tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87521812107806088522024-02-02T02:10:45.119-08:00the PALLOZZIsEric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.comBlogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-64999058037286803742011-08-23T11:29:00.000-07:002011-08-23T12:32:19.111-07:00new blogsite!!!!<div style="text-align: center;">Hey guys!!!
<br />the past 2 years or so blogger has been good to me... but I am changing from blogger to wordpress...
<br />let's just say there were some better options available.
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<br />new website: www.spallozzi.wordpress.com
<br /></div>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-40193419185719209102011-08-20T11:29:00.000-07:002011-08-20T11:50:19.938-07:0010 months<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">happy 10 months!</span>
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<br /><p style="text-align: center;">our sweet gems is already 10 months old...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">happy 10 month birthday!</span>
<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">she is the<span style="font-size:130%;"> best baby ever</span>.</p><p style="text-align: center;">i can't believe she will be 1 in just 2 short months!</p><p style="text-align: center;">
<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9SQkkIbY-NYFLdDKI3Fr211csNC-6FUGt8TNyG3xAV0dk4UWWSe9Fn478hahx4xiG9_mLeM7FkEpZFeblqINzcjzVWO3-NvIuu73O3OzrvAX7-56H-5-EizOLpqyvyJoyohe2LGB7UU/s1600/10months1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9SQkkIbY-NYFLdDKI3Fr211csNC-6FUGt8TNyG3xAV0dk4UWWSe9Fn478hahx4xiG9_mLeM7FkEpZFeblqINzcjzVWO3-NvIuu73O3OzrvAX7-56H-5-EizOLpqyvyJoyohe2LGB7UU/s400/10months1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643010643912386946" border="0" /></a></p> Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-26553942592801887912011-08-19T10:03:00.000-07:002011-08-19T12:57:07.755-07:00welcome avery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsNdLi3knuQjN8XgMwurprGv1rjI04-sHjnEjg8SyaFy50zObWRei7xroGVJA6tzvSN2PFFS1FfGC6BalBV7MfIf2G5C-XfWGpw6uVpwMsO6HN_FSalhLxdWa6ui68WWvYaANXzOBL9U/s1600/avery.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsNdLi3knuQjN8XgMwurprGv1rjI04-sHjnEjg8SyaFy50zObWRei7xroGVJA6tzvSN2PFFS1FfGC6BalBV7MfIf2G5C-XfWGpw6uVpwMsO6HN_FSalhLxdWa6ui68WWvYaANXzOBL9U/s400/avery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642657951663515042" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center;">gemma is <span style="font-size:130%;">so excited</span> to have a new little girl cousin</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgkQVku1rnenNuolb64zjy3-w_x189LvcHzLufBtOBxoTtOnQQG1T_pmdaxuuZ-rr6_WC_63jlf6kfcAsM-UGszJCUpYwVYnL5prQFBX3Im17Yc4lLliFKX8Lp_JTO62VkJaybb14Suo/s1600/welcome4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgkQVku1rnenNuolb64zjy3-w_x189LvcHzLufBtOBxoTtOnQQG1T_pmdaxuuZ-rr6_WC_63jlf6kfcAsM-UGszJCUpYwVYnL5prQFBX3Im17Yc4lLliFKX8Lp_JTO62VkJaybb14Suo/s400/welcome4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642657788922693666" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">eric, gemma and i stayed with the 3 kiddos while ryan and adrian were in the hospital.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-eRqaNdxcRlU-Sl0yTVY8kQb2vatem2J9K6SBwp4J8cabyKOZssLDDUci-pQkI7hRdc2LQ_s-gdP4rJQlFLKqg3OA0Y7J_cvoULmLtW1CTA9aoiJKjXHAv0gbFIQ5Hn2Dff1H7LiBAI/s1600/welcome2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-eRqaNdxcRlU-Sl0yTVY8kQb2vatem2J9K6SBwp4J8cabyKOZssLDDUci-pQkI7hRdc2LQ_s-gdP4rJQlFLKqg3OA0Y7J_cvoULmLtW1CTA9aoiJKjXHAv0gbFIQ5Hn2Dff1H7LiBAI/s400/welcome2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642657637731157218" border="0" /></a></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;">the day they came home we thought it would be fun to welcome baby avery home with a <span style="font-size:130%;">'welcome home' </span><span style="font-size:130%;">sign.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbRcYCqAjY4YhSuLIenLCCZ6NdgXhf7YOeQ1ZQJswvSPLKsIij4Aw17DsYR0k5jHlHwJYIL39NZzDHB8dAsKqUa1T79yxCZwFEADMkZ3Jdvcn15nwbsSWQFija6EX2n50b_6Goqb1w-s/s1600/welcome1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbRcYCqAjY4YhSuLIenLCCZ6NdgXhf7YOeQ1ZQJswvSPLKsIij4Aw17DsYR0k5jHlHwJYIL39NZzDHB8dAsKqUa1T79yxCZwFEADMkZ3Jdvcn15nwbsSWQFija6EX2n50b_6Goqb1w-s/s400/welcome1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642657559746513922" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">of course, <span style="font-size:130%;">everyone </span>had to have a sign to hold, even gemma.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VBbVLFRNqL9H1tyhKpNV05JTX-V1dhjqwAnnrTObzYcX-6DWz4FOzqZyiOcQ-x8bP9FoA6SbV-oo7flGdwDeCOv8qCRox37IOy8O8m2TA44Xn-Li1s83l0adGWvICTzLj-EnFgCSWZ8/s1600/welcome3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3VBbVLFRNqL9H1tyhKpNV05JTX-V1dhjqwAnnrTObzYcX-6DWz4FOzqZyiOcQ-x8bP9FoA6SbV-oo7flGdwDeCOv8qCRox37IOy8O8m2TA44Xn-Li1s83l0adGWvICTzLj-EnFgCSWZ8/s400/welcome3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642657714401602114" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">we love you avery!
<br /></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-74542195712010923362011-08-15T15:34:00.000-07:002011-08-15T15:49:07.641-07:007 reasons why<p style="text-align: center;">why i <span style="font-size:130%;">like</span> mowing the lawn:</p><p style="text-align: center;">*<span style="font-size:130%;">instant gratification</span>... if you wait long enough to cut the grass, it is so long, that the second you swipe over it with the mower it <span style="font-size:130%;">looks 10x's better</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">*get a <span style="font-size:130%;">nice tan</span>...just slip on a tanktop (not a t-shirt) unless you want a funny tan line</p><p style="text-align: center;">*it is completely mindless work</p><p style="text-align: center;">*the cut grass lasts longer than 5 minutes...<span style="font-size:180%;">unlike</span> <span style="font-size:130%;">housework, dishes, and laundry</span>, the lawn will at least stay short for a couple of days, maybe even a week</p><p style="text-align: center;">*i feel like i get a workout without working out...<span style="font-size:130%;">just pulling on the cord to start the push mower is like lifting 20 pound weights</span> 10 or 20 times (depending on how long it takes me to start it)</p><p style="text-align: center;">*<span style="font-size:180%;">i like to do things for my husband</span>...this usually surprises him and is one less thing he has to do</p><p style="text-align: center;">*it <span style="font-size:130%;">inspires</span> me to do other things around the outside of the house, as far as gardening, to make it look nice
<br /></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-46451009961651877432011-08-10T09:10:00.000-07:002011-08-10T09:23:52.055-07:00just because i love you<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4KCzBfuT8WBi_3jLc8v5ejXll6QJdEzi3dTFaWyF5n02qKZx_CVZAm_hAvdG7Oew6n8Be2iQt-5ug1nfrOnfyPUwKxrXu6B3XuAWegUusja3q4VPZ1iGQ-CxL27mJA5Xqh3Wcf2RdJM/s1600/Image08102011110640.jpg"><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/AVvXsEhr4KCzBfuT8WBi_3jLc8v5ejXll6QJdEzi3dTFaWyF5n02qKZx_CVZAm_hAvdG7Oew6n8Be2iQt-5ug1nfrOnfyPUwKxrXu6B3XuAWegUusja3q4VPZ1iGQ-CxL27mJA5Xqh3Wcf2RdJM/s400/Image08102011110640.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639263107714442738" border="0" /></a>
<br />o sweet gems!!!!!
<br />i am absolutely, positively in love with you!!
