tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149006742024-03-13T04:50:31.125-05:00Barker Family BlogHappenings & Thoughts from our Life & HomeJanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.comBlogger871125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-22650484778954560512012-07-13T21:39:00.003-05:002012-07-13T21:40:21.458-05:00Cow Appreciation Day--2012<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Something we participate in every year is Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A. Basically, if you dress up like a cow and go to Chick-Fil-A on their designated Cow Appreciation Day, you can get your food (chicken) for free! It's a great deal and a lot of fun! </div>
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This year Evelyn was old enough to sort of "get into it" and she was so excited to see herself and many others around her all looking like cows. She has been saying "Mooooo" all day and at bed time when Kane changed her into her PJ's she looked at him and said, "Daddy be a cow??" Kane said, "I'm all done being a cow". She said, "Daddy be a cow later." Yep--he will--next year! :)</div>
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Here are some pictures of our little cows. And yes, I took the girls to the mall for a free lunch (after MK's last day of VBS) and then we dressed up again and met Kane at the Dwarf House location for supper...so we took total advantage of Chick-Fil-A's generosity!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Two sweet sister cows after they came through the little red door. Evie is now ALL ABOUT the little red door! Thanks to their babysitter Lydia for putting together their cute masks!</span></td></tr>
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And...just for fun, here are our little cow-girls from the past two Cow Appreciation Days...we sure do love Chick-Fil-A!</div>
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<br />Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-48324939309763307222012-06-04T10:01:00.000-05:002012-06-05T11:00:33.493-05:00Dear, Evelyn.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">
Happy 2nd Birthday to our precious daughter, Evelyn.</div>
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This morning as I washed your blond curls during your bath I was taken back to the day you were born. The first thing that struck me the first time I laid eyes on you was your blond hair. When your cousin Grant saw the first picture of you he said you had golden hair...and you did. You were beautiful on that day and your beauty remains. </div>
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Evelyn, you don't know it yet, but we prayed for you for many, many months before you joined our family. Mara Kate prayed every night for another baby and Mommy and Daddy did too...for almost 2 years we prayed before God answered our prayer. When we found out you were on the way we were 'over-the-moon' excited. Our prayers had been answered and we were beyond thankful. </div>
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A little while later we found out that Mara Kate was having a little sister...another girl! We were all surprised and thrilled. In the final months while we waited on you we finished preparations for your arrival. It was June and we were ready. Your name was on your bedroom wall and on your diaper bag as well (such a Southern girl!). Your closet was filled with summery pink, girly outfits and your cradle was ready with clean sheets and soft blankets.</div>
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You arrived before 9am on your birthday and you were perfect. You quietly laid on my chest and we had 45 minutes of bliss...then...the nurse came to give you your first bath. About 15 minutes later a whirlwind began that lasted for the next 9 days. Something was wrong. Your heart and lungs were not working properly. Something wasn't connecting and functioning as it should. Oxygen wasn't going into your blood like your organs so desperately needed it to. Twelve hours after birth you were transported quickly to the children's hospital in Atlanta--in an effort to save your life. Your heart was so weak....and truthfully, you were barely hanging on. </div>
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Evie, angels surrounded the ambulance as it took you to the hospital that could help you. Your life was being sustained by God Almighty Himself and it still is. The doctors and nurses in Atlanta took excellent care of you (and of Daddy and me too). They gave you the best care they could give and we were thankful. We cried out for God for Him to heal you, to help strengthen your heart and your lungs. We pleaded with Him to allow the treatment they gave you to work and for you to recover...fully. </div>
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Evie, you need to know that God answered all our prayers--completely. After 9 days in the NICU you came home. You were healthy and whole and your heart was healthy and strong. Only because of God, baby girl. Only God.</div>
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Now 2 years later we are still reminded of the little fighter you were when you were brand new...because you are still full of fight! You are a strong, feisty, energetic little girl. You are talking like crazy and adding new words daily to your vocabulary. Although, you have no problem getting your point across even without words. You are a little fireball and we LOVE it! We praise God for your spunk, drive and energy. You are the picture of health and we are amazed at God's mercy and grace He has shown us through your life. You are a gift.</div>
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The past 24 months have flown by and have been so full because of your presence in our family and our home. We pray the Lord will bless you and us with many, many more years together. </div>
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You are loved, baby girl....and always will be. By us and by your heavenly Father. </div>
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Love always,</div>
