Helping Renee Out...

My sweet friend Renee posts a fashion faux pas every Friday - capturing the offender with her camera phone, but this week came up empty. 

I thought I'd help her out.  

What's worse than having a Mommy who dresses you like I do?  Having Daddy do it. 

Great cause, great prize...

A blog I follow is having a massive huge monstrous superlarge gigantic fantastic my-Delorean-takes-2.21-gigawatts supernova giveaway, with all proceeds benefitting 3 very cool charities.  

Go on. Read about it. But if you win, you have to share with me.

Taken from her site...

All proceeds of this Raffle-Way will be donated. Proceeds will go to String of Pearls, a beautiful ministry that offers a nurturing and safe place for families as they navigate the path following a fatal prenatal diagnosis that will result in the death of their baby prior to, or shortly after birth. String of Pearls provides guidance, compassion and practical suggestions as plans to honor the life of pre-born babies are crafted.

Proceeds will also go to benefit No Hands But Ours. No Hands But Ours is a China adoption resource site, specific to special needs adoption. It was created to provide information, encouragement and support for families of the children who wait and for those who wait no more. It is their hope that God would use this organization to encourage and equip ordinary people to do an extraordinary thing in the life of a special needs orphan, to give the gift every child needs and deserves...a family.

The Elison Project helps to provide grants to families adopting special needs children from China, and collaborates with No Hands But Ours. Proceeds of this Raffle-Way will allow families to make an incredible difference in the life of a child. Your donation will help to bring His children home.

An Accidental Self Portrait

11 months old... Wordless Wednesday

Charlotte meets Santa... a photo story.

Oh Boy! I'm so excited! I'm going to church in my jammies, to meet Santa!

OH Boy! I'm next, I'm next!

Wait, what the...... I have to sit on him? Not any closer! Halt!

OMG! Why are you doing this to me????? 

I WANT MY MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!! (This is when Santa started saying "take her!")

Is it just me, or is Santa giving Mom a total look of reproach? Guess I'm getting coal.

I'm watching that guy in the suit, he'd better not come close to me again....

The whole experience lasted, um, I dunno.... 15 seconds TOPS.  Then she got a flu shot, and didn't cry at all - then went to the cafe across the street and devoured her first pancake.  

Merry Christmas!

Ha! You just have to laugh.

Jason has a job interview today at 4pm, and we're both officially sick with a stomach virus. You know we're sick because it's 4am, and Allison doesn't do 4am. 

Because you know, when you lose your job - you have hundred dollar bills just flying out of your...

Did you know that it's $1250 a month to carry our insurance, with Cobra?

Did you know that with Jason's spine issues, it's really not an option to NOT do it?

Did you know that the healthcare system in America - while I'm grateful for it's advances - is insane???  Oh yeah, you probably knew that part.

God has arranged things so that they should all work out, but seriously - if that doesn't make your stomach hurt, I don't know what would. 

Funny that we got this bill just a few days after watching Sicko....

My next post will be a positive one.  I'm going to go think up something to post about.