<br />my heart is bursting
<br />everything you do just makes my heart melt
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<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzHGPBwydrC2MP7fVzoKXQgVO1DwU4EjtwXKqp67NfxG_lJM-B9XOtMIqt6aErE2S6nMuyGtlC-hOdKv90f6Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-2424249851994525262011-08-09T14:56:00.000-07:002011-08-09T15:08:09.190-07:00guess that attitude?<p style="text-align: center;">eric has been teaching a sunday school class for the last few months</p><p style="text-align: center;">right now he is focusing on <span style="font-size:130%;">Jesus' attitudes.</span> each week he highlights a different attitude that the kids should work on. attitudes like... respect, pride, selfishness, etc...</p><p style="text-align: center;">each week he records a video of himself portraying the bad attitude and then the way he should have handled the situation.
<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">the series is called... <span style="font-size:180%;">'little boy eric' </span>
<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">he got quite creative with his video for next week...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">can you guess the <span style="font-size:180%;">attitude</span> they will be discussing next week??</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">starring: <span style="font-size:130%;">my <span style="font-size:180%;">hilarious</span> husband</span> (who also did all the editing)</p><p style="text-align: center;">( i am the recorder and the mystery 'mom' voice...which by the way we did eat those leftovers that night right before our recording session)
<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzczlN-BEtPg7iD47zwuTfgsI05DQMNZsqdBIrwBWHQ0ffvQb-kxAOhHDMpUhVdr7z_Os6QflndNhpN3UVfuw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-32326311028380194682011-08-08T07:43:00.000-07:002011-08-08T08:04:28.748-07:009 1/2 months<div style="text-align: center;">9 month stats:
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">weight- 18lbs
<br /></div>length- 26in
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<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2jAy2iXPa26nr_U5yYL_d3B_LfK0tDb-3cdvTzuiG_5BnPbfnvoy3a2QX5lekb5MkO8fTTdXNRI-eYbuffNdpu2Bhpnl_JVrh_UIVE8HXDSlLk79OVp68PK43cCSNB0Wz9IldFnn7eU/s1600/9.5months2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2jAy2iXPa26nr_U5yYL_d3B_LfK0tDb-3cdvTzuiG_5BnPbfnvoy3a2QX5lekb5MkO8fTTdXNRI-eYbuffNdpu2Bhpnl_JVrh_UIVE8HXDSlLk79OVp68PK43cCSNB0Wz9IldFnn7eU/s400/9.5months2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638496503537343234" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">
<br />her gramm bought her some really fun toys this week.
<br />gemma loved them and when i would take them away from her she kept looking at me and then the toys and would sign 'please'.
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMitn-JzhrjzpWW46CKaIxXocWM4WpgpNDLMV2gVHK8wFj-umSgumcIHX9HzTWOqLlP4P0OKrtJC2rarHKu8MxIuZVIknm_QABLL9pb6MaBm2bjCtCqRiSxe3G-_A0wuQ6W9Gdg9sy9dU/s1600/9.5months1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMitn-JzhrjzpWW46CKaIxXocWM4WpgpNDLMV2gVHK8wFj-umSgumcIHX9HzTWOqLlP4P0OKrtJC2rarHKu8MxIuZVIknm_QABLL9pb6MaBm2bjCtCqRiSxe3G-_A0wuQ6W9Gdg9sy9dU/s400/9.5months1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638496502307380130" border="0" /></a>she literally signs 'please' all. the. time. for. everything.
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFCO_07Ws2xPgPKohhH9KyJQkE_NgyWsXwsk1CGb5S2NpKdbroi5GJiWrlYDGvh4Y1ANYPYttAzyPkgE8NnGB3ioKaFn3gIQ9zhavyt3tSx0ZR2N6bAXtkk6LJVxPe3xWICJkcoc8oAQ/s1600/9.5months.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFCO_07Ws2xPgPKohhH9KyJQkE_NgyWsXwsk1CGb5S2NpKdbroi5GJiWrlYDGvh4Y1ANYPYttAzyPkgE8NnGB3ioKaFn3gIQ9zhavyt3tSx0ZR2N6bAXtkk6LJVxPe3xWICJkcoc8oAQ/s400/9.5months.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638496497138946498" border="0" /></a>
<br />and <strike>she is just so easy to say no to </strike>how can i resist when she is being so polite and cute..... i can't!
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<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvNZhQi0DwPnyJ1DNkRDJJ-2GW8sryncwKlX-Ty7Luh6xJz8h3h1N0CehnNA8aHIngYrb4A-WK5AWZlqgA4P0KX2g6OhjrEp1saucaR1qSXkt5etFWzOt7JmAnm0l7A01LrT5aMvnA4s/s1600/912months.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvNZhQi0DwPnyJ1DNkRDJJ-2GW8sryncwKlX-Ty7Luh6xJz8h3h1N0CehnNA8aHIngYrb4A-WK5AWZlqgA4P0KX2g6OhjrEp1saucaR1qSXkt5etFWzOt7JmAnm0l7A01LrT5aMvnA4s/s400/912months.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638496511111659122" border="0" /></a>
<br />anyway one of the toys is a bucket type toy with a mirror in the bottom of it.
<br />the last picture is gemma sticking her face in it so she can see herself in the mirror!
<br /></div><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXTLGZPQSBvxEeYpk-j0HMurzPTYlsqyeg5RoKN2siExqJ0MzN9A3iDNpOo2J1dwhW9e17VrnyJz9XOn2K5VUFLbdqWZGevtHttr3ORERYu0mFVitEO9vQuejoRhju43pYXgjy5zoVew/s1600/9.5months3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXTLGZPQSBvxEeYpk-j0HMurzPTYlsqyeg5RoKN2siExqJ0MzN9A3iDNpOo2J1dwhW9e17VrnyJz9XOn2K5VUFLbdqWZGevtHttr3ORERYu0mFVitEO9vQuejoRhju43pYXgjy5zoVew/s400/9.5months3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638496510593811474" border="0" /></a></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-51031670194742269472011-08-05T08:43:00.000-07:002011-08-05T08:56:16.048-07:00its official<p style="text-align: center;">i never thought it would happen to me but it has...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FRNEhwiWat6ula47iNOy4H2fOC43DzfykmNhUBh29Wd9R55GtTuZS2IjNj_rXhMFRGraDyQ6w_zW7LGkf-3BKu8ubPqz2h_Ra6BHpfIVuORe444llqQP97h33GXu0SyozVJt5zKnxLA/s1600/before2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FRNEhwiWat6ula47iNOy4H2fOC43DzfykmNhUBh29Wd9R55GtTuZS2IjNj_rXhMFRGraDyQ6w_zW7LGkf-3BKu8ubPqz2h_Ra6BHpfIVuORe444llqQP97h33GXu0SyozVJt5zKnxLA/s400/before2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637398876328521346" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">i have gone crazy.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDNw8eRqxgER01cdK233lCy84-EfwzNhI4RYlbFn4SO0Z5016f3LQ3POK2uXAN2JWj07XhB3p27iy_CttQsTrHd-fk-GeFeIGMraawzxWFFp2jev0-pig3XYCvKN4sJk4q_zezBsJtKE/s1600/after2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDNw8eRqxgER01cdK233lCy84-EfwzNhI4RYlbFn4SO0Z5016f3LQ3POK2uXAN2JWj07XhB3p27iy_CttQsTrHd-fk-GeFeIGMraawzxWFFp2jev0-pig3XYCvKN4sJk4q_zezBsJtKE/s400/after2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637398866952367842" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">remember <a href="http://spallozzi.blogspot.com/2011/08/purple-room.html">the purple room</a>? since then i spotted some paint in our garage that the previous owners left here.</p><p style="text-align: center;">there were lots of different paints left here...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigiHIOzs3XLeEchD_RcskQc3s7ETYNkyArBbqG9Ks73AUuX2WG31937wgNIDonFxnDHcnh37qMzKD-amWqbUkSI1MGQ88sMdVabbL8xhly5QVy8ua5XwZtE-vWvXeUv8MDDx9ANUAn3TE/s1600/before1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigiHIOzs3XLeEchD_RcskQc3s7ETYNkyArBbqG9Ks73AUuX2WG31937wgNIDonFxnDHcnh37qMzKD-amWqbUkSI1MGQ88sMdVabbL8xhly5QVy8ua5XwZtE-vWvXeUv8MDDx9ANUAn3TE/s400/before1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637398872296141554" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">my favorite?