tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75104600726553946082024-03-05T21:50:21.207+01:00Our {NEW} Sandbox The French 5...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05932484884488892220noreply@blogger.comBlogger299125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510460072655394608.post-43094953315609604752013-12-31T23:26:00.002+01:002013-12-31T23:26:32.347+01:00Top.... Pics and Memories of 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Reflecting back, and looking at pics is such a fun thing to do. I couldn't narrow it down to just 10, so here are our top... however many pics/memories of this year.</div>
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#1 of 2013 is when Elijah came into our family on April 27.</div>
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1b. meeting brother and sister</div>
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London trip in March to see Krissy!!!</div>
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Enjoying the sunshine and backyard... with Tim (and Sophie!)</div>
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Little boys, will be... little boys... mud puddle splashing!</div>
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These two... love them just as much as they love each other.</div>
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SNOWman building!!! We enjoyed the snow in the early part of the year!</div>
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we went to see the castle about 20 min. from our house!</div>
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Brother/sister love... play, fun, backyard. love it.</div>
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Greece TRIP!!!! Making new/old friends.</div>
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Fall Pumpkin hunting at the farm</div>
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Love his beard. Love this boy.</div>
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Strasbourg Trip with friends... #Christmas2013</div>
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oh brothers.</div>
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(Stephen only): got to see the Tour de France around the Arc de Triomphe</div>
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NanNan's visit and lots of fun with her!</div>
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And, the beginning of school with princess and batman. </div>
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Looking back, it's been an amazing year. We are blessed beyond what we could have ever asked or imagined from the Lord. He's blessed us with each other, our 3 little treasures, friends, travel, weather (getting to see hot and cold!), and all around lots of great adventure. We are excited for what 2014 holds and are thankful we can trust Him who holds it in His hands. </div>
<br />The French 5...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05932484884488892220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510460072655394608.post-3549214847814652862013-12-27T21:11:00.000+01:002013-12-27T21:11:07.389+01:00Merry Christmas 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
From our family to yours, we wish you a very Merry Christmas...</div>
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As for our French Christmas, for all of you wondering....</div>
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This is us at 6:45 a.m. (Sadie had waited patiently for about 30 minutes while Stephen and I tried to get ourselves out of the bed.) Noah, was hard to wake... VERY hard to wake. This is Sadie and I up on his bed (top bunk)... saying his name, lightly tickling, teasing. NOTHING, until I said, </div>
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Woody, Jessie, and Bullseye arrived for Christmas morning!</div>
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Noah's super cute, super tired, super excited smile! </div>
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Playing with fun toys from NanNan!!! </div>
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Aunt Krissy is here too!!!!</div>
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Thank you for this Grandmommie!</div>
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And Noah loved his Jake!!!</div>
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New Jammies... This is what Sadie LIVES IN, pj's!</div>
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(wonder where he got this?!?!)</div>
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Eli playing in his Christmas bouncer!!! He loves this thing!</div>
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Aunt Krissy brought us "Christmas Crackers" from the UK... with fun toys inside! </div>
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Happy boy on Christmas morning!</div>
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Happy mama in her Carolina scarf!</div>
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Thankful for a fun Christmas dinner around the table with our French family</div>
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This past Sunday our church put on it's Christmas Program... and it was so fun. We are so blessed by friends and brothers and sisters who have loved and cared for us as family here in France. We also had a fun little surprise that Sadie got to be Mary in the children's nativity story. </div>
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Mary and Joseph, making the long journey...</div>
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Noah was not suppose to be up beside her at this point, </div>
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Here are the angels singing praises to God!</div>
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Children's choir...</div>
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Prince of Peace... it was amazing!!!! </div>
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So thankful for the love of God's international family!!!</div>
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the hard days. the laughs. the strong will. the tears. dress up.</div>
