Bonjour, amour...

(some of my creations that i've been working on for a couple of Valentine's Swaps- more pics to come of my altered Valentine Heart Box for my sis' Vintage Secret Admirer Valentine Swap...)

Happy Valentine's Day!

as promised here are the names of the sweethearts that will be playing 'Pay It Forward' with me... i'll be sending off my lil' surprise packages to their mailboxes within 365 days...

~rachel whetzel~

~mary ann~

and...
a surprise sweetheart that doesn't even know...(i heart this!)

merci beaucoup to rachel and mary ann for playing along with me...your kind+giving heart are such blessings to this world...and will touch a few hearts...now that is LOVE!
thank you so much for sharing...

have a BEAUTIFUL Valentine's Day!
...now me + my lil' gal (shioban) are off to a secret adventure up north with my sweetheart of a sis.
3 sweet girly days...to enjoy!
au revoir!

bonjour, amour...
xoxo jo ;)

Down Memory Lane...Hallow's eve, Tart Heart, coco chanel...

Do you remember this dear lil' ones...i sure do...you light up my life and i'm so happy that you're in love with life...

here you are Shioban with your sweet girlfriends at school...

Ahoy, me harties!

Ian, here's you, Shioban and your bud...3 lil' pirates...in my eyes,
you won 1st place!!!

Shioban, you just couldn't make up your mind, huh? Princess, Pirate, Cheetah gal...whomever you are...you're the most adorable lil' sweetheart!

Here are some pics from the munchkins' lil' modeling job this past Fall for the ever so Sweet Jasmine Kummer and her Tart Heart Shoppe...We just love Jasmine and her beautiful hats, softies and her other adorable creations! We also loved her place...it's in my old neighborhood, where dear Hubby had his 1st apt. and across the street from a wonderful park-great place for a photo shoot...however, it was one of the most coldest, wettest and windiest day ever last Fall...so we settled in her cool apt. and well the rest is history...the lil' munchkins just adore Sweet Jasmine and her very creative boyfriend, Joel. Can't wait to get her newest catalouge...I also was in the shoot but I didn't get some shots with my camera...but here are the ones I took with my camera...(because we modeled for Jasmine, she made me this lovely French Beret with the most Sweetet Eiffel Tower Pin...will be taking pics of that one soon...) WE LOVE YOU SWEET Jasmine of TART HEART!

you guys are just growing up like weeds...

i just can't believe that you'll be turning 7 this coming April...

wow...how time flies when you're having fun...

you're my sweetie-pies and i love you to pieces...

may this new year bring even more blessing to you and your sweet world...

you're my everything...you're my world...

mahalkita lil' munchkins!

leaving you with a collage of my lil' coco chanel-Shioban...Love you sweet pink peanut princess bunny!

Bonne Nuit

xoxo jo ;)

Here's a lil' peek of what our Christmas was like...hope yours was a very good one...

Bonne Nuit

xoxo jo ;)

My October Loves

one of my October loves...

hope you're enjoying your weekend!

xoxo jo;)

due date...

i can't believe it has been 6 years already...

that my lil' munchkins finally came home from the NICU-their 1st home...

to their final homestead. they came home on their DUE DATE, AUGUST 12, 2002. WOW...if they had only stayed in my tummy for 3 1/2 more months...but you just can't control what God wants...you just have to deal with what cards have been dealt to you...my dh + i truly did just that...we just kept plugging away, prayed with convictions and hoped for the very best!

you know...

they truly were tiny lil' people...these pictures were taken

when they were about 3 1/2 months old...

they were my ultra-premiees-1 lb 5.5 oz (Ian) and 1 lb 5 oz (Shioban) (our lil' sweet Angel Sinead was 1 lb 7 oz...the biggest of the three...but God called her back and she's now in HEAVEN...we truly miss her...there's not one day that we wish she were here playing, growing and being with her siblings...life isn't the same without her...at times, i see ian or shioban and think...who would've sinead looked more like, what would she say or do...to feel her hug me back, to kiss her sweet face...but we know that she's in a much better place and that one day we will see each other and be one BIG+happy family...sorry for being a bit melancholy...my heart will always long for my sweet Sinead...)

anyway...i'll have to dig for some new-bornish pics...when literally they were only as big as the palm of my hands...i still can't believe we went through all of the NICU processes/nightmares etc.

it's just a miracle that they have survived and are doing good these days...i thank GOD every day for our miracle.

i'll have to find some recent pics of my lil' bugs so we could compare...they truly have grown like weeds...i miss those days...it feels like it was only yesterday all of this happened...except looking back at these photos remind me of the life we had during those trying times...it was a blur and wish i could've relished in some of those moments...when they were babies...i guess i was sooooo worried about EVERYTHING...i just wanted to make sure they stayed healthy...

until next time...enjoy the lil' pics of my miracle babes...

bonne nuit

xoxo jo ;)

Guess who...

took the plunge and asked the hairstylist to chop off "5 inches" off her hair...

has the courage to say goodbye to 'long' hair...

is more carefree...

yup...SHIOBAN!

i think she's lovin' it...shorter, bouncier and oh so adorable! hmmm...wish i could do the same...

summer+heat=pixie cut...now that's a 'good thing!!!'

Happy August!

bonne nuit!

xoxo jo ;)