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">mandarin orange</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZbwY5nGoylO25gYpcxRMWcD_6NpCuk-goKQoO_sG7ENXAig5yzKXOcFrAdXsZwLFSmZdvpQv1Xbw9Xxzyxyi8m6gxZmp5yN25KuYbeG8O1N99Mx7mW5g9j2QEU-G2D3nyHd0kLvU84k/s1600/after1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ZbwY5nGoylO25gYpcxRMWcD_6NpCuk-goKQoO_sG7ENXAig5yzKXOcFrAdXsZwLFSmZdvpQv1Xbw9Xxzyxyi8m6gxZmp5yN25KuYbeG8O1N99Mx7mW5g9j2QEU-G2D3nyHd0kLvU84k/s400/after1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637398862656919778" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">i couldn't resist so yesterday i got to work and finished off the laundry room in just a few hours. </p><p style="text-align: center;">so now... even though i still <span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://spallozzi.blogspot.com/2011/03/mounds-and-i-dont-mean-chocolate-and.html">hate doing laundry</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;">at least now i will enjoy going into the room even though what the room symbolizes is no fun.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNz0BWbvQBHP8n_tMs1XpORrUNvGDUPx7C9EerH0ivInPgXrujzs4qDuJJ8TH2SJTtY3MTfkBm84YA0JAEWFpRubBA390n0HDtK9T7ur_b6IqWojiJo6JjS6pnJWDs9jzc9Sdy3QQbVI/s1600/littlehelper.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNz0BWbvQBHP8n_tMs1XpORrUNvGDUPx7C9EerH0ivInPgXrujzs4qDuJJ8TH2SJTtY3MTfkBm84YA0JAEWFpRubBA390n0HDtK9T7ur_b6IqWojiJo6JjS6pnJWDs9jzc9Sdy3QQbVI/s400/littlehelper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637400029808140482" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">(this picture of gemma doesn't really have to do with painting,<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">but i just couldn't resist her sweet face)<br /></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-80851942994910335012011-08-03T08:42:00.000-07:002011-08-03T08:48:48.711-07:00our little visitor<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iFl7Dl3i8tbi3Ok5ZnedWij_rJJGT-hsWP3X3dlzIEpU9iip3mgqi8k_4m5CThcoeGfH4-BEkHPr8nYcGrvrsX4aBBtY4IT5VsWrJC7bs1hJa2dRybAvUGaqV0dIQ-XrmIKMF9K4Pic/s1600/lizard1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iFl7Dl3i8tbi3Ok5ZnedWij_rJJGT-hsWP3X3dlzIEpU9iip3mgqi8k_4m5CThcoeGfH4-BEkHPr8nYcGrvrsX4aBBtY4IT5VsWrJC7bs1hJa2dRybAvUGaqV0dIQ-XrmIKMF9K4Pic/s400/lizard1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636656390932090914" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;">we had a little visitor in our house the other day.</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OCJ3zxN8fK7pqalibQih9jqR0o_w1nd31OI70bWxJj-9zfKjP95Gy7gHOWS1wIET8b5areEA_Xe6hmJkDQdYnLgL1fxI8JGthz_KU_AqYNOJbZsyTzILm7qxgBBgOtOX26TIkG96Ygw/s1600/lizard2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OCJ3zxN8fK7pqalibQih9jqR0o_w1nd31OI70bWxJj-9zfKjP95Gy7gHOWS1wIET8b5areEA_Xe6hmJkDQdYnLgL1fxI8JGthz_KU_AqYNOJbZsyTzILm7qxgBBgOtOX26TIkG96Ygw/s400/lizard2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636656854117865762" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">i guess he decided to make our home his</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIeULUKaiWEF_h-sH8QdVPb_4ImdqJkaCHrBJ7HkahLSIcgNXeGvdD7gU5oGpCkQPjlk69BMg2DlgX4uJol3iRdlPo8Tc9tD7HyQtz-KqKq9JSGzn_fUZce-IYPKPZ46tLYd987J58ic/s1600/lizard3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIeULUKaiWEF_h-sH8QdVPb_4ImdqJkaCHrBJ7HkahLSIcgNXeGvdD7gU5oGpCkQPjlk69BMg2DlgX4uJol3iRdlPo8Tc9tD7HyQtz-KqKq9JSGzn_fUZce-IYPKPZ46tLYd987J58ic/s400/lizard3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636656403548591570" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">how about a close up</span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TjdfZasppkTqaW5H5YscvG4Ue91claywnIWYO03LAPzmEULjBZaADRJEtzPTq2ucSjKX1cMIH6vToJU_5Rjvv8NH1Pm4anBFwtZdxRWBLSD_bDp3ddGt_bu28vpxro13ZcqNDZ590xo/s1600/lizard4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TjdfZasppkTqaW5H5YscvG4Ue91claywnIWYO03LAPzmEULjBZaADRJEtzPTq2ucSjKX1cMIH6vToJU_5Rjvv8NH1Pm4anBFwtZdxRWBLSD_bDp3ddGt_bu28vpxro13ZcqNDZ590xo/s400/lizard4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636656409261252194" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">the two fearless lizard catchers, cornered him in the kitchen, caught him, and put him outside to find a different residence instead of ours.</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4wzJpdQ6VOvq5e1RLhRlqpWtkMOpihH_CAM4ogU9mDDjH9JX524scLA6_c7LlPlSBVcUDC8-JLkbKCO9Ld526ggDpo8unbvl1kDsvjoEEpSwkDnNe9fbTIlYWszYXAH8ZJHK_3cxaDA/s1600/lizard5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4wzJpdQ6VOvq5e1RLhRlqpWtkMOpihH_CAM4ogU9mDDjH9JX524scLA6_c7LlPlSBVcUDC8-JLkbKCO9Ld526ggDpo8unbvl1kDsvjoEEpSwkDnNe9fbTIlYWszYXAH8ZJHK_3cxaDA/s400/lizard5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636656418214220914" border="0" /></a></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-68505583638304037372011-08-02T10:06:00.001-07:002011-08-02T10:16:52.548-07:00the purple room<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbO2cOLe1wTdrGPz-HINJ1qql2_fw0bbOZ7aJvzC6aSCrH6OlcyJTD6M4BCt8r0j1QB3l-TuAugrkCifhAYhysTjcOcjO2a9aU6fAP9yy4S8Rty9OZyVBU2hOjxGzDuwcnDjre0TSHhR0/s1600/purpleroom1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbO2cOLe1wTdrGPz-HINJ1qql2_fw0bbOZ7aJvzC6aSCrH6OlcyJTD6M4BCt8r0j1QB3l-TuAugrkCifhAYhysTjcOcjO2a9aU6fAP9yy4S8Rty9OZyVBU2hOjxGzDuwcnDjre0TSHhR0/s400/purpleroom1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636306983521969874" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;">i had a blue room in my house...</p><p style="text-align: center;">it wasn't terrible, but it wasn't my favorite either.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">but i needed inspiration. i didn't know what to do with it. <span style="font-size:130%;">then it all came together </span><span style="font-size:130%;">beautifully</span>.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLlyhI_WKOaO-TAISS4rK4UaWXgbRh_GNbqNcMvaUJgJ8e-eam81WnBfAsyX-rTHc5pEuH8ZR1jn0xTGxIMRTxFLRPZG2nlJJPxK6mOoxrWFLlLWh1UknqxJgDhhgKtU2ULyjlpjGUYQ/s1600/purpleroom4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLlyhI_WKOaO-TAISS4rK4UaWXgbRh_GNbqNcMvaUJgJ8e-eam81WnBfAsyX-rTHc5pEuH8ZR1jn0xTGxIMRTxFLRPZG2nlJJPxK6mOoxrWFLlLWh1UknqxJgDhhgKtU2ULyjlpjGUYQ/s400/purpleroom4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636306998663728130" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">a friend of ours found a futon that a neighbor was getting rid of... the best price <span style="font-size:180%;">free</span>. how could we pass up this offer? so we went and picked up the futon, bought a new cover and a couple of pillows and the room looked great.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">besides a few <span style="font-size:180%;">small details</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrKUoE2QTxxQ_6yhlp3uLSYuwSSZb4zxo9dJ67eY0tuDFyKrnqUsQ_k7Hbd9sPgWPsfSc9BaOb9515QsajcW_6eLwbzsM21b_43GPa9cmG3SvnNWIgI-mou1N4JYlIttd2u9xxaFMcsk/s1600/purpleroom3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrKUoE2QTxxQ_6yhlp3uLSYuwSSZb4zxo9dJ67eY0tuDFyKrnqUsQ_k7Hbd9sPgWPsfSc9BaOb9515QsajcW_6eLwbzsM21b_43GPa9cmG3SvnNWIgI-mou1N4JYlIttd2u9xxaFMcsk/s400/purpleroom3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636306996435193714" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">the room did look great with the futon, but it was still blue and didn't match my newly purchased <span style="font-size:130%;">yellow and purple pillows</span>...so what is a girl to do...