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Dirt and Lace
www.dirtandlace.com
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Facts About Me

Today’s challenge from Boy Oh Boy is to list 20 facts about myself. Here goes… 1. I have an unhealthy obsession with 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom. I guess because I can slightly relate? 2. I took hor...

02 may 12

Introduction

Since I feel like my blog is seriously lacking in interesting content lately, I’m participating in Emma’s 31 Day Blog Challenge this month. Today is the first day, and we’re supposed to introduce our...

02 may 12

Last Week

That’s my girl… eating a tangerine with a funnel on her head. Sweet baby boy. One of the good things about Joe working second shift is I get to leave Jace at home to sleep more while I take the girls...

30 apr 12

Adventures in Weed-Eating

This is the true story of my first time weed-eating our yard. I thought it was best told in picture form. Yes mom, I did wear safety glasses in real life. And yes, these horrible drawings are what I ...

24 apr 12

I Am A Cell Phone

You know how after you have a cell phone for awhile it starts to lose it’s charge more and more quickly? You plug it in and charge it all night long, but by 2pm, the battery image is red and blinking...

20 apr 12

You mean I have to wash.. the poop..

When I was a kid, the idea of putting a cloth diaper on a baby and then having to scrape off poop and –oh the horror- put the poopy diaper in the washing machine grossed me out. Cloth diapers in my m...

19 apr 12

The Zoo (Spring Break Edition)

This week was Spring Break for the girls. We didn’t have any trips planned, or any plans really, but I’ve been busting out my spontaneity to make sure they have some fun this week. One of the things ...

16 apr 12

Spring Break Adventures

Spring Break coincided with one of my best friends since high school, Christine, returning home from California for a visit. She hadn’t seen Jace yet so met up at the park on Wednesday. We stopped at...

16 apr 12

Booby Trapped

I have had so many thoughts and emotions swirling in my heart and soul since January 16th. The day I gave birth to my son. Most days I’m okay. I have my healthy, happy boy. I’m his mommy. I do everyt...

13 apr 12 1 person likes this

Washing It Away

It was 6pm and so much was still looming over my head… dinner, baths and bedtime for the kids, the dirty house, the endless pile of laundry, and my own need for a shower. I almost always come last, a...

11 apr 12 1 person likes this

Easter 2012

We woke up to tons of candy on the table and full Easter baskets on Sunday morning. The Easter Bunny had eaten almost all of the bunny food Camryn had gotten at preschool. They seemed pretty happy wi...

11 apr 12 1 person likes this

Visiting

We had a fun time visiting my parents house on Wednesday. The girls played dress-up with my Grandmother’s old jewelry, and Jace got in the swing for the first time (and I got it on video!). I used to...

26 mar 12

Eyebrow

Jace is 10 weeks old today! He’s started to really love baths. I fill his tub up with warm water and he lays there looking around and kicking his feet for the longest time. He started sleeping about ...

26 mar 12

Getting Controversial

I generally stay away from controversy on here, because I really don’t like confrontation. But, I think I might have to break my rule today. Joe, the kids, and I went out to eat on Saturday evening. ...

17 mar 12

My bad, were you sleeping?

Why yes, yes I was.

16 mar 12

8 Weeks Old

Look at this baby boy! I can’t believe it’s been two whole months since he was born, since I had a c-section, since he was taken away to the NICU, since I went through the three hardest days of my li...

13 mar 12

Our New Normal

We’re slowly starting to find our new normal as a family of five. Things are going so well. I really couldn’t have hoped for a smoother transition into life with a newborn. We’re blessed to have such...

13 mar 12

Mastitis. AKA two days of Hell.

You’ll have to forgive me for my brief hiatus…. Monday morning I woke up feeling pretty worn out, which I attributed to nursing a newborn all night long. By the time I got home from taking Summer to ...

13 mar 12

Homemade Crib Mobile… Owls and Stars

When I was planning Jace’s nursery, I knew I wanted it to be unique, clean, and somewhat modern. I didn’t have a specific theme in mind, just colors – a dark teal, and white. It took me a really long...

13 mar 12

In Love

I’m so lucky to have four amazing Valentines this year. Five, if I include Harley. Tuesday morning, Joe and I gave the girls their Valentine’s Day gifts. We try to keep it simple, although since this...

13 mar 12

Five Easy Rules for Taking Better Pictures of Your Kids

I get a lot of questions and comments about my photos. I don’t know why… I’m pretty hard on myself about the pictures I take and can usually find something about it I could have done differently or b...

13 mar 12

We Made a Wish…

On Saturday, we went to my parents’ house to watch a UK basketball game. My friend Audrey came too, and got to meet Jace for the first time. Her daughter Olivia loved him. Sunday, we had our usual la...

13 mar 12

Three Kids, One Van

Last Friday, it was warm. We had tornadoes. A few days later, we had this: Snow family courtesy of Camryn. Love the flower eyes! And the day after that, 63 degrees, with sun and wind. Welcome to Kent...

13 mar 12

Twenty-Five

February 24th – last Friday – was my birthday. My twenty-fifth birthday. Why does that sound so old to me? It shouldn’t. I mean, I have three kids already. Three kids and I just turned 25? How in the...

13 mar 12

Dear Jace: Six Weeks

Jace… you are six weeks old! Actually closer to seven now. It seems like you were just born a few days ago. I’m sure I’ll be saying that forever… I still say it about your sisters. You go to your che...

13 mar 12

Mobile Dumping

How’s that for a title? I end up taking a lot of pictures with my cell phone since it’s so convenient. I don’t want these to get lost in the black hole of Facebook, so I wanted to bring them over her...

13 mar 12

Growing Up - Step One

At Summer and Camryn’s dentist visit back in December, he told me that Summer had a few loose teeth. Slowly but surely the two teeth on the bottom center got looser and looser. Last month we noticed ...

13 mar 12

Weekend Love.

I live for the weekends right now… Joe is home, we have no where to rush to early in the morning, and we can do whatever we want. Saturday we decided to go see a movie. After trying to see Journey 2:...

13 feb 12

Little Piece of Sunshine

Thursday was a beautiful day. We’ve had a pretty mild winter so far, but this was beyond mild and right into warm, sunny, and coat unnecessary. Summer and Camryn went outside for awhile and had fun p...

04 feb 12

Morning

For the next 11 months or so, Joe is working a 1pm-9pm (or whenever the last service call comes in, sometimes as late as 3am!) shift. It’s kind of weird and we’re still getting used to it, but it’s g...

01 feb 12

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