Waiting

By Amy

It's been 5 whole days since I have spoke to my sister. It feels really weird! But I have been a good girl. I have not called or texted. I have emailed but I told her not to email me back. I have recieved one phone picture from her.

Beautiful isn't it! I'm sure they are having the time of there lives. It's weird not to worry about her anymore. Everyday I have to stop myself from wondering if she is ok. If she is sad. If she is depressed. I felt like her keeper for so long.....it's kind of hard to give up that role. I can't tell you how many times I had to choke down tears because of her sadness. It filled me up sometimes.

When she told me that she met Josh I was floating with happiness for her. When she told me she would be moving to New Mexico....I panicked. Like my heart raced and I had shortness of breath kind of panic. That wasn't in MY plans! How could she do this to ME! Didn't she need ME! What was I supposed to do without HER! Then I stopped thinking about me. And thought about her. My life is full. Hers was half empty. And Josh needed her more. Needed her more then I did. And I don't think I really saw that until the wedding. When they were ready to leave the house.....Josh was outside waiting and she was telling everyone goodbye. Then all of the sudden there is Josh on the other side of my screen door with his face all smashed up on it looking at her with puppy dog eyes. You should have seen it. It was really funny. But it finally sank in that he needed her and she needed him and I would just have to get on with it. And a tiny part inside of me was glad when I saw that she was crying on there way to the hotel. She still needs me. Just from a distance. I think I'm able to let go and hold on at the same time. And I'm starting to be ok with that.

Guess Who is a YEAR OLD?!?

By Amy

She's come along way.....

She's such a big girl now!

She can point!

She can swim! (ok not really but she sure looks cute in her swimsuit!)



She can walk!

She can tolerate!

She is curious!

She is loved. By my family.....

....and by her momma's family......

I realize this picture is not the greatest. In fact, only one person is looking at the camera. Can you see who it is? (:

Mr. & Mrs.

By Amy

It was beautiful. And perfect. The weather was predicted to be crummy. It wasn't. Not to hot, not to cold. A slight breeze. Birds chirping in the background. Trees in full bloom. I'm not going to share a ton of pictures but over the next few day's I'll share a few of my favorite candid moments. I'll let Ange share with you her favorites. After all it was her day. Even though I kind of feel like it was mine too. (:

Just Checking In

By Amy

Tomorrow my sister is getting married. At my house. Needless to say it's been a little busy around here! I'm hoping by Monday I'll have a big fat wedding post up. See you then!

Three Things!

By Amy

1) My sister is coming tomorrow!!!

2) I got to see this little girl on Saturday!

3) Did I mention I get to see my sister tomorrow? I'm a little excited. (:

Shower, Baseball, World War III, and more!

by Ang

Since I am a terrible blogger, I thought I would try to redeem myself by writing a HUGE and picture heavy blog post. I think that will make my sister happy. :)

Yesterday was my shower here in Albuquerque. It was amazing. The sisters here have just taken me in and welcomed me with open arms. I couldn't believe how beautiful everything was and all of the work that they put into it. I am so grateful! And it was so much fun.

The food:

Vegetable croissant sandwiches, stuffed mushrooms, veggies, chips, cheese, crackers, french bread, pasta salad, punch, tea, sparkling cider and more!

The cake....was beautiful. And delicious!

The favors were plentiful -

Giant marshmallows on sticks, cookies in the shape of high heels, personalized candy bars with my picture on them, and bagful of bath and body products.

I got lots of nice things. We are completely redoing our bedroom, so my mother-in-law had me create a bridal registry specifically for bedroom needs. I got a comforter set, a quilt, sheets, blankets, candles, baskets and more!

And a few items from here that are always appreciated. :)

We played 2 games. One was a 'how well do you know Angie?' game and the other was a word scramble game. And then they passed out recipe cards and had everyone write down a recipe for me. I was looking through them last night, and if you didn't believe I was really in New Mexico, you certainly would now:

THIS was my favorite one though (submitted by the youngest guest at the shower):

How cute is that?