</p><p style="text-align: center;">the only thing i could possibly do i bought purple paint, of course, and painted three walls purple. the accent wall is an ivory/cream color which we mixed ourselves with some paint that we found in our garage from the previous owners. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqiKEiLYHklPzGzoj87IuAAxHFgOGcCmLWk8GiM2YnQ7iCUFD8XNanMSky7W0wokFGoAbVba_2TIK5KNZHgnB3M0dEp6lni9XOjbL6iDenE9Nl6SnERtglDRwvcQR_YJDZGMrde7j1oRQ/s1600/purpleroom2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqiKEiLYHklPzGzoj87IuAAxHFgOGcCmLWk8GiM2YnQ7iCUFD8XNanMSky7W0wokFGoAbVba_2TIK5KNZHgnB3M0dEp6lni9XOjbL6iDenE9Nl6SnERtglDRwvcQR_YJDZGMrde7j1oRQ/s400/purpleroom2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636306987683178658" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">thanks to the help of some visitors this weekend we finished the entire room in less then 2 hours. i must admit... <span style="font-size:180%;">i love it.</span> i never thought i would like a purple room... <span style="font-size:130%;">but i do!!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVgsdvxZ67UzjdgfmzD8Xq7GPWlwfGBJsRZidt2FiOL-RWJ8M3MBd5oofEXjgDAfwLP8w0ILGYyW8aEinPUlDUgJtqJSziP9D8ymneim4OaJifwhSB4ugLJ3jfh3daHgCjE1Ett9uobI/s1600/purpleroom5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVgsdvxZ67UzjdgfmzD8Xq7GPWlwfGBJsRZidt2FiOL-RWJ8M3MBd5oofEXjgDAfwLP8w0ILGYyW8aEinPUlDUgJtqJSziP9D8ymneim4OaJifwhSB4ugLJ3jfh3daHgCjE1Ett9uobI/s400/purpleroom5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636307002335770066" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">now i am just going to take my time to either buy or paint a perfect picture for the accent wall.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOE5gAnJIzQrccQSxNuJL38gG-iPpGeamWObWgUBsnYDC-YsT7jR-T44hmNup3aodH5QtARVAQl7LHSr4IFpg-OTWA5AxhSiL45eJDIvlraxmR3dybvRLGf0ZxqIxFZDGNODwL4oRwnQQ/s1600/purpleroom6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOE5gAnJIzQrccQSxNuJL38gG-iPpGeamWObWgUBsnYDC-YsT7jR-T44hmNup3aodH5QtARVAQl7LHSr4IFpg-OTWA5AxhSiL45eJDIvlraxmR3dybvRLGf0ZxqIxFZDGNODwL4oRwnQQ/s400/purpleroom6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636308618104912402" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-36099498499535800672011-07-25T16:30:00.000-07:002011-07-25T16:36:53.455-07:00reading with daddy<p style="text-align: center;">the other day i went to Bible study and when i got home this is what i found...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4wLdXrgPmmvyPX6U68NgyIuh7GIvmXATIPz3RZ4ZH1C03Re_5uIHk74QgN-YO24fppvE70BgaibJKgDPEejQDNj0ZVRssYC-4DRmIcbXIVCu93h6J4ij81zDo7N1R2UnNzsB6gbPnhyphenhyphenE/s1600/readingwithdaddycollage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4wLdXrgPmmvyPX6U68NgyIuh7GIvmXATIPz3RZ4ZH1C03Re_5uIHk74QgN-YO24fppvE70BgaibJKgDPEejQDNj0ZVRssYC-4DRmIcbXIVCu93h6J4ij81zDo7N1R2UnNzsB6gbPnhyphenhyphenE/s400/readingwithdaddycollage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633437330824065810" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">the loves of my life reading together.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">gemma has a new found love for books and<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">eric and i love to read to her</p><p style="text-align: center;">so it works out quite nicely.<br /></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-52607111984895009002011-07-21T14:32:00.000-07:002011-07-21T14:41:40.946-07:00just the 2 of us<p style="text-align: center;">trying to plan a surprise date night with the hubs.</p><p style="text-align: center;">it is kind of difficult...and it is actually more of a date afternoon/evening.</p><p style="text-align: center;">it seems like it has been forever since we have been on a date with just the 2 of us. i heard several times before we had gemma that we need to keep spending 'just us' time together. stuff happens though and schedules get <span style="font-size:180%;">crazy</span>.</p><p style="text-align: center;">i am going to make it happen tomorrow though...</p><p style="text-align: center;">plan so far... drop gems off with aunt adrian and the kids, surprise eric at work (he only works 1/2 day on fridays), have a picnic lunch somewhere, <span style="font-size:130%;">this is the part of the date i am not too sure about yet (any suggestions are greatly appreciated; can you think of anything to do on a hot afternoon with the hubsters?),</span> then for dinner i am planning on going out to eat for an early dinner. then we will head back to pick up gems and actually spend the night at ryan and adrian's. (we are going to a wedding saturday so... jenni and tim are staying the night there as well... we are probably going to stay up way to late and eat too much junk food, but that's what makes 'slumber parties fun, right?!) </p><p style="text-align: center;">so that's the plan...i am also planning on bringing my camera to take some pictures of just the two of us. i was trying to find some today and can't find many so i better make that a priority!!</p><p style="text-align: center;">let me know if you have any suggestions as far as something to do on a sunny afternoon!<br /></p><p><br /></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-61645803668748505262011-07-19T14:29:00.000-07:002011-07-19T14:36:54.110-07:00kiddie pool<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXjgJnP4_S0CFGC3znu2XMjJYMgg3SuvQsXBejADdr2TAP7uRs-KxpjOBLJg3i9EK4SDmONu5cO-R1BPnuWmI4bYPkHogtlve3EIFI6Tn_XtDfuFXEZ0iB0hmVvE7EJBaa6m4RZHzN4U/s1600/lilpool4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXjgJnP4_S0CFGC3znu2XMjJYMgg3SuvQsXBejADdr2TAP7uRs-KxpjOBLJg3i9EK4SDmONu5cO-R1BPnuWmI4bYPkHogtlve3EIFI6Tn_XtDfuFXEZ0iB0hmVvE7EJBaa6m4RZHzN4U/s400/lilpool4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631179707415745954" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;">after a hot morning at play group and a nice walk around the park</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuA5XonuXu8ud8FuUVMxk2BNcJGNKCuLElLEKlVTuXEFrrv3pA1JA_aQYaW-H0jYwKimgJxgT3BtP_v3ib9g2ovIMHLtSKFN2NBFZqVp57D2jvWoqEdE7BVLVMJoP9VMEWbZJ56Kysyl8/s1600/lilpool3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuA5XonuXu8ud8FuUVMxk2BNcJGNKCuLElLEKlVTuXEFrrv3pA1JA_aQYaW-H0jYwKimgJxgT3BtP_v3ib9g2ovIMHLtSKFN2NBFZqVp57D2jvWoqEdE7BVLVMJoP9VMEWbZJ56Kysyl8/s400/lilpool3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631179701003387570" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">of course, after a short nap, quick lunch and some time with grandmama<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">we finally got around to...<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0xusrY2jUPePbhOYsaD9pexMQGnCYKyDzV6B0lqgnCJCXVMwhXTmDbZToKUV42te-MXVPFCb47hy2grWluE_l1N-e-g3hTjVJEwEhtzQwRscYsoMAg0W9mEmS0k8wQc6xVVSQ1b1NSw/s1600/lilpool2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0xusrY2jUPePbhOYsaD9pexMQGnCYKyDzV6B0lqgnCJCXVMwhXTmDbZToKUV42te-MXVPFCb47hy2grWluE_l1N-e-g3hTjVJEwEhtzQwRscYsoMAg0W9mEmS0k8wQc6xVVSQ1b1NSw/s400/lilpool2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631179694648776114" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">gemma's new-to-her-kiddie pool</p><p style="text-align: center;">we got a small kiddie pool from some friends and gemma enjoyed it immensely.