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100% of the day he is wild. </div>
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he is tender. he funny. he is a copy cat of his big sister.</div>
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my heart swells.</div>
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thank you Lord Jesus for these 2. keep them always in Your care.</div>
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My little boy who turned my world upside down... is now 3 years old. Seems like yesterday the doctor said, "We need to induce you. The baby will be safer outside, than inside of you." I thought I still had a month to go in pregnancy... but in God's perfect timing, my little baby, unknowingly was a little boy... arrived</div>
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November 8, 2010</div>
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With a mom-made Toy Story Cake!</div>
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little brother watching and taking it all in. </div>
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my 3 year old!!!</div>
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Here are some highlights of our Halloween party with friends and family…</div>
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Ariel and Tinker Bell showed up too!</div>
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my sweet Tink</div>
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Brooke, be proud of me… I made the pumpkin stew! Is this what yours looks like?</div>
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It was super yummy!</div>
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Stephen's creation: Yoda</div>
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Gravity (movie), Team Paris logo (?), Yoda, Toy Story, Jasmine, and awesomeness </div>
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created for Noah and Sadie Mac</div>
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oh haha… mama… I am 6 mo!</div>
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AND… I'm eating big boy food now!</div>
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We went on a little family day trip almost directly north to a quaint little town called Le Treport.</div>
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Perfect as it's only 2.5 hours from our house... and with enough to do to entertain us for several hours and enjoy time as as the French 5! </div>
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Playing on a large ship anchor!</div>
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We walked out on the rocky beach and waited for the cold water to hit our toes!!! </div>
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Fun family pics... with amazing backgrounds!</div>
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The cliffs of Normandy...</div>
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Le Treport has a funicular that (is free!!!) and takes you to the top of the cliffs!</div>
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A view from the top... it's amazing!</div>
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Thankful for our fun day together and for the adventures we're able to experience here in France!</div>
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You NEVER know what you will see here in Paris. This man... painted himself in gold and plays a small pretend violin. He is a "statue" until someone puts some money in his little bucket... then he'll "play" you a song and will move, and give you a wink. </div>
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The French 5...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05932484884488892220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510460072655394608.post-64399683373992803942013-10-04T21:20:00.001+02:002013-10-04T21:20:23.166+02:00My 34th Birthday... Really?!?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There are many a day when I wake up and feel 25 years old... and wonder where these three kids came from. I laugh at myself, seriously, as 25 is nearly 10 (!!!) years ago. Where as the time gone and whose kids are these? They're cute and fun... so I'll keep them... but I'm not old enough to be a mom. At least, that's how I feel. </div>
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I am blessed beyond measure with a husband who loves me, is faithful to me and is an amazing father to my children. He's taken me around the world and shown me sights and wonders I dreamed of as a young girl. What a guy!! Love him. Thankful for him. Will forever keep and treasure him.</div>
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I am blessed with 3 heathy and beautiful treasures... and am thankful for each moment with them. They exhaust me, make me want to scream (well, lets be honest... I do from time to time...), and they are 100mph every day. They are loud, dirty, silly, fun, crazy, and wonderful. Yes, they are the reasons I'm starting to see a little salt among my brown hair. I wouldn't trade them for the world. </div>
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I'm blessed by the assurance of my future. Jesus loves me and He holds my tomorrow in His hands. Whatever I face, I'm not alone. I know it won't always be good, but the One who will be there with me is my good Shepherd. </div>
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34 years... Wow. Really? I'll take it. And I feel like every laugh line on my face was earned... as well as every gray hair. </div>
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Decorated by Sadie...</div>
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50mm... what i've been wanting!!!</div>
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And... birthday smiles from my baby...</div>
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The French 5...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05932484884488892220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510460072655394608.post-39945283935358741232013-09-23T12:13:00.001+02:002013-09-26T19:59:45.244+02:00My Own Little "Madeline"... in Paris! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Remember her? The cute little girl named Madeline in all the books...</div>
