When Good Pictures Go Wrong

New Years Eve I let the girls stay up and watch the ball drop in NYC. I had grand plans of getting a picture of them along with the sign Baby Girl made in front of the TV with the time and the big "2010" sign that lights up after the ball drops in the background. Instead I got them with Dick Clark and his wife getting ready to kiss in the background. Not quite what I was going for but it will always be one of those photos that gives me a chuckle when I look at it.



For the record the sign says, "This is the best year ever so happy new year. You Rock." and she has smilies and the year 2010 written "20010" all over it. :)

It's Party Time

Baby Girl turned 6 this weekend! She's getting so big. I still look at her and see my little baby. I guess I always will. But she really is changing and losing that baby-ness. She continues to be my silly little love bug. I don't know what I'll do when she doesn't want to snuggle up with mommy anymore.

My parents and grandma came up to celebrate with us. The Man couldn't be with us since he's training so it was nice to have other family here to make the day special. We had a lot of fun. As always, Baby Girl picked her favorite play place as her celebration destination. Thankfully the food is good there and you have a lot more options than pizza to eat. It's a little more adult friendly than that cheesy rat place. She decided to give the Eurobungy a go this time and loved it!!!



She wanted a Butterfly cake for her birthday. We affectionately nicknamed it the "bleeding butterfly cake" a la Steel Magnolias since she wanted Red Velvet Cake with Chocolate Frosting. That's my Baby Girl!



And a picture of Baby Girl with her cake.



She was absolutely partied out by the end of the day. It was a great start to being 6!

In other news, our house went on the market yesterday. We had our first showing this morning. I've been obsessively cleaning and organizing so all the little details are just right. I have some painting to do but I can work on that in the days to come. I'm feeling okay about this and just trusting that God will provide the right buyers at the right time.

Life is certainly full speed ahead these days. But not too fast to take the time to enjoy family and special moments. One day at a time.

And Then We Were Three

About this time nine years ago I was in a tizzy. My water had broken, contractions had started and I was on my way to the hospital to give birth to my first child. I was so excited and so overwhelmed and really in no way prepared for what was ahead. Because you really can't prepare for it no matter how hard you try. It was a trying 14 hours of labor that didn't go at all how I had planned. Yes, I was naive enough to think I could plan how it would go. But in the end at 12:42 p.m. on June 30, 2000, there she was. Our baby girl! A girl! Oh, we were so excited! It was all such a surprise. We hadn't found out the sex of the baby and I was convinced I was having a boy. But she was a girl! And she had beautiful red hair and a perfect round little face. She was perfection and I was her mom! As much as I had anticipated her arrival, I just could not anticipate how that precious girl would change my life. I had no idea how God would use that tiny baby to change me for the better in every way. It has been such a privilege to watch her grow and do my best to guide her in life. She is an amazing, thoughtful and caring young girl. She loves reading and science and singing but most of all she loves Jesus. I am so glad she is in my life. So Happy 9th Birthday dear Sister! We love you so much!