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNcoKDpKm2vso813VU2cmXWKO00FdxzCPOk7uXKgkt16-qEmPV7kr1TdU9VuMMYCOuFmrvP8YMorWEII9HspuLtXUlSoEULRP926Zejf91uLoHnPCTo6gNZ-ROJlL6aEYgb0sbdEL8Pc/s1600/lilpool1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNcoKDpKm2vso813VU2cmXWKO00FdxzCPOk7uXKgkt16-qEmPV7kr1TdU9VuMMYCOuFmrvP8YMorWEII9HspuLtXUlSoEULRP926Zejf91uLoHnPCTo6gNZ-ROJlL6aEYgb0sbdEL8Pc/s400/lilpool1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631179690865688354" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">i think we will be spending lots of these hot afternoons there.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_D13tybRJDjujtdxbSVcsEIVARyUw96ESxz75Tb8V_6GaO_WTHjV3DuWtTp7_xL3THHDxl8NLCYvvrTuFr8EHYhfu1dwyumTa9eHFIojVNZfjaLMRJ-2azkJhBATAgH-iivAQ-WvzKCA/s1600/lilpool5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_D13tybRJDjujtdxbSVcsEIVARyUw96ESxz75Tb8V_6GaO_WTHjV3DuWtTp7_xL3THHDxl8NLCYvvrTuFr8EHYhfu1dwyumTa9eHFIojVNZfjaLMRJ-2azkJhBATAgH-iivAQ-WvzKCA/s400/lilpool5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631179718888024866" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-49984538268243603482011-07-18T15:13:00.000-07:002011-07-18T15:18:46.857-07:00my girl<div style="text-align: center;">i've got sunshine on a cloudy day</div><p><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDDvmp2hSeo6ggksgxyQIGC1vI_-34daoUF4EYgj2FwN1LJ1zJYN2MjIIdCWh9oMXzA4AGxnHt2ExOa4oNUiJZYYubHBoHDV2EoxJZDlJY8Yk0H5TuzmuD2aSS7rpc9WdxkxYwBg-iHc/s1600/mygirl2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDDvmp2hSeo6ggksgxyQIGC1vI_-34daoUF4EYgj2FwN1LJ1zJYN2MjIIdCWh9oMXzA4AGxnHt2ExOa4oNUiJZYYubHBoHDV2EoxJZDlJY8Yk0H5TuzmuD2aSS7rpc9WdxkxYwBg-iHc/s400/mygirl2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630819633862198706" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">when it's cold outside, i've got the month of may.</p><p><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlkaKcLPwAOgvd_O4lxjSfuBgpSz0qlcE-cM5jTHJG0gHLc6TgjPb2l6qWbZTTLx2p0G7CaCj_RFz9OnAdFUUEUqR5nNer5ZqTA9m6Wg0G5KDp9fHECtvnxoActk2vDw-A1rEOOTgli8/s1600/mygirl3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlkaKcLPwAOgvd_O4lxjSfuBgpSz0qlcE-cM5jTHJG0gHLc6TgjPb2l6qWbZTTLx2p0G7CaCj_RFz9OnAdFUUEUqR5nNer5ZqTA9m6Wg0G5KDp9fHECtvnxoActk2vDw-A1rEOOTgli8/s400/mygirl3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630819637448772754" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">well, i guess you say what can make me feel this way</p><p style="text-align: center;">my girl</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvieXKvZxTyV1eB8XXknqrQ18zGU1yHWd2eML-7vPP7inhVNmg8x4Hl91ObS95fFSoUnMp6FP19aamOzHo_JhtXHZKsOCfpvR85B3LivNa6uH7wGL5ujmgipnAyiMjWKHu8o8QIEyipmU/s1600/mygirl1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvieXKvZxTyV1eB8XXknqrQ18zGU1yHWd2eML-7vPP7inhVNmg8x4Hl91ObS95fFSoUnMp6FP19aamOzHo_JhtXHZKsOCfpvR85B3LivNa6uH7wGL5ujmgipnAyiMjWKHu8o8QIEyipmU/s400/mygirl1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630819628500686770" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">talkin' bout my girl<br /></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-52486722793892187542011-07-16T19:54:00.000-07:002011-07-16T20:08:28.619-07:00whats the magic word<p style="text-align: center;">it is unbelievable how quickly and how young kids can pick up on things.</p><p style="text-align: center;">eric and i have seen the benefits of sign language with babies...</p><p style="text-align: center;">so we have been working on baby sign with gemma. she is doing really well too. she has 'please' down for the most part (with a little help.)<br /></p><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwvfXVvLRkL2mvmzUp3Ainwmga9ZaaE4FZtn7Ae5ARKcA5gNhbUAUyD1u_wniE6qaGVz0FzLTPupNKi9uHAuA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">now we just need to work on 'more' 'thank you' and 'all done'.<br /><br /></div>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-41864499424093587692011-07-16T13:44:00.000-07:002011-07-16T13:50:45.519-07:00maybe we will just name him 'kitty'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfppNFdsBknnx9D1C4s2WF8qEO44zGiK1cBAOfV-FY5mOsTsstBUVHPWBe9TwbFbwTIk1nb3gSnQt1jE5rjPfVMXrxoWZJP1ii95NaYj26u6oVyHG-oD4vEizAXI9l3hJxaNzihUiZ34/s1600/kittykat4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfppNFdsBknnx9D1C4s2WF8qEO44zGiK1cBAOfV-FY5mOsTsstBUVHPWBe9TwbFbwTIk1nb3gSnQt1jE5rjPfVMXrxoWZJP1ii95NaYj26u6oVyHG-oD4vEizAXI9l3hJxaNzihUiZ34/s400/kittykat4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630054790830696082" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;">after 14 years...we said goodbye to the family cat. ole' zeus.</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDI_uP3dqBoX60010PO95gSfgFAXMwwQJmy9gwjcMhpUEjllZcmdRD7Xfd87G2pJ0jF3YHKLn_XcaHEEilq1BPzhbhbuYQ6iZYPu3WIbqp-l4gDmI7suNaeWLUOUX6SwQW4gEsBzOz5U/s1600/kittykat2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDI_uP3dqBoX60010PO95gSfgFAXMwwQJmy9gwjcMhpUEjllZcmdRD7Xfd87G2pJ0jF3YHKLn_XcaHEEilq1BPzhbhbuYQ6iZYPu3WIbqp-l4gDmI7suNaeWLUOUX6SwQW4gEsBzOz5U/s400/kittykat2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630054785396268402" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">it is now time to find a replacement...</p><p><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZEzYuKjb0NOCgmAsPFbSQD0I-nckB9B7SSIbdh4EYeYlJ_WJI2VH4IkSxfMsPaoeiv6WY2UMt7zPnr9yIjreUgITbb9luugQPaFyvA_Yim19ws5kK9oXJXkz3r0KZX4rS91ogvZRiQY/s1600/kittykat1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZEzYuKjb0NOCgmAsPFbSQD0I-nckB9B7SSIbdh4EYeYlJ_WJI2VH4IkSxfMsPaoeiv6WY2UMt7zPnr9yIjreUgITbb9luugQPaFyvA_Yim19ws5kK9oXJXkz3r0KZX4rS91ogvZRiQY/s400/kittykat1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630054780475688642" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">cy and nolan, i think, picked just the right one...</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjNHHhAawVDKQ1lctDNOaeu9hJ5dG9hXeQfIRhc-iYGMLLOFgBPznWL4rUQR4idtiLQr8p4giwUf3JUfV4tVElG80n7CdFQzp0IvY1JrBZ5hLqWT86vD9flHdjyXwokQvGVWlsUlP_94/s1600/kittykat3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjNHHhAawVDKQ1lctDNOaeu9hJ5dG9hXeQfIRhc-iYGMLLOFgBPznWL4rUQR4idtiLQr8p4giwUf3JUfV4tVElG80n7CdFQzp0IvY1JrBZ5hLqWT86vD9flHdjyXwokQvGVWlsUlP_94/s400/kittykat3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630054792971517186" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">he doesn't have a name yet, but he will soon!</p><p style="text-align: center;">(it is either this kitty or another one...i will let you know which one gets chosen)<br /></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-26662606705865232992011-07-15T07:57:00.001-07:002011-07-15T07:59:16.629-07:00good morning<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSVq-BcyvGDRU_zFNEF19EBsa359ELbFeWQsoiCRrueCaUIilpwzuiEsJ4porsjImCLb-PEqh4LZbNXNMhWkbnVIGJ8QSzy7veLplCT6dotprq8xdYAusgPx5fyhN481724gZuZ0N6y8/s1600/Image07152011084041.jpg"><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/AVvXsEiCSVq-BcyvGDRU_zFNEF19EBsa359ELbFeWQsoiCRrueCaUIilpwzuiEsJ4porsjImCLb-PEqh4LZbNXNMhWkbnVIGJ8QSzy7veLplCT6dotprq8xdYAusgPx5fyhN481724gZuZ0N6y8/s400/Image07152011084041.