Carina's namesake

Hubble Photos

Added by The Oregonian on September 9, 2009 at 9:10 AM

This undated handout image provided by NASA, released Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, taken by the refurbished Hubble Space Telescope, shows stars bursting to life in the chaotic Carina Nebula. (AP Photo/NASA)

This photo is part of the Hubble Telescope Photos gallery

My princess perfect day

Part II

So after my wonderful time with Leila on Saturday I fulfilled a promise that I made to Carina months ago.....that when she was ready we would get her ears pierced. I think she really wanted the earrings but was afraid of the possibility of pain. But after some discussion about what a special day it would be Carina was ready.

She eagerly got up in the chair and held on to that bear for dear life. She was ready but a little scared. The lady pierced her first ear and she had a little shock but she was much more prepared for the 2nd ear.

Carina was very happy with the results and beamed at her reflection when it was all done.

The day was made even more special by Took joining us. And in aunty like fashion she purchased her some new hair bobbles, a great pink sparkly purse and chocolate to commence the big event. We also went to the Disney store to purchase her Halloween costume.

So the next time you see Carina ask to see her ears....who am I kidding she will show you long before the words come out of your mouth.

My princess perfect day

PART I

The day my niece Leila was born was such a special day, there was so much

anticipation and excitement about her impeding birth. Leila made me an aunt, made my parents grandparents, and my brothers a father and uncle. I know that she was all my mother and I

could talk about for months leading up to her birth and for months after. It is no excuse but life gets in the way and the addition of my own life altering baby girl but I really haven't made a lot of time for Leila in my life. Leila is now joined by Nathan and Kathryn, and I have wanted to carve out some special time for both Leila and Nathan, Kathryn's a bit to little yet for Aunt Tamara to steal her away from mom and dad. So Leila turned 6 on September 4 plus she is starting kindergarten on Tuesday and it seemed like the perfect opportunity to do

something special with her. On Saturday I picked her up and she REALLY wanted to go to build a bear because she had gotten a birthday coupon in the mail. So we went there and she picked out a witch costume for her special stuffed friend at home, she is going to be a witch for Halloween so I am sure they will be a stunning duo.

Then we decided to do a little shopping and headed to the Gap and tried on several outfits. Leila was so excited to pick out clothes and help put together some outfits. Here is want we came up with.

I helped her into her outfits and I told her she was a model. We chose the brown sweater dress with the legging's. Shopping made her work up an appetite for pizza and root beer, or so she said. I think she really just want the root beer and to ride the escalator. After lunch we went to Nordstrom to oggle over the handbags because Leila told me she likes purses neither of us found one we couldn't live without though.

Then it was off to pigtails and crewcuts to get her nails done. I had a really great time and more importantly I think Leila did.

a public service announcement

Non-allergic Amoxicillin Rash.

What started out as two mosquito bites, that the doctor couldn't say did or didn't look like Lime Disease, turned into a full body rash.

Apparently somewhere between 3%-10% of children develop this rash as a result of taking amoxicillin. It is also very common if you have mono and you take amoxicillin. Apparently developing this rash doesn't preclude you from taking amoxicillin in the future. Hummm...I will have to think about that the next time the doctor suggests antibiotics for Carina. By the way I truly don't think Carina had Lime Disease, I think she has incredibly sensitive skin, that according to Grandma Sue, comes naturally.

4th of July

July 4th 2008.  

We have a local parade that we have attended the last few years and these photos are from last year.  The parade has about a 98% participation verses viewership but it really is a lot of fun for the kids...okay and the mom's and dads.  Mostly it is dogs and kids on bikes decorated in red white and blue.

So about July 5th of 2008 I started thinking about how I could improve our showing for next year.  And this is what I, along with my wonderful mother in-law came up with.For those of you who have been around since Carina's first birthday I guess this shouldn't come as such a surprise. But Grandma loaded up the horse and cart and came to Portland so Carina could ride in the parade.   Carina was afraid at first and really didn't want to get on but once she saw her 90 year old G.G. was going to ride she was all for it.  And along the way Carina picked up her best Friend Wyatt which also helped.  (I see romantic horse and buggy rides in their future.)   

Wyatt's little sister Avery joined the fun and Carina took her job of holding on to her tightly very seriously.  As you can imagine it was a hit at the parade and we even had some people follow us home for a ride.

So now that just leaves me with what to do next year.

Beautiful

I just wanted to post the pictures from Carina's photo shoot.

Happy Mother's Day

Whether it's your 1st, 3rd or 36th mother's day, I hope you have a wonderful day and you know just how important you are.