My Days Are Filled With Babies

I am a lucky girl. I get to spend most days with my daughter and her babies. Sam aka Mr.Baby calls me Gigi. He loves to jump. He also likes to draw and do puzzles. He likes to eat fruits, veggies, cheese, bread and chocolate! He doesn't like to eat animals. He can recite the alphabet, count past 20, spell and write his name. He is very smart. Miss Elizabeth loves to talk but hasn't quite got Gigi down. She is a happy girl always smiling. She loves to kick and play with toys. She also likes to snuggle with a blankie. We sometimes call her Miss Davey because she looks just like her dad David!

                                                                                               Mr.Baby aka Sam

                                                                                       Elizabeth Janet aka Miss Davey

Being Thankful

 Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. 

It is a time that reminds us all to be thankful...

I am so grateful. I live my life being grateful.

handmade by Tessa Higley Ulrich

Tessa made this for our family to write notes of gratitude. 

I will make them into a book to remember this day always. 

I had all my babies and the ones they love over for dinner. 

Mr. Baby joined us as the star of the show.

It was a good day.

June 2014

I haven't been on here in so long...Things are about to change...Going to start posting /sharing the happenings of my incredible life! 

Went on a little solo road trip to Santa Cruz, Los Gatos and my favorite Esalen! 

me taking photo while driving near Santa Cruz!

Had my 48th birthday the day after I got home...every year gets better as far as I am concerned!

me and mr.baby and mia lynn on my birthday!

Have the summer off from visiting aka babysitting mr.baby but still get to see him everyday.

He brings me so much JOY!

No big plans as far as vacays this summer. 

Working on website http://janetlynnhigley.com/

Planning classes for SoulCollage® and maybe even a painting class!

Letting my resistance aka guard down .

I love painting and want to share my process of it being fun with no mistakes possible!

I love SoulCollage® what an awesome process...it is so amazing! I can't wait to teach others all about it!

Getting together with friends to plan good stuff.

me and Laura Jane found at http://ilaurajane.com/

she shared this on her facebook..

If it feels good, 

it's the path of less resistance.

-Abe-Hicks

it was a perfect considering that I have been letting resistance get the best of me!

I here by declare no more...I am willing to do the work/play to be the best me!

and as pooh would say 

"what day is it? asked pooh

"it's today" squeaked piglet

"my favorite day" said pooh

"everyday" said janet

daughter

my most favorite beautiful baby daughter is going to be a mommy...which means i am going to be a grandma...i am in love with a sour patch kid...he or she is about that size at 9 weeks. we got to see him/her on the 13th...the little heart beat was amazing! i had my sweet girl when i was 23 half my life ago...and she was the 4th child (her name means 4th child) after having 3 boys and being surprised at the births (no ultrasound gender notification) we were excited to finally get a girl... Miss Tessa was on her way... we knew were having a girl because we had so many ultrasounds... they found a tumor on her at 34 weeks gestation...scary stuff! i used to watch St.Judes http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f87d4c2a71fca210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD on t.v. and wonder how those parents could possibly do it...cancer is hard stuff and especially hard when it involves your child...not only did it involve my child it was my newborn daughter...i was scared and heartbroken...funny how you don't get a choice of doing it or not...i became her warrior and voice...i had a cesarean at 37 weeks...2 days later she had surgery to remove a tumor the size of a grapefruit... it was located on her tailbone but luckily not attached to any organs... the tumor was immature so they monitored it for next 7 months to see if it was malignant or benign...at 7 months the doctors came to the conclusion it was malignant and so she had another surgery to remove another tumor and then a surgery to insert a catheter into her main artery for chemo...my sweet little baby needed chemo at 7 months...she lost all of her beautiful auburn hair...but luckily kept nursing like a champ...she lost no weight...she would go to the hospital for 1 week on 2 weeks off for the next 4 months... it was hard leaving my 3 boys...but i stayed with her the whole time...i never could have left her all alone at the hospital (so many parents did while i was there) i never even wanted to put my sweet baby girl down... the physical therapist told me i was going to delay development if i didn't let her down on the ground...so i pretty much had to let her out of my arms at that point...we finished chemo on February 18 1991...going to the doctors office regularly for the next 5 years...each time i could hardly breath (anxiety) hoping it would not return...so here we are 21 years later... it never returned...and now we know all that yucky chemo didn't leave her with fertility issues (side effect) thankfully since all she has ever wanted is to be a mom since she was a little girl...me on the other hand didn't think i even wanted kids until i had my 1st and became so in love... i would have never stopped if a million wasn't a ridiculous number...i am so in love with my 5 kids that i can't even put it in words...to say i love them is just not enough... there are no words for what i feel when thinking of my babies...my daughter is my best friend... my partner in fun and mischief... she is the reasonable one...who keeps me grounded...she is someone i look up to and who makes me proud...she is example to all those around her...she stands up for what she holds true and i am so lucky to be her mom...because of her i know i can do hard things and miracles are real... and soon i will be a grandma to her sweet baby...how lucky am i...with all that being said she is one of the many reasons i live in gratitude everyday!

