domestic reflections: Week 30 (Plus a Couple of Photos of the Kids I'm Loving).

Week 30 (Plus a Couple of Photos of the Kids I'm Loving).

August 1, 2009

I like these of the kids. They were taken last month on C-Man's last day of school.

23 comments:

AnonymousAugust 1, 2009 at 10:48 AM
You look beautiful, and seem to just be all belly with your pregnancy. Very cute top too. And the kiddos are as sweet as can be. All seems well on the surface! Hope the rest of you is on the mend.

jbhat
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CateAugust 1, 2009 at 11:59 AM
So glad you're back! I've been missing the inspiration you provide for bridging the gap between my growing belly and shrinking wardrobe!
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KristinAugust 1, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Its nice to see you posting again. Your kids are so adorable. Where did you get the lovely top? It looks perfect for accommodating a growing belly!
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AnonymousAugust 1, 2009 at 1:08 PM
You look fantastic! It's not fair! Where is the maternity top from?

Your kids pictures are cute too. Good to see you back in this space. I hope things are well.
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RachelAugust 1, 2009 at 2:37 PM
Glad to see you and that little baby are doing well! :)
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Alice Q. FoodieAugust 1, 2009 at 2:37 PM
cute top!
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180360August 1, 2009 at 2:38 PM
You have to be the cutest pregnant mama ever! Love the pics of C & J.
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MaraAugust 1, 2009 at 2:59 PM
I am also dying to know where you got that cute top! It will be perfect for me in say 20 or so weeks!!! Oh, and how do you manage to get such great pictures, are you shooting on manual mode?
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EngraciaAugust 1, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Great photos!
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MinnieAugust 1, 2009 at 4:46 PM
So glad to see you're back with us, readers. I've been clicking from time to time on your blog, hoping for an update. Funny how we get attached to our favorite bloggers. :-) That is a very cute top. You look great, and will hopefully feel the same inside, as well. It is trite, but mostly true that time heals all wounds. Best to you and your family. From another SoCal blogger.
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HollyAugust 2, 2009 at 3:35 AM
Beautiful pictures. So happy you're back!
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erinAugust 2, 2009 at 9:53 AM
you look radiant... even if we can't see your face! those are two seriously cute munchkins. Hope you are feeling better, sending you love from Italy.
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The Depressed YogiAugust 2, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Sweet JuJu!! Loove. And LOVE your top :)
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blakeAugust 2, 2009 at 5:08 PM
that top makes me want to get pregnant again! :D you are such a fashion inspiration! Loving the kid photos, too. Juju is such a glamour girl.
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wide open spacesAugust 3, 2009 at 5:57 AM
Jora- I, too, have been worrying about you far more than anyone has the right to worry about a stranger. Praying grace & peace for you today-

love, Emily
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jonesAugust 3, 2009 at 7:53 AM
I was so delighted to pop on over and see that you were back! I've missed your posts and really hope that you'll be past whatever toughness you're facing right quick! the pictures are fantastic (as always) anyway, great to *see* you again.
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KristinAugust 3, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Very cute top!! you look fantastic... and the kiddos are adorable.
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MollyAugust 3, 2009 at 8:52 AM
You look great! Take care of yourself.
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KarenAugust 3, 2009 at 10:57 AM
So good to see your postings. You have such cuties! Can't wait to "meet" #3.
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JoslynAugust 3, 2009 at 11:42 AM
you look stunning lady! and those kiddos of yours are dolls.
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NedaAugust 3, 2009 at 12:02 PM
You look great and, of course, very stylish! Kids are so adorable!
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kristinaAugust 4, 2009 at 5:17 PM
jora!

oh you're so cute. i do hope that things are looking up.

xx
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HollyAugust 13, 2009 at 10:51 AM
that top is freaking cute!!
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I love:
Rainy days, moody music, warm drinks, picking fruit from a tree, turquoise water, baking, sharing meals with friends, most everything “old world,” simple, rustic, smart, funny, really hot baths, feeling connected, being pregnant, finding the perfect gift, smelling the tops of my kids’ heads, cacti + succulents, citrus, California light, guest houses, stinky cheeses, everything my grandmother baked, hearing my kids laugh, small world connections, smiles between strangers, snuggling, reading cookbooks, modern, Mediterranean, walks in the forest, being near the ocean, everything about the desert, gold, jeans, Lillet Blanc, natural childbirth, the beginning of a new season, snail mail, hearing someone’s story, people who reveal themselves…

"let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. it will not lead you astray."
- rumi

"do small things with great love."
- mother teresa

"remember this, that very little is needed to make a happy life."
- marcus aurelius

"we do not see things as they are. we see things as we are."
- anais nin

"we can love completely without complete understanding."
-a river runs through it

"the ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest."
-thomas moore

"i have decided to stick with love. hate is too great a burden to bear."
-martin luther king, jr.

"your children are not your children,
they are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself.
they come through you but are not from you,
and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
you may give them your love but not your thoughts,
for they have their own thoughts.
you may house their bodies but not their souls,
for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
you may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
for life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday."
-kahlil gibran

"ring the bells that can still ring forget your perfect offering. there is a crack in everything -- that's how the light gets in."
- leonard cohen

"the good mother is a great artist ever creating beauty out of chaos."
-alicia randall

"out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. i will meet you there."
-rumi

"the best conversations with mothers always takes place in silence, when only the heart speaks."
-carrie latet

"to love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."
-david viscott

"she discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them."
- gabriel garcia marquez

"the master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. he hardly knows which is which. he simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. to him he’s always doing both."
-james michener

"the whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
-bertrand russell