I have that kiddish excitement right now. Like the night before my first day back to school when I was in second grade and all I could do was think about the awesome outfit I was going to wear the next day. An oversize yellow Benetton sweater that looked like something my friend Scott’s cool sister Dina would wear when she worked at The Merry-Go-Round. Except she had tattoos, a mohawk and a trillion rubber bracelets up her arm. And hoop earrings and yellow jelly shoes to match.
So many cool things I’m excited about right now, it’s even better than jelly shoes…and that’s really good.
* It started with this commercial I saw the other night that put me in a worm hole of happiness. Made me all excited for summer and I wished I was every single person in this commercial. Especially the white haired lady. WATCH IT….and smile.
*Then there’s Lainey’s fairy party that’s sneakin’ very close and in between hot-gluing the hundredth flower on a cone hat and brushing pink glitter off my counter today, I realized just how fabulous celebrating a little’s life is. And she is so excited.
Top that ice cream with the very ripe cherry of two much-loved friends who are coming to town just to celebrate…well, that’s two peanut buster parfaits in one week.
*The return to Hurricanes. My favorite place for wings and beer and girlfriends and it’s not a night unless they kick us out. So it was tonight. Heidi and I escaped alone to the familiar blue booths of our happy place and caught up…like went all the way back to that beautiful day of Nella’s birth and retold stories. And we cried. And laughed. And ended up in the parking lot after they shut down sitting on the curb talking. And maybe we did a cartwheel or two.
But we lived. And all who would have seen us would have said, they know how to have fun.
*Heidi did a photo shoot of me and my girls tonight for Mother’s Day and the love and beauty and emotion she captured of my little village had me in tears. More to come on that, but there was a field of love tonight I can’t seem to get over.
*But mostly, what I’m really excited about is that Brett asked me what I want for Mother’s Day, and I answered a full day at Isle of Capri. Like we’re talking morning ’til dark, and he’s making it happen. And all I can think about is how beautiful this Sunday will be. Celebrating the most amazing gift I’ve been given among the happiest of places with those I love. We will bury our feet in the sand and shout to blue skies above…this is living. Oh, us girls…we just wanna have fun.
This was last year…I watched it last night and got so excited…and I can’t wait to do it again. Click here to watch.
Yes, there’s much to be excited about. And jelly shoes ain’t got nothin’ on us.
When asked what she was doing, Lainey replied, “Sssshh. Her talkin’ to Poppa.”
Sleeping babies await.
I want to join you two. SO bad!
Beautiful!
It’s so good to count blessings, isn’t it? Of which you have many. Loving those pictures of Nella sleeping. And Lainey helping Nella talk to Poppa. And you guys doing gymnastics and laughing. Ok, all of it!
Thanks for reminding me that I need a night out and maybe have a drink or two 🙂 It also made me miss my friends…but we will connect again one day soon! As always, the girls are beautiful!
Girls nights are the best! As an adult now (pushing 30) I find that I take myself more seriously than I should and don’t let loose like I used to. I do, however, have certain friends I can do cartwheels with and laugh all night.
Thanks for sharing!
Marcie
You’re going to have the best Mother’s Day this year Kelle. If we could all be half the mom you are, the world would be a better place.
I just love you and Heidi! I so wish you two could come on our annual girl’s vacation, lol!! We’ve been doing it for years with anywhere from 4 to 10 or so girlfriends…and it’s just the best…that’s what I felt looking at you two goofballs in the parking lot! We revert into 19 year-olds the second we get on the road, just the best.
Have an insanely fabulous Mother’s Day chick–you beyond deserve it.
xo-nicole
ps- Girl’s weekend 2010–Put-In-Bay, weekend of August 13th–just in case! ha!
your night out looked like fun!
i can’t wait to see pictures of lainey’s birthday! please post a lot! i would love to feel like i’m celebrating with you! happy mother’s day, kelle!
