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happy. the end. one more thing….. do you have $10 that you could put towards something REAL today? Amazing post! It’s beautiful. I never see such awesome post. Thanks for sharing this colorful post. Hi! I included this post in this weeks from my reader round-up. Loved the post and thought it would be super useful to my friends and readers. Yay, your second post in the round-up!!! hope you get some proms photos of your daughter and maybe group or date? love the teapot if you don’t need it, it will fit right with my others. please share how you printed those photo collages??? how did you do it??? Awesome pictures. Thanks for posting again about Dream Big and Danielle’s story, I think with all the pictures of pretty houses in the last post I missed it. My sister just adopted her 4th child and all her children have been a special part of God’s plan for our entire family, not just hers. Going to donate right now π Love those photo collages. Such a great idea. I often want to display different pics but don’t want to commit to a frame. Love this! Hey Megan, Did you lay flat on the floor to get sparkle shoes??? I love it. If these were Claire’s I would frame this in her room. Do you have a big wall where you post all of these? I hope so. I bet it looks so cool. π oh how i wish for tiny feet, so that i could fit into those sparkly shoes! Yes! I want to know about the collages, too. These may be my favorite of your posts. Love the photography and getting a visual of all the creativity around your house! Can I just say my 2 year old daughter loved looking at all these pictures! She said: Meg I just LOVE how you capture every day things and make them look so amazing. I would love a wall of your photos in my house. They make me smile. You need to add one to my photo linky party!!!! i love your blog. definitely helping out with Dream Big. happy weekending to you. as always, love your color! and, yes, i will draem big today. Sorry to comment-jack, but I saw this craft and thought of you, Meg! And it’s super colorful, so I suppose it’s topical! ok i was reading the post before this…and i’m commenting about that on this one. rude? i don’t know… anyway, i love parenthood. and a do have a tiny crush on adam braverman as well. So colorful as always! Is the tea set handmade? Meg- Youre my favorite blogger, always have been always will be.. I sure would love to buy some pillows, are ya all sold out?? also,, since when did leggos get such good hair?? haha! love yor blog and inspiration, and real way of being a beautiful mother forget the picture collagesβ¦where did you get that wreath!??! hey meg- a while ago you had a link on the right hand side of you blog to a cute valentine craft where the lady took bouncy balls and put them in plastic bags and sealed the bag with a piece of paper that said “have a ball this valentines”. i was just looking for it and i don’t see it there anymore. any chance that you still have the link for it? love grandma’s flowers. second time i read/looked this post today. you’ve got a good eye lady π Ahhhh. Color. Vitamins for the soul!! The multi-colored polka dot in the 2nd picture is my absolute favorite fabric. I bought 2 yards years ago and used it for a quilt. When I went back to the shop they no longer had it and found out online it is no longer available. I have a tiny scrap that is smaller than 12″ sq. that I am hoarding for something special someday. π I just thought I would let you know I am so glad you have it in your home and I hope it brings you as much happiness as it does me when I see it. π ummmm. the pictures hanging with a ton of pictures within the square. how did you do that? i want to do that! love it. SO lots us want to know where/how did you do the picture collages? They are awesome. Actually your entire home is awesome. Did you make the wreath? Thanks for the breath of fresh color!!!! cute wreath I like your posts like this. They are refreshing! I just love your photos Love all your pics, as always. Those collages are fantastic! Love the old scouting mug too. I scored some vintage McDonalds coffee mugs at the thrift store a few weeks back for 69 cents a piece and I LOVE them! Theyre just like milk glass. Well I guess you’ll just have to let us all in on your collage lovelieness! love this. can’t wait to fill our new home with loads of color. π I’m going to blog Dream Big. Probably hopefully tomorrow. Thanks for the email! I love a good (great) cause! just needed* dog looks great, just need a day or so to grow in to it π this all makes me very happy I’ve made those collages through bighugelabs.com for Christmas cards but never thought to print them out and use around the house. Love it! I also love the beaded flower. I love the color inspiration here! My favorite picture is the photo collages on the white garland. Such a great idea. I have 4 kids and love having pics of them around, but have a hard time choosing which ones to put in frames. I will do these collages. Thanks π Please, please, tell us how you did the picture collages!!! Love them π Oh I LOVE the picture collages! Where, oh where, did you have those picture collages printed??? Love all your little pics from around your home! You know, out of all of blog land…your home is the one I could move right into and be so happy because it is me but one million times me..if ya know what I mean! Have a happy day! (And I’m so enjoying the “Whatever” print and gumball print I got from you! They are framed in white and hanging on my chalkboard wall in my kitchen…they look faaantastic!) I love the picture collage on the ball fringe ribbon. What program did you use to create it? I love your photos and your home. total awesomeness…i wanna eat that litle mini globe for breakfast…FYI please tell me how you print out those picture blocks!!! a colorful home is the only type to have. {in my humble opinion, of course} I’ve got color on my brain too. With spring bursting all around us how can we not. Beautiful photos. I love color! I love pictures of your home. I want that scout coffee mug. You have Harvey’s Hideout. My brother and I used to love that book! I have a copy too. Kelly I love your little world. It makes ME happy. The end. π
breakfast: honeycomb what else is one to do when her husband forgets the half and half???
i am 10 days in with jillian. "i have weak shoulders and abs! i get it jillian! why must you make me feel so bad about it?" she gets me all ticked off….week 2 blows….and she makes biting sounds. eewww. but i have had several people tell me this week that i look skinny. and i ditched the meal plan. the workout is hard enough for now.
