she can have anything she wants…

lff:  mommy, will you be my best friend?
me: of course i will!
lff:  for always?
me:  always and forever.
lff:  oh, mommy.  i love you more than the whole world!
me:  *melts into a puddle on the floor*
erin took this picture of my always-&-forever best friend.

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christmas ‘08

we survived!  our first christmas as a family of 4 was wonderful…busy, but wonderful.  lucy didn’t really care much that it was christmas, but she’s enjoying her new toys!  leslie, on the other hand, would have christmas every day if her parents could afford it!  here are some pictures (because, really, that’s what everybody wants [...]

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leslie’s naptime prayer

dear god,
there are monsters in my closet.
please keep me safe.
amen.

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family resemblance?

can you tell who’s who?

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oops

this morning, we awoke to an empty gallon of milk, so supermom decided to take both girls krogering.  we left with eggs, milk, sugar cookie dough, and a few other things i managed to grab in spite of the fact that lucy screamed from one end of the store to the other.  since i had [...]

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finally!

she sleeps!  for longer than 2 1/2 hours!  hallelujah!

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post thanksgiving craziness…

thanksgiving came and went, and then things got exciting around here.  michael was off work for 5 days (!!!), so we got a lot accomplished.  thanksgiving night we got all of our christmas decorations out, put the tree up, and hung the stockings.  we saved the decorating of the tree for the next day.  this [...]

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it’s been a while…

let’s see…the thanksgiving list didn’t get done in time for the arrival of our guests, and that was okay.  nobody noticed the clumps of dog hair hiding in the corners…or if they did, they were nice enough to not mention it.  maybe they talked about me later, but i doubt it.  the meal was delicious, [...]

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