Tam's Journal

hipstamatic

some of you have heard me joke that my son looks like his daddy… samantha looks like her auntie rachel (dave’s sister) and alexandra looks like uncle jeff (dave’s brother)… so where are MY kids?

but then i found this photo on my phone, taken with the hipstamatic camera application:

the app is cool b/c it makes each photo look vintage. combine the vintage-ness of this photo with samantha’s hair style and i’d SWEAR it’s a photo of me when i was little. i kid you not.

so i’m pleased to Ö

8 years

8 years,

7 states visited,

6 employers,

5 vehicles,

4 countries visited,

3 children,

2 individuals,

who became ONE

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to my amazing husband of 8 years! i love you more every day. Thank you for being a loving, caring, providing husband. for being a loving, fun, entertaining and teaching daddy. for being a hard-working, honest, reliable and intelligent employee. and for every other good quality you possess! you’ve made me a better person by simply knowing you.

berries

i was never much of a berry fan. not strawberries. not blueberries. not raspberries. not blackberries. but i’d never had any of those FRESH, either. and then i moved here – to the pacific northwest. to the raspberry-growing capital of our country, in fact. and it didn’t change my mind – not at first, that is.

july 1999 (the year i moved here), i fell in love with fresh cherries. i was camping with some friends in eastern washington and YUM! i’d never had a fresh cherry before. only those bright Ö

good things

"Good things come to those who wait."

it’s a saying i’ve heard often in my lifetime. today, i’m reflecting how true that is for me. with both big things and small things.

a small thing like THIS is making me happy today. my friend’s mom has one of these and i’m excited to purchase it from her and use it in my craft area! i’ve been wanting a vintage typewriter for awhile now… i think this one is pretty cool.

and you already know that we waited quite awhile for this one to arrive:

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first play date

we had our visit from the home care nurse yesterday morning. i was a little worried about a morning visit since we’d just been seen the previous afternoon and we hadn’t had another full 24 hours for alex to be on the light bed and to gain weight. but we got the call around 1:30 this afternoon. Alex’s biliribbin level dropped again. and her weight increased (slightly) again. and we were given the "all clear" to stop phototherapy. HOORAY!