Last month I was very blessed to have a beautiful and intimate baby shower thrown for me. After years of hearing people around me talk about how second babies don’t get baby showers, I never dreamed I would have one. But my sweet friends Erin and Sara were thoughtful enough to honor King Baby 2.0…
Monthly Archives: July 2010
It’s Saturday night at 12:52 AM. I really need to be resting this body. However, my mind is going a mile a minute and I’m thinking of all the things I would love to blog, photos I would love to gather into albums and of course, projects I want to get done this week. I…
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omg…how cute is your branding? not to mention that little boy! geesh….if they made cupcakes in miles-flavor, i’d probably weigh 800lbs. just saying.
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Adorable as always Betsy, and your lighting setup is simply perfect. Love it!!
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Love it! He needs a pug costume!
I realize that I blog about our pugs a lot. Pug owners are usually pretty nutty and obsessed about their dogs and I suppose I just might fit a bit of that profile. (Though I swear, I do not own a pug T-Shirt, though my late husband did and wore his proudly and very well.)…
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So glad you like it, I probably should have picked up two!
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That’s so much fun!!! Very thoughtful, too!
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How thoughtful!! WOW to amazing blog readers!!
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That’s adorable!
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How cute!! Is he sitting on your brown changing pad? 🙂
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OMG, that is the cutest!! What an awesome gift for a dog lover 🙂 ps, Oliver has that same changing pad cover! pps I don’t think your crazy, I adore my pups too!
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this has to be one of the cutest little things ever (aside from the forthcoming baby, of course 🙂 ) good luck in your last month of pregnancy, betsy!
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Sooo cute! I am so excited to see your first photos of your little one because I know that baby will be so cute and you will do such a great job capturing that precious image. I babysit for a great family weekly for their “date night” and LOVE it. Getting to snuggle a 1 month old baby girl is the best but it was hard to not have as much 1 on 1 with her older 2 yr old brother. She has the teeniest tiniest pinkie fingernail I’ve ever seen! I need to get a photo of it!
My mom picked up this baby pool for Miles and man, she was so mad to see how much smaller it was in real life. (They photoshop the people in the covers of those pool boxes to make the pools appear larger than they are.) I told her that to Miles, the pool was the…
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These are just the best ever!!!yesterday with Miles was a riot…When the mall music got grandma to dance a little. Miles said ” this is not a dancing place..only walk..and ride the escalator.” later when I tried the two step again… Miles said..” Don’t you remember what I told you?? no dancing!!! What a fun time..I get butterflys , when you invite me to hang out with you….love ya so much…
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Stamp is so cute! Does she get in the pool? When we had a smaller pool, we would let our older dog in, she’s small enough to lift in and out. (filtered and chemicals) And she loved it. She’s swim a few circles and then get out. Now we have a Golden too, and he’s just a fur covered brick so we don’t let him near the bigger pool. The dogs have a cheap plastic baby pool of their own.
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What fun! It’s the little stuff that counts. You can tell Miles LOVES the pool and so does Stamp!
As of early this morning, it has been 7 years since I lost my first husband Andy to cancer. I really hate that after all the amazing, beautiful and happy times we shared, that it’s the date of his death that always stops me in my tracks and forces me to remember. Over the past…
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bets. you really are one of the most amazing people i know. thanks for sharing your heart with us once again.
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Thank you for sharing this story. Xoxoxoxoxo
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Thanks for sharing your sweet, strong words.
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Thank you for sharing Betsy!!! xoxo
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Sitting here in tears. You are so wonderful.
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I had no idea you went through this terrible loss… your post made me cry, your words for Andy are so beautiful. May you find the peace you’re looking for. xoxo
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Thank you for sharing about Andy, and for continuing to love him….thank you to John for being incredibly awesome and loving you both. I have some of the same low points in my year because of my mom….this is a good reminder to remember all of the beauty in her life, especially during those times. You rock…wish I could hug you from FL!
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Wow, what an amazing blog entry. You’re amazing to be so strong and to share such a personal story with us. He sounded like a really great guy. (((hugs))) today!
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Beautiful post Bets…thinking of you today. As we’ve talked about in the past, you are such a wonderfully lucky woman, to have had the love of two very amazing men! Love you girl.
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Betsy, You brought tears to my eyes and bring such life through your pictures and stories you share. You are such an amazing woman!! Love! Gina
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Thinking of you and your family today! Your post completely summarizes how I feel on that one day every year. Thanks for your positive thoughts, which have helped me change my outlook. Sending love your way! 🙂
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What a fun beautiful person Andy was…And oh how he loved the 4th of July. One of my favorite memories, was getting him that brick of popper snapper things at Sam’s club. Boy he really raised a barrel of fun and frustration for his co-workers…Silly guy…He still puts a smile on my face…Penny and Andy– what a pair in Heaven!!! precious memories abound.
