tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81073187744233109072024-03-05T03:31:42.613-08:00Lellow Birdit's about us and our daily stuff and what we believe and how we live and why we live and who we love and where we travel and...all the other stuff in between.JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-84500990549834426792011-09-07T08:00:00.000-07:002011-09-07T08:28:38.115-07:00VOTE for my Kaylin-Bug!!<div>So it's been waaaaaay too long since I've blogged but the 2 shortest people in my house keep me busier than ever. I know, no excuse. And those of you with 3+ kids are totally rolling your eyes at me right now. Okay, so don't write me off yet. The part of my brain that files potential blog posts has been over-crowded by sippy decisions, teething issues, PlayDoh creations, ballet dancing, and potty-training (the one year old.)</div><div>Another little thing that has been taking up brain capacity is this little contest on Facebook.</div><div>We entered Kaylin's picture in <a href="http://https//www.facebook.com/love.talenti?sk=app_100932393347650">Talenti's Cutest Gelato Moment</a> photo contest and she is one of the 6 semi-finalists!!</div><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mL8mkFsY2YOTH9JHFz-nzku8D7dt0ubBWeZG_4x1n8RoPuxRy_VUtit0WMgr1DA5v_VH8J78xVXd45JPdlRO7UDMvBmLKWrkab7cD6fTDBMgBSY6dYcBnvOwGaNKp6YnXyd-q5WFNzkO/s1600/talenti+042.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mL8mkFsY2YOTH9JHFz-nzku8D7dt0ubBWeZG_4x1n8RoPuxRy_VUtit0WMgr1DA5v_VH8J78xVXd45JPdlRO7UDMvBmLKWrkab7cD6fTDBMgBSY6dYcBnvOwGaNKp6YnXyd-q5WFNzkO/s320/talenti+042.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649637442123461842" /></a><br />So this is my shameless plug to <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/love.talenti?sk=app_100932393347650">GO VOTE FOR KAYLIN here</a></b> so we can win some of the best gelato on the planet!!</div><div>The contest runs all week (thru September 11th) and you can vote once a day (per Facebook account.)</div><div>We are currently in second place, but the one in first place is a professionally taken/tweaked photo (which is against the rules!) so it's a little unfair. All the more reason to cast votes for Kaylin!! She's under my name, Jill Putty (week 4) and all you have to do is click "VOTE."</div><div>Then if you click "SHARE" you can ask all your Facebook friends to "please vote for #4!"</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks to all my thousands of faithful readers out there who love me and support our gelato habit. ;)</div><div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPe1iQZoyrYsu8C1V0ekuvdgTWCsY8kmrmSiM2FZ3Wym8mHSs33KnQTp0srmExMbshoqdjaOkqkCBXH6cx31zWJeQIbRTaFWGgJz0hzYF4rK8FSFtRRsWN_BkFtjf8MbYj9s567sSRzc_c/s1600/talenti+012.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPe1iQZoyrYsu8C1V0ekuvdgTWCsY8kmrmSiM2FZ3Wym8mHSs33KnQTp0srmExMbshoqdjaOkqkCBXH6cx31zWJeQIbRTaFWGgJz0hzYF4rK8FSFtRRsWN_BkFtjf8MbYj9s567sSRzc_c/s320/talenti+012.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649638845155353234" /></a><br />"Thanks everybody! I promise to share my winnings with Harley again!" - Kaylin</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" style="border:0px;" />JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-10285363257862431082011-01-26T12:01:00.000-08:002011-01-26T12:03:24.418-08:00the native tongue of a 2-year-old<div><div style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; padding-top: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><p></p><blockquote></blockquote>Today Cami said batteries. Not "babbies", BATTERIES! I was quick to correct her.<p></p><p></p><blockquote><p>"Um, honey... you mean 'babbies'?"</p><p>"No Mommy... ba-ter-eeees. BATTERIES."</p><p>"NOOOOO!! Not that one too! Can't we please just keep that one?! I'm not ready for it to go! Please can we keep babbies!?"</p><p>[<i>staring at me</i>]</p><p>"Hee hee... batteries Mommy."</p></blockquote><p></p><p>It's a sad day.</p><p>One by one they're fading away and being replaced. Her words. Her sweet little words. She doesn't understand how we love them. She is such a little perfectionist (<span mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">not sure where that trait came from...ahem</span>) and every time she perfects yet another one of her cute little words it means she's getting older.</p><p>"Diddy" is now Kitty.</p><p>"Nonny" is banana.</p><p>"ahTAHoh" is avocado.</p><p>"appauce" has become applesauce (thanks to Cousin Felicity for correcting her)</p><p>and speaking of...</p><p>"Wissy" has been Felicity for a while now :(</p><p>We lost "lellow" around Thanksgiving.</p><p>And her "bobberm" is now her bottom.</p><p>As with "babbies", I have tried my best to save each of these words in hopes of preserving the original 2-year-old Cami verbiage. She is not much help since she finds a rare joy in correcting her mommy.</p><p>There do, in fact, remain a few words still in transition:</p><p>"thlank you" still includes the mystery "L" and gets sweeter every day.</p><p>"stoomie" has evolved into the more commonly used 'scuse me.</p><p>Though she does know how to say it right, she still prefers to wear "meanies" rather than panties.</p><p>And our old friend the "Snut" (Noah's skunk) has acquired the new and improved title of "Snuk." Getting closer but not there yet!</p><p>One word I'm pretty confident we'll be hanging on to for a while is "dere" (girl). Sometimes she attempts it but isn't completely satisfied with the outcome and honestly neither am I.</p><p>She's growing up and it's bittersweet but I'm dealing with it and it helps to be able to blog about it.</p><p>In the meantime we praise her for her improvements but still give her lellow nonnies for breakfast and tell her to kiss Diddy goodnight. She corrects us of course, but we just smile and playfully argue about it.</p><p>It's only a matter of time before she masters the English language and disappoints us all!</p><p>Today she was watching me from her Learning Tower as I prepared a chicken to bake in the oven.</p><blockquote><p>"What's that Mommy? Can I touch it?"</p><p>"Yeah Sweetie. This is called aluminum foil. Can you say ah-lu-mi-num?"</p><p>"Ah...lumum-mim... hee hee."</p></blockquote><p>That's right. I just bought us some more time.</p></div></div><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" style="border:0px;" />JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-17277149306342420262010-12-05T16:48:00.000-08:002010-12-05T16:55:08.367-08:00This is why I live in Florida:<img src="http://image.weather.com/web/blank.gif" width="0" height="1" alt="" name="vertical_intercept" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; " /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="453" class="imgInline"><tbody><tr><td class="module" valign="top" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top; width: 443px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 4px; "><div class="jt608"><h2 class="moduleTitleBarGML" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 5px; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; width: 300px; "><b>10-Day Forecast for</b><br />Ocala, FL (34471)</h2><p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); margin-top: 5px; float: right; width: 132px; text-align: right; "><a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/print/34471" from="tenDay_print" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; "><img src="http://image.weather.com/web/common/icons/print_icon455B73.gif" width="13" height="13" border="0" align="baseline" alt="" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; display: inline; " /> Printable Forecast</a></p><p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); float: left; margin-left: 5px; width: 300px; clear: both; "><a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/34471" from="tenDay_wxdetail_link" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; "><b>Daily Details</b></a> | <a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/narrative/34471" from="tenDay_narrative_link" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; "><b>Text Forecast</b></a> | <a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/34471" from="tenDay_avgrec_link" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; "><b>Averages & Records</b></a></p><p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(44, 44, 44); font-weight: bold; float: right; width: 132px; text-align: right; "><a href="http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?clip=661&collection=localwxforecast" from="tenDay_video_link" target="blank" class="twc-video-icon" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; background-image: url(http://s.imwx.com/v.20101014.112428/img/common/left-icons.png); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; height: 15px; width: 15px; line-height: 15px; padding-left: 19px; margin-left: 5px; background-position: -7px -848px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">Video Forecast</a></p></div><div id="tdHeader" class="vbgC" style="background-color: rgb(41, 154, 213); clear: both; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); width: 443px; height: 40px; "><p id="tdHeadCond" style="float: left; margin-top: 13px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Forecast Conditions</p><p id="tdHeadTemp" style="float: left; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 50px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><strong>High °F</strong><br />Low °F</p><p id="tdHeadPrecip" style="float: left; margin-top: 7px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 6px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: center; ">Precip.<br />Chance</p><form id="tendayGraphForm" name="tendayGraphForm" action="http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/34471#" method="post" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; height: 40px; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><select id="tendayGraphSel" style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 11px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 5px; font-size: 10px; "> <option value="htempdp" selected="">High Temperatures</option> <option value="ltempdp">Low Temperatures</option> <option value="precipdp">Precipitation</option> <option value="windsdp">Wind Speed</option> </select></form><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div id="tenDayWrap" style="clear: left; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><div id="tenDay"><div class="tdWrap" style="width: 443px; height: 118px; background-image: url(http://i.imwx.com/web/common/backgrounds/tenday_bkgd.jpg); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; "><div class="tdBox"><div class="tdDate" style="width: 73px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 45px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/34471?dayNum=0" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; ">Tonight</a><br />Dec 5</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdForecastWrap" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; "><div class="tdForecast" style="width: 101px; height: 95px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-right-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-bottom-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-left-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; "><img src="http://i.imwx.com/web/common/wxicons/45/31.gif?12122006" width="45" height="45" alt="Clear" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; display: inline; " /><br />Clear</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div></div><div class="tdTemps" style="width: 68px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 41px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; "><strong>N/A</strong><br />34°</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdPrecip" style="width: 47px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 51px; margin-right: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">0%</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdBarChart" style="width: 151px; height: 118px; background-image: url(http://i.imwx.com/web/common/backgrounds/tenday_graphbkgd.jpg); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; float: left; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="tdBarChartPad" style="margin-top: 2px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tdBarChartTop"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); height: 50px; vertical-align: bottom; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 3px; font-size: 11px; "> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="tdBar0" class="tdBarGraph vbgB" style="background-color: rgb(236, 195, 69); background-image: none; height: 14px; float: left; width: 0px; "></div><p class="tdBarChartMid" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; float: left; "><strong></strong></p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div><p class="tdBarChartBot" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10px; ">High not valid after 2pm</p></div></div></div></div><div class="tdWrap" style="width: 443px; height: 118px; background-image: url(http://i.imwx.com/web/common/backgrounds/tenday_bkgd.jpg); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; "><div class="tdBox"><div class="tdDate" style="width: 73px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 45px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/34471?dayNum=1" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; ">Mon</a><br />Dec 6</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdForecastWrap" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; "><div class="tdForecast" style="width: 101px; height: 95px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-right-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-bottom-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-left-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; "><img src="http://i.imwx.com/web/common/wxicons/45/32.gif?12122006" width="45" height="45" alt="Sunny" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; display: inline; " /><br />Sunny</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div></div><div class="tdTemps" style="width: 68px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 41px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; "><strong>59°</strong><br />27°</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdPrecip" style="width: 47px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 51px; margin-right: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">0%</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdBarChart" style="width: 151px; height: 118px; background-image: url(http://i.imwx.com/web/common/backgrounds/tenday_graphbkgd.jpg); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; float: left; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="tdBarChartPad" style="margin-top: 2px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tdBarChartTop"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); height: 50px; vertical-align: bottom; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 3px; font-size: 11px; "> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="tdBar0" class="tdBarGraph vbgB" style="background-color: rgb(236, 195, 69); background-image: none; height: 14px; float: left; width: 77px; "></div><p class="tdBarChartMid" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; float: left; "><strong>59°F</strong></p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div><p class="tdBarChartBot" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10px; "></p></div></div></div></div><div class="tdWrap" style="width: 443px; height: 118px; background-image: url(http://i.imwx.com/web/common/backgrounds/tenday_bkgd.jpg); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; "><div