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<br /></div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-16400941771060876292012-05-21T09:06:00.000-05:002012-05-21T09:08:59.417-05:00DYI Spanish Moss Topiary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have wanted some nice topiaries for my dining room for awhile and when I looked at the price tag on most pre-made ones I decided I could make some for a much more reasonable price. I bought all of my materials from Michael's except for the bamboo sticks and the thinner branches, which came from my yard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here are my finished topiaries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">paint if you want to paint your pot as I did </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cover your Styrofoam ball with Spanish moss. Dealing with the moss made quite a mess, but it was easy to clean up afterward. Just cover a small portion at a time with hot glue, then press a bunch of moss onto the glue and hold. Leave a tiny portion uncovered at the bottom so you can insert your branch. Once you are finished gluing you can use scissors to cut off any long strands that stick out too far. Glue the moss together tightly so you cannot see the green Styrofoam underneath. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I took some very thin wispy branches and cut them to the right length. Then I hot glued it at the top (had to hold firmly against the thicker branch until the glue set. Then I wound it around the branch until the bottom. Then I hot glued it to the thick branch at the bottom. If you don't want to use hot glue for this step you could also use some thin floral wire to attach the thin branches. </span></td></tr>
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I've been wanting to revamp/update/freshen up the throw pillows on the couch for awhile. I think I'm finally happy with what I have, especially the newest addition which I worked on yesterday and today. I'm very pleased with the way it turned out. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">These "old world map" pillows have sat on our couch since we first got married. Kane really liked this fabric and I liked them fine too, but after almost 8 years I was really ready for a change!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This fabric was a hand me down from my mother in law's scrap fabric stash (total cost to me, $0). I liked it because it was neutral and light. I simply sewed a basic "sham" pillow case I could easily slip the old pillow inside. Here is the back of the sham. </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is the front. At first I wasn't sure what I wanted to do to "liven it up", so I looked on Pinterest for some ideas. I saw that people had painted on fabric before, so once I got the idea that I could paint on the fabric, my creative juices started flowing. My mother in law had also mentioned stencils, but I just didn't know what I would stencil. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I finally decided to implement another Pinterest idea I had seen where people printed out "special dates" and framed it as art on wall. I decided to put our "special dates" on the pillow instead. Step 1: I laid out my sham flat on the table. I might also want to put a layer of paper behind the fabric you will be painting on. I taped the edges down so the fabric wouldn't "scoot" around while I was trying to paint.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I bought my stencils for really cheap at Home Depot. I had looked for stencils at Michael's but they didn't have the size/font combination I was looking for. Home Depot only had one option, but it was exactly what I was looking for. (Stencils are 3" tall and my pillow is about 22" tall). I liked the more "industrial" looking font. All the ones at Michale's were too frilly/pretty. These stencils gave me exactly the look I was going for. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I used random numbers to map out my spacing/measurements. It really helped that almost all of the numbers were on cards the exact same height and width as the others. That made the spacing really easy. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">First date done. I worked from the left to right, from the top row down. The first date by the way is the date of our "first date".</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mid effort. Coming along well. I used regular (cheap) acrylic paint I already had on hand and a regular paintbrush with fairly short/small bristles.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lastly, I free-handed a little heart in the center (which happens to be in the middle of our anniversary date).</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The "special" dates I used were. First Date, Date we got engaged, anniversary/wedding, birthdate of baby #1 and birthdate of baby #2. </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<br />Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-6742192364869094012012-01-17T09:43:00.000-05:002012-01-17T09:43:05.057-05:00World of PinterestA while back I got an invitation to join the website <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a>. Pinterest is basically a site where you can have your own virtual "pin boards" to keep track of online ideas you see or other items that you like or that inspire you.<br />
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I went ahead and joined, but my boards sat empty for months. I didn't really understand the point and didn't really want to take the time to get too involved with it. After some prompting from friends I decided to log in again and just browse. There was a idea/project I had in mind that I wanted to do and I pretty much knew what I wanted it to look like, but I did want some help with inspiration and direction. I didn't know at first that you can search Pinterest for specific ideas--not only see the popular pins among your friends. This was cool.<br />