I fell in love with Adam Braverman when he was on Sports News . . . or whatever that show was called. So cute. π I’m in week one of Jillian. I didn’t even ATTEMPT the meal plan. I would starve. haha I feel like doing the workout and modifying what I already eat is good enough. Well, I’m gonna comment but Dude, you are WAY too famous for me…however, I have been watching Parenthood since it started..and I am a Christian parent and I have to say, this last episode moved me…dude, what to say, what to do, etc etc..made me dread the teen years!and I HOPE that pregnancy test is her Mom’s and NOT hers!!! I love you. I just do. Oh my gosh!!! Best laugh all day, Laura Phelps!!! I told a friend that I can’t get good form while doing the shred because I’m too focused on watching intently for the moment when Jillians penis falls out the side of her shorts. π She is beautiful but the macho is just so…macho. Blech. I CAN’T STAND JILLIAN!!!! I’m sure in person she’s quite lovely, but I have the 3O day Shred and she drives me mad. I hate the macho act. I mute her to….when I do it. I fell off a wagon a while ago and I can’t get back on cause the wagon clear left town. π Parenthood is AWESOME! I’m in love with Joel…he’s SO adorable! I will say what Adam and his wife (her name stupidly escapes me at the moment!) are going through totally scares me! I will HATE having those conversations with my kids but I know they are absolutely necessary in this day and age. Parenting is the toughest job in the world, truly it is! Loved all the colors, your toes are so cute and Waffle is looking much better since his hair is growing back in…good job on the shave down! Oh, yeah, and I really need to get back into exercising but these blogs I keep reading keep pulling me away from that! Bad blogs! LOL! I start week 2 with Jillian today… and I am scared! I’m not doing the meal plan either. Just trying to watch my portions. Biting sounds? That sounds annoying. I don’t like the growling face she makes. Or that she enunciates her “p”‘s so crisp… drives me crazy! i was at a weight plateau. now i’m gaining again. crappy craptastic. so, i’m willing to go to drastic measures. who does your hair? will your haircut, trim say….20 pounds? that’s what i’m hoping for. i see that adam “commented”–it’s good to have options, that’s all i’m sayin’. π Totally LOVE Parenthood! Excited for the finale, but sad the new episodes will be over for a while. Way to go for sticking with Jillian!! ha. we did the jillian thing this past winter. i know exactly what you means. and yes. week 2 is bad. Oh my GOSH, the second week is KILLING ME. I think I’ll have to do it for two weeks to graduate to week 3. I wish I had a buddy to do it with because I’ve stopped 3/4 of the way through two days in a row. At least I’m trying. RIGHT??!! Nobody can go back and start a new begining, but anyone can start now and make a new ending. you will have a very nice and stable life with sweet adam. i have a love/hate pretend relationship with Crosby. He reminds me of my husband in our early years, cute and sorta clueless. They have the same hair too. and omg i’m so laughing at the friend who posted the comments above AS adam and jillian. that cracked me up. Meg – Good job. Keep it up! I too love Adam! I love the whole show and can’t get through one episode without bawling like a baby!! Last night especially!! I wake up on Tuesday mornings and get so excited to see this show. pathetic. keep at it! my jillian is sitting in in the box. she’ll have to wait for post pregnancy body! Love Parenthood and I love Adam’s character, because he is just a great character. Congrats on your 10th day of the Shred! My doctor just told me to only work on one change at a time. Give yourself three weeks and then change something else. So don’t sweat the food bit now. this was fun:) I enjoyed your shots of your day! You inspired me to buy the Jillian workout! I am on day 7! Thank you!!! BTW I am not doing the meal plan either. “My plan” is to do the exercises for 30 days then go back and do 30 days again with the Bad A** version and the meal plan! hahaha….I was laughing the whole time. I can just hear you talking. So funny! Jillian is annoying and I mute her too. Lu-hu-Huv Honeybomb. Ooops, I meant Honeycomb, but Honeybomb might actually be more appropriate. OMG…I LOVE Parenthood! After last night’s episode, my hubby said he’s never watching again b/c he doesn’t want to think about what may (but prayerfully, may not) be in our future w/our kids. have you tired PX90..or something like that?? It’s crazy!! Agree with you about Adam, but have to say that lately I am digging Joel, he is so sweet to Julia. And how tragic is it that we all act like they are real people…Laura Phelps who I only know thru her blog made me laugh above at her post!! this post made me smile…. Everyone in my family uses whipped cream in coffee anytime it’s in the fridge… regardless of if there is half and half in there, too! This is why I cannot keep whipped cream in my fridge. π basically, i hate jillian. i realize that’s harsh but her workouts are harsh!!! So glad to know others enjoy the Bravermans and Parenthood as much as me!!! I feel like I’m the only one who watches it sometimes. Hey Meg, did you see Parenthood last night? I cried and laughed and cried some more. oh my heck. it was so so so good. I am in love with all of them! seriously! Love the toes… and who needs a workout if they can still