To post or not to post......

31st -- Gosh, time flies !!!

and can you believe it, Cedrik was walking at x-mas ? 10 months and 3 weeks old ?

Now, Gosh, where to start...
Firstly, I shared with you gals, in need. I am pleased with all your support. Thank you. Which is why I felt comfortable sharing in the first place, event though, in the past, when sharing, someone wrote back some pretty hurtful things...
In the time of need, I felt kicked while I was down.

I had stopped sharing.

I felt comfortable again, as I didn't think this person had joined our new and improved look and board !!!

But this is TWICE --- Michelle, I have never stepped over the line and called your husband names, insinuated behavior patterns, or accused him of anything
...even though you also shared some pretty difficult moments you were having with him...
I don't think you should be giving out any marital advice actually.

Hurt me once, shame on you
Hurt me twice, shame on me

I can sense that you mean me well, but I don't approve of the paths you took nor words chosen

Gen xxx

Gen, are you there?

Hey girl... just wondering how you're doing and missing you.  Please check in and say hi?  I have a feeling you might feel awkward or upset about what Michelle wrote to you, and if so I just want you to know that you should always feel comfortable being here no matter what... this place is your place too.  I know that she was really writing out of love, even if it came off pretty harsh, but if it upset you please don't let it drive you away... We love you and need you here, friend.

Maybe I am imagining it, and if so, just ignore me.  You know I never can mind my own business ;p

xoxoxo

MaryStarr

Christmas

We had a pleasant Christmas. We opened presents in the morning and then took the kids sledding. We went to a friends house for supper and just had a nice, simple day.

Photos

Ok, so much did I love Reena and Maigan's posts that I had to share some of my own... Matt and I bought ourselves a new digital slr camera for christmas instead of exchanging gifts... and Matt has become a regular Ansel Adams with the picture taking.  I myself have not taken the time to realy figure the camera out yet, but luckily daddy is getting to be a pro.  Which is nice actually, because usually I am the picture taker and hence we have not many pictures of mama.

Here is our Tree on christmas eve after santa came

Here is bunny and her list for santa

Here is my belly back on the 11th, which would have been almost 17 weeks... please excuse the no bra pointy nips look

Here is Bunny in one of Daddy's new master shots

Here is the pregnant lady and the bunny dancing

here is bunny as Ed Grimly, looking for Pat Sajak

here is Ava's new masterpiece

love you all... MaryStarr

Let it snow...and snow...and snow!!!

It's official...we have broken the record for most recorded snowfall in the month of December in recorded history...the official count in this mornings newspaper is 59.7"...nearly 5 feet of snow. I don't know what the deal is with the picture being so small...but that is one days worth of accumulation on our back deck. It's insane.

We made it thru Christmas...despite the snow. The girls had a great time opening presents and spending time with the grandparents!! Eli and I didn't exchange gifts this year, but had a lot of fun watching the kiddos. We opened presents at home on Christmas morning then headed to my MIL's house in the afternoon...then off to my parents house for dinner. There was a lot of eating going on!! Here are some pictures....

This is at Eli's mom's house on Christmas day. She made us a delicious late breakfast and then we went sledding with my BIL and his family....

This one was actually the weekend before Christmas...Allie was home sick with a snot face so she didn't get to go, but Lizzy was quite the little princess in her fancy dress and glitter shoes...

This is sledding Christmas day with my nephew...

This is actually from this past weekend...after the sledding on Christmas we realized our sled was a piece of junk so we went to Costco and got this fancy new ride...Lizzy likes it because it has lava on it...Allie just thought it was cool to lay on....

Back to Christmas morning at our house...Lizzy got the 3D version of Shark Boy and Lava Girl so the girls were wearing the glasses around the house...it was funny.

Hope everyone survived the holiday season...I guess it's not quite over yet, but almost. I am a little irritated because one of my co-workers is getting married on New Year's Eve...I think that's a very bad time to have a wedding, and I hate the thought of bringing in the new year with the people I work with, but I have little choice. It's not like I would have gone out to a party or something, but that's not the point.

Hope you had a lovely Christmas!

Make a Smilebox greeting

19 weeks now

And doing well.  Weighed myself yesterday and I have gained 9 pounds so far, so I am feeling ok about that.  Although, we had cheesecake for dessert last night after our belated christmas dinner, so I may have gained another nine while I slept... lol.

Matt had to go in to work on christmas day at 1pm to serve a banquet to the Boston celtics (PUNKS) who were in town to play the golden state warriors friday.  SO we had a big celebration early in the morning with presents and stockings and a big Irish Breakfast.  Then after he went in Ava and I went to an afternoon carol service at Grace Cathedral which was beautiful and fun for me because singing hymns is probably my biggest childhood association with christmas.  The service was all hymn singing and they read poetry in beteween... ee cummings and elizabeth barrett browning and others.  Super nice.

We had a dinner last night, my sister and her husband came over.  It was actually nice to split it up like that, so I think we will make that our tradition... although ideally Matt can stay with us on christmas day and not go cook for basketball players (PUNKS).

Sorry your christmas was such a bummer Kri.  How about everyone else?

xoxo

MaryStarr

tis the season...

well, our christmas sucked too. first off, half of our presents were wrong (two left shoes, broken toy; guy at best buy gave me a computor monitor rather than the flat screen i paid for, etc). also, my mom just got out of the hospital on x-mas eve after a bout with pneumonia and 8 day stay only to go to the ER xmas day with severe abdominal cramping. so i spent seven hours in the ER until they admitted my mom. then had to deal with the chaos of trying to find sitters for girls since dan and i work fri and sat. could only find a sitter for sat so i had to call off today. but this also means that i can't go to the last Saints game or tailgating party.
there has been more but you guys can probably sense the general sucky-ness of the last week. oy vey, i need a vacation........
yeah right
kri

Snow, Snow and then more Snow

I'm not sure if you guys know or not but our area with hit with a snow storm that is quite unusual. In the 15 years or so of living in this area I've never seen so much snow. We have about a foot or so. Well the first day it snowed I went outside to take pictures. I did not plan on being out long so I popped on my crocs and headed out. No skidding or sliding so I thought I was safe. What I did not think about was the ice under the snow. On my way back to the house I slid on some ice and fell on top of my ankle. It was the most excruciating pain I have ever felt. Then I had to walk back to the house. Hurting myself was nothing compared to having to go up stairs. I almost passed out from the pain. I eventually went to the ER the next day. (my dad helped me with the boys all day while Tim was at work and was unable to leave) I sprained my ankle good, no fractures or breaks. However I have not had too much time to just sit back and be pampered you see; when it snows like this the security for the hospital (where Tim works) becomes transport for the hospital. They have to go and pick up people for work that can not drive in and occasionally take a patient home. So I've lost him to the snow. In the meantime it sucks having a sprained ankle. But I can put some weight on it now without screaming. I took some pictures of the boys in the snow. I hope you guys are having a better Christmas break than I am!