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629593560058084258" border="0" /></a><br />this is the sweet face that i get to see every morning when i go into gemma's room<br /></div><p><br /></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-14258675041198120552011-07-12T11:41:00.001-07:002011-07-12T11:56:21.140-07:00picture post<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjFAx3Ka1P5hIyHiUa3tdpjBD5r1KbO3Wjf-M-yx5j_D2gH6BPrmVoskTW2MhWzZCz5zVfcMSOJOkgSbW8Lc9B2p6Yl09Ylvrtb8k5Hbku9GEyHXmkMJgbFAs-hM7faqRqby62Y5QwjA/s1600/swing6.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfJwE8yG_dlHOCYcOmAvyzWzOr4GunQPDv9N8mceEZjyx3UVZt569iJXsNhF6sqL8hcQFuSN45HdEsNQVz2LjDB9QlixIACPyU5fUxrapO6t_uLKP_QKKTpAa1ygMv0h8w3tqV0X4t9E/s400/swing1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628538757488682434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFiThpHpI3Fz3H6eZKMpTf1_6dsbhYcPXZrw8wPz8rgFFUZCFq-Nz7TtoXzEC-_pFA3p6z34wSoSkF4hZjyC1TcqOrKMhandm9CVKcYSAYQ5dnkJD-OYlWvPvPB_wyaC5naQUKbAl5MUk/s1600/swing5b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFiThpHpI3Fz3H6eZKMpTf1_6dsbhYcPXZrw8wPz8rgFFUZCFq-Nz7TtoXzEC-_pFA3p6z34wSoSkF4hZjyC1TcqOrKMhandm9CVKcYSAYQ5dnkJD-OYlWvPvPB_wyaC5naQUKbAl5MUk/s400/swing5b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628538783137237538" border="0" /></a>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-87134571380158260342011-07-11T09:29:00.000-07:002011-07-11T09:48:54.686-07:00its true<div style="text-align: center;">i knew that this day would eventually get here, but i was wondering just when it would arrive...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAsITmD7J2j4ihBKql5z19BzSbY3EvyhDkWYMlyQercJeuF21t5Y9qB7MbdEZrvvTuBrVEc-fjTpc-_XAoUf9yomNDTZ0eDiMQUiYLMmeNLckcERUFdt7lEJ8eLiapCiF5hobF81E8ug/s1600/Image07112011095954.jpg"><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/AVvXsEjSAsITmD7J2j4ihBKql5z19BzSbY3EvyhDkWYMlyQercJeuF21t5Y9qB7MbdEZrvvTuBrVEc-fjTpc-_XAoUf9yomNDTZ0eDiMQUiYLMmeNLckcERUFdt7lEJ8eLiapCiF5hobF81E8ug/s400/Image07112011095954.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628137539407316802" border="0" /></a><br />gemma really sat up by herself for the first time today!!!!!<br />she has been working up to it, but until today she has been falling either backwards or forwards.<br /></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwWpjSQmnERnULs-HD8gFhRBW_SKc1U1I1FiU0Z61JtdyuSDv2GesGYZ0MbAEd_Vooyqicckb7oycATEv4EVA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br />i thought it was a good day to practice. i figured since she had the sitting up thing down,<br />(well she does for the most part, besides her falling on her face there at the end)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTY473v4zP1slecGHjiXXxzzKVTgxM_6CSQ_zMh3kDSGE_Ymh5DornMpIJlhzzUMXdZdBCqXSjWa-BovLDydpKDoAuTlGQFEYK4RiAI29wqcDftTE8tqCHHGi2ZDbhGKAc7Isd5physU/s1600/Image07112011100944.jpg"><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/AVvXsEhRTY473v4zP1slecGHjiXXxzzKVTgxM_6CSQ_zMh3kDSGE_Ymh5DornMpIJlhzzUMXdZdBCqXSjWa-BovLDydpKDoAuTlGQFEYK4RiAI29wqcDftTE8tqCHHGi2ZDbhGKAc7Isd5physU/s400/Image07112011100944.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628137541583939106" border="0" /></a><br />we might as well work on crawling, she actually didn't do too badly!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzaP3fTHSBcwsjv2MPZKdZZ_Y5p4ZtVqqODdMSxtdf9EY93QeAVZfGQgVu90gYROR3eHZO0e1FxkqjK2pD4Fg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /></div> i am so proud of our sweet gemma!! she is getting so big!<br /></div>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-19399059225211290802011-07-11T06:21:00.000-07:002011-07-11T06:39:00.642-07:00blanket time<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIKRNNQCMVOx_mZ24Dtbl7GGSJlVMoI9joTy2EH9kvIT28VC2BZGFd-8G1MK77YiQZ6TwnosYJN87t1l6qo4CCxVgCbYHNk7NeKYF1KZc-FxmV8h6mwtlaBvc5Eo0Lxpd688KXY8CgmE/s1600/blankettime2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIKRNNQCMVOx_mZ24Dtbl7GGSJlVMoI9joTy2EH9kvIT28VC2BZGFd-8G1MK77YiQZ6TwnosYJN87t1l6qo4CCxVgCbYHNk7NeKYF1KZc-FxmV8h6mwtlaBvc5Eo0Lxpd688KXY8CgmE/s400/blankettime2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628087224353646242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTFY6mouyKDTXxrpRJmfC87Uy_OdVydtUKXfKS0D0P2-tBobP0853PIg31M3v2TN9273H0g_6Rsrnrp8yRwH6-ns6IPa4DGgeueBVN2_w6lCQyzSbDQvYC7kqaTIoW5i4r6Fzb9DiSN0/s1600/blankettime3.jpg"><br /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;">there are <span style="font-size:180%;">so many different aspects to parenting that i know nothing about</span>. in fact, i was just telling eric the other day... 'how in the world did we get through those first months with gemma?' i mean we had no idea what we were doing concerning schedules, feedings, sleeping...you know everything involved with babies. not that we have everything figured out now by any means, but it just seems a little easier now that she is a little older. </p><p style="text-align: center;">there are several ideas that we have gotten concerning parenting that i have been trying to implement throughout our days... thanks to suggestions and advice from various people whom i greatly respect and admire their parenting styles. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6U95gfWBFy6t0Gc9WFc9qWZ7-hQPhQMPJwtZbtLcOwmV8drTolwvbU9k7OujWuzvSKnHVFv46emZbRH1vjRad26BsqlMixX2zStQchLxUZ9h3w75-6jrE6NYX-fGRw5q0PAeR9ABfGls/s1600/blankettime3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6U95gfWBFy6t0Gc9WFc9qWZ7-hQPhQMPJwtZbtLcOwmV8drTolwvbU9k7OujWuzvSKnHVFv46emZbRH1vjRad26BsqlMixX2zStQchLxUZ9h3w75-6jrE6NYX-fGRw5q0PAeR9ABfGls/s400/blankettime3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628084950502285234" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">these suggestions include, reading lots of books, practicing sitting in a high chair (so when we go somewhere she will actually sit in there and we can enjoy our time), swimming tips...</p><p style="text-align: center;">one such suggestion was <span style="font-size:180%;">'blanket time'.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">this includes simply laying a blanket on the floor with a few toys and having gemma stay on it for anywhere from 15-30 minutes. so right now it isnt too effective. she still rolls right off and i am constantly having to put her back on it and say, 'stay on the blanket'.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">i know that she will get it eventually, but for right now we are still in the training process. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwYh3McXNuYg05yqa6pfEacJjFFmquKACu1Cf2e1puXqNSYkKDwN0r2Y1t6D9o81k-QWPJeXJqx0SOh0MkINAZeC5_hDxC4MqjopL5_u8c1-Z3FjLMNrJIncO_GC4W90ewUxZj_S1718/s1600/blankettime1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwYh3McXNuYg05yqa6pfEacJjFFmquKACu1Cf2e1puXqNSYkKDwN0r2Y1t6D9o81k-QWPJeXJqx0SOh0MkINAZeC5_hDxC4MqjopL5_u8c1-Z3FjLMNrJIncO_GC4W90ewUxZj_S1718/s400/blankettime1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628084938900823938" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-51394877201787581052011-07-07T21:27:00.000-07:002011-07-07T21:38:34.861-07:00before & after<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdz_RWgR4IYDYP7dzLUfKHWJmSzM2oz_crPs3POCj14x4KViR0mw_wBQCtMp7TaS2dfLaUAb7LhgYgozC4C3lKwZ-U1tre4Pe6-QBvyEDco0QIb_dOsQaZ3AlMlc2OonTXhiWfjF4F6E/s1600/househunt2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdz_RWgR4IYDYP7dzLUfKHWJmSzM2oz_crPs3POCj14x4KViR0mw_wBQCtMp7TaS2dfLaUAb7LhgYgozC4C3lKwZ-U1tre4Pe6-QBvyEDco0QIb_dOsQaZ3AlMlc2OonTXhiWfjF4F6E/s400/househunt2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626834224471576802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZJyic3VhQLC3fhFyx3CKFxBFzA05LuWmQE5J535wuwpJ4-YEGeTairUchrVHCjFxdGG9cMH5JtG8ZczcQtVV8RqQYX_wfFM4AnQ3YUvyRipAYqlnuZMyGGNsJTvODOXKu1popicFJEQ/s1600/IMG_2407.