Saturday, May 29, 2010

Four months old

Happy Four month birthday sweet girl! Before Mommy ships you off with some friends, because Daddy and I are extremely sick, let's have a quick photo shoot, or Mommy will regret it forever!

"What Mommy?"
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"Oh you want me to smile? Ok!"
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"You better hurry!!! Snap the picture!"
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"Annnnnnddddd . . . . I'm done!"
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Happy four months Hershey Kiss!!! I still look at you in awe that you are in my arms. God produced such a beautiful miracle in you! I can imagine life without you and its too painful to bear. Mommy's going back to bed now. Whew! The Mommy gene beat strep throat for a picture!!!

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Celtic Fest

On Mother's Day we hopped a train into the city to attend Celtic Fest. Last year, the boys and Patrick went, but I didn't get to go, because I was busy pregnant and hurling. We had a great train ride. No pics of that though. We loved the Irish dancers! No pics of that though. The boys played golf and jumped in a bounce house. No pics of that though. We had an awesome picnic, it was a beautiful day, and we heard a great storyteller while we ate. No pics of that.

Aiden and the Beanstalk
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Anthony and the Bean
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Abby was quite unimpressed by the Bean
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We loved listening to the pipes!
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It was fun to watch and teach the boys a little about the music of our heritage.
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Last year Aiden begged me to ride on the ferris wheel at Navy Pier with him. It was winter, freezing, and the ferris wheel wasn't running. I made him a promise that we would do it together that summer. Summer came and I was pregnant with Abby. Needless to say, I had to break a promise, I couldn't take him up in the ferris wheel. I cried over it. I do Not like breaking promises to my children! On Mother's Day, I made good on that promise!
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Aiden loved it!!! Man that thing gets high!
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A sweet family picture!
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Then, we visited the Children's Museum. Once again Abby was not very impressed.
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We didn't realize how late it was and only had fifteen minutes in the museum before it closed. Yet, we still managed to become firefighters for a brief moment.
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A wonderful Mother's Day thanks to my sweet boys (including Patrick) and my sweet girl! But by the end of the day, we were tired!
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Mother's Day Tradition

Mother's Day 2005

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Mother's Day 2006

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Mother's Day 2007

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Mother's Day 2008

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Mother's Day 2009

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Mother's Day 2010

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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Wordless Wednesday

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The Shoe

Generations of babies in our family have a picture of their foot in this shoe.

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

My Doll

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This is Abby and Heather. I used to carry Heather everywhere as a little girl. I vividly remember getting stopped in stores because people thought she was real. Abby is wearing a dress I wore when I was a newborn. She is seven weeks old in this picture. You decide which one is the doll!

And a Big Happy 5th Birthday to my Sweet Niece C.J.!!!
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Oh and to her Daddy too! Happy Birthday Mark!
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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Animal Crackers

Abby's first train ride!
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We went to the Brookfield Zoo! I'm not sure who was acting more like the monkeys, the boys or me!
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We all really got into it though!
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This picture is for Mema, see the itty bitty spider Mema?
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Sing with me, "Alice the camel had one hump, Alice the camel had . . ." Stuck in my head the whole trip. Yeah, um, it's Still stuck in my head.
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AAGGGGHHHH he's gonna Eat me!
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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Handsome

"Mama! Me handsome my new gwasses?"

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