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hello i am brandy. i’m a mother of three. two girls and a boy. mckenzie is 3 alexandra will be 2 on the 31 and william is 5 months. i am married to a wonderful man, for almost 4 years now. we live in north carolina for now. i have been blogging for only a couple months, but i am hoping to become better at it. i hope to meet more bloggers out there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
happy panda is throwing a baby shower for margie gunn of chesapeake ribbons.
party games
game 1: i’m guessing 90
game 2
i would rather not show a pic with no shirt, because my stretch marks are really bad. there is a 10 pound baby in there. a couple days before i went into labor
game 3
i am going to guess 100 diapers
game 4
*Having a child is a great experiance. I have three. My first was a little girl named Kenzie. Natural labor 7 lbs 4 oz, second was another little girl Alex natural labor 8 lbs. 12 oz and then i had my son Will natural labor who was 10 lbs even. Don’t know how i did that one.
top 5 prizes i would like
Hanes, Happy Panda, Belmama and Cherub (shower hug), Chesapeake Ribbons, Boca Beth
5 minutes for mom is holding a mothers day giveaway where you could win a $1000.00!!!!!!! Now for those who know me which most of you don’t. This is something my family definitely needs. With me and my hubby both out of work, him in school and 3 kids. I will be able to do something for myself. for a change!
Being a mother to me is about love and compassion. you have to be willing to open your life fully and sacrifice everything for your children.
Picture of me with my three children
it can be fun and exciting.
this is a picture of my daughter Alex being goofy
It’s about attitude and letting the little things your kids do to make you mad go.
pic of my daughter Kenzie giving some attitude
No matter how hard things get you always have a cute face to look at.
pic of my son Will. yes i know he is a big little man. 4 months old and 20 pounds. ( he was 10 at birth)
Having to do the hardest things that hurt so much.
This is a pic of my husband before he left for iraq the 2nd time. (he came back safe)
I would not be who i am today without my children. The biggest reason being a mother is so special to me is…… having the opportunity. I was told as a little girl that i had a 20% chance of a successful pregnancy. I thank god for giving me the opportunity.
None of these pictures where poses. except for the top one of me with my 3. thats professional.
when i think about a mom the portrait i imagine in my head is one that sacrifices all. when you decide to become a mother everything should be put aside and you should focus on you child/ children.
pic of me and my kids
i loved playing with dolls as a kid and always pictured myself having 12 kids like my grandmother. when i was nine those dreams where struck down by a accident. i was told it would be almost impossible to have kids. i had a 20% chance a pregnancy would make it past the first trimester. when i was 15 i got a niece and another and then a nephew so i was happy with that. everyone kept telling what a good mother i would be.
i felt a empty feeling inside and tried for years to get pregnant. nothing. well i just gave up hope. when i got married in 2004 i found out a couple weeks later i was pregnant. i sacrificed everything. quit school and work just to make sure i could take good enough care of myself. i was fortunate enough to have a beautiful little girl. i had my miracle. then i had two more. i had complications with every one but i was blessed.
now growing up i was very distant from my mother. she was my best friend at times and i hated her at others. i’m sure to expect that from my kids when they get older. but now that i’m grown and have my own family, i’ve been whisked away from my mother for 4 years. i live over 2000miles away. it’s ao hard because my mother always tried t be there for me and i wish i could be there for her. she is going through so much. she has mrsa (flesh eating disease) and may possibly even have breast cancer.
the portrait of a mother i see. is one that is willing to sacrifice their life, for there children. no matter what you’ll always be a mother. even if you have to put your career on hold, make the little things count. don’t miss a milestone or birthday because you’ll regret it later.
Microsoft is celebrating motherhood and mother’s day with a “Portraits of Mom” campaign that runs from April 19-May 11, 2008. go on over and enter! don’t forget to stop by parent bloggers. to check out all the portraits of a mom participants.
*okay so if some of this is out of order. i tried! i got very emotional writing this!
brandy
i have two daughters. Kenzie just turned 3 and Alex will be 2 next month. They were recently introduced to barbie through a video I won on pajama mommy community. Now they have become total Barbie Mariposa fanatics.
For my daughter third birthday she got almost every barbie from the island princess collection. It is kind of upsetting that when a new movie comes out they stop selling the barbies for the previous movie. we still have two Barbies and three Kelly’s we have not been able to get from Barbie island Princess. The new movie Barbie Mariposa has come out and my kids are so excited, They have wanted it for a while. Pajama mommy is giving away 20 copies of the movie Barbie Mariposa. Go on over and check it out win Barbie Mariposa ends 4/18/08
While this contest has ended Barbie movies are still fun and are coming out twice a year. They are still fun to watch and have a great meaning behind each film.
Have you seen a Barbie movie lately?