tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6269031974493520332024-02-06T21:46:57.822-08:00AlbicaAlbicaErica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-12281795955503826092012-03-27T21:27:00.001-07:002012-03-27T21:27:32.412-07:00Mini Me It sure has been fun having a little mini me in the house. Love this girl so much! <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLT3oBcIb385-3SIl22kR4bRbBxUYFKx4W_ns1_b5uGyE9B_FQATn1mu1cGBn_m1s6IfYawbGbkZPhXoUm2ICyBOcNPB-zba5AvGEgZHHxEAATFb5lPauOryE95tVZnhOqwvDqsvIEsICI/s640/blogger-image--2145001126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLT3oBcIb385-3SIl22kR4bRbBxUYFKx4W_ns1_b5uGyE9B_FQATn1mu1cGBn_m1s6IfYawbGbkZPhXoUm2ICyBOcNPB-zba5AvGEgZHHxEAATFb5lPauOryE95tVZnhOqwvDqsvIEsICI/s640/blogger-image--2145001126.jpg" /></a></div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-25192232186002267092012-03-11T04:33:00.001-07:002012-03-11T04:33:12.214-07:00It's 4:27 in the morning. Sophie has been awake since 2:45 and Ruby just woke up crying so Albert is in laying with her. I am so exhausted I can hardly keep my eyes open. But despite all that, I can't help but be incredibly grateful for these babies that are mine forever, and love these quiet, still moments I have to snuggle up to this beautiful girl who really thinks I am the bee's knees. I love her. Like crazy. <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSzUTFCNLxL2mOZGct-KZJ6Ii2zOba22htVcFV-k9BEXdNY8Lfye1bEPLt3ZOm0HcHch2pQqw5OMITy8FXEzG9V-EoCp5wA6eY5LC8HP0Gn_TpUIwmwNf-YhTiiDobbGZqA7uloRIwIpu/s640/blogger-image-1642781245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSzUTFCNLxL2mOZGct-KZJ6Ii2zOba22htVcFV-k9BEXdNY8Lfye1bEPLt3ZOm0HcHch2pQqw5OMITy8FXEzG9V-EoCp5wA6eY5LC8HP0Gn_TpUIwmwNf-YhTiiDobbGZqA7uloRIwIpu/s640/blogger-image-1642781245.jpg" /></a></div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-54794534304376583982012-01-10T06:18:00.000-08:002012-01-10T06:25:55.766-08:00Disneyland VacationThe week in between Christmas and New Years we went with my family to California to go to Disneyland for three days. It was a trip that had been planned since last February and even though it had been planned for so long, my sisters and I really had no idea how we were going to pay for the whole trip. We're each in different seasons of life but one thing we all have in common is right now we're all...well, poor. It is what it is. <br />
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Well to our surprise, our main gift from our parents this year was they had planned to pay for the whole trip. Tickets, hotel, gas, food, pretty much everything. Needless to say many of us cried when we read the poem they wrote letting us know, including ahemAlbertahem. <br />
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The week we went was insanely busy, it was even in the papers here in AZ how busy it was. They even had to turn people away who came to buy new tickets. We were like sardines crammed into Disneyland but it was still a blast. Exhausting, but a blast. It was Ruby's second time but now she was old enough to actually understand and enjoy rides and stuff!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">She surprisingly loved being in this carrier. We got it for Sophie but Ruby wanted to try and ended up loving it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGfaA8Bb_9ogSFneECwDA9dIJRO2wghA-gwj_VJxWu0LUYeNUDkq0udPZu-7aqheLm-VzQZhRt_YTSkEHnDxoYbOTMDkhK88S75FfRMHqDW29bDLgeuG-jfdVtp6yqAhUBt1XPHtxFw1g/s1600/IMG_5068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGfaA8Bb_9ogSFneECwDA9dIJRO2wghA-gwj_VJxWu0LUYeNUDkq0udPZu-7aqheLm-VzQZhRt_YTSkEHnDxoYbOTMDkhK88S75FfRMHqDW29bDLgeuG-jfdVtp6yqAhUBt1XPHtxFw1g/s400/IMG_5068.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">We only saw a few characters...but this was her face for every one</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7I6NMOB8shah5ohlI1ATMFtkjPabgWpcexX3dphxeSZAxDydv5IwiexVrRgjS17-CUqNT-vMQmzm7-2VHTUx1KDROf2D0WKIWh8HxmluVcUSI68zNMkGup43vVpdx67la0g_WqAAZjjaD/s1600/IMG_5084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7I6NMOB8shah5ohlI1ATMFtkjPabgWpcexX3dphxeSZAxDydv5IwiexVrRgjS17-CUqNT-vMQmzm7-2VHTUx1KDROf2D0WKIWh8HxmluVcUSI68zNMkGup43vVpdx67la0g_WqAAZjjaD/s400/IMG_5084.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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Having the girls there with us definitely made it more magical. The times I was having the most fun were when we were in Fantasyland, Toon Town, or A Bugs Life Land doing things that Ruby could do and watching her have so much fun. Kids really do make things more fun :)<br />
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It was such a fun trip, thanks Mom and Dad!Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-44352733173854387402012-01-09T10:08:00.000-08:002012-01-09T10:08:39.681-08:00ChristmasChristmas this year was really fun. I really liked going to church on Christmas, it reminded me what it is all about. Our ward choir put on a beautiful musical program...that I enjoyed from the Mother's Lounge. The joys of a newborn :)<br />
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Before the actual day of Christmas though....<br />
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We went to McCormick train park in Scottsdale a few days before to let Ruby ride the train. She loves cars and trains right now so we thought she'd love it! The line was over two hours long though, so we went and rode the smaller volunteer train. She was stone faced the whole time but I think she really liked it.<br />
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On Christmas Eve we had our traditional party with my mom's side of the family. This year felt different though because it is the first Christmas without Papa. He's always been such a big part of our Christmas Eve traditions and loved to watch all his grandkids open presents. So this year, before going over Grammy's house for dinner and presents, we went and visited Papa. It was really special and I'm sure will become a tradition. <br />
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Ruby loved participating in the Secret Santa gift exchange between all the cousins. Technically they're all my first cousins, but ever since we older girls got married we got kicked out of the cousin exchange and now do the White Elephant exchange with the adults. So now our kids take our places!<br />
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Christmas Day was great. Since we had church at 2 we did all our present opening with the girls before we had to get ready for church. Christmas this year was simple, and small, but perfect. <br />
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Ruby loved opening her presents, even the clothes which I thought she would find boring. It's a good thing too because that's mostly what she got! <br />
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Bowling with daddy down the hallway<br />
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Then Sophie woke up and we opened presents with her. <br />
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Can you tell what our favorite gift was this year?<br />
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After church we went over to my parents house, where we got a big surprise and the girls opened their gifts from grandma and grandpa. <br />
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In hindsight, I don't know why I fretted so much about Christmas. I was so worried about what to get the girls and the fact that we couldn't get them much this year, or much for each other, but it ended up being a perfect day spent with family, laughs, tears, and a whole lot of love.Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-24761703855083633372011-12-20T09:23:00.000-08:002011-12-20T09:28:43.820-08:00I opened up my pictures this morning and discovered these:<br />