reach their toes long enough to paint them!!! I go for your morning coffee with cream – wish my hubs would put whipped cream on the shopping list instead of regular!!! Seriously!!! I can’t do Jillian – she doesn’t smile, she grimaces. Really. I’m a Kathy Smith girl. And Adam? He’s okay….I like Joel better….and fast forward 30 years and….Mr Incredible does have a great presence. Just sayin’ You are letting your Honeycombs get soggy!!!!! Don’t you just LOVE Parenthood?!! One of my favs…I watched it this morning. Wish I could have watched it while in my tub! π Ugh! Did you cry through Parenthood? I was teary through most of it. I think I’m too attached to the Braverman’s! You crack me up! yeah Jillian gets a little creepy with the biting of butts in week 2, I just started week 3 and she’s just a tad better, not much but a tad and oh the workout gets harder yet but it feels so good to start to feel some muscles coming out of hibernation π Keep in up, you can do it! I soooooooooooooooo need to get back to exercising!!! WHY OH WHY do I ever get off that train?? It’s sooooooo hard to get back on π UgggghhH!!! You would think I’d learn π We just bought a rowing machine…supposed to be awesome…we’ll see π I wanna look hot…but don’t wanna workout to get the look…I’m such a loser ;( Jillian would so make me cry π Never watched Parenthood…I think I would find it too sad! I don’t like to cry watching TV. Jillian is still on my radar…I really need to exercise, but I don’t want to. I LOVE parenthood! Such an awesome show.. And so true to real life.. Adam is my fave too π I big puffy heart Parenthood! I am also being tortured by Jillian. She is annoying and always looks mad. I am so sore after every workout. I have lost 3 pounds and am starting to fit back into some of my pre-baby-baby jeans though. π Last night’s episode of Parenthood hit me too. But I think I took it too seriously. I dont want my 15 year old daughter having sex and I dont want to feel like I’ve lost me teens. I LOVE LOVE LOVE how the siblings all mesh and that they are honest with Crosby about being a lamo (but that he shows up for school plays and max’s soccer) but Im a little sad that the aprents arent there. I want to be invovled in that when my kids are adults. Is mothering selfless FOREVER?? I LOVE your toes. I LOVE your pics, even the pic of the TV. Sorry, so not a Braverman fan. I like my men a little less emotional. I guess ’cause I’m not very emotional. But, LOVE whipped cream on ANYTHING. I am sorry I am so annoying Meg. I love you, too Meg. I am doing Ripped and boy howdy does she kick my booty. The other day I got tired of her chomping and growling on week 2 that I also turned the sound off… shes a tad obnoxious eh?! um…after the whipped cream in coffee picture I think we kinda figured on our own that you ditched the meal plan! jillian is so not beast. but then, she kinda is. I love Parenthood…but I have to say I’ll leave Adam all for you! π But I LOVE everyone in the show. I did 3-4 days of 30 day shred, felt wonderful, got a horrible head cold that I still have, but am jumping back in today. GOOD job! I love Parenthood!! Can you get over last night’s episode. I was yelling at the TV (the kids in the tv) the whole time. My husband kept saying “you know those are scripted people, right?” I love, LOVE, LOVE Parenthood! Great TV. Adam Braverman, Don Draper… I hear ya! Love their characters. and who am I kidding I think their both so hot. i suspect muting jillian is the only way to tolerate jillian. LOVE the toe color. also love your bathroom tile. it reminds me of honeycomb π lol-i was wondering if honeycombs was on her mealplan π Ok… I wanted to post this the first time you wrote about Jillian and wanting to get in shape but I didn’t. I said to myself, “Cutzi, not everyone has to know what you think..” but this has given me so much freedom and I think you will appreciate it so I’m going to share. Thanks to you I love Adam Braverman too π Parenthood rocks! I am about to watch the Thanksgiving episode right now while the kids are at school yeah me! I’ve been doing the Shred as well! I’ve always heard good things about it and wanted to try it and when I saw that you were doing it for the month of April I thought I would too! I’ve been doing it with my mom, we started April 4th and do it every weeknight (she wanted to skip the weekends since she’s not used to exercising lol) so we’re on day 8 tonight… we love it! Oh my goodness—last night’s parenthood about killed me on so many levels! I just blew the dust off of my 5 mile walking video. I I am in love with don draper. I totally do the whip if no cream. Love your toes I need a pedicure! Just joined Weight Watchers so no more cream in my coffee! Such is life! Keep going with Jillian but I too would mute her! Love the coffee with whipped cream shot. I don’t drink coffee but I might start if I had it that way! I absolutely love Parenthood, great show. I can’t say I am attracted to Adam though, he looks just like my cousin. So can’t look at him that way. I always get sad when the show is almost over. Why can’t they just do a two hour every week! That tub looks so wonderful(& I love the tile somethin fierce!)and purple toes? I knew I loved you:) Oh, yes. Adam Braverman. Love, love, LOVE him. We just bought that “rockstar pink” at Target the other day π Rockstar Pink. Totally my kind of color! Looks fab on your toesies! I like the Honeycomb cereal and the tile