April Photo A Day - 30

Day 30 - Something That Make Me Sad

(while i know I will be able to raise my sons together in the next life, i am still sad sometimes that I don't get to see them together in this life.) 

The top picture is Kyle, born sleeping. The bottom two are Kraig, the one on the left taken hours after birth, the one on the right taken two weeks ago.

April Photo A Day - 29

Day 29-- Circle

(cupcakes I made for the Family Teams tent at March for Babies this past Saturday)

April Photo A Day - 23 thru 28

I got a little behind...so here is April 23-28

Day 23 - Vegetable

(a pumpkin is a vegetable, right?-- this is Kraig decorating a pumpkin at the fall field trip to the Botanic Garden)

Day 24 - Something I Am Grateful For

(the gospel of Jesus Christ)

Day 25 - Looking Down

(the bottom half of Multnomah Falls in Portland Oregon)

Day 26 - Black and White

Day 27 - Somewhere I Went

(July 2011, and up until Feb, had not missed a month since...schedule conflicts that are about to be over..whew!)

Day 28 - 1pm

(NAPTIME! this is what going to be late, getting up early and playing hard will do...I was right next to him :)  We were out late last night buying groceries, then got up early early this morning to go to the March of Dimes March for Babies event--he had an absolutely wonderful time..as you can see.)

April Photo A Day - 22

Day 22 - Last Thing I Bought

Had pics made yesterday....this is the package pic.

April Photo A Day - 21

Day 21 - bottle

 (Pic is from Dec 2004--one of the last things Kraig had to learn before being discharged from the NICU was to take a bottle, ie suck-swallow-breath does not come naturally when you're born 15 weeks early. Took him a while...he didn't come home until Jan 21, 2005)

April Photo A Day - 20

Day 20 - Something I Drew

It's not much, but it's about all I have time for anymore.  

April Photo a Day - 19

Day 19 - Orange

Crochet squares for a blanket for my son....

49 burnt orange, 89 white, to form the U T emblem of the University of Texas

and then 48 combined (for the border).

All the orange are made....still have quite a few white to make and haven't even begun the orange and white combined.  And then of course, the lovely task of piecing them together.

April Photo A Day - 18

Day 18 - Hair (how ironic that today's topic is hair...and I just got home from getting mine cut :)

Much the same style as before...just shorter.  My  hair is just wavy enough to not be straight but not enough to be curly; when it gets too long, it just hangs.  When it's a bit shorter, and layered, it has a bit of bounce and life.  

April Photo A Day - 17

Day 17 - Something I Don't Like 

--Lying--

~There is nothing more offensive to a liar than the truth~ 

I abhor being lied to.

April Photo A Day - 16

Day 16--Flower

This is one of the 4 rose bushes(?) that are on the side of our house. 2 red, 1 pink, 1 yellow, but the red bloom the best and longest.  

I love them....

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Day 15 - Sunset

The sun setting over a beach in WA....on the way back from Forks/La Push.  It was beautiful!

April Photo A Day - 14

Day 14 - How I Feel Today

These thoughts are from a message from a church leader in September...I try to focus on these things when I feel overwhelmed or frustrated....which, unfortunately, is often.  I beat myself up alot about the things I don't/can't seem to get done for various reasons...sometimes I just need to stop and take a moment to reflect on the important things.

April Photo A Day - 11

Day 11 - Something I Found

This is a very loose interpretation of the subject, but I'm nothing if not original. 

This is a picture of the xray report I had of my back last week....I "found" what has been wrong with my back all these years...and it's NOT arthritis or bursitis or any other itis....the primary cause is a SI(sacroiliac) joint injury, likely occurred in childhood before the growth plates closed, then they close...and here I am some 20+ years later with chronic low back pain.

(BTW....the sacroiliac joint is the area where the spine connects with the pelvis.)

P.S.  I also have spurs, degenerative changes, reduced disk height, and scoliosis.  Nice.

No "cure"....treatment, that thus far has provided little relief.  

April Photo A Day - 12

Day 12 - Stairs

(that's my son in the plaid, climbing up)

April Photo A Day - 11

Day 11 - Where I ate breakfast (I actually drink my breakfast, usually in one of 3 places--here at my computer, in the bathroom while putting on my makeup or in the car. Today was a good day...no rush--so I got to sit and drink...lol)