Na<wbr style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">than, Chantae, Gage, and Malia</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "></span><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/76/555CE14CAB031224F68A3DD4C10C8C3E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a></div>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-37336622602667799262009-08-06T08:51:00.012-05:002009-08-06T09:36:32.668-05:00my 4 year anniversary!<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><br /></span></span></div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366856084806603298" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 261px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUgdmXLw4BcwmYJhOqF-6h1e3-GNYXt6aY8CUq-VdqvgPlrF4_sEhiHuzgtZohc-ihtQM6FyaEfGvG_QOOAEgofK4hGdwFOfkqvMj4gEedMIcdOWbEe8gAyZssTepvd8fesRdIh4LPuk/s400/praise.jpg" border="0" /></a> reception...cake area<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_krXAQT5MF7SKwVNbNhhwuL9tzV_IEOTe3HiKBZjHhXUeYD-BYIHxX3hETLC4Qs6gw8Qyaxt2CluBtPa50L4dDLfnjx1-uMtnHWsaE4_zvuYDQmQrcRwQUoOMjVwb6dcRo2gYQB2xJx0/s1600-h/tabs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366852998331000738" 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/AVvXsEj_krXAQT5MF7SKwVNbNhhwuL9tzV_IEOTe3HiKBZjHhXUeYD-BYIHxX3hETLC4Qs6gw8Qyaxt2CluBtPa50L4dDLfnjx1-uMtnHWsaE4_zvuYDQmQrcRwQUoOMjVwb6dcRo2gYQB2xJx0/s400/tabs.jpg" border="0" /></a> i loved my bridesmaids flowers<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNpSN7dHE9ENs864EEJWNrFCVyHfNHcT6NcYre7_MLl7uOYf_buU57_C4_c0QXoQylywms5ASrYqCzbGrFmsKp5X1p4bXTeLScFWRt3h5hfP6fKVDA9udpYteqVpbHYSCbXHCemvIbPo/s1600-h/CNM-015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366852047523784946" 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/AVvXsEgD_wl1K6IC6RSZF0-axnLOtJJf-pDRHjnKZsbNV_JoPKOEuxPK1BkicB8vf9oPnDpyDP1MMOf0iJIWVqpuwnz9SzrC9QGG2SatlxCdr8i6P3d0MklIvbnfp9DWSGnpb88NLqhg0XnnKXM/s400/CNM-004.jpg" border="0" /></a> nathan and i at the reception<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLux9OBFoL5zx3ecmRgz6-PBAycLFZUxhoKLlV0dg9EVLyh2-bVofdMr3WH63BxKco7FhqQ6DWwOLf55H0ZULFFbvNyFWjzgTY8OTZBovb7afDy4PVTGMlKZlvdwYmG3vjHorvXtAKEJQ/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366851212230296018" 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/AVvXsEjLux9OBFoL5zx3ecmRgz6-PBAycLFZUxhoKLlV0dg9EVLyh2-bVofdMr3WH63BxKco7FhqQ6DWwOLf55H0ZULFFbvNyFWjzgTY8OTZBovb7afDy4PVTGMlKZlvdwYmG3vjHorvXtAKEJQ/s400/3.jpg" border="0" /></a> my mom and dad walking me down the aisle<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDo7pcKP1hJbv8lgVdIyvKY5Gk5yt92AMzq9BunZjPcVMtYcNHk_txQpsl7eLbiXvxHwsxAmACutMCgR4T24r2hQasyPyHRvvJBh1R49HEUySzJuuza5Nmd0zH5F3QNSFZ2o7jFmxeFI/s1600-h/walk.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366850832713987666" 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/AVvXsEgVDo7pcKP1hJbv8lgVdIyvKY5Gk5yt92AMzq9BunZjPcVMtYcNHk_txQpsl7eLbiXvxHwsxAmACutMCgR4T24r2hQasyPyHRvvJBh1R49HEUySzJuuza5Nmd0zH5F3QNSFZ2o7jFmxeFI/s400/walk.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />our vows<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiravPICY79EafIR5GmOL5UfxQFYfwTuKt8BBzkyGWB0wS116i42jBheaNr79cVLOojVOXGudMEFYgrRjNiwmwoFz9b3VhCzY4noU6ukpp59yftZGq-ZlLCd4yq5xclieV8u0Dmc_pi3fs/s1600-h/CNM-259.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366850821386254066" 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/AVvXsEiravPICY79EafIR5GmOL5UfxQFYfwTuKt8BBzkyGWB0wS116i42jBheaNr79cVLOojVOXGudMEFYgrRjNiwmwoFz9b3VhCzY4noU6ukpp59yftZGq-ZlLCd4yq5xclieV8u0Dmc_pi3fs/s400/CNM-259.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p><br />four years ago today, nathan and i were up and getting ready for our beautiful wedding day by this time! god has truly blessed me with a wonderful husband! i am forever thankful! but i'm short on time, so, i will just add a few pictures of our special day! my mom is watching our two kiddos for us tonight and then as a surprise i booked us a couples message! i'm excited and i think nathan will love it! his back is always sore from bending over at work welding. </p>in other news, i have our bedroom almost done! as soon as i get the tree done i will take pictures and post them on here. we have been busy doing more yard work, yes, i know, i said we were done for this year, but then another big idea popped in my head so poor nathan is landscaping again see, isn't he wonderful?<br />ok. like always i add my pics last and ever since we had to start using different browsers something is always not working right! very annoying! i got it last time so i could add the pictures again and now it won't let me move the pictures where i want them or in any type of order. so i guess they will just have to stay above the writing and all mixed up! and i don't have any good pictures of nathan and i on the computer...they are all on cds. just what i needed to print where on the computer. so there isn't a good/cute one of us either! oh well. enjoy and have a great day!<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/76/555CE14CAB031224F68A3DD4C10C8C3E.png" /></a>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-59593390607092492722009-07-28T01:04:00.003-05:002009-07-28T01:11:18.729-05:00prayer requestjust asking those who follow my blog to please pray for my son. his blood pressure is up a little so the cardiologist wants to monitor this for the next few weeks and see if this high is where gage 'normally hangs out' at or if he was just high from playing or something that day. i updated his caring bridge site tonight with a little more information at www.caringbridge.org/visit/mittelstaedt<div>thanks!</div><div>also, i talked to another mom today who is expecting a little girl in august who is diagnosed with having the same heart defect as gage, truncus arteriosis. please keep them in prayer as it's very stressful and nerve wrecking and beyond emotional to be preparing for the greatest gift to be born, but with so much unknown and to put your little one under the knife for open heart surgery in hopes to save their life. i was blessed to be able to talk to this mom and try to answer her questions b/c i would have loved this, but at the same time, it's hard going down memory lane. so please lift them up during this time and the baby, who is doing well right now, but her stomach is measuring a few weeks smaller than the rest of her body. </div><div>again, thanks!