π I wish we had some Honeycomb right about now. Yum! Such a fun post. Ummm seriously Parenthood is the greatest show on TV!!! The coffee with whip cream looks delicious! LOL! My husband thinks Adam is the “jerkiest” one of the bunch. I LOVE SARAH!!! I love how imperfectly perfect she is as a mother. You Go Girl!!! Whoa…that was SO 1986! π I’ve been alternating Jillian with Shaun T. While I love Shaun T., Jillian’s workouts literally leave me on the floor. And they aren’t as long. Jillian kicks butt, literally! There’s nothing better than a little whipped cream with coffee. Makes if feel like you’re at Starbucks but didn’t spend $5 on coffee. And I’m two episodes behind on Parenthood. UGH! Bahaha! I love that you put whipped cream in your coffee… I would have done the EXACT same thing. Maybe even if I had 1/2 and 1/2. All the better! And I also adore Parenthood, so much so that Adam Braverman was in my dream the other night. Should I say hi for you next time I see him in my dreams? Love you, Meg. You are so real. I would’ve given up the meal plan AND the workout by now. You go girl. I thought Adam Braverman was especially endearing last night. I watched the episode with my husband and I think he really related to him (and my husband is not at all tightly wound. That would be me). ok you are doing way better with Jillian than I am! I just must not be committed enough yet. I think exercise is enough to make a dramatic change, did u take measurements and before photos? Hooray – good for your! Can I work out vicariously through you for now? Like the sparkly nail polish! Sorry Meg, Adam is all mine π Good job on the workout plan – I’m sure you DO look skinny!
i had him clean the kitchen. why haven't i had this kid doing this job all along??? it sparkles! ————————————————————————-
i made craig go back for this one. ————————————————————————- did you go and donate towards Sergey's adoption yesterday? did you see that now you could win an iPad2??? DREAM BiG is going to be BIG. this was a comment left yesterday and i wanted to be sure that ALL of you read it. "can you imagine if each person who visited here gave ten dollars? just ten dollars. blog it. ————————————————————————- happy tuesday to you. Beautiful! I like the first and the last photo. They remind me of my past houses. We had to move to another house because of my job, but I’m happy with our house now. BTW, cheers to your new helper! He deserves a treat! I was just scrolling through your decorating posts and saw this one….my husband’s grandmother owned the white home for quite some time! What a SMALL world!! The house that you said looks like it’s from a movie reminds me of the house in “Home Alone”. Haven’t seen it in FOREVER so I could be way off!! Looking at those houses is fun…we live in an area full of both old and new GINORMOUS homes. One of the houses we like to look at is rumored to be a rich and famous person’s house, and I noticed the other day when we drove by it on the street we don’t normally use (the house is on a corner) (is this making sense at all, probably not) that directly across the street is a very small house, that still has its Christmas wreaths up! It was the funniest dichotomy to me. It takes all of us to make up this crazy world. π I cannot believe that pretty white house is for sale for $500k. People in other parts of the country got it good. Real good I tell ya. We love going on Sunday drives to look at houses. We go get Dairy Queen or Sonic and drive around real slow and creepy like (if somebody happens to be watching) – but it is fun! Also, look at Sean’s man feet! It just reminds me of my son growing up – it was the first thing I noticed on him that was starting to look like a man – not a boy! Sigh. That’s it. I’m buying that white house and moving to Oklahoma. π great drive by’s! i love white houses too…mine is a white gingerbread style π Oh how I love those old houses. I live in a 20 year old track home and would so love an old fixer upper. I’m drooling now. P.S. love Kings of Leon too…saw them in concert in LA with my daughter, her friend and her mom (heehee) so fun. They totally ROCK! i love looking at houses! especially old, cool houses π my favorite was the one with the circle drive for sure! So cool that he wants money for books! LOVE the houses! Love Love Love! And on a related ‘love’ note: I tried your Chicken Enchiladas tonight and I love those too! Thanks! If I could run in a neighborhood like that, I would totally be a runner. Not a once a week, die and wheeze, jogger? but a run fast like lightning runner. Oh my!!! you took a picture of my aunts house!!!! (in Tulsa!) too fun!