For you dear Cynthia...

How time flies. Paul's birthday and Gracie's birthday were this week. Baseball camp at our pastors home last week, dentist appt's, newborn puppies, a crying baby, new chore system and a bunch of "issues" that took time. I'm not complaining, I'm justifying. July is always like this, isn't it mothers? Everyday, it seems, the calender has SOMEthing on it and this is the point I start looking forward to September...did I say that out loud? I love my summers, but man, they can get busy and I function best when life is simple.

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July 15th

Something clicked.

My hurrica...I mean my baby girl turned two this week ....Oook at dat...a seepy?(he's sleeping?)...o.k., fine...a ho'em(can I hold him?)...heso cuuuuute...bebee toy...dere dee go(there you go) two, fee, five, six, seven, two, five, six! Every household common noun is remarkably stated with clarity, she knows most her animals, too, and this week we can understand her! Where did this come from?!

Last week she'd stop, turn to you and babble out a long serious sentence and we'd all pat her on the head and say "Yes Gracie, that is right!" We knew there was something to her madness for if asked to say it again she'd repeat the exact gabble from the previous sentence, so SHE knew what she was saying.

"Baf gen mom?" Yes, Gracie, a second bath today.

Cake! Cake!

Happy birthday to meeee.....

Do not ask what the purpose of that metal thing in her right hand is for.

And that , my dear, is how you ended up in the bath twice in one day.

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I'm four months old today!! Still crying, but I'll kick that bad habit any day now. I'm 16lbs 1 oz - 26.5" tall and mamma's back is starting to hurt when she carries me in the Bjorn...go figure. I'm growing faster than her back muscles can strengthen. I can roll both ways, hold and chew on my toys, drool like the dickens, and I am ready to start sitting up. I just wish my body would cooperate. Mommy says I still have a couple months before I can do it, but I don't believe her. I must be the most adorable child that has entered this home in a long time becuase I can make any child turn around, no matter how grumpy they are, and come back to compliment me on my looks.

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July 14th
My husband is 38, hokey pete, that is old.

I can't believe I am married to a 38 year old man.

I mean, like, I feel I am still 25...

that is the problem, I "feeeeel" though I'm not.

Sigh.

They did it again. The night of Paul's birthday the V's called and said they were coming over with cake to celebrate his birthday. After driving 30 min they "popped" over with their two beautiful daughters and brought all the fix'ens for strawberry shortcake, including the trick candles. YUM!

After a dinner out with the whole family, text messages every half an hour from each child and a few other little things, we celebrated his birthday quietly, without much fanfare...but in two more years, you better hang on to your britches.

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How is that Cynthia? ;)