</div><div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/76/555CE14CAB031224F68A3DD4C10C8C3E.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;" /></a></div>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-31334357598128356862009-07-25T22:44:00.005-05:002009-07-25T22:58:21.030-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dnGPgojCJFQxzK1bzG8tS1ZEpxgJp8oMe2Utmmxa4PEWm9beY4zQ1pw5L-kJPTwAyPew5dMG_Ff4P1UQ-UFedfDHixVGv6jb38U1XFLQRGxl9n61dgajzwV_pM-S68wBGrc8PQw8a64/s1600-h/s42092cc132921_29.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dnGPgojCJFQxzK1bzG8tS1ZEpxgJp8oMe2Utmmxa4PEWm9beY4zQ1pw5L-kJPTwAyPew5dMG_Ff4P1UQ-UFedfDHixVGv6jb38U1XFLQRGxl9n61dgajzwV_pM-S68wBGrc8PQw8a64/s400/s42092cc132921_29.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362612860101973026" /></a>we had malia's 3 month pictures taken today, so, i thought before i turn in for the night that i would share a few of them. it was a very long and stressful time getting pictures, but we finally have some! i have been very busy decorating my bedroom. so as soon as i get it done, then i'll take some pictures to post! i just love decorating with my cricut machine! i wish i had more rooms...i'm thinking of more ideas that i'd love to do! ha! maybe my husband will have to finish our basement just so i have something to decorate! lol truthfully, we really need the room. we like our little house, but we have outgrown it very fast! alright, that's another story...night!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8WGzdj6Y84h9arudtRQW6b4KbO3zVb8Ma6BEpTQT5HKtbDUpv5dozP5h_gC2-LBjN2riGYsO-Rn1fjPN7egzHN-3I5BM7BvZYO9A-dBV6PjG2gjdsQD2lpEW9HLEy6yGo-I_TLyJXAI4/s1600-h/s42092cc132921_2_0.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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background: transparent;" /></a> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZnbaleKk9IJAwqcIDT5bYyD_hYC6ry7GpL3J6txAwSk9iGOdTDu9fQMBkxV-84_9wkEW9LqHHFHguTHTxSK1J4VNJx58OHtw0GNMzDwv5MDUnLFKZIvFxYsT3zBcO73jOM0pWDqOQeHQ/s400/s42092cc132921_38_0.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362611850130171810" />mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-12258022936312376762009-07-15T13:21:00.007-05:002009-07-15T15:14:39.093-05:00our trip!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NRMbKhgouUrd_qPgao0e1GlZNuGsBCSfYCNyOdBKTmwIPXtVKH9HYnN3Mzw8hFQZ_1xheIBo_UqNYt6J7WyJVT-Z6xJlGd413Bs6HL3KtCU3xjd1rSvoq8quuMZ8uC2vRBxbcMINCYU/s1600-h/DSCN5894.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NRMbKhgouUrd_qPgao0e1GlZNuGsBCSfYCNyOdBKTmwIPXtVKH9HYnN3Mzw8hFQZ_1xheIBo_UqNYt6J7WyJVT-Z6xJlGd413Bs6HL3KtCU3xjd1rSvoq8quuMZ8uC2vRBxbcMINCYU/s400/DSCN5894.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358775561015253426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />hello! well, we are back from our family vacation! we went to go visit my dad and his side of the family in washington and oregon! as always we had a super great time and it was too short! we spent all but three days camping near the oregon coast with some family and friends!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-JyxNfN2m3MlZXPeuAUSsHCyDSDZBMDBwIN9HWQHNZiTuwTlMWh7Qu-Q07wSzqXrKWTThujQxrU3wOzTx9nr5rOl2Twvujtj7VrMmHnxnh5Mfa0xb70UpXUOkMfiGb8rVG1ZpfquZRk/s1600-h/DSCN5762.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-JyxNfN2m3MlZXPeuAUSsHCyDSDZBMDBwIN9HWQHNZiTuwTlMWh7Qu-Q07wSzqXrKWTThujQxrU3wOzTx9nr5rOl2Twvujtj7VrMmHnxnh5Mfa0xb70UpXUOkMfiGb8rVG1ZpfquZRk/s400/DSCN5762.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358775556475643106" border="0" /></a><br />we cousin got married the first weekend we were there so we drove over to her beautiful outside wedding for the day and visited with my granny. it was so cool to watch my dad and gage's relationship totally bloom on this trip. my dad is not a big kid person and didnt' want grandkids, so, it was so awesome to see my dad so in love with him! he talked and held malia a little, about what he did the first time gage was out, so, i think once she is talking and moving, he'll be more into her as well! it was hard to leave though. it was the saddest i've seen my dad since my brother and i were little! i think he loves those grandbabies more than he thought he would! =)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCSL0UvH55oFA4kGGunB7HySwYLeiupDDgLMrKSostHwffi5d5kEPjcDATnthH5nlaGPvVCqzhMnrFmZZsJRm5R59EXeNHopS2wu8E24-dax1oc326SlZtnY8mYKQRVPt1SLkgJnRmF0/s1600-h/DSCN6111.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCSL0UvH55oFA4kGGunB7HySwYLeiupDDgLMrKSostHwffi5d5kEPjcDATnthH5nlaGPvVCqzhMnrFmZZsJRm5R59EXeNHopS2wu8E24-dax1oc326SlZtnY8mYKQRVPt1SLkgJnRmF0/s400/DSCN6111.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358777038149145346" border="0" /></a><br />gage was so good on our trip. he was such a little charmer and impressed everyone with his manners and knowing the alphabet and recognizing his letters! he had tons of fun playing in the sand and was a great little camper! my dad told him that just like in baseball there is no crying in camping. lol he must have listened b/c he was such a good boy! it was a blessing and a joy to have the best behaved kid out of the other kids and it be the one in the 'terrible twos'!<br /><br />lol gage is in his crib down for a nap and just yelled out, "mommy, i'm not sleeping!" lol he's so stinking cute!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNR1mjhRXULmQtq_WngUPoo-Pdsu7qRv7bMnz1FLIEsj9LWiSHy5xCFA1-rdM6MdZLKtcq1z1Gzd_hVdg_y0csKEc4efDrSZp8i0bSJsC_dgU6sPYq-3v5xzk7PfGkvikcReQIlrHt4c8/s1600-h/DSCN5994.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNR1mjhRXULmQtq_WngUPoo-Pdsu7qRv7bMnz1FLIEsj9LWiSHy5xCFA1-rdM6MdZLKtcq1z1Gzd_hVdg_y0csKEc4efDrSZp8i0bSJsC_dgU6sPYq-3v5xzk7PfGkvikcReQIlrHt4c8/s400/DSCN5994.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358778745187292930" border="0" /></a><br />malia was a little doll as well. she loved the west coast. as soon as we got there she started sleeping until 6-7 am instead of 4 am for her first feeding! then she'd go back to sleep until 9! the second week we were there she started to wake up more during the day. she had still been a rather sleepy girl. she was rather content most of the time and loved being held! she has started to really look at you more rather than a blank look. and smiling. i love it. she's looking right at you and starting to coo back to you and then gets a big grin! so adorable!