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Our Week in Pictures (week 10)

Our Week in Pictures (week 10)
May 19, 2012
Today Shelby is 11 weeks old! This week has been fun with her too. She has this adorable personality and loves to smile at you. When she gets upset and is hungry she makes noise (obviously) but then the first minute of nursing she "yells" at me. She makes all kinds of noises...
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Our week in Pictures (week 9)

Our week in Pictures (week 9)
May 13, 2012
This past week was so much fun with the kids, especially Shelby. She just loves to coo and talk to you. She enjoys playing on the floor and watching her sisters dance around, sing and read her stories. Samantha lost tooth #16 this past week and she did a really good job w...
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Our Week in Pictures (8 weeks)

Our Week in Pictures (8 weeks)
May 9, 2012
Week 8 and we celebrated Shelby turning TWO months old! Lots of smiles and coos from Shelby! Not a whole lot has changed this week with Shelby except that she has grown! Clothes are getting smaller, headbands don't slip and she is just so darn cute! The girls are enjoying...
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Our Week in Pictures (7 weeks)

Our Week in Pictures (7 weeks)
April 28, 2012
Today Shelby is 8 weeks old! Every day I have noticed something new with her. This week was also much harder with her, she hardly wanted to sleep during the day, and as soon as I would lay her down she would wake up right away. But at the same time she is trying to self soot...
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Our Week in Pictures (week 6)

Our Week in Pictures (week 6)
April 21, 2012
Well today Shelby is seven weeks old.  This week was wonderful! I see a huge change in Shelby this past week. From her sleeping more,to seeing an actual schedule starting I think she is finally adjusting to life outside the womb. She also has started enjoying her baths. I...
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Our Week in Pictures (4 weeks old)

Our Week in Pictures (4 weeks old)
April 8, 2012
Another week has come and gone. Things are slowly getting into a pattern and easier. With the swing I am now able to get some things done around the house. Shelby started cooing and giving us half smiles. This started on the 3rd  (Tuesday) when she turned one month.  She ...
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Photos of the girls this week

Photos of the girls this week
March 23, 2012
I have not used my camera as much as I have these past few weeks, and I love that I am getting more photos of the kids! Here are some of my favorites from this week. Samantha was beyond excited to have received Gold Medal during our school's Reading Olympics. The next ...
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Both the girls received Gold in our school’s Reading Olympics

Both the girls received Gold in our school’s Reading Olympics
March 21, 2012
Every year in February our Elementary School puts on a reading program. This program has been going on since I went to the same school. Reading was something I  loved to do and knew that it would be the one time of the year I'd get an award. This year both my girls receiv...
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One Week of Pure Bliss

One Week of Pure Bliss
March 12, 2012
I am sitting here, staring at Shelby who is now nine days old. I can not believe how fast these nine days have just flown by. I wish I could freeze time and live in this moment with my three babies forever. This past week we haven't really started any kind of routine. We ...
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Sneak peek at our newborn photos taken by Jessica Warhol Photography

Sneak peek at our newborn photos taken by Jessica Warhol Photography
March 12, 2012
A few weeks before Shelby's birth Jessica Warhol Photography  and I started talking about doing a newborn session of Shelby. I had never had a professional photographer come and take newborn pictures of my kids and I couldn't wait for this once in a lifetime experience. N...
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First Snowman of 2012

First Snowman of 2012
February 19, 2012
We really have not had much of a winter (yet). We have gotten some snow here and there but not a whole lot and within a few days it's gone. I am hoping that we don't get a ton of snow before the baby comes. The girls had a lot of fun building their first snowman of 2012! ...
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Happy 9th Birthday Samantha!

Happy 9th Birthday Samantha!
January 11, 2012
Yesterday we celebrated Samantha's 9th birthday! I can not believe that my first born is NINE years old! She had a wonderful birthday and her party is this weekend. I'm blessed with an angel, Like heaven might send, And I call her Sam, My daughter and friend  ...
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The Girls in 2011

The Girls in 2011
January 1, 2012
Wow! Another year has come and gone! I can't believe how fast 2011 went! This year we found out we are expecting baby #3 in February and we are all so very excited! We will be naming her Shelby. Samantha 2011: Celebrated her 8th Birthday Started 3rd grade Star...
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Christmas 2011 Pictures

Christmas 2011 Pictures
December 29, 2011
Christmas 2011 was an absolute blast! The girls had such a wonderful time visiting with friends and family and had a lot of fun playing together. It's crazy that this will be our last Christmas as a fmaily of four! Next year we will have another daughter crawling aroun...
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Nutcracker 2011

Nutcracker 2011
December 4, 2011
Since September the kids (and parents) from Lake Arrowhead Classical Ballet Company & School of Dance have been very busy with the 2011 production of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker". Gust performers include: Tatiana Berenova Sugar Plum Fairy, Ramon Thielen Cavalier, El...
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