tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321795942012-02-10T09:16:18.437-05:00the real life adventures of a wife- and mommy-in-trainingCassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.comBlogger2231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-48985367632287676812012-02-09T16:00:00.001-05:002012-02-09T18:50:29.647-05:00

...and horrible. Granted, I've had my fair share of "Oh my word, this looked way better under the store lights!" moments. But by and large, I've been pretty fortunate in the paint color department. (My budget is so relieved.) But these landlords (bless.) had a seriously hard time. Our master bedroom was pistachio, for goodness' sake! Rule of thumb: not all hues automatically go with whatever

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Yeah, we can just ignore the strange title. I actually just wanted to post a little something fun and quick and kid-friendly! This year, I decided to dip pretzels with my almost-3-year-old. Now I do love working with her in the kitchen! But there are a few requirements that must be met if I want the time to be fun AND somewhat productive for both of us. 1) It can't be too hands-on, too many

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You may be thinking, "Nice work, promising 12 days of Christmas-ness and then only getting out, what?, two or three?" And 2 + 3 isn't even 12. If we were using an addition logic. Which would be crazy. Well, don't worry. I'm really a pro at playing catch-up. And, besides, we've had Christmas with our little family unit, and we've done Christmas with my husband's side, but my dear parents,

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Er...tree cupcake stand. Cupcake stand tree, maybe? Well whatever we settle on, the fact remains that I'm pretty happy to have found a Christmas-y use for it, too! As a single-function piece - in the vein of rice cookers, apple slicers, and salad spinners - this cupcake stand really shines! Especially when it's filled with glittery, sparkly balls.

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As I sit here and type, I am munching on some homemade wonderfulness: kettle corn! It's a Christmas miracle. I thought I could only get it at the fair! Or in the microwave bags. (But since I read an article about microwave popcorn a few weeks ago, I've sworn off the stuff.) I love kettle corn! Some might call it an unhealthy obsession for the salty-sweet crunch. I call it love. Here's the

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Ta-dah! Here's the Harper's tree this year! Same old tree, same old star, same old not-really-a-tree-skirt, and even same old gold ribbon...but the pink and purple and all the {glitter} is new for us. My precious and fun sister-in-law once warned me (when I foolishly wondered if I could just get my girl to love greens and browns and blues?)... she said, "Embrace the pink!" And we have.

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Hey, neighbors and friends! I do apologize for my long absence, but I have decided to blame it on the turkey coma -- even though that's categorically impossible -- and just move on. I hope you're ready for my own version of 12 days of Christmas! I do plan to blog at least 12 times before December 25th! Of this year. Lest you think I'm creating a loophole for myself. There is just so much fun

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I needed a new paring knife. Have you ever just suddenly noticed that all your kitchen knives seemed to have dulled simultaneously? I mean really dull. As in "I'd rather use a butter knife to cut this apple" dull. But then it hit me! What about sharpening?? So in the same trip to a favorite store, we found an inexpensive knife sharpener, and, since I had knives on the brain, a new paring

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I know she didn't! Oh, but I did. I gave in to the recipe that's burning up the pumpkin pages of Pinterest. They're usually just called 2-ingredient muffins, and they were - amazingly - pretty darn good. I was skeptical. I mean, how can you truly enjoy a muffin that has neither eggs, nor butter?? Here are the two famous ingredients. A yellow cake mix, and a can of pumpkin. I wondered if

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Some mornings there's just nothing better than having a bit of the Great Northwest right here in my kitchen.

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Hey, my friend, Lauren (of Only From Scratch) made a favorite recipe of mine this weekend and posted it as part of her...   She has a fun blog of recipes and homey stuff. You should check it all out! But check out the recipe for Sunday Morning Rolls, {thanks, Jenny!} at the very least. : ) Happy Monday!

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I don't usually post about difficult things. No, painting furniture and keeping house are not as difficult as what I'm about to write. But we need to know it. We need to do it. This article is for wives. All wives. Young, old, newlywed, or married forever. As a wife of only 5 years, I realize that I don't know everything. Not anywhere near. But I do know God. And I've seen His ways work. And

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Remember back when I painted my blue highchair? Well that very same week I decided to use up whatever paint was left in my 2 spray cans... to transform this big, black oval mirror I'd found on craigslist for 5 big ones: So I grabbed up all the readily available scrap paper. That day we seemed to have a lot! And I taped it haphazardly down to protect the glass. Lucky for me, it's an older

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Well, dear readers, I've got some fun projects on deck, but it's been hard to find the time these past couple of weeks between two sick little girlies, root canals for mommy, and their daddy being under the weather, too! Everyone's recovering nicely, now, and I'm ready to write again. Let's start with this yummy soup that I've made twice recently. The girls even love it! Which is a plus for me..