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I wanted to make some sort of small, pretty wreath, so I searched for that and many fun and pretty ideas popped up. Many of them were actual tutorials on how to make the wreaths myself (even better). I pinned a few to remember what I saw and which ones I liked. This was fun!<br />
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1 yard of fabric (the tutorial said you needed on yard. I should have bought a little more, but it worked out in the end).</div>
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The beginnings of my flowerets...made simply from strips of fabric I cut, folded and pinned directly onto the wreath, one right next to the other (to cover the pins).</div>
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Awhile ago a friend gave me an old window pane that was just sitting in her garage and it's been sitting in our shed for months...probably over a year actually and I had just never decided what to do with it. Kane helped me by tacking the ribbon to the back of the window before hanging it on the wall. </div>
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My dear husband always makes sure everything he hangs is perfectly centered and leveled. This is one of the many reasons I love him. His accuracy in math helps to make our home beautiful! Thanks, Babe!</div>
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<br />Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-72563085569085991532012-01-17T09:17:00.002-05:002012-01-17T09:17:36.056-05:00Tuie's Asian Green Beans<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I made these Asian style green beans last night for the first time and they turned out great. They were really easy to make and very tasty. I plan to make them frequently in the future so I decided to share the recipe.</span></div>
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<br />Tuie, they were delicious! </div>
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I used 1 bag of whole frozen green beans (I bought the Steamers bag, which allowed me to steam them in the microwave before finishing them on the stove). </div>
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1) Steam your beans, either on the stove top or in the microwave.</div>
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3) Once oil and seeds are heated and sort of sizzling, add your (already steamed and drained) beans, 2 Tbls soy sauce, a pinch of sugar and about a 1/2 tsp minced garlic (more if you like garlic) and saute in the skillet for about 5 minutes. The soy sauce should soak into the beans so they aren't "swimming" and as you toss the beans the sesame seeds will sort of coat the beans. </div>
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Easy. Simple. Yummy. Enjoy!</div>
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Today we celebrated Mara Kate's 6th birthday even though her actual birthday was this past Sunday. She is completely and totally into all things creative these days, especially drawing with pencils, crayons, markers, paint and cutting and pasting with felt or fabric to make pictures, so we decided the most appropriate kind of party would be an "art party' or an "artist party". She has been waiting over a month for the day to arrive and this morning she got to hang out with some friends and a some family she got to paint and she got to share and eat her cake---it was a fun morning for her! And, thanks to the help of Crissy Ward at <a href="http://www.artyoucreate.org/">Created By You</a>, everything on my end was pretty stress free as well!</div>
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So before further ado...here are pictures...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Example painting Crissy painted for the kids to use as their example. Mara Kate was able to design what she wanted to paint and this is what she came up with!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little sister, Evelyn hung with Papa Dog for most of the party...they even did a little shopping in the mall together. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Other paintings---each one so unique and original!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Present time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evelyn snarfing down some cake with our dear neighbor and friend. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More cake!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished products! I loved them all!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Girls' artwork</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boys' artwork.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mara Kate's finished painting already hung on the wall!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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</div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-61760056309391855242011-11-30T09:19:00.001-05:002011-11-30T10:26:19.027-05:00November<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
Life seems to remain in fast forward as we stay quite busy with home life, school, my part time job, Kane's job, travels and everything else in between.</div>
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So, here is my attempt to post about all our past month through pictures...I'm sure I've missed some of the happenings, but here are some November highlights. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We packed 2 boxes for Operation Christmas Child---something we try to do every year!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished our first soccer season with Mara Kate...she loved every minute of it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Team Picture---Go Strikers!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MK with her friend MK (or MK squared as Kane calls them)...celebrating the end of soccer season with supper at Steak N Shake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful tree in our front yard...loved the shadows on the ground this particular day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas wreath with added lime green berries to coordinate with our lime green front door. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GA Aquarium field trip with one of Kane's classes from Shorter. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With Deepo the aquarium mascot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Attempt at a decent family shot...this is the best we got. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evie loved seeing everything...even these colorful tropical fish.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Over Thanksgiving weekend in Knoxville I got to spend a little time with a dear childhood friend---it was great having a chance to catch up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kane's mom (Tuie) with her 3 grandchildren...snuggled together. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nephew Brendan--3 months old. He is growing so fast!</td></tr>
