My gorgeous kiddos

It’s been awhile since I’ve bombarded you with pictures of my gorgeous children. Consider yourself bombarded.

The great carrot massacre of '10

Why do you keep saying "bath," mama?

Carrot flavored goodness

My cute. Let me show you it.

In her birthday shirt from Aunt Shelly

Gorgeous Girl

Outside to look at the moon after bathtime.

Picture Pages

Why pay good money for a pacifier when you've got a nose?

I may be biased, but my boys are frickin' adorable, y'all.

My hibiscus bloomed.

(for scale purposes)

Are you tired of pictures yet?

If you’re tired of seeing my kids, you may wanna skip this here post. Just a friendly warning : )

A Family of Four

Her shirt says "I'm the big sister" and his says "I'm the little brother." Couldn't you just DIE?

Sam’s Birth – A photo montage!

Last pregnant belly picture - 36w6d

Sam!

And then there were four

They brought Sam to me on his way to the NICU

In the NICU

In the Special Care nursery

Sam on his daddy

Summertime Fun

Texas summer weather is the bane of my existence, but it does make for some great memories.

I may be a little biased, but tell me that’s not the cutest girl in the whole wide world.

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Christmas Shenanigans

We celebrated Christmas with my dad and his wife and their family last night. Before we left, we had an impromptu photo session:

Here’s our “pretty” pose. Nice smile, Maddie. Really sincere.

RAWR!

Check out our muscles!

Obligatory belly shot.

My two favorite people in the whole world.

RAWR!

More muscles.

Favorite present EVAR.

#10

I was tagged for a picture post by our favorite Clueless but Hopeful Mama. This is the first picture post that I’ve ever been tagged for so I’m wicked excited. Also, I needed to post and had nothing really to say, so it’s a “two birds” sort of post, too. Score!

Simple Rules:
-Open your first photo folder.
-Scroll down to the 10th photo.
-Post that photo and story on your blog.
-Tag five others (or more) friends to do the same.

This was taken on 7/17/03. It’s Lake Louise in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. I took my parents to Banff for a week. It was the last vacation we took together as a family. I met Gerald in October of that same year and my mother was diagnosed with cancer again in November.

Just like CBHM, I can’t only post on picture. I have such warm, loving memories of this trip. I remember getting along so well with my parents and being so proud that I was able to afford to treat them to this vacation.

These were taken at the Calgary zoo. They had the most beautiful botanic gardens.

Here are some more from Lake Louise and the Chateau Lake Louise:

And here we are on the Crowfoot Glacier at Jasper National Park.

It started raining when we got to Jasper and by the time we made up the eleventy billion steps to the visitor’s center, we were soaked. Hence the hats and plastic rain coat. Classy, huh? Also, please notice how tan I was. I miss the days of tanning and not caring about skin cancer.

Tagging people doesn’t give me Nervous Tummy at all. If you want to do this photo post, then you will. If not, then skip it.

1. Becky
2. Shelly
3. Donna
4. Lola
5. Pru

Please tell me if I look like a jackass.

So I went shopping this morning while Maddie was at school. I had an Old Navy gift card from Christmas and it was burning a hole in my pocket.

Why am I telling you? Because, once again, I need your opinions. I went shopping by myself, so there was no voice of reason to tell me if I looked like a dweeb. I was so happy to fit into size XL clothes and to be able to choose from SO! MANY! THINGS! that I may have gone a little off the rails.

Please take a look at these photos and give it to me straight. The pics are blurry because I had to turn the flash off lest it blind me in the mirror. And as much as I love my Nikon, that thing is a bitch to take self-portraits. So just squint and pretend they’re crisp and in-focus, all right?

I need a remote and a good tripod. Also: fashion sense.

Birthday Party Pictures

Are up.