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Our 1st 1st birthday party was for our first daughter and was described (milkshake recipe included!) in this post of yore. So that makes this our 2nd 1st. See? As promised, i'm here to give the "big reveal" of the blue highchair and a breakdown of some of the DIY (do-it-yourself) birthday party fun for my brand new one-year-old. She was absolutely adorable in that highchair! Of her

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While I try to avoid too many personal stories and details on this blog for my family's security, this shall be an exception. I wrote my 2nd daughter's birth story soon after it happened, but I haven't yet shared it publicly on the world wide web. As I spend today reminiscing about this day last year, however, I think I'm ready to share it. In the interest of full disclosure, I should warn

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I scored this 30+ year old beauty at a recent garage sale! I knew the second I saw it that it was for me. You see, I found this picture on Pinterest... (that's how most of my stories will probably start from now on.) From blog.drewbphotography.com And I was smitten. I had to find a highchair like this for my daughter's upcoming 1st birthday! Not only would it be a great photo prop, but it

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As I wait for the perfect spray-painting conditions, I shall share a new (to me!) breakfast secret: pancakes with additives. This morning, as I was whipping up the regular old pancake batter (which is awesome on its own!), I had the hankerin' to fill my girls' tummies with more healthiness without adding more items on their plate to eat. So I mashed a banana into the batter and tossed in a

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It's been roughly a week, now, since I acquired an empty wood frame, an oval mirror (yes! for above my dresser), and a vintage wooden high chair. (Thank you, Craigslist & a garage sale.) I have a lot of painting on my to-do list, and I can hardly wait to get to it! You can expect full posts of each project soon. Right now I'm just trying to defy the high winds and spray some paint anyway.

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Please tell me I'm not the only one who types "idea" instead of "ikea" every.single.time... Or possibly I am the only one and that's find fine. Well from this master project list from the master bedroom of yore, I've been working on finding a new mirror. Or actually an old mirror to paint. I think I found just what I need! Now only if I didn't have to drive to Ikea in Atlanta to get it! I've

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Well, I've been holding off on posting another recipe right after a recipe, because in no way is this a cooking blog! I'm more of a baker than a chef, if anything. And planning and cooking dinners aren't exactly my specialty. However, no household projects have been done this week for me to blog about. Besides the laundry and bathrooms and dishes and endless picking up, but who really wants to

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I made these over the weekend for dinner... and they were requested again today for lunch! One meal, twice successful. That warrants at least a nod on the blog, I think! Sandwiches are one of our favorite things around here. You really can't beat a meat-cheese-bread combo! Even the babies love their own simpler versions. (Although SweetP's front teeth don't touch, it's so cute to watch her bite

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Let's be honest -- the garbage can is the most disgusting thing in the kitchen. Besides the toilets, it's possibly the grossest thing in the whole house. And yet it's a necessary evil! We love it and we hate it. We need it in our kitchen, but we want it out of our kitchen. We need it to be easily accessible, but we never want to see it. The kitchen is supposed to be where all good and clean and

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Okay, the first room I'm revealing on this blog is actually our bedroom. Probably because we're closer to done with it than with other rooms in the house... You might be wondering why anyone would post photos of their master bedroom (any room, for that matter!) before it's ready to be seen? Well, good point. However. If I start blogging about it, I'll keep working on it. Cuz you all keep me

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The 5th anniversary - on the traditional gift-giving lists - is wood. We haven't followed them all the way through, but I always think about it! This year is a milestone of sorts. I mean, it's our first increment of 5. Those seem to be the big ones! Not like 3 or 8... So by way of a traditional milestone gift, we decided to buy an art print (paper which is from wood) and frame it (wood!) for

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I have been married to the best man in the whole world for the last five years! I can hardly believe my luck. And what a journey it's been! My favorite way to look back is through pictures, so here I go down Memory Lane! (Wanna come, too?) 2006 {we're engaged!} {and married!} 2007 {he's deployed}this pic is when he was home on leave 2008 {we're pregnant!} 2009 {we're a family of 3!} 2010 {we're