Yay, Heidi’s back, looks like you girls had an awesome time catching up!
And yes, you girls, all you girls, know how to have fun, whoo-hoo.
Can’t wait to see your Mother’s Day post, I’ll be checkin’…and checkin’…and checkin’. Then, I’ll send it to all my Mommy friends!
You rock, girl.
– iColossus
In a sort of stalker-ish fashion I open my blogger account everyday to check in utter anticipation if there is another post on your blog. Thank you for all of the inspiration and reminders that life is filled with beauty even where it may not seem to be! You rock, girl! Glad you enjoyed your much deserved GNO!
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This blog is one of “The Small Things” that I enjoy (daily), your happiness and the love you have for your girls is like sunshine for the soul. Thank-you for sharing.
You’re posts have inspired me!
http://www.dearbrookfieldct.blogspot.com
I started reading your blog when I first read about it on ParentDish. As I had pretty much just come back from Naples, I work with children and love photography and writing I simply couldn’t fight the urge to see what it was all about. I have since been hooked! I read your blog start to finish. When I had to go to work (I work at a daycare in the baby room – 15 babies under one year old in one room!) I would print out pages to take to work with me! Your blog was like a good book that I couldn’t stand to put down and be away from. The best part about this not being a book is that the story is far from over!
I recently started a blog as so much in my life will be changing. I was offered a nanny position in Naples and it was too good of an offer to refuse. So I am taking a giant step moving from a small unknown town in Connecticut to sunny Naples… and I simply cannot wait!
I love reading your blog!
I love watching your littles grow!
Perfectly put. i love the picture of you doing a back bend and your feet are as black as mine only i am walking around my college apartment. not so fabulous. but none the less another fantastic post. can’t wait for the mother’s day photos 🙂
ok…let me tell you..heidi told me and i quote “a post by midnight”. it is 1:43am and uh huh…nothing! hmmmm….wonder why. love the reason for nothing…you two are just two girls that God forgot to make sisters…but he did remember to make sure you share all the sistery things in life.
i am so laughing at the picture of the two of you leaping and abending…it reminds me of an evening i had with my sister a few years back on a trip to disney. we went out. no kids. had a little..well maybe a lot of wine. got caught up. did some laughing, then crying. lost keys in the bottom of the HUGE Coach purse that had been passed around in our family because it looked lovely and for the first day of it being yours you felt so lucky to have it, then you found out it was a big bottomles pit that could swallow the universe (I believe it is serving as a diaper satchel for my niece at this moment)! everytime my sister looked for something she cursed me for talking her into trading it with me for a much smaller coach purse knowing the curse of the purse…she is such a sucker and i can talk her into anything! I ended up with a picture of my sister on the sidewalk in Disney outside our hotel with the contents of the purse from hell dumped all over the place with a crowd gathering around us..that picture is priceless to us but nobody else laughs at it as hard as we do! i made the picture into my sister’s bday card and we cracked up and everyone looked at us like “huh…I don’t get what is so funny”…which made up crack up even more. love those only we get it moments!
to quote one of my favorite 80’s singers…”Girl just wanna have fun.” ♥
Whenever I call my mom I put the phone on speaker and my son coo’s and yells into the phone and gossips with my mom. I have no doubt that pretty soon Nella WILL be calling your dad on the phone 🙂 Kids are too precious.
Can I just say how hilarious, I knew what commercial that was before I opened it!! My girls (I have 3 – 10, 5, and 3-1/2) saw it yesterday for the first time and I swear we all peed our pants laughing. They LOVED it. When I read your post about a commercial I said I wonder if it’s that Weber grill commercial. I’m not one to love commercials but we all loved that one!
