I'd like to share my Snapfish photos with you. Once you have checked out my photos you can order prints and upload your own photos to share.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
album 08\03\2011 (46 photos), by jennifer skinner
Here are some pics from this summer & Ellie's little family get together!
I'd like to share my Snapfish photos with you. Once you have checked out my photos you can order prints and upload your own photos to share.
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I'd like to share my Snapfish photos with you. Once you have checked out my photos you can order prints and upload your own photos to share.
Click here to view photos
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Feathers
SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THIS NEW FEATHER IN THE HAIR TREND IS ALL ABOUT!!!
Apparently, it is very en vogue these days (again) to put feather extensions in one's hair. I am not totally opposed to the trend, but must say it is one of many that is making me feel old. Here is a picture from the blog Tipsy Society:
I know that fashions are always being recycled... or so my MOM has always told me that. Yes, when we started wearing bell bottoms in high school in the 90's we were told that our parents had worn the same thing in the 70's. When we started wearing platform shoes a few years later, same thing.
When VESTS offically came back in style recently I knew I was in trouble. I AM NOW OLD ENOUGH TO BE LIVING THROUGH A TREND COMING BACK IN STYLE! How sad is that!?!?!?
Anyway, back to the feathers. I TOTALLY forgot about this trend, but now I remember going to various fairs (Marion County Fair, Holy Spirit Festival to name a few) circa 1984ish and spending ALL of my allowance money in attempts to win feathers attached to roach clips (not that I had any idea what a roach clip was at the time) to put in my hair! Do you remember that!!!????
Apparently, it is very en vogue these days (again) to put feather extensions in one's hair. I am not totally opposed to the trend, but must say it is one of many that is making me feel old. Here is a picture from the blog Tipsy Society:
I know that fashions are always being recycled... or so my MOM has always told me that. Yes, when we started wearing bell bottoms in high school in the 90's we were told that our parents had worn the same thing in the 70's. When we started wearing platform shoes a few years later, same thing.
When VESTS offically came back in style recently I knew I was in trouble. I AM NOW OLD ENOUGH TO BE LIVING THROUGH A TREND COMING BACK IN STYLE! How sad is that!?!?!?
Anyway, back to the feathers. I TOTALLY forgot about this trend, but now I remember going to various fairs (Marion County Fair, Holy Spirit Festival to name a few) circa 1984ish and spending ALL of my allowance money in attempts to win feathers attached to roach clips (not that I had any idea what a roach clip was at the time) to put in my hair! Do you remember that!!!????
Friday, July 29, 2011
Ellie is TWO
Dear Ellie,
Really? Honestly? I can not believe this day is finally here. You are turning two years old. TWO WHOLE YEARS. You have been alive and a blessing in our lives for 730 days. We are so lucky!
You are one of the funniest, cutest and spunkiest people I have ever met! The other day you said to me, “Chill Mama, Chill!” Seriously one of the cutest things ever. You definitely have a bossy side, but this time you said it with a grin on your face.
You definitely know what you want. At least 20 times a day you tell me what you want. Or should I say DEMAND. “MY DO IT!” “MY HAB-IT!” “MIIIINE!” These are all commands we hear daily. I have no idea where you get this quality. Neither your dad nor I are like that at all! (ha ha) Granted, all toddlers have a bossy side, but I prefer to think that yours is just preparing you for a life of being confident and happy. I also hope this means potty training will be super easy. We are getting close to starting that fun process with you...
In some ways, you are very easy going. You love your bed, you like to stay in there when you wake up and read books to your dolls & Mickey and Minnie. You are a great eater, eating everything from avocados (yay! Healthy!) to hot dogs (yuck!). You refuse to drink milk (or should I say, Nilk), but will eat it on your cereal… weird! You don’t like getting in the bath tub, but once you are in there, would stay for an hour if we’d let you. I was really worried about how you were going to act when we brought your sissy home from the hospital, but you have been a dream, my dear! You are so sweet and gentle with her and generally, you seem to like having her around! She is already fascinated by you and grins whenever you are near her (I mean, all up in her face). I’m so glad I get to be your mommy and watch the two of you grow up together.