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It's hard to be creative and cheap at the same time. I can think of all kinds of creative things I could buy or do if we had the extra moo-lah on hand... and don't get me wrong, we love to do that when we can! But actually finding new, creative, and free things to do with my 2 1/2 year old can be a bit of a challenge. I totally understand using DVD's as babysitters. Believe me. It's a challenge

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By the title of this post you may think I'm referring to that fateful Sunday morning, not so long ago, when my husband was in the ATL for the weekend and I got the girls ready and in the car to go to church only to realize that I had just locked the front door and didn't have the house key to get back in after church. At least I didn't lock one of them inside, too! Oh, horrors. Oh. No? Probably

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I have a thing for mugs. But not all mugs. Just my favorites. When you open your cupboard and your eyes don't light on a certain mug, and suddenly you're re-thinking whether you really wanted that cup of coffee/tea/cocoa/milk that you were so keen on a second ago... That's how you know you play mug favorites. Why is this? It's obvious! The mug makes the drink. It's at least half the fun. If I

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I know many of you have subscribed to this blog in the past and may still be getting updates from In Love & War. Well, I've tried to log on to Feedburner to change the name to Harper's Bazaar, but it's been a while and they've now become part of Google's family of products. I canNOT figure out how to login with them in order to change old info. All my super secret combination of email addresses

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Our family celebrated a couple of pretty great milestones on July 16th this year... 1. The 16th was our 5th wedding anniversary! (I shall blog about the highlights soon. This post is more about #2.) 2. The 16th was Andrew's last day as a Soldier. Yes. After 8 years of service in the U.S. Army, my husband hung up his dog tags and became a civilian. Here are some highlights of our time in service:

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I know you moms out there can imagine this with me. Finally, a moment to yourself to indulge in a warm bath or refreshing (& I'd venture to say long-overdue?) shower. You lather your hair up and then rinse the bubbles away, breathing a sigh of relief as your stress seems to melt away with the disappearing suds. Once clean, you reach for your fluffy white towel. (You may have to reach a little

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Okay, well I didn't make over the whole kitchen in 5 minutes! Lord knows it would take longer than that! But as I buzzed through the house cleaning up after we put the girls to bed last night, I was suddenly motivated to deal with this: Yes, it is as you might fear. A year's worth of the best photos that have come to our mailbox. Well maybe all of the photos. Because everyone knows photo albums

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I have a perplexing situation: I feel like sewing. Well, that's not really the perplexing part. My hesitancy comes in the fact that were I to fetch my very old (my great-grandmother's) sewing machine from the attic and attempt to use it, I'll run into at least 2 hurdles: one, no manual and I have forgotten everything about it, and two, it will need a tune-up which will run about 50 greenbacks. I

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Hello, again, blog-reading friends! It's been so long, I'm afraid I need to re-introduce myself! Just click on the "yours truly" tab to see who I think I am. Haha! We are definitely in a new season of life here in Augusta. (I tried just now in my head to call it "HOT-gusta" like they do with "HOTlanta" but it just didn't have the same ring. Go ahead and try it.) My hubby and I are raising our

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dear friends, (and you are a true one if you clicked on this to read it! or possibly a fb stalker who i barely know but who will know all about me after this. haha! either way...) psalm 23 has always been a favorite Scripture of mine. and each year God brings another reason - new circumstances - to help me understand it and personalize it. deeper still. 2010 has had it's share of green pastures

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has it really been almost 4 months since i last blogged? and must i always start out a post by pointing out how long it's been?yes to both, apparently.life update time!we've got a precious 17-month-old on our hands. she is such a sweetheart and so much fun... when we pray with her and put her in bed and she waves goodnight to us after we say "amen", i wonder if she's more angel than child. she

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Yep, we're positive and so was the pregnancy test -- We're due with our little #2 in September!Now here comes a year full of medical updates, ultrasounds, and uncomfortable body changes to blog about! Speaking of... I can NOT wait to see the baby for the first time on February 10! Assuming they do a sonogram, of course.

