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2 years ago today, my second little angel baby was born. She made me work a little harder than the first. And that still holds true today. She is a spunky, opinionated, independent little two year old. Due to some complications after her birth, she got to bond with her daddy for about an hour before I could hold her. And she is a daddy's girl, that is for sure. 

She absolutely lights up our lives. Her sense of humor kills me. She is so funny. She makes us all laugh out loud just about every day. She loves her big sister and copies everything she does. She adores her baby brother and greets him every morning with a "Moning li'l buddy".

I am so proud to be her mother. She is such a blessing in our lives and I can't imagine it without her in it. 

Happy Birthday G.G.!

We love you with all of our hearts!

Mommy, Daddy, Sophie and Shep

12

12 years ago today, September 12th at 1:23 p.m., my first angel baby was born. She was a hefty 9 pounds 8 ounces. She came quietly and quickly. She cried a little but then they handed her to me. And my life was forever changed. I remember one of the first things I said to her was, " We are gonna have so much fun". I just knew she would be my little partner. My best little friend. And she has been. She made me a mother. And I am forever grateful that she is my daughter. 

Happy Birthday Sophie Sunshine!

We love you so much

Mom, Dad, G.G. and Shep

sweet mornings

just hanging out together

Just a bit of advice

If your pre-teen daughter decides she really, really , really wants bangs, " just like yours mom"... don't cut them for her yourself. Because she will hate them and she will leave for school in the mornings crying because she "can't do anything with these bangs!!! ".

And oh the guilt you will feel.

Smile!

I think G.G. is just starting to understand the concept of smiling for a picture.

I think it's the cutest little smile I've seen. She's trying so hard.

A tooth!!

I just noticed last night that Shep has a tooth that popped through.

Don't grow up too fast, little guy!

Relief

... that is what I feel right now. The past week and a half has been crazy! We started off last Saturday with Josh waking up not feeling well. By that evening he was in so much pain we went to the emergency room to have them release him at 3 am with no diagnosis. Sunday was horrible for him so on Monday we got in to see his DR. They immediately admitted him to the hospital with an infection that required IV antibiotics. So he was in there until Tuesday night.  They let him come home but he was ordered to rest for the week. 

He went back to the DR this past Monday and they released him to head back to work this week. Today is his first day back. It was a really scary couple of days for us. I am SOOO happy he is ok. 

This picture of G.G. just kind of sums up the week in our house. Josh not feeling well and resting, me nursing a baby and Sophie started middle school. The toddler had free reign. 

Let me just say I can't believe my little Sophie is in middle school. She switches classes every class and has a locker. This has been a huge deal for her and her friends. She was even quizzing Josh and me about when do we think she should go back to her locker. After every class or every two classes? It is really cute how new and exciting everything is for her. I love it. I miss her so much though. I wish I was brave enough to homeschool, just to have her with me all the time. I'm sure she would have none of that though. She's a very independent, social girl.

The two little ones are doing well. Just growing and growing every day. I can't stand it. G.G. is really into identifying all her colors right now. She talks all the time and just makes me laugh every day. She loves to sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" in this really funny voice because she knows it cracks me up. She is also running, climbing and jumping constantly. She had a couple of big falls off the couch the other day, so we'll see if any lessons were learned there.

Little Shep is just my precious baby boy. Nurses like a champ and sleeps all night. A couple of nights ago he woke up at around 11 pm and then again at 4 in the morning. I think he is beginning to teethe. He's been a little cranky lately. He just rolled over from back to tummy a couple of days ago.  He smiles all the time and we are just enjoying every moment of his babyhood. The milestones are exciting but I'm sure not rushing them! :)