- I’m sending her the link- she’ll be soooo happy you loved it! π I am not even going to tell you what we just paid for a house in Southern Cali that would practically fit in the living room of the house you showed that is for sale. Nope. Not gonna tell ya. π Those houses are to die for. How fun would it be to design the inside and the gardens. Sigh. In case nobody piped in yet, the pink bushes are azaelas. Get the year round bloomers, they are lovely. In Houston, we have Azalea Trail events, you should see the homes here in the Spring. So colorful! The old (newly remodeled) homes in Tulsa are amazing!! Where you around the Utica area. Here in Key West all the older homes have their exterior ceilings painted light blue, it was an attempt to trick little critters and bugs into thinking that it was the sky and they wouldn’t want to create a home there. Just a fun little fact for you! : ) I’m a Kansas girl who was in Tulsa this weekend too! I wish I got to see Kings of Leon, but I was there for an awesome photography convention. You should have been there for that too. It was so fun and free! I just had to pay for my hotel room and lunches. You should definitely go next year. You’d love it! MPix puts it on. Beautiful houses! Those are great homes! I love the white one π i bet sean could pick up some cleaning gigs at other houses on your street once they see this post! Megs, of course you found the most beautiful houses in the promise land!!!! I’m so glad you had a great time!!!! Thanks for re-posting the link for Sergey. I donated today. And I love those houses. This is one time I feel sad about living in NYC. 900 sq feet is all I can afford! I would guess the movie you were thinking on the brick house was “Home Alone”? There’s a replica house in my hometown area and we always call it the “Home Alone” house. you were in my mom’s neighborhood!! driving around those old neighboorhoods is one of my hubs and mine favorite things to do:) We painted our front door yellow last summer. LOVE it! You can see it here: My husband and I are always doing “drive bys”. KC is SO awesome to look at houses. OH my gosh those houses! I am in love with big old brick homes like those. π I live in the suburbs of Chicago though so I would be paying a pretty penny! π Great helper! My nieces and nephews do chores around the house and it’s great. π hi meg. i lived in oklahoma years ago. i loved tulsa i thought it would have been such a nice place to raise a family. i had my first child there 20 years ago last week then we headed to dallas where i gave birth 19 years ago – shall i go on – back to michigan giving birth 3 more times and finally to England where i had my final child – oh we also lived in new jersey – no babies born there π I love the house pictures. Did you spend a lot of time driving around Evanston/Kenilworth area when you lived in Chicago? I could tour those neighborhoods all day long! Love those houses. My mom used to live near Utica Square! I loved staying with her and shopping there… and honest to goodness, I think the 5th house down is her boss’. Did it have a huge sloping front yard? If so, that’s it… Roy Clark’s house. You know… the guy on Hee Haw. That’s him. At Christmas time that neighborhood does the most beautfiul light display! Wow! Those were some gorgeous homes! On another note, I loved seeing your son helping around the house — what a great guy! (I love your floor!) Wow! Those were some gorgeous homes! On another note, I loved seeing your son helping around the house — what a great guy! (I love your floor!) The white house totally looks like the house in Father of the Bride. I wanted that house so bad when I was a teenager! Beautiful homes! Those homes are beautiful! We love to drive around Utica Square and look at all the houses. My daughter (3) loves to help with chorse and I keep wandering how much longer I have before she no longer wants to help! I love looking at houses, too, but have never taken pictures of them. You’ve given me inspiration. Oh, and those white and pink bushes look like trimmed azaleas. We let ours grow wild. Love them either way. I LOVE the white house. Seriously love, love, love. If only I wasn’t Australian, I think I’d be packing my toys and coming to make it home. Total gorgeousness. Thank you for sharing. GREAT pics. I LOVED those houses….found myself sayin the same things you were….oooohhh look at that…kinda thing. Thanks so much for sharing! π Happy Tuesday to you! Happy Tuesday to you too! That house with the turquoise ceiling and yellow door makes me think that some DIY bloggers may live there:) I love to look at big beautiful old homes too. Theres nothing “cookie cutter” about them and they hold so much history and character. I loved your house tour. I like looking at houses, too. It’s so much more fun when you don’t need one. Love the houses. Love to see kids helping around the house. Makes me smile. wow,….this is so american! those big big houses! that’s the nice thing about reading blogs from other country’s to me. Happy Tuesday Meg! Hi there – those houses are just so pretty. And so many of them! I think it’s fab you took some pictures for us to see. Seems like a long way from here! In London there are these wonderful sets of ‘Mews’ houses which run around in a crescent shape just off the busy roads. They have gardens in the middle of the crescent – like in the film ‘Notting Hill’. I always want to take pictures but then think I will look slightly strange!! Lou x ha! That bottom house is the house of some very good friends of ours!! They have been making some changes to the inside, but promised they’d never paint the ceiling or the door. I’ll let Kari know you loved her house-she’ll get a kick out of that! They are our age with two little kiddos. Great, loving family that I adore. I love, LOVE the last house with the yellow door. If it were for sale, I may tell my husband that we’re moving. And considering we’re in San Diego, CA, that house is probably way less expensive and much nicer than the one we’re in. Sorry, San Diego. Runner-up is the house with the circular drive. And by the way, I love that Sean is raising money for his school book fair. That’s my kinda kid! ….check out the MAJOR UPDATE on this fundraiser!!!….
