Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Pictures to go with the Magic!

The general chaos that is our home... Who doesn't have a tent and a circus in their living room?



Meeting our friends at the zoo...

Noah and Marisol had a blast together.


Noah wanted to hold the baby right away!


Butterflies!


Tinkerbell and friends now grace our bedroom wall...


Marisol placed them herself.


Bubbles in the rain


Marisol took this picture of me and Gerry... good job Marisol!
(yes, I am still in my pajama bottoms


Visiting our neighbor's "pet garden".


I love this quirky couple, and we barely know them! They encourage Marisol (and the rest of us) to visit the animals and to move them if we think they would rather be sitting somewhere else. Marisol loves to do this of course!


My friend Allison visited today... she was in DC from California to visit her sister and new nephew. She was my best friend and travel companion when we studied in Barcelona. We were inseparable. It was fun to catch up and take a trip down memory lane.


And last, but definitely not least... trying to catch those elusive baby smiles...


ahh choo!!


Almost... but his full grin is even bigger than this! Too cute... of course it melts my heart. And makes all the fussy (or as Marisol says, fuzzy) times worth it. (Marisol says that fuzzy means when you are screaming)


ps for any folks that actually check my blog but are not on facebook... I have been putting pictures up there a bit more... many family and friends are there and it is sometimes easier. So get on facebook and make me your friend! :-) I'm going to try and keep up the blog too though...

9/9/09 Magic for sure!

Wednesday 9/9/09

An early bedtime last night

a hot shower this morning!

appreciating that I am home with my beautiful children instead of working a less meaningful job

a visit with an old friend and a trip down memory lane!

Marisol making me smile and laugh out loud every day… and sharing all of her funny moments with Mike

making every day magic and appreciating what a MIRACLE life really is…

Tuesday 9/8

25 cent bubbles leading to…
putting rain gear on – coats, boots, umbrella – leading to…
fun on the patio leading to….
a walk in search of puddles, leading to…
the playground! leading to…
meeting a new family with a toddler and a new baby leading to…
helping out a stranger with a raincoat…

an adventure had by 10 am!

So far so good! I've posted my comments on the website 3 days in a row and look forward to it. It only takes a minute really... Plus it makes you feel good to read other people's "magic" too! It really is a great idea!

Hope everyone else is having a magical week

Monday, September 7, 2009

My Everyday Magic

So I found a cool website and put a link to it on the side of my blog. It is called My Everyday Magic:

http://myeverydaymagic.com/

I think it is a great idea. I don't know if I will be able to post every day, maybe even aiming for once a week is more realistic for me at this point. But even thinking about it this weekend helped me stay in a positive frame of mind. So here is my magic from this fun holiday weekend:

Meeting our friends at the zoo, and Marisol running around with Noah

Getting a new Tinkerbell at Target

Sunny day at the playground and throwing a football around

Tinkerbell wall stickers! (see a theme here?)

Lots of baby smiles from Gerard

Mike taking care of our food needs

Getting out 3 days in a row!

There you have it