class="tdBox"><div class="tdDate" style="width: 73px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 45px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/34471?dayNum=2" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; ">Tue</a><br />Dec 7</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdForecastWrap" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; "><div class="tdForecast" style="width: 101px; height: 95px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-right-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-bottom-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-left-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; "><img src="http://i.imwx.com/web/common/wxicons/45/32.gif?12122006" width="45" height="45" alt="Sunny" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; display: inline; " /><br />Sunny</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div></div><div class="tdTemps" style="width: 68px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 41px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; "><strong>57°</strong><br />26°</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdPrecip" style="width: 47px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 51px; margin-right: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">0%</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdBarChart" style="width: 151px; height: 118px; background-image: url(http://i.imwx.com/web/common/backgrounds/tenday_graphbkgd.jpg); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; float: left; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="tdBarChartPad" style="margin-top: 2px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tdBarChartTop"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); height: 50px; vertical-align: bottom; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 3px; font-size: 11px; "> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="tdBar0" class="tdBarGraph vbgB" style="background-color: rgb(236, 195, 69); background-image: none; height: 14px; float: left; width: 74px; "></div><p class="tdBarChartMid" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; float: left; "><strong>57°F</strong></p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div><p class="tdBarChartBot" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10px; "></p></div></div></div></div><div class="tdWrap" style="width: 443px; height: 118px; background-image: url(http://i.imwx.com/web/common/backgrounds/tenday_bkgd.jpg); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; "><div class="tdBox"><div class="tdDate" style="width: 73px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 45px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/34471?dayNum=3" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; ">Wed</a><br />Dec 8</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdForecastWrap" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; "><div class="tdForecast" style="width: 101px; height: 95px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-right-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-bottom-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-left-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; "><img src="http://i.imwx.com/web/common/wxicons/45/30.gif?12122006" width="45" height="45" alt="Partly Cloudy" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; display: inline; " /><br />Partly Cloudy</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div></div><div class="tdTemps" style="width: 68px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 41px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; "><strong>60°</strong><br />27°</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdPrecip" style="width: 47px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 51px; margin-right: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">0%</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdBarChart" style="width: 151px; height: 118px; background-image: url(http://i.imwx.com/web/common/backgrounds/tenday_graphbkgd.jpg); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; float: left; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="tdBarChartPad" style="margin-top: 2px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tdBarChartTop"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); height: 50px; vertical-align: bottom; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 3px; font-size: 11px; "> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="tdBar0" class="tdBarGraph vbgB" style="background-color: rgb(236, 195, 69); background-image: none; height: 14px; float: left; width: 78px; "></div><p class="tdBarChartMid" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; float: left; "><strong>60°F</strong></p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div><p class="tdBarChartBot" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10px; "></p></div></div></div></div><div class="tdWrap" style="width: 443px; height: 118px; background-image: url(http://i.imwx.com/web/common/backgrounds/tenday_bkgd.jpg); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; "><div class="tdBox"><div class="tdDate" style="width: 73px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 45px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/34471?dayNum=4" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; ">Thu</a><br />Dec 9</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdForecastWrap" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; "><div class="tdForecast" style="width: 101px; height: 95px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-right-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-bottom-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-left-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; "><img src="http://i.imwx.com/web/common/wxicons/45/32.gif?12122006" width="45" height="45" alt="Sunny" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; display: inline; " /><br />Sunny</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div></div><div class="tdTemps" style="width: 68px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 41px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; "><strong>65°</strong><br />32°</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdPrecip" style="width: 47px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 51px; margin-right: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">0%</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdBarChart" style="width: 151px; height: 118px; background-image: url(http://i.imwx.com/web/common/backgrounds/tenday_graphbkgd.jpg); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; float: left; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="tdBarChartPad" style="margin-top: 2px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tdBarChartTop"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); height: 50px; vertical-align: bottom; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 3px; font-size: 11px; "> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="tdBar0" class="tdBarGraph vbgB" style="background-color: rgb(236, 195, 69); background-image: none; height: 14px; float: left; width: 84px; "></div><p class="tdBarChartMid" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; float: left; "><strong>65°F</strong></p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div><p class="tdBarChartBot" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10px; "></p></div></div></div></div><div class="tdWrap" style="width: 443px; height: 118px; background-image: url(http://i.imwx.com/web/common/backgrounds/tenday_bkgd.jpg); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; "><div class="tdBox"><div class="tdDate" style="width: 73px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 45px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/34471?dayNum=5" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; ">Fri</a><br />Dec 10</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdForecastWrap" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; "><div class="tdForecast" style="width: 101px; height: 95px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-right-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-bottom-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-left-color: rgb(240, 235, 213); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; "><img src="http://i.imwx.com/web/common/wxicons/45/32.gif?12122006" width="45" height="45" alt="Sunny" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; display: inline; " /><br />Sunny</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div></div><div class="tdTemps" style="width: 68px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 41px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; "><strong>71°</strong><br />40°</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdPrecip" style="width: 47px; float: left; "><p style="margin-top: 51px; margin-right: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; ">0%</p><div class="wxClear" style="clear: left; font-size: 0px; height: 0px; width: 0px; line-height: 0; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></div></div><div class="tdBarChart" style="width: 151px; height: 118px; background-image: url(http://i.imwx.com/web/common/backgrounds/tenday_graphbkgd.jpg); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; float: left; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="tdBarChartPad" style="margin-top: 2px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tdBarChartTop"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, SansSerif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); height: 50px; vertical-align: bottom; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 3px; font-size: 11px; "> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="tdBar0" class="tdBarGraph vbgB" style="background-color: rgb(236, 195, 69); background-image: none; height: 14px; float: left; width: 92px; "></div><p class="tdBarChartMid" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; float: left; "><strong>71°F</strong></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" style="border:0px;" />JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-83420506862299244932010-11-15T10:52:00.000-08:002010-11-15T12:06:29.761-08:00Cookie MondayIt's Monday but that's okay because we just made a ton of cookies.<div><br /><div>We're outside again and it's easy breezy beautiful. But not like Maybeline 'cause I have zero make-up on and would probably break a camera were it aimed at me right now.</div><div>This might be a good reason I don't have a lot of friends in town 'cause unannounced visits would be embarrassing. In more ways than one.</div><div><br /></div><div>Cami's playing with sand again and trying not to spill it everywhere. </div><div>She was just pushing Baby Sister in the walker and Harley was in the way...</div><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr52ZwqLlrL0l3RPBtIcU9VRE93cxhV-QR9EgZzEziOlpxSboW-JBSkY-pEMdfHM1nro1njQfL89mvVXe_twPIctZ_jRnUERW5Bnnmh89uff9qubymxKFZqblpm-g8quYvGDh32B0VyjzH/s1600/1115001340.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr52ZwqLlrL0l3RPBtIcU9VRE93cxhV-QR9EgZzEziOlpxSboW-JBSkY-pEMdfHM1nro1njQfL89mvVXe_twPIctZ_jRnUERW5Bnnmh89uff9qubymxKFZqblpm-g8quYvGDh32B0VyjzH/s400/1115001340.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539853304832345314" /></a><div style="text-align: center; font-size: large; "><b><i>"Harley, SCOOTCH!"</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">...but it was more like "Harley STOOTS!" because she's still selective of when she uses the "ck" sound.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I had to wake The Perfect Baby up a little bit ago from her 3 1/2 hour nap. It worked out great for me and Cami to bake cookies. We made the "kitchen sink" ones that Grandma Kay makes. They have chocolate chips, raisins, oatmeal, nuts and coconut. But I misplaced my coconut so we did without it. They are yummy and I'm trying not to think about them. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMpwTmJXdbj4HnYlqx7ro0CGiO8jJfpIV3p8yPhdwDWN0cqFzcLUbiwon9owd_nIg85ayDkMRiEWpQughcFAiVsOjlR_WAR_1LLkzeZOTPZd9QYMxKCAjM0QHGdmLXOJGyJw4yxaHA9aX/s1600/downsized_1115001254.jpg" style="font-size: small; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMpwTmJXdbj4HnYlqx7ro0CGiO8jJfpIV3p8yPhdwDWN0cqFzcLUbiwon9owd_nIg85ayDkMRiEWpQughcFAiVsOjlR_WAR_1LLkzeZOTPZd9QYMxKCAjM0QHGdmLXOJGyJw4yxaHA9aX/s400/downsized_1115001254.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539856742882956434" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLlLsFT3G2m4AEkFAfzo3q3-c0iDqmPtk_vuYhWnWLhchSbdxMu25diSWBhf8Qhm5LYq8KFvyNs3psu6tZqfv4zPsTYmWoG6cBpIROd43aSqcEfMAz0u9OJDpbD7b3v7l2qsh-YyGoi2x/s1600/1115001253.jpg" style="font-size: small; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLlLsFT3G2m4AEkFAfzo3q3-c0iDqmPtk_vuYhWnWLhchSbdxMu25diSWBhf8Qhm5LYq8KFvyNs3psu6tZqfv4zPsTYmWoG6cBpIROd43aSqcEfMAz0u9OJDpbD7b3v7l2qsh-YyGoi2x/s400/1115001253.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539856736770979426" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I have my Michael Buble Pandora station playing. It's such "feel good" music.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This is THE best weather ever created. I remember thinking that every year at this time. Where can I live where it's like this year round??</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cami is throwing all the balls out of the bouncy house ball pit. They are everywhere. I'm gonna make her clean them up. She's been bringing them to me one at a time asking, "Where is the ball's home, Mommy?"</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is now that precious time of the day called "nap time."</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I want to nap too but I don't want to waste a minute of this amazing weather!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Maybe I'll clean house. ugh.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Those cookies are haunting my thoughts!!</span></span></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" style="border:0px;" /></div>JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-34581507198061055682010-11-12T09:53:00.000-08:002010-11-12T12:44:48.370-08:00Bittersweet Ordinary<div>(<i>Since no one reads my blog anymore - and for good reason since I don't update it - this one's just for me</i> ;)</div><div><br /></div><div>Today is one of those normal kind of days. </div><div><br /></div><div>The ones that happen over and over all in a row. They all begin to run together unless something out of the ordinary happens. And by "out of the ordinary" I mean like a birthday party or going to Gram's or something.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yeah, these are the days that I stay in my PJ's half the day 'til nap time when I take a shower and throw on whatever T-shirt and shorts I most likely wore yesterday. Cami wears play clothes that usually don't match and Kaylin sports a baby sleeper. We sometimes have a Blue's Clues marathon or watch a few Mister Rogers 'sodes while building a play ground with blocks for Noah's animals.</div><div><br /></div><div>Today the weather is unarguably perfect and we are out back on the porch enjoying every bit of it. Kaylin just finished nursing (<i>which took all of 10 minutes</i>) and she's chillin' in her walker, kicking her chubby feet.