In honor of Jocelyn’s half birthday this week, I decided to finally document her birth story. A mix of video and still photos that John and I took a the hospital, set to music. John and I made the video together and we just love it. I hope you enjoy sharing in this magical time…
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Well folks, the illness has marched on and now the scoreboard in the King house hold is currently two ear infections, one sinus infection (ewwwww) and one plain old cold. Yep, all four Kings are sick now. Thankfully, the pugs are healthy little rock stars as usual, so thankfully we don’t have to add canine…
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beautiful shower, betsy!! i’ll be throwing my bff a baby (her first) shower mid-feb so i love seeing your spread here. i’ve been tucking away little ideas for a while now, but it’s time to get the ball rolling. thanks for the inspiration!
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I’m so sorry to hear you’ve been sick! I knew that meant a delay in posting the shower photos that I’ve been anxiously waiting to see! It looks like you went “over and above” in the hostessing dept. Such a fun day of celebration; I was so sad to miss it! Maybe you could come to Minneapolis for spring baby showers after the little guy has arrived!!
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You have TOTALLY inspired me! I’ve been trying to think of a very practical way to decorate for our first birthday party over here and love your simply stated banner above the food table. YEA! The little favors are also adorable! Jon has great design skills!
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Oh, I SO wish I could have been there. It turned out so beautiful Bets! And I agree about Judy, she is just one of my favorite people.
You are a party planner now! Woohoo!
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throwing showers for friends is the best. love the little details – it’s all the things you forget to take in at your own. Amy will be a wonderful mother -I’ll never forget talking to her at you and John’s wedding. She mentioned how she couldn’t wait to one day have a family and she asked about the kids and all. During a time when you don’t always feel special or appreciated – it was a nice reprieve to be asked and praised. Congrats to the Cornells for starting their own family!
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This shower was totally fabulous–like going in to a movie set and finding that it was completely real, there for Amy and this huge entourage of people who love her to be together. It was snowy outside, and the fire was going, too, so all the awesome decorations were even better. Barb Cornell went to the same high school that I did in Minneapolis, as did her sister. We had a Minnesota reunion! My history there and my history here are now joined because of Amy and Betsy!
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Would love any details of what you did for the open house shower. I am thinking about having mine that way in April, I just love the idea. Thank you!
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Betsy, this is beautiful. What a wonderful gift to Amy! I love looking at your photos and reading your posts. Beautiful writer and photographer.
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[…] best friend, Amy, was in town this week and I got to see her and her family twice. Yay! This was huge considering […]
I’m still crazy sick. Like “NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD” kind of sick. I’m in gross sweats, I have the remnants of sticky infant Tylenol matted in my hair and a red chapped nose. I’m the opposite of fabulous. Jocelyn is super sick as well, so over the past week, when all we felt like…
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I’m always excited to see a milessaid tweet in my feed 🙂 One of my all-time favorites is, “Be careful not to get sunscreen on my bathing suit or it will stain. That’s because of the electricity.”
He is going to LOVE reading these someday.
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Man…that kid, he’s SUCH a hoot!
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AWE, I love following Miles on Twitter. He does say the greatest things. And I love that it’s like a little memory book of his quotes.
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This is just brilliant. I’ve fallen in blog-love with your children. They’re making people happy all over the country (world, perhaps?) and they don’t even realize it.
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Love those quotes and what a BRILLIANT way to keep track of them! I do a little column on my blog called “Life Moves Fast” based on that infamous quote. Here it is: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” –Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
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That is such an adorable idea!!! Miles is just too cute.
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IT’s a great idea – I wish I used my twitter feed more like that – it really is like an awesome notepad that’s pretty easy to access at any time. 🙂
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oh – and I REALLY missed twitter after I quit! Facebook – I have never even felt one tiny, single shred of regret from deleting my personal account. See ya out there in twitterland.
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this is hilarious!!! oh my, the things that come out of his mouth, he’s a sweetie! (and what a fantastic way to remember all these awesome little one-liners – much better than your average scrapbook!)
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This is a wonderful idea! I don’t normally comment, but I had to on this one. I am definitely going to do this when my little girl starts talking! BTW — your blog has really helped me prepare for our second daughter. I have a 9-month-old and am due with number two in mid-May. I was very concerned about the transition from one to two (since it really caught us by surprise!) and it’s nice to know that others feel the same things. I also love to see how well the Kings are doing now as a family of four instead of three. Thanks for sharing your experiences!
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Hilarious!! My favorite is leave the toilet seat up! Ha ha.
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I can’t stop laughing!!! This is great!
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This is such a great idea! I keep saying someday I’ll make a photo book with all the funny things my kids say. Problem is I rarely write them down, other than sometimes on FB posts. Thanks for sharing – so cute!
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Awwww, I just love what 3 year olds say! I’ve got one myself and I’m trying to write things down in his baby book. The special kind of Target like Disney World is genius! What spunky guy you have!
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lol. Those are so awesome, but the slug one made my day (: haha
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OMG – thank you so much for this idea! i love to go back and read my twitter feed and try to put funny things max says on there from time to time, but i never thought to make an account just for that. i’m going to go do that now! love it. 🙂
I threw my BFF’s baby shower this weekend (which was fabulous) and the MINUTE I got in the car to drive home I felt a cold coming on. (Ok, truthfully, I felt it that morning, but hosting adrenaline pushed me through.) So now I’m FULL ON SICK, Jocelyn has a TERRIBLE cold (it’s the saddest…
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ah! those pictures are so dang cute! i’ve been following your blog for a bit and you have such cute kids. 🙂 i hope you all get feeling better soon.
