♥ Q-t Pie...♥

I'm so excited to share a few photos of our little granddaughter...

...our Q-t pie!

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This photo is one our daughter sent this morning (March 17th)!

And since we do not fly out until 3 weeks from today, I am sooooo happy that we have the technology of photos through our cell phones (although I do not have a "smart phone" and can't zoom in on my "simple phone"...my hubby has one, so on his, I love to zoom in on her sweet little face....and I love to play and replay and replay the video clips :o)

They have been wonderful to send us lots of photos and video clips since she was born, but I wanted to wait until she first officially shared any photos to other family and friends.

...hm...*thinking*...
on my blog, I call our older daughter and her hubby ~ Girly~Twirly & Dr. Awesome or Awesome
our younger daughter and her hubby-to-be ~ Girly~Whirly & Dr. Amazing or Amazing
our son and his girlfriend ~ Heartbreaker & Sweetie

so...my blog name for our newest member of the family...will be...

♥ Bunny ♥

 This was taken the day she was born...love her chubby cheeks!

 Taken at home...this was the first baby blanket that her Auntie Girly~Whirly had ever crocheted :o)

...in sweet slumber... Bunny has lots of hair, more than her mommy had when she was just born. and in another side photo they sent, you can see that she has blond streaks! Like one of the dentists in the office I work at said... "...looks like she went to get her highlights in a beauty shop in heaven before she was born."

I'm joining in with Ms. Jenny's Alphabe-Thursday 's  "Q" post...
& with Dandelion Wishes' Happy List...
Here are photos of our Q-t's at about Bunny's age...
They also had sweet chubby, chunky cheeks!
Top: Girly~Twirly was 8lbs 2oz  & 20 3/4 inches at birth.
Middle: Girly~Whirly was 9lbs 2oz & 21 inches at birth.
Bottom: Heartbreaker was 8 lbs (whew! thank goodness he did not follow the "1 pound more" trend! lol) & was 20 1/4 inches.

Top: Girly~Twirly (Bunny's mommy) is coming home from the hospital...first ride at 3 days old.
Middle: Girly~Whirly (Bunny's auntie) is coming home from the hospital...first ride at 2 days old.
Bottom: Heartbreaker  (Bunny's uncle) just got home & his sister's wanted to compare their baby dolls next to him...3 days old.

And here are some of our Q-t pies when they were 7 months. I thought I would share these, since I also have the art that I drew (as some of you may know, as with every piece I draw, each was drawn entirely with their own name) from these photos...and will share more completed art orders next time.

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& this week, my hubby and I are enjoying Heartbreaker and Sweetie's company, since they were able to drive down for their spring break.
I will need to catch up with my blog visits! Thank you so much for stopping by and all your sweet comments on this most blessed and amazing addition to our family.

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Celebrate

...& sharing more wonderful family news...

Our younger daughter, Girly~Whirly...

 a sweet princess...

Top photo: 2007 University of Lousiville Homecoming Queen

Bottom Left photo: 2008 Kentucky Derby Princess

Bottom Right photo: taken this spring 2011 @ the Kentucky Derby tea party for "those future princesses" :o)

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...had met her Prince Charming...

A sweet couple

  ...in every season...

Clockwise: Gatlinburg, Gatlinburg snow!

Keeneland Races, Keeneland again

...in sunshiny days...

...in stunning sunsets...

...while out and about...

...while in Savannah...

Clockwise: after church, lunch at an old Savannah restaurant, at Forsythe Park

...visiting at our other daughter (Girly~Twirly) 

& son-in-law (Dr. Awesome)'s beautiful new home...

...at numerous weddings of friends...

...at a special occasion...

Dr Amazing's dental school graduation

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This sweet couple

on 11/11/11

 ...at a surprise beach picnic planned by Dr. Amazing...

 

...at the Outerbanks...

& after a ride on the beach...

 ...the proposal!

...engaged!

From when our three were very little, we have always prayed for their future spouses...My husband would pray for them to have Chrisitan spouses, whose whole heart is given to Jesus Christ, strong in their faith and walk, who would love, honor, cherish, support, care for them...

When our girls were older, they interjected one night with..."Dad, don't forget "good-looking" too :o)

We look forward to the many blessings ahead as our family grows!

Happy to be joining in again...

...with Jenny's Alphabe-Thursday's "C"

 

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Here are a few art orders completed:

I have more, but will wait until I know that they were already given.

 Thank you Linda, for sending this photo of one of your Eiffel Towers. I love the matting and framing that you chose!

 

Thank you also for your feedback at my Etsy shop:

"We asked Maria to sketch the Eiffel Tower with our son, Zachary's name. He will be serving a mission for our church for the next two years and we wanted something in our home (and in his one day) to remind us of the selfless work he will be doing and how proud we are of our son, Zach. Maria captured our idea perfectly and made this beautiful sketch for us. We couldn't be happier with her artwork or her customer service. Thank you, Maria! "

Here are two orders from Tracie. I'll post her other order later, since it has not been given yet.

She chose this sweet pose from her sweet pup's photo. ...who had passed away not too long ago.

 & this one is of Lady Justice, as a gift for her boss, who is a lawyer.

Thank you very much for your email:

"...The package arrived yesterday (safe and sound!).  I knew the sketches would be amazing, but they are AAAMMMAAAZZZIIINNNGGG!!!!  You are so talented!  I can't wait to pick out frames for them, and I will send you pictures once they're framed and ready.  I will definitely pass along your information to all my friends and family!

And I'm sure I will be ordering again -- I'm already thinking of more things for you to sketch :)"

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Thank you all for your lovely visits and comments! I still need to catch up with last week's post!