</div><div>Cami is wearing a stained shirt and "mom jeans", playing very well by herself. She goes back and forth between her water/sand table and her bowl of bird seed (<i>the new favorite toy around here</i>.) There are also water guns, shells, sidewalk chalk, and from what I just heard, a bug participating in her activities. Her little $3.00 yard sale tricycle is parked on the patio waiting for her to remember it. The bouncy house is resting deflated in the grass. Harley is lapping up stale bird seed as he finds it scattered about. It's 73 degrees in the shade (<i>THIS is why I live in Florida!</i>)</div><div><br /></div><div>I don't want to forget this day. There's nothing special about it except that it's part of my life right now that will one day soon be gone and I will miss it and wish I could have just 5 minutes of it so I could feel this feeling again. I take the feeling for such granted! The feeling I feel every single ordinary day in this season of my life. It's not even a conscious or noticeable feeling. Maybe that's what is so bittersweet about it. I could've sat down and recorded details of yesterday and have had an almost identical post. </div><div><br /></div><div>But today is the one. </div><div><br /></div><div>Nothing special about it, yet special now. </div><div><br /></div><div>I just chose one of those ordinary days, in the middle of so many. I captured it before it escaped into history and became a blurry link in the chain of days spent this way for a season.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>November 12, 2010... <i>you lucky Friday, you</i></b>!</div><div><br /></div><div>**********************************************************</div><div><br /></div><div>Cami is now experimenting with water and bird seed. She has various sized containers and keeps dumping her watery seed mixture back and forth, each time spilling some on the concrete. Soon she will wonder why there isn't anymore to dump and she will ask me where it went and beg me for more ingredients. </div><div>She is making a huge mess. </div><div>She is learning. </div><div>She is being two. </div><div>The past me would be getting my panties in a wad over something like this. I wonder what the future me would do. . .probably be finding her more ingredients. I'm somewhere in between right now. </div><div>Today's funny phrase for Cami is "monkey poopy." She occasionally and randomly blurts it out and laughs hysterically as though proud of herself for discovering the hilarious combination of words. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>Okay, my panties almost wadded just now when she attempted to pour a bucket of her mixture on her head.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>The baby is letting me know it's nap time. Cami's play clothes are soaked. I'm sure her Crocs are filled with mushy bird seed.</div><div>I just announced that it's almost nap time and she countered with, "Know what!? Now we can do different stuff! We can go play inside!" Nice try.</div><div><br /></div><div>One day, sooner than I want it to, my ordinary will change and never be this again.</div><div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSaXwLvwNv3GeHj84kC0YUQCd5n5VMSC8oGMgdXI851uOrC1qKB3IBTvj04amb8kO81IupxlRd7lm9dYUUGsdp5kFIowg6ktUSEUcEBKdEjVSau_vVlILnqzptF4gK2Uzm_M3qC9HGQ0T/s1600/outside+024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHSaXwLvwNv3GeHj84kC0YUQCd5n5VMSC8oGMgdXI851uOrC1qKB3IBTvj04amb8kO81IupxlRd7lm9dYUUGsdp5kFIowg6ktUSEUcEBKdEjVSau_vVlILnqzptF4gK2Uzm_M3qC9HGQ0T/s400/outside+024.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538757276994445010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcwkUpFCWevoKRpXhYF-zVY3FsPdyOCUsrW1vqLXlkd12qTy7YktbepObQiJ98YAiHumFPCd62639ebdTFw4AReAkbCYty4kkJmBvnp49kIkpPuY02ZGRoW8Ft1EPF2RtO03xFx_v0XKm/s1600/outside+026.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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Her life will change and she has no idea what's coming. All our lives will change because of this one other little life entering the world.<br /><br /><em>In 36 hours from now...</em><br /><br />I won't be sleeping through the night. Not that I am now with having to get up and pee 5 times a night! But it will be for different reasons. I will be feeding my new baby. And rocking her and changing her and snuggling her and praying over her. All perfectly good reasons to lose sleep.<br /><br />Maybe I won't drool on my pillow as much as I have when I'm pregnant.<br />Though I'm sure her drool will make up for mine.<br /><br />Hopefully I won't wake up the whole house with my pregnant snoring anymore (<em>embarrassing</em>.)<br />But I'm guessing her cries will replace my frequent snores.<br /><br />My dress size will go down (<em>slightly</em>.)<br />And my bra size will go up (<em><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">ridiculously</span></em>.)<br /><br /><em>In 36 hours from now...</em><br /><br />I won't be carrying around this huge belly!!<br />I'll be carrying around my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">huggable</span> baby!!<br /><br />I will be allowed to eat <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">lunch meat</span>! and feta cheese! and sushi!<br />But not chocolate (sigh)... and salsa ... and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">ice cream</span>...<br /><br /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Naptime</span> will take on a new definition. Instead of it being my one chance to get some stuff done around the house it will simply mean: "<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Aaaahhhh</span>... <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">NAPTIME</span>!! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Yesssssss</span>!!!" <br /><br /><em>In 36 hours from now...</em><br /><br />Laundry will somehow double in quantity.<br />My clothes will all smell like <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">breast milk</span>.<br />Tiny diapers will pile high.<br />Hand sanitizer will be in constant use.<br />And I will once again become addicted to watching Wheel of Fortune.<br />(<em>it's the one show I can watch with the volume muted</em>)<br /><br /><em>In 36 hours from now...</em><br /><br />Our little family of 3 will become a family of 4.<br />I will be the mommy of 2 beautiful daughters.<br />And I will most likely still cry over every little thing since my hormones will still be on strike.<br /><br />My life is so wonderful and I am blessed in too many ways to count. I couldn't imagine it being better but somehow I know it will be...<br />in only 36 hours from now.<br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" />JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-68211933970961637632010-02-18T18:00:00.000-08:002010-02-18T18:43:36.650-08:00Vote for #3 !!Here is my Sweetie Pie on a warm sunny day in the back yard enjoying hammock time.<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXEDCIH2THhtKedkS_HAqusm7k_Jcxwu6wLn4leKsfI5copF8qaAOBbJfYXLi-u7dQjWK-qN5K4nr-7R6W96D76e_UkoIyGVVswPjhVDvJu3PjGN31NureQxyupiWKnUrkIFLXj_T-uX6/s1600-h/CamiCloth-06sm.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439769157133981266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXEDCIH2THhtKedkS_HAqusm7k_Jcxwu6wLn4leKsfI5copF8qaAOBbJfYXLi-u7dQjWK-qN5K4nr-7R6W96D76e_UkoIyGVVswPjhVDvJu3PjGN31NureQxyupiWKnUrkIFLXj_T-uX6/s400/CamiCloth-06sm.jpg" /></a><br /><br />This delightful picture is currently one of the top 5 finalists in a <a href="http://www.mamanotes.com/2010/02/cutest-cloth-diapered-baby-finalist.html">Cloth Diapered Baby picture contest</a> on one of my favorite blogs I follow. The other 4 photos in the contest are extremely adorable too. But I would like to strongly encourage ALL of my MANY readers to please vote for my little Sweetie Pie. Even if her picture doesn't win this contest, we're excited for so many people to witness her super cuteness. But your vote is still very much appreciated.</p><p>So go <a href="http://www.mamanotes.com/2010/02/cutest-cloth-diapered-baby-finalist.html">here</a> and vote now!! </p><p>And "thank you" from Cami ;-)<br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" /> </p>JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-88597942565429822852010-02-17T07:23:00.000-08:002010-02-17T11:08:33.785-08:00a small price to payOne pediatrician appointment: $15<br /><br />Prescription eye drops for goopy eyes: $15<br /><br />Anti-biotic (<em>in case an infection develops</em>): $11<br /><br />Homeopathic sniffles tablets for kids: $6<br /><br />Doctor appointment for me: $15<br /><br />Anti-biotic for sinus/ear infection: $13.50<br /><br />Pro-biotic: $38<br /><br />Robitussin: $6.50<br /><br />Neti Pot: $15<br /><br />Saline nasal spray: $3<br /><br />All natural cough drops: $3<br /><br /><br /><strong>Having peace in knowing we're all in the healing hands of my God: priceless</strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" />JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-22821422111740547922010-02-14T18:31:00.000-08:002010-02-14T19:01:35.942-08:00The NameWe don't have a name picked out yet.<br />It was so much easier with Cami because the name "Camille" is THE most perfect name for our little girl. We both knew right away.<br />This time it's different.<br />It's not like we disagree on names. We like the same ones. But that's the problem. We LIKE a few names but don't LOVE any.<br />Yet.<br /><br />There are a few we really like but they are a bit too popular and I'm having a hard time with that. I don't want her to have to share her name with other kids. I know that sounds silly, but I just want her to always feel like she has a special and unique name. This is something she will live with for her entire life!<br /><br />But you know, my brother's name is Josh, and growing up there were always at least 3 other Josh's in our circle of friends. In fact, I married one! So I guess it wasn't so bad for them.<br /><br />I have an "M" name in mind which I like a LOT, but it's up there on the "most popular baby names" list. Josh has another "M" name that he really likes but it's even higher on the list.<br /><br />We have a "K" name that we're actually leaning toward but haven't fallen in deep love with it enough to decide for sure.<br /><br />Then you have to think about what it will be shortened to. Names are always shortened whether you want them to be or not. Like when my sister decided on the beautifully elegant name "Felicity" for her daughter, she was determined for no one to shorten it. And now my neice is definitely called "Fliss." My sis is cool with it now though. It's cute and fits her.<br /><br />I don't want my daughter to have a common last name for her first name, which has been a recent trend in baby naming.<br />I don't want her to have a boy name or even a gender neutral name.<br />I don't want her name to be a common word you might see on signs or book titles.<br />I don't want her name to sound like something I made up because I was trying to be that different.<br />I don't want it to rhyme with something gross or weird.<br />I don't want it to be shortened to something with a different initial.<br />I want it to be elegant and feminine, cute but not cutesy, and fitting for a baby and also a grown woman.<br /><br />See, this is why the name "Camille" is so perfect.<br /><br />At least we have the middle name picked out. It's a special one dear to my heart especially and we're keeping it a surprise.<br /><br />So she will just be called "little one" for the time being and have to wait on Mom and Dad to finalize this very important decision.<br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" />JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-32149275019038062042010-01-31T17:34:00.000-08:002010-01-31T18:19:39.865-08:00Florida SNOW!!A few weeks ago, we the people of Florida experienced snow...IN Florida!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1IK-FCVHYkS0pkROrNAHtJ6hTLMOdaN5obMk4W_RGRfdiTAgAbUM4RaPOGIGNJDbkLfLG8iC2twaZxgs9hHY8KTwxYrdcko-p87r0gLcvaRbprZ79y9PXY-ssu87jhJpWd8aIMzSNd0lS/s1600-h/newyear+003.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433085838125524770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1IK-FCVHYkS0pkROrNAHtJ6hTLMOdaN5obMk4W_RGRfdiTAgAbUM4RaPOGIGNJDbkLfLG8iC2twaZxgs9hHY8KTwxYrdcko-p87r0gLcvaRbprZ79y9PXY-ssu87jhJpWd8aIMzSNd0lS/s400/newyear+003.jpg" /></a><br />Cami loved it!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADlxUq2X1s8szE73GpgmUtCNxV3UhYd7fBciSSCqru4h0-PcBpdX6AYp5Kbx6KRoqjhZR7ri3Q-H9RrfMa5TjgKyENkRVGLJaJeKmiPfP5izg6r2OExlWPU6R1T7elh2QqknYWtIy8ns1/s1600-h/newyear+014.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433085704920392562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADlxUq2X1s8szE73GpgmUtCNxV3UhYd7fBciSSCqru4h0-PcBpdX6AYp5Kbx6KRoqjhZR7ri3Q-H9RrfMa5TjgKyENkRVGLJaJeKmiPfP5izg6r2OExlWPU6R1T7elh2QqknYWtIy8ns1/s400/newyear+014.jpg" /></a> We had to keep putting her mittens back on because she would take them off so she could touch the snow. She didn't care that it was cold.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNkBZQe562vQ4d-nR24Sbf0lVFQwpzGfIfpZsy0J_eEKRbly74iwBBZHD2DYQq94t-Pyl9aaJl-LqMz9c_PVuic_d8NhAtvBooh2GybX05hQnxh386dxUniUMkVGWWseEUAiZDoYtH8Aq/s1600-h/newyear+001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433085492895349154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNkBZQe562vQ4d-nR24Sbf0lVFQwpzGfIfpZsy0J_eEKRbly74iwBBZHD2DYQq94t-Pyl9aaJl-LqMz9c_PVuic_d8NhAtvBooh2GybX05hQnxh386dxUniUMkVGWWseEUAiZDoYtH8Aq/s400/newyear+001.jpg" /></a> This is my car COVERED in snow!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVLG8rXSxK_OqPqie3SIaSB3UdHMIhrbWqNlb5oirZEAoqL0kXzbBcBHxOX05FRJg96JsbCnXZc6SlfUV66BymI6D3K0k2MuMo5lPAhyrYnUoE7kTVzptvwbiFHe5pv1Ioi6X5PEhoOgK/s1600-h/newyear+011.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433085371521253090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeVLG8rXSxK_OqPqie3SIaSB3UdHMIhrbWqNlb5oirZEAoqL0kXzbBcBHxOX05FRJg96JsbCnXZc6SlfUV66BymI6D3K0k2MuMo5lPAhyrYnUoE7kTVzptvwbiFHe5pv1Ioi6X5PEhoOgK/s400/newyear+011.jpg" /></a> We scooped as much snow as we could off of our cars for her to play with in the yard. (<em>Notice the grass is still green!</em>)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUbh6-kVM33UKfGfb5oIS5o-JrTPe-LKNPwkc-amWZsQIASw8oy2qiGLc9ExOau7l0GWyy-Yxf6PZKEB-iEpynMAfZ-o47a88LP4dUetRMJKRhgHV2j1Kvkv-kGaRppCm_hLjE_GyZ_vC/s1600-h/newyear+007.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433085137489152098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUbh6-kVM33UKfGfb5oIS5o-JrTPe-LKNPwkc-amWZsQIASw8oy2qiGLc9ExOau7l0GWyy-Yxf6PZKEB-iEpynMAfZ-o47a88LP4dUetRMJKRhgHV2j1Kvkv-kGaRppCm_hLjE_GyZ_vC/s400/newyear+007.jpg" /></a> She called it "No."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNo4JnRw7Js8KlvFGLTerCQ59ynilJUi9eU5CGinqF0Peq9Q7hBrtz8hUpQTtXZGar0KuOUZohCcYQNL-W4zu-pCEXSC-AU9ZJZw8oUjc5mss51pelCjYeUAux5RKOACC6bw2W-6FH-tN6/s1600-h/downsized_0109001035.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433084886197923778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNo4JnRw7Js8KlvFGLTerCQ59ynilJUi9eU5CGinqF0Peq9Q7hBrtz8hUpQTtXZGar0KuOUZohCcYQNL-W4zu-pCEXSC-AU9ZJZw8oUjc5mss51pelCjYeUAux5RKOACC6bw2W-6FH-tN6/s400/downsized_0109001035.jpg" /></a> It was a fun day. I hope snow visits us again someday.<br /><br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" />JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-34609995272061330412010-01-30T18:52:00.000-08:002010-01-30T19:56:00.349-08:00Baby food basics: almond bitesThis is for my friend Jamie.<br /><br />I started making these little "almond bites" for Cami once she began eating finger food around 12 or 13 months. I tried giving her cooked garbanzo beans (<em>chick peas</em>) at first but she turned her nose up at them so I had to get creative and disguise them.<br />These are full of protein, super healthy, and great for on-the-go.