Day by Day in Grace

Friday, October 10, 2008

Anyone watch "The Office" last night?

Not sure if any of you are Office fans. Last night's episode was pretty funny. I couldn't stop laughing the entire episode. Here was one of my favorite clips.

Flashback Friday~For Aunt Judy

My older sister Judy is a manager of a Starbucks in San Diego...her store is closing today so I am hoping that these pics will cheer her up a little bit.

Judy~

Hope these make you giggle as you get through this day.

You are prayed for often and loved very much!

Psalm 121

"I lift my eyes to the hills--

where does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot slip--

he who watches over you will not slumber;

indeed, he who watches over Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord watches over you--

the Lord is your shade at your right hand;

the sun will not harm you by day,

nor the moon by night.

The Lord will keep you from all harm--

he will watch over your life;

the Lord will watch over your coming and going

both now and forevermore."

Tee-hee

Sisters

Nice hair huh? Even better are the cabbage patch sweater vests...we were stylin'!

Me in my "Flashdance sweater pjs"...NICE!!

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Playdate

Tal is having her one of her friends over right now while her mommy goes to a hair appointment....pretty cute to hear two little girls giggling and talking as they play.

A few quotes I've heard so far...

"No, thank you I don't want to play with that because I'm a mermaid and I live under water."

"I'm a princess and that's what my plan is."

"Uh-oh, oopsy, doopsy."

"I want you to say "oopsy, doopsy" every time you have an accident....okay."

"What was that...you like to play with boy toys?"

"Toss the toy under the sea for me to catch...cause I'm a mermaid."

"Let's play ponies....YEAH!!!"

"Oh...I love you...you are the best kid I ever seen"

"Oh, I love you too Talia."

Monday, October 6, 2008

Although......

Any of these would be okay too....

Disneyland

Paris

Cancun

Ireland

Wishin'

I'd like to go here

Swim in the ocean and lay out in the sun reading a Lori Wick book

While drinking one of these

Maybe trying to do this again (the 1st time I did this it didn't go so well)

And definetly soaking in many of these

Both girls up two times in the middle of the night (each at separate times) makes for a tired and cranky mommy. I was thinking about this post last night. I remember when I wrote it thinking that around September or October I would be getting more sleep....I must have been day dreaming because I am not getting much. Once again I don't want to wish this first year away with Liliana but at times I am tempted to do just that as I am so tired. I am going to try to be optimistic and have a better attitude...now if I could just keep my eyes open.

Friday, October 3, 2008

My sweet girls

Flashback Friday~5 months today!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Quote of the Day

Some houses try to hide that fact
That children shelter there.
Ours boasts of it quite openly--
The signs are everywhere.
For smears are on the windows,
Little smudges on the doors.
I should apologize, I guess,
For toys strewn on the floor.
But I sat down with the children
And we played and laughed and read.
And if the bathtub doesn't shine
Their eyes will shine instead.
For when, at times, I'm forced to choose
The one job or the other,
I want to have a lovely house,
But first I'll be a mother.
--Author Unknown

Good Ol' Fashioned Fun

Since Talia has been hit & miss with her naps lately (mostly misses) I have decided that I am tired of fighting her on this. In the last couple of weeks she has napped one time and the rest of the time I spend trying to get her to stay in her room for some quiet time. So today I thought instead of fighting this I would have her have some quiet time outside of her room for a change. What does a Mom do with a long rainy afternoon....build a tent of course. Tal and I had a picnic lunch under the tent and then we relaxed together. I didn't get any chores done but my little girl sure had a fun time. Maybe we'll try quiet time tomorrow....or maybe we'll develop a new routine of some combo of Mommy chore time/Talia quiet time. In the meantime, I'm gonna go cuddle with my gal who before I know it will be too big to fit under a homemade tent.