danielle and her family are about to do something that is amazing. they are going to adopt Sergey through Reece's Rainbow. this sweet little boy with down syndrome is waiting and has been waiting for far too long half a world away to be loved and brought into his new home. Danielle is having a fundraiser for the costs of adoption that is running now through april 25. i am confident that God will bring sergey home. and that WE will be a part of it. it is time to dream big ladies. let's do it. LETS BRING SERGEY HOME. do something BIGGER than yourself today. go to danielle's blog and donate. $10 for a chance to win an iPAD and help a baby come home to his mom???? go to reece's rainbow also….maybe your baby is waiting for you? Ephesians 3:20 Hi! I included this post in this weeks from my reader round-up. Loved the post and thought it would be super useful to my friends and readers. I am praying for you and the baby, God works in mysterious ways! Nobody can go back and start a new begining, but anyone can start now and make a new ending. i have been enjoying your blog for some time but never commented. i was delighted to see this post! As the parent of a precious 6 year old with Down syndrome Reeces Rainbow has been close to my heart for some time. praying for sergey and so many others! wow.. i hope one day i have the strength & determination to adopt a child with a disability. it is so amazing of you to help support her & spread the love. Meg, Thank you so much for sharing this. I will definitely be helping Danielle bring that sweet baby home. It breaks my heart to see those sad little angels that need love and a home. I posted the cause (as well as Reece’s Rainbow) on my blog. I don’t have a huge following, but every little bit helps. Every child needs love, and by posting this you are helping! Thank you Meg for highlighting such a great fundraiser and Reece’s Rainbow…there are so many ways to help these children with Down syndrome who don’t have a voice…blogging, facebook, helping with fundraisers, and of course adopting… I truly believe that each child here on this earth is here for a reason….so yes, thank you…and of course I love your blog! π I have seen God move mountains… $35,000.00 mountains… to bring not one but THREE precious children home to a loving family. My friends are in Eastern Europe right now… their court date is now set for Wed… then they’ll come home for ten days and back across the ocean to get these precious little ones and bring them home. RR is amazing. So glad to get to be a teeny part of bringing Sergey home to his loving family. i love that you have a hand in this. I’m so happy to help make this happen for this beautiful baby and his new family! It is such a worthwhile cause! We adopted a son from Ethiopia and it was so wonderful to see God move through the help we received! Thanks for being such an encouragement to me and others, Meg! I am living by this verse today. I agree with the others: Kelle Hampton : http://www.kellehampton.com/ I follow Reece’s Rainbow. I have a granddaughter( Ollie Faith) who was born in Feb who has DS She is a blessing with one extra special chromosome and I wouldn’t trade her for the world. So glad to see you supporting this. yes, Kelle “Enjoying the small things” perhaps could help…she is such a wonderful person and she does have a large following. This is the 2nd time in a month I’ve been able to help with an adoption! Thanks for the opportunity! This is what it means to be the hands & feet of Jesus! π What a sweet face! I went and helped. What a sweet boy he is! Praying that they bring him home soon! Maybe Kelle at Enjoying the Small Things could help advertise this? She has a huge following and it would be worth a shot to ask. I’m 23, and its my dream to adopt a child!!!! I’ll definatly be donating to help ! Such a brilliant cause π
that tooth that has been hanging on for weeks is finally gone. my favorite loose tooth story ever. annie: "MOM MOM MOM! my tooth came out! it was all bloody and gross!" me: "did you just pull it out?" annie: "No. well see….talby was being mean to me in grandpa's car and i didn't like it so i just got mad. then i grabbed her arm and i bit her like this ………. and then i yelled OUUUWWWW! and then talby yelled ANNIE YOUR MOUTH IS BLOODY! and then my tooth was just hanging there and i had blood on my hands." me: "YOU LOST YOUR TOOTH WHEN YOU BIT TALBY?!!" annie: "yeah…." like it was a normal thing. yeah. oh my. then she left it there on accident.
