Category: Olivia
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Around Here: April 2014
I didn’t think that life could actually get fuller. And then it did. April has flown by and I’m trying to catch my breath and replace moments of overwhelm with confident faith that everything that needs to get done will. This month I have been: … finishing projects. … planning surprises. … reading this article:…
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Wishing you a charming and magical St. Patrick’s Day! (Photo taken last year and this year- my oh my, what a difference 12 months makes!)
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One Little Word: January and February
Loving the process of making my word visible this year by participating in Ali Edward’s One Little Word Class. Here’s a peak at January: One of the writing prompts included finding a quote reflective of your word. I had a hard time choosing just one so I created a full page of “Light” quotes. In…
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Happy Valentine’s Day
Wishing you a delicious day filled with love! *Photo Credit: Tiffany Henning of TH Photography & Design
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Charting Progress
Our Parents as Teachers Coordinator stopped by this past week to check on Olivia’s progress and administer her 12 month ASQ Screening. As I expected, Olivia passed with flying colors and even obtained perfect scores in the gross and fine motor skills categories. Part of my homework from this session including filling out Year 1…
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Gratitude for 2013
As I welcome all the LIGHT of 2014, I decided to pause for just a moment and reflect on the prior year. Last night, I went through my planner and intentionally looked for milestones, celebrations, and other memories filled with gratitude. For all the fearful, uncertain, and darn right unpleasant days, 2013 brought us great…
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…and she is ONE.
A sneak peak of a precious milestone for our family. Olivia’s beautiful spirit, feisty independence, and incredible strength continues to amaze us on a daily basis.
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World Prematurity Awareness Day
November 17th is World Prematurity Awareness Day. The March of Dimes currently states that 1 out of 9 women will deliver prematurely in the United States. I am now part of that statistic. Today, I’m thinking of all the sweet babies that are literally fighting to breathe and grow as quickly as they can. I’m…
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In the Workshop: Halloween Scrapbooking
As I mentioned in this post, I created 2 scrapbooks to savor the season and preserve some of our first Halloween memories with Olivia. I just love how these turned out! I followed Kathy Orta’s instructions from her Interactive Mini-Scrapbooks guide to transform a mixture of photos, papers, and embellishments into a treasured keepsake. I…
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A Message from Cinderella…
Happy Halloween! Our photographer posted the perfect caption to accompany the bottom photo: “Pretty sure she is thinking, Don’t make me turn you into a frog!”