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I have no idea what camera they were taken with or why they're so fuzzy, but I'm kinda in love with them...these two melt my heart<br />
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Updated: they were taken with the webcam and right after I posted those pictures I discovered this gem: (when i uploaded it the sound got way off, but still cute nonetheless)<br />
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Helping decorate my parent's tree. Even though Amber and I are married and living out of the house, they still do it on a night we can all be there to help. I love this tree<br />
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Then going to get our own tree! All bundled up in their cute new hats and Sophie loving it as you can see<br />
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Ruby still loves when I plug it in and it gets all lit up. I love that this tree is full of ornaments from growing up, ornaments Albert and I have gotten together, and now the new tradition we're starting of getting a new box of ornaments every year. My family did that every year growing up, we'd go pick out a box every year and as we get married and move out we each get one from each year to put on our own trees. So all our trees still have a little bit of home :) Albert and I started that this year! Christmas will be small this year, but that's ok. We have our girls, each other, and plenty of other blessings. Oh, and leaving for a week long California/Disneyland trip the day after Christmas helps!Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-67958752792558411062011-12-16T09:01:00.000-08:002011-12-16T09:01:56.072-08:00A Name and a BlessingOn Sunday, December 4th, we had the opportunity to bless our sweet baby girl in church. Albert's parents and two of his brothers came in from California for it and it was so great to catch up with them, seeing as we only get to see them a couple times a year. Last time we saw them they didn't even know I was pregnant! Albert gave Sophie a beautiful blessing and blessed her with some really special things that I'll always remember. I jotted them down also so I could put it in her baby book and hopefully she'll cherish that when she gets older.<br />
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After the blessing we had a luncheon/dinner at my parents with our family and some friends. Thanks to those who were able to make it on this special day! <br />
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Sophie's dress is so special to me. Ruby's was too, because she was blessed in my blessing dress, but Sophie's is from my Grammy and Papa. My sweet Papa Millican passed away on July 20th, when I was 28 weeks pregnant. The next day I went with my mom and Grammy to get new clothes for him to be buried in, and this dress was hanging there. I commented on how pretty it was, and my Grammy asked if her and Papa could please get it for Sophie. We knew Papa was with Sophie now, preparing her to come to earth. Grammy even put that in his obituary after she listed all the other grandkids, which meant a lot to me. So Sophie will know that her great Grammy and Papa got her blessing dress for her. Grammy still says everything is from her <em>and</em> Papa, which I think is so sweet. She looked so beautiful in it. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-October 12, my due date, came and went. Much to my dismay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-I had been at a 3 and 75% for 3 weeks but nothing was happening yet, so on Ocotober 15 I went grocery shopping with my mom and goofy golfing with my extended family that night. I was hoping the walking would put me into labor, but went to bed feeling nothing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-I woke up at around 4:30 on the 16th, Sunday morning, to use the bathroom and couldn't fall back to sleep. I just laid there thinking and had a feeling I wouldn't be going to church that day and thought how badly I just wanted to hold my baby</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-A little before 6 I started to say a prayer. I had a long talk with Heavenly Father about how I just couldn't do this anymore, emotionally, physically, I was just done. I prayed and said that if there was some great reason for her to not be here yet then I would wait, but if it was ok could he please let her come that day (I honestly said <em>that day.</em> I was desperate)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-I finished praying...and five minutes later had my first contraction</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-From the very beginning they were consistent, and after a while I got up to see if changing positions would make them go away-really hoping this wasn't false labor!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-ate some cereal, started to shake and get really nauseous and they were coming every 5 minutes apart</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-woke Albert up and told him I thought I was in labor and to please come out and be with me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-we watched a movie for a while and I thought I better go shower and get ready if this was really it. This was just before 8 and I remember thinking "it's already been two hours, this is going fast! I can do this!:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-since we had planned and prepared to go natural I wanted to labor at home as long as possible</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-I got in the shower and being upright made them start coming really close together. I immediately started to get sick in the shower and had to lean against the wall to get through the contractions. I told Albert it was going fast and had him call my parents to come get Ruby</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-got out of the shower and made it to the bed, my parents got there and entertained Ruby</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-I stayed sitting on the edge of the bed in my towel for 45 minutes or so because every time I'd stand up it would get much more intense. Albert sat behind me and held me and we swayed through the contractions. Pushing the side of my face up to his seemed to help and just having him close to me got me through the contractions</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-I finally put some clothes on and moved to the couch. Ruby was getting scared seeing I was in pain and started to cry so my dad took her and went to his house and my mom stayed there to be with me and Albert</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-I don't know how long I sat on the couch breathing through the contractions but I would guess 20 minutes or so. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-suddenly everything changed and I knew I was transitioning because I was getting no relief between contractions and the pressure was so intense. I really didn't want to go to the hospital too early though so I kept saying no to Albert and my mom telling me we should go (in hindsight, had we left earlier, she could have been here sooner. I was like holding her in)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-finally when the pressure was so intense I felt like I could push, I realized we needed to go, and fast!