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home again, home again.

May 19, 2011

it’s {embrace} the camera day!

we’re home nowbut here’s what the last couple of days have looked like.

this was right before his physical

bright and early on tuesday morning.

getting a couple last looks at his piggies.

L, after his “happy juice.”

oh my goodness.

that stuff is crazy.

he was instantly

so happy and

so drowsy and

so calm.

it made the pass-off much, much easier

for everyone.

while my parents were dutifully watching the bigs,

Auntie B and Uncle J joined us in the waiting room.

we ate mcdonald’s

(which was located not near but in the hospital)

while sitting at a kids’ table.

amazingly enough, the wait did not seem that long.

not that long at all.

even though it was long.

and it was even longer than we all

(including the doctors) had thought.

but God’s peace was pouring all over us

and He carried us through the long wait.

the sweet little boy

was quite upset when he came to

after the surgery.

once the morphine kicked in,

and he got some hugs from B and me,

he calmed right down.

i love how his pulse ox looks like a little heart here.

our room had a great view.

And surely I am with you always,

to the very end of the age.
Mathew 28:20b

1111. no complications during surgery

1112. no complications post-surgery

1113. incredible doctors

1114. love and care for L

1115. pain relievers

L’s surgery went really well yesterday. it was a bit longer than they thought it would take but he did great. he aspirated, slightly during the surgery which got us an automatic night’s stay in the hospital. so while B went home to get some real sleep, my primary job has been to stop L from pulling out his IV and from taking his pulse/ox off. fun times. we did both sleep for a luxurious hour and a half for which i’m grateful for. we are praying to be released super early this am so we can get some real rest at home. we know when his pain meds have thoroughly kicked in as his favorite thing to do then is to try to remove his bandages. no thank you very much. thank you for your prayers. we know that the Lord protected him from numerous complications and for that, we are even more grateful.
xoxo.

today is a big day.

May 17, 2011

we found this note this morning.

it was for L.

(i’ll post updates as soon as i have them.)

today also happens to be our

eighth wedding anniversary!

our wedding was so long ago that

our wedding photographer actually used film.

can you even imagine?

who gets to hang out all day long

with their spouse

in the middle of the week

on their eighth wedding anniversary?

we do!

we were such babies.

oh, we were so young!

we are going to have one hot date at the hospital.

well, probably not.

but we did get to do that for our sixth anniversary

because that’s when i was on bed rest with L.

and the honeymoon?

oh, the honeymoon.

we got to go to st. barts in the french west indies.

i do hope that we will get to go back someday.

it was

absolutely,

positively

perfect.

i can’t imagine the last eight years

without the laughter and joy that B brings to my life.
he is the hardest working man i have ever known
and he loves his family to the ends of the earth.

i am surely blessed to have him as mine.

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved,

clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility,

gentleness and patience. Bear with each other

and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another.

Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues

put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts,

since as members of one body you were called to peace.

And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly

as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom,

and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs

with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do,

whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,

giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Colossians 3:12-17

1106. being married to B

1107. being a momma to three

1108. celebrating anniversaries

1109. quality time

1110. the joy of not knowing what is to come

the heart toe.

May 16, 2011

it was

and then it wasn’t

but now it is really going to happen.

some little friends of ours saw L’s toes when he was only a baby
and quickly said that he had a heart toe.

tomorrow, L’s little heart toe will be gone.

please pray that the surgery goes smoothly,

is without complications and

that our little man heals quickly.

1101. snuggling with a just-waking-up K

1102. post bath soft kiddos

1103. the leaves dancing on the branches in the wind

1104. kite flying

1105. rain in the am,

sunshine in the pm

if i knew you were comin’.

May 13, 2011

we celebrated babydoll’s birthday (again).

i swear, they say that once you have kids, time flies by

but i really think that once your kids have buddies that celebrate birthdays,

that’s really when time flies.

it seems as though babydoll has a birthday every week.

that’s probably because she does.

just think, if you celebrated your birthday with us,

we could treat you as nicely as we treat babydoll.

on her birthday, nonetheless.