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And how she went with her class on a "Sortie" aka, in English "Field Trip"...</div>
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And here she is with her buddy Khawla, on a picnic on the grounds!!! </div>
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<br />The French 5...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05932484884488892220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510460072655394608.post-82889285958208803442013-09-20T14:45:00.001+02:002013-09-20T14:46:12.013+02:00Journées du Patrimoine (Heritage Days)This past weekend here in France was Patrimonie Day, Heritage day... day where we celebrate, uhhhh.... Our French Heritage (?)... I guess. Well, Elijah can fully celebrate being a little "frenchy" at least!<br />
It's a special weekend when things not normally open to the public Palais de l'Elysèe<i> (my apostrophe is wrong on that, but I don't know how to make it go the other way!)</i>, which is the equivalent to the White House. Other things like museums are also open... but when you have a 5 year old, 2 year old, and a 4 month old... you go to... NESTLE Factory!!!! I know my 3 little ones would not wait in a 3+ hour line to get to see the Presidental Palace. Maybe when they are older...? And, from what I gather, this weekend is the ONLY days of the year the factory is open! So... we went to enjoy and see behind closed doors...<br />
I'll be honest, I was expecting Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I was disappointed that it was NOT that. I mean, who wouldn't be, right?!? Basically it's an OLD factory, no longer in use, but they have LOTS of free-be's inside. Ice cream, coffees, chocolate, and their other products as well. Who knew Nestle made other things besides chocolates! Here's some of the fun...<br />
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Coffee or hot chocolate, in a book bag!!! Amazing!</div>
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Noah with his... cheers! He LOVES chocolate!</div>
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Cool old building that the dam runs under...</div>
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FREE ICE CREAM!!!!</div>
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Ok, so Noah loves ice cream too! </div>
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Part of the old chocolate factory!</div>
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1,2,3... "Chocolate!" (Again, Noah= SUPER excited!)</div>
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(trying to get 4 kids to jump at one time: impossible!)</div>
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Girls just wanna have fun... doing this!</div>
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Greek Yogurt... oh la la!</div>
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friends who are like family, amazing sights and experiences, and fun story to top off the 2013 summer! I am THANKFUL! </div>
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<br />The French 5...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05932484884488892220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510460072655394608.post-79102397660700882982013-09-14T08:11:00.000+02:002013-09-14T08:21:37.346+02:00Same little girl, same little games!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
My little girlie... while we lived in Sudan...</div>
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My big girlie, living in France...</div>
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<br />The French 5...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05932484884488892220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510460072655394608.post-87186757682435710052013-08-14T23:37:00.000+02:002013-08-14T23:54:56.927+02:00Summer Highlights!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Ok, so I'm needing some grace. Life with 3 little ones is a bit full and a lot on my plate. I LOVE IT... I love most every second, (notice I said MOST) every second. Elijah is an amazing baby... great eater (now), great sleeper, mostly pretty chill baby... THANK YOU JESUS!!! But, will summer in full swing, it's been hard to sit down at a computer to write or post pics even. So, here are some highlights of our summer:</div>
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Sadie's Second Birthday Party (not on her birthday)</div>
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We even got her to Disneyland Paris!</div>
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These are the "beaches of Paris"... along the Seine River. Sand and all! </div>
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Some sweet friends who are like big sisters to Sadie Mac took her to see Monsters University... this is the "after the movie shot"</div>
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Elijah took his first dip in the pool around 2 months!</div>
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NanNan (Amanda's mom) came to visit!!! </div>
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We took her to a new favorite castle that's only 30 min. from our house.</div>
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Took her to the Eiffel Tower</div>
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And I will say, it still amazes me every time I go!)</div>
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Batman and Wonder Woman came for a visit!</div>
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Sadie's birthday party with friends!</div>
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Eli with cuddles from NanNan at 3 months</div>
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Sadie's "real" birthday... she had 4 parties this year.</div>
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Will.Never.Do.That.Again.</div>
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Noah learned to shave</div>
