A Fellow Mercy Girl!

One of my fellow Mercy Girls in desperate need of some prayers!

Andrea Kelly graduated from Mercy with Beth and I. She is a sweet, wonderful human being that has a personality as big as California! Andrea brightens a room with her smile and right now she needs as many prayers as possible. She had her 2nd heart attack in a month and is now scheduled for heart surgery at the age of 37! Please take a minute to say a healing prayer for Andrea!

GNM - ILY!

A Blue Day

I'm entitled to a blue day or two right? I told Molly that I was having a blue day and she asked if I wished that Auntie Beth was here. I always wish that my cousin was here instead of in California but I was a bit curious about why she had asked. "Because Auntie Beth can turn the grey parts of your heart red with happiness because she loves you so much." It's quite a thought for such a little girl but the ironic part was that Beth ended up calling about an hour later and I realized that Beth defintely has a way of making you feel extraordinary even when you are talking about mundane things. Never mind how she makes the kids feel when she oozes love all over them but she can make me feel like an amazing human being for just getting dinner on the table after working all day. I had a day of small little things that added up to a really crappy day but Beth made me feel strong and capable without even knowing that she was doing it or that I needed it.

Molly moved up to her new room on Sunday night and so we all came up and said a family prayer in her new room. She did great and LOVES having a place to escape to when the babies are driving her crazy.
Molly girl - snug as a bug in a rug and ready for a restful night of sleep in her new room.
In our family I am always looking for ways to get to know the kids better. Sounds ridiculous but you would be surprised at how hard it is to get a 6 and 8 year old to open up sometimes. We play a game at dinner alot where we start a sentence "If you could be any color what color would you be? If you could do any job what would you do? You get the idea. The other night I was relating to Meghan about the kids answers - Peter would be a professional basketball player or a custodian like Daddy and Molly would be a waitress. So Meghan (knowing Molly) asked if she would be a waitress at her favorite restaurant - Friendlies. Molly said she would love to and Meg said - "or you can work at a fancy restaurant" and without missing a beat Molly responded "like the diner?" Gives you an idea about where we eat - the diner is fancy because you can get waffles there all day!

Lizzie is currently giggling away with Daddy right next to me. These are a few naked baby shots - my favorite kind.

I love the look on that gorgeous face!

We still can't get Annie to perform for us but the kids did sing a few songs for us to send along to Grammy and Papa. Not sure why the lighting is so bad but you get the point!

I miss my parents - they need to never leave us for this long again - I'm co-dependant!

GNM-ILY!

No, you aren't looking at the wrong blog!

I am so technologically inept that I can not figure out a way to get these pictures uploaded and have a link for people on the blog so............

My cousin Kara's son, Reillyn, was baptized yesterday. He was a little angel and the day was beautiful - below are a zillion pictures that I took. I wasn't going to comment on the ones of the christening because I didn't even ask Kara if I could post them - but my nephew did become a catholic and I was there to celebrate the incredible blessings of that special day so I'm claiming Auntie privledge!

Reillyn gets a bottle during his baptism.

Laying of hands for a blessing!Beautiful Baby Reillyn!
Uncle Joe and Reillyn.

Reillyn is baptized.

Reillyn is annoited with the holy chrism.

Auntie Brigid puts the white garment on Reillyn.

Snuggles from Auntie Brigid.

Reillyn Billy Sheftel - the newest Catholic in the world!

Sweet little Reillyn!

I love this picture of Rob and Kara with Reillyn!Kara and Rob with Mike Shelto - the deacon who performed the ceremony!The sisters with Reillyn.

All the Davis girls and Reillyn.

Sister Ancie getting her Lizzie fix. She is so cute - Lizzie was sleeping in her seat at Sr. Ancie's feet and I saw her looking over at her - when I asked her if she wanted to hold her she didn't hesitate for one second - apparently that's what she was waiting for!

My beautiful goddaughter and I - I could eat her up!

Love this one of my two carefree goddaughters!

Ellie Bear!

She is so my daughter - munching on bread.

Daddy and the twins!

Our girls - they look so cozy all curled up in their matching dresses!Auntie Ann giving Annie a kiss!The girls in their matching outfits!Not the greatest picture but this baby just takes my breath away - look at those gorgeous blue eyes!Loved this outfit on Annie Bananie!One of Annie's many looks!Tyler and Abby slept over last night - kind of a last minute thing but we had a blast! Tyler and Annie have a great relationship and she ADORES him - here she is snuggling up to him!Pretty girls having a sleepover!Annie now snuggles her Grammy blankie up to her face when she sleeps - so sweet!Daddy and Annie coloring together - our girl is getting so big!

So we could not get Annie to cooperate and get a good video for Grammy and Papa. This is just a bit of her dancing around and unfortunately, you have to disregard my cluttered house to see it! We'll try again!

I go back to work tomorrow and I am so nervous, anxious, sad, excited - you name it I feel it. I have loved being home with the kids - I allowed myself to be lazy and stay cozy and warm in the house just enjoying the kids and what a treat it was - many of my friends stopped over only to find me in my jammies still at 11 a.m. So now it's back to the real world of dress up clothes, decision making, being nice to mean people, pretending to pay attention in 4 hour meetings that should only take 20 minutes and missing the babies! That being said, I do good work with good people and feel blessed to have a job I enjoy doing - in other words - "quit my whining" !

Whew are the Academy Awards boring this year - I'm going to bed!

GNM - ILY!