A Thousand Word Thursday - humoring the kids

We all have those photos worth a thousand words. Come see them at Cheaper Than Therapy.

Because I'm a good mom

I humor the kids

when they want a picture

with the baby

in a basket

even if he

doesn't find it all that humorous

Totally Talented Tuesday - sitting up!

All talents welcome! See who else is Totally Talented at Two of a Kind, Working on a Full House!

This week JC is sitting all by himself!! Yay for that 6 month milestone! He's still a bit tippy, but has pretty good balance. There's been a few times I though he was goin' down and he recovered! Now he can entertain himself a bit longer reaching for all the stuff he's not supposed to have.

And sportin' some sweet legwarmers....

Don't know why I love this shot so much!

I Heart Faces - Pout

I ♥ Faces theme of the week is "Pouting"Pouting PM. I left the snot in, makes the photo more authentic, don't you think??

This is her "mad" face. She snapped right into her "happy" face for the very next shot.

Goodbye Dear Friend

A very dear friend has passed away. I asked for prayers for Ruth and her family on Friday. Early this morning she left this earthly life of pain and cancer to sit whole and healed beside our Lord. She was someone I looked up to, my breastfeeding and cloth diapering guru, and a role model parent to a wonderful family that I had the privilege of being a part of for quite some time. My prayers are again with her family as they say goodbye. I wanted to share a few photos I had....

Where else but at a lake...

At my wedding....

and because you can't have a good time unless you play with your food...

We love you guys!

Not Me Monday - Stellan Style

This week we are honoring Stellan by praying and asking everyone we can to help us in this quest. "Not me!" Monday is hosted by MckMama at My Charming Kids. I DID NOT pray all week that Stellan will get better. I DID NOT use my Fragments Friday post to ask for prayers for lots of friends and family. I DID NOT post seeking prayers for Stellan several times during the week on Facebook. I DID NOT join the FB group Pray for Stellan. I DID NOT Tweet about prayers for Stellan. I DID NOT check Twitter all week waiting to see what was going on at the hospital. I DID NOT ask a local "blog" group that has probably never been to a "real" blog site to visit My Charming Kids, meet Stellan, and pray for him. I DID NOT write Stellan's name in the snow in front of our flooded park for Stellan's Name Gallery. I DID NOT ignore a ton of housework in the process. I'd better start cleaning.

And the winner of my first ever giveaway is....

Shopannies!!!

She won the Fleece Carseat Cover.

Thanks to everyone who participated! Don't forget to congratulate our winner and check out her giveaways as well. Please check back often, I'll be opening my Etsy shop soon & offering more cool giveaways.....does anyone like Scrabble tile pendants? With YOUR OWN photo on them?? Just sayin......

Fragment Friday - Prayers all around

From Half Past Kissin Time, Friday Fragments. All the little stuff too small to make it's own post, but too good to discard.

I have been praying constantly this week. So for my fragments this week I want to share some prayer requests with you...

First, you all must know Stellan by now. I pick up my little JC and think of Stellan every time, they are the same age and yesterday when I was on MckMama's site my MD thought the photo of Stellan I was looking at was JC. My heart is aching for any mother that has to sit by their child's side and only hope that the good Lord will heal them. Please pray for Stellan and his family.

Stellan's name gallery.

I got a call from my BFF last night. When we were in 6-11th grades we babysat tag-team style for a family ever day after school. We were basically nannies. The kids were "our" kids. That family was truly our second family and we spent many summers with them as well. The mom, Ruth, got breast cancer about 7 years ago. She fought and won...at least until the last year. Cancer appeared everywhere in her body. She still lived with such courage, love, and devotion to God. My friend called to let me know that she was in Pallative care. They're keeping her "comfortable". The kids have come home. Of their 3 kids, the youngest is 17. Last night the hospital was evacuated due to rising flood waters and she was placed in another hospital. Please pray for Ruth and her family.

My other girlfriend's 1 year old is sporadically turning blue. Yes, blue. I saw the video. And the doctors wanted her to wait until mid-April for a new pediatric cardiologist's appointment. We all encouraged her to demand that they at least do an ECHO to let her know that her heart is OK, or not. The baby is turning blue!! She has an appointment this week. Please pray for E. and baby D.

My husband has been activated with the National Guard in Fargo to work on the dikes and help with flood evactuations. He left this afternoon. Chances are we won't see him until possibly Sunday for a short time. They'll keep him on orders most likely until the water recedes and the temporary dikes are cleaned up. Please pray for the National Guard and all the families bracing for the flood.

That has all been on my heart this week.

On MD's mind:

He's holding a film camera (with no film) and trying to snap a photo. "Say cheese!" he says. He clicks the button then stares at the back of the camera. "Where's the picture?"he asks. Dad says "It needs film, you can't see them yet." Max looks puzzled "What's a film?"