dedication luncheon photos + old, random photos

We are snowed in. 12 inches! It's been quite nice. We've all spent lots of time together. I have gotten lots of housework done (ie mopping, dusting, sweeping, etc.) I dread the day when Isabella wants to go play in the frigid temperatures. I will need a long extension cord for my space heater! Even as a kid...I took a couple trips down the hill with the tube and then I was knocking on the front door for my mom to let me in! I'm not a fan of the cold. (Dad, remember when you paid for an all night ski pass for me and I took one trip down the bunny slope and then headed for the lodge and spent the rest of the night by the fireplace?) Tommy and I have said, more than once this winter, WHAT are we doing here? We must move to Florida or California quickly! I know, I know...the seasons. We'd miss them terribly! But this winter and it's ugly, dreary days have caused us to lose perspective. Speaking of how we hate winter...our baby has her first cold. Keeping with the theme, I over reacted. Was it pneumonia? Something worse? Emphysema from that one time we sat sort of near a guy smoking a cigarette?? Nope, turns out it's just a little cold...most likely from Noah's Ark...the gym nursery. Seriously, her tiny cough and congestion are pitiful.
We are expecting to be snowed in again tomorrow which is fine with us. It's March Madness, you know.

The first section of photos below is from the dedication luncheon last Sunday. The next set is a random group from the past couple of months. I have been going through pictures trying to put them into chronological order. I ordered 380 4x6 dating from November to February that I must write on the backs of and put in albums. Maybe a project for tomorrow morning? I love pictures. I could look at old ones over and over. In fact, I do.

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dedication lunch table, march 2007

cousins, march 08

your party, march 08

visiting with family the night before the dedication, march 08
(the big empty corner in the great room is due to the fact that we pulled the big armchair into the kitchen so my 90 year old grandma could be in the kitchen where the action was.) Also, I did clean off my desk (left corner of photo) before the party. Another also...the bulb is not burned out over the bar...it's just that my dad insists on unscrewing it so it doesn't shine too brightly on the baby! He does it every time he's here, don't you Pop Pop??

the cake I made for ella's dedication lunch, March 08

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o l d p i c t u r e s

pepper, ella, abby, february 08

abby kate and isabella, lil a d pi roommates, February 08

keeping your tootsies warm like mommy does, february 08

baby chase, February 08
(not a baby anymore, ONE)

your first new years eve. it was crazy! december 07
(These would be all those empty frames I mentioned several months ago! They are nealry all filled now!)

your baby slippers from aunt b, December 07
(they made me melt)

balloons from family and friends to welcome you home, November 07

you saw 'em for the first time!, January 2008

your parents have a sick sense of humor, huh?, January 08

sitting like a big girl...all by yourself, February 08

toes barely touching on the new exersaucer, February 08