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZJyic3VhQLC3fhFyx3CKFxBFzA05LuWmQE5J535wuwpJ4-YEGeTairUchrVHCjFxdGG9cMH5JtG8ZczcQtVV8RqQYX_wfFM4AnQ3YUvyRipAYqlnuZMyGGNsJTvODOXKu1popicFJEQ/s400/IMG_2407.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626835109419059986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">one of the hardest things about moving, besides the huge task of unpacking, is deciding on the decorating and painting and colors.<br />i have actually finished the painting in the living room and kitchen...i am now trying to decide what to do in the guest bedroom and the master bedroom.<br />and now the <span style="font-size:180%;">very daunting task of interior decorating</span>... it is so incredibly hard to decide what to decorate the house with.<br /><br />never mind that <span style="font-size:78%;">tiny</span> wreath on the fireplace... haha... i made it, but still haven't found quite the right place for it... and quite obviously it doesn't quite work on my lovely mantle...which, by the way, i can't wait to hang stockings on this christmas!<br /><br />so here are the before and after pictures of the living room and hallway... i didn't get a before picture of the dining room, but here is the 'after'.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">the pictures with the model are the before pictures<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPGmagK6QhWAQBtLfY1QYu7MsNX5zvXF4hXB1M2WbgPcqwbS5c0CZcdySTHXr79xgRikXS6SH-WA6lYzJO5JZQGdQrpW6HCPkSYUYyaUBh_i9nHsTihvMQCxS-lsnWy0iCGRCu1Cg9dR4/s1600/househunt4.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxMkG26hzTMiokOp3_A3TC8Y4QDAldoO_vGNdYygKji4twHYapeRhmK9_8XUUmGpIz8j4V6-6YrqSMH718ZMFaYIUeY7kSjhYCI-3B0N08KJckwZU2ac4pg2xwNnNnCqks195erWN64k/s400/paintedhouse1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626834199093507122" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9FaJZIaWzfM4zyJTc08vWKwotUna_3VIF2FJym_fdNJmbtTWY-D-nzLpj_DJD1d71IYkYfHGIFLEVMRZtLnYcXVXo-eIyusrrhmFuXCJVW75EYQd9AymHI0Gveqhw7KtSSJIQjOLDJM/s1600/paintedhouse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9FaJZIaWzfM4zyJTc08vWKwotUna_3VIF2FJym_fdNJmbtTWY-D-nzLpj_DJD1d71IYkYfHGIFLEVMRZtLnYcXVXo-eIyusrrhmFuXCJVW75EYQd9AymHI0Gveqhw7KtSSJIQjOLDJM/s400/paintedhouse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626834194625841730" border="0" /></a>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-74636105580006552562011-07-06T11:41:00.000-07:002011-07-06T11:44:08.203-07:004th of july<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3XFxzIBDTVzzByYGyIuWv39K0u8sPaMF4eI9BPY8TnLyW5EIRb4Nvsd77bjtPqnHaIf5MTpm-nveNjOYVvOHapjIjh9v9RlEtnMZdYgQW20qY6eRKKDfOzGXaqEnML8vmOgfYCAZF3yM/s1600/firecracker3.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZ1yju2cCu6xRzDry-ZduY9PKeADnPIaFW-dlMj9vsVWD8A2wRGqg1iNJXoTahqlOX483YT2g9QG2moDXY1-gn5ds1LeSe01MHx9SoElQOFrgsv_uKY5j42uW2IPmzfKnr2iHcT6x5-A/s400/15076933215_sgPhb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626311707796672594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p><br /></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-68752954388018326632011-07-02T13:14:00.000-07:002011-07-02T13:41:53.132-07:00random<div style="text-align: center;">yesterday we went to some friends' house from church. they run a wilderness camp for troubled teens and they have lots of horses. they actually use the horses for therapy type activities.<br /><br />i dont know why, but i have this strange fear of horses. i used to love them, maybe i have just psyched myself out about them or something...<br /><br />anyway, they just built this <span style="font-size:180%;"><br />huge horse arena</span>.<br />it was amazing.<br />we all got the chance to ride a horse. (yes, i did make myself ride as well)<br />i knew i couldn't pass up the opportunity to get a picture of gemma riding, so we put her on a horse with uncle ryan and snapped a few.<br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpC5pHIL3znQ0UZJhaSHWOTy-qdelOrSxzL9Bug-0TAIXNzaQIl63vwC0uW6n2HOzMPb5lbrNkEU4wV7QEIc5pdZIdlfxw947OG2n5HGV2nG82g_ACyed6JRsisZmsrnhEpMVyTz852z4/s1600/horseyride.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpC5pHIL3znQ0UZJhaSHWOTy-qdelOrSxzL9Bug-0TAIXNzaQIl63vwC0uW6n2HOzMPb5lbrNkEU4wV7QEIc5pdZIdlfxw947OG2n5HGV2nG82g_ACyed6JRsisZmsrnhEpMVyTz852z4/s400/horseyride.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624851749288139234" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center;">that's about all she did. she is still not the greatest sitter, so i knew it was kind of hard to hold her and steer the horse at the same time.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> ryan probably didn't care, but did i mention my fear of horses.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">speaking of birthmarks</p><p style="text-align: center;">gemma's is getting so much lighter.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">if you look closely in the first picture you can see it on her left thigh. i have really begun to notice that, especially in the middle, it is getting more faded.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzPdtTRppwxfOnz64nl4a8Rzxwdkdd9cgsWe8LJQ0wr_n6Vpv5Nn8Db3TO8ToKPTezPpMzhjP7pUtplbe_QOxPnfDpn0jM4HhJnQuPxAlXP9d8ctdhnCeMKVfm5DKH8xBGpvqK5PzAFs/s1600/Image03292011181231.jpg"><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/AVvXsEjqzPdtTRppwxfOnz64nl4a8Rzxwdkdd9cgsWe8LJQ0wr_n6Vpv5Nn8Db3TO8ToKPTezPpMzhjP7pUtplbe_QOxPnfDpn0jM4HhJnQuPxAlXP9d8ctdhnCeMKVfm5DKH8xBGpvqK5PzAFs/s400/Image03292011181231.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624851751807010418" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">i found this old picture from my cell phone of it. see how bright red it used to be. doctor's say that it isn't actually a birthmark, but is called a hemangioma (probably not spelled correctly). so supposedly it could fade away in time. since hers is so big they said that it could take up to 10 years.</p><p style="text-align: center;">this might be weird, but i am glad that she has it. i just feel like it makes her unique. of course, when she gets older she might not like it which is fine, <span style="font-size:180%;">but i love it.</span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWvQ0lO4lQgpbmUqHlJxQosG1LUXHbZMrRHznDO8YgrO7bTrkXy_hh28WENWZ_4lDJQF9w2WVc57drrZogm4ze8lOC7lQaFBSvcL1kiISAl5IFARDTgNIWpuyF8AFI8eGOKch17kFQE58/s1600/Image07022011123930.jpg"><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/AVvXsEiWvQ0lO4lQgpbmUqHlJxQosG1LUXHbZMrRHznDO8YgrO7bTrkXy_hh28WENWZ_4lDJQF9w2WVc57drrZogm4ze8lOC7lQaFBSvcL1kiISAl5IFARDTgNIWpuyF8AFI8eGOKch17kFQE58/s400/Image07022011123930.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624855269155772754" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">we got a <strike> new </strike> used swing from my parents. so eric and i sanded it, stained it and hung it up on our front porch.</p><p style="text-align: center;">there is a small problem, we don't have a very wide front porch, so when we swing it will be more like we are swaying. oh well, at least it is aesthetically pleasing. i can't wait to go to some flea markets to find some small side tables to put beside it.