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<br />Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-32130347013166078942011-10-22T14:00:00.000-05:002011-10-22T14:00:17.428-05:00Mom & Me Painting ClassThere is this really cool gal here in Rome has her own <a href="http://artyoucreate.org/">art/painting business</a>. She holds classes all over North Georgia. She hosts private parties for children, adults---really anything you want to do, if it involves painting on a canvas, she's probably open to it!<br />
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Well, for several months I've been wanting to sign up for her "Mom and Me Painting Class". We finally found a date that would work and we were excited about the picture she would be painting so Mara Kate and I signed up to go.<br />
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In the meantime we have also decided that this is what we wanted to do for Mara Kate's 6th b-day party and after our painting experience with Crissy, I'm even more excited now. Here are some pictures of our morning together. It turned out that we were the only participants signed up for this particular class, so we sort of got to have a private lesson, which was really fun!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As part of the "package" the painter gets their own free drink from the coffee shop the classes are held in. Mara Kate chose a cherry frappe. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting started on our pumpkins. Mara Kate was really excited to be painting with a "real artist" since she wants to be an artist herself when she grows up. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were both really happy with how our picture turned out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In action!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost finished.</td></tr>
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This was definitely a great way for me to get some one on one time with Mara Kate. She had a blast and came came home with a really nice piece of art too. We hope to do it again sometime and Mara Kate can't wait to paint along with a few of her friends to celebrate her 6th b-day too!<br />
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<br />Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-66349088384743876632011-10-05T09:04:00.002-05:002011-10-05T09:04:37.164-05:00Evie-isms<br />
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Evelyn Nadine, 16 months </div>
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Yesterday marked 16 months since Evelyn was born! She is officially a toddler and walking all over the place! <br />
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It amazes me how well she can communicate even though she can't actually talk or speak words clearly.<br />
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Below are the "words" in her 16 month old vocabulary:<br />
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<b>Mama</b><br />
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<b>Na-Na </b>(I want it! whatever "it" is at the moment!) She says this A LOT! :)<br />
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<b>Dada </b>(she used to say this all the time, it was her first word in fact, but she has started calling Kane and I both mama recently. Although, sometimes she still calls Kane Dada.)<br />
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<b>Dye-dye</b>- (Bye-Bye, she usually says this in the mornings before Kane leaves for work---when she thinks it is time for him to leave. She'll go over to the door, point and wave at Kane and say, "dye-dye!") So cute. Kane always feels like she is rushing him out the door. ha!<br />
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<b>Baby</b> (she says this whenever she sees a picture of a baby or if she sees herself in the mirror, she'll point and say, "Baby").<br />
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<b>BeBe</b> (This sounds very similar to Baby, but she will say it when we point to the picture of Kane's sister's picture on our fridge. When we were in Knoxville recently Elizabeth taught her to say BeBe and when we got home she saw her picture and said it!)<br />
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<b>Tuh-Tuh</b> (Tucker, she says this when she sees her friend Tucker's picture.)<br />
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<b>Glah </b>(clock, I think she thinks this word is fun to say because she usually laughs whenever she says it.) <br />
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<b>Lie</b> (light, this was one of her very first words).<br />
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<b>Nack</b> (snack)<br />
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<b>Ahh-duh</b> (all done, she raises her arms above her head and says this whenever she is finished eating) <br />
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<b>Ahhh! Ahhh</b>! (off, she usually shouts this while pulling at the sleeve of her shirt or pjs. She knows when she wants to get undressed.)<br />
