Bloglines

I seriously don't know what's up with Pyzam. I will switch it, use it a couple of days, and then my posts stop showing up. So we're back to a Blogger template for the time-being. Bummer...I really wanted that template, but it's not going to work apparently. I might try another one soon. Thanks for bearing with my "musical templates." :)

Don't know if all of you know about this. I didn't know until relatively recently (last summer...thanks Steph), but boy does it save on the time. There's a little website called Bloglines. Go there, enter in the blogs that you read or want to keep track of, and voila. You no longer have to check each blog everyday. You just go to that site and they tell you when someone has posted a new blog post. Now, if you don't go to the blog itself and only use the Bloglines site, you don't get to see the personalization of each blog. You only see the post itself. But, you can just click on the blog name there within the Bloglines site and quickly be transported over to the actual blog (you'll also have to do this to see things like slideshows). I'm telling you though, saves a booty-load of time (not sure how much that is exactly).

Also, regarding comments on your own personal blog if you have one, you know that you can set it up so that you get the comments in the form of an email to you as soon as someone leaves a comment on your blog (with Blogger that is the case...I'm assuming it's that way with all of them)? Nice feature. Again, saves you from having to check back periodically...the comments are all "hand-delivered" to your email account as they come in.

Just a couple of time-saving tips for any of you who were as ignorant as me about such things.

Now, some picture catch-up time.

Caring for Cass as she swings.
I love this profile shot of Cass.


Hadley was running and dragging Eissa through the house over and over.
The kids are really into holding hands these days.
They were having so much fun and laughing uncontrollably, even when they fell.
But then this fall happened...practically inevitable isn't it?
The fam hanging out in the TV room.




Grady was pretending to be a cat. Hadley was taking care of him.
This is Eissa pretending to be asleep for the camera. Notice the ever so slight squint of her eyes.
Hadley giving "the cat" some water.
Cass helping hang laundry.
The kids got a box from their Granny in the mail. The girls are wearing their new hats and Grady is wearing his new pajamas.
Hadley and Eissa also got fingernail polish in a bag (also came with toe separators...too cute).
And Grady got a ton of clothes.
This is the way Cass looks most of the time these days...completely out. :) She's 2 1/2 weeks now though and waking up more and more...amazing how they change so much, and you can really notice it so much too, in such a short amount of time.
See that mole/birthmark on Cass's back? It looks just like a mole, but usually babies aren't born with moles, are they? So, if that's the case, would this be a mole? What do you think?
A close-up of this birthmark/mole.




I love this expression Eissa makes. This little girl is Analis.
Isn't she beautiful?
These are her parents, our friends Kleyton and Kristina. They all came by to see the baby and bring her a little gift the other day.
Today it was really warm. Joel was about to go to a meeting, but bathed the kiddos before he left. Since it was warm, still daylight, and just because he's Joel and always thinks of fun ways to do things...they had a bath outside instead of in the boring, everyday shower. Following are some pictures of the ride back from behind the house (where they bathed).









The master bather with the towel, steering the multi-purpose wagon.
And, outside bathtime all complete.