Just a few quick pictures from today.
Yay, SMJ Designs is having a huge birthday party with TONS of great new stuff at the store. You HAVE to check it out!
I had a chance to scrap with it and here is what I did with some of it...(click on them to view them larger)
I am in the process of doing another one with the Fresh Summer kit, but having a new little peanut has slowed things down a bit. :) Hopefully I can post it real soon! :)
I also finished (finally) a birth announcement. Here it is for all of you....
ok, off to do some work, feed the baby, and hopefully pick up a few toys that the girls keep bringing upstairs from downstairs. :)
Have a great day!
This set cracks me up! Here's my little model in action. :)
She is such a nut sometimes. :)
OK, off to feed the kiddos.
A while back I design a wedding album for this couple. I have never met them before, but I remember thinking to myself when I was designing it, that they looked like they were such a cute happy couple. A few weeks ago I came across her blog---I can't even remember how-----but I have been praying for them ever since. They are a young couple, but not much younger than me and they are going through more than I think I would be able to handle. Her story was on the news a while back and there is information about how you can financially help them at the end of the video. You can check it out here. I have a link to her blog on the left side if you want to read her "story," It's called "When hello means good-bye."
If you can help them out that would be wonderful, but please keep them in your prayers.
I had another photo shoot on Tuesday and it went great! This is the 3rd year I have taken these beautiful girls pictures, and now it's something that I look forward to do. Mom and Dad are some of the nicest people ever, and the girls are so much fun and ADORABLE!! Just look at how cute they are.....
It was a blast! We all got a little wet. :)
Ok ,I better get back to work. Have a great day everyone!
I am back to work after having the baby and I missed it! I had a maternity shoot on Saturday morning and it felt good to get my camera out to shoot someone other than my kiddos. :) Not that I don't love taken photos of them, 'cause they are my favorite subjects, but it was nice to capture something for someone else that they may cherish.Does that make sense to you? LOL Anyhow, here are the first few shots of many that I had taken. :)
Isn't that a perfect belly?!?!
I wish I looked that good during my pregnancy! :)
Well, time to het the kiddos dinner.
Have a great day!
Our day yesterday was pretty good (for the most part). It started off with Isa going potty on the toilet...YAY!! Then we had breakfast and then off we went to Eva's gymnastics class. :) I fed Lucia a bottle while we were there and Bel just sat and watched. Then it was off to Eva's doctor appointment. Eva did an AWESOME job--it was only her physical for 3's school, but she did super. She told me before we went in that she was gonna cry. lol :) Then we picked up some lunch and went to Gentex to meet Dino for lunch. It's nice to meet him for lunch every once in a while and the girls enjoy it a lot. They love seeing the waterfall.:) After lunch we brought Lucia around and showed her off to Dino's co-workers. After that I brought the girls back home, put them down for nap and then fed Lucia. After dinner, we took the girls downtown to see the street performers---although it wasn't all that exciting, the girls had fun and I saw a few people downtown that I knew. SO, the family time we had was great!
Oh, DONT' FOR GET TODAY IS FREE SLURPEE DAY!! Go get your 7.11oz slurpee. :)
So, My SIL Kimmy, taged me so here it goes.....
The Rules: Answer the questions using only one word. Then tag four others.
1. Where is your cell phone? bag (diaper)
2. Your significant other? amazing
3. Your hair? brown
4. Your mother?Nana
5. Your father? best
6. Your favorite thing? children
7. Your dream last night? good
8 Your favorite drink? coffee
9. Your dream/goal? many
10. The room you’re in? livingroom
11. Your hobby? photography
12. Your fear? failing
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
14. What you’re not? grandma
15. Muffins?sure
16. One of your wish list items? lenses
17. Where you grew up? Michigan
18. The last thing you did? potty
19. What are you wearing? ring
20. Favorite gadget? camera
21. Your pets? dog
22. Your computer? fast
23. Your mood? calm
24. Missing someone? always
25. Your car? van
26. Something you’re not wearing? socks
27. Favorite store? Target
28. Like someone? yes
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? hospital
If you haven't been tagged yet, consider yourself tagged!! :)
Anyway, here a couple pictures of Lucia again. :)
I really need to take more pix of her!
