My youngest daughter turned 3 on Thursday! We had a little party for her on Saturday and she got to wear her new dress (that my mom got for her at Good*will for 50 cents!!!). Pretty cute, huh?!
Since about July Natalie has been saying “I will be 3 October 29” to anyone who asks her how old she is. On Friday I asked her, “Natalie, how old are you now?” And she said, “I will be 3 October 29.” I said, “No Nat, you are 3 now! Your birthday was yesterday.” She responded, “No, I will be 3 October 29.”
This morning I was getting her dressed and making a big deal about her special party dress and she said, “Mommy, NOW I am 3!!!” So it was the dress. I wonder how old she will be tomorrow when she is wearing regular clothes?!
Here are a few pictures of her blowing out the candles on her cake.
And here is my big 3 year old actually looking at the in the general direction of the camera and smiling. Love this girl!!
Nattie Beth Fenway,
It seems like just yesterday that you came tumbling into our lives (quite literally, actually…you wasted no time!). We were unsure about having yet another little girl, and so soon after your sisters, but God sure knew what He was doing. You have been an amazing addition to our family and there is no way we would ever change that. Your personality is really starting to shine. You love to make us laugh, and we love to hear your giggles. We have had our share of struggles with your health, but you are an amazingly resilient little girl. We thank God for you every day! We know that He has something special in store for you, Natalie. Can’t wait to see what it is! We love you baby girl.
Love,
Mama, Daddy, and sissies
**This has been a hard birthday for me. Well, okay, I’ll be honest…all of Natalie’s birthdays are hard for me! I cried when she turned 1! No tears this year, but it’s difficult for me to think about not having a 2 yr old anymore. Just like it was hard not having a 1 yr old, or not counting her age in months anymore. I honestly do not feel like my family is complete, but the Lord is going to have to convince my husband of that, because at this point he is done! For now I will enjoy the 3 beautiful girls that God has blessed me with, and hope that maybe someday our little prince will come along (or as the girls tell me at least once a week, “our little brown brother. Not a regular brother, Mom, a brown brother.”)**
So I was going to just kind of let my blog fall by the wayside, because to be honest, I have so little time and it’s difficult with no internet at home. But after being encouraged by a few people to continue blogging, I decided to give it another go. I’m not going to promise a new post every day, not even every couple of days…but I will try my hardest to get something up here at least once a week. Even if it is just a picture of one of my beautiful well behaved daughters :)
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I have been busy with my photography business, but I have a feeling that will slow down as we get into the winter months. Not a whole lot of fun to hang out in the freezing cold to get your picture taken. And I have no studio lighting, nor any knowledge of how to use any of it if I did. So I suppose I will take a step back until spring rolls around. Unless of course anyone out there is having a newborn in the next couple of months…I’m always up for that! Here are a few pictures from recent sessions.
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Oh yeah, maybe you want to see a few pictures of my own kids? Okay, here you go!
she was so done with me by this point. I love to torture my girls :)
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We are all finally recovered from our fight with the dreaded H1N1 flu. Good news about that is that we don’t have to worry about getting the vaccine (which we were NOT getting anyway). Poor Adelle got hit the hardest of all of us. She had a 104 degree temp for 5 days straight. Along with severe leg pain, headache, and cough. I slept on the couch every night because her legs hurt too bad for her to come upstairs if she needed me. The girls and I recovered with no medical intervention, but Adam did end up with a secondary infection which the doctor prescribed an antibiotic for. He is now (after 2 weeks) on the road to being fully recovered. The amazing thing about this virus is just how quickly you get hit with it…and you are down for the count. Natalie started us out with it on Saturday, Abbie got it on Sunday, I got it Monday morning, Adelle was Monday evening, and Adam was Tuesday morning. Natalie rebounded amazingly quickly much to my dismay much to my delight…it’s great to have a 3 yr old who feels fine while the mama is sick as a dog on the couch. Let me just be honest and admit that she watched WAY too much TV that week because I was in no shape to deal with her.
I will be honest here and say that this is probably the sickest I have ever been in my life. And I know it is the sickest Adelle has ever been. I found out when we were sick that even if we had gotten the vaccine, it takes 3-4 weeks to become fully effective. So we all probably would have gotten sick anyway! And then potentially have had to deal with unknown side effects. No thanks.
But how to edit it? Which version do you like best? Leave me a comment and let me know!
He may be small, but boy oh boy is my love for him huge!
Meet my new nephew, Jacob Andrew. Born on Sept. 4, weighing in at 7lbs 7oz and 20 3/4” long.
She is so proud of her new cousin!
Welcome to the world, little man! Congratulations Chris and Jemima!