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55W5hHi7_RPKYOdkNB2kTT_I1GqH8-HMqmXAT9jurQ3-KodKK3Rc3XlIHvXwP6B-CgQIjBFGMCgoYmMszhrzOJZGoCXBoR5qbSc5AkZ5uLYOh9bh-9xleYRUyrTaDU6MX-C4NRwNpXHE/s1600-h/DSCN6246.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55W5hHi7_RPKYOdkNB2kTT_I1GqH8-HMqmXAT9jurQ3-KodKK3Rc3XlIHvXwP6B-CgQIjBFGMCgoYmMszhrzOJZGoCXBoR5qbSc5AkZ5uLYOh9bh-9xleYRUyrTaDU6MX-C4NRwNpXHE/s400/DSCN6246.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358782377484624098" border="0" /></a><br /><br />since we've been home it has for the most part been relaxing, which is so nice! i did a major cleaning job before we left and what i didn't get done my sweet mom came and did for me! it was such a surprise to come home and for it to be done! what a treat it was! so the house has been staying clean, i'm trying to stay on top of it better. it just makes me more relaxed and i spend more time with the kids than cleaning every time they don't 'need' me. so it's been a blessing!<br />my granny is come from oregon next week to visit us! so that is another good reason to stay on top of my cleaning! lol<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-kvfdZpyVj8y1SY5fJsPJa4XFnjNyF4qt8Cx1Mhrgns81umbfYYbvqWJI_qkI5l8plpcpia7rEAUejumU_Ltm5SeHZemWq_56hmRPFX7WXSdmE_Uj0NrLK_ewep9PL7Gi7_64sSIbcQ/s1600-h/DSCN6097.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-kvfdZpyVj8y1SY5fJsPJa4XFnjNyF4qt8Cx1Mhrgns81umbfYYbvqWJI_qkI5l8plpcpia7rEAUejumU_Ltm5SeHZemWq_56hmRPFX7WXSdmE_Uj0NrLK_ewep9PL7Gi7_64sSIbcQ/s400/DSCN6097.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358782387959118194" border="0" /></a><br />i just wanted to get a lil post up while i had some time. i am doing another craft in malia's room and one outside for the backyard, so while both kids are sleeping, well, gage is still telling me he's not sleeping, but he's in his bed and will eventually crash, i'm going to go work on those projects!<br />have a great god-given day!<br />chantaemittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-24732881812044733202009-06-23T00:26:00.018-05:002009-06-23T09:26:33.405-05:00finally keeping my promise!malia's room...can you believe it?!?!<br />alright, i don't know why i once again can not add pictures. i thought the problem was fixed, but apparently it's not, which is very irritating since i'm still up at almost 1 a.m. trying to do this and my daughter will be up in 3 hours to eat and as you see, i'm just starting this! argh! oh, praise the lord! i got it to work! -without calling my brother even! ha! wouldn't he be so proud of me!(that puts the bumble bee song in my head, you know, "won't my mommy be so proud of me, i'm throwing up a baby bumble bee!") okay, on to the tour...of malia's room! (finally, i know!)<br />~this is looking into her room from the door. as you can see my theme, was purple and the song, "jesus loves me..."(which i cut out of vinyl using my cricut-love it!) i have had this idea since i was like in 9th grade and i finally got to do it! i had intended to do it in gage's room, but know about the cricut yet and didn't know a way to put the wording up since i could not free hand it and i don't care for the look of stencils. anyway, here it is!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7P-b8zOPUtzWlBatxscHHMnv9WH7mT9-m-h_HF3OlTDI94mNWbijtl1jWirLUphH7qDvpFjymiaFNmxhWUr8fRBsWv7ooPDBSggOq310SXfZd7wbBG3cRBokwbIxX4Y9GNzHqm4Cw6MI/s1600-h/DSCN5739.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7P-b8zOPUtzWlBatxscHHMnv9WH7mT9-m-h_HF3OlTDI94mNWbijtl1jWirLUphH7qDvpFjymiaFNmxhWUr8fRBsWv7ooPDBSggOq310SXfZd7wbBG3cRBokwbIxX4Y9GNzHqm4Cw6MI/s400/DSCN5739.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350398050872276594" border="0" /></a><br /><br />~here's a close up of her dresser, which is totally full of newborn and 0-3 month clothing! i had the knobs, outlets, and light switch plate painted to match her crib set, sugar plum by CoCaLo:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6vimB4lnVXilHiyM9C7e4uGsvHfmdlN3gbLXecpy5SvVhpWFITuCsUVodK5KcPuv_DxBqg6ihkHBD_vKdNx_aW-2A9tWFihK6FlSZkiXHku4_0b4Qb0U1tXC32Aq-6L_5GwgBIVgmIA/s1600-h/DSCN5741.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6vimB4lnVXilHiyM9C7e4uGsvHfmdlN3gbLXecpy5SvVhpWFITuCsUVodK5KcPuv_DxBqg6ihkHBD_vKdNx_aW-2A9tWFihK6FlSZkiXHku4_0b4Qb0U1tXC32Aq-6L_5GwgBIVgmIA/s400/DSCN5741.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350395492627633298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOlSi6dT3B1KOj9rRpiC4_43v5vjeIMhZL660M6m7dn9vNUdcWFh49q_aEzqt-ssH1xnnJjXU2YQ-rZZ2LDVeJ7nVZeQOfDv3Az88Oty1FS3z5mv41lkzcNoUao1pFA6g5IaRMES0u5E/s1600-h/DSCN5751.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOlSi6dT3B1KOj9rRpiC4_43v5vjeIMhZL660M6m7dn9vNUdcWFh49q_aEzqt-ssH1xnnJjXU2YQ-rZZ2LDVeJ7nVZeQOfDv3Az88Oty1FS3z5mv41lkzcNoUao1pFA6g5IaRMES0u5E/s400/DSCN5751.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350396646688357618" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_LL4nxLPpAY89JKDGec-MxyXSqo4eFcbqT5mqItYHD_QKx2W0eHjquuI2caxE52nhma7Cgq7EGwtzefCld3dmO-LjLuebFo4uCda4sX7vDQ5ZxkJa9SCn_z16eO4OroimIuhs9T4ims/s1600-h/DSCN5753.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_LL4nxLPpAY89JKDGec-MxyXSqo4eFcbqT5mqItYHD_QKx2W0eHjquuI2caxE52nhma7Cgq7EGwtzefCld3dmO-LjLuebFo4uCda4sX7vDQ5ZxkJa9SCn_z16eO4OroimIuhs9T4ims/s400/DSCN5753.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350397351897917490" border="0" /></a><br />~here is a close up of her crib set: i had my mother in law make the matching pillows out of the extra crib sheet i bought for her to make a regular size pillowcase for when malia is older and then the other one is from the diaper holder thing that came with:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUHbSXC0sAKbVMBofF-RC6SbQMDa5Qf9Uv24EZUeNYj5jyj9t_gRVtaElk-PpWDW8KFIbkyTAWyDR7T6W9ZDOYFfJZREVosTtdAri-U7NPmpXQZED8vdO26En-Crf5VaVHnxIqu3TUIc/s1600-h/DSCN5755.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcUHbSXC0sAKbVMBofF-RC6SbQMDa5Qf9Uv24EZUeNYj5jyj9t_gRVtaElk-PpWDW8KFIbkyTAWyDR7T6W9ZDOYFfJZREVosTtdAri-U7NPmpXQZED8vdO26En-Crf5VaVHnxIqu3TUIc/s400/DSCN5755.