I better get going now, Eva is cutting paper and paper is all over the floor! :)
Have a great day!
So I probably should be taking a nap while all the girls are sleeping, but I thought I would post some pictures since I haven't been here in a while.
Here are a just a few pictures---I haven't downloaded the other cards yet---but most of them are from the firework show that we had at Dino's parents house. :)
Tammy taking pictures of Owen :)
Bel sitting on a chair and about to stand up.
Sweet little Owen.
Braelyn and Selah playing together.
Sweet little Kennedy with marshmallow on her face.
Little Miss Emma
And some fireworks. While I was inside feeding the little peanut, Dino got a lot of great shots of the fireworks! Dan and Kyle really put on an awesome show!!
and I will leave you with a picture of Lucia sitting in her swing. look at those cheeks. :)
have a great day everyone!! :)
Dino went back to work last Monday, so it has been just me with all of my girls during the week. Everything has been going pretty well I must say. I am finally feeling better from the c-section, and oh yeah, I had Mastitis also and that is finally feeling a lot better. Lucia is a wonderful baby!!!! She eats every 3-4 hrs, except for at lunch time where she cluster feeds. I don't mind that at all because she naps when the older girls nap. Also, you will not believe it, I barely can---but she has been sleeping through the night since---I think---our 3rd or fourth night home!!! Crazy!!! She has her last feeding around 11:30 or 12am and will sleep until 7am or 7:30am. That is as late I can handle, I'm sure she would sleep another half hour to an hour more, but I NEED her to eat--catch my drift?! Anyhow, who knows how long that will last. But I am enjoying sleeping thorough the night for now. :)
The girls absolutely ADORE her, and they can't get enough of her. My Eva and Isa are doing really well will the whole, new sister thing. Eva is a WONDERFUL helper. Isabel --she likes to help sometimes, but she is a stinker when I am feeding Lucia. I think she knows I really can't get up and put her in time out in the middle of feeding the baby so thats when she decides to be naughty. At least that's the way it feels!! :) She can be a real s tinker sometimes! The weirdest thing is, the girls play better together now, than they did before lucia was born. Now they will go downstairs together and play, not fight, for a while. Of course they are not perfect and they still take toys from each other, but they are doing a TON better. I am liking that!
Well, my peanut is starting to wake up and she will probably be hungry. But before I go here is a picture of her. I haven't taken many pictures yet, I plan to this week, but here is what she is looking like. :)
Have a great day!
Miss Lucia is doing better today. Thank you so much for all your prayers---we have definitely felt them. :) She is still in the special care nursery, but she is finally breathing better on her own and they took her off of the oxygen. That was our first celebration!!! Our other big celebration last night around midnight or 2:30am, I can't remember what time, but we FINALLY held her for the first time!! OH my, that was so nice to finally do that! I am still unable to nurse at this moment because her blood sugar is still not where they would like to see it. So she still has that IV, but she seems very content. The heart murmur seems to be gone now, so praise the Lord for that too!! So things are really starting to get better. If only that blood sugar stay in the range that the doc wants, we could take out the IV and I would finally be able to hold her whenever I want and I would be able to nurse her. Patience, I keep telling myself, patience! :)
Me. I am doing well. I think I am more sore today than I was yesterday, but that is expected. I have to stay on top of my medication though. Last night I waited too long before asking for more pain meds and I was in some terrible pain. ugh... SO I learned my lesson. lol :)
ANYHOW, Dino has been playing photographer and got some cute pics of Lucia. He hasn't downloaded the newest shots, but her are a couple from yesterday. :)
This one looks worse than what it was. :) This is during her EKG.
Well, hopefully we can post more pics later. Thanks again for your continued prayers!!!