I’m continually amazed at your ability to do it all! SOO glad to see you taking time to go out with your girlfriends–we all need to take care of ourselves and nourish our souls like that! I would cartwheel with you all anytime. 🙂
Here’s a link to a blog post that I read, about mothers of children with special needs. As a mom of a beautiful special needs daughter, it spoke to my heart–and is a wonderful tribute to US for Mother’s Day. I hope your Mother’s Day is an abundance of joy, love, and just good LIVING!
http://www.loriborgman.com/Archives/2002/05-May/Some%20Mothers%20Get%20Babies%20With%20Something%20More.html
That looks like so much fun! Everyone needs a little girls night now and then, complete with backbends and all!
YOU have a right to be excited! Enjoy every minute of your beautiful life….HAPPY MOTHER’s DAY Kelle with an “E”!
xo, Bug & Ruby’s Gram
That looked like a really fun night! You certainly deserved it!
Looking forward to the pictures from the photo shoot. Have a great Mother’s Day – sounds like it will be perfect!
Sue
What a Fantastic way to just celebrate life! You sure know how to do that and the Merry Go Round, hehe, that was the greatest store back in the day 🙂 Thank you for sharing your life and beautiful family – You are an inspiration!
HAPPY MOMS DAY TO YOU!
Love Shelley
Looks like you and heidi had lots of fun! I think it’s really important parents know how to balance their fun with kids and fun with their friends and obviously your two chicas have got it down! You seem exactly like me and my friends out someplace and we’re all 18! That’s beautiful that you have that youth and giddiness and can have such fun with it.
You’re girls just keep getting prettier and prettier. Honestly I don’t know how you look at them DAILY because pictures don’t have nothing on the real deal, I’m sure, so they must be so cute it hurts.
Mothers day! I love mothers day, I love letting my mom know I care by extra love, breakfast in bed and a card I wrangled together with glue and love, not even caring about the stinging paper cuts. Have fun on your trip to isle of capri for a WHOLE DAY, you great mommy you. You and your family deserve it.
Lainey’s party! I’m excited for her. I think birthday parties for littles should be magical, like a whole different world and you’re doing just that for her. Beautiful.
Oh and that commerical was so uplifting. I am a dancer (in that I use my garage to dance around and if I’m somewhere a tune is playing, I’m grooving) and it made me want to turn the music up and celebrate this warm weather. The commerical reminded me of this kid clothing one I saw. It was of all these kids dancing around and their clothes would turn to paint when they turned so it got all over. It was messy and creative and so cute to see a commerical showing kids as kids.
Have a great weekend & mothers day.
How exciting!
Hmmmm… I think I must try beer and cartwheels sometime soon.
Mmm, savor those Love Life moments when you can!
Yay for girlfriend time; as wonderful as the kiddos are, sometimes you need a break to catch up with some people your own age. Their IS life beyond motherhood and the day-to-day Stuff.
*Giggle* Mm-hm, I remember Benetton! I had a cool Benetton bag that I lost, and I was so bummed…
Hehe… my little 2-year-old is always talkin’ to Daddy on the phone. That’s always her answer… even if Daddy is home and she’s talking on her play phone. It’s like no one else in the world exists!
So happy that you got your wish; if I said that to my hubby, he’d probably wish he could do it, but would be like “with whose time and money?” 🙂 You so deserve it (and more), and I don’t need to tell you to have an awesome time.
Can’t WAIT to see Mother’s Day pics!
This post radiates pure happiness!!!
Enjoy your Mother’s Day!!!
Can i just say – How yummy are Nella’s little rolls getting??? Yummmmmm!!
Love ya Kelle – great post now I am going out to have some fun
kells bells. oh my gosh, that first side by side has me in tears over here. i look like a freak-a-zoid! ha.
gracees mommy/j-i went to your comment and it is so sweet. gave me chills.
kell, the photo of nella bean, i about wrote mae, with the those eyes. can’t stand it. she is so beautiful. love ya! next time, we hang from trees upside down and put the camera on a timer!
The song had my up and dancing before I even scrolled won to see the smile-filled photos of a happy woman and happy life! Wonderful. Thank you for sharing and spreading the happiness.
