birthday party.

We had a perfect day on Thursday as we celebrated Madeline's first year of life. So many family and friends came to spent over and we ate, chatted, played games outside, and carefully observed her as she neatly "smashed" her cake with her tiny hands and feet. It's a beautiful thing to see the people you love all together for a party. ...

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one year ago today.

One year ago today, I was sitting in the living room of our old apartment with the air conditioner blasting, anxiously waiting for our new baby to decide to finally make an appearance. Up to this point, I had been slowly progressing and on this day last year, I was feeling especially "crampy" all day. Brenton came home from work and we watched episode after episode of 24 until I finally made the call that we were going to the hospital at about...

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honest.

Today, I'm going to share a little something that I deal with on a regular basis; something that I am realizing more and more every day. I believe this quality about me is something God is trying to turn into another way to bring Him glory. I am an on the go person. I don't sit still often and I am constantly looking for the next thing to look forward to, anything new, anything exciting and busy, wherever I can find people, a new hobby or band, or vacation etc... and I don't want to do any of it without my husband or my daughter. I am often daydreaming...

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run.

For anyone who cares, as far as I am concerned "runners high" doesn't exist and I swallowed more bugs than I care to admit last night. Sorry if this is TMI but I am almost done breast feeding and I promised myself that I would at least attempt to get into running when that season of life ends. Last night was my first run. I would consider myself to be pretty active and it is very important to me, but as a working mom, one thing I'm not willing to...

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almost one.

We're about 2 weeks away from the little one's first birthday. When they say, "it goes by so fast", they're not kidding. I plan to do a highlights from the first year post eventually, but for now, let's talk about how to plan a first birthday party for your child while wondering how you even managed to keep one alive for a whole year! First things first. For kids, many people have a themed party, and usually it's something that they're really into....

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