A Long and Circuitous Journey

Jude Update

Darby Leven — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:59:08 +0000

The past few months have flown by. Jude is 7 1/2 months old already. He’s growing fast – starting to crawl and finding wonder in all things big and small. Below are some recent pictures. Enjoy!

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Justin’s Toolbar

Darby Leven — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:20:58 +0000

Justin created a toolbar and though I find many of the things he does with proxy pages and toolbars uninteresting, I actually find this one useful! It’s a toolbar you install for Internet Explorer (works with Firefox and Safari too) that gives you quick access to your favorite things like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and your email.

It’s a safe and free install. Check it out by going to http://epicom.ourtoolbar.com/.

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Weddings Bells

Darby Leven — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:41:36 +0000

August 29th was a big day for Justin and me. We had two weddings to attend. Luckily both weddings were just outside Bloomington so we were able to attend both – Jenny & Shaun Goodyear and Brittney & Andrew Contabile. Thankfully it was a beautiful day!

As you would expect, we took a lot of photos and Justin even videod the Brittney and Andrew’s wedding. It will take a while to edit the video but we’ll be sure to post it as soon as it is available (and the bride and groom have seen it too, of course). We had a great time and only wish we were able to stay at the Costabile reception longer but we had to scoot to Indy for the Goodyear reception.

Congratulations to the Goodyears and Costabiles and good luck to them as they begin their life journies together!

Please visit my photo site to view, download, and order prints to pictures: http://darbyleven.shutterfly.com.

Below is a preview of some of the pictures you’ll find there.

Tommi & Lindley

Brittney & Andrew Costabile

Tommi & Craig

Brittney & Lindley

Brittney & Me

Jenny

Jenny & Shaun Goodyear

Jenny Wagner

Justin & Me at the Goodyear Wedding

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The Simple Life

Darby Leven — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:50:27 +0000

The past 11 weeks have flown by and as of next Tuesday, Jude is no longer a newborn! He’s a big, healthy, happy baby and we are blessed to have him in our lives! He’s cooing and trying to sit up and has different cries for different needs. He’s learning so quickly, and we are learning right along with him.

Please check out some pictures I posted on Shutterfly: CLICK HERE

Site URL to see all pictures - http://darbyleven.shutterfly.com.

Check back in a few weeks for more pictures, too. This weekend, we have two weddings to go to (Brittney & Andrew; Jenny & Shaun) and will spend some time at the lake. Next weekend is a 5-day weekend for us – it’s Labor Day at the lake! The Lee’s will be there (minus Jonathan because he’s back at Loyola) and some of our friends are planning to be there too so it should be a good time all around. I’m sure we’ll take some great photos and hopefully some video too.

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You are so Beautiful

Darby Leven — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:19:07 +0000

At our wedding, I had the DJ play “You are so Beatuful” by Joe Cocker for my father-daughter dance. It was a suprise for my dad, who had sung the song to me many times when I was a young girl. We went to my parents’ house last weekend and my dad played the song for Jude and we recorded it on video. Justin put a few pictures of Jude to the song and here it is. Enjoy!

http://www.leefamilycircle.com/storage/video/judegpamontojfade.wmv

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I’m on a boat!

Darby Leven — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:23:13 +0000

This video has been the source of much laughter so I thought I’d share it with everyone.

We were at the lake over 4th of July and took a pontoon boat cruise. Hollie, under the influence of maybe one too many of Jeff’s bloody Marys, kept spouting, “I’m on a boat!” Please click on the link below and enjoy.

http://www.leefamilycircle.com/storage/video/imonaboat.wmv

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4th of July at Hickory Palms

Darby Leven — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:14:45 +0000

The weekend of the fourth was a blast this year and most noteworthy Jude’s first vacation. Jude finally got to meet some of our favorite people: Grandfather, Jeff, Kathy, Cindy, Dixie, Scott, Megan, John, Mark, Hollie, Becca and Chasity.

Here are a few pictures. Of course, there are many more so to see those pictures please go to my Shutterfly page at http://darbyleven.shutterfly.com. Some pictures are in the album “4th of July” and some are at the end of the “Jude – Up to 7-11-09″ album. Enjoy!

Lee Men – Four Generations

Hollie chillin’ near the palm trees

I’m on a boat!

Grandmother’s shed (aka Jude’s future play house)

Jude spending time with his godfather, Mark

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Jude Photo Shoot

Darby Leven — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:00:20 +0000

Last weekend we did a photo shoot with Teresa Wilson (Photo Bleu). It went really well. Jude was super cooperative and only peed twice at the end of the shoot (LOL). Teresa was excellent and the photos speak to her fantastic photography skills. Please check out the pictures using the information below. Trust me, you are missing out if you don’t!

Jude Lee Online Gallery
Step 1. Go to www.bleusunshyn.com and click on Galleries
Step 2. Go to the Gallery titled “Little Jude” (bottom-right)
Step 3. The password is Lee (case sensitive)

For those of you who are interested, you can order professional prints that are shipped directly to your house from the gallery (smugmug.com).

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Family Update

Darby Leven — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:55:37 +0000

It’s been a great two weeks having family time with our newest addition, Jude. We’ve had a lot of firsts during these past two weeks and very much look forward to everything to come as Jude grows. Justin is back at work and I’ll be at home for 5 more weeks taking care of Jude and getting him accustomed to this weird world in which we live.

In the past two weeks, we’ve had some visitors…celebrated Justin’s Birthday with the Lees…celebrated Father’s Day…fed Jude his First Bottle…had some peaceful naps…and stopped to smell the lillies.

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Welcome Jude Wayne Lee

Darby Leven — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:03:20 +0000

We are proud to announce the arrival of

Jude Wayne Lee

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Birth Date: June 9th, 2009

Time: 9:52am

Weight: 8lb. 10 oz.

Height: 21 in.

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We are home now. Justin and I lost a few hours today just staring at Jude, our perfect little baby boy!

Please follow the link below for some pictures. There are quite a few – we love pictures!

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