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-we quickly got out to the car and my mom followed us to the hospital. It's a 25 minute drive and Albert was going like 70 down Lindsay to get there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-about halfway there things changed <em>again</em> and I realized that she was coming and coming now so I really had to try to relax my body and ignore the urge to push</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-got to the hospital, pulled up to the ER and he runs in to get a wheelchair and gets me inside, leaving the car running but my mom parked it for us thankfully</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-there were like 4 people waiting in line ahead of us and Albert is waiting all politely, not saying anything to anyone, so I say "Albert tell them she's coming now!" Thankfully a nurse heard me and says, "oh is she having a baby?" My response, "NOW!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-A nurse wheels me upstairs, completely bypassing triage, and I realize we hadn't called our midwife back! Albert starts to call her but we round the corner and there she is waiting for us. Thank goodness!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-get into a room, get up onto the bed, Diane checks and says, "you're complete! Next contraction go ahead and push!" (music to my ears!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-a contraction hits me, I push, my water breaks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-with each contraction I pushed with everything I had, and even some in between contractions. Basically the pressure was so intense I couldn't <em>not</em> push, except for when her head was halfway out I suddenly lost the urge and they told me to and I said I can't! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-I definitely felt the ring of fire people talk about. It's such an intense feeling it was almost like having an out of body experience, like I could feel it but I was also witnessing it happening at the same time</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">-I pushed for ten minutes, and when the pressure/pain got so intense I didn't know if I could take anymore, I pushed with every bit of energy I had and there she was! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The relief I felt in that moment was indescribable. Physical relief obviously, but also an extreme sense of emotional relief. She was here, I did it, and I didn't have to wait anymore! They immediately placed her on my chest and the first thing I said was, "I did it!" This was such a huge thing for me because I was so scared to go natural. I wanted it so bad, and had prepared so much for it, but was so afraid I would back out at the last minute. But here she was, I had done it! I remember looking at my mom at the foot of the bed, and looking up at Albert with tears in his eyes, and down at Sophie, and being so, so, so proud of us. We had created this perfect little baby, out of the pure love in our hearts, and we had just worked together to bring her here. He was with me every step of the way. Going through that with him made me love him so much more, and seeing him look at her still makes my heart swell.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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What I loved about this whole natural process was all the bonding we got to do. I didn't get that with Ruby, they whisked her right off to the warmer and I didn't get to hold her until she was about 20 minutes old. Sophie was placed right on my chest, the nurses quickly finished up and left us alone, and I nursed her right away. It was pure bliss.<br />
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After I nursed her and they did her measurements, my parents and sisters came in and brought Ruby in. Except Ruby didn't walk in, this big girl who looked like Ruby walked in instead. Where did my baby go?! Introducing her to her new baby sister was such a special moment, and we were now a family of four!<br />
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So that wasn't as brief as I intended, but there is just so much to share. This was such an intimate experience for me, I can't imagine having babies any other way now. Feeling what my body was made for, what Heavenly Father created it for, to bring children to this earth, was such an incredible experience. As intense as it may have been, it was worth every ounce of pain. <br />
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Since having Sophie our lives have changed tremendously, but all for the better. Ruby just adores her, and Sophie is definitely <em>her baby.</em><br />
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And Albert and I kinda like her too...<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Sophie Ann Holmstrom</strong></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifD3eQqr4UYztyf7aGh05czOfbfVtkavx6wQ2TH5gYS99Vw8_8ZsDgjfJ_zl8Yt1kVOhRKmxWcByGSBhF3Avm7bDDC4NeMe-X0LfF3kLq4y-_Pn2QLpNNiujYEBsJ5u2mt0l784mMO_Ynn/s1600/IMG_0767.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" rda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifD3eQqr4UYztyf7aGh05czOfbfVtkavx6wQ2TH5gYS99Vw8_8ZsDgjfJ_zl8Yt1kVOhRKmxWcByGSBhF3Avm7bDDC4NeMe-X0LfF3kLq4y-_Pn2QLpNNiujYEBsJ5u2mt0l784mMO_Ynn/s640/IMG_0767.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">She came on October 16 (finally! 4 days late) at 10:10 AM</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">4 hours of labor, ten minutes of pushing</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">weighing in at 9 pounds, 2 ounces &</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">21 inches long! </span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">TONS of dark hair</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Absolutely perfect!</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We couldn't be more in love. Details to come, I promise! </span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"></div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-67125341351451327082011-06-19T20:35:00.000-07:002011-06-19T20:35:38.301-07:00Day for the Dads<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Father's Day to my two favorite men!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This handsome young man, who is the best example of what a husband and dad should be,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcby-sHHFFf2gk-XLBO1-BwIrGzKSXicxeLeq8iI_37rcmoE6VfmnS8SfVpl0_9wmbwLb9sjhFbVXFlaUytpJHqaWAKCSDlcxlgxapYq6Y1KC19Wh7Mv0MB19YzQhUn6LObsLPawSEZMax/s1600/IMG_2244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcby-sHHFFf2gk-XLBO1-BwIrGzKSXicxeLeq8iI_37rcmoE6VfmnS8SfVpl0_9wmbwLb9sjhFbVXFlaUytpJHqaWAKCSDlcxlgxapYq6Y1KC19Wh7Mv0MB19YzQhUn6LObsLPawSEZMax/s640/IMG_2244.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">And this lad I call my own, who is my best friend, and an exceptional husband and daddy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_WMOpWBNwfsAefcDBLw9PL4GSbuJXiXFGxlS4uAEJYy9D6A5xJgcV-lLsnLJUKcjm0mWsHLOLV91xFi9EHoVSytLebBj4KGteqB3yJiRlqUbT75ndxufeHey04cTb_v8Vbi7oDCqknQc/s1600/IMG_1064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo_WMOpWBNwfsAefcDBLw9PL4GSbuJXiXFGxlS4uAEJYy9D6A5xJgcV-lLsnLJUKcjm0mWsHLOLV91xFi9EHoVSytLebBj4KGteqB3yJiRlqUbT75ndxufeHey04cTb_v8Vbi7oDCqknQc/s640/IMG_1064.JPG" width="480px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPJI1zY_VEC3fhttyLKF-ar3ShRrEcmntewuyRnRU__e6JM02Qz_8454rJ1E9VR0ONcVWS11HRezgHRGFlXocaMkxf_qLBpWiisGvkz1zgYIW8LE1isGSoJdpxwWd-NaLQmOOAn6AidAE/s1600/_MG_7496.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPJI1zY_VEC3fhttyLKF-ar3ShRrEcmntewuyRnRU__e6JM02Qz_8454rJ1E9VR0ONcVWS11HRezgHRGFlXocaMkxf_qLBpWiisGvkz1zgYIW8LE1isGSoJdpxwWd-NaLQmOOAn6AidAE/s640/_MG_7496.jpg" width="426px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm pretty lucky to call them mine!