Mamarazzi Monday

Stages of a pumpkin

Last week on Hope's birthday (yes I know we have 3 birthdays in 2 weeks) we went to the pumpkin patch. The plan was to just pick pumpkins to carve but we ended up joining a field trip. I will tell you more about that later.
Anyways, I really enjoyed looking at the different stages the pumpkins were in. From flower to green to orange to OOPS, then home to my house.

Grace is 5, well a month ago

Yes, I know it was almost a month ago but I wanted to post the other pictures of Grace’s birthday cakes. We had a small celebration the Saturday before her birthday. She made cupcakes and icing and decorated them with sprinkles. Those little ball kind that kill your teeth and used a whole jar. Then on her birthday she had a small cake that she decorated the same. The weekend before we asked what she wanted to do and she said go to the zoo. My kids always get a choice, I can buy them a cake, make them a cake or they can make it. My girls always choose to make their own and I love it. They make sure to tell everyone that they do everything but touch the oven. I hope this tradition goes on for years. I need to learn more skills to teach them to really decorate.

Today my baby boy would have been 12

when we lost our baby on november 5, 1998, twelve years ago someone today. While I was in the hospital a friend visited and handed me a card and said but do not read it until you get home. That night as I set in the hospital room I read it. Honestly, I only read half of it because it was too hard. I am so glad I read it, it brought me so much comfort for the next day when I would have to deliver my stillborn son. I do not think I will ever forget about this precious baby boy and I will always take the time to look at his picture that I can not share with anyone else. Anyone else would see a baby that had passed away at least 2 weeks prior to birth. I see a baby with fingers and toes and knees and shoulders and a head and face. I love looking at it. I love imagining what it would be like to have a 12 year old boy running around with my 14 year old. The scripture on the front is Job 1:21 and inside
it says:
" I was thinking abut what's ahead for the baby. Can you imagine-it will be
taking its first steps on the streets of Heaven! Hannah was a mother who
certainly knows how special a little baby is. Perhaps she'll be the one who
will let it hold her finger as it takes those first staggering steps; and
maybe she will be the one to coax it into taking it first steps alone!
Perhaps Dorcas will see to it that its hems get let out, and that the
buttons are sewn on that growing child. And Joshua! Just think what it would
be like for a child to climb into his lap and hear-first hand- about the
battle of jericho!..
Maybe Petrer will take it fishing someday! It will never fall out of tree or
breaks it's leg, for there is no pain or tears there! It won;t be afraid of
the dark for there is no darkness there. The King of Kings, the Lord of
Lords, he is the very one who said, "let the little children come to me." I
expect there will be many a time when he himself will take that baby in his
lap and let it know a love that makes all other loves seem puny by contrast.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Heavenly Father keeps a few lollipops handy
for just such occasions....
And one day, you will be greeted with a " Hi Dad and Mom! I've got some of
the neatest things to show you; and some really fantastic people i can't
wait for you to meet.

Red Writting Hood

Let's see I have a new purse from my friend Melly. I love the size and the amount of space it has. I love that it goes with anything.
Okay first I have my wallet, that is in major need of being cleaned. Business cards although really they are used to give someone my info. A snickers bar because you never know when your be hungry. Prism gum I bought for a little girl at church who shared her gum with my girls last week. Ink pens because I am addicted. The red one is supose to be for your Bible but honestly I never use it. Fabric samples from my last sewing project. And the best is the pink book, it is a small photo album that I use for gift certificates and store cards.


This is my organization, my calander for this year, for next year and a place to hold all of the Awana bucks the kids get. I write there name on the back so we remember whose is whose. which is probably not smart because they want to re use them. Reciepts and a little notepad.


This is a very special picture, it has the diaper I keep with me all the time. It was the diaper my daughter wore when she was first born, let me explain that that diaper stretched out as big as it will is not as big as a dollare bill. It reminds me of where we came from and how much God has blessed us. Then there is a family picture from 7 years ago. I love this picture but it is the only one I have and I can not make a copy. It makes me sad that I can not put it on my wall. Oh, you see there is a pink and blue brain, well that is to remind me that my husband and I do not think the same and I should just accept it.