Eleven Eleven

Right after we had the girls, I started noticing that I would look at the clock at exactly 11:11 every day. Sometimes twice a day. At first it freaked me out. Was it a sign of something bad to come? Was it a sign of luck? This went on for a couple months before I mentioned it to Jamie. Every time I would see 11:11, I would say out loud "It is Eleven Eleven." I tried to rationalize it by thinking that I had tons of down time on the couch feeding babies or pumping or rocking them in silence with only the clock to look at. And since I was consumed by keeping them on a schedule, maybe I looked at the clock all the time. But I quickly learned that it didn't matter where I was or what I was doing ... I would still look at the clock at 11:11.


When my spiritually void, non-deep thinking hubby suggested that is was a sign, he captured my attention immediately. He felt that the first two ones (11) represented Hassie Clare and Quinn and the last two ones (:11) represented their guardian angels... our "almost babies." From the second he said that to me I started to feel it instantly. I knew right then and there the reasoning of why I was blessed with the 11:11 gift.

It is now four and half years later and I might only check the clock 5 times a day, but at least one of those times it will be 11:11. Sometimes I wake up out of a dead sleep, glance at the clock and it is 11:11.

And every single time this happens, my heart fills with this indescribable feeling. It is almost like an adrenaline rush. I close my eyes and I think of my children's guardian angels/our almost babies/:11, and I tell them how thankful I am to them and how much I truly love them. Those 11:11 moments bring a sense of peace and love over me that completely and totally knock my socks off!

Snow Daze 2011

Hassie Clare and I LOVE LOVE LOVE snow. Jamie and Quinn tolerate it ... barely.
Ruby thinks it is the best thing that has ever happened to her.

Since Spring officially starts this weekend, I figured I better load some snow pictures from the past few months. No one wants to look at snow pictures with the air conditioning on!

Ruby's favorite thing in the whole world is ice cold water.

Please don't make me go inside. I promise I'm not cacacaca...cold.



Quinnie mostly stayed inside by the heater while looking out the window watching me and HC play in the snow.  Occasionally she would open the back door and holler "Hit mommy with a snow ball."



Paisley Breann

Born 3/2/11 @ 2:30 (her mother predicted the time EXACTLY that morning when we were taking friendly, family bets). It was the perfect day, the perfect birth and the perfect little girl was brought into this world by 2 loving parents. Perfect! All of it. I got to watch my baby sister be a rock star and pop out a 7.5 pound baby. I got to watch my mom fall in love with another grandchild. I got to see 2 new parents look into their first-born child’s eyes for the first time. It was perfect! And I'm extremely grateful to my brother-in-law and sister for letting me be a part of their perfect day.


Meet my beautiful, perfect and enormously loved niece Paisley:



She is only a few minutes old in this pic and already alert and looking around.






Going home from the hospital.

1st year of life - video montage

Here is a video montage of Hassie Clare and Quinn's first year of life (0-12 months). I made this a few years ago but I forgot about it until recently. Ahhh ... the memories!

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