Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Mar 6, 2012
my sister lauren
Today is my baby sister's twelfth birthday. I can't believe how the years have flown by. I was thirteen when she was born, so I was old enough to care for her, and remember her well as a baby. I remember how her hair stood straight up, I remember singing her to sleep in her room at night. I remember her terrorizing the dogs, and I remember how cute she looked dressed in her princess costumes.
Nov 30, 2010
Thanksgiving and Lacey's Baptism
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this past Thursday. We went to lunch at Blake's grandparents' house in Baldwin, and baptized Lacey that afternoon. Most of our family was able to make it, including my family and grandparents! Here are a few pictures from Lacey's baptism!
We're so happy to welcome Lacey into the Catholic faith! May she grow in wisdom and in grace, and may God bless her always!
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| Lacey wore the baptismal gown that my great-grandmother made for me! |
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| It was so special for Blake's grandfather to baptize another great-grandchild! |
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| Lacey's godparents, Herb and Catherine! |
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| The Steiner family! |
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| The Chauvin family! |
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| Isabelle just LOVES to kiss Lacey every chance she can get! |
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| Our little family! |
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| Isabelle sleeping on her Uncle Eric! |
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| Catherine, me, and Ariel! |
We're so happy to welcome Lacey into the Catholic faith! May she grow in wisdom and in grace, and may God bless her always!
Nov 16, 2010
Our Second Anniversary
Blake and I celebrated two years of marriage yesterday!
While he was at work, Mrs. Michelle dropped off John Michael to hang out with me and Isabelle while she went to her doctor's appointment. She brought us lunch, and then sent me off to get a pedicure, do some shopping for baskets (for the changing table), and go to my doctor's appointment. Meanwhile, she and John took care of Isabelle and helped me out with housework! How sweet of them was that??
(Just in case you're wondering, my doctor's appointment went well - I'm 2 cm dilated, still about halfway effaced, and Lacey's head dropped some! If I don't have her this week we might start talking about induction or other methods of getting labor started at my appointment next week.)
Anyway, after I got home from running errands and Blake got home from work, everyone cleared the house (by that time Ariel and Catherine had come over too, lol). We put Isabelle to bed early, and I got dinner ready. I brought out our nice china and crystal, and set up a romantic candlelight dinner of one of Blake's favorite meals, spaghetti (I actually had some frozen from the last time I made some, so I got away with not having to cook - which is great, because my spaghetti takes a good 4-5 hours to make)! Blake had brought home a bottle of wine and a cigar, which he enjoyed sitting on the porch while it rained. We had coffee with whipped cream on top for dessert, and then spent the rest of the night cuddling, laughing, and watching our wedding video. We really didn't have room in our new budget to buy each other gifts this year, but we had a wonderful anniversary. I would much rather spend a nice, quiet, romantic evening together anyway reliving our wedding memories!
Life has given us so many struggles, and so many, many blessings! I'm so thankful for the past two years, and I can't wait to see what the future will bring!
While he was at work, Mrs. Michelle dropped off John Michael to hang out with me and Isabelle while she went to her doctor's appointment. She brought us lunch, and then sent me off to get a pedicure, do some shopping for baskets (for the changing table), and go to my doctor's appointment. Meanwhile, she and John took care of Isabelle and helped me out with housework! How sweet of them was that??
(Just in case you're wondering, my doctor's appointment went well - I'm 2 cm dilated, still about halfway effaced, and Lacey's head dropped some! If I don't have her this week we might start talking about induction or other methods of getting labor started at my appointment next week.)
Anyway, after I got home from running errands and Blake got home from work, everyone cleared the house (by that time Ariel and Catherine had come over too, lol). We put Isabelle to bed early, and I got dinner ready. I brought out our nice china and crystal, and set up a romantic candlelight dinner of one of Blake's favorite meals, spaghetti (I actually had some frozen from the last time I made some, so I got away with not having to cook - which is great, because my spaghetti takes a good 4-5 hours to make)! Blake had brought home a bottle of wine and a cigar, which he enjoyed sitting on the porch while it rained. We had coffee with whipped cream on top for dessert, and then spent the rest of the night cuddling, laughing, and watching our wedding video. We really didn't have room in our new budget to buy each other gifts this year, but we had a wonderful anniversary. I would much rather spend a nice, quiet, romantic evening together anyway reliving our wedding memories!
Looking back on the past two years, it seems like yesterday that we got married, and it seems like we've been married forever! I mean, how many life-experiences can one couple squeeze into two years? We got married, moved out of our parents' houses (I moved to a different city), I had to have gallbladder surgery, we got pregnant with Isabelle, moved to a new house, had our beautiful baby girl and then got pregnant again four months later, Blake changed careers, and now we're expecting another baby girl any day now! Whew!
Sep 13, 2010
God Must Read My Blog
It's funny how right after I write a big blog post venting about how difficult my life has been, I have a really good day.