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Miles has some SWEET moves.
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O.M.G. Miles’ outfit is ADORABLE! GAP commercial anyone??!!
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Would you style my child for me?!?!?
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The last photo of Miles…hilarious!
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I’m pretty sure ELLEN would invite Miles to dance with her on her talk show…just by looking at that series of photos! He’s got style, spunk & personality!
I haven’t had much personal time lately as my hands have been full around here, but I had to pop some photos up here of life around the King house. There are lots of photos of Jocelyn in the exersaucer. She LOVES to sit in there and watch her brother, which is probably what is…
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She is getting so big!! I must admit I’m not a big fan of the flowered headbands, but I hope John liked the one I made 🙂
P.S. We really do need to get J & your dad together. J got a guidebook to trees and birds in the mail today and FLIPPED.
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Such cute, happy kids! I so wish we lived closer, I have a feeling Jack & Miles would totally hit it off!
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She’s a beauty! How can John not approve of the flower?! I’ve seen some gaudy ones but that is just stinkin cute! She looks so much like you with the floppy hat on, she must have a tiny little head, or I have forgotten how small babies really are! 🙂
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OMGosh! Jocelyn looks a-dor-able in that headband and hat! Tell Daddy that a girl liked her accessories! I love lavender on her, especially. You are having so much fun! P.S. I also found out adding cinnamon to your coffee grounds also packs a ton of antioxidants!
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Oh no…I so love headbands on girls! I might have to get Jocelyn one from some of my high school girls who make them!
Really beautiful Betsy. A happy half birthday to her!
So precious!! Great idea, and you will surely treasure this. 🙂
This video is so beautiful, thank you for sharing. 🙂 And the song Feels Like Home is one of my all time faves. Such a lovely family you have!
Beautiful, Betsy! It’s so nice to see someone else owning their decision to go with a C-section. After having a C-section with our first, I struggled with choosing that for our second child, too – especially since our kids are only 13 months apart and we had to make that decision so soon… In the end, I think what you said is so true – it doesn’t have to be a natural birth to be amazing and beautiful. 🙂
Beautiful Betsy, Beautiful.
The moment the music started playing I got tears in my eyes! I am expecting our first baby girl in 12 days and due to previous surgery I will be having a scheduled c-section so I think I instantly related to your experience. The beautiful images you have shared capture a spectacular moment in time. Thank you for giving me a glimpse of what’s to come. You have a beautiful family!
Betsy, this was so beautiful! Thank you for sharing your heart and the love you have for your precious family. Jocelyn is such a beautiful baby girl and is so blessed to have you and John as parents, and Miles as a big brother. xoxo
It turned out and great something that you all will no doubt cherish. Enjoy! Oh and funny – the nurse in your nursing picture looked like she was wearing your favorite earrings – it made me laugh. Seriously though I love nursing pictures- I have them of my children, such an amazing thing to nourish you child in such a way!
sooo beautiful! love Miles saying ‘no thank you’ when asked by John did he want him to pick up the baby!!!
Aww! My second was transverse when I went into labor and so was born by emergency c-section. I mourned this too for quite some time. It’s nice to know others have gone through the same. Love the idea of a video birth story 🙂
This is so, so beautiful Betsy. What a treasure this will be for her when she gets older.
nori sat on my lap and swayed to the music with me. 🙂 beautiful. and she shouted “baby!!” every second she saw jossy.
awesome! ….and you and your mom have same voice and “word expression” 🙂 oh happy day
Really wonderful! Had me tearing up.. especially when Miles came in to see the baby. I am expecting my second baby boy in about a month, and also have an almost 4 year old boy, so it really hit home.
Darling video…so many precious moments captured. I was able to go in an photograph my sister in laws c section and I was just so moved. I made her little photo video a year ago and just shared it a few days ago on my blog as the baby just celebrated her 1st bday!
I watch it over and over. Miles is such a treasure and we are so in love with each other..I can’t go very many days without him in my life…AND now Jossy…I have to kinda downplay being with her, which is very hard, cause I am Miles Grandma and Jossy is Mommy’s baby and he reminds me of that often…When I do have Jossy in my arms, Miles can find all kinds of ways to get my attention. It is the most wonderful time of my day…to spend it at the 4 Kings..I started surprises in my purse long time ago..Miles is very patient and mannerly, but in time he always remembers..if not in the purse, He wonders if maybe there is a surprise in the car…He wants to see me lots!!! he he he I love conversations with him,We talk lots..He is 4 going on 40! as most of you know. He informed me that the water on the outside of his glass was condensation.
Such a beautiful and amazing video. You are truely a blessed woman. 🙂
Just beautiful!!!
Oh Betsy…this was so beautiful. The songs are just perfect and the video was amazing. You and John are so talented and are such sweet parents. Thanks for sharing and happy, happy half birthday to Jocelyn too!
Betsy this totally brought tears to my eyes! So beautiful!
This is beautiful. That first song, “Feels Like Home,” has had a special place in my heart for years, and it’s the song I want to dance to at my wedding someday. Thank you for sharing your life with your readers!
As a photographer, I love seeing her birth story told through the photos. As soon as the music started, so did the crocodile tears. I have actually hired someone to document our baby girl’s birth (in just a few weeks), and this totally reconfirms that decision. I know you’ll treasure these memories always. Congrats again!
Still so sweet the second time around!! I can’t wait for my babe to get here!!