tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65247531719619414322024-03-14T06:48:40.924-07:00Frank-ophilesegments of my life and the things i loveDianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137084459870820709noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524753171961941432.post-7525003980973134112013-01-29T12:32:00.003-08:002013-01-29T12:32:32.944-08:00WE MOVED!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137084459870820709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524753171961941432.post-46889081436194745872013-01-25T11:32:00.000-08:002013-01-25T11:32:00.144-08:00today...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">i heard a very inspiring homily this week at church about giving our tired bodies and souls to the Lord and finding true rest in Him. It gave me a lot of hope as a mother who felt completely depleted this week of energy and was terribly sleep deprived.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">its been a tiring but a successful week around here. to be quite honest its been a really long time since we have stayed home <i>every</i> night,had home cooked dinners...and the girls in bed and asleep by 7:30pm!! wooo!! we made "new year's parental resolutions" to have Sophia in bed by 7 and its been working out so far. We have had some down time to ourselves to talk, to read, to watch movies and to just have some plain ol' grown up time with out the kiddos. Kind of like date night all week, ha!</span></div>
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Zaylee, you are nine months now. To think that I carried you in my womb for nine months and now you have been outside utero for 9 too? It seems like such a short time but also like eternity. I can't even imagine those days when you weren't part of our family any more. Actually, I asked your sister this morning about remembering those days before you were born...and she can't even remember them anymore either. </div>
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You have challenged your mama bird to being a better and healthier person. I have changed my diet completely in the past month to help you with your eczema. It has been tough at times, but all the well worth it to see that it has given you some comfort and relief. </div>
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I can tell that you will be an adventurous person. You love to be part of everything that your sister does and I am always having to save you before you dive off the bed...head first. You are a very fast crawler and now have moved onto much bigger things like cruising around the house. You have no fear and are quite a tough cookie. I love your free spirit. </div>
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You smile all day long and love to giggle along with us when we tell a joke. You are no longer a newborn, but you still have that sweet smell. After I nursed you to sleep tonight, I laid there next to you and just smelled your sweet scent..and soaked it all in. </div>
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I am so blessed. </div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Our little Korean princess has been waiting patiently to put on her <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanbok" target="_blank">hanbok</a> all day to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_New_Year" target="_blank">bow</a> to her grandparents. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I think 2012 was one of the fastest years of my life. Obviously the greatest blessing was having our little Zaylee join our family. It also had so many challenges, as I learned to become a mother of two little children. I saw myself in the greatest moments strength and weakness. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> This year I want to savor each moment. Take the time to listen more to my children and husband. To be in the moment and turn all other things off. Live my life to the fullest and challenge myself to keep growing in faith and love. I also have a checklist of little things I'd like to do...but none more important than my role to becoming a more faithful woman in prayer and love. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">One small thing, I plan on doing this year...is to GIVE more. I plan on giving away at least one small bag/box of things to the thrift store weekly. Its amazing how little we can live with and how much happier we can be when we have less. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This whole new year thing...its so refreshing isn't it? Cheers to new beginnings!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">PS: I would love to hear what your new years resolutions are! :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">here are my resolutions from <a href="http://frank-ophile.blogspot.com/2012/01/goodbye-2011-hello-2012.html" target="_blank">last year</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I used two of these pics for our Christmas card this year. Its great to look back at <a href="http://frank-ophile.blogspot.com/2011/12/our-christmas-card.html" target="_blank">our card last year</a> (with my prego belly) and see how much our life has changed in just 1 year. This Christmas, my heart is overflowing with love and thanksgiving for all that we have, most especially my faith and my little family. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I have been mourning these past few days for those families who have lost their child, brother, sister, mother, and friend in the happenings of Newtown. I pray for them everyday and have been holding my dear ones a little closer this Christmas. Let us continue to pray for them and for this world. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">*A special thank you to our talented photographer <a href="http://www.kristineldridge.com/" target="_blank">Kristin Eldridge</a> for taking our pictures for us. </span></div>
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check out that happy dance! You know your going to have the best day when your morning starts off with treats inside Advent calendars and you start busting out contagious moves like this. :) </div>
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Since the first day of Christmas we have been opening up one of these number pockets each morning and inside I placed a scriptural verse, an picture to go with it and a small treat or note. </div>
