{WW: family pictures}

We had our family pictures taken this past weekend, which included my parents & siblings.

this was a sneak that I took of my bug.

Here is a sneak peek of the family pics...  photo's by fotofly.

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xoxo, bree

{i love the way...}

YOU LOVE HER.

You are the best Daddy to our little girl.

She loves, admires, and wants to be just like you.

The relationship that you two share is beautiful.

I never in my wildest dreams could of expected to be married

to such an amazing man that wants so much for his family and would do

anything to put a smile on his girls' faces.

We LOVE you.

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You LOVE me.

You have always been there for me, for our family, and for my family.

You will always be the one I call.  Because my dad knows everything.

You have been such an example to me.

You are so strong... even against all the odds.

I LOVE that I know that you are there at the drop of a hat.

Thank you.

For being my dad.

For ALWAYS loving me.

I love you.

 {this next picture totally set up}

Shay: "dad please smile big.  Show her I am your favorite."

what ev.

I still LOVE you both.

HAPPY FATHERS DAY.

I am so blessed to have two strong men in my life.

I LOVE you both so very much!

xoxo, bree

{simply a miracle}

I have typed and deleted, so many times.   It’s hard to put into words the feelings that have been felt this past week.    I am amazed.    Dallas's parents were told that he would have a 15% of surviving this surgery.  I know that this surgery was needed.   And I know that it wasn't easy for them to send him into that OR.   Can you imagine?   As a mother, I can't even fathom.   The surgery was about 8 hours.    They received news periodically throughout.    The last bit of news was delivered by a much more relaxed Dr, who told them over and over "by the grace of god, he made it".   I am amazed by their strength.   I am amazed by Dallas's strength.   Each day he is doing even better - and much better than was anticipated. 

 {love}

{We are so very lucky to be so close to such a wonderful hospital.}  

 after being told to expect to stay at least a month... he {crossing my fingers}

might be going home in after being there only a week-ish.

 I was shocked at how well his chest looked.   The bruising is minimal - the incision was done along his prior scar.   Seriously this kid had open heart surgery just DAYS ago.

And my little sweetie.

The questions she asked after leaving the hospital the first night...

"What is wrong with Dallas's heart?"

it was broken so the Dr. fixed it.

"Who broke it?"

no one sweetie he came out of his mommies tummy like that. 

the Dr's fixed it when he was a baby too.

"Why was it like that?"

it just was sweetie, he is special.

"Why"

do you want an icecream?

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I had her and Dallas's little brother in Walmart...

She was using the fabric softner as her "baby".

Her babies heart was broken.

Needless to say he was the Dr. and fixed it.

Open heart surgery in the cart at walmart - with a fabric softner bottle.

{life is simple at three}

however, the baby... ended up splattered all over the floor in the bakery dept.

 unfortunatly this isn't the end of this for Dallas.  This procedure will prolong things.

Hopefully make his body stronger - so that a transplant can be done.

 I am trying so hard to absorb life.   Let it be.

I will try harder to not take things forgranted.

xoxo, bree

{Easter 2012}

I love Easter.   I love the memories that I have from my childhood.   Even the ones where my sister and I are sporting afro type hair do's from sleeping in curlers.   Or the one where my eyes are almost swollen shut from crying beacuse my mom got hair spray in my eye - again from another great hair do, lol.  And my little brother's first Easter that he spent under bili lights in our living room, and the little bunny that he got.   I remember going to brunch at the Fort Douglas Club with all my cousins, and rolling easter eggs down the hill at the capital.   Even the Easter that my mom ended up rolling down the hill too.   

I hope to make some fabulous memories my my little bunny....

We started the weekend off by dieing Easter eggs...

Then Saturday.... this mama was on the hunt for a sweet bunny to snag a picture with.

And find one, I did - at Harmons.

She didn't cry... but was super shy.

When we left she asked me how he was going to get to our house, I told her he would hop.

She said, "what if he gets hit by a car?"

Um, he will watch both ways and be really careful. - go me =)

 Then is was time for an Easter Egg Hunt at Rob's parents.

We stayed a little too late which resulted in Addison not wanting to get up the next morning.

We finally got her up at 10:30.

 She was so fun this year.  I LOVE being a mommy.

We then went with my family to brunch at the Grand America.

(I am still working off those 4 lb's I gained that day)

AND... it was nice to see the same Easter Bunny who was totally unscathed from his travels.

 LOVE

 LOVE him..

 Mommy had to try really hard this year to get a pic in her Easter dress.

Family Picture

making memories:

2012: the year she got into the fountain in her dress

{and also the same year that my sis found her missing eyelashes stuck in her daughters flower -

of course finding them after brunch)

Easter egg hunt in the orchard...

I am blessed.

xoxo, bree