Love,
Selena
This morning at 7:48 AM Lucia Harper was born!! :) She weighed 9lbs 12oz and was 20.5 inches long. I have only seen her once so far, but she has a lot of hair and looks alot like her sisters when they were born. :) I am VERY sore, but otherwise I am doing very well! Lucia, on the other hand, could be doing better. She came out with slightly low blood sugar, and after she was finished eating it still dropped. So she has an IV to help control that, and she is on oxygen right now 'cause her little heart hasn't adjusted to actual air yet. The docs heard a heart murmur, so they are keeping an eye on that. She really wanted out, and apparently she started breathing/crying before she was even completely out of my stomach--so she inhaled some of that fluid. HOPEFULLY, it will all clear itself up in the next few hours. So if you could keep her in your prayers, I would really appreciate it!!!! I will post some pics of her that Dino took, later on today.
XO,
Selena
update: 1:55pm
Lucia is going gonna have chest x-rays taken and is gonna be hooked up to an EKG to rule out things.
I am miserable!! Completely miserable!! For one, I'm pretty sure I am carrying a toddler size child inside my body and she is trying to ninja kick her way out. I have to go potty every time I stand up, I can't sleep, and I can't bend over to pick anything up because it feels like my stomach is going to tear open. On top of that, I have a seriously sore throat, I'm losing my voice, and I have had a continues headache. The headache isn't so bad, because the pain from my throat hurts worse. But if I think about it, I can feel the throbbing. ugh, but only 11 more days!!! I see the doctor today so hopefully he can help me out with the sore throat thing, AND tell me if he wants me to have the baby sooner or not. I kind of have mixed feelings, well not really but kinda. LOL :) I am ready, really ready to meet this baby and start the recovery process. BUT, I don't want to move Eva's party. Oh well, I guess it's really not up to me. We'll just have to wait and see....
So, in other news I will not be booking any photo shoots until July. I Thought I was gonna be able to work all the way up to the c-section date, but unfortunately I can't. But after I have the baby and time to recover, I will start taking appointments again. :)
Well, I better get going. Lots of things to get done!! :)
IF there is news of an earlier date, I will be sure to post. :)
Have a great day!!
Can you believe it?!?! 16 more days...I am so ready!! This girl is HEAVY, and I am aching everywhere. MY back is killing me and my stomach feels like it has stretched as far as it possibly can go! But only 16 more days!! I am secretly hoping the doc wants to take her earlier--but I doubt that will happen. :) Everything has been going well with the pregnancy though...thank the LORD!!
Eva has her birthday party coming up soon, so I'm trying to get all that stuff ready. Her birthday is on June 15, but we plan on having it on June 6 so I can enjoy her birthday with her. I can't believe she is going to be three and starting 3's school next year. The years have already flown by. Everyone says time flies, but unless you have kids of your own you really don't realize how fast time really does go! Off track there...so Eva decided she wanted a Fancy Nancy Party, so that is what we are having. All the kiddos are going to dress up in their fancy dress up clothes for the party and I have a couple crafts planned too for the kiddos. It should be a lot of fun, I think I' more excited than she is at this point. lol :)
In other news, my brother Doug is coming home for a little while. He lived in Chicago for a while and now he and his friends are coming back to Holland for awhile to save up money because they are moving to New York to pursue their dream of working in the film industry. Doug is an AWESOME storyboard artist with lots of talent, and he is still young, so there is no better time for him to try to get some work doing what he loves. But Eva and Isabel are very excited to see him again!! Eva already drew a picture of him and she is going to give it to him for his birthday (May 29). :) So cute!! Speaking of pictures she has drawn--I am gonna have to scan some or take some pictures of them. They are tooooooo cute!! I'll try to post some of those soon! I think I got a little teary when she showed me the picture she drew of Dino. :)
So, I think thats it for now. Later I will show you some pictures of my broken lenses...ugh. But the good news is I finally got them replaced. :)
Edited to show pictures of my broken lenses. Yikes right?!!?
But for now, here are some pics from our Memorial Day! :) have a great day!
Crazy how we were just talking about the song "Cinderella" by Steven Curtis Chapman, and then I see this....
How awful!!! My heart goes out to their family!