Moore Blog!!

PLEASE CHECK OUT KELLY MOORE'S PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG. THERE'S A LINK OVER TO THE RIGHT. I KNOW KELLY FROM COLLEGE. SHE SHOT FOR THE YEARBOOK WHEN I WORKED AT THE TECH TALK, AND SHE TOOK MY WEDDING PICTURES AND AMELIA'S ONE-YEAR-OLD PORTRAIT. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HER WORK! HER LATEST "GIVE ME MOORE" SESSION MAKES ME WANT TO COME UP WITH AN EXCUSE TO HAVE MY OWN PORTRAITS DONE. FAB!
ON ANOTHER NOTE, I'M REALLY DIGGIN' THE NAME BLYTHE.

All Creatures Great and Small

"All things bright and beautiful,

All creatures great and small,

All things wise and wonderful,

The Lord God made them all."

Cecil F. Alexander

My Secret Garden

Yep. He did.

I'll be honest. She gets it honest.

Cue: "Cry Baby!"

Teething. I'm exhausted. It's been a couple of weeks of sleepless nights, a weekend of diarrhea, gnawing of my shoulder. And today my first call from the school. Never knew it could be so bad. Millie Bug ran a lil fever, but I barely noticed past the first front eight. And I had to acutally hunt down the teething toys. My lil man was puny and inconsolable today. So helpless -- him and me. Call me paranoid, but I took him to the pediatrician to rule out the yucky flu that's going around or strep. Doc officially called it a lil "fever virus." Poor Brother missed his MDO "party" and a Valentine playdate. I so wanted him to have a great day. He's resting soundly ... finally. Maybe tomorrow will be better. Maybe his little toothies will pop out and he can soon enjoy his treats. I want my energetic meddler monkey back!

My Valentine

Complete adoration. A flutter of the lashes; a slight, satisfied smile; and a gentle, and yet firm grasp of my hand. I was hers and only hers if only for a morning.
At the "pet shop."
At the "library store" (Barnes & Noble).
At a lunch (of her choice).
Hooky is nice. And it was long overdue.
Where has the time gone,
my love,
my valentine?

Hope

Please visit mindenstjude.com.

Emerging from Hibernation ... Maybe.

Been absent. First, I was just too bogged down. Then I read this from cjane, "Blogging is the exercise of the self-centered habit. Bloggers must have a degree of self-centeredness or else how could they expect the world to care about their politics or positions on world views much less precious pictures of their posterity?" True. Food for much thought.

Back to the basics in 2009. So. much. excess. in our lil corner of the world, all things considered. We are blessed. I just want to de-clutter and simply enjoy some good, old-fashioned fun with my husband and children -- barefoot, snotty-nosed, non-scheduled fun ... in Wal-Mart playclothes. TRULY, the simple things.

Daddy left a CD of Sufjan Stevens' Christmas music in the car. Happy accident. Precious reminder.

Nienie's back Jan. 16. See you there!