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100 pics a day...

I have started taking lots and lots of pictures recently because first off I got a really great camera for my birhtday and secondly I have a very beautifl subject! So I thought, why not?

I am going to try it. 100 pics a day, for a year. 36,500 memories capture in a moment. I am so excited!



I always think...

when I take pictures of Audrey that there is one that will always be "the best", even better than anything else I can take of her. I take pictures of Audrey daily and everyday there is a better one than the "best of yesterday". It's amazing! My brother, Audrey, and I went to the Botancical Gardens today, because I did not want to sit inside on St.Patrick's Day with nothing to do. These are just a few of the 100 pictures I took today!



Mini Me.



Can't Decide if this is my favorite picture of Audrey for the day...



Or if this is my favorite picture of Audrey for the day!

The 3 Amigos!

So some of my family and I took the kids to the park today! We had a blast, exhausted everyone! Then we made our way back to my Gramma's house and let the kids pay out back! This is a pic from my Gramma's house after the park! I think it's awesome! It was taken by your's truly!

The Three Amigos!

I think tomorrow, which is really today already, I am going to take Audrey to The Botanical Gardens for some more pictures! Maybe Uncle Bubba with join us!

Somethings you might not know about me...

Obviously this blog has been mostly about me & Auds, but in fact I did have a life before her. It was not as rewarding, but it was mine. :)

My very favorite quote:

What is Success?

To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by
a healthy child, a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed
easier because you have lived;
This is to have succeeded.


-Ralph Waldo Emerson

My sister Jaclyn introduced me to my second favorite quote


For Attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
 For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
 For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
 For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day.
 For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
 People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms.
 As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others."
-Audrey Hepburn


My all time favorite song and what I consider to be "Audrey's song" is Second Chance by Shinedown. She was my second chance ~ I love you Audrey. You cannot fathom the impact you have had on my life.

And sometimes I wonder...

Does my child really know how much I love her? Does she really soak in all the things I try to teach her because lately it's NO all the time? Does she really understand? And then as we are blowing bubbles, I am getting soaked with bubble fluid. I told her that mommy's shirt was wet from bubbles and that I needed to put them up for now. She walks away and comes back with my pj pants from the dirty laundry and starts wiping my shirt where it was wet. Needless to say she taught me a lesson today :) and we continued to blow bubbles!

I love this baby!

Audrey's BIG birthday gift!

This is what I have decided to buy Audrey for her birthday as her BIG gift. I know she will love it! It will fit nicely outside on our deck! It has a working doorbell and a cordless phone that makes noise! I am so excited! Oh money will be tight though. These things are not cheap, but I think she will get years of play out it versus buying a smaller one that costs less!

Why won't my child sleep?

So as I am trying to put Audrey to bed I keep wondering why she is not acting tired... then it hits me daylight savings. Yuck! I wish we did not have to spring forward. I could have really used another hours sleep last night. Oh my, Audrey is playing peek - a - boo with that cat! She makes me smile. Wish life were still so simple as peek -a-boo.

On another note: HERE is the link for a really great Home Made Simple coupon book - $35 worth of savings. One per household! Let's be thrify!

Best place to start... the beginning:

The day my crazy journey began with my precious little girl: June5, 2009 @10:24pm

Audrey - less than 12 hours old!



My Auds



Mommy & Auds

So I think I am going to slowly fade Faebook out of my life.

I really like blogging, maybe because I really like talking and it's much more organized, not really sure but I really like blogging. :) I have 4 more blogs, just fun stuff! This blog is about me, my daughter, and the wonderful journey that began the day she entered my life!

She reminds me how important it is sometimes
to just stop & smell the flowers!

Pigtails & all: this is my
Audrey Elise!