</div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-59066660043372385692011-05-22T17:46:00.000-07:002011-05-22T17:46:52.158-07:00Oooohhhh, We're Halfway There<div style="text-align: center;">Oooohhhh, livin' on a prayer!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry, just had to throw out a little Bon Jovi</div><div style="text-align: center;">Can you really start singing that song without finishing that line?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Me neither.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And besides, it's totally relevant....</div><div style="text-align: center;">because we are {almost} halfway through this pregnancy over here!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like 3 more days or something til 20 weeks so...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm callin it, halfway through baby! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry for the extreme lack of posts.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I give you exciting news and then drop off the face of the earth for almost a month.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We moved and no longer have internet access so I can only blog at my parents, and every time we go over I'm too lazy to cart my laptop over there. </div><div style="text-align: center;">But...I'm keeping in tradition and leaving you with more exciting news.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wanna see the cutest little profile EVER?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Is it just me, or does LITTLE MISS look like SHE'S from Whoville?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cutest nose ever!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes! Come October we will be having another little girl join the family,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and we could not be more thrilled.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We knew it, <em>just KNEW it!</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now if October just wasn't so far away.... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-7608098531814754472011-04-26T23:04:00.000-07:002011-04-26T23:04:44.808-07:00Looking Forward<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today... today should have been a hard day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today was my due date, for the baby we lost back in October.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I know due dates aren't always spot on,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but this means that sometime around now I would have another little baby in my arms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ten more tiny fingers and toes to love on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two more little cheeks to kiss on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another baby to steal my heart.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No one ever tells you about the complete and utter emptiness you feel after a miscarriage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's a dark, dark time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would think I was fine, and then it would wash over me stronger than the previous time and I'd find myself drowning in the sadness of it all. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, if I know anything, it's that Heavenly Father has a plan for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>And</em> for this baby.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know we'll see it again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And with that knowledge, I have found peace in this. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I strive to stay positive, looking forward, toward the better things that lie ahead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So today, we celebrated this baby.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got some white balloons, and the whole family headed to the park to release them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">Little notes were written and attached,</div><br />
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<div align="center">even Ruby wrote a love note for her little brother/sister</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My little family basked in the moment, knowing we would all be together again one day,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then we released the balloons, and our sadness with them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>This</em> was a day of celebration</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We all watched as our love floated up with these balloons to meet our baby in the heavens</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We watched until they turned into tiny white specks against a blue sky, and then disappeared, taking our love notes with them</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Of course I had my moment of sadness, but it passed quickly and I was filled with an overflowing amount of love, hope, and trust that <em>all is well</em></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I hugged my family, kissed my babe and baby, and smiled.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Because this was a celebration after all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">So what should have been a hard day, turned into a celebration of something beautiful, something so much bigger than all of us, and that is His plan. </div><div align="center">We will see our baby again, and until that day, we love you baby.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">So we'll continue looking forward, always to better things.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">And it helps when you have something to look forward to....</div><div align="center">Because did you notice? Were you paying attention?</div><div align="center">No? Take a closer look....</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">16 week Baby Bump!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-sqa_L9OlMK61wzro9kXcimHFqgRBhL7DKpR68yofnzGsdROAHywqJokDQSMXpzT3yk80B3EXUAVvafRrbRaBiFPq9vLataexJH4R1pA9e1Ghi0B5f8d0FMzn3fGA3SlGpvDi-ucl8nEp/s1600/IMG_2887.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-sqa_L9OlMK61wzro9kXcimHFqgRBhL7DKpR68yofnzGsdROAHywqJokDQSMXpzT3yk80B3EXUAVvafRrbRaBiFPq9vLataexJH4R1pA9e1Ghi0B5f8d0FMzn3fGA3SlGpvDi-ucl8nEp/s640/IMG_2887.JPG" width="426px" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>ALWAYS TO BETTER THINGS</strong></em></div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-2766024974811771792011-04-11T11:28:00.000-07:002011-04-11T11:28:43.610-07:00Rookie Mistake<div style="text-align: center;">I just changed Ruby girl's diaper.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A nice, stinky one. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I got her all wiped down and changed, as quick as I could before she tried to flip over and get poop on the wall.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then I picked her up and began to playfully bounce her as we walked out of the room.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was then that I realized,"why is your leg so wet and clammy?"</div><div style="text-align: center;">And then I realized that my hand was resting under her butt.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Her bare butt.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yep, I totally forgot to put another diaper back on!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ha. I got a good laugh out of it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Silly me....