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and LOTS and LOTS of this on hot summer days. </div>
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(We had a good amount this year, for Paris!) I loved it!</div>
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Happy Summer 2013...</div>
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<br />The French 5...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05932484884488892220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510460072655394608.post-33008721151361301282013-06-18T15:08:00.001+02:002013-06-18T15:25:19.732+02:00Life With 3... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Well, blogging has all of a sudden been put on a "only when I have time" list and there is rarely time with 3 little ones under 5 running around our house. So, I'll catch you up on life since Elijah came...</div>
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Right after he was born a very sweet friend of mine made me a delicious Moroccan meal and came with two of her children to share it with me. She is precious and just wanted to help. It was chicken, boiled eggs, a pasta sort of thing and a creamy lentil sauce. Sounds weird, but it's so good. It's called Rrfisa/Tteud... (or something like that)!</div>
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Here is my sweet friend enjoying the meal together...</div>
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When Elijah was 2 weeks weeks old, we found out he had lost a considerable amount of weight. He was nursing, but he wasn't eating. We thought he was going to have to be put in the hospital, but our doctor put him on a "force feed" kinda diet and I had to pump so we could see exactly how much he was eating. I have an AMAZING FRIEND who lives in a bordering country and she BLESSED MY SOCKS OFF by coming to help for a week. God sent her at the perfect time too. She helped me with late night feedings so I could sleep, she cooked, clean, played with the big kids, and just loved me well as a friend. And, thanks to prayers and help from her, Eli gained 2 pounds in 2 weeks!!! I was/am so blessed by the friends around us and am so amazingly thankful to them all. Being so far from "family" has been hard, but the Lord has given me family over here to help in so many ways... Here is my sweet friend "Janet" whom I love dearly! </div>
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Here is my cutie in the laundry basket. </div>
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After I hung it up... he slept and I played with big brother and sister outside! </div>
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Oh the Laundry!!!</div>
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Here are two of my little loves. Sadie Mac LOVES little brother!</div>
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(Elijah at 6 weeks... more chunky than...)</div>
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The past six weeks have been an absolute blur. I can't believe little guy is SIX WEEKS. It's been a bit of a roller coaster, but we're thankful that He's doing great now and here are some of his faces along the journey... </div>
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Well, April 27, 2013 will always have great meaning to our family... that is when Elijah decided to come! What an amazing story he has!! We thank God for His grace through the delivery and giving Elijah a safe arrival here in France! Here is a little bit of his story:</div>
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That Saturday, started out like most others... dad went to work and Noah, Sadie and I... played, cleaned, rested, did projects... etc. Pretty normal Saturday. We had plans to go to dinner with some dear friends and were making it somewhere easy for the kids... a KFC with a play place!!! </div>
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It was about 7 pm and we were hanging out after dinner letting the kids play and headed to the cars to go to another store to do some walking around when I had a pretty strong contraction and my water broke, in the parking lot at KFC! We decided we should head home and see what would happen, knowing he would be here in the next 24 hours! </div>
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I'm so thankful we decided to go ahead and do the 15 min drive home as contractions started coming 3-4 min. apart. As soon as we got home Stephen ran in, grabbed our hospital bag, got the kids settled in 2 seconds for our friends who were with us... and we headed off to the hospital. We walked. Yes... we did... it was only 3 blocks from our house and so to me, I'd rather Stephen be with me than dropping me off, driving back to the house, parking, and walking back! It's about a 5 min. walk and we definitely saw several people move out of the way as they could tell where we were headed... and why! </div>
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We got to the hospital about 7:45 pm and they quickly moved me into the delivery room and got ready. They asked if I wanted an epidural and after a few more contractions I said yes, but they didn't have my paperwork for the anesthesiologist. It was Saturday night, so the labs were closed, but they worked on it. By the time they got all the paper work in order, and he came in to give me the epidural, I was at 10 cm and I was ready for little guy to come!! The anesthesiologist gave me a "sorry" kinda smile, however I did not smile back! </div>
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Elijah arrived at 9:03pm, two hours after the process began in the KFC parking lot!!! Quick for sure! </div>
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God was so gracious and Stephen was an amazing support and encouragement! The whole thing was in French, so wow... that was a great language learning experience! </div>
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My midwife is on the left and her "team" is on the right! </div>
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All 7 pounds of him and 20 inches long!</div>
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Happy as a clam being close to mama!</div>