<br /><br /><strong>**What you will need</strong>:<br /><br />~ <strong>garbanzo beans</strong> - dried or canned (<em>if you get them dried you must soak and cook them first: soak overnight in frig, rinse in cold water, cover with fresh water and cook covered on low for an hour to hour and a half</em>)<br /><br />~ <strong>almond butter</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>~ coconut oil </strong>(<em>optional</em>)<br /><br />~ <strong>blender or food processor</strong><br /><br />~ <strong>bowl, plate, knife, large fork, nail clippers</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>* </strong>I started out using about half beans and half almond butter but have progressed to about 1 part almond butter, 2 parts beans. I don't measure, just kind of eye it.<br /><br /><strong>* </strong>First, puree the garbanzo beans in the blender or food processor. You may need to add a bit of water if they are too chunky and not blending well. Not too much water tho...you don't want them too mushy.<br /><br />This is a jar of beans being thawed from the freezer. I made a huge batch of beans and ran out of almond butter so I froze a bunch.<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLSccjS7Mo6pvkj3TOlw5wY3h7n3FZOuFWYXz0t3OeyFz_00nmFP5uAi4dP04DR6OZyDQJ4RuOU4XGt150IGlNFQGVZ3Kcr4CHsVIWhi_mdScdm3arfOWoL4879qL-dO7ClhuJIkr3nBb/s1600-h/cami+034.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432733144099512610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLSccjS7Mo6pvkj3TOlw5wY3h7n3FZOuFWYXz0t3OeyFz_00nmFP5uAi4dP04DR6OZyDQJ4RuOU4XGt150IGlNFQGVZ3Kcr4CHsVIWhi_mdScdm3arfOWoL4879qL-dO7ClhuJIkr3nBb/s400/cami+034.jpg" /></a><br />* Dump the bean mush into a bowl and add in the almond butter. The bowl needs to be large enough to accomodate a lot of mixing and mushing. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRhbmWqfKjq9luZs0B5VxHI13kZckz-MvJpJhnSOjh2WSY5X-xYuplNOW-8Zl_fBdM_yt4yOgSOhsRONYHjUzXaWHk1Dimi_waurSG1Rq4Ls-_2its5BPqQNdKctbrPJxOKpb1YesCP6V/s1600-h/cami+030.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432732883138319506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRhbmWqfKjq9luZs0B5VxHI13kZckz-MvJpJhnSOjh2WSY5X-xYuplNOW-8Zl_fBdM_yt4yOgSOhsRONYHjUzXaWHk1Dimi_waurSG1Rq4Ls-_2its5BPqQNdKctbrPJxOKpb1YesCP6V/s400/cami+030.jpg" /></a> * I drizzle some coconut oil over the mixture to help it blend. Just start out with a little, then add more if needed. You don't want it to be too oily.<br />(<em>I haven't tried this yet but you could probably use honey instead of coconut oil. It would definitely make them sweeter!)</em></p><p>* Mash and mash and mash with a large fork until it's all well blended. If you don't mind getting dirty just dive in with your hands and pretend it's Playdoh! I'm sure that will blend it quite well.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBP_noQNIUS8w8oYFlOciBS5pG7i9x5XMKgRdAzvyDi0TLxrNGryZGtuCGTKb1VOPiC5VlazG0xk11tBuova-Hpik81X772It9R2fcjdMaC33TSpk7BgigPD73kus84AV41Sfz7Lpqh2_7/s1600-h/cami+031.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432733023499811106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBP_noQNIUS8w8oYFlOciBS5pG7i9x5XMKgRdAzvyDi0TLxrNGryZGtuCGTKb1VOPiC5VlazG0xk11tBuova-Hpik81X772It9R2fcjdMaC33TSpk7BgigPD73kus84AV41Sfz7Lpqh2_7/s400/cami+031.jpg" /></a>***The next 3 steps take quite a while if you're making a large batch so get comfy. </p><p>*Once it's all blended, take a good chunk of it and squish it in a nice straight line across a plate. (<em>You can see in this picture why you need nail clippers before doing this</em>.)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNx6FXgzuQVOMwMxDl-kkjUsZ8ASSl9Yk0MTjRQ22sqaqyLLl2zpFDgty2Mm6UcMl3G0RPp5JQkQEaWGmMBhdGLClvv-ni6VcBppJn7qyzX7AHVBF916k7pizbdbjand7PjewOfySXHLs-/s1600-h/cami+033.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432732745931421058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNx6FXgzuQVOMwMxDl-kkjUsZ8ASSl9Yk0MTjRQ22sqaqyLLl2zpFDgty2Mm6UcMl3G0RPp5JQkQEaWGmMBhdGLClvv-ni6VcBppJn7qyzX7AHVBF916k7pizbdbjand7PjewOfySXHLs-/s400/cami+033.jpg" /></a> *Use a knife (<em>butter knife works fine</em>) to slice along in bite size pieces.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumas3yYylBzI4woB4YZfPD-LKGfKeeUafr6nTNCs5LGyid8YnCuH_EFvuGvyP75zyWHu6WjOWfMhil8o5eiBUZ39I-VPtZb5dhIU-2FqtV_uZabpLOtzXBgtj_u7DABVlmG6dSZOA1jsW/s1600-h/cami+027.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432732602297638434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumas3yYylBzI4woB4YZfPD-LKGfKeeUafr6nTNCs5LGyid8YnCuH_EFvuGvyP75zyWHu6WjOWfMhil8o5eiBUZ39I-VPtZb5dhIU-2FqtV_uZabpLOtzXBgtj_u7DABVlmG6dSZOA1jsW/s400/cami+027.jpg" /></a><br />*Then take each piece, form into a ball, and toss in a jar or storage container (<em>glass is best</em>.)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlTEvI8K49wMAG6VVD8DYvCEQwga12hVpVQKpmMmE92iuFj1XavwBb94Tnri174_rFXIuo4eKC4vTcnSvsj-cseeLxuDDzGUWj7qjY0pf7Ddi72BzhEIcwGAOw7ztNeTSybT7J4nUg-ao/s1600-h/cami+032.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432732421145129826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlTEvI8K49wMAG6VVD8DYvCEQwga12hVpVQKpmMmE92iuFj1XavwBb94Tnri174_rFXIuo4eKC4vTcnSvsj-cseeLxuDDzGUWj7qjY0pf7Ddi72BzhEIcwGAOw7ztNeTSybT7J4nUg-ao/s400/cami+032.jpg" /></a> *Store them in the frig. I usually make a big batch and freeze extra portions in jars.<br /><br />Let me know if you have any questions!<br /><br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" />JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-46632601649770168602010-01-26T17:22:00.001-08:002010-01-28T17:32:49.464-08:00catching up...I said I wanted to catch up a bit from the past few months of blog-boycotting. So maybe I'll just post some pictures of what we've been doing.<br /><br />We took Cami to Islands of Adventure and Universal back in November and she had a blast! Josh's parents came too and we all had a blast just watching Cami discover her first theme park!<br />Here is a sampling of some of her favorite moments.<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQtSooJpjsvX-2P5axIeBznLMsHlv4yfACiDUkP2L7ww2fADA8wjtt7Z4GSnEtjTlCQmzMSJMWZGRqdh1zSwZ4oy3Q6CgvpwBKceh4cg5KjvJKWU4ulN1RkcKnj27BQzAZoZKNoiec6-4/s1600-h/orlando+057.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431807396839468802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQtSooJpjsvX-2P5axIeBznLMsHlv4yfACiDUkP2L7ww2fADA8wjtt7Z4GSnEtjTlCQmzMSJMWZGRqdh1zSwZ4oy3Q6CgvpwBKceh4cg5KjvJKWU4ulN1RkcKnj27BQzAZoZKNoiec6-4/s400/orlando+057.jpg" /></a><br />She loved any of the water activities for kids. And she was fearless! She was soaked by the end of the day. I was proud of myself for thinking to bring a change of clothes...something you learn early on as a new mom.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlUWO7k1SHogTd5FEsmjOvL1aUYx3QZPQZ1bBYE44coNfTCSDvX98x1WI4hTFCOuS2Ke587JairSgZu4BWogoYoUn3U4J64bjhel0AFmctMmhohuXzj7Agikof2CwZUFFCA8n9X7yUK93/s1600-h/orlando+041.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431807014038560930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlUWO7k1SHogTd5FEsmjOvL1aUYx3QZPQZ1bBYE44coNfTCSDvX98x1WI4hTFCOuS2Ke587JairSgZu4BWogoYoUn3U4J64bjhel0AFmctMmhohuXzj7Agikof2CwZUFFCA8n9X7yUK93/s400/orlando+041.jpg" /></a> She took time out to lay an egg.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jWVNF92Wn4QW2KhkrCmdBxXZHqz3AngHkc0cIhaYZBlVj-q4FWljchj1Hvy38oebIWgjwFgF2LLXisQ6kEd62H-_A_DkMgWwOV-7HcIuagAx-anDOFkReFeGgOrDhfyG5OCZOeABGTsT/s1600-h/orlando+025.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431806497974936354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jWVNF92Wn4QW2KhkrCmdBxXZHqz3AngHkc0cIhaYZBlVj-q4FWljchj1Hvy38oebIWgjwFgF2LLXisQ6kEd62H-_A_DkMgWwOV-7HcIuagAx-anDOFkReFeGgOrDhfyG5OCZOeABGTsT/s400/orlando+025.jpg" /></a> She got a little frustrated in the Curious George land when she couldn't turn the pages in the giant books. She would go from one side to the other trying to turn them.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39LnCyXU7joRkF8TUHwm9F2GupSjJFIsqFLPVKUKnFLCA2R5CqHd8sU04fqCReD87VeHUj8x4w29IbQhH_d2pnv62aGKxYJbi-Jof98cX6WYCmp8FdlwuZ3ejKdpR4QorYGxkC7EtG_HJ/s1600-h/orlando+024.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431806241559213474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39LnCyXU7joRkF8TUHwm9F2GupSjJFIsqFLPVKUKnFLCA2R5CqHd8sU04fqCReD87VeHUj8x4w29IbQhH_d2pnv62aGKxYJbi-Jof98cX6WYCmp8FdlwuZ3ejKdpR4QorYGxkC7EtG_HJ/s400/orlando+024.jpg" /></a> Good family pic that only took about half a dozen takes.</p><p><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxs6JXVNt8hhvtNzJ3a9mEic-vYrACBkz76SZUvBkO0s8CrwrhuN9u-3uetmmQ8C92ytosfHyiPu7IGZCJhBw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />This is how we ended the day. We were all exhausted and ready to leave but had to make time for this final fun little kids water area.<br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" /> </p>JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-54132117014832347232010-01-25T17:49:00.000-08:002010-01-25T19:17:40.491-08:00something to blog aboutI know I've been the worst blogger ever for the past few months. Okay, I haven't even blogged at ALL since our big announcement in November. I have reasons but I won't bore you with those. Most of them are stupid things like "I've been mad at the internet" which makes no sense I know, but first trimester is a crazy animal and you don't wanna mess with it. You just give it what it wants and back away slowly.<br /><br />Second trimester has been great so far. I'm now 20 weeks along and today was the long-awaited event of our first ultrasound where we see the important baby parts.<br />I've been so excited for this day but kinda different than before (exactly 2 years ago.) I was nervous last time 'cause I wanted a girl so bad that it pained me to think of seeing a tiny you-know-what boy part on that screen.<br />This time I was fine either way which is so weird for me 'cause I <em>always</em> know what I want. Seriously though, I was 50/50 with this one. I knew Josh wanted another girl...or at least he really acted like it. He swore up and down, as did my mom, that it's a girl since the beginning! They based a lot of it on that Chinese gender chart which makes no sense at all but is somehow mostly accurate. I had no "feeling" either way...just wanted a healthy baby.<br /><br />So first I should do some catching up since November...<br /><br />just kidding!! I'll get on with the big news!<br />(But I will be better at blogging and will do some "catch-up" posts with Christmas pictures, etc.)<br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNM_UZ0K9axI2JUZ6C6h-3-IXY-oQU06BWhQ3fW4eDNMfrWhB4hzJ_cooa5-HcH2Cz0sHYa0OivNHrGHSi1wY2ghn2MmOL5NTmEqD9JRGpkyI9M8RHDWONHH6buePFAGZERzFHn83Ai9Y5/s1600-h/little+one+003j.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 290px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430878497457893138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNM_UZ0K9axI2JUZ6C6h-3-IXY-oQU06BWhQ3fW4eDNMfrWhB4hzJ_cooa5-HcH2Cz0sHYa0OivNHrGHSi1wY2ghn2MmOL5NTmEqD9JRGpkyI9M8RHDWONHH6buePFAGZERzFHn83Ai9Y5/s400/little+one+003j.jpg" /></a><br />Do you see anything between those little legs???<br />NOPE!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQb7acL38I6jLv1XgF8UbZFX3Cc4CVtXm4nGTipl8KpUXMrLT3UP1YGFYi5aIF8pzqErhyphenhyphenesQGgutJeF9RhnBhTFGhxZ57WlrN1o_y7SlHXCWWnR9ULFeE9uMaRyHng8a7riHu8Ke1Mg_/s1600-h/little+one+001j.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 297px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430879032825709522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQb7acL38I6jLv1XgF8UbZFX3Cc4CVtXm4nGTipl8KpUXMrLT3UP1YGFYi5aIF8pzqErhyphenhyphenesQGgutJeF9RhnBhTFGhxZ57WlrN1o_y7SlHXCWWnR9ULFeE9uMaRyHng8a7riHu8Ke1Mg_/s400/little+one+001j.jpg" /></a><br />Here she is! All 13 ounces of her!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VGSUVoF3W3qq8IR2xuBs1488rbqu1XrGvxtnqbc4qUb-355ULKDc74MMtBLd84q_8Yh6mM_aRjvWdcH4M-tSxjCRf7TvUcpPy2lBHn5WXbVs8eShvC1BaVIAF2P03I26KzK6ymtzE010/s1600-h/little+one+002j.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 292px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430879295967843730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VGSUVoF3W3qq8IR2xuBs1488rbqu1XrGvxtnqbc4qUb-355ULKDc74MMtBLd84q_8Yh6mM_aRjvWdcH4M-tSxjCRf7TvUcpPy2lBHn5WXbVs8eShvC1BaVIAF2P03I26KzK6ymtzE010/s400/little+one+002j.jpg" /></a><br /> Complete with little toes!<br /><br />Everything is healthy and normal so our prayers are already being answered. Official due date is June 12th... 4 days before Cami's birthday.<br /><br />So that's it for now.<br />I'll post some Cami pics and other stories soon.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTp7_rb8avzy6q5iP7EMCFdQvS9BUh9HtbzaJ2AHCsttI-asuW9Up41Zfi7XHGYsRcsoHQJD7g1UxtDgk68yi2_nT4YEBZJ1v7RLcW9dz_w2RwvSKIA4HFvVJ9b7Z7-q2Tnlbzue9N7pl/s1600-h/little+one+j.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 281px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430879558436913554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTp7_rb8avzy6q5iP7EMCFdQvS9BUh9HtbzaJ2AHCsttI-asuW9Up41Zfi7XHGYsRcsoHQJD7g1UxtDgk68yi2_nT4YEBZJ1v7RLcW9dz_w2RwvSKIA4HFvVJ9b7Z7-q2Tnlbzue9N7pl/s400/little+one+j.jpg" /></a><br />"Bye bye!"</p><p><br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" /><br /></p>JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-35724390010811039062009-11-02T17:22:00.000-08:002009-11-02T18:10:00.527-08:00Cami's new shirtHaving two older female cousins, Cami has been supplied with an abundance of hand-me-down clothes. And we've realized this will continue throughout her childhood. It's such a blessing to us but sometimes I find myself wanting to buy my little girl an outfit once in a while. End of summer sales! <em>HellO</em>!!<br /><br />Then the next time I'm organizing her baby boutique of a closet, I wonder why in the world would I <em>ever</em> buy this kid another outfit!? It stresses me out that she doesn't even wear all of her clothes.<br /><br />So when I do find something irresistible and on a ridiculous sale, I simply buy it a few sizes larger to fit Felicity or Addie, knowing we'll get it back in a couple of years. It's a win-win!<br /><br />Recently I came across an actual reason to buy Cami a new T-shirt. It wasn't on sale, but it was a must-have. She wears it proudly.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9juh83KU9VgzYNwMcu6FfW2EsI1ZDpFG4A7A0rlIVJWNuBoIsPQQklc9Ymc-hnAKpQk0NyOcsEr8YkCXn9wM-SGkUVweZkRueWTYeyCwCMuPzUds7GSeE7KyG05op0A9Fib__9OeESMZ8/s1600-h/bigsister+008.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399681933314699394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9juh83KU9VgzYNwMcu6FfW2EsI1ZDpFG4A7A0rlIVJWNuBoIsPQQklc9Ymc-hnAKpQk0NyOcsEr8YkCXn9wM-SGkUVweZkRueWTYeyCwCMuPzUds7GSeE7KyG05op0A9Fib__9OeESMZ8/s400/bigsister+008.jpg" /></a><br />So if you figured out why we <em>had</em> to have this particular special T-shirt, then you should also know that Cami will be getting an extra special birthday present next year!<br /><br />Exciting times for our little family. We are thanking the Lord for His blessings!<br /><br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" />JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-62743244906556546302009-11-01T17:45:00.000-08:002009-11-01T18:03:36.975-08:00last fallThis time last year we were experiencing the beautiful fall colors at my brother's house in Alabama. This year we are still waiting on the cooler fall weather. Here it is November and I can't even wear my jeans yet! Why do I live in Florida again?? Oh yeah, because of December thru May.<br /><br /><br />I've been a little distracted with something lately but I'll get to that at a later time.<br /><br /><br />In the meantime, enjoy this picture my sis-in-law, Mandy, took of Cami last year in Alabama.<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiaIqXhWEy91VFrdDQxagtnP5sca4y05yke1S1fUyqG0zD7bv0H4sxQA5JVG9yix1jasbB5RcEbq-Hu6p9P6BMok_23UKmv6Z7GElSkC55uXjtynAtXnpoSCQJKEP0olUYCqJ60aKwk0A/s1600-h/Fallphotoshoot+004.