I am going to play the song over and dance once for you, your girls, my children, and life!
Such a beautiful life you live! Every one of us should learn from you – to enjoy the small things:)
Happy Mother’s Day!
Beauty is as beauty does.
Your optimism is priceless and you give those of us hope. Thank you for continuing to blog. I check every morning at work to see if there is a new entry and when there is my day is made. It begins on an optimistic high. Thank you. Your realistic optimistic mothering is inspiring to someone who prayers daily to be a mother and when I finally am blessed I hope to be one like you. God bless you and Happy Mothers day!
As always, love this post! I really wish I could go on one of your GNO…but, I’m in Texas so that might prove difficult!
RAH YEAH!! thank you for the beautiful pictures-it’s going to make mothers day very special(if I ever get them into the album before sunday)…see u on Isle- we’ll be @ Pel Bend slurping oysters, before they are tainted with oil from the spill…HAPPY MOTHERS DAY
xo
Tania
Happy Mothers Day!
You are an amazing mama. 🙂
Got another great commercial for you…have you seen this one? It’s hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9g2tViGpQw&feature=player_embedded
I can totally see you doing this. You definitely know how to have fun.
And Nella just won’t stop growing, will she? Precious pics.
Susan
Had to take just a glance at your post as I have to go to work. I will come back later. Just wanted to say it is wonderful seeing pics of you and your friend giggling, jumping, and doing acrobatic tricks in the streets. 🙂 A happy start to my weekend. Wish I could giggle, drink a brew and do cartwheels with you girls. Oh well, I will just smile from a distance. xo. Malissa.
Oh is there anything more fun that rocking out with your best girlfriends. I did that last weekend and broke my toe LOL!!!!! Your girls just get more precious every day and oh how I’d love to pick up Nella and just hug that little body and sit and play with Lainey. I can’t wait to hear how your Mother’s Day went!!! Enjoy!!!!
I’m so glad you got a fun night out! I soooo need one! Going for Mani’s and pedi’s where alcohol and food are encouraged! YEE-HAW! LOL
Have a GREAT time on Mother’s day (which I know you all will) and Nella is DIVINE in torquoise! And I was debating Lainey’s dress for Madi (the one she is wearing on the playground) in yellow and bluish perwinkle!! LOVED the yellow and ended up with blue! 🙂
Kristi
ps- I was just reading in your FAQ about homeschooling. I homeschool Kris and have all his services come to the house, so it can (and does) work. I have recently found a private school that has a “homeschool” program where they can go for a few days and be homeschooled the rest! We are visiting and investigating to see if it would be a good fit.
I love that you were homeschooled and then became a school teacher! It means your WELL rounded! 😉
This post is just all kinds of wonderful. =)
Loved, loved, loved this post. Oh what dear friends can bring out in each other. And you are singing my song about Peanut Buster Parfaits. But my favorite? Lainey saying “shh, her talking to poppa!” a moment that I have lived with my sweets that makes my heart burst.
In the least creepy way possible, I had a dream last night that we were friends and I came to your house (Do you live near a McDonalds??) and you took me shopping and imposed your infinite style wisdom on me.
It could have been the guacamole I ate before bed, or the “weird pregnancy dreams”, or just, really, that I think you’re such a fantastic mother and I bet you’re the best girlfriend ever.
Happy Mother’s Day to you. Thank you for sharing your family with us.
As always your posts have brought a smile to my face – especially the Merry Go Round reference – used to love that store!!!! Wishing you a beautiful Mother’s Day and thank you for making me smile and reminding of the little things to be happy for.
You make me want to visit Isle of Capri. Sounds so much fun. I live in Fort Laud and haven’t been there. Isle of Capri is calling me…..
Thank you for sharing your life. You inspire me in so many ways.
I’m so excited for Lainey’s party. I can’t wait to hear all about it and see all the pictures.