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Instead of serving the usual, boring cake & ice cream combo at Paisley's 1st birthday party, we opted for something a little more sentimental...Chocolate Hazelnut Milkshakes!Sentimental just because when we were in the hospital the day after Paisley was born, my grandparents came to visit and my grandpa decided to go out to Burgerville to get us all some food. That sounded amazing to me cause I

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"Being caught up is so over-rated." - Hannah Tallo

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O M Ghaha! What a way to start a post about your 1st baby's 1st birthday!Really, though. Where did this year go? As Andrew was putting together a slideshow of first year pics for her party tomorrow, we realized that it was like a "year in review" for us! Basically all of 2009 was her first year. And it was amazing to consider that her whole first year was so intimately connected with everything

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So, for a long time I've been wanting to try my hand at stamping metal discs to create gorgeously personalized jewelry...And I got the opportunity to do just that! The women's Bible study (Aspire) at Branches Church - that my mom leads - needed a great Christmas gift for all the women who would be attending our Christmas Brunch yesterday. So my mom and I got our heads together and decided that we

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Wow. We've had a crazy few days since my last post! Some might call that a weekend. For us, it's the most work of all!You see, I'm currently managing the "coffee department" at our church. Doesn't seem like too big of a deal until you add in some donuts, bananas, volunteers, a staff breakfast spread, and the 300+ church attendees we feed and caffeinate every Sunday!Before December hit, the Sunday

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Andrew started my day in a crazy way! He woke me up with a phone call at 6:30am from work. He was just getting off and about to head home after working all night long. Said he wanted to give me a chance to get out of bed cause when he got home, we were jumping in the car and going out Christmas shopping. Payday was here!I heard Andrew come in and say a chipper "Good morning!" before he dashed off

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Yeah, so I just fell in love with these planners again! I remember seeing them before... Before I was actually a MOM... But now I am for reals and I can have one!~ happy dance! ~

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So I've been working like one of Santa's little elves tonight! Online shopping early in December is the only way to go!While I'm at it, I've been compiling Christmas lists for myself, Andrew, and Paize. Complete with pictures, links, and descriptions! Just trying to make it easy for those who say I'm hard to shop for... [wink] ... You're welcome!

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-62763283803600138852009-12-04T03:49:00.000-05:002009-12-06T21:17:30.359-05:00

finding baby shoes under the furnitureplaying on the floor with our heads together when she leans in to give a sweet kissher smile of anticipation as she toddles into my arms and awaits the applauseall the different tones in which she says "Mama"... every emotion is communicated!when I rearrange her blankets one last time before I go to bed and her eyes flutter open, then she gives a sleepy smile

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-5355303904846470002009-12-04T02:45:00.000-05:002009-12-04T02:56:50.532-05:00

It actually dropped below freezing last night! And it's just stayed so cold all day. Clear and crisp, but cold! So that -- plus the fact that Andrew's got a few days off -- put me in the Christmas mood!After giving a few piano lessons, taking a late evening trek to Fred Meyer, putting the baby down for the night, etc... it's 11:52pm and we're finally pulling out the pieces of our fabulously

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-36261217334365651132009-12-03T01:34:00.000-05:002009-12-03T01:45:40.280-05:00

Thanksgiving night at Mom & Dad's. We're teaching Paisley to carefully climb down the stairs. Here's what she does when I tell her to turn... It's just too much fun!

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-3736970326164911462009-12-02T02:44:00.000-05:002009-12-02T02:59:52.133-05:00

Come to find out, it is nothing psychological. Has absolutely zero to do with your sad state of mind upon leaving France.Evidently, they are jeans. And that does ring a bell somewhere. I'm pretty sure I've seen them before.Anyway, Nordstrom sells them, so they've gotta be all right.So the fine folks at Paris Blues apparently like to feature different musicians each month as part of their ad

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-15098682089437160942009-12-01T02:01:00.000-05:002009-12-01T02:07:58.049-05:00

That's what I've done tonight! I've decorated my "home" for the holidays! Like the look? I've been learning lots! The next thing I'd like to teach myself is how to make the perfect header...It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

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If you read my blog often, (or happen to notice the banner at the top...), you'll find that one of my favorite things to do is plug my brothers' band, Redcast. Now, I'm sure there are hundreds of thousands of sisters who try to help their brothers' fledgling garage bands make it to the big time. Well, I'm not one of them. Cause I don't need to be! They're already headed straight to the top -- I

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-74787158139536598572009-11-25T05:02:00.001-05:002009-11-25T06:13:16.056-05:00

I'm oh-so-thankful...for my wonderful husband and best friendthat we've officially been together longer than we were apart (woot!)that marriage sweetens with time and investment... we're more in love today than ever!for our precious daughter, a beautiful new life given by Godfor God's daily protection over usfor my Dad & Mom and their never-ending love, their Godly examples, and their constant