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This advent calendar was inspired by oh happy day's <a href="http://ohhappyday.com/2012/11/giant-advent-calendar-diy/#more-15886">blog</a>.</div>
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Sophia has been <i>really</i> curious about Santa this year and I constantly battled with the idea of whether I needed to tell her the truth of his non-existence or to lead her to believe in something just for the sake of wonderful childhood. Well... truth is, we<strike> lied </strike> deceived and have been playing on this whole "Santa" thing around here. So, when we were at the mall this past weekend..Sophia had her eyes <b>glued</b> on Santa and kept telling us she wanted to see him, but once we got close..she wanted to leave. We basically bribed the poor child to sit on his lap and dragged her baby sister to do the same. Sophia sat on his lap eventually knowing she was going to get a candy cane lollipop at the end of it..and our little bird (Zaylee).. got nothing but some breast milk to console her. True story. </div>
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Sophia has just been blowing me away with the things she is saying lately. Almost everyday i am needing to jot down all the cute things she is saying.. because i never want to forget. Here is just one of the many things wonderful things out of my 3 year old's mouth, "mom, i need Santa's cell phone number. I need to call him." Kids these days... amazing, whatever happened to writing a hand written letter and sending it to the north pole? </div>
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Zaylee is my mover and shaker. At 7 months she is my crawler... and my curious little monkey. She is the most joyful little baby in the world. Her smile is contagious. She is my little light. I squeeze her everyday and tell her "i love you" about a 100 times (and many times thats not enough). </div>
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annnnd you all already know how i feel about mike, so i just wont even go there ;) </div>
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i am so thankful for this life that i am given. </div>
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<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137084459870820709noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524753171961941432.post-18480367431402907382012-11-09T10:20:00.001-08:002012-11-09T10:20:40.145-08:00dreaming of <div style="text-align: center;">
farm living. as long as i can remember...i have always been in love with the idea of living on a farm. and whenever we visit my in-laws back east its a big treat for me to stay in the country with them. just recently, mike's grandpop passed away and he is truly the first real farmer i have ever met in my life. He has the oldest farm in the city of Baltimore county and his stories and love for the farm life just makes me want to pick up my family and move to a little piece of land where the pastures are green and the cows and the chickens run free.</div>
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just sharing a piece of my heart with you this week...or at least where my imagination has been. (I actually did beg mike yesterday if we can start an organic farm together yesterday). </div>
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annnyways I'll save another blog entry to share about my hippie, farmer turning ways ...happy friday everyone! have a wonderful weekend..</div>
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I am up early this morning and ready to march out to VOTE! This is one of the most important elections of our time...especially since morality and religious freedom is being so blatantly targeted . Praying that God's will be done in this country...and anticipating the results tonight! </div>
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life lately has been crazy non stop around here and this weekend hasn't slowed down. yet, we are taking some quiet moments in between to make delicious tacos at home and have one heck of a dance party in the bedroom before bedtime. (you should have seen the moves Sophia busted out.. mike and i <i>almost </i>peed our pants laughing. </div>
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i'm learning more about simplicity lately. finding happiness in simplicity...and learning to live with very little. sometimes in life, i think we find "happiness" through a lot of material goods..and soon after a while.. the novelty of that item wears off... and then you are in the search for some more material goods to later find yourself empty again. our soul longs for something even greater and bigger than ourselves... and i think when you search your soul deep enough, you'll find that love is all that matters. </div>
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the three year old has a wild imagination and loves to play dress up and basically did everything a "grown up" did..i.e like grocery shop...(just in mini version) </div>
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while the 6 month old is learning some survival skills of eating solid food and sitting up, army crawling everywhere and smiling a lot. </div>
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This weekend we did so many mini spontaneous things. It was a weekend of sharing interests and showing interests in what the other likes to do. When you show interest in what the person likes to do...your basically saying..."hey your pretty cool and totally worth my time." I've only been married for 4 1/2 years and by means no expert on marriage...but I think its very important that couples continue to show support of what the other person likes to do. Luckily for me...that meant getting up this Saturday and attending a cross fit/health booth and seeing the opening of a new gym...and even putting on one of Mike's smaller cross fit shirts to show support. He was so proud..and I was glad to make him so happy. In return, it meant he got to walk in the hot heat at a huge flea market with me on Sunday and show some interest in some antique goods. I feel so blessed that I am married not only to a faithful and dedicated family man...but that he is also my best friend.<br />