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350397361012330210" border="0" /></a><br />~this is the wall art i did to put her name into her room. i got this idea from the blog, a sister for the bean, which is now private. i copied her idea of the wooden circles and hanging them by ribbon, which i had done in my own room as well awhile back, but then the colors, lettering and details i made to be more 'me' and to fit malia's room. i really liked how it turned out, so, thanks, asisterforthebean, for the great idea! it was a fun project to do while my husband painted the room! it's kind of hard to see, but the butterflies are wall stickers that go with the bedroom set and then my husband and i painted the dashed lines to look like they were flying:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOH1Y-23-dFYvZBM7EV3HnAAzrYQFCnSt_4J6kFnGrufdhXsGhsnRBKwgbbFSVNsVFYDBswW6D13KaekfADCyvCQ8nT2ggzicsgujZZ4YIQQRU3kJVtQRStdCCieXH1ycZ4rm_IRPhMg/s1600-h/DSCN4770.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOH1Y-23-dFYvZBM7EV3HnAAzrYQFCnSt_4J6kFnGrufdhXsGhsnRBKwgbbFSVNsVFYDBswW6D13KaekfADCyvCQ8nT2ggzicsgujZZ4YIQQRU3kJVtQRStdCCieXH1ycZ4rm_IRPhMg/s400/DSCN4770.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350401244861941394" border="0" /></a>~next is the changing table, here are the baskets i made for on the shelves to store stuff, which is why i didn't need the diaper stacker thing:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFrYJaxHfIx4Wz3RLLvCYaxyBCV9mWJTI_g3MtnB67byioh_X95XhTYXYx2J0cbWfKyz7Umo98UCWaVaFFFR4w3wvN-LFio12diRVkppxrgSHFPReSj5_q9KkJ49fbH0pg-5YEmCzQ_E/s1600-h/DSCN5758.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFrYJaxHfIx4Wz3RLLvCYaxyBCV9mWJTI_g3MtnB67byioh_X95XhTYXYx2J0cbWfKyz7Umo98UCWaVaFFFR4w3wvN-LFio12diRVkppxrgSHFPReSj5_q9KkJ49fbH0pg-5YEmCzQ_E/s400/DSCN5758.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350398057323257266" border="0" /></a>~okay, now looking to the right, from standing at the door, is the start of her collection of hair clippies(got them off etsy from briar.claire-love them, very cute and for a great cause-helping to raise money for the adoption of little miss claire!) and her closet:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTwdHuEb31ad6_2m3OzOet_yNj7RabnncStT7kThZf73ggPr5jJpSHbSvzR36mmlqi7ti9ut3d-NsYj_hul__RUHefe8ySdhLeHboO4GW2DGdI9q6jPbmqmq88sggxY6dWw2KuMnhWc8/s1600-h/DSCN5746.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcTwdHuEb31ad6_2m3OzOet_yNj7RabnncStT7kThZf73ggPr5jJpSHbSvzR36mmlqi7ti9ut3d-NsYj_hul__RUHefe8ySdhLeHboO4GW2DGdI9q6jPbmqmq88sggxY6dWw2KuMnhWc8/s400/DSCN5746.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350404147179992578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgAAPp3HKULMXgGliX3NNuXP2T7HUUcs6230WCIMtBmDDPdzo_zBPzO1jiU2EASk52-OZPHXYGS1GtDM0jB0YI9hbGr22zjPZGBIylpSwgV1zgDX5p_Ll_eyOOzJFC-X9KKUDImigQsU/s1600-h/DSCN5757.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOgAAPp3HKULMXgGliX3NNuXP2T7HUUcs6230WCIMtBmDDPdzo_zBPzO1jiU2EASk52-OZPHXYGS1GtDM0jB0YI9hbGr22zjPZGBIylpSwgV1zgDX5p_Ll_eyOOzJFC-X9KKUDImigQsU/s400/DSCN5757.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350398051554590882" border="0" /></a><br />~here is just a small wall area next to the closet with the rest of the verse. i haven't put a decoration above the lyrics yet, just b/c i am not sure what i want, if anything, maybe a family picture while pregnant with her. this picture also shows up close another butterfly we painted. we did a few of them around the room for little touches of the butterflies flying around:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_F6Kcc9-Iw4Ghc9UH3XZ4w9I7RtMJx5E9jH1lnVZYJc2rPokk1mq-6OkX6Vomcnzo_Vljj7JtG_4CJP50NeCGL6h7JuQX894kcPoRAW98dvvA4oqgglKbw1jhb46nVP0BYDrx1fTzTos/s1600-h/DSCN5740.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_F6Kcc9-Iw4Ghc9UH3XZ4w9I7RtMJx5E9jH1lnVZYJc2rPokk1mq-6OkX6Vomcnzo_Vljj7JtG_4CJP50NeCGL6h7JuQX894kcPoRAW98dvvA4oqgglKbw1jhb46nVP0BYDrx1fTzTos/s400/DSCN5740.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350395490460766498" border="0" /></a><br />~now, still standing at the door, looking to the left is really just her big window and another butterfly:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniiqAw9Wpbo3ML8DQS_gw-10-J22Zz0tojM-7juMjTwCi90nOEBb8i2EILeASvCke6fQ8MRqdlkFuiWVsWi-gbcTexZpP8Rr4ZoP40OWfqCDZTNKulpikfUE8nES_2lE91en31YrQoKM/s1600-h/DSCN5749.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniiqAw9Wpbo3ML8DQS_gw-10-J22Zz0tojM-7juMjTwCi90nOEBb8i2EILeASvCke6fQ8MRqdlkFuiWVsWi-gbcTexZpP8Rr4ZoP40OWfqCDZTNKulpikfUE8nES_2lE91en31YrQoKM/s400/DSCN5749.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350396199986547890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxF55dQ-uGHpry9HKODE_mcX79sN0yRByEwgB3YgYWZgV6s46jXOqH6fQeXLRv-BRhQHc_Z1FVX8zyRhsBoeY2vdq9fed9CLsVglRJ2gx3HlXF8g3jIF2sK9fMr6vRmlYtZgzNeIdYrM/s1600-h/DSCN5750.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxF55dQ-uGHpry9HKODE_mcX79sN0yRByEwgB3YgYWZgV6s46jXOqH6fQeXLRv-BRhQHc_Z1FVX8zyRhsBoeY2vdq9fed9CLsVglRJ2gx3HlXF8g3jIF2sK9fMr6vRmlYtZgzNeIdYrM/s400/DSCN5750.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350407058182560290" border="0" /></a><br />~and last but not least, here is the wall that the door is in. it's not finished yet, under the sign i made, i bought pictures frames to put pictures in, now i just need to print the pictures and get them up! hopefully before she's a year old would be nice! ha! then due to a small house and no where else to go with my scrapbooking stuff, it's all along this wall for now. then above her door is another butterfly:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDj9YJb65PStubw74g1jm040_mgSbXF-qWkv1dbeHXQ4I7LfmtYTxbFqyJ3ALi-p5Q-g39WTCYVSIvjWKjTDghAtmU4cN5vVQaY9yBnJNtNvHPp18iftT6up0IHzfDj1vsEQWsd3XvB3I/s1600-h/DSCN5747.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDj9YJb65PStubw74g1jm040_mgSbXF-qWkv1dbeHXQ4I7LfmtYTxbFqyJ3ALi-p5Q-g39WTCYVSIvjWKjTDghAtmU4cN5vVQaY9yBnJNtNvHPp18iftT6up0IHzfDj1vsEQWsd3XvB3I/s400/DSCN5747.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350396193124756210" border="0" /></a><br />i know it's a mess, but i've been using all my stuff lately(did more vinyl work in my living room!) and i just plain don't have enough room!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0KmdNOtmMkdLTYeZ0nDHysSrz5_bA8Q-ha7AJflvY2a9TkyZj4CZySDu1LrhdoCNYU8qf6i9NRIaida7qFdk6IAIIbatLFQLIoUn97jBh-8RBDef83dbQLwSosUpEBwx9iioPgHjYxYg/s1600-h/DSCN5754.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0KmdNOtmMkdLTYeZ0nDHysSrz5_bA8Q-ha7AJflvY2a9TkyZj4CZySDu1LrhdoCNYU8qf6i9NRIaida7qFdk6IAIIbatLFQLIoUn97jBh-8RBDef83dbQLwSosUpEBwx9iioPgHjYxYg/s400/DSCN5754.