I was imaging the way she told you the story. I’m thinking she is very much excited while delivering the news. And thank God, Mr. Tooth Fairy is always there to back up Mrs. Tooth Fairy. I still have the tooth!!! Great picture of Annie. I love Annie’s story. My son’s tooth hung on like that when he was her age and he wouldn’t let anyone touch it. I couldn’t stand it, so while he was sleeping, I used one of his little “Cool Tools” pliers and got it. hee hee! That is a funny story…my hubby leaves the money too because I stink at it too. Yeah, our tooth fairy is a loser. She lost momentum after about the 3rd tooth and never did get her act together. Sooo funny! Loved the story! Yeah, in my house, it’s the Mrs. Tooth Fairy that ALWAYS remembers…well, fortunately two nights ago she remembered as she stormed into their bedroom after Mr. Tooth Fairy already went to bed and Mrs. Tooth Fairy startled him awake and whispered quite loudly, “WE CAN’T FORGET THIS TIME LIKE LAST TIME!” Woowhee…crisis averted! Our tooth fairy stinks too. In fact, she was CAUGHT in the ACT! by a 4th grader! Later she and I went for a walk and I knew it was the beginning of the end…first the tooth fairy, then the Easter bunny and Santa. I cringed when she began the conversation, but she asked “Why do all the other houses have tooth fairies and ours doesn’t?” I laughed that she thought only our house had a defective tooth fairy! I must say, though, I am pretty proud that I have a child who still believed in magic at 10 years old. Rarity these days. I love it! Such a great pic!! By the way I have forgotten nearly EVERY time! Have had to come up with creative reasons why the tooth fairy has forgotten π Meg, I thought you might enjoy this video. I LOVE your blog! E omygoodness!!!! i laughed out loud at this one!!! Awesome story! I’ve been wondering how losing teeth is going to be for my daughter and I’m not looking forward to the blood. Reading other moms’ & kids’ stories has been encouraging. And your story was definitely the funniest one ever! This Mom’s Guide had some helpful information too, if you want to check it out. http://www.1dental.com/moms-guide/ I love that you are helping that little boy find his way to his new family. Wow! Amazing! On a lighter note… don’t you love when the kids come home to tell a story and it involves something they did (ie: fighting and bighting) in front of the grandparents? Can’t they just hold it in … and act perfect… until they get home? My mom is always surprised when my kids fight… like she forgets she had 3 fighting kids of her own. Just made me chuckle. When my boy was little, he lost a tooth while at a sleepover at a friend’s house. The mom, Fran, and I talked on the phone and we arranged for her to take the tooth away while the boys slept and tuck some money under my son’s pillow. we lost a tooth this weekend too…not quite in the same way…! That is the BEST tooth losing story ever! such a funny story!!! Isn’t it normal to lose a tooth while biting your sister??? I love those tooth-loosing stories. One time, when Katie was really little, she lost her tooth on the beach. She got David to write a note to the tooth fairy on her behalf, explaining why there was no tooth under her pillow. I still have that note, and the story she dictated about the whole episode – it’s precious! That is hilarious! My son lost one of his teeth when he was wrestling w/a friend & bit him on the leg. Another came out when his uncle threw a baseball to him & it hit him in the mouth knocking to tooth out in the grass. We haver an appalling tooth mouse that often forgets or just goes to bed for weeks on end without paying his dues!!! It’s like he just doesn’t care – does he? I always forget the $ from tooth fairy too….. Thank you Meg for posting our story! I too am the WORST tooth fairy ever. I have had to make up so many stories about why the tooth fairy did not come, even hand written notes from the tooth fairy. Ahhh parenthood:) My kindergartner has the same tooth loose! It just grosses me out! π Don’t feel bad…Mrs. Tooth Fairy sucks at our house, too. So forgetful, I tell ya! LOL Thank goodness for those Mr. Fairies!! Bite me!!! What a good story. yep, a good one. Her kids are going to LOVE it when you tell that story at the Thanksgiving dinner table. Bite me. She is adorable! My 6 1/2 year old daughter FINALLY lost her front big tooth that was hanging on FOREVER. She and Annie look so cute. BTW, when my Katy lost her first tooth, this Tooth Fairy not only made the swap while she was still awake (because I wanted to go to bed!), but then flushed it on the way back to our bedroom. My husband asked how it went. Told him she was still awake and then when he asked to see the tooth and I told him I flushed it, he said, “You made the swap while she was awake AND you flushed her first lost tooth??! Okay, you suck at this.” Guess who does Fairy Duty now? π Eek! I imagine that hurt both of them quite a bit! Cute pics : ) Oh that’s funny! What a story! Mrs. Tooth Fairy is rotten here, too. Actually my children all would say, “Mama, you forgot to give me my money.” Ha! My oldest lost her second tooth when her cousin kicked the soccer ball and hit her in the mouth. We never found that blasted tooth. We think she swallowed it… Bwahahhahahahhahaha…best story ever! Have you seen the movie Tooth Fairy? Its pretty stupid but my girls loved it. Esp the part when a little boy woke up and freaked out over seeing the fairy.:) Good times. Happy Monday! At least the thing came out. My daughters old teeth didn’t fall out, she grew new ones in front of the old ones and had to have them pulled. Gross. I should have had her bite her brother. HI. LAR. I. OUS. Best tooth loss story ever. And that smile! Bright and shiny and gap-alicious! Oh man! Mr. Tooth fairy is the man in our house too! I also am terrible at my job as tooth fairy. Oh well, the mr looks better in tights anyway!!!! I remember the excitement (and drama) of losing my teeth as a kid. It was awesome. But now as the mom of an almost six-year-old son, I am a little grossed out by the whole process. I will definitely not be a mom who saves baby teeth (not that there is anything wrong with that.) The only positive thing I can say about my son losing his teeth is that thank God(seriously!) that he gets a second chance to practice good dental hygiene. Have a great week! The tooth fairy always forgets at my house too! π omg!! I am sooo glad that my Mrs. Tooth Fairy isn’t the only one to forget! We have my kids convinced that we are the last ones on her route and thankfully it’s usually raining the night it goes under her pillow. Then we get to tell her the fairy’s wings get wet, so she has to walk instead of fly so it takes even LONGER! lmao… ok, I should just set my alarm so I remember before I go to sleep next time π When I was reading this, I was totally hearing her voice saying it! Hilarious drama over her tooth. Love it. that’s some bite your girlie has. π i love the no-front teeth look so much….it’s a throw-back look to their babyhood and the last chance to really see them like that. because the next few years they are just trying to grow into their GIANT teeth. Love Annie’s new smile. cute story. Best losing tooth story ever!!!! I LOVE that story. AWESOME! Our Mrs. Toothfairy isnt so hot at her job either…good thing she is so busy and might not have time to make it to EVERY person that lost a tooth that night. After my daughter lost her last tooth and the TF didnt make it-she said “maybe she is in Germany or something and couldnt make it back here”….Gotta love the innocence of children! π hahhaha. so cute, that annie! i have a daughter the same age, so your posts on motherhood always make me smile. my girls have tried and tried and tried to catch the toothfairy by the wing with the help of daddy but their efforts are always thwarted for some reason or another. they keep wishing for another chance soon. my youngest, a kindergartener, hasn’t lost her first tooth yet. I love that story. It is awesome! Oh my – only Annie!!!