</div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-47855134044521552142011-04-10T22:12:00.000-07:002011-04-10T22:12:52.449-07:00Big Bear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is super late and a total catch up post, but it's worth catching up on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back in February we went to Big Bear California and stayed in a cabin with my family. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Besides Ruby and I both having mega colds,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it was a fabulous time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was super freezing and snowed the whole time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ruby experiencing her first snow fall! She was a little snow bunny in that outfit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWXPtmCAJ7dgtsD6u-xZ1HR72NTOYLAE4TKKFJCCvEZULbwzeNIHImy5hyphenhyphenniQHF2FPY5cB8I_lcjkfQiIn8lxFegvLGnKp4GKc5R0Y8nn05e284dYqxhu4fa-welhVuV-UiV2_y9IljGe/s1600/IMG_1883.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkWXPtmCAJ7dgtsD6u-xZ1HR72NTOYLAE4TKKFJCCvEZULbwzeNIHImy5hyphenhyphenniQHF2FPY5cB8I_lcjkfQiIn8lxFegvLGnKp4GKc5R0Y8nn05e284dYqxhu4fa-welhVuV-UiV2_y9IljGe/s640/IMG_1883.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Albert found this SWEET little snow suit in the back of the closet...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and it fit perfectly! I about died when I saw it on her!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTEG2FcgLLX3pHAe0XkUxHjaAANIeUU02wWksQ2JtPp5XVusU5CRKpI99GA6FRigPIbQmmXVmrCgyoskoePDxdgGdGDWbMKppsGswKLiufoWB18Zd2OU0UBMHVU-RDbmGR_CB4v84Yr5c/s1600/IMG_1891.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTEG2FcgLLX3pHAe0XkUxHjaAANIeUU02wWksQ2JtPp5XVusU5CRKpI99GA6FRigPIbQmmXVmrCgyoskoePDxdgGdGDWbMKppsGswKLiufoWB18Zd2OU0UBMHVU-RDbmGR_CB4v84Yr5c/s640/IMG_1891.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">It snowed so much several times that we literally got snowed in and it took several hours for my dad to shovel us out so we could go somewhere</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_uo7rLyvLS0exNcUu-iunEpMGpF0wGnpXqbD74PPzKL7B783RiA8eVA3UbfaSYeHDP9-C9XygA3E9f_pKB1E_Ampqs-NtkfmZOEh23Sa1dl3n-zkkfIFzU1MvFCMl9SEwBgQMUPi-RDZ/s1600/IMG_1935.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_uo7rLyvLS0exNcUu-iunEpMGpF0wGnpXqbD74PPzKL7B783RiA8eVA3UbfaSYeHDP9-C9XygA3E9f_pKB1E_Ampqs-NtkfmZOEh23Sa1dl3n-zkkfIFzU1MvFCMl9SEwBgQMUPi-RDZ/s640/IMG_1935.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Ruby didn't really know what to think about being pulled around</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LnI7v3_OKpdUwTIqUzmyRKZi2yZCt0B2Rwa2HTna69iosf6q3YSGkwU01Ptlh20yn0pFXtKDxcbtiYkjQyN1hjhf72vksBN8QnQQGzhrltm4mXz-imlbdD9XG1vPncsJgGjpB_4WH7bV/s1600/IMG_1913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LnI7v3_OKpdUwTIqUzmyRKZi2yZCt0B2Rwa2HTna69iosf6q3YSGkwU01Ptlh20yn0pFXtKDxcbtiYkjQyN1hjhf72vksBN8QnQQGzhrltm4mXz-imlbdD9XG1vPncsJgGjpB_4WH7bV/s640/IMG_1913.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> But she did really like these goggles! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoO2kUkM196ZlABupyLf_Ik4VyC6yMVmS32DXimujwN5vwT0R0VP80q0LW3DeGkQ_fNbWqb8TZEAJaiOilN6r1syIDjfUT2zGNXm4bOtJKyU2_r6B305muwPXycRUZLowxOY-f6sv1OXe/s1600/IMG_1918.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoO2kUkM196ZlABupyLf_Ik4VyC6yMVmS32DXimujwN5vwT0R0VP80q0LW3DeGkQ_fNbWqb8TZEAJaiOilN6r1syIDjfUT2zGNXm4bOtJKyU2_r6B305muwPXycRUZLowxOY-f6sv1OXe/s640/IMG_1918.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> It was a really fun, relaxing few days. We watched movie after movie, ate so much good food, slept more than I have in a long time, and a whole lot of snuggling!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZcAGpYniTlxyH078EQmOJJ3mB-RfdqEIRIi2s4t6G7JM2mh9khJ9Cphpo8DzhQUL66o7ENEcoRxVZCs7d_rQ41O5zSXjKLfPvErv1QFyT1Ec0m0c0zXRxDkyKGMCQmweq-AbUg0TLsmH/s1600/IMG_1926.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZcAGpYniTlxyH078EQmOJJ3mB-RfdqEIRIi2s4t6G7JM2mh9khJ9Cphpo8DzhQUL66o7ENEcoRxVZCs7d_rQ41O5zSXjKLfPvErv1QFyT1Ec0m0c0zXRxDkyKGMCQmweq-AbUg0TLsmH/s640/IMG_1926.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center">I wish I had more pictures of the trip, like our sledding adventure when we found a sweet hill in someone's front yard and made ourselves at home with our sleds. It didn't end well for Rubes though...considering my sister had to literally pull her poor little body out of the snow after we flipped and my entire body landed on top of her and flattened her like a melted snowman! So, so sad :(</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">But besides that, a really succesful trip! </div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-2679247289341468932011-04-06T22:05:00.000-07:002011-04-06T22:05:11.347-07:00Family Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Everyone...I advise you all to breathe...we're all alive over here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whew.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know you were all worried!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My computer is on it's way to meet it's maker...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I don't mean Dell.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's kicking the can and hardly lets me upload pictures without inducing an unhealthy amount of frustration and anger and it's all I can do to keep from chucking it into the wall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And let's be honest...what's a post without pictures?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I have a ton of posts to try and catch up on, and I have the best intentions for that to happen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Key words: best intentions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Moving on....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few months ago, as an anniversary present to each other, we got our family pictures taken.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The super lovely, and I'm not just saying that, she's really a gem, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://conniebphotography.blogspot.com/">Connie</a> was kind enough to squeeze us in before her big move to Kentucky. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We could not be more in love with them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also could not be more in love with this little toothy grin</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhto0ppsVU8wG-a2jhJCPUeYDiGxWCLH8Jd2MG-mdmnLWD8r70DBGqQ0Lm5z_H6_qOlybbUYH_tBtmp2uJGeW7Tbusuim6fp57smBa27oxq_JIr0exusxuHpIoLsMQJ4BC4Hy-_fPogRs-P/s1600/_MG_7369..jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhto0ppsVU8wG-a2jhJCPUeYDiGxWCLH8Jd2MG-mdmnLWD8r70DBGqQ0Lm5z_H6_qOlybbUYH_tBtmp2uJGeW7Tbusuim6fp57smBa27oxq_JIr0exusxuHpIoLsMQJ4BC4Hy-_fPogRs-P/s640/_MG_7369..jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div align="center">These are just a few of my favorites.</div><div align="center">Really, they were all great.</div><div align="center">I would upload them all...but remember....compy sucks. </div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">These will always and forever be some of my favorite pictures.</div><div align="center">I was so happy she could capture the emotions and love we have for our little girl!</div><div align="center">Thank you Connie!</div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-23392248134086745722011-03-08T20:50:00.000-08:002011-03-08T20:50:19.725-08:00Two<div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday, Albert and I had our two year anniversary.