K served the finest treats.

here’s her recipe for babydoll’s birthday cupcakes

(straight from the mouth of the “cooker” as she calls herself):

raspberries, strawberries, ketchup, honey, pizza, honey, bread mix, ketchup, more honey, more ketchup, bread mix again, chocolate, ketchup, chocolate, ketchup, chocolate, ketchup, chocolate, ketchup, chocolate, ketchup, chocolate, ketchup, chocolate and that’s all.

okay, sounds easy enough.

i’ll leave you with a little version of this song that my Gram sings:

if i knew you were comin’ i’d’ve a baked a cake,

hired a hall, had a ball.

if i knew you were comin’ i’d’ve a baked a cake,

howd-ya do, howd-ya do, howd-ya do.

well, i don’t know where you’ve come from.

and i don’t know where you’ve been.

but it really doesn’t matter

grab a plate and get your platter

and dig, dig, dig, right in.

if i knew you were coming i’d a baked a cake,

howd-ya do, howd-ya do, howd-ya do.

Finally, brothers and sisters,

whatever is true,

whatever is noble,

whatever is right,

whatever is pure,

whatever is lovely,

whatever is admirable—

if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—

think about such things

Philippians 4:8

1096. birthday parties

1097. a mid-week morning break

1098. photography help

1099. rediscovering a great lens

1100. B bbqing dinner

if i knew you were comin’.

May 13, 2011

we celebrated babydoll’s birthday (again).

i swear, they say that once you have kids, time flies by

but i really think that once your kids have buddies that celebrate birthdays,

that’s really when time flies.

it seems as though babydoll has a birthday every week.

that’s probably because she does.

just think, if you celebrated your birthday with us,

we could treat you as nicely as we treat babydoll.

on her birthday, nonetheless.

K served the finest treats.

here’s her recipe for babydoll’s birthday cupcakes

(straight from the mouth of the “cooker” as she calls herself):

okay, sounds easy enough.

i’ll leave you with a little version of this song that my Gram sings:

if i knew you were comin’ i’d’ve a baked a cake,

hired a hall, had a ball.

if i knew you were comin’ i’d’ve a baked a cake,

howd-ya do, howd-ya do, howd-ya do.

well, i don’t know where you’ve come from.

and i don’t know where you’ve been.

but it really doesn’t matter

grab a plate and get your platter

and dig, dig, dig, right in.

if i knew you were coming i’d a baked a cake,

howd-ya do, howd-ya do, howd-ya do.

Finally, brothers and sisters,

whatever is true,

whatever is noble,

whatever is right,

whatever is pure,

whatever is lovely,

whatever is admirable—

if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—

think about such things

Philippians 4:8

1096. birthday parties

1097. a mid-week morning break

1098. photography help

1099. rediscovering a great lens

1100. B bbqing dinner

checkers.

May 12, 2011

it’s {embrace} the camera day!

D said that he would like to learn how to play checkers.

it was nearly bedtime and i couldn’t remember where

our checkers and board were.

in comes the ipad.

and yes, he is now addicted.

1091. the clanging sounds of
children’s musical instruments

1092. borrowing my sister’s dresses
1093. a new dress from my sister
1094. a preview of what summer might be like
1095. morning quiet times

if there are any questions that you might have for me.

feel free to email me at

capturingmotherhood@gmail.com

and if there are enough, i’d love to do a q+a post

ten on ten.may

May 10, 2011

happy ten on ten!

1. shadow of my curly morning hair

2. saying bye to daddy this morning

3. near front door

4. pretty yellow flowers

5. record-breaking big morning hair

6. my boys under tree outside

7. floral treasures in tin cans

8. sweet little leaf on hood of car

9. at school

10. blue paint on hands

1081. spot books read by a big sister

1082. the fussing stopping (even momentarily)

1083. L using his voice to get my attention

so he could sign to me

1084. the perfect lighting

1085. finding our shadows

check back on wednesday morning for