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Freedom!

Good news — the cast is off!  We went to the doctor today for Lucas’ check-up — and the X-ray revealed that the fracture was completely healed!  The doctor said: “as if it never even happened” — which would be my dream come true :-)

Here is our happy little guy!

Quite the character…

Usually I get big, toothy grins, but on this particular day, his mood was more serious…

And when we’re not sure what something is, we first begin with a taste test…

These images were taken from my “Project 365″ — I’ve actually kept up with it so far and snapped one (or more) pictures every day!

Will I make it the whole month? :-)

My ode to superheroes continues…

Yesterday, we were celebrating with Superwoman — today, it’s Superman :-)

Happy Birthday to my wonderful, awesome, supportive, loving, amazing husband!

You are a terrific father and my best friend — and you always make me laugh no matter how flustered I get.

I LOVE YOU!!!

Here he is with the big kids and his mom — having so much fun in the snow!

And, one last pic — here is Steven, again so excited about the snow — about to get pounded with a snowball from his brother (bottom left) :-)   I was distracting him with the camera!

Honey, I hope this birthday has been a fun one :-)

Happy Birthday, Superwoman!

My mom is no doubt a super hero to me — she always steps in at just the right moment and saves the day!  I am so, so thankful to have her in my life — and I am even more thankful to have her as my business partner.  Not only does she help keep me sane with three little monsters loves running around, she is a wonderful photographer!  I LOVE YOU, MOM!

Here is a quick pic of me, my mom, and Emma about a year ago — I was pregnant with Lucas and we were having a girls’ day out!

And one of my mom, sister, and nephew!

Notice anything?

My poor little guy…luckily, he hasn’t let this slow him down!!!

Please slow down just a little…

Time, you’re going by way too fast!

May I have this dance?

We couldn’t take down all of the Christmas decorations after New Year’s…the kids are having too much fun!

He redeemed himself…

The last movie my husband and I went to see together was Transformers II.  Wow — I don’t think I’ve ever been offended on so many different levels.  Needless to say, my confidence in Steven’s movie-picking skills was shaken.  So when he suggested we go see the new Star Trek movie, I kept putting him off…and I put him off so much that it’s now out on DVD!  Well, when the last of our family headed home this past weekend after a fun holiday visit, we needed a little pick-me-up.  And I was in the mood to be daring…so off Steven went to Blockbuster — and for the past two nights (once the kids finally went to bed), we enjoyed a really good movie!  I give the new Star Trek two thumbs up!  Of course, there were a couple of crude remarks that I could’ve done without, but unfortunately, that’s pretty much standard these days!

In other news, I have been keeping up with two of my New Year’s Resolutions — daily journaling and picture-taking!  I think the key to this is that I have put NO restrictions on these activities…the journal entry doesn’t have to be novel-worthy and the photo doesn’t have to be a work of art.  It just has to be real life.  That’s what I’m really focused on capturing these days!

Here’s the image for January 1st…it’s Steven’s idea of perfection: chocolate chip-blueberry pancakes (prepared by my mom!) :-)

A promise…

We started talking about it months ago, and today, it finally happened!  Emma hosted her first cookie party :-)

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We had lots of sweets…

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…lots of smiles…

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…and lots of snow!

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(That’s my sister and my nephew!)

What a perfect day! :-)

Can you believe it?

A white Christmas!!!

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Here are a couple of our Christmas morning snapshots…

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Hope you are having a wonderful holiday! :-)

Edited to add a snowman snapshot, per my husband’s request :-)

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