Do you remember when I wrote this?

We have a sweet, sweet friend who has been trying to have a baby for some time now. She’s suffered two miscarriages and what was thought to be a third. But, praise my sweet Jesus! that baby kept growing despite a drop in HGC levels. God is good! He is sweet and gentle and knows our deepest desires and wants to fulfill them in His precious time. She is 10.5 weeks pregnant and is due right around my birthday.

Well… here he is!

After being told that she had miscarried this little baby, our sweet friend Samantha and her husband Sam (so cute, right?) welcomed their new, precious gift into this world on September 30, 2008. Weighing in at (get this!) 10 pounds and 6 ounces!!

God is so good, y’all. So good.

Tada! She is one today!
At 11:44pm tonight, my sweet daughter will turn one.
Oh my how the days are long but the years are so short.

Thank you Jesus, for loving me, for giving me this precious gift.

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I did have a fabulous rest of my birthday! Although my crock pot was not turned on those 8 hours, so my roast did not roast. My sweet hubby took me to Carabas for dinner instead. So yummy. Get the Chicken Bryan. We even had my sister watch the girls. It was pretty special, because we hardly ever go out without the girls.

My mom brought a birthday cake over, my sister, brother in law, niece and brother came over to wish my a happy birthday. Super nice.

It’s a great way to enter the “mid to late twenties”.

So, I’m needing a fresh look, don’t you think? Those pictures were from SPRING. Now it’s fall. October 1. So strange.

I need something sweet and cute and not so expensive.

So, the question is (and be sure to answer it, you never know when I might give some free Uppercase Living away!), who is your favorite blog designer ?

So far, today has been full of awesome. I would type aweseomfull, because that’s been the type of day it’s been.

I had a wonderful call by my bestfriend Tiffany this morning, singing me Happy birthday with her sweet son Skyler. Lovely.

Then my sweet friend April sent me a text inviting me to lunch. Our friends Steph, Sadie, Malinda, Lee and Mari were all there too. My kids didn’t scream or throw a fit. I think sitting outside made it so much easier. I will remember to always eat on the patio of anywhere we go. April gave me the SWEETEST gift of FIVE HOURS of FREE babysitting. That’s awesome.

AND, you know what makes today the most awesome so far? It’s 2pm and both of my girls are in their beds sleeping. Taking a nap and letting their, now old, momma rest as well. And plan Little Sister’s first birthday party (she’ll be one on Thursday!).

It’s been great, y’all. And since we’re having roast, potatoes and carrots for dinner - it’s already in the crock pot, so I don’t have to worry about that at all!

Yay!

Want to see a picture I took this morning?

I’m trying to pick out pictures for Little Sister’s birthday invitations, but the only time Little Sis smiles is when she’s crawling on her hands & feet or when she’s trying to walk.

Maybe I can get more after she wakes up from her napparoo.

Little Sister took her first steps today. And they aren’t just steps, they are more like mini sprints. Yes, I realize sprints are small anyways, but they are smaller than small.

After taking Big Sister to pre-school, we came home, napped then PLAYED! Oh man, it was so nice to just sit and play peek a boo and patty cake and crawl around with just her. I am so blessed to be able to have two days of alone time with Little Sister. And so blessed to have 5 days of alone time with Big Sister (thank you naps!).

Anyways, I would have taken pictures but I was too busy hollaring and clapping and doing it over and over again.

Oh my. In just one week. One small, 7 day week, I will have a toddler. I real-live toddler, replacing my baby. My itty bitty baby.

Remember when I said I didn’t want anymore babies? Heaven help us…