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-26740018305859987632009-11-25T02:03:00.001-05:002009-11-25T02:03:41.669-05:00

What a happy time of year! Yes, the days get shorter, but the holiday fun is here in full swing, so it's all right!Starbucks is gorgeous, early birds already have lights on their houses, the smell of yummy candles is in the air, Christmas magazines and catalogs are on our coffee tables, Black Friday plans are being made, and we're all thinking about what we need to find/get/buy/do for whatever

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-70780179348522215912009-09-26T01:08:00.000-04:002009-09-26T01:21:55.670-04:00

So my brothers - Redcast - are releasing their greatly-anticipated EP digitally on October 20th! That means you can only purchase the digital album from iTunes or Rhapsody or some such. I saw the album artwork tonight. BRILLIANT. I have some inside info that I'm not sure I can say, so I'll just say that there are 4 tracks on this EP that are OUT OF THIS WORLD. They're calling it "The Quarter Past

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-19359058105810222942009-07-20T13:33:00.001-04:002009-07-20T13:41:42.819-04:00

Facebook, Twitter, email, texting...not to mention phone calls and letters... Who has time to blog anymore? Maybe it's just that I can't handle the unlimited number of characters I am allowed to type in a blog post!I've been having fun with Twitter lately and doing my best to keep up with Facebook. I have more followers/friends on both of those social networking sites than I've ever had on any of

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-864463031425447222009-07-08T16:29:00.001-04:002009-07-08T16:36:49.098-04:00

Hmmm... Is it bad luck to talk about a comeback before it actually happens? I hope not.I'm hoping to make my photographic comeback before the summer is out! I want to rebuild my business and my skills to better than before!I guess I've been on some sort of unplanned hiatus from professional photography since I got married. Life has been so crazy and fast and up and down and full of changes...it's

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-85271702928253177532009-06-23T19:25:00.001-04:002009-06-23T20:49:08.201-04:00

I haven't blogged in so long that I'm not sure where to start.Lots of new pics of our busy life on my Facebook. CLICK HERE for a link to "Mommy's Paisley Faye Album III" -- the most current one.Paisley is coming up on 6 months old! Her life is full of rolling across the living room, cooing, gasping, and squealing, smiling with her whole little body, playing with toys, reading books with Mommy,

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Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-32316283348801982672009-04-27T19:37:00.000-04:002009-04-27T19:41:35.594-04:00

I just found the cutest (albeit pricey) collection of baby clothes! Click the picture to visit their site. Promo code for 20% off your first order: 20greetHmmm...now to decide...

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Among other things that were greatly needed...my best prize from our tax refund this year was this Oreck Halo vacuum cleaner! (thanks, Paize, for coming in 2008!) The floors feel amazing, and I don't think it's simply psychological. : )

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Yep. I wanna see this one. I'm such a sucker for time travel movies!

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-14225789168527293712009-04-17T01:58:00.001-04:002009-04-27T19:42:16.704-04:00

...Yeah, I complain about 3-week separations now, even though I used to mock people for doing so.But that was over a year ago when we were in the middle of our 15-MONTH Iraq/Oregon "living arrangement."Back then, 3 weeks seemed like a mere day. We jumped up and down for joy all day long when we hit our "just 3 months left!" mark. I don't know how we made it. Back then.But today, 3 weeks has been

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-27043010664572279302009-02-27T19:15:00.001-05:002009-02-27T19:17:40.471-05:00

I'm way more active on Facebook these days than this blog! Facebook is quick and easy and doesn't require much writing or much thought. And that's about all I can spare these days...not much!But I do hope to blog every so often and maybe even often-er. Someday. Lots of pics on Facebook, so meet me over there!I'm not signing off here... simply justifying my negligence.

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-66822043211933163512009-02-12T16:39:00.000-05:002009-02-12T16:49:18.655-05:00

Andrew & I are proud to announce the birth of our beautiful daughter, Paisley Faye Harper.She was born on December 29th at 4:24pm, just 4 days after Christmas. She weighed 6 lbs, 7 oz, and measured 19 inches long. She has lots of dark brown hair, slate grey eyes, and perfect fingers and toes! Mommy & Daddy couldn't be happier! Thank you, Lord, for this precious gift straight from Your hands to

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-76595974035217994972008-12-21T11:35:00.000-05:002009-02-12T16:39:24.306-05:00

I changed up the blog for a little bit! I cannot believe how much snow we've gotten and it just keeps coming down! Maybe some more pictures to come if I don't freeze trying to take them...

