January 9

Oops, just a little past midnight sorry. This one was taken on Christmas day. Sammy & Belle asleep together. That's a rarity.

January 8

So far so good huh. I've been having fun adding a photo each day. In fact, at times its hard to pick just one, but that is what this blog this year is all about:) So todays is our oldest baby, Mitzi. She was born October 10, 2000. A year ago we had weighed her & she came in at 20lbs. Anytime anyone new sees her, they can't believe how big she is & often have to take a picture for themselves. A friend of ours had noted, "I think Mitiz has gotten bigger" my response was that I had been thinking the same thing. So, one night I decided I would weigh her & sure enough, 22.4 lbs. She HAS gained! We have figured it must be the dog food, yes, whenever we aren't looking she goes for it, often we catch her. We have a $60 food dispenser for her but are now realizing that we are going to have to control when the dog food is down too. Like at night:)

Mitzi, you will always be Mom & Dad's baby & we love you no matter how big you are:)

January 7

Here is the project I worked on today. After having just the boys take care of their room for.....I forget, oops, well months I finally went in & gave it a good deep cleaning. Averaging 3-4 hrs a day it took me 2.5 days to clean & organize their toys, making sure everything was put away just so. Today I wanted to add a bit of color to their room. I was able to get all but one fan blades off (Jesse is going to try to get it for me tomorrow) & spray painted them red. Gives the room a little more liveliness then just white & beige/cream all over the place.

January 6

Thought today would be a great one to give you a photo of all the kiddos:)

January 5

Since I have added a photo of the rest of the family (well the humans lol) I decided to add one of me. Actually its a close up of my eye & the stye that has become my newest nuisance. I'm thinking I'm going to have to start writting it down when I do get one as it seems to be about every 3-4 months which means a little more serious prob. Found a site with some do it yourself solutions, including things I have heard of. Its probably a health food store thing, so Mom, do you know? LOL Here is the site --> http://www.ultimate-cosmetics.com/stye.htm

January 4

I meant to get one of the kids today after school but I ended up running a little late so I shot out the door with no camera & just drove to pick them up. So for todays picture, I am adding on of Emma I took last night just after she got out of the shower which she took just after I cut FIVE inches off her hair. You can also get a nice look at her owies from when she wiped out on the scooter yesterday too. She was such a big girl, just came in to get cleaned up & didn't cry at all.

January 3

Matthew just after midnight on New Years.