tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36033468670990153392024-02-20T10:57:46.460-08:00Random ThoughtsKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305379441346984834noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603346867099015339.post-58916048285510419082010-11-24T18:24:00.000-08:002010-11-24T18:54:36.695-08:00Shutterfly Christmas cardsI love Shutterfly. They make great quality products and have awesome customer service. Each year I order <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars/wall-calendars">calendars</a>, photo books and <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards">Christmas Cards</a> through them and I have never been disappointed. They even make cute <a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/birthday-invitations">birthday invitations</a><br /><br /><br />This year I am looking for something that I can put several pictures on. There are so many to choose from in so many different styles. From simple and elegant to fun and playful. Here are a few of my favorites - <br /><br />This one is great because it is HOT in Texas and it incorporates our warm climate with a Christmas theme.<br /><a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/sunny-christmas-christmas-4x8-photo-card-5x7-photo?sortType=1&storeNode=93496&fe=1&fc=1"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shutterfly.com/img_/publishing/styleSwatches/ssc/photocard/PHOTOCARD-103-4309-MERCHLARGE_FRONT-v1288740914000121209.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 361px;" src="http://www.shutterfly.com/img_/publishing/styleSwatches/ssc/photocard/PHOTOCARD-103-4309-MERCHLARGE_FRONT-v1288740914000121209.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I also love the fun feel of this one with it's bright colors! I also love that you can add text to it to share events from the year. <br /><a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/love-2010-christmas-card-5x7-flat?sortType=1&storeNode=93496&fe=1&fc=1"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shutterfly.com/img_/publishing/styleSwatches/ssc/stationerycard_5x7/STATIONERYCARD_5x7-23046-2506-MERCHLARGE_FRONT-v1281040041000116185.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 361px; height: 500px;" src="http://www.shutterfly.com/img_/publishing/styleSwatches/ssc/stationerycard_5x7/STATIONERYCARD_5x7-23046-2506-MERCHLARGE_FRONT-v1281040041000116185.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />This one is also great because it has such a Christmas feel to it. I love the red and green.<br /><a href="http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/cards-stationery/tinsel-stripes-christmas-card-5x7-flat?sortType=1&storeNode=93496&fe=1&fc=1"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.shutterfly.com/img_/publishing/styleSwatches/ssc/stationerycard_5x7/STATIONERYCARD_5x7-23046-2743-MERCHLARGE_FRONT-v128104015100095215.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 361px; height: 500px;" src="http://www.shutterfly.com/img_/publishing/styleSwatches/ssc/stationerycard_5x7/STATIONERYCARD_5x7-23046-2743-MERCHLARGE_FRONT-v128104015100095215.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />With so many options, such great quality and fast service Shutterfly is the best place to order Christmas Cards and any other photo product from.Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305379441346984834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603346867099015339.post-53551305648148260952010-11-23T10:32:00.001-08:002010-11-23T10:32:40.651-08:00<object width="425" height="425" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/flashslideshowphotobook/slideshow_pb.swf"/><param name="flashvars" value="xmlURL=http%3A%2F%2Fws.shutterfly.com%2Fpsdata%3FprojectGUID%3D2AYs3DVyzcsdc0%26uid%3D001009395831%26size%3D0%26ts%3D1290536805000%26height%3D425%26width%3D425&size=0&ob=0&fc=0&ss=0&sb=0&ft=0"/><param name="menu" value="false"/><param name="quality" value="best"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><embed width="425" height="425" align="middle" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="wrapper" quality="best" menu="false" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="xmlURL=http%3A%2F%2Fws.shutterfly.com%2Fpsdata%3FprojectGUID%3D2AYs3DVyzcsdc0%26uid%3D001009395831%26size%3D0%26ts%3D1290536805000%26height%3D425%26width%3D425&size=0&ob=0&fc=0&ss=0&sb=0&ft=0" src="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/flashslideshowphotobook/slideshow_pb.swf"></embed></object><p style="width:425px;margin-top:0;text-align:center;"><a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=2AYs3DVyzcsX5A&eid=118">Click here to view this photo book larger</a></p>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305379441346984834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603346867099015339.post-18924357290191324672010-01-23T21:52:00.000-08:002010-01-23T21:59:11.952-08:00My heart achesThrough my job I have come to know a wonderful family. They are truly inspirational - their love for each other and for God never ceases to amaze me. Their sweet daughter has been diagnosed with a rare genetic disease and now is in her final time here on earth. I cannot even imagine the pain that this poor family is going though. Watching their precious daughter and sister crumble before their eyes and now to be on the verge of losing her. Their love and compassion is so amazing as is their faith. I have a lot to learn from them and feel so blessed to be a witness to the strength and faith that they have. May God wrap his loving arms around them and offer them peace and comfort in this trying time. Rest sweet Emma, greater things lie ahead.Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305379441346984834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603346867099015339.post-7374395929935790472009-11-19T17:33:00.000-08:002009-11-19T17:35:47.050-08:00A whole year!I can't believe it has been a whole year since I posted last! <br />A wonderful blog that I follow is having a giveaway for a really cool clock. <br />Follow the link to check it out<br /><a href="http://adam-andrew.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" alt="Photobucket" src="http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m98/aggie01l/badge.jpg" /></a>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305379441346984834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603346867099015339.post-32885979937521053812008-11-19T06:16:00.000-08:002008-11-19T06:22:13.941-08:00HolidaysI will admit that I am not a big holiday person. Birthdays I love, but general holidays I could go either way on, that is until I became a mom. Noah LOVES holidays, not just the present ones, all of them. He gets so excited for the Fourth of July, Groundhog Day, Halloween, all of them. I love watching him get so excited. You can imagine his excitement about Christmas. Everytime he sees anything red or green at all he asks about Santa and the reindeer. We were listening to the radio and he heard that they will be playing Christmas music soon. He started screaming and singing! I love watching his eyes light up and teaching him new traditions. It is so much fun to see the world through a child's eyes, everything so new and exciting. Now if he would only stop asking when the Easter Bunny is coming!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305379441346984834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603346867099015339.post-43692723657265974452008-10-29T07:19:00.000-07:002008-10-29T07:24:21.543-07:00Can you all take my picture?This is what my 3 year old asks me on the way home from the pumpkin patch. "Can you and Daddy and Gigi all take my picture on Halloween because i'm so cute?" Well, at least I don't have to worry about a self-confidence problem ;)Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305379441346984834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603346867099015339.post-61701318510968045672008-10-16T18:32:00.000-07:002008-10-16T18:38:04.265-07:00Again...I don't seem to be very good at this whole blogging thing. I love to read blogs and I love the idea of them, but never seem to find the time to write. <br />Yesterday was National Pregnancy and infant loss day. It is so wonderful to have such a day to be able to take time and remember all of our Angels that have left this world all too soon. It gave me a special day to think of the child that I lost in early pregnancy and know that others were praying for him too. I find that as my son gets older I think more and more about the baby that I lost. I wonder what he would have been like. I know that he is watching over us and his little brother and taking care of us. <br />I love you so much Angel Baby.Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305379441346984834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603346867099015339.post-40337937627784940682008-05-07T19:35:00.000-07:002008-05-07T19:48:48.089-07:004 yearsFour years ago today I found out that I had lost my baby. It was supposed to be a wonderful day - we were going to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time. The nurse couldn't find a heartbeat and assured me it was fine. Then the doctor tried, still no luck. I was sent for an ultrasound and was told that my baby had died. I was only 12 weeks pregnant, but I already loved that child with my whole heart. For many months later I walked around in a fog. Wishing that everyone was wrong. That I would still have that baby that I wanted so much. At the time I couldn't imagine it ever getting easier, the pain ever ceasing to be in my every thought, my every breath. I still miss that tiny miracle. I never got to know if it was a boy or girl or even get to see it, but that didn't change my love. Four years later I can say it does get easier. It isn't a constant sadness. I still think of the baby often, wonder how he or she would have looked and what they would have liked to do, but it isn't a daily heartache like it once was.<br />I lost my baby just a few days before Mother's Day that year and I remember wondering if I was a real mom. The anwer is yes, I was and I would like to wish all moms - especially those who have faced a miscarriage and are wondering if they too are real moms - a Happy Mother's Day.Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305379441346984834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603346867099015339.post-1593135996435988832008-03-10T20:02:00.000-07:002008-03-10T20:15:04.125-07:00For TriciaThere has been a challenge on a blog that I read for all blogging mothers. Nathan has asked us to post all of the things you can't wait for Tricia to experience with Gwyneth. To get caught up and understand who Tricia, Nathan and Gwyneth are please visit Nathan's website! <a href="http://www.cfhusband.blogspot.com/">http://www.cfhusband.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />I can't wait for Tricia to:<br /><ul><li>Give Gwyneth a bath and get soaking wet herself from all the splashing</li><li>Stand with your husband watching your beautiful baby sleep and be so amazed that she is a part of the two of you.