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350397356672368354" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubyTXjrXdTWmyTh_PxantwqrA35PS_LmwIiiorunzAKaISFu7LFuNz0CluAsiPe4lE0X-5y4E6b30vRQux_wfistwgJMswqsLW5dWlSOq-hhW_jGtuR1psmhSc3FswpUueXDGk5KUobk/s1600-h/DSCN5748.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubyTXjrXdTWmyTh_PxantwqrA35PS_LmwIiiorunzAKaISFu7LFuNz0CluAsiPe4lE0X-5y4E6b30vRQux_wfistwgJMswqsLW5dWlSOq-hhW_jGtuR1psmhSc3FswpUueXDGk5KUobk/s400/DSCN5748.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350396639840763042" border="0" /></a>and that's the tour of miss malia's room! i hope it was worth the wait! i will sign off with a few more pictures of the kiddos, i know, there's already been enough pictures, but a few more won't hurt, and because we are leaving on vacation to visit my dad and have my relatives meet malia and see gage again, i will be gone for a least two weeks on vacation and then however long it takes for me to get back on here!<br />he's so stinkin' cute!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykCfru3Qa2AdxHOrGboWsivbi9y6RX7D6hhDvFtnsBfbW4XpA_nMngJX9dCO7kF79gP69QxejPRQlTXStV2ZGklTcXDIrdNRZAU3kWcY1veGzhnhihsjLtmi_n2HUry9XzZoLc0awG5A/s1600-h/100_2767.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykCfru3Qa2AdxHOrGboWsivbi9y6RX7D6hhDvFtnsBfbW4XpA_nMngJX9dCO7kF79gP69QxejPRQlTXStV2ZGklTcXDIrdNRZAU3kWcY1veGzhnhihsjLtmi_n2HUry9XzZoLc0awG5A/s400/100_2767.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350411592773119186" border="0" /></a><br />tonight we did pictures of malia in the baptism dress my granny made for me. we set the background up to look just like the pictures of me, this picture however is not one of them, but a snapshot i took of her laying on my nursing cover afterwards, and i just liked how her eyes were actually open! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAFCTcksTJiWfg1Knlr26eSP3mm30Y_NqDNKKoBB4NkSwjJP4cjhilfPELFjh1uJbxi_wcGozEfOJAndDyuTCnJ6UefeLWIPXIsltql2QYY0j8V8yecNVEq4Az73O9INTd822ea05YW4/s1600-h/100_2878.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggAFCTcksTJiWfg1Knlr26eSP3mm30Y_NqDNKKoBB4NkSwjJP4cjhilfPELFjh1uJbxi_wcGozEfOJAndDyuTCnJ6UefeLWIPXIsltql2QYY0j8V8yecNVEq4Az73O9INTd822ea05YW4/s400/100_2878.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350411593638076642" border="0" /></a><br />this is what nathan and malia did on father's day! priceless! nathan got an emergency tooth pulled on saturday afternoon so he couldn't eat much for lunch and was still a little uncomfortable and well, malia just loves to be snuggled up to her daddy so i think it perfect afternoon for both!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_eEKmylnYgtGGXAGwvGrZnoNN3rKryDJXG8ubkfBgb0AJ5AbZICSJXRRkEc1Kn6R9LMSX9XXXHxS4cj4aZHqQtH2dtT1KINRUxBNjepbBDnmozDnGlwidX57svhwzAFsuSKDHSEVNhY/s1600-h/DSCN5709.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_eEKmylnYgtGGXAGwvGrZnoNN3rKryDJXG8ubkfBgb0AJ5AbZICSJXRRkEc1Kn6R9LMSX9XXXHxS4cj4aZHqQtH2dtT1KINRUxBNjepbBDnmozDnGlwidX57svhwzAFsuSKDHSEVNhY/s400/DSCN5709.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350415386426999298" border="0" /></a><br />and this one really is for my friend, who recently cut off her little guys blond curls...here's gage at 18 months! i hated to cut the sweaty dirty curls off this adorable little guy as well...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6_i9jnkpCSRTdHMGxrbEA8a6qEUTR9rTqOrGhx30i4GKzRE-Uf61URF8cfW4e9TUdXdQgRRxM-1qDVK8sFNtdQcS3LKYFhEpe_je3S8R4RES4xvGRV9R_uncOL0ghylHW2xgcvgEpSk/s1600-h/DSCN0586.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6_i9jnkpCSRTdHMGxrbEA8a6qEUTR9rTqOrGhx30i4GKzRE-Uf61URF8cfW4e9TUdXdQgRRxM-1qDVK8sFNtdQcS3LKYFhEpe_je3S8R4RES4xvGRV9R_uncOL0ghylHW2xgcvgEpSk/s400/DSCN0586.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350415393550987266" border="0" /></a><br />okay, well, i think i am finally finished and it is 2:12 so i better get my biscuits in bed! g'night!<br />-i just read my post and found several errors, so because it's so late and i'm so over tired, please just ignore them! thanks! =)<br /><br />~update: i just read a comment that took me back to the pictures of my house, where i realized i did not have my mailbox done yet and i mentioned it in the above post, so here is what i did to my mailbox:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0DuS3GhNWn9UfBsJ0Msplckfrmq3ns7kLHgk71F4UhwkCOWD9_GwTNopgqJlKL021ODEJQoLqeSDwePo_5HU3CqlOqLmk3BixnzLOjFOsDq1OJJAzEkNa5N-k_GIAH07QXB67HUXvBM/s1600-h/DSCN5639.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0DuS3GhNWn9UfBsJ0Msplckfrmq3ns7kLHgk71F4UhwkCOWD9_GwTNopgqJlKL021ODEJQoLqeSDwePo_5HU3CqlOqLmk3BixnzLOjFOsDq1OJJAzEkNa5N-k_GIAH07QXB67HUXvBM/s400/DSCN5639.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350527243336375138" border="0" /></a><br />i know that no one else is going to notice this who walks past or drives past my house, but because i usually have a meaning behind things, i'll share this one with you so that someone at least knows all my thinking that went into this mailbox! lol okay, so, the dark brown flowers are on the outer sides so that there wouldn't be so much dark brown and the house number would still stick out. and looking at the picture, the one on the left is the tallest flower to represent nathan, and then on the right the dark brown flower is a lil smaller to be me, and then back over by nathan is a lil smaller flower than 'me' that is tan to be gage, and then by her mama is an even smaller one to represent malia! ...and here you thought it was JUST a mailbox design! =) i did not seal the mailbox so that if i get around to it, i can change the design with each season! okay, that was, i was going to say last vinyl project, but that isn't true, i did a lil bit more in my living room the other night. when i get that all done and to my liking, i'll share it with you all! hopefully you guys don't get too sick of my house projects! okay, off to get some breakfast! have a wonderful god-given day...it's beautiful(and hot)!mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-17180332383805603402009-06-18T16:19:00.007-05:002009-06-18T16:32:28.404-05:00malia 2 months old<span><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">just a quick picture post of my little malia! i had fun p</span></a></span><span><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">laying mommy photographer the other day with her and this purple boa i found at target...just love her...she is such a sweetie...enjoy!