Unfailing Love: Tuesday's Blog Hop-Favorite Pictures...

Vincent Gerard

This is my hubby. Also known as Vinny, Dowey, Dowebally, and (as of last night) Pickle Juice. (You may learn that I have an affinity for nicknames, comes from my daddy!) Unbelievably, the hubs and I have been married for 9 years! I can't believe it! Seems like just yesterday I was a freshman in college and my friend introduced me to this hunky senior with a hot red car! Vince is working hard to support our family and traveling here and there. Vince is a WONDERFUL father and his girls (all of us) are the most important things to him!

Barclay Kathryn

What to say? I'm Barclay, usually known as Barclay (not much you can do with Barclay). I was an elementary teacher for fours years until I had Bella. Now I am doing the job I have wanted to do ALL of my life, being a mom. I love these two girls more than I can possibly express and it is my joy and privilege to be able to spend each day with them. I recently entered the blog frontier, and although my blog followers will probably be able to be counted on one hand, I thought it would be exciting to be a part of something so neat. I love that there are many other moms out there facing the same joys, hardships, questions, surprises, and challenges that I am. I also hope to be a sort of medium to spread awareness for others that need prayers, help, or just someone to walk through life with!

Isabella Kathryn

Usually referred to as Bella. As well as Bells, Bellie, Belly Boo, Bellsie Bubs, Bubs, Bubba, Bells and Whistles.... Bella is our first born daughter. She is 6. Bella enjoys school, reading, riding her training-wheel free bike, she could color and write for hours, she loves singing to the Momma Mia soundtrack, anything princess or pink, having bows in her hair, playing dress up, and her little sisters! God blessed us with Bella a month early but she was perfectly healthy. In six years she has become such a bright, outgoing, sensitive, and fearless little girl. Bella really is the sweetest girl you will ever meet. She is eager to please. If she hurts or disappoints someone it literally crushes her to tears. This last year she asked Jesus to be her Lord and Savior and we could not be more proud!! Love this sweet, blonde, blue eyed beauty!

Bryanna Karina

Usually known as Brynn. As well as Brynnie, Miley, Miley Moo, Geegs, Geegers, Brynnie Boo, and many more. Ten days before Bella turned 2 years old we were blessed with another beautiful, healthy girl by planned c-section. This time I was able to see my baby right after birth, watch her get weighed, bathed, etc. I couldn't wait for Bella to meet her. Brynn is now 4 and keeps me laughing all day long. Brynn, since she was about 2 months old has been the smiliest baby I have ever met. All you need to do is look at her and she will flash you a world class smile. Brynn is smiley, more shy and reserved about things than her big sis, can be quite the clown when she feels safe or gets in a silly mood, amazingly brilliant, she's been speaking full sentences since she was 19 months and continues to amaze us with what comes out of her mouth. She loves doing whatever her big sister is doing, dressing up, looking at books, her blankie, being held, twirling in her dresses, singing, and dancing whenever she hears music! Brynn is my compassionate baby, she hates to see people hurting. We just love this sweet, shy, snuggly, smiling little girl!

Brooklyn Blythe

Also known as Brookie, Brookie Cookie, Cookie Lu, Lulu B just to name a few. Sweet, sweet Brooklyn is our family's latest addition! We welcomed Brookie into our family on August 23rd 2010 at 12:23pm by planned c-section. I was nervous she would be a bit high maintenance since she came out screaming bloody murder and continued to wail anytime anyone touched her- get her footprints, take her temperature, etc. Amazingly, she would instantly stop the moment the Hubs touched her or began talking to her. And since her birthday, we have barely heard a peep out of her..... And fast forward 18 months, she definitely makes plenty of peeps now! :) We are full blown in the the terrible twos (which IMO last from 18-36 months) I believe. To make matters worse she's also cutting her 4 molars. She definitely knows what she wants but can't quite articulate it, so gets frustrated. Eating is also a hit or miss these days which is very foreign to me. Mixed with the crabby days though is the funniest personality ever. She is a riot! She LOVES chasing after her big sisters or having them chase and imitate her. She also has this adorable chubby face and will peek out of the corner of her eyes and just melt your heart! She is definitely shy at first but if you can get through to her she will keep you in stitches with her antics. We love you little BB and couldn't ask for a sweeter addition to our family!

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Tuesday's Blog Hop-Favorite Pictures...

What this is, is several blogs have the same theme and then we use MckLinky to link up others' blogs, that way you can check new blogs out and hopefully new people will come visit yours!

So for this week's Tuesday's Blog Hop's theme it is sharing your favorite photos! Well as I've shared before picking just a few pictures is HARD for me. But I have managed to narrow just SOME of my favorites in certain categories.

Two of my favorite pictures of me:

Happy and super preggers (who knew only a week away!) with my first precious baby. My girls through me a shower with some of my favorites for food-McDonalds cheeseburgers being one of them!

And this is one of my favorites too because it was the first time I laid my eyes on my first baby, a month early but perfectly healthy!

Two of my favorite pictures of the hubs:

He HATES this picture, but I just love it! I have no idea why he listened to me when I told him to jump in to the pumpkin patch!

This picture I also love because he's with his girls and I couldn't have asked for a more perfect father for my girls-watching a storm out the front door!

One of my favorite pictures of me and the hubs:

This one for no particular reason just thought it was nice. : )

This one I chose because of what it represents. The summer before we had kids my parents took us on a trip to Europe. This trip was a once in a life time trip. We visited Prague, Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland briefly. It was awesome to show the Hubs where I was born (Vienna, Austria)!

Two of my favorite pictures of Isabella:

Figured I post some older favorites of the kiddos since I've shared my more recent favorites, well,recently! : ) Bella was always a happy, content baby, but not a smiley one so it was always fun when I caught one! Plus her hat is just SO precious!

Two of my favorite pictures of Bryanna:

Now Brynnie, my little Miley, started smiling before she was even 3 months old and hasn't stopped since. Seriously the smiliest baby ever!

Two of my favorite pictures of Bella and Brynn:

Aw, a sweet picture of the two of them...

That's more like it, sweet Miley smiling away and Bells looking elsewhere!

Two of my favorite pictures of our fabulous family of four:

This was our very first...

And this is our most recent!

Go check out the other links below to see others' favorite photos!

6 comments:

Kelly said...: I'm just stopping by from the blog hop. I love your pictures! Your little girls are adorable!!

Hope you have a great evening.; August 11, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Joanne said...: I hopped on over. LOVED your pictures. Your family is absolutely beautiful.

...and I especially LOVED the cheeseburgers, yum!!!; August 11, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Moms On The Go said...: Great photos beautiful family!; August 11, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Teresa @ Grammy Girlfriend said...: Loved all your pictures....I love families and happy ones...and yours sure looks like one; August 11, 2009 at 11:38 PM
HeatherOz said...: I know! It is so hard to just pick a few pictures! I'm glad you didn't leave any of those out! Your family is SO darling!
Heather-blog hoppin

ps: I almost picked the same shabbyblogs background! I love it! Your whole blog is so cute!; August 12, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Saph said...: Such precious photos of your family!; August 13, 2009 at 12:45 PM