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Sally had a fun filled birthday celebration yesterday! Thank you for making her feel extra special with gifts, cards, phone calls and messages.  This little lady sure is loved!

walkin' on sunshine!

Thanks Teeny for the adorable 2 shirt!!

Birthday Celebration and Nana & Grandpa's!

Had to get every last little piece of wrapping paper off the top!

Birthday Celebration and Grandma & George's

Loves to be sung Happy Birthday to!

Clearly the cake is way more important!

It was a great Mother's day yesterday as well.  Once you become a mom the appreciation for your own mom goes to a whole new level! Thank you mom, for teaching me all that I need to know to be a wonderful mother.  If I can do half as good of a job as you did, I'll do great! Loved this poem, so I thought I'd share!

Before I was a Mom,
I never tripped over toys
or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never peen puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind
and my thoughts.
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held down a screaming child
so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary yes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night
watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom,
I never held a sleeping baby just because
I didn't want to put her down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces
when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small
could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love something so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom,
I didn't know the feeling of
having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel
to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond
between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small
could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night
every ten minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth,
the joy,
the love,
the heartache,
the wonderment
or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,
before I was a Mom.

Happy 2nd Birthday Sally Ann!

Sally's Newest Friend

Annie Claire entered the world late Wednesday morning.  I was very excited to meet the newest little one and soak up all her goodness!

Isn't she perfect?

I've still got the touch!

Lucy's a BIG sister! And a GREAT one at that!

Congratulations Mary, Brad and Lucy, she's absolutely perfect! We're so happy for you all!

We're head to Alex for the weekend, to celebrate a wedding and a little one around here is turning TWO!! Oh yeah, and it's Mother's Day :)

Hope to have Sally's second year video up by Monday! Happy weekend Friends!

Sun Goddess

Sally has been loving the nice spring weather that has finally arrived!

Heading to the park for a play date with some of our friends from ECFE

Her new love-Easter bonnet

On our way home from a snack at the local snack shop, we were stopped by a train. The kids were highly entertained, Sally was talking about it hours after!

Biker Chick

...with pink sparkly shoes and a picture of Barbie on the side of her bike :)

Celebrating Daddy

Last week was Daddy's birthday.  We went to Benihana to celebrate.  It was Sally's first time.  She thoroughly enjoyed it, as well as the people at our table.  She was hilarious.  Calling the Chef by name, eating almost as much as Mommy and Daddy!

Here are a few pictures of our time there.

Arriving in style

What are you looking at?

slurping soup

Cheering on Chef Ray

Helping sing Happy Birthday to Daddy

Playing with Cousins