Life on the Mississippi: bow

November 10, 2009

Bows, etc...

Well, Louisa pretty much always wears a dress, but bows are a fairly new phenomonon in our house. Not that I wouldn't have loved to have the bow be a regular thing too, but when your daughter doesn't have enough hair, there isn't much you can do about it. So, I've finally convinced her that bows are a good thing to wear. The bow still doesn't usually make it through the whole day on her head, but you have to start somewhere, right?!

I also wanted to show this picture because Louisa is wearing one of my dresses from when I was a little girl. I love the simple smocking design and althoug you can't see the whole dress in this picture, I love the shorter style from when I was young. I hate these long dresses they make today--how is a kid supposed to play in them?! The few dresses I have bought for Louisa are so long, she is constantly stepping the hem out--what a pain!

June 28, 2009

"Cooler" Temps!

You know you are in Memphis when you hear yourself say, "Whew, a break from the heat. Thank goodness it is only 91 degrees today and feels like 101." Yes, that's right, it feels like 101 and we're excited. Louisa and I headed out to the front yard for a little bit to enjoy the "cooler" temps this afternoon. The scary thing is that it really did feel kind of nice...Here are a few pictures of Louisa running around in the grass. Oh, in other exciting news--Louisa has enough hair to wear a bow! Of course, she wants to see the bow, so she is constantly taking it out, then asking me to put it back in, but it looks so cute, I don't mind.

Louisa loves smelling flowers!

Louisa was into all sorts of things today. I found her loving on QP:

I found her checking on Chisolm while he was napping:

And I found her helping Chisolm play with QP:

Of course, I have to add a few cute pictures of Chisolm on here. He was working on strengthening his neck muscles today with tummy time and hanging out on the boppy. Here's a pic of my little man with his head up pretty high:

Here's another cute picture of him a little late--that is one heavy head, sometimes you just need a break!

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The Forrest Spence Fund

Brittany and David Spence are an amazing couple. They had their beautiful son, Robert Forrest Spence, in September of 2007. Sadly, due to an infection, Forrest lived only 55 days. To honor their son's life and the impact he had on so many people, Brittany and David have created the Forrest Spence Fund. The mission of the Forrest Spence Fund is to assist with the non-medical needs of critically and chronically ill children and their families throughout the Mid-South.

Brittany and David are a truly inspirational couple who have taken the heartbreak they have experienced from losing their son and have found a way to give back to a hospital that fought for Forrest and to reach out to families who are going through a similar experience.

Please check out the Forrest Spence Fund website listed above and consider a donation or consider participating in the 4th annual Forrest Spence 5k, 8:00am, Aug. 27th, 2011, at Overton Park. If you will not be in Memphis on August 27th or do not live here, you can still participate by being a "ghost runner" or by making a monetary donation.