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I'm so blessed to have amazing friends who would throw a super fun baby shower for me this past Saturday (more pics to come on that!) I'm super glad they did because that night we thought little guy was going to make his arrival! After a few hours of pretty good contractions, they just stopped... since then, they have continued on and off... but we decided to finish the nursery and get ready! Special thanks to my friends who helped move furniture, give me ideas, and gave me amazing and sweet gifts for the baby! </div>
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Here is a preview of the room...<br />
(However, mentally add a blue "transportation theme" valance above the window... it's in the mail!<br />
THANK YOU MAMA!)</div>
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His crib and very cool and creative mobile Stephen helped me make! </div>
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Other side of the room for any guests who want to come and help! ;-)</div>
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Today was absolutely amazing here in Paris and we were thankful to have some family time out on our day off at the famous Luxembourg Gardens, near central Paris. (Sometimes I still have to stop and pinch myself that we live here.... so weird.) Here are some of the highlights...</div>
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I'm not sure who is more wrapped around whose finger?!</div>
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A fun game you play while riding... trying to "hook" little loops while you go around!</div>
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By the time we were leaving, there wasn't a square meter of grass to be found!</div>
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"Mom, you gotta try this! It's AWESOME!"</div>
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The French 5...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05932484884488892220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510460072655394608.post-27263398345388474042013-04-04T14:16:00.000+02:002013-04-05T22:28:52.433+02:00On the Hunt... TWO Times!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We LOVE Easter because it's super fun and because we celebrate the RISEN SAVIOR! So amazed to be in His grace and thankful for the journey He has us on! </div>
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Our first Easter Egg hunt was on Saturday and went over to a friend's house and had an egg hunt in their yard. </div>
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Ready, Set... Running out the door!</div>
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Here is my dear friend and her three boys along with me and my 2.5 kids! </div>
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Later we had a time of praise and worship and Noah played percussion! </div>
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Here in France, it's not very traditional to do an egg hunt so we invited some of Sadie's classmates and their mom's over for one in our back yard. There ended up being more than I had planned, but we were thankful for the 8 moms and 15 kids that came! For some, it was their first egg hunt ever!</div>
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Here is a little pic of our back yard with several princesses running around and other friends who were all searching for eggs. </div>
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Here is a pic of one of my sweetest friends and her son... on the hunt!</div>
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<br />The French 5...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05932484884488892220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7510460072655394608.post-53829968953636049352013-03-31T21:44:00.003+02:002013-03-31T22:30:15.688+02:00Easter Egg-ing...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We've had a super fun week getting ready for Easter! One day after school Sadie had a friend over and we did a practice run of dying eggs and decorated our egg tree. It was fun to share about the new life in Christ that Jesus brings with our friend and her mom who came later! </div>
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Then, on Saturday morning... we did a mass production of Easter eggs... boiling 90 eggs... </div>
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Yes friends... 90 eggs! This is what that looks like! </div>
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Best Bud Princess Bizzie lovin' on my little ones! </div>
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It is a blessing and super fun thing to have a really great friend who lives in London! As we approach baby #3's arrival we thought this might be as good a chance as any to hop up there on the Eurorail for a week and enjoy her company and the sights of London! Here are some of the highlights from our trip! A HUGE AND MANY THANKS to Krissy for hosting us (longer than expected, to be explained later...) and for being such a great friend and "aunt" to the kiddos. We loved your city!</div>
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We met in 1998 at UNCC... who would have thought we'd be here today! </div>
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It was cold, but there are amazing and beautiful parks everywhere!</div>
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where the QUEEN LIVES! </div>
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(National History Museum... not too shabby, right?!?!)</div>
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We were suppose to head home on Tuesday but when we got to the train station to head home, we found out snow had been dumped on Northern France and so we were delayed an extra day. At the end of that day... these two were pooped! </div>
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We LOVED IT!!! Would love to go back in warmer weather... </div>
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but so thankful for the wonderful week!!!</div>
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