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Our last Dr. appointment (Friday) showed us that Paisley would rather be standing up than resting on her head... She's in breech position and that doesn't make the doc real comfortable. (What about me?!)The crazy news is that if she hasn't flipped by this Friday, they want us to seriously consider having her manually turned the week after Christmas. (Doctor manipulation of my baby belly!) When -

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It's incredible to me that we're already 4 days into December! So much to do, so much to think about, so much going on...!We spent a wonderful Thanksgiving with my parents, 3 of the brothers, and my uncle, aunt, and cousin at my parents' house. What a spread it was! Everyone had a hand in making the festive meal. We had more rolls than we could eat, and so many desserts, they lasted for days!We

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-30090305005653783612008-11-14T18:51:00.000-05:002009-04-28T11:14:38.777-04:00

My current loves/cravings/fetishes of the season ~ written in no particular order ~ just because they make me happy!The yard peppered with bright yellow, orange, and red leaves...The crisp autumn air...Sweaters and scarves...Hot apple cider with whipped cream...Dutch Bros. candy cane hot chocolate...Holiday-scented candles from morning til night...Catching up on Heroes Season 2 in the long

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-44028952083994538392008-11-03T16:32:00.000-05:002008-11-03T16:36:53.576-05:00

These shots were taken just days before Lincoln was born... And now he's out and so precious and Jenny's way smaller than me! So here she is at 9 months and I'm at 6 months along... Wonder if and when this will ever happen again?

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Yeah, that title isn't really supposed to sound as dumb as it looks... It's my attempt at a trumpet fanfare! I mean, what else would you do but celebrate with trumpets on the day we finally have our own high speed internet connection at our own house for the first time since...well...2006?We're going to a youth costume party tonight to take pictures. I might post some! (But raise your hand if you

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-63003736832909080642008-10-23T17:22:00.000-04:002008-10-23T17:18:39.189-04:00

...Was born on Monday, October 20th at 12:17pm! He weighed in at a more "normal" 9 lbs & 8 oz, but measured longer than Chandler by just a little bit! He's 23 inches long. Jen and Lincoln are both doing perfectly and they're planning to bring him home today sometime.There are lots more pictures to share, but they're all still on Wes's camera...Praise the Lord for his safe arrival! What a precious

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-19305598712579913492008-10-23T17:06:00.004-04:002009-04-28T11:14:56.611-04:00

I just stumbled upon this fun site for unique mommy jewelry! I love it! Hmmm... I should show Andrew...Heart On Your Wrist

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-14113906718454671752008-10-10T18:59:00.005-04:002008-10-10T22:22:55.315-04:00

21 pounds, that is. Not weeks.Back in my first trimester, just a few short months ago, I remember lamenting the fact that I couldn't eat anything without being sick! (I'll never forget guzzling a glass of refreshing sweet tea at a bbq place in Savannah only to run to the restroom and lose it all! Yeah, still cold! Yuck.) Nothing would stay down, it seemed. Even my favorite foods were repulsive. I

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-60220301347518785652008-10-09T19:28:00.002-04:002008-10-09T20:02:24.222-04:00

This has been a 3-week whirlwind since we've arrived in Oregon! We've moved out of my parents' and into a little red house in St. Helens. My dad bought this house about a year ago and it was the family "flip this house" project for a while. I even helped! Caulking, painting, finishing all the trim, etc. while Andrew was deployed.When the housing market tanked, it wouldn't sell! Or rent! A few

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-83612750990099687032008-09-17T11:07:00.002-04:002008-09-17T11:10:58.539-04:00

The entirety of our westward journey shall be duly chronicled with photos and stories in the days to come. But for now, we will just say that we've made it to Warren, Oregon and are happily occupied with catching up on rest and life with my family and preparing ourselves to take the next steps of house and job! As I type, the trailer is being unloaded. And the Murano is breathing a sigh of relief.