</div><div style="text-align: center;">TWO. YEARS. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We were supposed to go out of town, but he only got Friday off and Sunday off...with no Saturday off.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So we scrapped that idea.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We didn't do anything spectacular, but we spent almost the whole day together, which almost never happens! </div><div style="text-align: center;">So it was still a perfect day. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">From day one, Albert has kept me laughing. It's what I love about him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0Ua50PQsfwX00QD5g5dyDxpCDUe_cMuN6LmFLal4uJZX92jbh3EjpAk4R4WsCTtkf-TzJB-tw02Yls1oW0FN3xBOPMAonQNW18QUB1Hxi15gmmfsCmn8gUpLJFtuluay000rhq1htRov/s1600/0132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0Ua50PQsfwX00QD5g5dyDxpCDUe_cMuN6LmFLal4uJZX92jbh3EjpAk4R4WsCTtkf-TzJB-tw02Yls1oW0FN3xBOPMAonQNW18QUB1Hxi15gmmfsCmn8gUpLJFtuluay000rhq1htRov/s640/0132.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We gave each other a B-E-A-utiful daughter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSl_rMazKwbax9ic9lyY6pjqln8Rxkmrz5QXJC8s2sJw_tMGyGwFGaTj2jEmSrywZRzHrKcsJ5xKqzfGSVbJ3DZjBLzN_Ev5i-BZ1fJq28wXzgAhTzZDUtxMpOQtDH-WtpY6dd6Y2jQsW/s1600/a+%2526+e+%25285%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSl_rMazKwbax9ic9lyY6pjqln8Rxkmrz5QXJC8s2sJw_tMGyGwFGaTj2jEmSrywZRzHrKcsJ5xKqzfGSVbJ3DZjBLzN_Ev5i-BZ1fJq28wXzgAhTzZDUtxMpOQtDH-WtpY6dd6Y2jQsW/s640/a+%2526+e+%25285%2529.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And he's just my best friend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShuXx1Up3R_2Z4MwBZk2g3cymXCy9KB3ZKGxpUo9DxM7goKMzoevcvZZV4f0NrAYIgaU_WpMkXpX5UUQCw2c6T6cbnshB-d6I0AKjJN65N9ksG-v8OrdWE4jQ1inEBfYiMgUxT_u5SV3X/s1600/IMG_8135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShuXx1Up3R_2Z4MwBZk2g3cymXCy9KB3ZKGxpUo9DxM7goKMzoevcvZZV4f0NrAYIgaU_WpMkXpX5UUQCw2c6T6cbnshB-d6I0AKjJN65N9ksG-v8OrdWE4jQ1inEBfYiMgUxT_u5SV3X/s640/IMG_8135.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wouldn't have ever pictured myself with someone like him, which is why it works.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Heavenly Father knew exactly what he was doing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We compliment each other, and he takes care of me. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll spare you all the mushy gushy details, I simply wanted to say:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Albert, I love you more than anything.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you for giving me the best two years of my life.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's to many more....ya?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-75941986570147608072011-02-04T08:18:00.000-08:002011-02-04T09:17:55.607-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I love this little round faced, rosy cheeked, wide eyed beauty that I get to spend every day with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aeJCSMymvoLcWa9-pFFMErHtQR158NDSax2Ob0YscypzxA9WcLEpxwLaSqoTsQm6nlKzIxTA7637-cTiuestlh0lxDunItlEIEPjMFc9hHCLEby9gufFgdIICyQO8Sek82m0b8msftzV/s1600/IMG_1523.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aeJCSMymvoLcWa9-pFFMErHtQR158NDSax2Ob0YscypzxA9WcLEpxwLaSqoTsQm6nlKzIxTA7637-cTiuestlh0lxDunItlEIEPjMFc9hHCLEby9gufFgdIICyQO8Sek82m0b8msftzV/s640/IMG_1523.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I sure love my girl.</div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-162925398187208502011-01-30T19:51:00.000-08:002011-01-30T19:51:50.980-08:00A Big Birthday Party For A Big Birthday Girl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This weekend we threw a birthday carnival for my birthday girl. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was weeks in the making and in my opinion, it went smashingly! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought a kit on Etsy which allowed me to print off everything and put it together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Invitations, decorations, party hats, signs, and pretty much everything else you need for a carnival birthday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was exhausted after it was over, but it was so worth it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ps: I never thought I'd be <em>that mom</em> that throws the massive party for their kid that won't even remember it. But I am, and I loved how it all turned out! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The birthday girl coming out to see her party</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1BDu-8UvxCcQ7RdMqiNtx76rErizgtAMT9G9eioWAHWRU0ejtZFST7VImGKutegTQzwzASu3hg11yPN3ssftmtCdXkzgSYitkVu7oPaP3Ft41k0HK0HbaXpENXZDpoqEojXrvmvaNTiG/s1600/IMG_1359.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1BDu-8UvxCcQ7RdMqiNtx76rErizgtAMT9G9eioWAHWRU0ejtZFST7VImGKutegTQzwzASu3hg11yPN3ssftmtCdXkzgSYitkVu7oPaP3Ft41k0HK0HbaXpENXZDpoqEojXrvmvaNTiG/s640/IMG_1359.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love this dress I found in an antique store a few weeks ago. The red and white stripes reminded me of a vintage circus</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYX55FQ7n4CoTMZtR464cZ5hfQw24yVozUa39C6cs6y1Kx9QUeJapztHjwYJO6h-YpPJVppK_vjAbL4mbIeJ_Y0VsAqOsFWhMa8BkyXgGhyKvTMdTYVqoaZYOCu3eIBeMB-lJ7lQW_koCC/s1600/305.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYX55FQ7n4CoTMZtR464cZ5hfQw24yVozUa39C6cs6y1Kx9QUeJapztHjwYJO6h-YpPJVppK_vjAbL4mbIeJ_Y0VsAqOsFWhMa8BkyXgGhyKvTMdTYVqoaZYOCu3eIBeMB-lJ7lQW_koCC/s640/305.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The dessert table, and a very festive great grandpa. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsqmhPTa4yrKof3ww3VM9pRjOKQbWEh7Sz8Dph75KtlWsF6_797K0tmdMXLTUNXIQN0LVR3HGSt-SajWAFJp2M9aHXQwi-R_PN3sb2pCBqfLGWInEe0zJbGIvDgz9W6o97uNnUoJQ4VcSC/s1600/IMG_1361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsqmhPTa4yrKof3ww3VM9pRjOKQbWEh7Sz8Dph75KtlWsF6_797K0tmdMXLTUNXIQN0LVR3HGSt-SajWAFJp2M9aHXQwi-R_PN3sb2pCBqfLGWInEe0zJbGIvDgz9W6o97uNnUoJQ4VcSC/s640/IMG_1361.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<div align="center">I LOVE how her cake turned out, and I kept the mini banner to put in her baby book. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilt79wdhtrP2Mmc8hLCrY7fuSyB7ixoBePY3-dH_wvs5BzeJhRcATCodxCEzfKpEInoFIx5wSoND5LgAnFQUX6Dw-5I8jylZCbdWQ8YsAkQxnQJZY92nl2nyNw6f2hZW28ZI7ltck42TCS/s1600/IMG_1363.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilt79wdhtrP2Mmc8hLCrY7fuSyB7ixoBePY3-dH_wvs5BzeJhRcATCodxCEzfKpEInoFIx5wSoND5LgAnFQUX6Dw-5I8jylZCbdWQ8YsAkQxnQJZY92nl2nyNw6f2hZW28ZI7ltck42TCS/s640/IMG_1363.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this awesome couple flew in from California JUST for Ruby's party! How amazing is that?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kristen is one of my best friends and Ruby's godmother (ya ya, I know Mormons don't really have godparents, but whatever, Ruby does, and Kristen is amazing at it.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdroYyY1U0BWLdBryweGcPcISzh-MG_9-DyCVu4WdNEEqrhVBs8rTlOxE8KsZbHfQFytrP8wewJK3BQglqJ9HPR81hky4nQcIA-x9rsIrhLcqbLWJMvWx_jcANNm7S9FPOMYj2Wx9ZeHT/s1600/IMG_1404.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdroYyY1U0BWLdBryweGcPcISzh-MG_9-DyCVu4WdNEEqrhVBs8rTlOxE8KsZbHfQFytrP8wewJK3BQglqJ9HPR81hky4nQcIA-x9rsIrhLcqbLWJMvWx_jcANNm7S9FPOMYj2Wx9ZeHT/s640/IMG_1404.