You love ife-pream and pockiles (ice cream and popsicles). You REALLY LOVE pickles. Seriously, pickles are probably your favorite food. You love to eat watermelon outside with daddy. You love to go fishing (almost every day) with daddy. I don’t know how you have the attention span to fish for that long with him! Even mommy gets bored fishing for that long! We can’t wait for the day you catch your first fish.
It is so cute how you are really starting to remember things. Like people and places. I love picking you up from Emmy’s on Wednesdays and asking you what you did that day! You absolutely ADORE Effie (Ethan, Emmy’s son) and talk about him constantly… even though I recently saw you haul off and hit him for pushing your stroller, but we are going to chalk that one up to the “two’s”. You did get a time out for it though. It’s so nice to bribe you to take a nap by saying things like, “If you take a nap now, JuJu will come play with you when you get up!”
Grammy, Grandma, JuJu, Mema and Papa (just to name a few) are some of your favorite people! But I think you would kick all of them to the curb for Roto (Rosco) and Lola… You love watching Dora, Ni Hao, Olivia, Bubble Guppies, Diego, etc. DoWA, of course, is your VERY favorite and has been a fabulous babysitter for mommy on many occasions. Mema, Papa, Tate, Terri, Macy & Kaden are coming to visit in a couple of weeks—I can’t even imagine how much fun you are going to have with them. Auntie Kim is coming this fall and I can’t wait for you to finally get to spend some time with her too. Maybe she will take you shopping!
You love playing outside. As long as it’s not too hot. If it’s really hot, you get really red in the face and are asking to come inside to play! Otherwise, you would be outdoors 24/7 if we let you. We recently found out that you are very allergic to mosquitoes, so THAT’S fun to deal with! You have a tricycle and bicycle that you would love to ride—if you could reach the pedals--so you will have to settle for car and wagon rides for now. Swimming is not your favorite thing (ask Daddy someday about swimming lessons), but you are starting to get the hang of it. You also love to go “shopping” with Daddy… he takes you to Lowes almost every weekend to play on the tractors and see Bop (Bob)!
We are so lucky to have you in our lives. I hope you have a fun two year old birthday party and have a blast opening all of your presents. You love to say “Cheers!” with your sippy cup, popsicle or anything you are eating—and touch the other person’s. So, here’s to your Second Birthday! WE LOVE YOU ELEANOR BLANCHE!
CHEERS!
Love,
Mama
PS Here's the slide show I made for you!
Really? Honestly? I can not believe this day is finally here. You are turning two years old. TWO WHOLE YEARS. You have been alive and a blessing in our lives for 730 days. We are so lucky!
You are one of the funniest, cutest and spunkiest people I have ever met! The other day you said to me, “Chill Mama, Chill!” Seriously one of the cutest things ever. You definitely have a bossy side, but this time you said it with a grin on your face.
You definitely know what you want. At least 20 times a day you tell me what you want. Or should I say DEMAND. “MY DO IT!” “MY HAB-IT!” “MIIIINE!” These are all commands we hear daily. I have no idea where you get this quality. Neither your dad nor I are like that at all! (ha ha) Granted, all toddlers have a bossy side, but I prefer to think that yours is just preparing you for a life of being confident and happy. I also hope this means potty training will be super easy. We are getting close to starting that fun process with you...
In some ways, you are very easy going. You love your bed, you like to stay in there when you wake up and read books to your dolls & Mickey and Minnie. You are a great eater, eating everything from avocados (yay! Healthy!) to hot dogs (yuck!). You refuse to drink milk (or should I say, Nilk), but will eat it on your cereal… weird! You don’t like getting in the bath tub, but once you are in there, would stay for an hour if we’d let you. I was really worried about how you were going to act when we brought your sissy home from the hospital, but you have been a dream, my dear! You are so sweet and gentle with her and generally, you seem to like having her around! She is already fascinated by you and grins whenever you are near her (I mean, all up in her face). I’m so glad I get to be your mommy and watch the two of you grow up together.