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Bets, thank you for being exactly who you are. I love you so much! Although I only got to meet Andy a couple times, every day I am thankful for all the many gifts and joys that are in my world because of his life.
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I am thinking of you and the family sweetheart – this post reminds me of how much you’ve grown and matured through the years since Andy’s passing. I am in truly in awe of your strength and wisdom, and I tend to forget the hardships you’ve had to endure in life. It must make the good times shine with all the love and people you’ve gained over the years. While I didn’t get to know him as much as I would have liked, I vividly remember the occasions I got to meet Andy. I’m happy to know you can remember him today with more smiles than tears. Love – Chris
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You are so brave to have taken pictures. My mom’s cousin has stage 4 cancer, she is the zesty person I know. She’s also very shy when the camera comes out but I did catch a few shots of her last summer. I know we will cherish these later.
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Somehow, Betsy, it’s always easier when this is shared. I’m so glad that we always manage to share some of the day on the 4th. This year was perhaps one of the better ones. We have all been blessed by having John in our lives. Thanks for sharing him too!
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with tears in my eyes i thankyou for your openness, your warmth & your courage…my heart goes to you & yours…
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..memories shared is a gift to others, thank you for the lesson about how to “live”…to Barb, Rebecca and to you Betsy…thanks for teaching me what a strong women looks like..
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Wow! What wonderful memories you have of Andy. Thank you for sharing this with us. Sharing those memories will make it easier. I lost my high school sweetheart and a child by the time I was 23 yrs old so I can totally relate how dates, sadness, and memories can all hit you at once. Focusing on the better days and your happy times now will only help you grow stronger to get past those bad moments you have suffered.
Take Care
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So glad you found more pictures of him 🙂 funny story I remember when he came to visit us, he was soo impressed that I drove a standard car, and I asked if he wanted to learn. He was said, “really!?” (like he was in the candy shop). We were by my parents business and I taught him how to get out of first..we make it into the parking lot, he pulls into the parking space and was like… “Oh My God!!! I can’t believe that I did that, I was so nervous!!! I gotta go take a shit!!” and ran out of the car and into the building- Too funny…. many more GREAT and fun memories. That lucky dog, in the PERFECT place now-
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It was so great to spend a bit of time with you last weekend and to finally meet John and Miles. Thank you for sharing these memories of Andy.
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I had tears from the first sentence. Thank you for sharing his life with all of us 🙂
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It’s amazing how grief and memories sneak up on us.. even years and years later. It’s also amazing how we first remember the bad before we can get to the good. I relive my mom’s last days before I can ever get to relive the fun times. thank you for sharing.
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Thank you for sharing Betsy. I say this all the time, but I love your honesty.
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[…] on a long maternity leave, one thing I want to do is spend some time writing about my late husband, Andy, and the story of my journey through his cancer. Over the past couple of years, as I have blogged […]
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Thank you for sharing, Betsy. Beautiful.
you are just glowing…what a great way to spend an afternoon…& look at that belly!!! you are too cute hun!
It was a wonderful morning for us, too, Bets. Such a treat to celebrate you and the little babe whom we can’t wait to meet! Love you, mama! xoxo
What a beautiful day! I love when women get together to celebrate other women. It’s the most fun! And great job to the hostesses on the table! Super cute!! Congrats King family on your impending precious new baby!
Awesome, so exciting! And I need to know where you got that dress you were wearing to your shower! Love it!
Oh geez, I’m sitting here tearing up. Gail did such a beautiful job! I’m just so excited for the 3 Kings & this whole new adventure!! I LOVE that picture of me & Amy, I can just hear her laughing when I look at it.
That was such a beautiful morning. I’m drooling just thinking of those creme puffs…I think I ate about 50 myself.
Soak up the next couple weeks! Little one will be here so soon! 🙂
(And your fabric came today, so guess what I’m making this afternoon!)
Thanks everybody. The dress is just Forever 21, from last year.
You look so good! Looks like you had a terrific time with some awesomely photogenic people!
What a beautiful shower Betsy! That is so awesome all your sweetest friends were able to attend. Can’t wait to find out the sex of King 2.0. I am still betting it’s a girl.
what a wonderful celebration and I have to say I think my favorite picture is the one of your surprise with the diaper bags – so great. take care, rest up and enjoy the quiet for the next few weeks.
Oh my word!! there is a really goody picture of me..I may never smile again…ha ha ha It was indeed a wonderful time…hugs
How fun! So I think your belly might be as big as mine…and I’m due forever after you! Geez! 🙂 It’s always so fun to see Erin in your photos!
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