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On another note... we took Sophia to the carnival for the 1st time yesterday night. She had her first cotton candy and was incredibly courageous to try a few rides out...needless to say it was a magical night for her. I am so proud of my little girl... i know she really pushed herself last night and tried out a few rides (she is my very cautious little gal). <br />
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...Oh..and we went swimming and had an In & Out burger...anytime those two are involved...you know its a good one.Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137084459870820709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524753171961941432.post-81715439125592130412012-09-28T17:00:00.000-07:002012-09-28T17:00:47.870-07:00Random recap {TGIF}Happy TGIF! I always wake up and sigh with relief on Fridays! It means we have the weekend uninterrupted with our favorite guy around here..aka husband.<br />
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*This week has been a good yet challenging week... realizing that sleep deprivation and me don't work too well together. I have been mothering and wife-ing around here like a zombie. But...last night I went to bed at the beautiful sunset of 7:30 PM and woke up today around 6:45 AM..with only a few minor sleep interruptions. I guess..i was tired. This is a total tangent...but I was laying with Sophia in bed at 7:00 PM and we were looking out of her window... and saw the most beautiful sky with pink streaks of the sun setting. She said to me, "mom..look at the sky it has pink lines...who painted it? God?" This girl is too good...I love the way she thinks.<br />
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* Mid week beach night breaks and trying new mexican food places are awesome. I think I had the best chicken taco this week. I'm still dreaming of them. I was obsessed with their salsa too.<br />
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*I made cauliflower rice this week for the first time. Husband has been crazy into cross fit for a few months now and is on this paleo diet challenge...which means we are semi- paleo diet eaters around here too. I'm all about eating healthy, so we made some positive adaptations and its been really great. I'll try to share my recipe next week. It was actually quite tasty!<br />
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*Dropped Sophia off at her first atrium class {catechises of the Good Shepherd} and she absolutely loved it! She walked out with the biggest smile/hug for me and the first two things out of her mouth was, "I had so much fun mom. I had so much fun." Its always the best feeling as a parent when your child walks out with those words and it just affirms that you made a right decision (i guess having her two best buddies in the class doesn't hurt either, right?) This school is located literally 2 minutes from my house in a magical garden home with lots of fruit/vegetable trees. I love how magical it is. I had no idea this existed until this point.<br />
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*Made two crafts this week. Both for two little 3 year old girls who also turned 3! One is pictured below of Sophia wearing the crown of felt flowers.<br />
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* Zaylee has been tasting avocado this week. She doesn't seem to care for it too much right now. She has been a night owl and early bird this week... i love teething. And... our once of week pooper has now changed to once a day pooper this week. We are totally stumped by this... I can't ever imagine going back to having a baby (in the future) one day pooping like a normal baby after having the luxury of changing poop only once a week. Sorry that was a lot of poop in one mini paragraph. Needless to say, she still smiles about a million times a day...and when she does..we all sort of turn into mush around here.<br />
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Reflection: Do small things with great LOVE.<br />
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Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137084459870820709noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524753171961941432.post-64851315077862938612012-09-23T14:45:00.000-07:002012-09-23T14:45:42.363-07:00a time away in reflection <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been MIA again from the blog...mostly due to the fact that I blinked and realized that my babies were growing up too quickly. I needed these past few weeks to get away from social media for a bit and re-focus on the good ol' reality of life. With a lot of traveling been done this summer and a surmount amount of household chores to be finished..but most importantly two beautiful baby girls and one wonderful husband later...i realized I need to spend more time living in the moment. </span></span><br />
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Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137084459870820709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524753171961941432.post-25511292005067909992012-08-24T11:50:00.000-07:002012-08-24T11:50:20.765-07:00Happy Friday! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137084459870820709noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524753171961941432.post-21752164847594497542012-07-23T13:29:00.001-07:002012-07-23T13:29:43.407-07:00a birth story {Sophia + Zaylee}- PART 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I am finally getting around to writing Zaylee's birth story. She is now <strike>10.5 weeks </strike> 3.5 months old, but her birth story is something I have repetitively thought about in my head over and over again as well as retold to many family and friends in these past <strike>2</strike> 3 months. Now I am sharing with the world on this little space of mine and I hope you all take the good from it and fall more deeply in love with the natural process and beauty of childbirth. (It is secretly a deep passion of mine to share with woman worldwide the beauty of bringing babies into the world.) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Before, I go into the actual birth story let me tell you what kind of birth I had dreamed about before having my own and how I prepared for this all to happen. When I was pregnant with Sophia I dreamed about having a natural childbirth, probably in the country of Tennessee at <a href="http://www.inamay.com/" target="_blank">Ina May Gaskin's</a> 'The Farm'. I read and reread "Ina May's Guide to Childbirth" probably a gazillion times (i think the best book out there for natural childbirth). We hired a doula to be with us and I sat on my birth ball and walked and walked to get myself into labor each night. But, once labor started...things went fast, and long story short...I got an epidural (it was strongly suggested to me by my doula), which lead to pitocin, then to a episiotomy, to my baby being vacuumed out. There were complications due to a rough nurse who ended having me lose too much blood and they needed to get Sophia out asap. My doctor did allow me to pull the rest of Sophia's body out once her head came out, but I felt like I didn't finish my labor and fully experience pushing my baby out after I got about 7 cm's dialated on my own. I felt deprived, exhausted, very medicated and was very upset with the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> nurse who put me in an emergent situation. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>*you have the most imaginative and creative spirit about you. As I watch you play...I see how your mind is always thinking... thinking of something so amazingly wild. Your imagination is out of this world. Oh..and the stories you tell are the best! I really could write a whole book about them. </i></span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">*you are at the age of the "no," "i don't like"...we heard that a lot around here. Even granddad at his last visit here said he's hearing a lot more "no" from you. *sigh.... i am learning to pick and choose my battles with you little lady.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>*you smile and i just lose it. You are always smiling! Andd...when you start chuckling...oh gosh. Oh by the way, you think mom is the funniest person in all the land. </i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>*you discovered your right hand and tongue a few weeks ago and you are amazed at how it works. I catch you playing with them, a lot. </i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><i>*you rather go to sleep by yourself without anyone rocking you and have been sleeping through the night from 2 months old. i love you. </i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">anddddd....the answer is YES! YES! YES!!!!! Isn't this one of the sweetest ways to ask someone to be part of your wedding day? I was soooo terribly surprised and excited all at the same time! Sophia has no idea what a flower girl is, but she hasn't stopped talking about it thats for sure. She keeps insisting that she needs to get 'her wedding dress' ready. : ) </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">May- thank you soo much for asking us to be part of your most special day! We are beyond honored!! I can't wait to be part of your wedding planning and most of all pray for you during this whole process. I love you sister friend! PS: this better mean dark chocolate babies soon to follow. </span></div>
<br />Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137084459870820709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524753171961941432.post-87937319121299849352012-06-18T16:39:00.000-07:002012-06-18T16:39:07.212-07:00Lauren Moffatt Fall 2012 {Fashion}<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Lauren Moffatt is one of my favorite fashion designers! Her designs reflect a modern look with a vintage twist (its just perfection). I love the pretty details of this fall collection (sequins and lace). Everything she did about the Fall 2012 collection is perfect, but then again...all her collections are perfect. Did I really use the word perfect a gazillion times? Yes, I did..because it is perfect. Lauren... you always do it right!
Check out this video. It gets me all excited for fall..</span><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/37004841">Lauren Moffatt Fall 2012 Presentation - New York Fashion Week</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/laurenmoffatt">Lauren Moffatt</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<a name='more'></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Anddd as if I don't love her enough, check out her out on <a href="http://www.theglow.com/lauren-moffatt/">the glow</a>.</span>Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137084459870820709noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6524753171961941432.post-23450648679229994842012-06-14T10:22:00.000-07:002012-06-15T10:09:02.170-07:00Happy Father's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Happy father's day to all the hardworking, loving and supportive father's out there. I am truly blessed to have been raised and loved by this world's greatest dad. I have always grown up loving and feeling very loved by my own father. He worked very hard so that I may live a very comfortable life and never have I ever heard a complaint. He showed me a great example of what great manhood should look like. He spent many many hours working, but the few moments he took time to be with my brother and I were so special. I love you dad! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Therefore, I think I met my husband who sometimes in a weird way remind me of my own father. When I first met my husband, I found out that he was wearing the same pair of ugly, old, very run down Doc Marten shoes that my own father was wearing for years. I thought, it was fascinatingly weird and I couldn't believe I met someone who could possibly fit in my dad's shoes : ) But, if there is one common resemblance, it is the father's love that he shows to our two beautiful girls. These two daughter's definitely have a special bond and love for their dad that I (as a mother) can not even come close to. Sophia <i>is</i> daddy's little girl and when Zaylee gazes into her father's eyes..I see the way Mike melts. Too sweet. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sophia is at the age where she loves the idea of a wedding. She looks at our wedding pictures everyday and says to me sometimes that she wants to marry her dad. Or better yet, she tells me "mom, i don't like you dancing with daddy" (when she see's the picture of us having our 1st dance)...she wants to be the only one in his arms, i'm sure. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Happy Father's day Mike! You are the most incredible dad to our girls! i love you! </span></div>
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