You love ife-pream and pockiles (ice cream and popsicles). You REALLY LOVE pickles. Seriously, pickles are probably your favorite food. You love to eat watermelon outside with daddy. You love to go fishing (almost every day) with daddy. I don’t know how you have the attention span to fish for that long with him! Even mommy gets bored fishing for that long! We can’t wait for the day you catch your first fish.
It is so cute how you are really starting to remember things. Like people and places. I love picking you up from Emmy’s on Wednesdays and asking you what you did that day! You absolutely ADORE Effie (Ethan, Emmy’s son) and talk about him constantly… even though I recently saw you haul off and hit him for pushing your stroller, but we are going to chalk that one up to the “two’s”. You did get a time out for it though. It’s so nice to bribe you to take a nap by saying things like, “If you take a nap now, JuJu will come play with you when you get up!”
Grammy, Grandma, JuJu, Mema and Papa (just to name a few) are some of your favorite people! But I think you would kick all of them to the curb for Roto (Rosco) and Lola… You love watching Dora, Ni Hao, Olivia, Bubble Guppies, Diego, etc. DoWA, of course, is your VERY favorite and has been a fabulous babysitter for mommy on many occasions. Mema, Papa, Tate, Terri, Macy & Kaden are coming to visit in a couple of weeks—I can’t even imagine how much fun you are going to have with them. Auntie Kim is coming this fall and I can’t wait for you to finally get to spend some time with her too. Maybe she will take you shopping!
You love playing outside. As long as it’s not too hot. If it’s really hot, you get really red in the face and are asking to come inside to play! Otherwise, you would be outdoors 24/7 if we let you. We recently found out that you are very allergic to mosquitoes, so THAT’S fun to deal with! You have a tricycle and bicycle that you would love to ride—if you could reach the pedals--so you will have to settle for car and wagon rides for now. Swimming is not your favorite thing (ask Daddy someday about swimming lessons), but you are starting to get the hang of it. You also love to go “shopping” with Daddy… he takes you to Lowes almost every weekend to play on the tractors and see Bop (Bob)!
We are so lucky to have you in our lives. I hope you have a fun two year old birthday party and have a blast opening all of your presents. You love to say “Cheers!” with your sippy cup, popsicle or anything you are eating—and touch the other person’s. So, here’s to your Second Birthday! WE LOVE YOU ELEANOR BLANCHE!
CHEERS!
Love,
Mama
PS Here's the slide show I made for you!
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Ellie's Two Year Old Slide Show
Can you believe it??? She's turning two this weekend! (sniff sniff!)
In honor of my boo's birthday, I created a slide show using windows movie maker. This was my first attempt, so a few of the pictures fly by too fast, but overall I'm pretty happy. It was so hard to fit two years of adorableness into just a couple minutes.
In honor of my boo's birthday, I created a slide show using windows movie maker. This was my first attempt, so a few of the pictures fly by too fast, but overall I'm pretty happy. It was so hard to fit two years of adorableness into just a couple minutes.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Evelyn's Newborn Photo Shoot
We had a wonderful experience shooting Evie's newborn photos w/ Jennie from One Tree Photography! Jennie is a mommy so we were very comfortable with her... and of course she has done pics for us before. She came to our house when Evelyn was about 4 days old and set up a make shift studio, so we didn't have to take our baby anywhere :) We are so happy w/ the results... Our only problem was that Ellie was NOT in the mood to pose w/ her sissy. We will get some more done in a few months.
We also did Ellie's pics when she was 4 days old. TOO FUNNY how much different I felt this time. I was in tears the entire time we were doing Ellie's pics... No idea why (HORMONES! FIRST TIME MOM!), but I really had fun this time. Jennie had a few tricks up her sleeve on how to get Evelyn to willingly participate! I would highly recommend her!
Here is the link to the rest of the pics:
Thursday, June 23, 2011
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