This blog is just about my life and mostly revolves around my son, Jamie. This blog is a combination of everything, whether it may be a new recipe I tried, a good freebie I found, something funny Jamie said, or feelings I'm having about life in general. There's little rhyme or reason. I'll never win any blogging awards, but I enjoy writing about our lives and I mostly do it for my son. It's so easy to forget moments over the years. I've got all these little tidbits of our life in print and I hope that someday Jamie can enjoy them.

I called this blog Mother of Life, Mother of Loss because of my issues with pregnancy loss and the joy of finally bringing this wonderful person into the world. Truly, I feel the pains of loss, but you won't see too much of that here. I am blessed and I am, above all else, a mother of life.

After all the years of infertility and loss, Matthew and I were blessed with a surprise pregnancy. We were pregnant with twins, but unfortunately, Baby A could not stay with us. Baby B grew into a healthy and happy baby girl that we named Bella Marie. We are so blessed to have two beautiful children.


Thursday, August 6, 2009

Happy Fifth Birthday, Jamie!

This is the 1:04pm picture (the time of Jamie's birth)...



Jamie wanted a hand cake for his birthday. Jamie and I made this together. He put all the m&m's on the fingers and some on the sides. The poor cakes melted before we even got them to the park.







It was dark before the kids even got to the water. They only got to play for a short time. We roasted hot dogs on the grill and Jamie got lots of presents. I don't have a lot of pictures to post because I don't have permission to post pics of the other kids.



Brianna's getting so big, too.



Here's some memories from previous birthdays...


Jamie's Birth 1:04pm



Jamie's First Birthday 1:04pm

Jamie at His First Birthday Party


Jamie's Second Birthday 1:04pm Picture


Her's some pictures we had taken at The Picture People on his second birthday.




Here's a shot from his second birthday at the firehouse.

Jamie eating dinner on his third birthday.

Jamie at his third birthday party at Chuck E Cheese.

Jamie's Fourth Birthday Dinner at the Olive Garden.
Eating Cake at his zoo party on his Fourth Birthday.
He's grown so much!