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O’s birthday

Nicole Dossey — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:55:17 +0000

O had her 5th birthday back in December. She and Isaiah wanted to have a pajama party. It was really fun. The kids and some of the parents came dressed in their PJ’s. We served breakfast foods and helped the kids make their own pillowcases to take home. The kids all signed a pillowcase for Olivia and Isaiah.

O decided she really wanted a Tinkerbell cake. Of course I called Humble Pie desserts and they didn’t let me down. The cake was fabulous and looked so cute. Jeanna made a candy bar flavored, octagon shaped cake. O LOVED it! Here are pictures from the festive day. I blurred the faces of some of the kids as I like to be more safe then sorry about blogging other people’s kids.

Sweet Isaiah.

My friend Kelly's amazing home-made cake.

Birthday girl.

Fabulous cake. Thanks Jeanna!

the cobblers kids have some shoes…

Nicole Dossey — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:35:35 +0000

It is like what they say about the cobbler, his kid doesn’t have shoes, and mine didn’t have pictures…until now I mentioned the cobbler’s kids in this post. I will be posting those pictures soon, but in the mean time I wanted to show you some pictures from my little session with my kiddos.

These are my girls. They are so precious to me. I love them so much my heart hurts. I have had some time in our busy craziness to actually take some pictures of them too. My family has been nagging lovingly reminding me for some time about posting some new pictures of my own kids. Their newest picture they had was of A at 3 months old. Guess what they all got for Christmas.

My O-Loving spirit, kind-hearted, creative, smart and sweet. I love this kid.

My little bear-sassy, sweet and full of life. I just love her.

A was tired of her jacket and decided she was done with it.

This post was for you Auntie I love you, I am so thankful you are feeling better. Thanks for the reminder to post pictures of my own kids too.

Peter

Nicole Dossey — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:16:00 +0000

My stepfather Peter passed away 3 weeks ago. He is a wonderful man I have known since I was 4 years old. He was 48 years old. It has been a hard year for my family. Peter had been struggling with cancer for 8 months, had been in and out of the hospital almost weekly, he had lost 100 lbs and at one point had a tumor the size of a small watermelon removed from his abdomen This has been such a crazy and sad time for our family, especially my mom.

I have learned so many things through this. I have learned that life is too short to not do the things you want to do. I have learned life is too short to not enjoy each and every day. I have learned to tell the people you love by words and actions that they are loved. If you have someone you need to tell, don’t wait, tomorrow is NOT guaranteed. Enjoy life and be blessed by the people around you. Bless others.

I also learned what love is. Love is taking care of your husband’s every physical need, sitting by his bedside, hurting with him, encouraging him when you are dead tired, crying with him, laughing with him, sacrificing your needs to provide for all of his needs. This is love. Love is not just when life is great and things are going well, it is choosing to love during the hurt and heartache. In sickness AND in health has taken on new meaning for me. My mom showed me what love is. She has shown me what sickness AND in health means. I pray I can be half the woman she is someday. She is an amazing woman of God.

I feel so blessed to have had Peter in my life for the past 27 years. I may say he was my stepfather, but he was so much more then just that, so much more. He never treated me like his stepdaughter, nor referred to me as such. He treated me just as he treated my brother and sister…for better or for worse He will be very missed on earth, but as I tell Olivia (my 4 year old) we WILL see him in Heaven. He is waiting for us and is excited to see us again. We already have 2 friends in Heaven (GG and Jesus).

Thank you to the clients that have been VERY patient with me during this unexpected and sudden passing. A special thanks to Malissa and her family as this was right in the middle of her picture delivery time and they were all SO patient. Thank you for the encouraging emails and phone calls. You have really blessed me. Sorry to be so “heavy” on our photography blog, but as Chinell says “the emotions we express through words and photography are not just the happy ones”. Here are a couple of my most favorite pictures of Peter. Of course they are the ones with my kids. Thank you for sharing in my journey.