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399319804964030466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiaIqXhWEy91VFrdDQxagtnP5sca4y05yke1S1fUyqG0zD7bv0H4sxQA5JVG9yix1jasbB5RcEbq-Hu6p9P6BMok_23UKmv6Z7GElSkC55uXjtynAtXnpoSCQJKEP0olUYCqJ60aKwk0A/s400/Fallphotoshoot+004.jpg" /></a> </p><p>I get to kiss those cheeks every day!!<br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" /><br /></p>JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-58947181557243172732009-10-26T07:25:00.000-07:002009-10-26T08:40:35.068-07:00my lil punkinWe had so much fun at the pumpkin patch! Cami stumbled around in her "boops" (as she calls boots) and inspected all the pumpkins until she found the ones she wanted to bring home. 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WIDTH: 266px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396918623128841026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgrdK_ia-SA6Yar2_d8vX6Q13piIOnu_CIO2oqe9eHiZA83MBAJD56H3SM9XekKxGBlPVwLtignhLmggXl0VhL_7La80tjHVaRhhATCEIcg-eFNlZzmIe-DJA-80On1ejCOjtN0a0BoLb/s400/4031587120_43d0f88bc6_o.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsIsOFvZlDmUeh3dnJezBwY2Sxl6V92-36Wh4VllL11zcQdaEsJn5vA0Lq_1b3uTrSDHCdmGHv1r3CxHLz6RwV2zc9k9gzi_IP7JL7Mmw-24Mi9PmvQ-BR1hgLsLHQ-Hz0dNhr81Oq3PO/s1600-h/4031606918_68cabe9582_o.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396917916863008498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsIsOFvZlDmUeh3dnJezBwY2Sxl6V92-36Wh4VllL11zcQdaEsJn5vA0Lq_1b3uTrSDHCdmGHv1r3CxHLz6RwV2zc9k9gzi_IP7JL7Mmw-24Mi9PmvQ-BR1hgLsLHQ-Hz0dNhr81Oq3PO/s400/4031606918_68cabe9582_o.jpg" /></a>One of Cami's pumpkin patch pics is entered in a contest and she'd love it if you would vote for her! Go <a href="http://www.mamanotes.com/2009/10/vote-for-cutest-fall-baby_9716.html#comment-form">HERE</a> and leave a comment if you want to vote! Cami is #29. Thanks!!</p><p>Also special thanks to my <a href="http://jodielynnstudio.com/">sis Jodie</a> for her creative photography skills!! Once again, great job, Jode!! See more of her beautiful work at <a href="http://www.jodielynnstudio.com/">http://www.jodielynnstudio.com/</a></p><p><br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" /><br /><br /></p>JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-31096361354565921682009-10-20T17:35:00.001-07:002009-10-20T18:07:55.379-07:00soccer practiceWe decided it was time Cami expanded her soccer skills beyond the living room. Sunday afternoon promised perfect weather so we took advantage of it and headed to the nearest soccer field. At first she just wanted to toddle around and ignored the ball. Then when Josh started kicking it around she regained interest and decided to show him some moves.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhzUyHT6vIsg7iLM6BLI4NI6gJfn3aOzGc-tQX3CV0yLzTB9G1FzWgmoO2PnmUSjYHsT3wutvBQlBm227wHsLOe4WH7xNLirmlJo0PqXHnsAMHmPI75SMcodhk0Y0C6FPZHYzCERIwH_V/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+032.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394848744769885554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhzUyHT6vIsg7iLM6BLI4NI6gJfn3aOzGc-tQX3CV0yLzTB9G1FzWgmoO2PnmUSjYHsT3wutvBQlBm227wHsLOe4WH7xNLirmlJo0PqXHnsAMHmPI75SMcodhk0Y0C6FPZHYzCERIwH_V/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+032.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnhGDBRZiPT7z7ZZUwc5us4C-VTRadgYopXrA332Dq-nSBkuPVuEQaojaNdD8DPIbhLmZL_MbUtYxYGg3BdUgOqYXyBqsO-szNWPeXvHq2BMe33xvG4TpnX6LBedrIZeChV89eLsBrPWm/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+027.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394848735984164418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnhGDBRZiPT7z7ZZUwc5us4C-VTRadgYopXrA332Dq-nSBkuPVuEQaojaNdD8DPIbhLmZL_MbUtYxYGg3BdUgOqYXyBqsO-szNWPeXvHq2BMe33xvG4TpnX6LBedrIZeChV89eLsBrPWm/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+027.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cML4HtgDJ4MusVax4cpcSaqNCPtfKUl_OsxRTWAOKFnAjkpSvdu3gGhJyKz-AqEXZ_X3nL1UvOT_JYNxccswpOXmUrRhc4N1pUc5_LLaT6YyrNOAe0GrF0-J_NSKnIyPnx9kP7oVEg11/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+031.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394848392136337426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cML4HtgDJ4MusVax4cpcSaqNCPtfKUl_OsxRTWAOKFnAjkpSvdu3gGhJyKz-AqEXZ_X3nL1UvOT_JYNxccswpOXmUrRhc4N1pUc5_LLaT6YyrNOAe0GrF0-J_NSKnIyPnx9kP7oVEg11/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+031.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekNaWXJmxQvtR96KH5QsXFzGqb10zNod5jR5f9Ga2HxxG5zxfZp1qECDH-EnF6z1Y28cglSl0LbB3D2e7Ph0a0Yp2Nr29jqm9cyaC3Vp9jTWzIETGpc3z17RQ0GAziNv1Fbo_uPtrpLpN/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+029.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394848384830899746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgekNaWXJmxQvtR96KH5QsXFzGqb10zNod5jR5f9Ga2HxxG5zxfZp1qECDH-EnF6z1Y28cglSl0LbB3D2e7Ph0a0Yp2Nr29jqm9cyaC3Vp9jTWzIETGpc3z17RQ0GAziNv1Fbo_uPtrpLpN/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+029.jpg" /></a> She was pretty proud of herself. And for good reason. The kid's a natural.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrN2FHH2kJTg-e-jdbCTiv8aGMtuhkonl_nPoXuIZSQ3Ure3taXKec5fczSKGPOBECbsOHyMWcU41_MFY9SJiU6m0AlSjUcgv3Axl9fJyLcGEqZBF6ZWYTlBkehTByMTqkpj1JNqp6BW8/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+028.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394848375614049282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNrN2FHH2kJTg-e-jdbCTiv8aGMtuhkonl_nPoXuIZSQ3Ure3taXKec5fczSKGPOBECbsOHyMWcU41_MFY9SJiU6m0AlSjUcgv3Axl9fJyLcGEqZBF6ZWYTlBkehTByMTqkpj1JNqp6BW8/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+028.jpg" /></a><br /><br />It was quite windy that day and Mommy's job was to keep Cami's hat on.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqWshfMVtxzfEqDYJTsNqkJAPv1HVez7zXliWjUnYWT4CZ5QnEgtsULPlpz7G7TwEmbQ8K1yRIZTMT9VdNnZJEDPQBnkD6rnfvtEYXNrwT24BsCxxC0fukF-pGzzn6mepRlVyuCMFOlR81/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+033.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394848365738293682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqWshfMVtxzfEqDYJTsNqkJAPv1HVez7zXliWjUnYWT4CZ5QnEgtsULPlpz7G7TwEmbQ8K1yRIZTMT9VdNnZJEDPQBnkD6rnfvtEYXNrwT24BsCxxC0fukF-pGzzn6mepRlVyuCMFOlR81/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+033.jpg" /></a><br /><br />At one point chasing her shadow became more interesting than kicking the ball. She started walking away from us so fast and was saying "Diddy! Diddy!" Her kitty hat made a kitty shadow and she was determined to catch it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxMypftVpMOyN6qWAh6tF1klYwLoXWnQ8YSFov1uRrD6PvRbcY1V8UpG9AY-xBAHEavZ9h4vYwPcurGFx_BCoUaD51lDc9v1-5AjdX1lpZ9Hw81eA2Pu3IR322QvM-ztKyu_WuFE5McZx/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+035.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394848362494730402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxMypftVpMOyN6qWAh6tF1klYwLoXWnQ8YSFov1uRrD6PvRbcY1V8UpG9AY-xBAHEavZ9h4vYwPcurGFx_BCoUaD51lDc9v1-5AjdX1lpZ9Hw81eA2Pu3IR322QvM-ztKyu_WuFE5McZx/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+035.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Here diddy diddy...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17Jm9vWasTm_zpNwNyPwceRQfKsS-wAtY2SSPDX73HDZD6dYTcyF41U-J4CXGwKKE_Rx6AHcsSaQTZo2Zou-T4_x1AMB7rX12e_pBBDpwnXqFNK5ow5WS-9OQHubW2SrtU-mPu3lxQbfn/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+038.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394847151766527490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17Jm9vWasTm_zpNwNyPwceRQfKsS-wAtY2SSPDX73HDZD6dYTcyF41U-J4CXGwKKE_Rx6AHcsSaQTZo2Zou-T4_x1AMB7rX12e_pBBDpwnXqFNK5ow5WS-9OQHubW2SrtU-mPu3lxQbfn/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+038.jpg" /></a><br />Mommy allowed a few hat-less moments so she could feel the wind in her hair.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwddGyfLJbijhNiBtVV6nhhpGdaq_1wWTy1_o7Da7ojb0QXNT8pi5FEV63plNtxcrTfa053U_OzsWZf3F08WBFvOL1KwfCzWi-ZAxrYT_KdnFFKsNM4IkalgZbMFG_tHpTOHTmT4rx_20/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+040.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394847144749057490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwddGyfLJbijhNiBtVV6nhhpGdaq_1wWTy1_o7Da7ojb0QXNT8pi5FEV63plNtxcrTfa053U_OzsWZf3F08WBFvOL1KwfCzWi-ZAxrYT_KdnFFKsNM4IkalgZbMFG_tHpTOHTmT4rx_20/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+040.jpg" /></a> "What hair?" you might say. It's there. It's thin and blonde and scarce, but it's there.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrsbvbKyDqa4BvDre9UNk-35S4mp3cdsbgaaPmBdwonOYfQRQg8VVE3ES9KJaTzY-ESQXM1ev_tZUwxValIdy-yerU8rEEbnJ8aQSOBjVncSAVWeUEqAuf8TMNTdu73P0MnZxSB8FpcjY/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+041.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394847138106815170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNrsbvbKyDqa4BvDre9UNk-35S4mp3cdsbgaaPmBdwonOYfQRQg8VVE3ES9KJaTzY-ESQXM1ev_tZUwxValIdy-yerU8rEEbnJ8aQSOBjVncSAVWeUEqAuf8TMNTdu73P0MnZxSB8FpcjY/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+041.jpg" /></a> The shoes stayed on.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3sl_RNqSE_PZT1c2HFvdw3X7TARoafhpcEHYFB6uh71IRdj_BmjZAMiXFyoI10LSe_IFJW3D7tN1PmTDDbAbYeDMCE4SSbf149PoJhQ_zQO3GsYLaodQguaXHWphAW5JdmVIyLHrcgU2/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+042.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394847129338253474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq3sl_RNqSE_PZT1c2HFvdw3X7TARoafhpcEHYFB6uh71IRdj_BmjZAMiXFyoI10LSe_IFJW3D7tN1PmTDDbAbYeDMCE4SSbf149PoJhQ_zQO3GsYLaodQguaXHWphAW5JdmVIyLHrcgU2/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+042.jpg" /></a> So much for the diddy hat...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpN-2-sYg0yYJdmdD9vu-Ivd2nShvmsq2iZG1NcefjbyJsHL-s8gG7zo07hYY_IUu6BgUx9yqClKSLsCneEzASFBs6h-tijbXMkzkAUTRKzqbp-8nGfstQYT7ze-pwtGAlI8wXYHFQJA5/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+045.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394847119476261330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpN-2-sYg0yYJdmdD9vu-Ivd2nShvmsq2iZG1NcefjbyJsHL-s8gG7zo07hYY_IUu6BgUx9yqClKSLsCneEzASFBs6h-tijbXMkzkAUTRKzqbp-8nGfstQYT7ze-pwtGAlI8wXYHFQJA5/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+045.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" /></div></div></div>JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-61048211654727108042009-10-18T18:08:00.000-07:002009-10-18T19:39:51.327-07:00finally FALL!We've waited and waited and <em>waited</em> for fall weather and just when we'd almost lost hope... fall decided to show its beautiful face. Just in time for the weekend too!<br /><br />I can't believe that 2 days ago it was so hot that we couldn't even spend 5 minutes outside without sweating. Then we woke up yesterday morning to fall, beautiful FALL!!<br /><br />We decided to take Cami to our local nature attraction, Silver Springs. I grew up a few miles down the road from the beautiful park, but never thought much of it. I have since realized how awesome it actually is, in so many ways.<br /><br />Silver Springs is where they filmed the movie "The Creature from the Black Lagoon", as well as many other movies and TV shows. So it's famous.<br />And it's more importantly famous because a few years ago on a beautiful spring day, Josh and I stood in a blooming garden in the middle of the park and vowed to love eachother forever as husband and wife. So it will always be a special place to us and we wanted Cami to experience its magnificent beauty. And also the petting zoo.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBOxQ8hKaFcmlFQpk8XN5Lv2e3gv9OFgU4izHGm3YkofBJ2oNYd92-6ORjmnDx1KmuVC6GIsuKDie57GNVhNSowA6GAp1nNE5lQm9h99oFZQuughGSO74qO9GSuEGUOGvBHwapMSjCwvQ/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+021.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394119339873459170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBOxQ8hKaFcmlFQpk8XN5Lv2e3gv9OFgU4izHGm3YkofBJ2oNYd92-6ORjmnDx1KmuVC6GIsuKDie57GNVhNSowA6GAp1nNE5lQm9h99oFZQuughGSO74qO9GSuEGUOGvBHwapMSjCwvQ/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+021.jpg" /></a><br />Here she meets her first llama.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ejWhdffXPKO88_zaCN6846YFCkU4Paav2pAIREKu_gf9SDTfV-cPLNNIH5XNk2jEH633n45XXbG8qB2rQ0ZX5KBoZphlrhxgJ8OkGwv1M5odkjXSKdOwyIuLX93V6mSj4kk7Pj04ERXd/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+020.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394120871605851762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ejWhdffXPKO88_zaCN6846YFCkU4Paav2pAIREKu_gf9SDTfV-cPLNNIH5XNk2jEH633n45XXbG8qB2rQ0ZX5KBoZphlrhxgJ8OkGwv1M5odkjXSKdOwyIuLX93V6mSj4kk7Pj04ERXd/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+020.jpg" /></a><br />She loved the giraffes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVxS_H2hU2mv-JVKlJ0J_bJ2IpYEfQtES3WbKwBslYyE2CL7Y31A_ef0hdfj2B7qwXW0bA2vflh2UEJdaxdEJKLnSpNMni8XXS1mVs1M6_65AJ5cPVBoUP8pO-AohqfNGVL3Q1Sx77oYg/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+023.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394119348801913090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVxS_H2hU2mv-JVKlJ0J_bJ2IpYEfQtES3WbKwBslYyE2CL7Y31A_ef0hdfj2B7qwXW0bA2vflh2UEJdaxdEJKLnSpNMni8XXS1mVs1M6_65AJ5cPVBoUP8pO-AohqfNGVL3Q1Sx77oYg/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+023.jpg" /></a><br />This is near our wedding site.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrR9tf2FFlpzRQWrUmsysXh0VlA6eEWWCcQoK8HhW0s45saZUEyALsPw5gkNcjjTxKqEOxZtxY-yOe9QNpaXPUGV5o2j4nle9zctkRwhZNZjUEftTaiYs0N4VYl6HbefkUA6F57gvz66y/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+025.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394120883664543026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrR9tf2FFlpzRQWrUmsysXh0VlA6eEWWCcQoK8HhW0s45saZUEyALsPw5gkNcjjTxKqEOxZtxY-yOe9QNpaXPUGV5o2j4nle9zctkRwhZNZjUEftTaiYs0N4VYl6HbefkUA6F57gvz66y/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+025.jpg" /></a><br />Cami and Daddy looking out the glass bottom boat.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4X7N6mZi7IYZvLRVvjhxa17GkbWGV8zmZ3mWTJB0BVuJLGu2XFCMyj9r86Z97yz2OW5eq73qw_88dCbMZdSJ4MPDvPg2daUmvUH4uQYc6Yja4rxw-P8zzyOO8zOBPGDai0pCkF7lnYwi2/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+007.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394119354402434178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4X7N6mZi7IYZvLRVvjhxa17GkbWGV8zmZ3mWTJB0BVuJLGu2XFCMyj9r86Z97yz2OW5eq73qw_88dCbMZdSJ4MPDvPg2daUmvUH4uQYc6Yja4rxw-P8zzyOO8zOBPGDai0pCkF7lnYwi2/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+007.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3DQTrw48SMtYpJGgAEcO7zmNkADx5Bv4DbLvTNveNgHZZkE7RUcELAJK-kMsoFpx66lxkcvrtIJ5ahU_2P2Y2ldwFNiaVWUdufmEyI4eW2e_6CijWdiJuMa105qi501XucRHsCLT1vNQ/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+003.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394120908445587026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3DQTrw48SMtYpJGgAEcO7zmNkADx5Bv4DbLvTNveNgHZZkE7RUcELAJK-kMsoFpx66lxkcvrtIJ5ahU_2P2Y2ldwFNiaVWUdufmEyI4eW2e_6CijWdiJuMa105qi501XucRHsCLT1vNQ/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+003.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQpxZGsQYNVtDDsA7QnVqQg4saCD5NvzogVXsuS6XmSnc4_VKLwwWUiKn7Zz3JEpgO9G1wjf9x88dwNeEAHJdQBM4DlP7pGNqC8cgF4CMJ6cEPeZTL-zJnzrdnkl4WqanJ-vwd3sukZMx/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+010.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394119367182918818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQpxZGsQYNVtDDsA7QnVqQg4saCD5NvzogVXsuS6XmSnc4_VKLwwWUiKn7Zz3JEpgO9G1wjf9x88dwNeEAHJdQBM4DlP7pGNqC8cgF4CMJ6cEPeZTL-zJnzrdnkl4WqanJ-vwd3sukZMx/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+010.