September & October

I haven't posted in forever and I was just looking through all the pictures I've taken since we got a digital camera. Getting the camera was supposed to make blogging easier. It has, but it didn't come with a time machine to give me more time to do everything I want to. SO, here's a bunch of pictures of my cuties. I'm shamelessly bragging--sorry! :)

Wearing Dad's glasses and a new haircut

9/29/08

Picture Day

10/2/08

"Helping" Mom sew
10/2/08

Cleaning out the Highlander
after watching "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" on our Mommy/Daughter Day
10/4/08

Copying Daddy :)

10/5/08

Mr. Independent after feeding himself chocolate ice cream

10/10/08

Maddie's Jack-o-lantern
10/13/08

A sweet moment
10/20/08

Pebbles
10/31/08

Bam-Bam
10/31/08

Sickening and Disgusting

This incident makes my skin crawl! Obviously I am VERY pro-adoption, but this should upset any human being, especially mothers. Imagine having your six-month-old son or daughter taken from you and placed in foster care. That's exactly what happened in this case. The laws must be changed.

Giveaway

I've been crazy busy getting ready for Christmas and I still don't have time for a decent post, but I wanted to make sure everyone has entered my giveaway this month. Just go to my website and follow the directions to win a $25 gift certificate!!

The Modern Stone-Age Family...

I worked like a mad woman, but I got all of our costumes finished just in time to go to the church Trunk-or-Treat last night. (I mean that literally--I was still adding "leopard spots" to Wesley's costume after we should've already been there. :)

Aaron and I are, of course, Wilma and Fred, with Maddie as Pebbles and Wesley as Bam-Bam. I made costumes for our friends, Steve and Robyn, so they could be Betty and Barney.

Aaron's costume is a little too snug (teeheehee) and mine was way too big. (Plus it was heavy white fabric. The combination of those things was NOT slimming or cute. Hence the jacket. Well, and it was also like 40 degrees. We were all freezing.) Maddie's bone and Wesley's club are paper-mache. My necklace is made of marshmallows. I bought big beads to paint, but totally forgot about them until it was too late. My super-smart husband came up with the last minute idea. Genius! (Thankfully it was cold--otherwise I would've been a sticky mess.)

Wesley was not excited about trick-or-treating. A little kid had on a crazy-scary mask and Wesley flipped out when he saw it. :) It wasn't until we started shoving candy at him that he calmed down.

I'm a Winner

My friend, Lannae, had a drawing on her blog and I kinda won. :) Lannae was having a random drawing using all the names of the people who left a comment on her last post. (Lannae makes beautiful hand-stamped silver jewelry--it's very original and unique. I haven't seen anything like it before.) And since Julie (Kunz, I'm assuming) was chosen and mentioned my name in her comment, I get a pair of earrings. How sweet is that? I've been in a bit of a funk today, so it totally brought me right out of it. Aren't these just the cutest? You should definitely check out her blog to see all of her cute things!

October 15

Today is the National Day of Remembrance for pregnancy and infant loss. This includes all babies who have died because of miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, or any other infant death.

So I'm saying a prayer for all of us who have lost babies. Even after 3 years since my last miscarriage, it's easy to remember how hard it is to not have those babies in my life.

The banner below will take you to the blog of an amazingly strong woman who lost her little girl. Be prepared to cry but to also be inspired by her story.

Don't Get Crazy...

Thanks to Robyn for introducing me to Bon Qui Qui!! This girl is funny!!!!