I’m going out with a girlfriend tonight too and the way you described how your night out went…that’s how ours always are.Tears. Laughing. Pictures. Those are the best nights with the girls.
And that commercial? I saw it the other day and thought it was bad ass. LOVED IT.
you just inspired me to go get drunk with my girlfriends!! Thanks! It is long over-due 🙂
WOW you really know how to LIVE! And I love that you want to share it with all of us! Thanks, Kelle!
Love to you and your family from this faithful follower in Texas! — Angela
LOL LOVED Merry-go-round!!!!!!! Thanks for the flashback. I can still remember the few pieces of clothing my parents actually bought for me from there, they thought it was too expensive =)
Can I please come to Florida and be your friend!!! 🙂 Love your blog and you sweet little kidos. You really are an inspiration. Thank you!
Love love love the girls night out pics… your black-footed back-bend cracked me up!!! You mama’s like, totally, rock. Hope you have an amazing day on Sunday on your magic island. Happy Mother’s day!
Cheers,
Kate
p.s. Having just rocked out emptying the dishwasher that commercial made me double-crack-up!
LOVE the pics of you and your friend enjoying life and not caring what any person thinks – that’s the way to live!!
As I sit freezing in my Manitoban home wishing for the sun to show its face just once this past week, I can’t help but be so extremely jealous that you will be sinking your toes into sand on the weekend. Ahhh, enjoy! You deserve it. happy Mother’s Day!!
Happy, happy mother’s day, Kelle!! I know it’ll be the best ever.
“sshhh – her talkin’ to Poppa”….Awwww! If that doesn’t melt a heart into a big pile of mush, it’d have to be made of stone!
And look at your amazing body 3 1/2 months after giving birth! You go, girl! Happy Mother’s Day. Enjoy your Isle of Capri!…..Rosemary
OK, Kelle! I have a 3 month old also and let’s just say that if I tried to do a back-bend thing, I would be calling 9-1-1 afterwards! Yay you! 🙂
The girls are just so, so beautiful! And you are, too! 🙂
Girls nights are the best, it’s been way to long since I’ve had a “kick us out after close” night with my friends! And a Hurricanes just opened right near my house in AZ, maybe we will have to go try it!
And i love this song, thanks for putting a big smile on my face this morning!
Leah
http://www.lovelifeandmommyhood.blogspot.com
I would so take Nella off your hands any day. In fact, I wish I lived closer so I could. 😉 Your littles are just precious.
Have a wonderful Mother’s Day Kelle!
Kelle, you make me want to uproot my whole family and circle of friends and find this Isle of Capri and just stay there forever. I think I need a vacation soon. Thank you for letting us into your life.
Wow looks like fun 🙂 I hope you have a fantastic Mother’s Day!
love the new touches to your blog. i love how you still keep it simple and classy and focus on the important stuff instead of having 10 million links to some cheesy cleaning supplies or something lol. i love the fun pics of u and heidi and i know what you mean about that favorite outfit too, it was like christmas and i wouldn’t even be able to sleep the night before!!! Happy Mothers day to an awesome Mommy!!!!
smiled all the way through this post, friend. I wish Margot, Ruby and I could be at Lainey’s party…Andy too but he as into fairies as we are.
Girls just want to have fun.
I usually turn the music off because I am listening to something else but this I left on and bug danced.
And you know I love Louden Wainwright’s Daughter in the Water.
Happy happy mama’s day.
Miami here we come.
xo
A little comment amongst the many. You make me happy, thank you. Your blog is like one of those movies that make you want to get up and dance, go out and soak up some sun, giggle till you cry and can’t breathe….thank you, thank you, thank you.
Your girls are beautiful and I am sure they will have the zest for life like you do.
I have two boys and they are my life.. my youngest got a home run at his ballgame last night and if I could have done a cartwheel I would have. LOL I posted the video on my blog and yes, that is Momma yelling in the background. HA
Thanks again you are awesome.