we are chillin. thankful for the kings of leon giving us the perfect excuse…..oh yeah. i rocked out in tulsa, oklahoma with my newest obsession. kings of leon were….in a word…..AWESOME. we stayed here.…and so did sam bradford!!! i bought something for one of you….can't wait to show you. feeling full of renewed energy to parent and love. back to reality this afternoon. oh….it was so much fun. Wow, I’ve been a Kings of Leon fan for about 5 years – back when it seemed I was the only one who had heard of them. LOVE them!!!! What fun for you both! And probably fun for the kids and grandparents too. π I’m from Tulsa! Haven’t been back in a while… reading that you were there makes me miss it. Kings of Leon I love! i received my “joy” print in the mail this weekend! i LOVE it. so fun! hope you enjoyed your time and your man! Love this picure….I am sooo ready for summer! I would love to go to a concert…never been to one before : ) How fun!!! I absolutely LOVE Kings of Leon and this song is just awesome! I could use some time away with my hubby…we try to do it every year but since I’m unemployed right now, I think it will be put on the backburner for now. Maybe later this year…one can hope! Glad you had a nice time…as parents to five kids, you totally deserve a break! What a luxury for you guys! Oh, so glad you had a great time! Out 20th anniversary is coming up and I can’t wait to getaway either:) Glad that you had a good time. I love Kings Of Leon too. Oh my gosh….I can’t believe you got me something. too cute that pic! craig and his sneakers! you guys are soooo cute! Such a great thing to take a little trip with your husband! I’m glad that it was such a fun weekend for you. Have a great week! Oh, Meg, you two are so wise! I love that picture! And cant wait to get somewhere away with my hubby.We’ll be celebrating 10 years of marriage this July. I dont know where the time went! Sounds awesome Meg, every lovin’ couple needs some good times together!! Happy for you! I live in Tulsa! π I saw them leaving their hotel on friday morning as i walked into work. Had I not had plans to head to dallas this weekend I would have been right there with you. They are so wonderful! thinking of you lots this weekend…so happy you got to get away hey meg, Ahh!! Tulsa! My home away from home. Love that place. Miss it terribly! When I clicked on the link where you stayed I saw the redirect to PW’s site. I thought, “She stayed in The Lodge?! How awesome!”. Then I saw you took her hotel recommendation. Ha! Hooray for alone time. It’s always needed! so glad you guys got away! i live in colorado (i know, i’m rubbing it in) so hubs and i just went skiing this weekend alone π so i TOTALLY want you to vlog!!!!! please please vlog!! and jenny is adorable. is she stoned? no, she’s adorable π hahahhahahahaa! Yay for T-Town! Hope our little city showed you a warm welcome. We love it here. Cute pic, I noticed there were actually leaves on the trees there Awesome weekend for you! Glad you had a good time!!!;0) How nice for you and the hubby to have the opportunity to refresh and renew. Grown up vacations are great and leave you with the feeling that anything is possible! Nice! I think we might give that a try, if we ever grow up :0) In the meantime, just gonna try to laugh at the mayhem of this crazy life. I guess I know I’m old now. I only know one Kings of Leon song. And I heard it when they were on SNL, ’cause I fell asleep before the second song. aaaaaarg. I hate getting old. My husband LOVED Kings!!! Good for you two! I am hoping sometime this year we will be able to escape π hope you had a blast!! Good for you! |
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Lisa - Thanks for posting about this again. I wanted to donate the other day but the chipin wasn’t working for me. I would have forgotten if you hadn’t done this reminder. Love being a part of what God is doing!
Erin Leigh - Love this. love that we get to participate in any small way. thanks for passing this on.
Courtney Walsh - Megster. I love ya. Just do.
π and now I have a new friend in Danielle. Does it get any better???
Danielle - I am blown away by all of this, thank you Meg! Thank you ALL!!
amy jupin - isn’t this blog world amazing?
i am in awe.
and you are at the heart of it too.
makes me all teary.
darn you.
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pam - um, yeah. what she said.
love you, meg.
jeannett - dear meg,
i love you. and your heart. and your enthusiasm.
love,
me.