family pictures walking at the beach with the baby daughter  

 wedding day august 5 2010

kissing my sweet girl

laughing...it makes people wonder what you've been up too!

there is a human in there!

9 weeks...sour patch kid!

mothers day may 2012 at  http://www.teahouseartstudio.com/

learning

i am so thankful for the life i get to live...i am creating it as i go....
learning along the way...
i sometimes feel a bit over whelmed because i want to get it all at once...
i am currently enrolled in so many online classes that i might not get a full experience...
not might not...know that is so...
ongoing classes i am taking

http://christytomlinson.typepad.com/...Your Living Canvas Workshop

http://www.florasbowley.com/

http://braveintuitiveyou.com/e-course/ bloom true

http://kellyraeroberts.blogspot.com/ flying lessons

http://www.tanyageisler.com/

http://www.tanyageisler.com/board-of-your-life-on-hiatus/

http://livlane.com/ 

http://livlane.com/buzz-worthy/ buzz worthy

http://hannahmarcotti.com/2012/09/20/spirits-of-joy-explore-create-expand/

http://hannahmarcotti.com/2012/06/20/we-begin-in-stillness-a-peek-into-the-making-space-cleanse/

http://mamacoachcircle.com/

http://mamacoachcircle.com/innercircle/

http://www.catherinejust.com/category/e-courses

http://www.soulfullexperience.com/

whew....i am worn out just looking at all the goodness and that doesn't count the real life classes 
i am taking

belly dancing lessons from http://www.fahtiem.com/

http://www.everydayzenrelaxationstudio.com/     47 DAYS OF ABUNDANT PROSPERITY

http://faywolf.com/workshops#.UHWP2cRwZME.twitter     ridding you of inner and outer clutter

and then throw in a yoga      

fall refresh with laura jane  http://www.everydayzenrelaxationstudio.com/ 

bracelets

vision book

globe vision in progress

in between classes i make jewelry 

work on my vision book and my vision globe

a vision board just couldn't hold all the goodness i envision for my life!

renewed

what an amazing 5 days and 4 nights i got to spend at a retreat in monterey!
http://www.journeysofthespirit.com/category/trips/trip-types/spirit-and-art/
i was put on a waiting list and told chances were slim to none that i would be called...in early august the phone rang it was the lovely sheri...a spot had opened and had my name on it if i so desired... 15 minutes later i was signed up and ready for a journey of a lifetime.
i have never been away by myself in all 46 years...i have never taken a solo road trip...i have never stayed in a room/hotel (cabin) alone. it was time...i packed my bags (many) and loaded up for the adventure!
i arrived having listened to the four agreements on cd ( http://www.amazon.com/The-Four-Agreements-Practical-Personal/dp/1878424319)  and having had an awesome dance party in my car!
30 women at all stages of life were there...women that were called...women who i fell in love with...women who will always be a part of me...our leaders were catherine just http://www.catherinejust.com/ and flora bowley http://www.florasbowley.com/ two women that change lives if you are ready for them to be changed.
it was a photography and art retreat...but really not about photography and art but about life and who we were meant to be and who we can become...it was about learning and getting out of our heads...it was magnificent...it was life changing...i learned that i am so much more than this...i am becoming a better bigger version of myself...i can't wait to find out where this journey leads...but right now nothing is more important than this day...i wear a thumb ring everyday that reminds me of that very fact..thanks to my friend/jewelry designer khobe http://www.studiodelucca.com/
i feel absolutely blessed to be living my life...living in gratitude