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmbeykDxTLAd2t4oRQcMngi6kQ_OzLLEtjk8lruLTdEzVLRZyJhwSVG41x7LeeMn9nbvJgxi0GhfYlAPRkU5wXHcsdZLCNnjhyVc15oFQKfR-tVz2jWMSd9J13-JdKMgjuxJQ3JnZsqQy/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+014.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394120898140705314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmbeykDxTLAd2t4oRQcMngi6kQ_OzLLEtjk8lruLTdEzVLRZyJhwSVG41x7LeeMn9nbvJgxi0GhfYlAPRkU5wXHcsdZLCNnjhyVc15oFQKfR-tVz2jWMSd9J13-JdKMgjuxJQ3JnZsqQy/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+014.jpg" /></a><br />BIG pumpkin!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3jEWzGHcoQqxvPgP8Nv9PSjnnAXZDnc_P2ZzKAmp_jTBEOWy7jiFQrhei10AUCz4wEFWCMLX5eYBLbL1HqCoZyLAWyyg4ob5kVEfobXIShen9OVez3Fv8e9eXdhbgdrCcJNFuq_e_H6c/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+015.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394119381828330978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3jEWzGHcoQqxvPgP8Nv9PSjnnAXZDnc_P2ZzKAmp_jTBEOWy7jiFQrhei10AUCz4wEFWCMLX5eYBLbL1HqCoZyLAWyyg4ob5kVEfobXIShen9OVez3Fv8e9eXdhbgdrCcJNFuq_e_H6c/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+015.jpg" /></a><br />Kissing the BIG pumpkin.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjPy3bsm9rdvT9JR26iv5ZRupu_bZUDQ4ePQvQZZ6AR8bRg34QkpiQjFernANi_YF0v7o4OtrTBQ2wSTK_84wKCqIFQgma_BxCwzYthC8ZwCw7GJKoThZmCbmg8332UoHRRyF6g9tyApB/s1600-h/Sspringsandsoccer+018.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394120920707238626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjPy3bsm9rdvT9JR26iv5ZRupu_bZUDQ4ePQvQZZ6AR8bRg34QkpiQjFernANi_YF0v7o4OtrTBQ2wSTK_84wKCqIFQgma_BxCwzYthC8ZwCw7GJKoThZmCbmg8332UoHRRyF6g9tyApB/s400/Sspringsandsoccer+018.jpg" /></a><br />Oooh, I need a perfect caption for this one...any ideas??<br /><br />It was a super fun day and we didn't sweat a drop!</div><div><br /><br />Happy Fall, Y'all!! </div><div></div><div><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" /> </div></div></div></div>JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-65444090497439666722009-10-15T08:59:00.000-07:002009-10-15T11:13:34.627-07:00baby steps...and she's off!!<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxo0sO7RHQL3DpXh0oMlWAMRCAsck6vlLcPyWXGZiDQIhmO8YPQz-WCVbd5eReK41AHxG0_A4gU_-KJ1bihIw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />It only took her 15 months but now that she's (almost) mastered the skill of walking, it's a full time job keeping up with her. And needless to say, Cami's mommy is worn out!<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxglP1fzYbBKRhZV2nCOs3k14VoqvjsXtP8OOmHIy2MEcKFKJXa6RMYqScRLBo3DGHesoVaudbE1drHRKgpiw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Her "brother" Harley is worn out as well. We're not sure if he's more concerned with having to share his territory or having to babysit.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyn4hCtaXwB_2VT9_2wfcThV3B_vCJFWee9jqjXemdaXj0vhK0ySdFCwVLc0QJLvZdJPDbOh_Yx2iJn9ICrpA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />She's getting pretty good at soccer practice with Daddy.<br />Even with tube socks.<br />(<em>sorry this one is so dark...it was from my camera phone and the room was kinda dark...I hope you can see the socks!)</em><br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" />JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-90542019987423138512009-10-07T06:39:00.000-07:002009-10-07T08:41:30.997-07:00under the weather...what does that even mean??<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJqKxNAKxnTwAyEHVIMJxBqBFlBS33xrlhApa0a5vDp3kWKYMmm7Nn6sFH6-HjzwkuuW3m2rLce3wYBQMub2bCR77hiBLVYpZ8oUdm2qYwVJXkH4e1lJ3RwVEev4u6uM5fA0c5hDI2CJC/s1600-h/Camille+019.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389868834813405170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJqKxNAKxnTwAyEHVIMJxBqBFlBS33xrlhApa0a5vDp3kWKYMmm7Nn6sFH6-HjzwkuuW3m2rLce3wYBQMub2bCR77hiBLVYpZ8oUdm2qYwVJXkH4e1lJ3RwVEev4u6uM5fA0c5hDI2CJC/s400/Camille+019.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Anyway, Cami has had a runny nose and hasn't felt her normal happy self for the past couple of days so we've stayed home. It's hard to come up with fun things to do when we're confined to only a few rooms with toys. Baby Einstein stays on "repeat play" and I feel like she's being brain-washed by it! We normally limit her DVD watching but you know how it is when you're sick and all you want to do is lie around. She's had at least an hour of it daily this week! In fact, I need to go turn it off.<br /><br />She's been so good considering her stuffy-ness. We ventured outside yesterday, despite the 90 degree weather... in October!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCX1hs1tzqYlnyxqTRXOTlQn35YXqIf17MzZp8niX9Sk-GnEGNGE7x_e7QHE2qICA-mKohmjAtKYMS49hA9nKlur7ATVlKUy_HiiHpFxV8nLqYg5TjmqmDEBIU9RKh1f20HPXxyKIsXon/s1600-h/Camille+014.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389865280793129986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCX1hs1tzqYlnyxqTRXOTlQn35YXqIf17MzZp8niX9Sk-GnEGNGE7x_e7QHE2qICA-mKohmjAtKYMS49hA9nKlur7ATVlKUy_HiiHpFxV8nLqYg5TjmqmDEBIU9RKh1f20HPXxyKIsXon/s400/Camille+014.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqv6JNUSGDsX_YVGT9C8OrjVxLvGgydpVq2fIiAbVnJN0Rj8awPIQoJlGcCrwARWTBM8_HMS1MCgr9onyCQuLS9S37WildHsa0Aa3OERq-ZPGkEtRWyUuj2DW4f2TL0P7DXiE7xzz22OD/s1600-h/Camille+004.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; 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WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389864202172873810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitSwK9IODbWqmXN_f3OduyuNC6OelyIgiZpS8bUg-WOd68GLdZjQ5bb815SbFiRvq-OjbZVQjgpKqNhJ9x2vQ7GI3cLzckVt2tivXgsW7sbC1EXvUONTud0h7Ql7G5GzDduVl0ZzKcJS3U/s400/Camille+008.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7vKw3sGzdFZPPuG5tj1ZPqhZG2cLHe517OHoBq1-VDiVF3V3V4Vr0tNUDbo8NV6K6jGPl4hxF8YDpBfJBZtqVRsq-WKHXm9BiaVAw-ZGLAzuCYBnDtnYyfXmM9TeCLuvbaov4-8AYoLU/s1600-h/Camille+001.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389866997888545538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7vKw3sGzdFZPPuG5tj1ZPqhZG2cLHe517OHoBq1-VDiVF3V3V4Vr0tNUDbo8NV6K6jGPl4hxF8YDpBfJBZtqVRsq-WKHXm9BiaVAw-ZGLAzuCYBnDtnYyfXmM9TeCLuvbaov4-8AYoLU/s400/Camille+001.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNtHnx-ZZxQbGYope10RHy7P0O0ZLtLpF56oaqTT62zfKz1VP-L_L9yQUv386VZAy-E2TPk7_s5rSzOJwXOGSNSma5M8ar0KwU6CVAwKSbxAOtZQgJHRQBr9Dy9zh3pop41ovvR4F7V5q/s1600-h/Camille+005.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389867784600405794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNtHnx-ZZxQbGYope10RHy7P0O0ZLtLpF56oaqTT62zfKz1VP-L_L9yQUv386VZAy-E2TPk7_s5rSzOJwXOGSNSma5M8ar0KwU6CVAwKSbxAOtZQgJHRQBr9Dy9zh3pop41ovvR4F7V5q/s400/Camille+005.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">It was so hot but I think it cheered her up a bit.<br /><br /></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6le4kVuJkc0yCDisFY3IfYf0kWoI2CyjT88n3epL0GI9rGlcpHaqgAbdeP531_UZS3cissmroDfQJ4JFeUnY0xp3WqIOIsbOPTnGR6FPtuD9AAUJ7IHJLrsj0LFqGzSoFhsknJFiN-Ha/s1600-h/Camille+015.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389854286622455746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6le4kVuJkc0yCDisFY3IfYf0kWoI2CyjT88n3epL0GI9rGlcpHaqgAbdeP531_UZS3cissmroDfQJ4JFeUnY0xp3WqIOIsbOPTnGR6FPtuD9AAUJ7IHJLrsj0LFqGzSoFhsknJFiN-Ha/s400/Camille+015.jpg" /></a><br />And hopefully soon she'll be <em>over</em> the weather. I know I'm <em>over</em> this summer weather!<br /><br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-63358473350774816002009-10-05T19:31:00.000-07:002009-10-05T19:55:56.089-07:00CamioI could watch video clips of her all day. My phone is full of them so I can take her with me wherever I go. And my computer is accumulating quite a collection as well.<br /><br />A year ago when I went to Verizon to have them transfer all the data from my old phone to my new phone, the guy said he'd never seen anyone with that many video clips on their phone. There were only a hundred. Naturally almost all of them were of Cami. He was actually surprised my phone could handle that many. The truth is it couldn't. That's why I got a new phone, and eventually one of those little microSD cards that holds 4 Gigs.<br /><br />Can you blame me? It's the only way to bottle her cuteness!!<br /><br />This one's from a few months ago when she experienced her first ice cube.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy0VF1Tn3sGfXCwc3TgszyBxpi5bWicdKn7Ehe2r2n1v9z-lhxUhi2LYwMW6m8QGjo_1mw7rXpJiskaaT6NpQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" />JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-20627359114812753892009-10-04T20:14:00.000-07:002009-10-04T21:00:32.217-07:00yard sale happeningsI said I would never have a yard sale again. That was several years and many yard sales ago. Yet somehow I always end up being sucked into having some sort of involvement in the family yard sales. I never plan one myself, but I'm pretty good at collecting and storing prime yard sale merchandise in my house. So I give myself no choice but to participate in some way.<br /><br />October brings with it the inevitability of at least one of our moms getting the yard sale itch. Well, what do you know...both of them got it. My mom's was today. If there's one thing about my mom, she knows how to do a yard sale right. She plans at least a month ahead, sets aside certain days for gutting closets and cabinets, has her little box of organized price stickers and pens, and sorts and prices stuff the week prior. A few weeks ago I told her I wanted to sell some of my junk but I didn't want to have to be there for the sale. She understood. We both know I worked retail way too long to be of any constructive assistance at a yard sale. My brain naturally wants to artfully display items, use prices ending in .99, and offer shopping baskets to customers. And there is absolutely no brain cell whatsoever existing in my little head which will allow me to take part in haggling. You know, like bargaining with someone on a price. I can't even do it when I'm on the buying end! I've actually paid <em>more</em> than the stickered price at yard sales before because I knew it was worth more and thought it had been mispriced. I know, I'm an idiot. I think they were charity sales though. But still.<br /><br />I know it's just an unwritten rule with yard sales about bargaining, but people get ridiculous with it and it irks me to an upsetting tizzy. While most will feel satisfaction after talking someone down on a price, I on the other hand enjoy stumbling on what I call an "already-bargain."<br /><br />So over the past few weeks as I priced my quality junk, I had to keep in mind the typical yard sale shopper with their change purse full of quarters, snooty comments and insulting offers. I don't like these people. When yard saling, I myself happen to be nothing like those unfriendly old scrooges. I follow the rules and I'm respectful. I love finding treasure in other's trash. That thrill of discovering the perfect little one-of-a-kind pre-loved item costing me pennies on the dollar is a sensation like none other. And knowing I paid the asking price and still got it for a bargain is in some way so rewarding. Like finding a stray nose hair before someone points it out.<br /><br />So this time I priced stuff to sell. Cheap. I didn't want mom having to deal with annoying hagglers and I wanted shoppers to find themselves an already-bargain in my valuable rubbish. Plus, the goal is to get rid of it and not have any left over to save and store for the next yard sale, right? I mean, who does that anyway? Probably never me. Ever.<br /><br />I surprised my mom and sister this morning by showing up at 8am. Josh was looking forward to some one-on-one Cami time so I took advantage of the free mommy time and decided to get over myself and help out with the sale. I told them I was there to help but didn't want to deal with people and their attitudes. Mom is much better at that. If she doesn't want to go down on a price she'll just shake her head and say, “Eh, not this early” or “I really think it's worth the price.” I, on the other hand, grit my teeth and give in to their low-ball offers out of fear of being mean. Imagine that, <em>me</em> afraid of being mean. But I then carry with me a severely negative attitude towards future yard sale customers.<br /><br />I don't know how it happened but today I wasn't able to hide on Mom's porch swing for the entire sale and I became involved beyond my retail abilities. I almost lost it on a few people.<br />And it's not just the stingy haggling part of it that I'm incapable of managing properly. It's the...(<em>how do I say this delicately?)</em> pure stupidity and genuine ignorance I have a difficult time tolerating.<br /><br /><strong>Actual yard sale happening #1:</strong><br /><br /><strong>item:</strong> large bag of sea shells personally found by me - $1.00<br /><strong>shopper:</strong> old crabby lady in white hat - “Will you take fifty cents for that?” pointing in a general direction toward a table full of 20 different items<br /><strong>me:</strong> “For what? ... (<em>Oh, the beautiful shells I spent hours on the beach collecting?)</em> Sure.” - gritting teeth<br /><strong>crabby lady</strong>: handing me three one-dollar bills - “Alright I'll get both bags, one was a quarter and you said you'd give me the other for fifty cents so you owe me $1.25, unless you want to give them both to me for a dollar...”<br /><strong>me</strong>: confused but doing some quick second grade math in my head - “Umm, oookay...so are you buying anything else?” - giving her an out and trying not to embarrass her<br /><strong>lady:</strong> taking back one of the dollar bills - “Here, just give me seventy-five cents then.”<br /><strong>me:</strong> holding two dollars for a seventy-five cent sale, still confused, but really wanting to punish her stupidity at this point<br /><strong>lady:</strong> taking back one more dollar and finally recalling math class from 72 years ago - “You owe me a quarter now.”<br /><strong>me</strong>: “Thank you, now get out of my store.”<br /><br />And since that last comment only happened in my head, it wasn't over...<br /><br />She proceeded to ask my mom if she'd “take four dollars or maybe three dollars” for a nice set of framed pictures priced at $5.00. Mom simply reminded her they were priced at five. So she put the pictures back and two minutes later, walked up to Mom and, looking in the opposite direction and not saying a word, handed her five dollars. Then she offered my sister a quarter for her unused wedding planner she'd priced for fifty cents. REALLY?!?! You found something worth a quarter to you but you wouldn't <em>dare</em> pay two quarters for it?! REALLY?!?! And you have the audacity to ask for 50% off a $20 item priced at fifty cents?! I wanted so bad to walk up to her and <em>hand</em> her fifty cents and tell her I was paying her to take the book because she <em>obviously</em> needed it <em>and</em> the money. She left before I had a chance.<br />This my friends was an ignorant/snotty combo mixed with a bit of unashamed stupidity. And might I add, most likely highly medicated.<br /><br /><strong>Happening #2:</strong><br /><br /><strong>item:</strong> compact size microwave that warms things slowly - $3.00<br /><strong>shopper:</strong> large tapestry cat purse carrying woman asking if it works<br /><strong>me</strong>: explaining that it heats things slower than most microwaves<br /><strong>cat purse woman:</strong> looking confused<br /><strong>me:</strong> explaining in another way using simple examples<br /><strong>cat purse woman:</strong> obviously debating on whether to risk $3.00 on something that may not work properly - “Will you take two for it?” - because that's the going price for items at high-risk<br /><strong>me</strong>: getting the okay from Mom - “Of course!" <em>Why wouldn't we?! I think that's what we meant to price it anyway!