Category Archives: Holiday

11.28.11

Back To Reality.

We had oodles of fun in Savannah.

I am always a sucker for spanish moss.

Found a new store– AMAZING….

Went out on a date with this girl.

And was surrounded by lots of cousinly love.

The perfect holiday.

11.14.11

For the Holidays.

I am thinking we may need to petition Grammy to make these for the girls.

Get the tutorial here.

09.28.11

4-0.

Today my husband turns 40. He insisted that there be no parties, or major celebrations… that he just wanted to turn 40 quietly. While I am respecting his decision, I would like to take today to celebrate him. I could not ask for a better husband or father for my girls. I have never seen a father who shares the closeness with his daughters that he does. I am so grateful for the bond that they share. So today, Michael Salmon, we celebrate you and your 14,605 days of life. (Including leap years of course!)

06.17.11

Forgot About Father’s Day?

I love the gift of music. I made a CD for each of my girls when they were born, and we mailed them out with their birth announcements. Now each of them have their own “mix” which they are so proud of. A few years ago, I made a playlist for Mike for Father’s Day that we will certainly be listening to on Sunday as we celebrate him. Here are a few of the songs on the playlist. Have you forgotten about Father’s Day? Put a few of these babies on a CD and wrap it up for that man in your life.

06.06.11

Father’s Day Gift Guide

Father’s Day is in on June 19. That means that you have approximately 13 days to place those online orders . Have you thought about the special men in your life? Here are my top picks for Father’s Day this year:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

05.04.11

The Festivus of Lou.

On Saturday we will celebrate Anna’s third birthday. Today, we will take a stroll down memory lane of birthdays past.

I can’t wait to show you all pictures of number three. This is going to be the best one yet!

05.01.11

Happy Birthday to My Baby Girl.

Today my little Anna Lou turns three. I cannot believe it. Where did the time go? On Friday I told her that I was going to cry at her birthday party because she’s not a baby anymore. She stopped what she was doing, came over and took my face in her hands and said “Don’t cry, Mommy, I have to be a big girl now, it’s ok.” Seriously, now I really AM going to cry.

Anna Louise was born on May 1, 2008. She was named after my mom, Anita Louise.. who was named after her grandmother, Anna Louise. An old Italian tradition is to name your children after their paternal grandparents, therefore all of my mother’s cousins were already named Anna by the time she came along. My Nanny tried to switch it up and name her Anita… Well, that went over like a lead balloon. In stubborn-old-Italian-grandmother tradition, she never spoke to my mother. Before Neets died, I told her that if we ever had another girl, we would name in her honor. (She died two weeks before Elizabeth was born, but we had already picked E’s name.) However, (as I also told her) I could not do Anita, so we would revert to Anna. And the rest is history.

She was a big girl, so I had a scheduled C-Section. That being said, on April 30 at 11:00 pm, my water broke. As you may have read about my belief in the significance of dates, I was thrilled that she was picking her own birthday. I believe that this has a lot to do with a person’s make-up. Well, luckily I was able to hold on through the night, but because three other women’s water broke that night who were also scheduled, I had to wait. (Must have been a full moon.) Luckily we were still in time for a C-Section because at one week early, this turkey weighed in at 9 lbs. 14 oz. We brought her home and Elizabeth said that she “wanted to put her baby sister in the trash can.”