</li><li>Put her to sleep for the millionth time just to have her get out of bed once again!</li><li>Have the best day just playing in the dirt and enjoying the little things in life.</li><li>See Gwyenth's face light up when she sees her walk into a room.</li><li>Know that she makes a difference in Gwenth's life every day.</li><li>Sing the same song over and over, even after Gwyenth falls asleep because you just can't get it out of your head!</li><li>Cry tears of joy when her baby finally takes her first steps.</li><li>Do normal, messy mommy things and enjoy every minute of it!</li></ul><p>As a fellow preemie mom I know that we enjoy all the little moments and cherish them even more than other mom's because we feared that they day wouldn't come that we got to see them.</p><p>I am praying fot y'all every day!</p>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305379441346984834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603346867099015339.post-49889612723829636282008-02-15T11:16:00.001-08:002008-02-15T11:28:19.067-08:00March of DimesI do not know if I have any readers, but if I do I thought I would post this for you. March of Dimes has one major fundraiser each year. In the past it has been called "Walk America" this year it is renamed "March for babies." My family will be walking in honor of my son. Words cannot begin to describe how far he has come. I will never forget the moment that he was born. The doctor wrapped him up in a warm blanket and ran out with him to assess him and get him started on oxygen. It was then we knew that our little 2 pound miracle was a fighter. He stayed strong and never gave up his will to live. The NICU is a tough road for preemies and their parents. It is a terrifing place in which mothers do not get to hold their babies right after birth, sometimes not even for weeks and even then not without wires and IV's. Parent's doctors and nurses all make life or death decisions every hour, if not more often. It is the hope of March of Dimes that one day no parent or child will have to experience this, but will be born full-term and healthy. By donating to March of Dimes you will make a difference in a child's life. Just like those that donated before you made a difference in my son's.<br />Here is our website, any donation will help. Thank you!<br /><a href="http://www.marchforbabies.org/noah827">http://www.marchforbabies.org/noah827</a>Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305379441346984834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603346867099015339.post-84428114967727482772008-01-09T19:25:00.000-08:002008-01-09T19:35:56.593-08:00BabiesI want another baby. There I said it and boy did it feel good. I don't feel like I can say that in real life. People are always asking if I want another baby. I always say no and explain that DS was a preemie and I am not going through that or putting a baby through that again. I know people have done it sucussfully and I am so happy for them, but it's not a risk I am going to take. I always thought I would have three children. As DS gets older I look at pictures of him as a baby and think where did the time go? How did he just grow up before my eyes? And being a preemie I worried about EVERYTHING, did he eat enough, would he grow, would he walk. I would love to be able to have a baby and not worry so much. I find myself more and more asking to hold friends' babies and getting that dreaded baby fever. I love my son so much and he is such a blessing. I just don't feel like my family is complete yet.Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305379441346984834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603346867099015339.post-74107790500095020092007-12-10T20:22:00.000-08:002007-12-11T08:31:34.033-08:00Christmas trees and other thingsI put my Christmas tree up today! Yay! We didn't do one last year because my son was pulling up on everything and it didn't seem like a good idea. We will see how long it lasts this year. In other news, I have entered the world of potty training. Well it's been almost 3 weeks actually. At first it was ok. Then we had to visit every potty known to man. Not potty on them, just check them out. I've been told that this is normal, but that doesn't make it any less wierd. Each step in mommyhood seems harder than the last. It's worth it though. Every heartache, every frustration just melts at me when that little voice says "mommy, I hug you"!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305379441346984834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3603346867099015339.post-43639623699759012632007-12-09T18:36:00.000-08:002007-12-09T18:42:59.206-08:00My first Blog!!This is my first attempt at blogging! Hopefully I will have time to update it often. I have been reading a few blogs lately (mostly about preemies) and I really like the way it allows the authors to write out their thoughts. <br />A little about me, I am 26 years old and live near Houston, Texas. I have one son who was born 14 weeks early. He was born at Women's Hospital. His early entrace into the world has forever changed my life. I am happy to say that he is now 2 years old and doing great. He has no long term effects of prematurity. I'm sure most of my posts will be about him, but not all of them. <br />Anyway, welcome to my blog!Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305379441346984834noreply@blogger.com0