Sissy
i could listen to this song all.day.long. looks like you guys had a blast. and go kelle with the back bend!
from one momma to another….i hope you’re mother’s day is fantastic! filled with tons of fun, lots of laughs and smiles that hurt your cheeks, and loads of hugs, kisses and cuddles from your two beautiful babies.
xo
Kris
skinny mini! You look great! Happy mothers day.
Enjoy a fabulous weekend! Happy Mother’s Day to all! 🙂 The Weber commercial is very lively!
I LOVE that commercial too, I can’t wait to go camping because of it! I’m glad that you are able to go out and have such a fun time with friends, those times are so great!
P.S. Cartwheels are the best! If I weren’t too tall to do them in my house, I would be cartwheeling all over the place 🙂
First~that beer looks like it was the most amazing beer ever(and I don’t even really like beer~lol!)
Second~Happy Mother’s Day to a mom that I admire from afar just from reading your blog. You inspire me to stop and really relish in my daughters life. Now if only I could take pictures as well as you do! 🙂
Oh my gosh, I so remember the Merry-Go-Round. I remember I got straight A’s on my report card (can’t remember which year it was, somewhere in middle school) and begged my parents to buy me this loud, fluorescent colored crocheted sweater from there. They bought it and I rocked that sweater proudly in the halls of middle school.
My husband is now diggin’ your blog, for different reasons. I showed him the Coors Light & Miller lite (i realize there may be a different beer in that glass;) props that they got on your blog. He works for Millercoors. I was like seriously do you know how many people read her blog!!
The picture of Nella with her pink stripey outfit where she’s looking towards you, it looks like she’s signing “I love you”, her index finger just needs to point up a little more but it still looks like it to me. Have fun on your trip.
Great post!!!
So glad to see Momma getting out and letting lose…..Happy Mothers Day to you!! Sounds like a fab weekend!!!!
Your Mother’s Day gift sounds amazing…and you so deserve it. Sometimes I wish I could just step out of my own life, the life of being a mother to a child who died, and into yours…I wonder sometimes if my own life would be as free and wonderful with my girls had my son lived. Thanks for giving me something to imagine. Hugs
OMG have you even considered weaning your daughter off of that pacifier? You’re ruining her mouth.
Your blog makes me smile every single day. Thank you for that.
And I’m glad to see I’m not the only mom who still does cart wheels and back-walkovers!
Some day I’d love to email you about how similar our stories are, but for now, I am just really enjoying your blog. So full of joy. Thank you for sharing that joy!
i just got completely lost in the “you may also like” section! ughh.. there goes naptime. seriously, i need to go out with my friends more after this baby. i deprived myself too much with my first born. xo
Hey Anonymous-
Must be real easy to make rude, flippant comments when you don’t have to sign your name. Why don’t you move along now….your negativity and condesceding comments are not welcome here. Have a nice day. Oh, and can I wish you a Happy Mother’s Day?
what a sweet post. happy mama’s day to you and i love seeing you have fun with a good friend!
and the cell phone cracked me up bc avi is always “talking” on the phone to his grandparents–and it’s always very serious and very private. love that.
LOL at planning your outfit before school – ahhh the days of agonizing over which new outfit to wear for the first day…certainly brought back some memories when reading your post!
Yay for girls’ nights, good friends, and fairy parties. Enjoy your weekend, Kelle, and a very Happy Mother’s Day to you. Thanks again for sharing your family with us and reminding us to enjoy the little things in life! 🙂
I love all your things that you are excited about. Celebrating life… it’s wonderful. We can’t wait to sprinkle our birthday fairy dust outside a week from today.
🙂 Looks like you had a really fun girls night out!!! Love the pictures of the two of you in the parking lot doing hops, skips and back bends!
I was hesitating about going out with friends for the day tomorrow on a tour of our Niagara wine region…not in my budget…but you’ve convinced me. The money will come from somewhere, the laughs and silliness will be priceless. Thanks for sharing!