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-35084833028246367332008-09-11T21:16:00.003-04:002008-09-11T21:33:44.989-04:00

Well, in the wee small hours of tomorrow morning (5 am...yeah, yeah, but it's early for me and the baby! and the alarm's set for 4:30!), we're jumping in our car/trailer combo and heading west. It'll be bittersweet...sad to say goodbye to Dad and Mom H and yet happy to be on our way to settling down in a home and clear of the Army. (Although we hope to see our Harper parents in January!)We're

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-21084729862786023572008-09-08T10:52:00.004-04:002008-09-08T11:21:32.933-04:00

Whew! I've been wanting to blog for quite awhile, now, and only just now am I able to! No internet, Hurricane Gustav, Blogger issues...all were conspiring together against me.But I'm here now and this is what I wanted to finally say:It's a GIRL! We're gonna have our baby girl in January and we're halfway there! We couldn't be more thrilled. Andrew's been practicing with, "C'mon, girls!" And "You

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-14126396728083473332008-08-26T12:15:00.001-04:002008-08-26T12:17:19.938-04:00

...to Thursday. Andrew had an unavoidable briefing come up today right over the time of our appointment, so we had to do some quick changing around. But Thursday morning is the new time! We'll know soon!

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-35899069273155558862008-08-25T10:40:00.004-04:002008-08-25T10:50:50.243-04:00

I feel so disconnected lately! We haven't had consistent internet in our apartment for the last couple months and finding a good time to get down to the business center in our complex isn't all that simple. And inevitably, when I do, someone's already here. Ah, well.The nerve of our neighbors to encrypt their wireless signal. I tell ya.Here's what's going on! This is Andrew's last week in the

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-63175724419503019512008-08-04T10:54:00.008-04:002008-08-04T11:34:20.703-04:00

God answered an impossible prayer for us last week! In fact, it was so impossible, that it didn't even make it on our "impossible prayer list" that we've been bringing before the Lord for the last several weeks...Andrew has been "promotable" ever since he passed the board in 2006, way before the deployment. He was laterally promoted from Specialist to Corporal as a formality that did not result

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-50191641686830852222008-08-04T10:37:00.002-04:002008-08-04T10:50:24.008-04:00

We didn't take many pictures on our recent Portland visit... but my mom snagged this one for me on my phone. Jenny's about 3 months ahead of me. She's having a boy; we won't know ours til later this month. She's due in October; I'm due in January. I always wondered what this time of life would be like and if I'd ever share it with any of my brothers' future wives...It's so much fun, already! Even

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-19174571262028318692008-07-29T11:59:00.007-04:002008-07-29T13:27:57.663-04:00

...about a lot of things!1. We're getting antsy to "clear"!Andrew has only 8 business days left before he starts the "clearing" process. Which means running around post for your last 2 weeks getting every form, every paper, every checklist signed off on from all of the various offices and buildings around Ft. Stewart so they'll let you leave! It's quite the extrication program.The good thing

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-78831304512890056332008-07-01T15:50:00.005-04:002008-07-01T16:21:33.919-04:00

William, Amanda, and Benji are in the process of moving about 4 hours away to the other far side of Georgia. So last weekend, we all met up in Columbus to see their new place! Looks like a great set-up for them and it was fun, as always, to be with family! (If this picture seems awkward, it's because it was. My camera was perched precariously on a conglomeration of steps, wallet, and cell phone

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-4264312287243141392008-06-30T10:10:00.003-04:002008-08-04T10:46:40.027-04:00

I can hardly believe she was here, and we only took this one picture to prove it...but she was! My mom came for a much-needed visit for a few days last week. We did a lot and we did nothing at the same time. We just chatted and talked and cried and laughed and shopped and shared and ate and caught up on everything we could think of!Andrew and I drove down and picked her up in Jacksonville, then

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-45987480687083925932008-06-09T10:12:00.002-04:002008-06-09T10:33:30.776-04:00

So much has happened in the last 2 months since Andrew's return that it feels as though we've been in a bubble, or in a cave... Just regrouping, taking care of each other, learning how to live together again, going before the Lord and just seeking Him for our next steps with so many decisions coming up so quickly!But here I am popping up or out for a bit of air beyond Facebook. Andrew's at work.