</p><p style="text-align: center;">i am going to <span style="font-size:180%;">ladies nite</span> tonite at <span style="font-size:180%;">olive garden</span>...yum!!! eric is going to stay home for baby duty.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">i don't really know what we are doing for 4th of july. i know that we are going to go watch fireworks, but that is the extent of our day so far. oh, and i cant wait to have gemma wear her 4th of july outfit from her gramm! </p><p style="text-align: center;">hope you have a great weekend.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">i had better go do the breakfast and now lunch dishes.<br /></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-49255393778439617992011-07-02T08:46:00.000-07:002011-07-02T09:19:24.005-07:00gentle and humble in heart...<p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">"Come to me all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.</p><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your souls.</p><p style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">(Matthew 11:28-30)</span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">WOW! These verses really encouraged me this morning. What an amazing, precious promise.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">As I was reading them I sat and remembered all those times when I am mentally beating myself up for some unfaithful act on my part towards the Lord.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Whether it is an act of laziness regarding my personal quiet time or a judgmental attitude towards an individual or maybe some selfish thought about what another person has that I feel I deserve more than they do.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">It is after these sinful and unrighteous actions that I begin to 'beat myself up'.<br />I ask God why He would even consider forgiving me? After all, I commit the same offense over and over again. Why would such a faithful and perfect God 'save a wretch like me'?</p><p style="text-align: center;">Then these verses reminded me...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"...I am gentle and humble in heart..." </span></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Thank You, Jesus.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I need a gentle and humble Savior. One who forgives me over and over again. A Master who grants rest for my weary sinful soul. A loving Father who does not condemn me, but instead sees me clothed in the pure white righteousness of His son, Jesus Christ.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">So the next time I begin to get down on myself or become discouraged for not spending time faithfully with the Lord or sitting around being lazy instead of cherishing those special times with gemma...<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Instead of becoming discouraged I will ask the Lord to, again, gently remind me that He faithfully loves and restores me back to a personal and intimate relationship with Him.<br /></p>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752181210780608852.post-66979869235811789402011-06-28T13:32:00.001-07:002011-06-28T13:45:51.290-07:00park swing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3UKIXS-dxpySfFbLGb0Bm1CdozN8OFVBotfwAiXOiAR7GmOvn9SOLQ6AwzLgqPH6BqFSFcfN3DPHL-BlIgAMCThlA4hAxqDNDSyMjRzmpcsIjOcXwQinESzGmiGPE3EPtLcX-b9_C0I/s1600/parkswing4.jpg"><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/AVvXsEhE3UKIXS-dxpySfFbLGb0Bm1CdozN8OFVBotfwAiXOiAR7GmOvn9SOLQ6AwzLgqPH6BqFSFcfN3DPHL-BlIgAMCThlA4hAxqDNDSyMjRzmpcsIjOcXwQinESzGmiGPE3EPtLcX-b9_C0I/s400/parkswing4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623371838306601586" border="0" /></a><br /><p style="text-align: center;">every tuesday gemma and i</p><p style="text-align: center;">wake up</p><p style="text-align: center;">pack our bags</p><p style="text-align: center;">and head to play group for the morning.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8f5qv8QdpeoH8o8497iSCFemqSnPDtPJ9Pb4j2GRnOIPEvPZPPUiAmUlGxaTlmoOGSQtwRV3VhLZ6ertYNX0wXflNjlyJ1fc6qd1fwkfHGpPYzflDLu8NI-znlTvkGv9sZBOgkCVijI/s1600/parkswing3.jpg"><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/AVvXsEg_8f5qv8QdpeoH8o8497iSCFemqSnPDtPJ9Pb4j2GRnOIPEvPZPPUiAmUlGxaTlmoOGSQtwRV3VhLZ6ertYNX0wXflNjlyJ1fc6qd1fwkfHGpPYzflDLu8NI-znlTvkGv9sZBOgkCVijI/s400/parkswing3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623371838031599586" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">each tuesday we go to a different location.</p><p style="text-align: center;">whether it is the pool, someone's house, or a local park</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUiK1Wmky4UMu8-fMnCxTn43_Bf7TI1cUcC7KcbGIjC82h0Tna6Ac4bwT0MJ-6paXXN6S2GtQUSczDRSm9BHLrtmPEQ4A4z3rcVppU9I8cxFtdx88Y6HbDorMSzyYCfByX31PsiiKmIFE/s1600/parkswing2.jpg"><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/AVvXsEiUiK1Wmky4UMu8-fMnCxTn43_Bf7TI1cUcC7KcbGIjC82h0Tna6Ac4bwT0MJ-6paXXN6S2GtQUSczDRSm9BHLrtmPEQ4A4z3rcVppU9I8cxFtdx88Y6HbDorMSzyYCfByX31PsiiKmIFE/s400/parkswing2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623371833445106946" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">this week it was at one of the parks around town. gemma has been to the park before, but before, when we went, she was always too small to swing.</p><p style="text-align: center;">this time i though we should give it a try...</p><p style="text-align: center;">she loved it...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcAxvu7ZshFyUITFgdGqgjyOwVUKJa7QaHovoYq6NS_bXl5I_npUfamyqW4W3nnfvweehXfHZXnqIcDvQ1vUhhZCPSjMtqDs2Jx_D5gwhEa_RTglUfcUQyYa6YNEywhyphenhyphennwsH-tPWLjgY/s1600/parkswing1.jpg"><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/AVvXsEjrcAxvu7ZshFyUITFgdGqgjyOwVUKJa7QaHovoYq6NS_bXl5I_npUfamyqW4W3nnfvweehXfHZXnqIcDvQ1vUhhZCPSjMtqDs2Jx_D5gwhEa_RTglUfcUQyYa6YNEywhyphenhyphennwsH-tPWLjgY/s400/parkswing1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623371830758565810" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">it looked kind of like she was sitting in half of an egg because the swing was so big and she was so small.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">i forgot my camera, but thankfully my phone has a camera on it so i got a couple of pictures of her.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHemgLsenE89gbKB_EbcQP1w8QRG_tmN9KYEw5So_CXUHRG2X30JYEhyf_vwGe08VqIkFvkgz2M8B3jjc_DYAVzBmWqluSEcIi_uj4NTd-mxwegiO7Np6vbJe7uqMr4Pz62XEjpQ1V91g/s1600/parkswing5.jpg"><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/AVvXsEhHemgLsenE89gbKB_EbcQP1w8QRG_tmN9KYEw5So_CXUHRG2X30JYEhyf_vwGe08VqIkFvkgz2M8B3jjc_DYAVzBmWqluSEcIi_uj4NTd-mxwegiO7Np6vbJe7uqMr4Pz62XEjpQ1V91g/s400/parkswing5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623371843489463026" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">anyway, she had a great time and probably could have fallen asleep in there.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">we will definitely be making the park one of our frequent places to visit.<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzl_aX2FabDzI2W7NqQstcheA75dWhctaXiy6ySY5DAshpyx5Q8Mpr5k1rCq5fIj9Yw4QngQ_bji8YWWHBbaw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Eric and Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046175807225878354noreply@blogger.com0