I was hesitating about going out with friends for the day tomorrow on a tour of our Niagara wine region…not in my budget…but you’ve convinced me. The money will come from somewhere, the laughs and silliness will be priceless. Thanks for sharing!
Kelle~ What is your secret to looking so wonderful? You Look amazing!!! You Hot Momma you. Oh and melt my heart about Nella talking to Poppa. Happy Mothers Day!!
If I did the splits and a cartwheel like that, I’d be dieing today! Have a wonderful Mothers Day…come say hi, it’s a special day at my blog! 😀
Genuine fun friendships, unconditional love from your family, blessings beyond! Have a spectatular Mother’s Day, Kelle!
That’s all they really want…Some fun…When the working day is done, Oh, girls, they wanna have fu-un…
Gotta love this song and a night out with a friend. C:
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful Mother’s Day 2009 ProShow!
That commercial is great. Btw, my robot dance version is very good. C:
May you have a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend~
“…Your friend is your needs answered.
He is your field which you sow with love
and reap with thanksgiving.
And he is your board and your fireside.
For you come to him with your hunger,
and you seek him for peace…”
-Kahlil Gibran
in the middle of cleaning in anticipation for cora’s birthday party tomorrow (bounce tent in the backyard! bonfire! 52 degree weather! oh wait. that’s not the fun part.)
i had to check in …
well … i also had to do a quick google search for clogged ducts and mastitis …
but that’s beside the point.
clogged ducts and all … your blog makes me so happy to be alive.
thanks for that my dear.
and now? i need a beer … because they did mention that a good way to resolve the clogged ducts is relaxation. so … a beer it is.
happy mother’s day … enjoy that beach for me.
Yep girl, you know how to have fun!
Awww wish i could be part of your girls night! you and heidi are SO fun!
i’m excited for you too! i’m happy your high on life right now! i love the pink stripped jammies!!
Wow! Lainey looks a lot like you in the photo of you and Heidi laying on the sidewalk! Love it!
Benji always has glitter on him, constantly, and apparently the next birthday party will have glitter all over the whole floor. Someone was practicing with some she found and spread it all over outside the other day.
To girls! A great mothers day post. 😉
I love how much fun you have! Hope your Mothers day is sensational!
happy mother’s day kelle! i look forward to reading your blog every day! you photos are beyond amazing!!
Absolutely LOVE your passion…too, too fun! Hope you had a fabulous Mother’s Day!
“And to know that I am confident that I am capable to raise two amazing women simply because I fiercely love them. And that’s it.”
And that is MORE than enough.
You are amazing!! 😀
I’m new to your blog. One of my good girlfriends added “Nella’s birth story” to her Facebook and I happen to click on it one night and I bawled like a baby. I just had my third little baby girl on 02/22/10..one month to the day after your adorable little Nella was born. Not only are you a beautiful writer but your are a beautiful mother!! As cheezy as it sounds..your blog makes me want to be a better mother!! I always wondered what I would do if I found out something was wrong with one of my babies when I was pregnant and now I wouldn’t even give it a second thought…your little Nella and Lainey are adorable and I look forward to your newest blog each day!! The world needs more people/mothers like you!! You are one lucky lucky girl!! One of your favorite readers…Heather 🙂
your bathing suit is so class! i’d LOVE one!
I am surprised that a DS group would ask you to speak when you are so new to Down syndrome. Seems a bit premature to me. I’m not much for “support groups” either – just don’t feel like I actually need “support” in that way. BUT, having friends in real life who also have kids with a diagnosis is HUGE for me. My nights out with fellow parents of kids with special needs is like no other. They can relate, share stories, understand things and laugh about things that my other friends just can’t. So I would say steer clear of the “groups” if that doesn’t feel right for you – but find a couple of local friends….I think you’ll be glad you did!