Who knew that preschool could be so busy at the end of the year?? Between Mother’s Day teas, class parties, and graduation programs I felt like I was at school with the girls almost every day f...
I knew that my mother-in-law was adopted from a Baptist Children’s Home in Oklahoma as an eleven-year-old little girl. I had heard a handful of fragmented pieces of her story from Dr. Maddox or...
This weekend we went to Orange Beach to spend some grown-up (and Jay Paul) time with our dear friends Darby and Justin. Justin, Jeremiah, and Tommy have been best friends for…a long time. IR...
Good gracious! Y’all have given me WAY too much credit! I meant to mention The Smock Shoppe in my last post, but it just got soooo long that it slipped my mind. I SMOCKED all three outfits, ...
I tied the last knot at 11:30pm on Easter Eve, but I DID finish. The girls stood in front of my bathroom mirror in their slips, as I secured their bows in their hair, and I was dumbfounded by how bea...
I am stopping in now for what just might be my last post before Easter…I’m about to START smocking Easter dresses/a bubble for my chicken wings/buddy man. Why yes, I should have started ...
I am very thankful that my camera battery charger arrived in the mail before this weekend, because it was BIG one. Jeremiah and his Mom have the same birthday–March 10th–which means that...
{So, ummmm, we went to Disney World in October, and I’d nearly completed this blog four months ago, but I guess I got distracted by being miserably pregnant and didn’t finish it. Here it...
I lost the charger for my camera battery and have resorted to only phone pictures for this post. I kept on thinking the charger would turn up, but after all the first smiles I’ve missed captur...
This is the Valentine’s Day card/birth announcement that we sent out to our friends and family. I wish I could have sent one to each of you! Whitney (more of our story in this post) did these ...
I looked back over the blogs from the past month, and I felt a little dishonest. It has been a beautiful, eventful month…but it has not all been beautiful. There are really hard parts tooR...
Sometimes my heart swells so hard, it feels like it will burst. I take a deep breath in and have to hold it until the pinnacle of my joy passes. I love him so much. And every time this burst of jo...
The next morning when the girls came to meet their long-awaited baby brother...he was just wrapping up a little procedure involving his man parts Pace REFUSED to look at any pictures of him, she woul...
{This is extraordinarily long, but I can’t make myself cut any of it. You’ll just have to skim if you get bored, but I want all these little details for our boy-man to read one day. And...
Born December 31st, 2011 at 12:50 am. 9 pounds, 5 ounces and 21 1/2 inches long. Delivered WITHOUT an epidural…or even a Tylenol. Hardest thing I’ve ever done. Hope to be back to shar...
And extraordinarily pregnant. Remember when I said it looked more like a 7-year-old than a newborn? Only five more days until my due date.
{Why yes, I’m about to fill up this very Christmas-ey Christmas post with nothing but Thanksgiving pictures! I just don’t know when else I’m going to get to share them with you if ...
There are memories from our past that our hearts call us back to again and again. They are triggered by inconsequential moments–a song, a taste, a touch, a smell, or even a flash of color̵...
Sunday mornings always seem to be the most hectic morning of the week. Who wants to sit on that stool when you come over for dinner? Apparently, so hectic that I can’t even get underwear on my ...
Last night, Jeremiah and I had a date while Pace and Mary Aplin had a sleep-over (where they painted pumpkins and decorated sugar cookies) with two of their aunts. After some vast searching we have ...
First, I’d like to thank you all for your concerned comments and prayers. Shortly after I posted the last post, Mary Aplin took an astonishing turn FOR THE BETTER! I know it was prayer…...
{My mother-in-law rescues dogs and loves on them until she finds them good homes. Because you really don’t want to see any pictures pertinent to the following post , I’ve included some s...
I just went back and re-read the post that I wrote as our life in Washington began: As we entered Washington, I was happy to see how green it was. That part, at least, felt a little more like home. ...
Ok, this is the next to the last Seattle post I’m going to do. We’ve been in Alabama a long time now! However, there are some pictures I can’t help but share on this post and then...
When Jeremiah asked me what I wanted for my birthday this year, I had my answer ready. I wanted to go eat at Canlis, and I wanted to order just exactly what I wanted. Canlis is one of the oldest an...
We are in Dothan, Alabama, alive and happy. I gave a lot of thought to just picking up where I left off (all the way back at JULY FOURTH!!) in Seattle and doing the 14 back-logged blogs that I have ...
We packed it slam full in true Maddox style. Normally I try to resist Jeremiah in planning this much for one weekend, but I knew this would be our last big “Hoorah!” before the packing b...
Nearly every blog I read has neglected to do a new post since the end of June. It makes me feel a little better to know that I’m not the only one who has trouble getting posts out in the summe...
When we lived in Birmingham, our best friends lived across the street and in our neighborhood. We have missed the simple afternoons of walking out our front door and following the sounds of children...
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