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Blue Devils...
DW and I have been talking about taking LC to one of his hometown's high school football games for a while now to see how she does and Friday night was the night. As it turned out, the Stones were...
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Pretty In Pink...
When I was growing up, I always thought I would have boys. I grew up with my brother and boy cousins, my best friends were usually boys and DW's family is also heavily dominated by the male gender. So...
View ArticleLittle Big
LC is at that stage where her mind is getting so "big" even though her body is still little. It's hilarious watching her brain work and she is surprising me every day with new things she has quietly...
View ArticleNo Keesh.
One of the things that we've been working on with LC is not to have a total meltdown when something doesn't go her way. Granted, part of it is that we are just at "that age" but I know a lot of her...
View ArticleOf Course...
LC has turned into a verbal parrot these days and its stressing me out a little. I've caught myself saying "oh crap" or just other little things that aren't bad but I also don't like the idea of them...
View ArticleUnzipped...
So there I was, standing in front of LC's school in nothing but my flesh-colored bra... Oh wait. I guess I need to back up a little and explain how I got to one of the most embarrassing moments I've...
View ArticleYou Are...
I know this video is making its way around the internet but it really spoke to my heart. I thought I would share just in case someone who needed to hear these things missed it. Nuh uh...not me, Satan.I...
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Let There Be Light...
This past week was one of the most "full" weeks I've had in a very long time. We did a lot of work on our house projects, got to spend time with some very special people in our life, and I had a ton...
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Yayas...
Here and now, I'm making a commitment to more regularly documenting on the blog. I mentally needed a break from it during the last year or so but I'm also realizing that I'm just horrible at recording...
View ArticleWhen My Foot Is Slipping...
When I said, "My foot is slipping,"your love, O Lord, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolationbrought joy to my soul.Psalm 94:18-19 I don't think I could say enough how much I...
View ArticleWhoooo Whooooo...
I swear, these days I'm either laughing at LC or dying of embarrassment. The child has a gift. LC has really started to show an interest, for the first time, in playing with and kissing her stuffed...
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Custom Made Kid™
I am super, super excited to share the logo I had made for my children's book now that I've gotten everything officially registered. I knew that I wanted it to be clean yet also somehow whimsical and a...
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Blue Door Diary
This picture creates so much perspective for me. I look at LC on her tiptoes, reaching up to try to open that blue door, and something about it has stuck with me for the last few days. I just keep...
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Baby Steps...
I am having far, far too much fun with developing Custom Made Kid™ to be able to consider it "work" in any way and wanted to share what I've been up to lately with CMK. It's been absolutely amazing to...
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SOOT!
On Sunday night, we took LC and met her bestie, Z, at the Birmingham Zoo for their annual "Boo at the Zoo" celebration. The kids were definitely a little young to understand the whole thing but the...
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It's Fall, Y'all...
Yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous Fall day here in Alabama and LC was in a super cute, playful mood. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to spend a few minutes behind the camera...Can you say...
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CMK Model...
A few weeks back, I wanted to test the sizing and quality of various t-shirts and I couldn't resist sharing a few pics of LC modeling her very own Custom Made Kid™ tee. I seriously underestimated how...
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Almost
When LC first became our very own Custom Made Kid, I had soooooo many moments throughout every single day where I thought with surprise, "Holy Cow...I'm a mom." I would look at her and feel this sense...
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Paid in Full...
When DW and I were adopting LC, there were a ton of steps to the process. We had to have our initial home study done to determine whether we could provide a safe environment, a Federal background...
View ArticleThe Single Girl's Manifesto
I'm not single but yet the whole "singleness" thing has been heavily on my mind and heart lately. I can't even really tell you why. I guess, as the mom of a little girl, I see the world very...
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Santa Claus & Aubie Claus
Last weekend, we took LC to meet up with her best friend, Zachary to do the obligatory Santa Claus photos. These two really do love each other and, I swear, I need to write a kids book with them as...
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Though She Be but Little...
"Though she be but little, she is fierce." - William Shakespeare Happy 2nd Birthday to my favorite little girl in the world. LC, you have brought joy to my heart in unspeakable ways. Your life - and...
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The Vision...
As I think about how long it's been since I posted here, I'm actually wondering, "Do people even read blogs anymore?" Ha! In fact, I catch myself feeling like I'm on one of those live TV shows,...
View ArticleOn that 6th Time Around...
About the time I became a mother, something inside of me shifted from completely open about any and every subject to slightly more private in certain areas and very private in others. As the writer of...
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A-Day 2014
One of the things DW looks forward to each year is going down to Auburn for the annual A-Day game. This year, we made the trip over with our friends, Stephen and Amber and LC's buddy, Z. We loaded the...
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