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There are so many other words and phrases she understands even though she can't say them. She can follow simple instructions. It is amazing how smart they are at such a young age!<br />
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<b>A few phrases she understands:</b><br />
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<b>Go to your chair</b> (runs to her chair)<br />
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<b>Do you want to take a bath?</b> (she'll go running to the tub)<br />
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<b>Go get your paci </b>(she'll do just that)<br />
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<b>Get a diaper </b>(she will pick one out of her basket when it's time for a diaper change) <br />
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<b>Where are your shoes?</b> (She'll go find her shoes and bring them to me so I can put them on her feet).<br />
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<b>Do you want to go outside or Do you want to go bye-bye?</b> (She runs to the door or runs to get her shoes so she can go outside).<br />
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Sometimes she points to the front door or hits it while she says, <b>"na-na"</b>...like she is saying, <b>"I want to go outside!</b><br />
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<b>Go to Mara Kate's room </b>(she'll go right to her door).<br />
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<b>Do you want breakfast/lunch? </b> She stops whatever she is doing and runs to her chair.<br />
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Last night it was bath night and Evelyn was already in the tub, but I hadn't started washing her yet. She picked up the little washcloth I had put in the water and started wiping her stomach....she was trying to wash herself! It was so cute. I love to see her "mimic" actions she has seen us do. She remembers what certain things are for.<br />
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If she gets her hands on a hairbrush, she will take it immediately to her hair and try to brush it.<br />
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I am sure there are other cute things she is doing right now that I just can't remember, but as you can see, she adds so much spunk, joy and fun to our life!<br />
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We are so thankful for you sweet, Evie Nadine! Praising God for 16 months of life and look forward to many, many more!! <br />
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<br />Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-54055002129842472342011-10-04T12:47:00.001-05:002011-10-04T12:47:47.632-05:00Update Through PicturesHere are a few pictures from my last camera upload---just putting them on the blog to serve as an update of what we've been up to lately...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All set for a walk in the neighborhood. She loves to honk her little horn on her car whenever we are strolling.</span></td></tr>
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Recent Day trip to Atlanta. Mara Kate and I headed out early this past Saturday morning to spend the day in Atlanta....seeing friends, shopping and eating!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We spent the morning with my friend Katie and her daughter Ella Ann. The girls hadn't seen one another in too long, but they picked up right where they left off and played for almost 3 solid hours!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After Trader Joe's we met a friend at Pappasitos for a late lunch. I love this place and cannot go to Atlanta and not eat there. They brought MK a ball of tortilla dough to play with at the table...she made a person and the waiter even complimented her on her creativity!</td></tr>
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Here is a video of Evie....as a pro walker! She is all over the place and she improves her balance everyday! Enjoy this glimpse into our family after dinner routine! (Bath time)!</div>
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Below are some pictures of Mara Kate at 15 months of age and below her are some pictures of Evelyn now, also at 15 months of age. They are both wearing the same cute overalls, so I thought it would be fun to post some contrasting pictures of the girls in the same outfit at the same age. The pictures of Mara Kate were taken in mid-March and the ones of Evelyn, mid-September (now).</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It is so fun for me to look back at pictures of Mara Kate at the age Evelyn is now and of course it always surprises me how quickly we've gone from this young pudgy toddler to almost 6 years old! Time is flying! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Last year while Mara Kate was taking ballet a friend from church told her that he was playing soccer and that she could come watch him sometime. She said she wanted to do that, so they picked her up and she sat on the sidelines with his mom and little sister while he was on the field. At the end of practice the coach (who happened to be her friend's dad) invited her onto the field to "run" with the other team members. After she went to watch she was determined that she would play this year. So, when it was time to register for ballet again I asked her to think really hard about what she wanted to do because she couldn't change her mind later. She never wavered. Soccer was it! Her other friend from church and ballet also decided to play soccer and I know part of what swayed Mara Kate is that she wanted to be with her friends. So, yesterday was the first practice. We had bought the shin guards and socks and cleats for her to wear---she was all set! Practice wasn't until 5:30pm, but she wanted to put her cleats on right after lunch, she was so excited! :) I have to say I was a bit surprised at how well she did and how much fun she had! She looked like a natural out there and loved kicking, running, sweating, etc. It was great to see her getting exercise all while having fun with her friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">showing off her hot pink "swoosh" on her cleats!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">to pose for a picture for your dear old mom. :)</span></div>