</em><br /><em><br /></em>Then she struck again.<br /> <br /><strong>cat purse woman:</strong> “I want to know if you'll take fifty cents for that over there, but I don't know what it is.”<br /><strong>me:</strong> did she just say that?<br /><strong>cat purse woman:</strong> pointing to a long handled spoon shoe horn (<em>to aid in putting one's shoes on without having to bend down</em>) priced at $1.00<br /><strong>me:</strong> overcoming the strong temptation to really have some fun with this one - “Do you know what it is?”<br /><strong>cat purse woman:</strong> “Well, no.”<br /><strong>me:</strong> brief explanation which did not include a demonstration being that I was wearing flip-flops<br /><strong>cat purse woman:</strong> “Oh, so will you take fifty cents for it?”<br /><strong>Mom:</strong> with priceless look on her face - “It's well worth a dollar.”<br />No sale.<br />This one I categorize as a ridiculous waste of time for everyone involved.<br /><br /><strong>Happening #3:</strong><br /><br /><strong>item:</strong> brand new Coke brand checkers set, still in box - $4.00 – one of my already-bargains<br /><strong>shoppers:</strong> 2 very frugal old ladies - “Will you take a dollar for this?”<br /><strong>me:</strong> hiding on porch swing shooting an are-you-kidding-me look at Mom - “NO!”- do you <em>see</em> a 75% off sign anywhere?!<br /><strong>shoppers:</strong> walked away<br /><strong>assessment:</strong> ignorant of the value of the Coca-Cola name. Shameful.<br /><br /><strong>Happening #4:</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>item:</strong> various things equaling $7.00<br /><strong>shopper:</strong> thrifty middle-aged woman with good taste handing me a five and a one - “All I have is six dollars... is that okay?” - smiling<br /><strong>me:</strong> admiring her strategy - “Sure.”<br />This is a respectful way to bargain and though most likely not entirely honest, it didn't bother me. She used her brain and the smile was a plus.<br /><br /><strong>Happening #5:</strong><br /><strong><br /></strong>Some old hippie (<em>gender debatable</em>) driving junky van, pulls up in the driveway <em>right</em> in front of our tables, turns off engine, sits for about 5 minutes in van never getting out, turns engine back on, backs out and drives away.<br />Waiting for valet service...??<br />Writer has no further comment on this happening.<br /><br /><strong>Happening #6:</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>item:</strong> things equalling more cash than customer has on their person<br /><strong>shopper:</strong> to my mom, and said with all seriousness - “Do you take Visa?”<br /><strong>Mom:</strong> sporting her best fanny pack, holding arms out - “Does it look like I take Visa?!”<br /><strong>shopper:</strong> still dead serious - “Well I wasn't sure if you had one of those machines.”<br /><strong>Mom:</strong> just holding it in - “Nope, no machine. Sorry.”<br /><strong>me:</strong> "I'm clocking out now."<br /><br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" />JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-35570707905001050152009-09-29T19:04:00.000-07:002009-09-30T18:56:21.469-07:00Cami lately...The following pics are of moments that happened when I didn't have my camera handy so my camera phone had to suffice. Though I am very thankful to my phone for having a camera feature, it does not in fact produce the highest quality pictures. So for this I apologize.<br /><br />Nevertheless, please enjoy 2.0 megapixels at its best.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br />First time sportin' pigtails (<em>thanks to Aunt Jodie!</em>)<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1X4QN6n8HU7JvUEK8uXUbXxVT6Ng7wFMKOwhkO7c0WGNYidADzqC2qG-IX0bDxyGdzZbjPf9jf61pRRG36y7KPcZY1A-FhFPGZFOxVBg8Lg-dgEheOvOszkUqwt64eXosz-94CHvKs4iW/s1600-h/maythrusept09+037.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387077947486019858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1X4QN6n8HU7JvUEK8uXUbXxVT6Ng7wFMKOwhkO7c0WGNYidADzqC2qG-IX0bDxyGdzZbjPf9jf61pRRG36y7KPcZY1A-FhFPGZFOxVBg8Lg-dgEheOvOszkUqwt64eXosz-94CHvKs4iW/s400/maythrusept09+037.jpg" /><br /><p align="center"></a></p><br /><br />helping Mommy fold laundry (<em>particularly underwear...nice</em>)<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgza4SbTgTO9-qnXFuD0_nic4F4ZWmJMMmGnWsX0gKUI9jB-Q5rFirkQjIAEJXmJpTpsnuWuPvHcgdIgB4fzDk3kEdP70mswYTxpvF79GMm_qwGVRRuBWVNW5AVO7A_fkXJQTaWwvo2cYae/s1600-h/maythrusept09+035.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387077941508195570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgza4SbTgTO9-qnXFuD0_nic4F4ZWmJMMmGnWsX0gKUI9jB-Q5rFirkQjIAEJXmJpTpsnuWuPvHcgdIgB4fzDk3kEdP70mswYTxpvF79GMm_qwGVRRuBWVNW5AVO7A_fkXJQTaWwvo2cYae/s400/maythrusept09+035.jpg" /></a><br /><br />learning to sit on her bench all by herself<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2SpqreB06QbyF9dMgVyEFUgu70iuwmlsS1hN512b7uIO-EN9PwY3fqxzfhyphenhyphenXDZHEuYiLaWKdz4ghKZIvBd4PTOhg6ZkxF3N-GwBbtnhiIndFrbRgh4vUlTIn9GQpGnWYAul5cwtXMF7D/s1600-h/maythrusept09+032.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387077726697812050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2SpqreB06QbyF9dMgVyEFUgu70iuwmlsS1hN512b7uIO-EN9PwY3fqxzfhyphenhyphenXDZHEuYiLaWKdz4ghKZIvBd4PTOhg6ZkxF3N-GwBbtnhiIndFrbRgh4vUlTIn9GQpGnWYAul5cwtXMF7D/s400/maythrusept09+032.jpg" /></a><br /><br />being attacked by the letter "U" (<em>of course it's lellow</em>)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7Go3-qj5OGQ0UfXZg9mISCiMTFKVIMJ0aIqU5D46HAMLX_wQfUYbP-0WAT4_HHD8ZQA3v_lxQZfyfy6j2H-dl_M_K8jk7gDglj7fS0aZS5k88oXwGjZMzN8yl20Y3jG08ihyphenhyphenvbuRXzcS/s1600-h/maythrusept09+031.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387077724077471858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7Go3-qj5OGQ0UfXZg9mISCiMTFKVIMJ0aIqU5D46HAMLX_wQfUYbP-0WAT4_HHD8ZQA3v_lxQZfyfy6j2H-dl_M_K8jk7gDglj7fS0aZS5k88oXwGjZMzN8yl20Y3jG08ihyphenhyphenvbuRXzcS/s400/maythrusept09+031.jpg" /></a><br /><br />learning "D" is for "Daddy"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVd5kDRiq4vkKZ9WAWM0MkXsWXMdo-hkW55VtmPgeW0I90BThwhOVRdZlI4HVZKk7jIqMobvTPrj8nkpLsLeeVNUk0BRCVTAy_RN_JyCTcZv1tSmMtZ514_9zClqPFJ2hkGCXwZtQLwms/s1600-h/maythrusept09+030.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387077713481017314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVd5kDRiq4vkKZ9WAWM0MkXsWXMdo-hkW55VtmPgeW0I90BThwhOVRdZlI4HVZKk7jIqMobvTPrj8nkpLsLeeVNUk0BRCVTAy_RN_JyCTcZv1tSmMtZ514_9zClqPFJ2hkGCXwZtQLwms/s400/maythrusept09+030.jpg" /></a><br /><br />learning to alphabetize<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtye-SUN27C8exMSBURVPnMQbgAfrQF7P-MqFbm-dG0RO6rqhhwPq1QWXkgAbS4FGWzQxaqyZBu7Ps44_ZPcxis7v3hpTypiNhaj6pKsnqMBcmKfYTqlgL1BR8SWqxHRRdbbkK0Tcw-Pz_/s1600-h/maythrusept09+029.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387077709126584850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtye-SUN27C8exMSBURVPnMQbgAfrQF7P-MqFbm-dG0RO6rqhhwPq1QWXkgAbS4FGWzQxaqyZBu7Ps44_ZPcxis7v3hpTypiNhaj6pKsnqMBcmKfYTqlgL1BR8SWqxHRRdbbkK0Tcw-Pz_/s400/maythrusept09+029.jpg" /></a><br /><br />learning to stand for something<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwnc8SK1JI0EZQ3rMIVsXWmmG9hN1_5Bw2tpx8G8kZgMkKAjKpBijZPz1yfC-VA39RgEPakWnsEN-FvFsGfAeAoXcOm40oe1x1yw7od45qKj2Ll8dkz_Wp7PSliJwobxsnJlo1KHnki74/s1600-h/maythrusept09+027.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387077705001126226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwnc8SK1JI0EZQ3rMIVsXWmmG9hN1_5Bw2tpx8G8kZgMkKAjKpBijZPz1yfC-VA39RgEPakWnsEN-FvFsGfAeAoXcOm40oe1x1yw7od45qKj2Ll8dkz_Wp7PSliJwobxsnJlo1KHnki74/s400/maythrusept09+027.jpg" /></a><br /><br />watching for the icecream truck<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkXhJErL50kByH6DVA8pYnI4dU1v5UKhhhKKI7lykEA5eqC4VCoJnnDDmtIpI65FqzFIagEoTSqrYjnJywPOtstENtBSOelD3XMnamuezlwp_yBaR1KvlV7cp72H5rbUYpiPT4wOMb1qf0/s1600-h/maythrusept09+023.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387077189115992370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkXhJErL50kByH6DVA8pYnI4dU1v5UKhhhKKI7lykEA5eqC4VCoJnnDDmtIpI65FqzFIagEoTSqrYjnJywPOtstENtBSOelD3XMnamuezlwp_yBaR1KvlV7cp72H5rbUYpiPT4wOMb1qf0/s400/maythrusept09+023.jpg" /></a><br /><br />playing in her tutu<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kT932U8GhL4w34jpXUTMWnvqUXiKHo6DBUjCS1b0EvSMeEPDxGrz3JaYkoXr4qvGX58TAiQJd7uMvSNeKEx6xKrSFoaMpAr5YIV7LX8WG0KIg3qxqn62nIv5OrRKbLjsM1UnBm-XzDYg/s1600-h/maythrusept09+021.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387077177300324690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3kT932U8GhL4w34jpXUTMWnvqUXiKHo6DBUjCS1b0EvSMeEPDxGrz3JaYkoXr4qvGX58TAiQJd7uMvSNeKEx6xKrSFoaMpAr5YIV7LX8WG0KIg3qxqn62nIv5OrRKbLjsM1UnBm-XzDYg/s400/maythrusept09+021.jpg" /></a><br /><br />admiring her tutu<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Fmp8ipkm5DswtuvQiuhQArI4ttuSD4A4KpO2l3qUiKxusBH1bvXb8INNKW_25Nzl5PqYvt6O_jULly4-CATuZt-FUtiy7dliC3ACVpJyE05okJGSqV10BkIH00JQNJVS0gs1quoGneSI/s1600-h/maythrusept09+020.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387077181261252674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Fmp8ipkm5DswtuvQiuhQArI4ttuSD4A4KpO2l3qUiKxusBH1bvXb8INNKW_25Nzl5PqYvt6O_jULly4-CATuZt-FUtiy7dliC3ACVpJyE05okJGSqV10BkIH00JQNJVS0gs1quoGneSI/s400/maythrusept09+020.jpg" /></a><br /><br />learning a song from a horse<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10CsRz6YYR3w4hhWXDB0JxDJlKc-PbskXhHxGmDmFVRrKmiZGVMJ3LoW99c2p8sC-l64rc_9rUUWVRCGeq65xI3vyoTuHqmsrOxzwA7g4dDDD7K8nMKO6v2SIR4e0TJokXriR_dIAYn4y/s1600-h/maythrusept09+012.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387077167540762370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10CsRz6YYR3w4hhWXDB0JxDJlKc-PbskXhHxGmDmFVRrKmiZGVMJ3LoW99c2p8sC-l64rc_9rUUWVRCGeq65xI3vyoTuHqmsrOxzwA7g4dDDD7K8nMKO6v2SIR4e0TJokXriR_dIAYn4y/s400/maythrusept09+012.jpg" /></a><br /><br />learning what all the fuss about watermelon is<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRQESf6WcCE5Qb0QYOGpvpCPLXdKcP87Sxwv5xDrx1NiU9aJQpzKnFuldLID80GAaqIpz85PzxhvrrEtsa7UgJ5RlOATNcKyDV54lt2daJ4WvJpuRIV586Cv-c6Ue5bbfKRQO2UOWSzAs/s1600-h/maythrusept09+016.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387077163799089522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRQESf6WcCE5Qb0QYOGpvpCPLXdKcP87Sxwv5xDrx1NiU9aJQpzKnFuldLID80GAaqIpz85PzxhvrrEtsa7UgJ5RlOATNcKyDV54lt2daJ4WvJpuRIV586Cv-c6Ue5bbfKRQO2UOWSzAs/s400/maythrusept09+016.jpg" /></a><br /><br />still loving broccoli (<em>yessss</em>)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ljdWHF8HQFbHJKw2EoAcWT43WEsAY0hJFbWEtDZw_J3nDsensS4xNG6jbDTbxRoRKK2TPGHv0HbqMKzsfNJfUVxzBncQhYhCAdCq55b-uF-1NXJjf7HjUaq5WiAosjzD1ZfJ3-RSe1Bi/s1600-h/maythrusept09+018.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387076466530416130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ljdWHF8HQFbHJKw2EoAcWT43WEsAY0hJFbWEtDZw_J3nDsensS4xNG6jbDTbxRoRKK2TPGHv0HbqMKzsfNJfUVxzBncQhYhCAdCq55b-uF-1NXJjf7HjUaq5WiAosjzD1ZfJ3-RSe1Bi/s400/maythrusept09+018.jpg" /></a><br /><br />reflecting<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CvZNWCgaE2BFtfYvNtlNAyVkLX61MepGws1Ok1hj6dtHjpYKebtgdL5gtOpSHTSCXYrpUR7Pp4BeghCiP5E_HkOHJwXKr0Lo4Va9D5Lp-Po9qaXxjQpS-ZhHd5Xgg_L4TYsuyjlktSdw/s1600-h/maythrusept09+008.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387076464569827122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CvZNWCgaE2BFtfYvNtlNAyVkLX61MepGws1Ok1hj6dtHjpYKebtgdL5gtOpSHTSCXYrpUR7Pp4BeghCiP5E_HkOHJwXKr0Lo4Va9D5Lp-Po9qaXxjQpS-ZhHd5Xgg_L4TYsuyjlktSdw/s400/maythrusept09+008.jpg" /></a><br /><br />sporting her best bed-head<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAd1YqILpHKCKemVaQRwYEFKArnS3h1mzBPaLMe6qerKNbPJQmnyKzU8CK-vO5BBQSnOZkmZADhCThzmiy9q1A4Qnd2DbCHSAC1fmDUKCZlFLOPkhNHdD4QOA_cVUVgMIFv0ljnoPnhmz/s1600-h/maythrusept09+005.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387076457287303074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAd1YqILpHKCKemVaQRwYEFKArnS3h1mzBPaLMe6qerKNbPJQmnyKzU8CK-vO5BBQSnOZkmZADhCThzmiy9q1A4Qnd2DbCHSAC1fmDUKCZlFLOPkhNHdD4QOA_cVUVgMIFv0ljnoPnhmz/s400/maythrusept09+005.jpg" /></a><br /><br />learning what a reading chair is for<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrnvWV50oY6vxsuuwqnJhCjxWrPbfR6-QuhGUO6a98qgk45AV3-szoe2Yl3yOwf1y_Vyvf64uAJRJlD9pOSA54RROMvw0RglOhFGEnCuLgT6x5H1tMRdFZYJHmy1Nk1EuUYfSzStMwVMX/s1600-h/0913091407.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387076452700115666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrnvWV50oY6vxsuuwqnJhCjxWrPbfR6-QuhGUO6a98qgk45AV3-szoe2Yl3yOwf1y_Vyvf64uAJRJlD9pOSA54RROMvw0RglOhFGEnCuLgT6x5H1tMRdFZYJHmy1Nk1EuUYfSzStMwVMX/s400/0913091407.jpg" /></a><br /><br />adopting a new kitty!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhakkCG5V7zfxtxvHqxsofp6_Brtcw1w-j7G5GJJzEuntVfMy9MW6-LXv6c1eeVygD7kuboklJGF6rQCsUTmfxsQCUV0Kq6i8Rey2SwKMuKoPpFFJNfspQcOHRVq_h74tEqq4WNclwkJHW/s1600-h/maythrusept09+034.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387076441166722418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhakkCG5V7zfxtxvHqxsofp6_Brtcw1w-j7G5GJJzEuntVfMy9MW6-LXv6c1eeVygD7kuboklJGF6rQCsUTmfxsQCUV0Kq6i8Rey2SwKMuKoPpFFJNfspQcOHRVq_h74tEqq4WNclwkJHW/s400/maythrusept09+034.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" /> </div></div>JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-59712139284173092822009-09-28T18:26:00.000-07:002009-09-29T19:01:08.098-07:00brownie points<div align="left">I realize most of my recent blog posts have been about food, but I'm okay with it if you are. So here's another one.<br /><br />My sweet niece Felicity recently visited for the afternoon and I told her when Cami took her nap we would do something special in the kitchen.<br /><br />“WHAT are we gonna DO?!?!”<br /><br />“Um, we're gonna <em>make</em> something!”<br /><br />“WHAT are we gonna MAKE!?!”</div><br /><div align="left">“Um...you'll see!”</div><br /><div align="left">“But Aunt Jill, what ARE we gonna make?!?”</div><br /><div align="left">“Well, it's something good...but you'll hafta wait and see!”</div><br /><div align="left">“Okay! But what IS it?!?!”</div><br /><div align="left"><em>giving in to her cuteness</em> - “Brownies!”</div><br /><div align="left">“BROWNIES?!?! YAY!!”<br /><br />Organic ones.<br /></div><br /><div align="center"><br />Needless to say, she was excited and ready to go to work.</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1VXa087CXtBVjgFb7MLyx2XuQb9ueP9s_1o3npJQB0rP4WSksdpugPrqj2pV2hD5_0JSjx22DIPsDhLmR9JH0y8XGnIH4S0rZLeYYe6BgzhQP_VYhazV7PRJEhVja5tbUZVsRsMGhCyPH/s1600-h/cami+and+felicity+047.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386698031276869762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1VXa087CXtBVjgFb7MLyx2XuQb9ueP9s_1o3npJQB0rP4WSksdpugPrqj2pV2hD5_0JSjx22DIPsDhLmR9JH0y8XGnIH4S0rZLeYYe6BgzhQP_VYhazV7PRJEhVja5tbUZVsRsMGhCyPH/s320/cami+and+felicity+047.jpg" /><br /><p align="center"></a>"Painting" the dish with oil...<br /></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMEY9pLpjN0rs7pQ7IDAjBO5UPhyR0YGK-c1OpUMm5Q0p6BxOUGnnVgzM7tc1J6UMYo_LaIuwWWZd2VwNya5hW6ge24JJtKxyAazj8JDjAp3PCq62sP-1R5TxDzTzIPbdqiMRBL-ViB8E/s1600-h/cami+and+felicity+048.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386698021752937218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMEY9pLpjN0rs7pQ7IDAjBO5UPhyR0YGK-c1OpUMm5Q0p6BxOUGnnVgzM7tc1J6UMYo_LaIuwWWZd2VwNya5hW6ge24JJtKxyAazj8JDjAp3PCq62sP-1R5TxDzTzIPbdqiMRBL-ViB8E/s320/cami+and+felicity+048.jpg" /></a> carefully stirring the ingredients...