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-65872352583980409872008-04-08T12:12:00.002-04:002008-04-08T12:16:05.876-04:00

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-81635564984928139842008-04-02T18:45:00.006-04:002008-04-02T18:56:38.204-04:00

I purchased this sticker at Ft. Stewart right after Andrew deployed and brought it to Oregon with me. We bought our Murano a year ago and I plastered the driver's window with it the day the car became mine. (Much to the chagrin of Jarrod, who considers any sticky vehicle adornment a direct insult to the vehicle, the maker, and human decency, in general. As do I. Except for in this case.)Well,

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-55032634619032279102008-04-02T18:43:00.001-04:002008-04-02T19:00:09.330-04:00

It's only 6pm and already I just want to go to sleep so that tomorrow will come! This is like Christmas Eve. Only way more intense. On the list of the 5 incoming flights left, Andrew's is now the 3rd one down!Only just now (yes, even after previous exclamation-point-filled posts) - only just now, now that the sun is setting on my last day alone, am I really and truly letting myself (what am I

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-83517734330661591872008-04-02T14:33:00.002-04:002008-04-02T14:40:34.970-04:00

HOURS!Not weeks. Not days. We're talking hours, now.And my parents and grandparents are on their way here! Andrew is somewhere probably over the ocean at this point.AAAAHHHH! The last day has finally arrived! In case the inordinant number of exclamation points hasn't sufficiently relayed the message... I AM SO EXCITED!Oh, I've missed Andrew for so long and I'm just about done missing him![big

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Haha! So it's kinda crazy, but this is my first year to join in and fill out a bracket...and I'm beating everyone in my family! I know, right? Insane. Beginner's luck. Cause I had no idea what I was doing.Now if Memphis can just hold out over Texas...

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-70672461726746818612008-03-28T16:40:00.008-04:002008-04-02T14:40:48.881-04:00

"Nice to be back among the magnolias, again!" It's true! They're blooming gorgeously.Wow, so much has happened since that last post! I know I can't even begin to cover it all, but it is, indeed, time for a status update. So I'll do my best.The last days before I left Oregon were some crazy last days! I had a special day with my Granny...introducing her to the joys and luxury of a great pedicure.

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-58693393318459012192008-03-19T17:26:00.005-04:002008-03-19T18:07:57.927-04:00

Unfortunately, it's neither one of us, yet...but rather, our Nissan.It was all quite insane. There I was yesterday, vacuuming out the Murano, getting it ready to be picked up on the 20th. I was in the middle of the second seat when my phone rang and the nice man with an accent (yeah, another one. It causes me to wonder if maybe I'm actually the one with the foreign accent?!) -- anyway, the nice

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Here she is at 3 months old, already! Greg and Carolyn and Elisa are in town for Spring Break and we got to meet her on Monday. What a beautiful little girl! I love her expressive face. Here are a few of my favorite shots of her. (The people whose hands and noses you see asked to remain anonymous. Not really. It's Carolyn, Weston, Dad, and Mom, I believe.

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I turned 30 on Saturday, but really, it was painless. "Thirty is the new twenty," Jenny assures me. (Yeah, she's still 29, but I believe her, as usual.) I pause to consider if 20 would be worth going back to... After just a little bit of thought, I realize that I'd sure rather be here where I am at "the new twenty" than back where I was at "the old twenty!" My life was wonderful then, but ever so

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So with the addition of a new publicist in the last couple weeks (this is the big time!), Redcast is beginning to get more media attention. The first-ever review in an online music magazine was a marvelous start! NeuFutur (pronounced "new future") gave a 7.8 out of 10 and wrote a very detailed and positive critique on the Redcast EP.Click here to read the March 1st review! (Click "NeuFutur" above

Cassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00170028162187440135noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32179594.post-30060535459059893992008-02-29T15:03:00.002-05:002008-02-29T15:06:32.444-05:00

...or the day that shouldn't even be.I mean, why, of all the times? When I want the days to go by as quickly as possible...and when I'm counting every minute... Why does this have to be leap year?

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This is my semi-trusty old phone. I've had to replace it once during this deployment, just a trade-in for another of the same...(musta wore it clean out!)...This phone holds a crazy place in my heart! It's the first phone Andrew bought me when we were courting. He made a huge move back in February of '06 and "put me on his plan." Gave me a Georgia number and everything! Now wouldn't you call that

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Woman With Heavy Accent: Haylo an tank you for calling Target.comb, owcanIelpyoutoday?Me: (great.) Hi, there. I'm calling about an order I placed in December. By January, I received it, but it was the wrong item. I returned it and received the same wrong item, again.WWHA: I can put you on hold for 1 or 2 meenutes, zatokaywityou?Me: Sure. (long 2-minute musical interlude)WWHA: Haylo?Me: (okay, now

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