So the shower was a hit. My cat enjoyed playing with all of the tissue paper after I brought all of the gifts home.

Speaking of cats, World War III is going along splendidly! All of the cats are okay with each other. Macy still hisses when the others get too close to her, but I'm sure that will get better with time.

And we introduced the puppy with everyone and even had an overnight stay with them. It went....interesting. Macy (my girl cat) hissed at him, but she was curious too and so she'll walk past him and get within a foot of him. But Howie (boy kitty) didn't handle it so well. At first he hid under the bed, then he graduated to the top of the kitchen cabinets, and then he moved down to the top of the fridge. So it will just take some time with him. The puppy went home with daddy last night though to give poor Howie a much needed break. It was nice - Howie is back to his usual self. But tonight I may have the puppy again.

They always sleep like this. It is the cutest thing. They are actual sisters and they just love each other to pieces. Just like me and my sissy! :)

My two cats however, don't get that snuggly.

Anyways, back to yesterday. After the shower, me and my honey went to an Albuquerque Isotopes game with a big group. It was so much fun! I've never really been in to baseball, but after he explained some of the terms to me (like 'top of the 8th), I got into it! And it was especially fun because they were playing the Omaha Royals. I silently (well, not so silently, because I gloated when they won) rooted for Omaha. It was so much fun and pretty much the perfect day!

Okay Amy....did I redeem myself? :)

Orange

By Amy

Ok, here is the second installment of the good ole "Rainbow Photography Project." After much thought I have decided not to use photoshop or any really cool actions on these pictures. So they are raw, straight out of camera shots. Which is kind of sad because they would be so pretty with Pioneer Woman's Actions! However, the goal here is to learn and fiddle with my camera settings. So what you see is what you get. However boring or dull they may be. Onward!

You didn't really think I would have a Orange photography post without oranges did you? Check out the texture on that skin! Beautiful!

Whose hungry! Ha Ha. I love the detail on Mr Weight Watcher's ratty fur.

This one is kind of dumb and silly and I almost didn't post it.

This one is Ok. It has to many shadow's. Could have been better.

Hello Febreeze bottle! I see you in the mirror! If you look closely you can see the dust on the top. Embarassing but sharp photo skills!

This one may be my favorite. I realize it's a silk flower and that's kind of tacky. But it's still really pretty and I love the way the berry thing pops out at you. The lighting is perfect.

I must have taken 25 shots of these books. And I never really got anything that I liked. Obviously I wanted the focus on the top orange book but I wanted the other books in the picture somehow too. Could have been better. Somehow.

I really like this one too. Maybe cuz I just like the picture. It's in French!

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So there you have it. Orange. Next up is yellow. Which I'm not looking forward to. Yellow is just......yellow. So we'll see how it goes. And on another note have you noticed our blog counter at the bottom of the page. Almost 10,000 hits!!! Wow. Who is reading this little blog? Well, I do know that someone who I will just refer to as...."M" probably checks the blog a few times a day to see if we have posted. So about 5,000 of those hits are hers. And you know who you are!!!! (: Anyway, I just want to say thanks for reading everybody. Have a good weekend and see you on Monday.

Guess Who Is Taking Piano Lessons?

By Amy

Me! My son decided to quit. I had to beg him to practice and I got tired of it. So I took his spot. I had taken lessons before. When I was ten. From a crotchety old teacher. Who tried to sing along. And gave me water to drink in a glass with crusty's on it. And she was smelly. It was horrible. But this is different. This teacher is nice and clean and let's me choose the songs I want to play. I'm excited about it!

I was Sick the whole weekend

By Amy

PROOF: The bedside table.

PROOF: The hair

PROOF: My view for 48 hours

PROOF: My little runner boy. Willing to bring me anything I needed. With a smile.