<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXB4XLb4KJE9aZWYGVw42Efh1Ak-XEe52rWu51tEy5Z6Q5Ly5IWKrJyXuQ9htu6m4W7WFMqB-0CfJ0voavnWkxX4C1IotWlMTzwCzQhhKB4Yv3zUX7-dG3Ja7XjGhgARLPZiLr17iv0GI/s1600-h/cami+and+felicity+001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386698011633556450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXB4XLb4KJE9aZWYGVw42Efh1Ak-XEe52rWu51tEy5Z6Q5Ly5IWKrJyXuQ9htu6m4W7WFMqB-0CfJ0voavnWkxX4C1IotWlMTzwCzQhhKB4Yv3zUX7-dG3Ja7XjGhgARLPZiLr17iv0GI/s320/cami+and+felicity+001.jpg" /></a><br />pouring the yummy chocolate...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgoXSCCsabO7MU8Lg6iCpH6C-HDyKR9w7k-PRE_qdTKxARDKrWOJ5fcrNNMt7a3Mk09zltJaGoPDttjgEVFRLAaXMKBwxRlFyc_nbFoWfPb7bLF1X3mz5LS3tm2rxklk-qUVCeWqGc2mV/s1600-h/cami+and+felicity+002.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386698008955822914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgoXSCCsabO7MU8Lg6iCpH6C-HDyKR9w7k-PRE_qdTKxARDKrWOJ5fcrNNMt7a3Mk09zltJaGoPDttjgEVFRLAaXMKBwxRlFyc_nbFoWfPb7bLF1X3mz5LS3tm2rxklk-qUVCeWqGc2mV/s320/cami+and+felicity+002.jpg" /></a><br />rewarding herself for all her hard work!<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCyrd0DPI9zwAoCUka8kOIHYNi_09sAQ44FgXt-kD0M9KgOhQ-I5wPRXr083CeRgfl6dKHVBk9fRiAnbeHOpM7HhLoFM3tPyc8LHXwd9Kc8Mfu_t4D9hynfxT70MJdEUAa9xXbpHsMNTC/s1600-h/cami+and+felicity+004.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386698001726026818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCyrd0DPI9zwAoCUka8kOIHYNi_09sAQ44FgXt-kD0M9KgOhQ-I5wPRXr083CeRgfl6dKHVBk9fRiAnbeHOpM7HhLoFM3tPyc8LHXwd9Kc8Mfu_t4D9hynfxT70MJdEUAa9xXbpHsMNTC/s320/cami+and+felicity+004.jpg" /></a><br />lots of rewarding...</div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaTHQ_ypFRg-DHct69SY-tWujBqEibIJ3F9SYr3yKthaV_yMYvSEi5oc1m35SAavCVmRHuItGNQeQeqaW68YIMsGL83xcGnQH8DPXyfffL-4BVXjpAyZyVMzArewXIt5sTW4VK4yop-_y/s1600-h/cami+and+felicity+005.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386697183816076658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaTHQ_ypFRg-DHct69SY-tWujBqEibIJ3F9SYr3yKthaV_yMYvSEi5oc1m35SAavCVmRHuItGNQeQeqaW68YIMsGL83xcGnQH8DPXyfffL-4BVXjpAyZyVMzArewXIt5sTW4VK4yop-_y/s320/cami+and+felicity+005.jpg" /></a><br />ahh, sweet sweet reward...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyopv5RuEFcwgrC1mN0f29jymil1Cf6KdwVQY6UiOANh95Y6HKeF_Xkgk70LuW-xnvUqkTKmZ_zu0Zh6MaOV03tfvc27O28QNqfFgb-KeA5fVw51M5ttokkC14adIp8lSgxagqKBK2qy9/s1600-h/cami+and+felicity+007.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386697173636148738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyopv5RuEFcwgrC1mN0f29jymil1Cf6KdwVQY6UiOANh95Y6HKeF_Xkgk70LuW-xnvUqkTKmZ_zu0Zh6MaOV03tfvc27O28QNqfFgb-KeA5fVw51M5ttokkC14adIp8lSgxagqKBK2qy9/s320/cami+and+felicity+007.jpg" /></a><br />for all that hard work...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsYICxpJtsk02mpYElbp5ISnbTK5fdkevlKwIWFtDjts77IqA3FLBQiGRPEBUP_NniluBqNDukX9W_J1avSPX-grBu4AtnsSsC6bhoZ42nEQkpiUK_8QiK6repyq2Siho1T_PO_PFl4UG/s1600-h/cami+and+felicity+008.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386697165040413330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsYICxpJtsk02mpYElbp5ISnbTK5fdkevlKwIWFtDjts77IqA3FLBQiGRPEBUP_NniluBqNDukX9W_J1avSPX-grBu4AtnsSsC6bhoZ42nEQkpiUK_8QiK6repyq2Siho1T_PO_PFl4UG/s320/cami+and+felicity+008.jpg" /></a><br />that was so worth it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg21SlqlTuWy4mXlJSLJIE3kYeZQrjMEOJHcXuczzOtA-KUJ-7y0jEitT4ABDf17mrVI9CHEvWpPfSIa47SmrV0-JQ-pFLdcSTeXlFUdq-kpK_qtDrHFTxKv0aeO14PhcU0KzJB1ZJ9U8m/s1600-h/cami+and+felicity+009.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386697162779751938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg21SlqlTuWy4mXlJSLJIE3kYeZQrjMEOJHcXuczzOtA-KUJ-7y0jEitT4ABDf17mrVI9CHEvWpPfSIa47SmrV0-JQ-pFLdcSTeXlFUdq-kpK_qtDrHFTxKv0aeO14PhcU0KzJB1ZJ9U8m/s320/cami+and+felicity+009.jpg" /></a><br />Taking a lunch break while the brownies baked.<br /><br /><div align="center">(<em>notice her chocolate covered sandwich...she believes I'm a genius aunt for inventing it</em>)<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYTB9waLtdws52ThRZr5MTsIu4Fd_Oo1qrZ2PZstF0qmTWXTNHTzPtj-rguJjqeVlL2KG6Hy-MfRoi1ZDLGLPbu3FhQOxsZcROVGFClgsY4uMBtXuequrpfmWRUMLPbjKkYTTV3GQGKKW9/s1600-h/cami+and+felicity+010.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386697153077753858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYTB9waLtdws52ThRZr5MTsIu4Fd_Oo1qrZ2PZstF0qmTWXTNHTzPtj-rguJjqeVlL2KG6Hy-MfRoi1ZDLGLPbu3FhQOxsZcROVGFClgsY4uMBtXuequrpfmWRUMLPbjKkYTTV3GQGKKW9/s320/cami+and+felicity+010.jpg" /></a>Decorating brownies with powdered sugar...<em>ahem</em>...I mean flour stars.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJrC7_aQI7QATsUcLqsIlVLLkO4ed-ha63jH_qsMFJmlH7wDfCOeHEMuSHoUIVgLRy5s5cCuEZ_d2SuwgjBfHJyDzhEe6W7zPwjB4dadkcoD4p62XditNnUO2ZrHABZP11ITldAIvmuix3/s1600-h/cami+and+felicity+012.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386696234374723138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJrC7_aQI7QATsUcLqsIlVLLkO4ed-ha63jH_qsMFJmlH7wDfCOeHEMuSHoUIVgLRy5s5cCuEZ_d2SuwgjBfHJyDzhEe6W7zPwjB4dadkcoD4p62XditNnUO2ZrHABZP11ITldAIvmuix3/s320/cami+and+felicity+012.jpg" /></a><br />Fresh from her nap, Cami watches and learns.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDCP3qJUDAjAbay_Wuv-UmzWmnUBQby8p9aLBKFOBDCCK4BnwkgKXiFgA06lSvX7BlP-iNjY2kax9ZCL192Z101YuG4YMiTDCVE7brLHwcSzXHh9LL_Amn2QhYeBCOLi1dlP6FwICxokE/s1600-h/cami+and+felicity+013.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386696231085331698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDCP3qJUDAjAbay_Wuv-UmzWmnUBQby8p9aLBKFOBDCCK4BnwkgKXiFgA06lSvX7BlP-iNjY2kax9ZCL192Z101YuG4YMiTDCVE7brLHwcSzXHh9LL_Amn2QhYeBCOLi1dlP6FwICxokE/s320/cami+and+felicity+013.jpg" /></a><br />Reward time again.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrejGXguXwvx-az5jTKQgiqHy21ep-AqJOhSUg74VRPLbUvyfK-r4ADGp-7zGkuPAUz-0sXhynZuAS359jotqEM3juOh73iQqkC8Sd8avTQpj0aZYD-5PL4kJ1nwa8I5kotz_DLpB8l_O/s1600-h/cami+and+felicity+016.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386696223536578066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrejGXguXwvx-az5jTKQgiqHy21ep-AqJOhSUg74VRPLbUvyfK-r4ADGp-7zGkuPAUz-0sXhynZuAS359jotqEM3juOh73iQqkC8Sd8avTQpj0aZYD-5PL4kJ1nwa8I5kotz_DLpB8l_O/s320/cami+and+felicity+016.jpg" /></a><br />No, we can't share with Cami.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4l4HPK5FLb5cLJ6RNknQMJgmOIyikeGyoNUXn7ZY35XaeO9U6DXj1GDgH9vd9P-8EzCGqOViGN1_X26XmCJGhadi0T0JDcdCEu4XSx9F1UhrJOP_Cdbif4V3Jo8SqkZgn70CPHpWj28eQ/s1600-h/cami+and+felicity+015.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386696211640097634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4l4HPK5FLb5cLJ6RNknQMJgmOIyikeGyoNUXn7ZY35XaeO9U6DXj1GDgH9vd9P-8EzCGqOViGN1_X26XmCJGhadi0T0JDcdCEu4XSx9F1UhrJOP_Cdbif4V3Jo8SqkZgn70CPHpWj28eQ/s320/cami+and+felicity+015.jpg" /></a><br />But we can share with everyone else! </div><br /><div align="center">Want one??<br /><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUtu7eTMw89TpZkX7jpqP86Cyk3GF4cCazvZcod8ijXPXezsgF_HGzhBBmsGB5YxbjGByZeK-fzfQUqHAvSEhozXRrF5n5Bj4XR3Se2sMLK0rWkKMxJU3CMcxLVCs5YXBPXW7QW_aGlwq/s1600-h/cami+and+felicity+017.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386696207611517378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUtu7eTMw89TpZkX7jpqP86Cyk3GF4cCazvZcod8ijXPXezsgF_HGzhBBmsGB5YxbjGByZeK-fzfQUqHAvSEhozXRrF5n5Bj4XR3Se2sMLK0rWkKMxJU3CMcxLVCs5YXBPXW7QW_aGlwq/s320/cami+and+felicity+017.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" /> </div></div>JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107318774423310907.post-14203270424444443152009-09-27T19:20:00.000-07:002009-09-28T18:08:57.300-07:00Confessions of a (don't) wanna-be cookThis will come as no surprise to those who know me well, but I'm no Rachael Ray in the kitchen. In fact I may be the extreme opposite. It's not that I lack the skill alone, but the desire to cook up scrumptious concoctions somehow escapes me. I also fall short of the enthusiasm required to earn the title as "chef." Though I'm a little <em>too</em> enthusiastic when it comes to consuming yummy edibles others have willingly put forth effort to make for me.<br /><br />The word "cook" to me is a negative verb meaning a dreaded chore I must do when we can't go out or order out. And it usually involves sweating so that adds to the negativity. I inherited this attitude and dislike from my mother and we both know it and admit it. I would say it's just not in our DNA, but my Mamaw was famous for countless delectable dishes and her dinner parties were not something to miss. She found much joy in preparing many a meal in her country Tennessee kitchen and I'm thankful for those food-filled memories.<br /><br />For whatever reason, I do enjoy baking. Perhaps my sweet tooth has something to do with it, but I'm always game for mixing up a batch of chocolate chip cookies from scratch. I think baking brings with it a much more enjoyable reward. Plus it's usually easier and involves ingredients with which I'm more familiar.<br />When my best friend and I were teenagers we officially changed the name "cookies" to "bakies" (<em>in case you hadn't heard</em>), reason being obviously that the popular dessert is in fact baked, not cooked. And I being no expert, had no idea of the difference but took her word for it and did my best to promote the new title.<br /><br />Another obstacle I face...spices intimidate me. We didn't even register for a spice rack when we got married because I wouldn't know what to do with them. There are way too many kinds and they come with so many rules (<em>which are not included on the jar</em>) and I never know how much to use (<em>I'm usually safe with a pinch, right?) </em>I'm sure there's a "Spices for Dummies" available, but again, I lack the desire to learn. Sometimes I stand in the spice aisle at the grocery and just stare at the neatly alphabetized array of little jars. On occasion I might pick one up out of curiosity, only to get frustrated at the absence of information on the label. No list of ingredients or nutrition facts or instructions for use like I'm in the habit of finding. I just want to know what paprika can do for me!<br /><br />No, honestly I don't care.<br /><br />Herbs are another thing that confuse the heck out of me. I know they are so beneficial but I wish I would learn more about them. There are so many that have peculiar and helpful uses. I know fresh lavender repels flees from Harley's bed. And at one time I used Wild Yam as a contraceptive. Heck there may even be an herb to help increase my desire to cook. Yet I remain clueless to that answer seeing as I don't care enough to pursue it. Sad. Herbs are supposed to be somewhat simple to grow but I've made two unsuccessful attempts at it in my kitchen window. The cilantro grew tall enough to laugh at me, then keeled over and died. As for the rosemary I purchased at the farmer's market... I think I breathed on it wrong or something. And the mint must've heard about my reputation before it even dared to surface. I'm okay with this herbal rejection because my aloe plant is presently thriving on the back porch.<br /><br />There are a few things I <em>do</em> enjoy doing in the kitchen.<br />I like chopping vegetables. I don't know why but I get a kick out of chopping up everything in my veggie drawer and tossing it in a pot with water to cook for a couple hours. There. That's dinner at our house. I didn't have to measure, read a recipe, saute something, marinate, or tenderize. And sometimes I even get brave and sprinkle in some marjoram (<em>thanks to my sis-in-law for introducing it to me</em>.) My thing with chopping is I don't always know how much to chop off. Like how far down the broccoli stalk? Harley gets it anyway so it doesn't go to waste. Also with celery and asparagus...there should be some kind of cut line on those stems.<br /><br />I also like <em>being</em> in the kitchen. I like to clean it (<em>I'm weird</em>), organize the counter tops, consolidate the cabinets, unload the dishwasher, and rid the frig of old condiments. It's odd but my favorite part about having the families over for dinner is the clean-up afterwards. I mean, not favorite over spending time with them, but favorite thing to be done in the kitchen.<br /><br /><br />I like creating things. Not casseroles and souffle's, but more along the lines of salads and wraps. Those are things I can make pretty. Making baby food has been my most recent creative outlet in the kitchen. I'm thinking about posting some of my scrumptious baby recipes to share with the world. (<em>One of them uses mini-muffin pans so it's kinda like baking</em>.)<br /><br /><br />I have been known to find and follow a new recipe from time to time. Those internet sites categorize them according to the level of difficulty so I only look at the ones labeled as "easy" and then choose the shortest one.<br /><br />**Tip: "Easy" in recipe world doesn't always mean the same <em>easy</em> as we're used to.<br /><br /><br />I get pretty proud of myself if I actually follow through with an entire recipe and it ends up being our dinner. Josh is usually very impressed because he too is familiar with my lack of cooking interest. Though sometimes he walks in from work only to find his disheartened wife scooping or scraping something onto dinner plates. The following conversations may or may not have taken place in our kitchen in the recent past:<br /><br /><br />“What's the matter?”<br /><br />“I cooked it wrong.”<br /><br />“What do you mean by wrong? It's salmon. What did you do?”<br /><br />“I don't know! I just cooked it! But I did it wrong!”<br /><br />“Well, how hard can it be? It looks fine to me. Let's just eat.”<br /><br /><em>crunch, crunch, crunch</em><br /><br />“Maybe it's just a little overdone...”<br /><br />“FINE! Harley's getting an expensive meal tonight and we're having cereal...again!!” (<em>sob</em>)<br /><br />Or that one time I tried to copy the ingredients from a Kashi microwave dinner because it was so good. I had <em>almos</em>t all the ingredients listed on the box... ginger and sesame seeds couldn't be too important.<br /><br />“Just try it.”<br /><br />“What's in it?”<br /><br />“You'll see... it's all good stuff!”<br /><br />“Like what?” - <em>sniffing bowl of unfamiliar goodness</em><br /><br />“Oh just rice and black beans and peppers...and some other stuff.”<br /><br /><em>taste, taste, taste</em><br /><br />“Is that mango?!”<br /><br />“Oh yeah, that too. Isn't it good?”<br /><br />“Um, have you tasted it yet?”<br /><br />“Of course I have.” - <em>defensively</em><br /><br />“Okay, well you know I don't like mango...um, where did you say you got this recipe?”<br /><br />“Well I didn't have <em>all</em> the ingredients but I made some substitutes and it's really healthy!”<br /><br />“Okaaay...so what else do we have to eat.”<br /><br /><em>sob, sob, sob</em><br /><br />I blame it on the ginger shortage.<br /><br /><br /><br />My husband is far from being a picky eater and I have to give him props for being such a good sport and sincere supporter of my efforts, though usually disastrous.<br />Our dinners usually include something like: grilled chicken breast (<em>over-cooked because I'm paranoid about salmonella poisoning</em>) seasoned with the seasoning mix I got from the farmer's market, rice or sweet potato, and steamed broccoli or cauliflower drizzled with coconut oil. Simple and yummy! Then we have popcorn and apples later while we watch TV.<br /><br />Now wouldn't you love to join us for dinner one of these days?<br />Don't worry, we'll order wings.<br /><br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSz4AGoib6u2GuzuubyK22lJVl91uJGj4OaFwMIsbcq9TJMkScWHT_E35SahaMDPhZeeZEU9OfiNpVk8neZ4As4JCpHgN52HnGjF6T2ELK3CZWfTeV4G0ZIKi3lU-6amOSs4TINkhlZ5Ec/s320/Signature.png" />JiLL @ Lellowbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176405998671594272noreply@blogger.com3