friends

i mean seriously.  look at these friends.  i don't have to tell you how much they love each other.  look at the faces.  these pictures will be so special to these girls one day.  when they are long gone and living their own lives.  i hope they look back and remember how fun it was to live life together...

arrrrrrrr

remember me talking about livin' in the city?  well one of those good things i mentioned is that should you need to see an eye doctor at 1am {like i did last night} there is an ER dedicated just for eye problems.  lucky me huh.  and lucky me that my little person is a tad jealous that i get the eye patch and she doesn't.  so she pretends that she's one-eyed.  she thinks i'm playing dress up.  i'm not.  and lord willing i'll be able to face the daylight without my patch in the coming days...

we play softball

if you say you wanna play softball at my house then you better bring it.  i don't do play play softball.  i think the whole "everybody wins...everybody gets a trophy" does our children a great disservice.  when you work hard, you win.  when you don't, you lose.  it's that way in real life so why in the world have team sports gone the way of less competition?  i mean i not one of those parents.  you know the ones yelling from the stands.  screaming at the umpire. you know like my dad...lol... but if you commit to playing a sport, then you better bring it.  and practice.  and do your very best.  because there's reward in that.

anyway, off my soapbox... i've been telling georgia that she has to practice for a year before i will let her play.  she'll be playing with 5 & 6 year olds so by the time we get to the field next spring she'll be holding her own.  i can guarantee you that.  i am volunteer coaching this season for girls softball/tball so she'll be there every practice to get ahead.  this is gonna be fun.  check out my girl...

 

my valentines

could my two loves be any cuter???????????

city mouse, country mouse

we live in birmingham.  the big city.  where animal control patrols the streets.  where our children are told not to talk to strangers.  where everything is convienent.  where everything is...complicated.  funny how a trip to the outskirts of town remind me of that.

yesterday we traveled to the 'country'.  really it's just a neighboring town but it's considered the country.  and it fits the stereotypical bill.  it also is a breath a fresh air.  there's things that happen in the country that don't get to happen here.  here's what i'm talking about...

this is oreo.  he's a 2 week old lamb.  his family is being raised by the preacher's family and most days, just like yesterday when we saw him, he is roaming around the church waiting for somebody to bottle feed him.  even if it's little people.

and those same little people are free to run the halls of the church.  worry free.  cuz the church is the place to be free.  no one is telling them to behave.  or settle down.  or be careful not to bump the walls... 

and sunday school rooms are filled with things ready to be played it.  not shut up tight to keep the supplies straight and the room clean....

 

and there are REAL beauty salons.  ones that have the same customers AND curtains for 25 years.  ones where it takes 4 weeks to get a another nail appointment should you miss yours.  you know what i'm talkin' about.  the real deal...

where they call you AND your toddler baby.  and they would never think to ask you first before they give the baby some chips or candy.  where they never think to ask if you need help figuring out what do do with the babys hair.  they just tell you what to do. 

where everyone in the salon wants glitter and flowers painted on their nails.  not just children.  where a classic nude polish is NO where to be found because who in the world wears nude polish...

the city is good.  the country is good.  same but so different.  if we ever have a second home i wanna live in the country.  georgia and i already got the boots...

favorite

my favorite man.  my favorite girl.  my favorite time of day.  favorite period. 

dollar tree glasses

how come the addition of lens free dollar tree glasses suddenly makes her look 3 years older???!!!  if i stare at this picture long enough i can see a glimpe of what my baby girl will look when she's older.  her chin.  her eyes.  her smile.  her whole face.  they are changing and boy is she beautiful...

a little bit of perspective

so now another month has gone by.  i can't believe it.  i was just here yesterday telling you how much better i'd be about blogging.  and really i was just telling myself.  this blog serves as our scrapbook so i'm talking to myself.  and i really do need to be a little better.  just last night harold told me that one morning he decided to go through the archives to look and read about days past.  then he encouraged me to get back to it and reminded me how sweet it is to look back and remember the days we've so easily forgotten.  so i will.  i got a fully charged camera battery and i am determined to get back into the swing of blogging.  not for bloggings sake.  for rememberings sake.  and while we are remembering...

i had a miscarriage 3 weeks ago.  the baby that we thought would grow our family has been taken to heaven already.  what a shock it was to find out at our 12 week ultrasound that georgia's brother or sister wouldn't be coming to meet us here.  and while we are saddened,  we are firm in the mercy and sovereignty of christ.  his is enough and his grace is indeed always sufficient. 

i barely picked up my camera the month of december.  i think i told you that.  there were no pregnant belly pictures like before.  no pictures of georgia in her big sister shirt {that she still wears proudly cuz she's a sister alright...her baby just lives in heaven instead of at her house she'll tell you} no pictures to remember except this one...

so for remembering...december was here...there's the tree lights.  my baby was here...there's the proof.  and now it might be february but guess what...his goodness and mercy follows me all the days of my life.  from decemeber to february and every day after.   

and you can bet your farm on this one.  should god bless us with another baby you'll be seeing lots of us.  lots of remembering and discussing and documenting.  i'm not going to let another season get by me without picking up my heart AND camera to see his blessings through both perspectives!