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(ps I don't know why these look so washed out on blogger, they look normal otherwise)</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Ruby was showered with lots of great presents from friends and family, and then we stripped her down to her skivvies and let her have at her cake!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9qC-RnBnkM_v9iCV9KvWsI8_W_LBTIEnl-NlQSucc19pj42w3Vj56fv5cYPt_xOXlC62Gon-owlbPskBEMWvoGSfeJgRae2OnpJESOgJP8Z2pocmXv8c3Bgjhd7gg0CTJxbeNpFJV6qc/s1600/IMG_1428.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9qC-RnBnkM_v9iCV9KvWsI8_W_LBTIEnl-NlQSucc19pj42w3Vj56fv5cYPt_xOXlC62Gon-owlbPskBEMWvoGSfeJgRae2OnpJESOgJP8Z2pocmXv8c3Bgjhd7gg0CTJxbeNpFJV6qc/s640/IMG_1428.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which she obviously really enjoyed!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsEC6A23zVaLOq2Ehn7_ou0MUjVTxI7ezLe4zzQZgH9qJY6zPz88ejMf3OD7PbuCt84tZG2RLKjpxF1QI05TJs-a4tjGBDaNncm6-m6Z7k0SuacZCU8-pqQCjCLz9PtwWJuuR8fSMUykl/s1600/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsEC6A23zVaLOq2Ehn7_ou0MUjVTxI7ezLe4zzQZgH9qJY6zPz88ejMf3OD7PbuCt84tZG2RLKjpxF1QI05TJs-a4tjGBDaNncm6-m6Z7k0SuacZCU8-pqQCjCLz9PtwWJuuR8fSMUykl/s640/033.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I really couldn't have been happier with the way it all turned out. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Everyone seemed to have a great time, kids and adults alike, and despite Ruby being super tired and clingy, I think she had a fun time too.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We love our Ruby girl! </div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-48092813025813736022011-01-27T07:53:00.000-08:002011-01-27T07:53:31.773-08:001<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today, my baby girl turns one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">O</span><span style="color: lime;">N</span><span style="background-color: white; color: cyan;">E</span>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little sad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She has grown up so fast!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It seems like just yesterday I was here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yCCyHR4VjgcSczZhUvz5OfaGAb9CUYqvdql56oHIWcuKZZ3L-zP07cwY5eOKpfKHTuwvY6FBFgfHI5cUblZIytuXnUsFZ8nl6H7FvbA_uiPsoDidWIJxq2wCi1IMC19ER0yluqOdxH8m/s1600/IMG_0994.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yCCyHR4VjgcSczZhUvz5OfaGAb9CUYqvdql56oHIWcuKZZ3L-zP07cwY5eOKpfKHTuwvY6FBFgfHI5cUblZIytuXnUsFZ8nl6H7FvbA_uiPsoDidWIJxq2wCi1IMC19ER0yluqOdxH8m/s640/IMG_0994.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<div align="center">And now we're here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSGJXd4DC1rqD5FyaGWUBD5dcSrvRUh6BvrJbHgiVAi1zHWFAt8baKpbPgEmOibtYGEKfnb98V8mp5VVL7Wf5MVlPCY_CSIt2tOfQp-BYcaJ8zvwrJmLgef36-Egt2XZ-vhnM0zlNtjDy/s1600/IMG_0477.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghSGJXd4DC1rqD5FyaGWUBD5dcSrvRUh6BvrJbHgiVAi1zHWFAt8baKpbPgEmOibtYGEKfnb98V8mp5VVL7Wf5MVlPCY_CSIt2tOfQp-BYcaJ8zvwrJmLgef36-Egt2XZ-vhnM0zlNtjDy/s640/IMG_0477.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center">Ruby Mae brings me so much joy and happiness every day.</div><div align="center">I am completely enamored with her.</div><div align="center">Her smile, her laugh, her kisses, her constant wonder at this big world around her.</div><div align="center">And I want to give her the whole world. </div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Happy Birthday baby girl. </div><div align="center">I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always.</div><div align="center"><em>For all of eternity</em>, my baby you'll be.</div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-61117961540729601352010-12-12T16:11:00.000-08:002010-12-12T16:12:25.034-08:00Scrunchies Are In<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5hdBo1A5tDOmr1XwIr2_L_7hBcP2AHd3ADlpE7sjw31Ujiz0ERORpXimrhtffDUkI3kt6UnB1z2e_TNDNV1mBMYoFr8OOtJwobcJPXyFPErFfYXiqVXEqn7JFGYiK5AaGj-yquSdk_Wt/s1600/IMG_8481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5hdBo1A5tDOmr1XwIr2_L_7hBcP2AHd3ADlpE7sjw31Ujiz0ERORpXimrhtffDUkI3kt6UnB1z2e_TNDNV1mBMYoFr8OOtJwobcJPXyFPErFfYXiqVXEqn7JFGYiK5AaGj-yquSdk_Wt/s640/IMG_8481.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">I love my scrunchie faced girl</span></strong></div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-91492941113240313862010-12-08T09:11:00.000-08:002010-12-08T09:11:21.258-08:00Mother Nature<div style="text-align: center;">had a present waiting for me when I woke up this morning. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(finally!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I didn't even have to get out of bed to know what it was...the feeling that little humans were dancing on my insides and trying to crawl their way out of my body told me just what I needed to know.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's aaalllll gooooddd though.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This means we're on our journey to eventually have #2, take two. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's to hoping it'll be sooner, rather than later. :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ps: it also isn't so bad because I woke up with Little Miss's bum in my face. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I love her in bed with me </div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-12771035615818558822010-11-22T23:59:00.000-08:002010-11-22T23:59:17.895-08:00Shmoctober<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">is over.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">And I realized I pretty much only posted about our loss.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Downer.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">While it <em>was</em> pretty much what consumed most of our thoughts, emotions, and energy for the month, there were also many many good things that happened in October. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">And before I forget all of them, I want to quickly recap the highlights...considering Turkey Day and Christmas are literally around the corner. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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Every October my mom's whole side of the family does the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Walk in celebration of our Grammy who is a 5 year survivor! I not only walk for Grammy, but for my mom, my sisters, myself, and now for my baby girl.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then a few days later my mom, sisters, and myself had the opportunity to go to Time Out For Women. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My great dad got us a hotel for the night so it was a girl's weekend! There were laughs, tears, and even some wetting of the pants! {not it!}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVG61bUkWFej33oY3p-Z1XBALOTLGHOx8XHCPa0KFL66uWF9pvhWcXYaVOLqV5u0fXtLpK183C14KuZXHLjhL27quF-4hhRF7R_YS-YKx7UtJCr2Q01gF9IAQECtWaQkX4RrvVA3nVH3RW/s1600/IMG_8009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVG61bUkWFej33oY3p-Z1XBALOTLGHOx8XHCPa0KFL66uWF9pvhWcXYaVOLqV5u0fXtLpK183C14KuZXHLjhL27quF-4hhRF7R_YS-YKx7UtJCr2Q01gF9IAQECtWaQkX4RrvVA3nVH3RW/s640/IMG_8009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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We also go to the demolition derby every year at the state fair.<br />
Oddly enough, for a family of girls, we really enjoy this!<br />
