tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57779925611401120832024-03-13T08:45:48.170-07:00All You Need Is LoveJessica Caglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08480108702459715056noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777992561140112083.post-64763266472421930552010-03-30T11:32:00.000-07:002010-03-30T11:32:59.278-07:00Family<div style="text-align: justify;">I’ve been thinking about family lately. Since Logan was placed into my arms on his beautiful day of birth, I feel like a different person. I feel like a better version of myself. When I ask myself who I am, the first word that comes to mind is mother. I have this little person who depends on me for his well being and it is incredibly fulfilling. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I can shape who he becomes, this precious soul is in the care of my hands, my morals, my manners, my traditions and my love. Boy, do I have a lot of love to give. Sometimes I feel as though I’m in need of a bigger heart when it is about to burst out of me. It’s as if my longing for a baby over the last 3 years just accumulated and in the instant I heard Logan come into this world with a cry I knew my heart had been rescued from the hurt and pain of Gavin’s passing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dave and I became our own little family with Gavin’s birth and I will forever be thankful for the 8 weeks he was in our arms. He will always remain our angel who now has another family member to watch over, his younger brother Logan. Sometimes I let my mind wander and imagine how Gavin would have slipped into the big brother role and in a few years how they would have really played together. How Gavin from time to time would have wanted to be a baby again like Logan and wanted me to hold him or wanted a binkie like Logan. How seeing them side by side would have made my heart feel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The road to where our family is today may have had some bumps along the way, but it is not what happens to you that makes you who you are. Its how you reflect on the lesson to be learned and how you handle the heartache to come through to the other side. I feel like I’ve done that. There’s no longer a big wall I’m constantly trying to climb over. I can still see the beauty in life and know how every single day is a gift to be cherished. I have let go of the unanswered questions, the sleepless nights spent crying, the lingering images of the early morning I said my final words to Gavin and most of all I have let go of the overwhelming pain my heart felt for so long.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EHnTAfs19GY/S7JC4TkGg5I/AAAAAAAAACA/FouFJrx8RMY/s1600/family.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" nt="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EHnTAfs19GY/S7JC4TkGg5I/AAAAAAAAACA/FouFJrx8RMY/s200/family.bmp" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">There are moments in life that stand still and are imprinted in our minds. I am thankful for the many that I have. The moment, about a year ago, my heart skipped a beat as I looked down on the white pee-stick and saw two pink lines and right there in the bathroom stall at a movie theater I did a little happy dance. The smiles on my friends faces as I told them I was expecting. The giddy sound in my sister’s voice as we spoke about being pregnant together. The incredibly warm embrace Dave gave me after seeing said pee-stick. The day we found out we were having another boy. The day that boy became Logan Alexander. The day of his birth, filled with joy and perfection and the first words I said to him “I love you…I’m your Mom.”</div>Jessica Caglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08480108702459715056noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777992561140112083.post-29728246268266102042010-03-21T21:55:00.000-07:002010-03-21T21:58:35.415-07:00Tim & Jenn Engagement<div style="text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">TIM AND JENN ENGAGEMENT SESSION: Seaport Village</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">Love. It's everywhere. Nothing is better than L-o-v-e.</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">I'm always curious how two people came together to form a bond, so I asked </span></em></strong><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em>the </em></strong><strong><em>couple </em></strong><strong><em>some questions:</em></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Q: WHERE DID YOU MEET? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A: We met on Myspace!</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Q: HOW LONG YOU'VE BEEN IN LOVE? </div><div style="text-align: center;">A: 3 years</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Q: FAVORITE ACTIVITIES TO DO TOGETHER? </div><div style="text-align: center;">A: We enjoy going to ball games, watching our kids play sports and camping</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Q: FAVORITE RESTURANT TO GO TOGETHER? </div><div style="text-align: center;">A: Denny's</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Q: WHO HAS THE CRAZIEST EX? :) </div><div style="text-align: center;">A: He does for sure</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">Tim and Jenn are getting married in less than 60 days!</span></em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">More Q & A!</span></em></strong></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Q: WHO DOES THE COOKING? </div><div style="text-align: center;">A: We both do</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Q: WHO HOGS THE BED? </div><div style="text-align: center;">A: He does! Are 3 pillows really necessary? ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(for Tim) Q: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PHYSICAL TRIBUTE ABOUT YOUR FIANCE?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A: Her booty and her eyes</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">(for Jenn) Q: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTIC ABOUT YOUR FIANCE? </div><div style="text-align: center;">A: His sincerity and willingness to help. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: large;">I can't wait to witness their union as Husband and Wife!</span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EHnTAfs19GY/S6b3vKERVII/AAAAAAAAAB4/84rMjc5mjm0/s1600-h/Anderson+Engagement+040+blog3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EHnTAfs19GY/S6b3vKERVII/AAAAAAAAAB4/84rMjc5mjm0/s320/Anderson+Engagement+040+blog3.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">All You Need Is Love</span></div>Jessica Caglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08480108702459715056noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777992561140112083.post-66930545464379601342010-03-19T11:27:00.000-07:002010-03-19T11:27:02.864-07:00Blog Entry #1Hello Bloggers!<br />
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Today is my first post. I hope to post often! I love to write and having my words to look back on has really helped over the past 4 years while going through some difficult times emotionally. Having my two boys has me strong, resilient, weak and emotional. Through the birth of my first baby and his passing of SIDS, I always had my writing to make my memories and feelings at the moment permanent so that when years passed, I would still be able to reflect on that very special time in my life. <br />
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I think thats also why I love photography. While nothing can beat the present moments like a first smile (so few moms have their camera handy or their hands free for that... except maybe me...lol) I can capture a time that a child smiled and that moment is always there to look back on and remember when they were little. <br />
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That's what I'm doing now with Logan, documenting everything whether through words or photographs. Here's my space to do that. I'll be writing about his milestones. I'll be sharing photographs. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EHnTAfs19GY/S6PBppyV7_I/AAAAAAAAAAw/jZCjw-sJvJs/s1600-h/love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EHnTAfs19GY/S6PBppyV7_I/AAAAAAAAAAw/jZCjw-sJvJs/s200/love.jpg" vt="true" width="200" /></a></div>I'll be writing about love, and I'll be sharing photographs that I love.<br />
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At the end of the day, all you need is love!<br />
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~JessicaJessica Caglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08480108702459715056noreply@blogger.com0