</span></a></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Bj40SaS_qcLv4v-zhZjqrnNpoTfkDWx2B8YKU8-FMg_v_KAlhDNEnjX4UxRwmRYc49U1Kz-L2FKzYUMBrFeyPY9D_ZMPN8AkyBsRpA4vkMgltqbytrUXyvKGyxCNUgnqn88GEGKiZNE/s1600-h/DSCN5612.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Bj40SaS_qcLv4v-zhZjqrnNpoTfkDWx2B8YKU8-FMg_v_KAlhDNEnjX4UxRwmRYc49U1Kz-L2FKzYUMBrFeyPY9D_ZMPN8AkyBsRpA4vkMgltqbytrUXyvKGyxCNUgnqn88GEGKiZNE/s400/DSCN5612.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348782348590013714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0Oppq02_9hYKlt608yJ8B5UfvZXlLPVTN6dxmM3XZa_7GKYrD834mDTL0mpbmo97WdmFFlYFARPGqUUxuN7MonBI97ZA4SwASSN4XMRXIUpa33upUs3cz8rgUSxpTCuvC-rpD_BUIoQ/s1600-h/DSCN5627.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0Oppq02_9hYKlt608yJ8B5UfvZXlLPVTN6dxmM3XZa_7GKYrD834mDTL0mpbmo97WdmFFlYFARPGqUUxuN7MonBI97ZA4SwASSN4XMRXIUpa33upUs3cz8rgUSxpTCuvC-rpD_BUIoQ/s400/DSCN5627.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348782338236747570" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJNNIswfa2Zrv0a8FqMwYop56S0ZauJHx7sIA8S3wOYskh7aeAk1-mSDrASPGKRNTt1RBEbKD1xtE-aquOQBc6j2XWKH9cBab2xlElm3Mho5nI8q4gxaEtgOSONnM9RTCX_snO7ejMaY/s1600-h/DSCN5621.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJNNIswfa2Zrv0a8FqMwYop56S0ZauJHx7sIA8S3wOYskh7aeAk1-mSDrASPGKRNTt1RBEbKD1xtE-aquOQBc6j2XWKH9cBab2xlElm3Mho5nI8q4gxaEtgOSONnM9RTCX_snO7ejMaY/s400/DSCN5621.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348782342642383106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMSg3Iv76bSMbKrao5YyoLYsJZgupfyj3Yp9ONSltZfb45nxi4IfmeFZ5_MKbpw66w_GK2QpwMEWH3uqJvP1ZU8eDG0dNMHUjKEG72fYLutFpHod21CdIQ82uu05R-yymw0wsUQ6TcII/s1600-h/DSCN5603.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMSg3Iv76bSMbKrao5YyoLYsJZgupfyj3Yp9ONSltZfb45nxi4IfmeFZ5_MKbpw66w_GK2QpwMEWH3uqJvP1ZU8eDG0dNMHUjKEG72fYLutFpHod21CdIQ82uu05R-yymw0wsUQ6TcII/s400/DSCN5603.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348782350380384306" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><br /></a>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-80442841565393482262009-06-07T14:15:00.010-05:002009-06-07T15:22:42.522-05:00what were we doing on a rainy day?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0x-sZFQNVk_gPhMVYzdbrWc6MFuK_RRhZ49pMi1IRLSEif2bp1uj_VuCUddjWgCAFaBxCHovs9DmwNrKbVwY9ZBnZO7hhiZe20b1-iZsMAdarjQxdFc_JRK7Xv6bbERmhKtsHy7tlzz8/s1600-h/DSCN5376.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0x-sZFQNVk_gPhMVYzdbrWc6MFuK_RRhZ49pMi1IRLSEif2bp1uj_VuCUddjWgCAFaBxCHovs9DmwNrKbVwY9ZBnZO7hhiZe20b1-iZsMAdarjQxdFc_JRK7Xv6bbERmhKtsHy7tlzz8/s400/DSCN5376.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344667563482457026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0x-sZFQNVk_gPhMVYzdbrWc6MFuK_RRhZ49pMi1IRLSEif2bp1uj_VuCUddjWgCAFaBxCHovs9DmwNrKbVwY9ZBnZO7hhiZe20b1-iZsMAdarjQxdFc_JRK7Xv6bbERmhKtsHy7tlzz8/s1600-h/DSCN5376.JPG"> </a><br />okay, so let me tell you what we did this past rainy saturday! our plans were to take the kids to the zoo, but since it was going to rain we decided to do it another day. and because we had two barberry shrubs die this past winter, i had bought some new shrubs and thought we could get them in the ground before the rain and then when it rained it would water them for me! well like always my small projects end up being big! good thing my husband is such a good sport and loves me! lol so the above picture is of the front of our house where the landscaping project started...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHpRg4JQ89Fpi21pUenQRq8HlzfQpLqYhyphenhyphen-MInqdwE0x5ggnCi6DBdloPmy4i4LcxPIse-6JBKJsHBYAjT3pFgrw5CewRr-nyoKAd8aPNdHEol1PgURsbIJdid22zcumuZkGfp1IoOyw/s1600-h/DSCN5377.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHpRg4JQ89Fpi21pUenQRq8HlzfQpLqYhyphenhyphen-MInqdwE0x5ggnCi6DBdloPmy4i4LcxPIse-6JBKJsHBYAjT3pFgrw5CewRr-nyoKAd8aPNdHEol1PgURsbIJdid22zcumuZkGfp1IoOyw/s400/DSCN5377.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344667567203284354" border="0" /></a><br />here is the right side of our house...last fall we redid the rock area and took out some stones that were uneven and full of weeds. so this year i did my normal flower pots, ending up buying a sand cherry bush and added seven groups of lilies and between them are sedums...i think sand cherries are really pretty especially when they bloom and if you know me, you'll know i love lilies! i got the lilies from my mom and granny who each had several different colors, and did not label them when they dug them out so i'm curious what colors i have...things have to be in a certain order for me, so hopefully once they bloom i (who am i kidding? nathan)) won't be changing too many around!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0MEyvqDRiuOX78k0K6vNuHyNHnUXqo8cPllE2BjfiJ9Lox5T85MAvL5rUlRjnX3qLAUQjv27bcBQbyDnX4C4o6PuEwoU6iqFUhMkVVy9ChPbpizRcFjyWICfRphAYh_edTKCXJyPdk8/s1600-h/DSCN5378.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0MEyvqDRiuOX78k0K6vNuHyNHnUXqo8cPllE2BjfiJ9Lox5T85MAvL5rUlRjnX3qLAUQjv27bcBQbyDnX4C4o6PuEwoU6iqFUhMkVVy9ChPbpizRcFjyWICfRphAYh_edTKCXJyPdk8/s400/DSCN5378.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344667571534369426" border="0" />here is the right side of our front door. we had this (ugly) bush where i now have a flower pot in a wheelbarrow, then the spirea was there, we pulled out this ugly ground cover thing and put in the sedum(plain, but for some reason i really like them since they give color in the fall), added another sand cherryl, sedum, and then an emerald gold(two tone) and my usual flower pot. once they start growing the sand cherry will give some height between the two windows.</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYyuOrOkb0oZ0d6NE0ss0GNuCkvDF1NuboMvVYEXnFXppBEtXNDteOy1ViYFZ0LVY0Usmr5VRriXy-gcyFI8ptBYeW9JwOQzsoUMM0f-25zF-PzgdwEUGbb7oDRvuMtgTAuMqv33P1CE/s1600-h/DSCN5379.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhYyuOrOkb0oZ0d6NE0ss0GNuCkvDF1NuboMvVYEXnFXppBEtXNDteOy1ViYFZ0LVY0Usmr5VRriXy-gcyFI8ptBYeW9JwOQzsoUMM0f-25zF-PzgdwEUGbb7oDRvuMtgTAuMqv33P1CE/s400/DSCN5379.