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Mother's Day #2

I was hoping to sleep in on Mother's Day...that is my favorite things to do on the weekends (I have to mention that sleeping in on the weekend is 8:00am), but on Saturday we found out that it was a clam tide that weekend! The last time we went clam digging was during Thanksgiving when I was 6 months pregnant with Reid. We heard the weather was nice and the diggin was good. So we got up at 6:30 (still sleepin in since I get up at 5am every morning!) got on our rubber boots and carharts, and headed to the beach. The weather was BEAUTIFUL, and we didn't need our hats that I packed. Reid's first trip to the beach was great. Rudd and I were so nervous about Reid being so close to the ocean, but he was a pro. He held a clam or two and even tried to fill up the holes from our clam guns. Afterwards we went to breakfast with some good friends, then went home and hung out. The day before we worked on our front yard. It has been almost two years in the making! Enjoy the pictures. Maybe next time you can go clamming with us!

Music

I finally figured out how to add music to my blog. It's about time! The first song is "You're Gonna Miss This" by Trace Atkins. It's kind of sad how fast life passes us by. Sometimes I can't wait for things to happen, am anxious for the future, but then I hear this song and remember to enjoy the moment, and with Rudd and Reid I have so many moments to enjoy here and now, I don't want to miss them!

Birks

I hate QVC...they always "get" me on "easy pay". I just bought two, TWO, pairs of Birkenstocks...but come on, they are on easy pay! I wore a pair today and forgot that you have to "break" them in. I have to admit though, I am pretty glad I bought them!
I have to say that Reid likes them too. As I type, he is trying very hard to put them on his feet. If you know me, you know that I have HUGE feet for being only 5'2. (I wear a size 9 or 9 1/2). Needless to say, the shoes look like skiis on Reid!

Mother's Day

This time last year, my dear grandma Lenore passed away. Her funeral was on Mother's Day. My first Mother's Day was spent in a church and a graveyard, saying goodbye to the sweetest and most caring person I have ever known. She was the only grandparent I had for the past 25 years (my other three grandparents passed away by the time I was 4).
Although she is gone, I am surrounded by her. My house is filled with many beautfil paintings she did over the span of 25 years. Sometimes it's hard to accept she is gone. Grandmothers are so special and I feel kind of jypted to think I don't have one "here" with me. I know she is in heaven looking down on us, and that I have an angel praying for me and someone I can pray to.
So, this Mother's Day, we will be in church. We will go to Mass, pray for Grandma Lenore (like we did a year ago on Mother's day and like we do always) and spend a beautiful day together at home.

A Sunday at home

This morning, after we had our favorite breakfast, ham and cheese omlets, Reid was playing in the kitchen. I don't even have words to describe this photo, all I can say is this picture emcompasses "Reid"

Today the only place we went was to the local hardware store to buy some plants. We came home and had lunch. While Reid napped, I got my sewing machine out...I haven't used it since before I was pregnant. I hemmed 2 pairs of my jeans (jeans that I paid $8 for- and would have cost me 7 bucks each to have hemmed). I found this awesome website that gave step by step directions for hemming jeans without losing the nice "jean" hem. And, I didn 't have to cut them.

Can you tell that I hemmed them?

CHI...LOVE IT!

I bit the bullet and spent some serious moola on a CHI straightener...recommended by my good friend lisa. I am pretty impressed with it. It works a lot better than the cheap one I bought 4 years ago, which pooped out on my Tuesday morning. Thanks Lisa!

More ball fun...

This ball pit is the best 30 bucks we've spent in a long time...Reid loves it, the dog's love it, and every once in a while I have fun in it! I know I have posted pictures of Reid in it before, but I just thought these were too cute not to post!