Nothing better than the smell of grease everywhere, indian fry bread (which for the second year in a row made me sick. thankfully though this year didn't include barfing in those sick nasty bathrooms), and cars slamming into each other!<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">And yes, I was in a wheelchair. This was just a few days after passing and I was still so weak there's no way I would have lasted walking around all day.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Doctor's orders!</span><br />
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Then came Ruby girl's first Halloween! She was a ladybug-meets-fairy-princess-thing. Not quite sure, but at least she looked cute! We went to our neighborhood carnival....<br />
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then finished up that night by having our annual family pumpkin carving! This year we made it into a contest!<br />
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And I won! Dwight Schrute is always a winner...and Erik is always the creeper in the background.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">On actual Halloween we just passed out candy with my parents...and as you can see <em>someone</em> had a good time!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyCUpv0it3Knpy82KCfGcp5knFZip6z89bhUeVCNOihBUSxNv6mHC4PtUfA5ZniAr2_DlxaZRW0i0_qNgbv-SXnLCvw_I3guF6JrlkXgshSHiKFFwA7ySC9oxXpHF4l_GQxQJ89tWP44y/s1600/IMG_8149.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyCUpv0it3Knpy82KCfGcp5knFZip6z89bhUeVCNOihBUSxNv6mHC4PtUfA5ZniAr2_DlxaZRW0i0_qNgbv-SXnLCvw_I3guF6JrlkXgshSHiKFFwA7ySC9oxXpHF4l_GQxQJ89tWP44y/s640/IMG_8149.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">And to end the Halloween season, we went to a party with a bunch of our friends. It was really a lot of fun!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We had Simon & Garfunkel, Buddha, Doc Brown, Ricky Bobby, some tourists, a sexy pirate, and I'm not sure what Albert and I were doing...but can you tell what we went as? </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Hint: our shirts say "So Bright" & "So Vivid."</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCp__wgNGJ-3I7PzBAgz51DM7zjdoIGjLapbAvd1Bch-U-cWdlRGTeCV-CVq4ihpIhqotr_owX8J7jcULDg68Pn5eOb7iH5O4MhKjdXJH-u1bSHPegC5OY8T31V9jHoPti9YmV2ZZUIZxZ/s1600/IMG_3663.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCp__wgNGJ-3I7PzBAgz51DM7zjdoIGjLapbAvd1Bch-U-cWdlRGTeCV-CVq4ihpIhqotr_owX8J7jcULDg68Pn5eOb7iH5O4MhKjdXJH-u1bSHPegC5OY8T31V9jHoPti9YmV2ZZUIZxZ/s640/IMG_3663.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">All in all, when trying to look at the positive side of things, October was good to us!</div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-22024031554776196472010-11-08T14:26:00.000-08:002010-11-08T14:26:13.808-08:00My Ruby Blue<div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ruby loves me.</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Like, she reaaaallllyyy loves me.</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lately I'm the only one she'll go to, and sometimes she likes to literally stay up ALL night because the second I put her in her crib she screams hysterically and says mama mama over and over, forcing me to drive around at 2 am to put her to sleep, only to have her wake up and hour later ready to play, leaving me very very grumpy and passed out on the couch while grandpa plays with her until six thirty am. </div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">And I forget about the exhasution part, and my heart just turns into a pile of mush on the floor. </div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-77364593035642255222010-11-01T09:11:00.001-07:002010-11-01T09:11:42.373-07:00This Week's Schedule:<div align="center">*Blood transfusion</div><div align="center">*D&C</div><div align="center">*Papa's skin cancer surgery</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Bring. It. On.</div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626903197449352033.post-2072364200002901592010-10-09T19:12:00.000-07:002010-10-09T19:14:33.725-07:00Is It...<div style="text-align: center;">too early to start dressing the wee one in Halloween garb? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Me thinks not.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Onesies and skirts...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5S4ENWLonpBm5W1iYYs7wlLQ3vEI8x54NJnD9yg6eWHfMoCdP2tgEEAVkUnEW8RmvFgvQA4Su-bEL9gWjRwyQOdozU72soMhAonpSQCtoxzYucNnmrzwcgLyhmVD-5j6J1N2-2esczG2/s1600/IMG_7963.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx5S4ENWLonpBm5W1iYYs7wlLQ3vEI8x54NJnD9yg6eWHfMoCdP2tgEEAVkUnEW8RmvFgvQA4Su-bEL9gWjRwyQOdozU72soMhAonpSQCtoxzYucNnmrzwcgLyhmVD-5j6J1N2-2esczG2/s640/IMG_7963.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(good thing that's a onesie or it wouldn't be the only thing playing peek-a-boo, if ya know what I'm sayin....)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Halloween jammies...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_RdhySaK1IkPd-G0RsLZc-kYFe-iTfJXcVbE__MO5sQNlkKeSFwVb2xKqdwrAQAlbrzoImOIZKBL6T-m3tmDtPECTPe4RM8bW9ZY_KzBIP_Jv47ONJjsDj_26bpERxHQVoaL4dK_eMtF/s1600/IMG_7972.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_RdhySaK1IkPd-G0RsLZc-kYFe-iTfJXcVbE__MO5sQNlkKeSFwVb2xKqdwrAQAlbrzoImOIZKBL6T-m3tmDtPECTPe4RM8bW9ZY_KzBIP_Jv47ONJjsDj_26bpERxHQVoaL4dK_eMtF/s640/IMG_7972.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">compelete with ghost feet</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93ka5tcncJKlJ_Kbhb-MnD9zGIJGfJuS0odYznxslzVGVBTcXVu98nXdOqDUVtPDsmvDmxWAtZLai_9_12pH6nArvwyff9PsEnc4hAAlE1lGewwIBOCMsfo7_ZD9JE4vG6Ck7llbeZCE9/s1600/IMG_7969.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUn2WwQEBIkgLjmRMXARitFu13Hv0YVkzFya7CjQqc-0WwMqv2WIdlB8-bto4Nt2u9DLLuChT71WVMcjRb8HSUAhPBkX__UghO4FUe7V_VgPu4d1vynb1tkstkoz55Mg9eoT3lSr51oMd/s1600/IMG_7974.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUn2WwQEBIkgLjmRMXARitFu13Hv0YVkzFya7CjQqc-0WwMqv2WIdlB8-bto4Nt2u9DLLuChT71WVMcjRb8HSUAhPBkX__UghO4FUe7V_VgPu4d1vynb1tkstkoz55Mg9eoT3lSr51oMd/s640/IMG_7974.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">and am I the only parent that thinks it's adorable when their babies cry, and instead of pick them up right away, grab the camera? </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrUlTfDUZzxu8cgi0ZTJZ4s8IbLhAWCIVX6focy_mawdLj6VsFROm1GYAsfq9ISxbaw4cAJIQwAR8Ibqvi3DySlc_kLHmYkPHqyOcr7LzwTDhi3zSW4qrKfrCflKT1NDfc9KpFGHAcdtw/s1600/IMG_7983.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrUlTfDUZzxu8cgi0ZTJZ4s8IbLhAWCIVX6focy_mawdLj6VsFROm1GYAsfq9ISxbaw4cAJIQwAR8Ibqvi3DySlc_kLHmYkPHqyOcr7LzwTDhi3zSW4qrKfrCflKT1NDfc9KpFGHAcdtw/s640/IMG_7983.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">And there are plenty more Halloween outfits to still wear. And there may be a witch's hat to subject her to. Good thing we've still got a few more weeks in October...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">On an unrelated note....does the babe look ANYTHING like her mama? All I ever hear is how she looks exactly like daddy...there has to be some of me in there somewhere! </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93ka5tcncJKlJ_Kbhb-MnD9zGIJGfJuS0odYznxslzVGVBTcXVu98nXdOqDUVtPDsmvDmxWAtZLai_9_12pH6nArvwyff9PsEnc4hAAlE1lGewwIBOCMsfo7_ZD9JE4vG6Ck7llbeZCE9/s1600/IMG_7969.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93ka5tcncJKlJ_Kbhb-MnD9zGIJGfJuS0odYznxslzVGVBTcXVu98nXdOqDUVtPDsmvDmxWAtZLai_9_12pH6nArvwyff9PsEnc4hAAlE1lGewwIBOCMsfo7_ZD9JE4vG6Ck7llbeZCE9/s640/IMG_7969.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">And on another unrelated note....the wee one wore jeggings today. Jeggings. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Awful name? Yes. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Adorable on her? Absolutely. </div>Erica Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12250709179508030406noreply@blogger.com2