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Happy 1st Birthday Samantha!!!

My little girl is one year old today. She's a little on the grumpy side today as she is not only getting over a cold, but she is cutting another tooth (notice her finger in her mouth) as well as having had 4 shots yesterday. It took me about 30 pictures to get just one of her adorable smile. She just wants to be held and cuddled by Mommy. That's okay, because that's exactly where I want her.

Yesterday at her 1-year checkup she was 20 1/2 lbs and 29 1/2" tall. She's not walking yet, but she just started standing up ever so briefly by herself in the last couple of days. It's only a matter of time. She is quite the babbler and while we can't understand her, it doesn't keep her from trying. She does say a few words that we figured out. Blowing a raspberry means "cheese" which is her word for food in general, cheese being her favorite. She says "mama" and "daddy" (not da-da, daddy) of course. And "gah-oon-gah-oon" means "dog" or "cat". :)

We'll be having her cake and opening presents after dinner tonight, mostly because Mommy forgot to bake the cake until this afternoon. That's mostly because we took all 4 kids to see "Happy Feet" (which is SOOOO cute BTW) at 11 a.m. Oh, and just like the day she was born, it's snowing today.

Happy birthday sweetheart!

I'm losing my mind...

Or at least my memory. As I was making coffee this morning, I started thinking, "That women's conference at the church should be soon. A whole day all alone. Sounds great." That's when it hit me: the conference was YESTERDAY. And I FORGOT. Ugh. I paid $15 to go. I was an all day affair, with speakers and lunch and time alone with my friends and my thoughts. No kids. And I FORGOT. Ugh. How could I forget? I remembered on Thursday when I met a friend for coffee and she asked which classes I was taking. But then I had MOPS Thursday night and then again on Friday morning. Then on Friday afternoon the kids had TWO birthday parties to go to and I didn't get home until 8:30 at night. I was wiped. Maybe that's when it was zapped from my memory? I was so happy to sleep in yesterday, only till 8, but when you get up at 5:45 every morning, 8 o'clock is sleeping in. But it never crossed my mind that I had anywhere to go, anything to do yesterday. I even went to CostCo with the girls and passed the church on the way and I didn't even remember. Ugh. I was really looking forward to that thing. *sigh* I don't usually forget biggies like that. I'll forget little stuff, like leaving my phone at home when I leave the house, stuff like that. But this one was a big one. How does one forget a whole day? I'm just sick over it. C'est la vive....

October Photo Album added today >>>>>

Still coughing

Can it be a week already that I've been sick? I'm getting better, but this cough is really hanging on. Ugh. Still got 3 day of antiboitics left, so I'm hoping.

The biggest thing going on in my life is MOPS. The MOPS group that I coordinator has grown as big as it can get, so I've started up a second group. A lot of work, but very needed. Mostly I've been recruiting moms from the original group to seed the new group, this time in the evening instead of the morning. Please remember us in your prayers as we continue on in this new adventure. It's a lot of work to organize one MOPS group, let alone two, so I know whatever success we have, it's all God. :)

We woke up to high winds this morning and have been treated to gusts all day. What was left of the leaves on the trees are gone and the ground is littered with them. It may be windy, but it's warmer this week. 55 today; I'm in a t-shirt and jeans. It's amazing how after facing 20 degree winters that 55 feels warm-ish. If we were still in California I'd probably by in a sweater and coat today. Thicker blood? Who knows.

I haven't scrapbooked in ages. It's sad and I miss it. I'm in a season right now where I just don't have the time. Four kids will do that to ya. And Joel and I have a lot of projects going on around the house, so those take up a lot of what would be scrapbooking time. But mostly I don't get a second to myself during the day with my tag-team nappers. Oh well, it's just a season. Sooner than I realized I know they'll all be in school and I'll miss them being around like crazy. Taking lots of pictures though!