Saturday, May 30, 2009

Leftovers

I found these 'leftover' pictures hiding on Phillip's camera from Florida.

Here are the girls making cookies with Nana....aka playing with flour and dough! I love Becca's tongue here too.
And here's an after shot of Becca. She even had flour in her ears!
Here's Mara looking for dolphins...
And my favorite...this was the moon the last couple nights there. It was SO bright and gorgeous shining off of the water.
Oh man, I wanna go back now!

Carrie

Friday, May 29, 2009

A rose by any other name....

I have a serious post still bouncing around my head and my drafts page, so in the mean time here's something to entertain you...or distract you, whatever the case may be!

I stole this from Jenny at One Thing. I love the superhero name, and the nascar name...that could so be a nascar driver!

Rock Star Name: (1st Pet’s name & current car) ~ Babe Venture
Fly Guy/Girl Name: (1st initial + first 3 letters of your last name) ~ C-Jer
Detective Name: (Fave color & fave animal) ~ Pink Cat
Soap Opera Name: (Middle name & city/town born in) ~ Lin Ft. Leonardwood
Star Wars Name: (First 3 letters of last name + first 2 of first name) ~ Jerca
Superhero: (”The” & second fave color & fave drink) ~ The Green Diet Coke
Nascar
Name: (1st names of grandfathers’) ~ Roy Keith
Stripper Name: (Fave scent/perfume/cologne & fave candy) ~ Lavender SweetTart
Witness Protection Name: (Mom & Dad’s middle name) ~ Sue John
Weather Anchor Name: (5th grade teacher’s last name & a city which starts with the same letter) ~ Bagwell Birmingham
Spy/Bond Name: (fave season/holiday & fave flower) ~ Spring Tulip
Cartoon Name: (fave fruit & article of present clothing + “ie” or “y”) ~ Strawberry Flip Floppy
Hippy
Name: (What you ate for breakfast & fave tree) ~ Oatmeal Willow
Carrie

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Neglect

I'm so glad that blogs don't run away or throw fits or even die when you neglect them. They just sit here patiently waiting on some attention.

I promise to be back soon with some pictures to share, a couple of serious posts, maybe a new header if I can sweet talk my hubby, and I'll try not to complain too much about being so hugely pregnant with no a/c in the house (oops, I think I just complained!).

Carrie

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Say it isn't so.

Someone please tell me that I did not just register my firstborn for Kindergarten.

And for those of you who have been here before....tell me when my tears will stop!

Carrie

Sunday, May 10, 2009

A Year Later

Then...
Now...
Then...
Now...
Then...
Now...
Carrie

Friday, May 8, 2009

More pictures to make you jealous!

Mara and Emily both love the water....pool/ocean, doesn't matter....they love it.
Becca on the other hand looked like this most of the week....
...and still had fun laughing with/at the big girls. Then I managed to get her in the water once, but it was a fluke cause she never did it again. Here's the photographic evidence though...
This girl would dig in the sand ALL day.
And Mara just liked running around...collecting shells, getting water to pour on her sand castle....she never stopped moving.
Someone please tell me that this is not my baby. My baby is not this big.
Love the sky behind them in this picture. We've really enjoyed God's creations this week.
Oh, and here's a picture of Sam at the beach too! Or wait...it might be a beached whale...no, I think it's Sam!
Carrie

Mother's Day

I've had this post bouncing around my head for two years now (still CAN NOT believe that I've been blogging for two years!). It's actually been a 'draft' for a year now. I feel really strongly about this, but the problem is that I'm struggling to get it to come out right. Well, I'm going to stop revising it and just push post....so here goes!

I have such conflicting feelings about Mother's Day. I love my own Momma so much and love celebrating and honoring her every year...so in that view, I love Mother's Day.

As a woman who has struggled with infertility for many years, I know how painful Mother's Day can be. The pain of infertility is so deep and yet so silent...making it even deeper.

During my initial infertile years, I clung to my Jesus more than ever. I cried out to Him on a daily basis, and that was the only thing that brought peace during that time.

The problem is that even though Jesus was my only comfort, the church seemed to only deepen my pain on a day that was very painful to begin with. Every aspect of the service, as well as everything before and after the service on Mother's Day reminded me that I was not a mother. It was very tough to go to church on Mother's Day during those painful years.

I don't have anything against celebrating Mother's Day (and didn't during my initial infertile years...I've already said that I love celebrating my Momma....and I loved celebrating her during those years as well). I guess I just have a problem with celebrating Mother's Day on a corporate level. On Father's Day, most churches have 'regular' services which they add an "Oh by the way, Happy Father's Day" to it.

Well, I'm not sure if any of this is coming out right so I'll just shush for now. I guess what I really want you to know is that if you know any women struggling with infertility...just give her an extra hug and let her know you're praying for her this Mother's Day.

Carrie

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Friday, May 1, 2009

Checkin' off the to do list.

Gas van.....check
Get cash from atm....check
Pack swim suits and beach towels.....check

Florida Vacation here we come!

I just got done looking back at pictures on my blog from the last two vacations (Can not believe that I've been blogging for two years!). I'm so ready for the sun, sand, and fun....but my word how the girls have grown! Let me just cry for a minute about that....ok, now I'm ready for some R&R!

Carrie