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-18958720981412959882011-09-01T15:30:00.000-05:002011-09-01T15:30:40.899-05:00School Days<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here are some pictures of Mara Kate during "school". We have been having so much fun together learning lots of things in very fun ways. I am so happy with the curriculum we chose for this year and if anyone is interested in it, I'd be happy to share more with you about it. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our school year is off to a great start and we even went to a school showing of Charlotte's Web yesterday put on by Rome Little Theater. Kane was able to come home long enough to watch Evie so Mara Kate and I could go on that little field trip together. It was a special morning together.</div><br />
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-80028624494148951582011-08-23T12:49:00.001-05:002011-08-23T13:06:47.215-05:00First Steps...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzYBKMb-2en1Vf6gON-h7IW0I_72PPZKneppB2bDf3749IA_FCp47Ksd3fd5Ti6ZjgKcputa2ugy1I' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzc_7ILlNEhnCPOI-B6ENu0FZXq3kirvpoQWxrKLPsyQm9iJe2giXXER7ljbfdJuhMzL60mwbVnvPw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Some of Evelyn's first steps...</span></div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-80827282781025062942011-08-11T11:26:00.003-05:002011-08-11T11:31:14.455-05:00Back to SchoolAs I mentioned in my last post, today was Mara Kate's first day of Kindergarten...at home! We are excited about homeschooling again this year and we've already had lots of fun and it's only the first day!<br />
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This morning, before Kane left for work we gave Mara Kate a new back-pack with several new school supplies inside to help make today, her first day of official school a little more special and fun. Even though she is doing her school work at home we wanted her to have a new back pack to put her current school books and work in.<br />
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Here are some pictures of some of our morning school activities.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Looking to see what was in her new back-pack...she loved the princess notebook we'll be using for spelling words.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">During <b>story time</b> we are reading a biography together (About Benjamin West, an American artist), so today we learned what a biography was by having Mara Kate gather 5 items that would tell something about HER, just like the book we are reading tells true things about Benjamin West. Her 5 items were: A book, because she LOVES to look at books, A bag of yellow rice, because it's one of her favorite foods, a sheet of paper, because she loves to draw pictures, an ice cream cone (cut out of paper), because she loves ice cream and a game because she loves to play games! </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Writing her <b>spelling</b> words for this week. She did great!</span></td></tr>
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We also did an activity to learn a bit about <b>geography</b> (and the 7 continents), <b>phonics</b>--reviewed in the book we began last year, <b>history</b> and the first pilgrims to come to America, <b>poetry</b>--we read a poem and talked about it and the <b>Bible</b> verse this week is Psalm 4:6 so we are working on memorizing that as well. <br />
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It was a wonderful first day of school and at lunch we talked a little bit about what she learned, what she had fun doing and what was a challenge for her....loving spending this focused time with my girl. :)<br />
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Oh, and little sister Evelyn went down for her morning nap about 15 minutes after we started school and slept until 11am, which worked out perfectly. I'm sure naps won't always go that smoothly, but I'm thankful on our first day we had lots of time to work together uninterrupted.<br />
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Thank you Lord for the opportunity to teach Mara Kate and watch her discover and learn many new things this year!<br />
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-44741272133148498842011-08-11T10:35:00.001-05:002011-08-11T11:32:03.061-05:00Summer FunOK, before you go and get all excited....let me mention that this post and the next might be a fluke. I may or may not continue to blog of a regular basis. I love blogging and I love keeping my blog updated fairly often, but life has sped up and been busier since the addition of baby #2, so I'm making no promises about the state of this blog. I am hoping that now that Evelyn is past her 1st b-day I might find a bit more time to blog, but we'll all just have to wait and see about that.<br />
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But, today I have a bit of time and some pictures to share so I decided to write a post! Shocking, I know. :)<br />
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Today we officially started back to school with Mara Kate. Last year we did some pre-K stuff as well as a bit of Kindergarten stuff....so this year we are doing more Kindergarten and whatever else we can add in. We'll just take it at our own pace and have fun along the way.<br />
