Wordless Wednesday: Because Words Fail Me this Week

The boys with Boston in the distance.

Wordless Wednesday: Published

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Wordless Wednesday: Goodnight

Wordless Wednesday: Rock On!

Owen broke a string on his acoustic guitar last week and had to use his instructor's Fender.

Wordless Wednesday: Milestones

We celebrated James' First Communion this past weekend...

...funny, it seems like yesterday we had him Baptized.

Wordless Wednesday: Cold Turkey

She's just not that in to you.

Wordless Wednesday: Backyard Friends

Last week's unexpected warm weather prompted some backyard exploration.

James & Sal.

Wordless Wednesday: Guppy Puppies

The newest members of our household.

Wordless Wednesday: I'd Like to Thank the Academy

Wordless Wednesday: Saturday Morning Atheletes

On Friday I wrote a post about soccer season. The next day was James' first game since recovering from hand surgery. He desperately wanted to play goalie. I have no decent pictures of the game. I was too busy sweating, swearing and praying to take any.

Can't you picture these boys out on the town in a few years?

42! The answer to the ultimate question of life the universe and everything.

If the boys have let me take decent pictures I always agree to let them take silly ones...

They're really good at silly.

Wordless Wednesday: First Day of School

Did you hear that???

It's the sound of time going by too fast.

Wordless Wednesday: Brave

            Last week James had surgery at Children’s Hospital in Boston. He injured his hand six years ago (I’ve talked about it here and here) and needed some repair work done. I know plenty of grown adults who act like babies when they’re patients. It was impressive to see my baby act so brave.

Little Monkey and Blue Monkey getting prepped.

All dressed up and ready to go into sedation.

James' first words when waking up from surgery, "I want to go home. I miss my brother."

            James had a little postoperative nausea and pain, but it’s been almost a week since the surgery and he’s doing really well. He’ll be in the cast until September 12^th. Personally I’d be going bonkers if I was without my right hand for three weeks. He's been adapting and not slowing down at all! 

Wordless Wednesday: Flowers in the Garden

I like flowers as much as the next girl. But there is something particularly exciting about seeing these sort of flowers in the garden.

zucchini

green beans

tomatoes

 

Wordless Wednesday: Tech Support

The boys have discovered that our friends have MUCH cooler gadgets than my husband and I have. They've been conspiring to figure out how long it will take to save up for an IPad, IPhone or IPod Touch with their allowances... all to feed their new need to play Angry Birds and Plants vs. Zombies. Sorry kids, you aren't getting one before Mommy!

Wordless Wednesday: Rockin' the Bump

             Today I’m linking up with Shell over at Things I Can’t Say for Rockin’ the Bump. I had intended this to be a Wordless Wednesday post, but I couldn’t resist a little commentary.

This is me 42 weeks pregnant with Owen the morning of my cousin’s wedding. Yup, 42 weeks pregnant. I hadn’t planned on going to the wedding. I thought I’d have a newborn baby and didn’t think I could manage a wedding that soon. I had an ultra sound and a non-stress test earlier that weekend to make sure everything was fine. My obstetrician said something like, “The baby’s fine. But we think he’s over ten pounds. I think he hasn’t dropped because he won’t fit. You might want to consider a c-section.” I said, “Over ten pounds? Sign me up!”

The only time I've ever worn flip flops to a wedding.

Two days later I was holding this guy. He wasn’t over ten pounds, only nine and a half. But his head was in the 95 percentile. I can’t express how grateful I am to live in a time when surgical births are routine.

This is Owen’s birthday two years later I had this baby bump. It’s the only picture I could find of myself pregnant with James. There are however, thousands of pictures of Owen during this time. I must have always been the one holding the camera. I had a second c-section because I had never heard of a second baby being smaller than the first.

Two weeks later James joined our little family. He weighed seven pounds, seven ounces. I bet I could have handled that!

Wordless Wednesday: A View from my Living Room

This is the latest development from the newest family on the block...

Wordless Wednesday: Tweet Tweet

It's cold and rainy outside but the signs of Spring continue to show themselves. This is who is living right outside my living room window.

 

 

 

Mama Cardinal in her nest.

She doesn't let me get too close before she flies away. When she does, I can see these...

Can't wait to see what develops.

Wordless Wednesday: New Neighbors

   

Happy Spring! Welcome to the neighborhood!

(Almost!) Wordless Wednesday

     The Secret Garden opens one week from Friday. So I probably won't get much writing done. In fact, the time I normally spend writing in the mornings, was today spent on an e-mail to my cast with notes about last night's rehearsal. I have an amazing cast and crew who have made this process absolutely wonderful. So my wordless Wednesday for this week is a scene from last night's rehearsal. It was the first time we rehearsed in our performance space. It's a special kind of magic when that happens.

I wish you could hear the singers! Can you tell how awesome the backdrop is?

    

Winter's on the Wing: A Wordless (almost) Wednesday Post

            Things have been pretty crazy around here lately. The Secret Garden opens three weeks from Friday. So I haven’t done much writing lately. Actually, that’s not entirely true. I’m still getting up early every day to write in my journal. But journal entries are mostly incoherent rants, observations and to do lists. Some of what I write in the morning turns into blog posts…eventually. But about 98% isn’t fit to share and for the moment I don’t have much time to polish my words into blog posts. So today, I’m stealing borrowing an idea I’ve seen on a number of blogs. May I present, my very first Wordless (almost!) Wednesday, accompanied by lyrics from (surprise, surprise!) The Secret Garden.

It doesn't look like much, but the first sign of a crocus means Spring is on the way!

Clusters of crocus,

Purple and Gold.

Blankets of pansies,

Up from the cold.

Lilies and iris,

Safe from the chill.

Safe in my garden,

Snowdrops so still.