Remembering the Roly-Poly days!

We are so very blessed to have three beautiful, loving, caring children.

These are the more current photos that I was able to find of them.
They are not "Roly-poly" any more :o)

"Girly~Twirly" & her hubby "Awesome" ~ "Girly~Whirly" & her boyfriend "Amazing" ~ "Heartbreaker" & his girlfriend "Sweetie".


Thankful for all the old photos and memories that we have...
...and thankful for the new photos and memories that have yet to be created.

These are some photos of when they were "Roly~poly" babies...

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Girly~Twirly

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 ...at her 4 month check-up, 16lbs. 14oz. & 26.5 inches

Holloman AFB, New Mexico
1983

...at birth, she weighed 8lbs. 2 oz. & was 20 3/4 inches.

At 9pm I was admitted into the hospital, & she was born at 10:43pm.

~6 months old..eating strained green beans for the first time~

Hilo, Hawaii
1984

...in the bath, after her greenbeans!

...at this age, she first pulled herself up in the playpen.

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Girly~Whirly

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...at her 4 month checkup, 18lbs. 11oz. & 25 3/4 inches

Ft. Rucker, Alabama
1987

...at birth, she weighed 9lbs. 2oz & was 21 inches.

I was admitted into the hospital at 1am, she was born at 1:40am.

...big sister helping her get ready for her bath.

...at 4 months, her first tooth appeared! 

 She had the most rolls on her legs...9 on one and 7 on the other.

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Heartbreaker

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...at his 6 month checkup 

(I have to find that weight or length, 

but at 2 months, he was 15lbs. 10oz & 23.5 inches.)

Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii
1990

...at birth, he weighed 8lbs & was 20 1/4 inches.

6 minutes after they helped to "break my water", he was born @ 5:46am.

Admitted at 4:40am and I was put on the monitors, which was not reading my contractions correctly, since the leads had slipped.

I didnt have any epidurals or pain meds with either of the girls, so when I was told that my contractions were not strong enough and would be there awhile, I thought *Oh, if this isn't strong contractions, then maybe I really need an epidural or pain medication!*  

I kept saying, "if someone could just break my water!"  After 2 contractions, the doctor checked, my water broke and 6 minutes later, Heartbreaker was born.  ...so no time again for an epidural or pain meds.

Big sister sharing some of her banana.

...at 5 months, he loved to make his mouth shaped in a perfect circle and say "oooo". & when we would say "close, open, close, open...", he would open and close his hands.

...it's bath time.

...at this age, first thing most people seem to notice and will say is "What big eyes you have".

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Joining in 

...Free Pretty Things For You's Whatever You Want Wednesday.

...with Jenny's  Alphabe-Thursday's "R" 

...and with Alicia for Friday Photo Flashback. 

Here are a number of art orders:

This one was drawn for a fellow blogger. She chose to have the initials for her two sweet children along with their last name initial.  What a great idea!

Here are some other monograms using the childrens' names.

The initials of the handsome Saunders boys.

The initials of the sweet Andreae girls.

This one is a little different. Both cuties' initials are included. however, the ampersand is drawn with the name of their sweet mom.

 
And this last one is of Dora the Explorer.

CLOWNING around!

Last week, I was sooo late to "Class"!

So, this week I started working on my post  to get it together a little earlier.

I am  joining in this week's  Alphabe-Thursday's "C" with Jenny!

&

Alicia for FRIDAY PHOTO FLASHBACK.

Here are a few past photos of our Cheery Children...

CLOWNING around!

This is Girly~Twirly and one of her dear friends 

in front of our military housing in Alabama.

They were dressed up for...

our church's Pastor appreciation day- to sing a song.

~1993~

 Girly~Twirly had on her daddy's duds...
...a striped shirt, tennis shoes, and a pair of his jammin' plaid shorts!

We stuffed the shorts with trash bags.
And I braided her hair around a coat hanger.

It's amazing to think that both these Cute Clowns are now beautiful, married women!

And her friend is a momma of two beautiful little girls.

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...a year later, we moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma!

And again at a church function for the kids, we are once again...

CLOWNING Around!

Here is Girly~Twirly with her hair braided again like Pipi Longstocking's. 

& Girly~Whirly and her hair braided up too!

& little Heartbreaker dressed up with his strong muscle pose. 

Yep...I joined the kids too! 

I was doing the facepainting table, 

so we, girls, dressed up in matching poodle skirts that I sewed and matching hairdos.

The girls and I had to be careful that we didnt poke anyone when we were walking around! haha

My hubby wasn't a clown, but was our camera man.

~1994~

Here is Heartbreaker and his first little sweetie at the event...
I posted about this young sweetheart on this "Young Sweethearts" post.

Here are some past Clown-inspired art.

This one was for a baby's room, taken from a Precious Moments image that was sent to me to draw from.

This was a drawing for my hubby's Uncle and Aunt. She collected clowns, so this was displayed in one of her "clown rooms".

 This order was drawn for Cookie the Clown, drawn with her real name throughout.

This order was for a collector of Emmet Kelly clowns.

This was also for the same customer, but of the bust of Emmett Kelly.

This last one was taken from an image of a French mime.

Thank you for stopping by! I appreciate your lovely visits and comments.

It may take a bit, but I will return your visits...

I am actually working on another post for Friday (This is a challenge for me, (which many of you know) that I am often able to manage only one post a week!)  I hope you get a chance to stop back over.

It'll be a great way to meet bloggers in the military community. (Thank you to those that have and/or are still in military service).

I am excited to host this week's wonderful blog hop "Mil Spouse Weekly Roundup", that was created by Riding the Roller Coaster.