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We ate our first peas from the garden today! I am so excited. I love my memories of picking peas and eating them right from the pod as a child. Now Audrey and Anna are able to do the same. They both loved them! Audrey and I also discovered a snake's skin in the nature...

Sometimes the most simple days are the best. We had nothing planned for today except for my first piano lesson with Margie in the evening, yet it was just THE BEST day. Amazingly, Audrey crawled into bed with me this morning and let me snuggle with her...she never...

Happy birthday, Mom! Wish we could have seen you in person for your birthday, but it was fun to sing to you over the phone! Had to take Anna to get a new pair of splints for her shoes today. She did much better than last time - 45 minutes of them messing with her feet...

I had an amazing experience participating in the Anniversary Choir today. In celebration of our church's 20th anniversary, we lead the 9:30 and 11:00 services with some of the most powerful praise songs. There were several moments of pure joy. It's such a different...

Glorious Saturday - my day to sleep in as long as I want. I slept until almost 9am this morning and finally only got up after listening to Anna's whining. Justin and the girls went to Toys R Us to get a small swimming pool. While they were gone I realized that the new...

Woke up to one of the hottest, most humid days thus far. The girls and I went out around 8am to water the gardens. Audrey did a great job watering the front and sides herself then quit in favor of playing. For the first time, Anna walked from the patio all the way to...

Had nothing planned for today - nice! The girls and I went for a walk in the AM. Said hello to Mr. Willow tree and he told us to come visit him more frequently. Audrey remembered us "sleeping" under a Bradford Pear tree at the corner and wanted to do it, again. Anna...

I've come to realize that I haven't been blogging because I always feel like I have to have something significant to say in order to warrant a post. Unfortunately, that takes time, energy and creativeness that I don't seem to have much of lately. I do regret that this...

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Today was the big day - Anna's 12 month check-up. We've been anxiously awaiting it because of our concerns about her gross motor development. Anna's legs tend to be very stiff and she points her toes most of the time. She did start crawling about three weeks ago on...

I've officially been a "Work-At-Home" mom for 3 months now. The achiever in me wishes I could say that I have figured it all out. The reality is that every day is as much an enigma as the day before. I try to understand the unique qualities of my girls and grasp the...