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But, since yesterday was sort of our "last official day of Summer" I was planning to take the girls to the pool one last time...but I called (am glad I did) and found out that they have already closed the pool on weekdays and are only open on Saturdays from now until Labor Day. (So, we are hoping to hit the pool on Saturday instead). But, since the girls were already in their swimsuits I decided to let them play in the hose. During our recent anniversary getaway trip to Destin, my mother in law was here taking care of the girls and she came up with this set up with the hose and sprinkler attachment...so I just set it all up again and let the girls splash around for awhile. They had a lot of fun!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such a happy girl---she loves the water!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wow---look at that spray!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think I'll touch it. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now for a new trick...I'll stand up in the tub of water all on my own! </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look Mom!! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Soaking wet!</td></tr>
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-35783057996632672842011-05-08T13:34:00.000-05:002011-05-08T13:34:14.245-05:00Mother's Day<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">Happy, Happy Mother's Day to my mom, my mother in law, my sisters and friends. I'm so thankful to have each one of you in my life!</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">I've had a wonderful day so far...it began with coffee and a cinnamon roll in bed followed immediately by cards from my girls and hubby as well as a little gift. We went to church and then walked down the street to a restaurant downtown...Johnny's Pizza. Yumm.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">You can't see the individual candles in the top photos, but there were 29 of them and yes, some of them were <b>pink </b>(sorry, Babe, I'll try to plan a little better next time). I guess pink candles is what happens when you are the only man in a house of 3 girls. ha! </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">Thankfully it didn't phase him at all! </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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For family and friends far away...who haven't seen Evie since she's been on the move!</div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-87058561716960182412011-03-28T21:13:00.000-05:002011-03-28T21:13:15.764-05:00Special Delivery<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Awhile ago Mara Kate and I had a conversation about Fancy Nancy and just how much she loved being fancy just like Fancy Nancy is in all of her books. While we were talking I suggested that she could write the author of the Fancy Nancy books and let her know just how much she enjoyed all of her books and other Fancy Nancy things (pencils, stickers, books, dress up clothes, dolls, etc). I even mentioned that the author might enjoy hearing about the Fancy Nancy birthday party she had as well. Mara Kate thought I was crazy for thinking she could actually send a letter to to "someone we didn't even know"! But, I told her I thought we could as long as we could find an address to send it to!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, we looked online and we did indeed find an address where you could send fan mail to the publishing company so we decided we'd give it a try. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">At first Mara Kate was hoping that I would actually write the letter and she could just tell me what to say and I did consider doing it this way, but then I decided this would be a great way for her to get in some handwriting practice. So, she decided what she would want to say, I wrote it and then she copied it. It took her about 4 days of working on it during her usual hand-writing time and she was so proud of herself when she was finished. I was proud of her too that I decided to make a copy of her letter before mailing it so we'd have a record of all that hard work:</div><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">After she was finished composing her letter we enclosed a picture of her all dressed up as fancy as can be at her birthday party with her tiered cake and we sent it off to New York City! </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">I wasn't sure if we'd here anything back, but last week Kane got the mail and came inside and showed me an envelope addressed to Mara Kate that was stamped <b>New York, NY!</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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We headed to Knoxville early in the week and hung out there for a couple of days. On Thursday Kane, Evelyn and I headed to the mountains and spent one night at the cabin on our own. Evelyn went to bed fairly early and Kane and I enjoyed some relaxing time in the hot tub and then spent the rest of the evening watching <a href="http://lifeasweknowitmovie.warnerbros.com/dvd/">a movie</a>. It was a very nice evening spent together.<br />
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On Friday the rest of the crew drove in from Knoxville and we spent the rest of the weekend all hanging out together. We relaxed at the cabin, on the front porch and in the hot tub and we also went out and about just enough to not catch cabin fever. One afternoon we drove to a nearby mountain top where Mara Kate, Kane and Choonghwan did a steep hike up to the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mount+lyn+lowry+north+carolina&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Mt+Lyn+Lowry&gl=us&ei=vi2RTenOMsXi0gGJyo3ZDg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBoQ8gEwAA">very top of the mountain</a> where there is a large cross. Evelyn, PapaDog and I stayed in the grassy field and enjoyed the scenery all around us.<br />