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344668882957389698" border="0" />and this is the left side of the front door. from the door to the left...it's hard to see because gage is standing there...but we put in a sedum, my normal pot is there, and then my husband put in a mailbox for me! we had one on the house and most ppl think it's so nice, but i can't decorate it, so we put in a $70 mailbox(with wood and all that) for me to decorate! lol see, my husband totally loves me and puts up with me! ha! then is the emerald gold, a sedum, a new barberry(you know the whole reason we started this, was to just replace the two that died, that were in the spots where the emerald golds are and the emerald golds where in the middle), then another sedum, spirea, and it got cut off, but after the spirea is another sand cherry. once it all gets bigger, i think it will look really nice, at least i hope so for all the work we did in the rain!</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicavbXlBYgfVgxua2B6JaTf6ZdW36gF2MNk1eohN2rNFeSc7N11bVxXLFc9faGzlPEkVwZ5QaxbmFkpsJDvl9kgKfZc9BIP45rts80fBLw_OuuI5KgbAzQZTeblPnPA9vD9IZBAWnL6Yc/s1600-h/DSCN5390.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicavbXlBYgfVgxua2B6JaTf6ZdW36gF2MNk1eohN2rNFeSc7N11bVxXLFc9faGzlPEkVwZ5QaxbmFkpsJDvl9kgKfZc9BIP45rts80fBLw_OuuI5KgbAzQZTeblPnPA9vD9IZBAWnL6Yc/s400/DSCN5390.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344671953384903682" border="0" />here is a close up of the mailbox that i have to decorate yet, but it just got put in last night. oh and there is the sedum you couldn't see in the picture above!</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJnMwz_WSI77McwZGTHMAy_sE_HgBeiZz3Lf_C2rFXs_wRDgtt2YMv3aWB7BTCB3Lno3TbMZdyxEXjZ4xqDl30eAv7_BofG-MqxtRm9V32lnHn5gp73LdDWjFxbc1PpgvxvXKHf9_3So/s1600-h/DSCN5391.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJnMwz_WSI77McwZGTHMAy_sE_HgBeiZz3Lf_C2rFXs_wRDgtt2YMv3aWB7BTCB3Lno3TbMZdyxEXjZ4xqDl30eAv7_BofG-MqxtRm9V32lnHn5gp73LdDWjFxbc1PpgvxvXKHf9_3So/s400/DSCN5391.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344671958959420866" border="0" />i might have posted this before, i don't remember, but i only made it a few weeks ago so it might not be in a post yet. here is the sign i made of our family name for outside. more vinyl using my cricut expression...i love creating on it! i thought it would go good above the mailbox so that i can decorate the mailbox and just have our house number on it. our long name would take up too much decorating room! lol the little 'dots' are rhinestones. i think i might do another one for the fall and winter seasons since this one is sealed to hopefully withstand the weather.</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwkfVUI74LQaGiIpqTfN3ACnQf5H6xWCbzSf_s1Wmkze2oTznADrXyeTQb50xwq1WlsP8z86HI9Jl6rJofqBwjqEpxoY3MyB1GhkTOrvyGIAe94oxJyCd4PyKROpkm6-YL-6oD04WAWA/s1600-h/DSCN5381.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwkfVUI74LQaGiIpqTfN3ACnQf5H6xWCbzSf_s1Wmkze2oTznADrXyeTQb50xwq1WlsP8z86HI9Jl6rJofqBwjqEpxoY3MyB1GhkTOrvyGIAe94oxJyCd4PyKROpkm6-YL-6oD04WAWA/s400/DSCN5381.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344668890042723442" border="0" />so after the sandcherry in the front going around to the left side of the house is a big purple lilac bush, i think you can see a tiny bit of it. this part was actually last falls project, but this is the first time we're getting to see it...so then are some more lilies, a sedum, a puprle thing my neighbor gave me that i thought was so pretty last year, then a yellow potentilla, more lilies, sedum, a bleeding heart, and yet another sand cherry! </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVAv3_9iMMT54cxOFxJcr4wnB5dfzEqljQNBR35bBOzVydmaz7b8W2wnFe123KMZUW2wWSPzaU2ydsnomap-EhlP4MnxcfDT-oAKxanzZPhIWWEa08LSBZqYyof2X3PYJCsTMRzaYBqg/s1600-h/DSCN5386.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVAv3_9iMMT54cxOFxJcr4wnB5dfzEqljQNBR35bBOzVydmaz7b8W2wnFe123KMZUW2wWSPzaU2ydsnomap-EhlP4MnxcfDT-oAKxanzZPhIWWEa08LSBZqYyof2X3PYJCsTMRzaYBqg/s400/DSCN5386.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344669681318974658" border="0" /></a><br />this is our patio we put in last year! we thought it was huge at the time, now that gage's toys are out, it's seeming very small! lol it's actually wider than our two and a half car garage. i skipped the other half of the landscaping in the back just because it's mainly hostas that will be on there way out so that i can add in some lilies and yellow potentilas!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1Od_nEWliwn_5wXdGlmjBY18zBGgL5XoyUQt-sBhGR1Hi-bXc5kegys0eGCuwQdd5N8X0jlhmicZchQQejbgqhvt_hr_EZHez6dUhEwi6Nvsqo-X_srqdgi9jDSVHG6gZlnMTh6hhJs/s1600-h/DSCN5389.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1Od_nEWliwn_5wXdGlmjBY18zBGgL5XoyUQt-sBhGR1Hi-bXc5kegys0eGCuwQdd5N8X0jlhmicZchQQejbgqhvt_hr_EZHez6dUhEwi6Nvsqo-X_srqdgi9jDSVHG6gZlnMTh6hhJs/s400/DSCN5389.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344671951428002962" border="0" />it's not up in the pic above since it got windy i took it down last night, but it's a sign (yes, more vinyl) i made for the patio. </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSLBDvn5ewcxwY12Dh04Q9AM35ES0CjfONPGOmiUBgRipBXCs11jtRfBe-baAfoSDpC63Nb8JAB8_7IKq5zFZ_xDMhegVysgYYOXFWU0vbG4o6Bp_EYPCXkKM4XW5HK_V5zbZxtX5ArE/s1600-h/DSCN5387.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSLBDvn5ewcxwY12Dh04Q9AM35ES0CjfONPGOmiUBgRipBXCs11jtRfBe-baAfoSDpC63Nb8JAB8_7IKq5zFZ_xDMhegVysgYYOXFWU0vbG4o6Bp_EYPCXkKM4XW5HK_V5zbZxtX5ArE/s400/DSCN5387.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344671952869151986" border="0" /></a>this is one of the sides of the patio. they are the same on both sides so i'll just bore you with one. but so far starting from the house forward, i have lilies, a sand cherry(incase you haven't notice there is one on every 'corner' of the yard) then is a sedum, area for a yellow potentilla(the store was out so i have to go back) another sedum and i'm not sure if i'm going to leave the 'triangle' area or put in some red flowers that i'll have to plant each year. then lastly all around the house i have tulips planted to show up early next spring before everything else starts!<br />so THAT is what my husband and i, but mostly my husband were doing on a rainy day. thankfully, it was just a drizzle, a very cold one for this time of year though. and my sweet granny wanted to hold malia so i just ran to her house at feeding times (she lives about 9 houses down the street from us) and my mom took gage for the day! it worked out really nice! now i can't wait to see everything grow and in bloom...and get at that mailbox! ha!