Last night was rough. I was hurting, coughing, had a headache, and terrible heartburn. I didn't sleep well at all, and when the munchkin woke up at 7:30 in the morning, I thought it was going to be a rough day.
But it wasn't. I had decided not to push myself to do any housework so that I could rest and take care of Isabelle and myself. But for some reason, I had a good, steady supply of energy. So I took care of the baby and did a good deal of housework. Isabelle was so good today - she was playing by herself in her Jenny Jump while I was cleaning the kitchen, and fell asleep in it! It was SO cute. After I put her to bed, she took a good nap while I did more housework and got ready to go swimming. We got to Maw-Maw's late this afternoon and went swimming with Gregory and Ariel, later joined by Blake, Catherine, and Ethan. Maw-Maw had baked chicken with vegetables for dinner, and pie with ice cream for dessert! We had a great time!
Last night was rough. I was hurting, coughing, had a headache, and terrible heartburn. I didn't sleep well at all, and when the munchkin woke up at 7:30 in the morning, I thought it was going to be a rough day.
But it wasn't. I had decided not to push myself to do any housework so that I could rest and take care of Isabelle and myself. But for some reason, I had a good, steady supply of energy. So I took care of the baby and did a good deal of housework. Isabelle was so good today - she was playing by herself in her Jenny Jump while I was cleaning the kitchen, and fell asleep in it! It was SO cute. After I put her to bed, she took a good nap while I did more housework and got ready to go swimming. We got to Maw-Maw's late this afternoon and went swimming with Gregory and Ariel, later joined by Blake, Catherine, and Ethan. Maw-Maw had baked chicken with vegetables for dinner, and pie with ice cream for dessert! We had a great time!
May 4, 2010
I have an AMAZINGLY Wonderful Family!
It's tempting to just skip over all of the bad days in this blog and just write about the fun, upbeat stuff. But that would not be an accurate portrayal of my life. Sometimes I just lose it. I think everybody does.
So my weekend got off to a bad start. Saturday I was letting a bunch of little things bother me more than they should. So what was bothering me so much? I wrote about us "re-organizing" in a previous post, and in our efforts to remove the clutter from Blake's office and his truck, we let all of that clutter build up in other parts of the house (namely, the living room, kitchen, and dining area). And when I have such a huge task of cleaning ahead of me, and I don't know where to start, I get overwhelmed and prefer to ignore the problem. I know that's not a good thing to do, and that's something I'm going to have to work on. Isabelle was also very fussy that day, and while I LOVE being a mother, sometimes you just want to pull your hair out. The weather had been bad for a several days, and I tend to get moody without sunshine. It was also very windy, and the wind was blowing against the side of our house ALL day and it was LOUD. (This was clue #1 that my breastfeeding/pregnancy hormones were messing with me as well: I was seriously pissed off at the wind.) And everything just seemed to be much worse because while I was wallowing, hubby was having a great time playing golf. So my poor Blake came home to a hysterical, depressed wife. Blake gave me all of the comfort I needed, then watched the baby and kept her happy while I made desserts for Ariel's bridal shower.
So my weekend got off to a bad start. Saturday I was letting a bunch of little things bother me more than they should. So what was bothering me so much? I wrote about us "re-organizing" in a previous post, and in our efforts to remove the clutter from Blake's office and his truck, we let all of that clutter build up in other parts of the house (namely, the living room, kitchen, and dining area). And when I have such a huge task of cleaning ahead of me, and I don't know where to start, I get overwhelmed and prefer to ignore the problem. I know that's not a good thing to do, and that's something I'm going to have to work on. Isabelle was also very fussy that day, and while I LOVE being a mother, sometimes you just want to pull your hair out. The weather had been bad for a several days, and I tend to get moody without sunshine. It was also very windy, and the wind was blowing against the side of our house ALL day and it was LOUD. (This was clue #1 that my breastfeeding/pregnancy hormones were messing with me as well: I was seriously pissed off at the wind.) And everything just seemed to be much worse because while I was wallowing, hubby was having a great time playing golf. So my poor Blake came home to a hysterical, depressed wife. Blake gave me all of the comfort I needed, then watched the baby and kept her happy while I made desserts for Ariel's bridal shower.
Apr 27, 2010
A Very Busy Weekend
So this weekend was a busy one - Blake was supposed to go play paintball with the guys on Saturday, but when it looked like the game was going to be rained out, he made plans to go to my parents' house in Baton Rouge. The weather turned out to be nice, but he ended up spending a good part of the day cleaning out his truck and taking care of some things around the house. We ended up getting to Baton Rouge really late, but Blake took us out to eat at one of our favorite places, Portobello's Grill (this was where we had our rehearsal dinner)! I ordered my favorite dish, the Chicken Bianco, and it was amazing.
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