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We also went out to eat one evening to celebrate Eliz's birthday and the table had a paper table cloth so kids could color on the table cloth while waiting on the food. Mara Kate enjoyed drawing and playing tick-tack-toe, but by the time it was over Kane, Elizabeth and I had all decorated the spaces surrounding us too! It was a fun evening, especially because the grandparents set Evelyn's high chair in between them and took care of feeding and entertaining her the entire time we were there.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnE0AB3Vm34jqstxepbHQLh3RqD-4l5oYIiQx1__-4mOW5blt2SHbjj4cOIyq9_A-jUt6LrORZ4o6NSRmajLINrgSU3jsGPF-KqkdfTQjEBvTXK-qCTKaND5tECI93PwXnFHg/s1600/IMG_0217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYnE0AB3Vm34jqstxepbHQLh3RqD-4l5oYIiQx1__-4mOW5blt2SHbjj4cOIyq9_A-jUt6LrORZ4o6NSRmajLINrgSU3jsGPF-KqkdfTQjEBvTXK-qCTKaND5tECI93PwXnFHg/s320/IMG_0217.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What's up girl?!!?</i></div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13350850910902645035noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900674.post-66244053302971476052011-03-04T17:09:00.003-05:002011-03-04T17:21:51.134-05:009 Months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Our sweet little girl is 9 months old today. It is hard for me to believe that she has been a part of our eveyday life now for as long as it took for her to grow to full term in utero! I'll say these past 9 months seem to have passed more quickly than the 9 when she was growing and developing in the womb. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Very Social:</b> She truly is a sweet heart through and through. She loves her mommy, daddy and big sister so much and shows great excitement and affection for all of us every day. When she is excited she waves both arms and kicks her feet wildly...I think she might run marathons when she is older as she is constantly kicking her legs at rapid speed! She is in the separation anxiety stage and sometimes misses her mommy when I'm not around and she also gets her feelings deeply hurt if she sees me walk past her without stopping to pick her up or at least give her some attention. She also knows what the word "hug" means and when you ask her to give you a hug she'll lean into your shoulder and bury her head into your chest....one of the sweetest things ever!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Sitting & Nursing:</b> She is sitting up well and plays happily with toys when they are placed near her. She also loves to be near Mara Kate and play with her. She laughs, giggles, blows bubbles and smiles whenever she is with Mara Kate. It is difficult for me to nurse her when Mara Kate is in the same room as she is always so interested in what her sister is doing that she won't concentrate on nursing. If Mara Kate is anywhere to be found she would much rather watch her than eat, so I sometimes have to ask Mara Kate to go play in her own room when I am nursing Evelyn because it is a lost cause otherwise! When she does nurse it is a very quick thing---maybe under 10 minutes. She eats quickly and is done--a very efficient nurser for sure!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Moving: </b>She isn't crawling yet, but is up on all 4's...she likes to balance on her tip toes and the top of her head and will go from that position back to sitting up. Even though she isn't crawling she is moving by rolling and scooting. I will sit her down in one spot and come back to find that she has moved across the room in the time I was gone. I think she will be crawling soon because when she is up on her hands and knees she is starting to pull forward with her hands and rock back and forth. She just needs to coordinate the use of her legs and hands, but once she figures it out I know she will be everywhere and into everything!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Talking: </b>Evelyn is getting more verbal and likes to whisper "da-da". She says loudly "ma-ma" when she is hungry or wants something! She also says ba-ba too. So far those are her three main sounds. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Eating: </b>Evelyn could teach her big sister a thing or two about eating...especially when it comes to vegetables. Evelyn loves her baby food and downs anything and everything we put in her mouth. She eats all veggies and all fruits we have offered her and hasn't once turned her nose up at anything. She normally eats a fruit mixed with rice cereal for breakfast and a fruit and veggie for lunch and supper. As my previous post showed, she is starting to be able to feed herself cheerios. This is a wonderful stage to be in as I am able to spoon feed her her supper in the evening, then throw some cheerios on her tray and she'll be happy as can be eating them on her own while the rest of us sit and eat supper together. She still nurses several times a day as well...so all in all, a great eater! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Sleeping:</b> She is also a better sleeper than her sister was at this age. She has slept through the night a few times (from 7:30pm-7:00am), but most nights she wakes up to eat once. It's getting to the point that is she wakes up I'm not surprised and if she doesn't wake up I'm not surprised. When she wakes up I nurse her and she goes right back to sleep. This nursing time is one of my favorites (other than the fact that I have to get out of bed in the middle of the night) because she is usually sleeping and very, very cuddly during this feeding....unlike the daytime when she is more interested in everything else going on around her than cuddling with mommy. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Nicknames:</b> Evie, Evelyn-Smevelyn, Evinator, Poopsy McQueen (she has lots and lots of b.m.'s!), Sweet Girl. We call her Evelyn and Evie mostly....and probably each about 50% of the time. I love the shortened version of her name (Evie, with a short e sound), but also like using her full name too (Evelyn) so I'm glad we have naturally fallen into using both interchangeably. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am amazed that Evie is big enough already to just "hang out" with Mara Kate. On Thursday mornings while I'm getting ready for Bible study I usually get the girls all ready and after breakfast they sit and Evelyn plays while Mara Kate watches a short show---this past Thursday I checked on them and noticed Evelyn was paying attention to the tv too (for a few minutes), so I snapped this photo...just thought it looked so sweet. :) </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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