<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/76/555CE14CAB031224F68A3DD4C10C8C3E.png" style="border: 0pt none ! important; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" /></a>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707854389213727552.post-50297909380851410522009-06-06T19:46:00.011-05:002009-06-06T21:22:18.330-05:00Miss Maliawell, it has been a really long while and i've promised a tour of malia's room a few times, and i've got the thing (barely) started. i will get it done sooner or later! for now i thought i would do a little update though...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dJXBgMsifXzQ7wXmVRkSCGx1wXDfm_fFHGcx2PV5P1aRj4iAsOgyg4txpLYRU7ORelggWBP9QUN739_LY41P6sPJxuI_uu9UAAfh2AX3bu6UzljiPfCBffKB_peFeS_lDC8ZHqhY-yc/s1600-h/DSCN5360.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dJXBgMsifXzQ7wXmVRkSCGx1wXDfm_fFHGcx2PV5P1aRj4iAsOgyg4txpLYRU7ORelggWBP9QUN739_LY41P6sPJxuI_uu9UAAfh2AX3bu6UzljiPfCBffKB_peFeS_lDC8ZHqhY-yc/s400/DSCN5360.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344382664860689634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank">I can't believe my baby girl is already two months old! the time is flying by, i tell ya! she is still a very sleepy girl. she just barely wakes up enough every 3 hours to eat and once during the night. i can't complain about that since she's been doing it for over a month now! ptl! every few days she wakes up enough to have some awake time and stretch aroun</a><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank">d. i was shocked this past week at her two month check up. my little peanut who was 6lbs 5oz at birth, went down to 5lbs 12.8oz and by two weeks old was only at 6lbs 1oz was 10 whole poun</a><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank">ds an</a><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank">d 13 oz!!!! i guess not so little anymore. my mom is always telling me that my milk is pure</a><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"> fat, i guess she is right! lol she does pretty good at tummy time though, holding her head up pretty good for someone who can barely open her eyes enou</a><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank">gh to know what's going on! and today, she s</a><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank">miled a true smile at her daddy! she has been doing little smiles at me while nursing the last two weeks, but today it was for sure a real smile and it was adorable!</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoc6d08zqHv2vbl4PEtHwhYKGnrGA8EEtVD-qum6-HUQk0fS8yOgB_vNHU7QPFCTH2YrvOIgcuJoA1JTPb8nKlLbdK7bfDQoosvyB1DTcIThw27LmWkz7MD3xFg6BvcBXLfuMXtAo09k4/s1600-h/DSCN5362.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoc6d08zqHv2vbl4PEtHwhYKGnrGA8EEtVD-qum6-HUQk0fS8yOgB_vNHU7QPFCTH2YrvOIgcuJoA1JTPb8nKlLbdK7bfDQoosvyB1DTcIThw27LmWkz7MD3xFg6BvcBXLfuMXtAo09k4/s400/DSCN5362.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344382242390255074" border="0" /></a><br />we are really enjoying and loving on her! gage is doing really good with her as well! he is always wanting to give her hugs and kisses. he will only call her 'sister' ...it's cute! and now we are all pretty much calling her just that, sister. i have to think to say her name to ppl and not call her sister! lol he also likes to hold her, but that lasts for about maybe two seconds and then he's done. when he is done he likes to just push her off, so, i could not let her go for even a split second! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyIogcO5HGBbb5_4RW_8EvP_7TDB9iG4Y0dtLL7L5nPjv2n8Y5FoUl-bAufgCLKrs3wpKwY34no-ciG-45ApbuajuLqsELgjXPRkQFVl9Hz7po1lVEbq3jcDMF53w12oVVVhaBCB4_bcY/s1600-h/DSCN5154.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyIogcO5HGBbb5_4RW_8EvP_7TDB9iG4Y0dtLL7L5nPjv2n8Y5FoUl-bAufgCLKrs3wpKwY34no-ciG-45ApbuajuLqsELgjXPRkQFVl9Hz7po1lVEbq3jcDMF53w12oVVVhaBCB4_bcY/s400/DSCN5154.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344384365309094306" border="0" /></a>i need to go make a very late dinner now, but before i do, i will post a few more pictures of my precious kiddos...just love them!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJZpRbdRxgvDFD4gnq8HJ2hXiAjCLPE2G-95vYyixLrYzkcGFWX5NpkBLbKx28cWiwpw4tOrNr8NFCR3-tI81smqoUyFZfOnx3h7xbPhbl_J5IFydpXE4xR0jjqO4Bvjq8vRGsu_jyBw/s1600-h/DSCN5055.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJZpRbdRxgvDFD4gnq8HJ2hXiAjCLPE2G-95vYyixLrYzkcGFWX5NpkBLbKx28cWiwpw4tOrNr8NFCR3-tI81smqoUyFZfOnx3h7xbPhbl_J5IFydpXE4xR0jjqO4Bvjq8vRGsu_jyBw/s400/DSCN5055.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344385935731704994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ff9OYvMjQMarGxE60Q3VJFZKi4SUf-mFxK2pRTgvGFFGwGWjMA1VhxaVlUhpP9timOx6U-cKd7NBeqCd4wYbsypNjxFQvTnKwRy8TwqInRyEjUz0cDNB1DUptRvLCUVr3plhzUJouXU/s1600-h/DSCN5288.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ff9OYvMjQMarGxE60Q3VJFZKi4SUf-mFxK2pRTgvGFFGwGWjMA1VhxaVlUhpP9timOx6U-cKd7NBeqCd4wYbsypNjxFQvTnKwRy8TwqInRyEjUz0cDNB1DUptRvLCUVr3plhzUJouXU/s400/DSCN5288.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344404001825202066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSAWwV4cnsa6ExpRMYiW_yLBQrIa2h_vYKsMOHK3kqHKWnmSVDigH1p1IXXM0jhxKG1jIhD7O0eYw48SB091ycnwcMShIOfvhiUuM4k6quPTAIeHQ2O5LG34xg3y1oNq0qoyvYQUtf98/s1600-h/DSCN5374.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSAWwV4cnsa6ExpRMYiW_yLBQrIa2h_vYKsMOHK3kqHKWnmSVDigH1p1IXXM0jhxKG1jIhD7O0eYw48SB091ycnwcMShIOfvhiUuM4k6quPTAIeHQ2O5LG34xg3y1oNq0qoyvYQUtf98/s400/DSCN5374.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344404722092446194" border="0" /></a><br />and just for kicks, here's one of my good-looking husband! love him too!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglNSzJ50_qc64vk99m_8DJGIJZz2_kVPWnktptHzr2r3YEHSkW__6qWXAwQPK6KmMQtJrlZ43iRZH-UwTxjr_IeHzLbMNczvHdKANZWItrCxGH4A9HeBQihFarxO1bS8qXA_dPzARdwM/s1600-h/DSCN5138.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgglNSzJ50_qc64vk99m_8DJGIJZz2_kVPWnktptHzr2r3YEHSkW__6qWXAwQPK6KmMQtJrlZ43iRZH-UwTxjr_IeHzLbMNczvHdKANZWItrCxGH4A9HeBQihFarxO1bS8qXA_dPzARdwM/s400/DSCN5138.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344386645495276434" border="0" /></a>mittelmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410861912425053508noreply@blogger.com1