Happy Birthday to the Fat Dog!

One year ago today I was having nice regular contractions...

I was about to welcome our third little bundle into the world...

He has been THE BEST baby I could ever ask for and today we are celebrating him in all his one year glory. :)

(and you can read the full story of Alden's arrival HERE and HERE.)

At age one:

Alden likes to climb on the table, just to sit and see what is there.

Alden likes to eat dirt.

Alden wants to shove his fingers in the VCR.

Alden signs milk, and more please.

Alden hates carrots.

Alden loves oatmeal.

Alden loves to wrestle with daddy and his brothers.

Alden can say Mama, Dada, and night-night... but rarely does so!

Alden loves to climb up the stairs.

Alden rarely gets whiney.

Alden is almost ready to walk, almost.

Alden... we love you...

Happy Birthday Fat Dog....

Some photos from his first day, one year ago:

One last belly shot, though sadly, I think I could STILL re-enact it.

All set up and ready to go!

He is here... and I am in love!

Yes, that scale says 10lbs 6½oz. And don't leave off the ½, I want full credit! ;0

The proud Daddy. We are a great team, and I could never do this without him.

The cutie pie...

And yesterday afternoon... eating dirt, but still cute...

So... HAPPY

BIRTHDAY

ALDEN JUSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And a glorious time was had by all...

So, I have become THE slackingest blogger I know. (Ah, but I gave you new wordage right off the bat - slackingest)

I do have some good reasons...

the sun - it was out,which meant my kids were wanting to be outside. Since I don't have a laptop, and I realized the hard way PCs don't like extension cords, I was outside alot.

the rain - it rained alot thanks to hannah, gustav, and other strangely named hurricanes. I say we name them all more unkindly... like Jezebel, Lucifer, etc... then we could say things like, "That stinking Jezebel! Tore my roof off!" When you use the sweeter names, it just loses something, "That stinking Hannah, she flooded our basement!" See, Hannah just cannot sound as cruel coming out as Jezebel. Apologies to all Jezebels reading this.

And finally... I was out of town...

I was with these three...


Having a blast at Scrapfest at the Mall of America.

Don't let anyone fool you either, Minneapolis is a very cool city with a great downtown area. Of course, Micah did say that you could only enjoy its coolness three months out of the year before it was buried in snow...

Really, here are some things I learned...

Chrissy and I are great travel partners. We got to ride the Chicago to MN plane together and had much fun,despite the fact that I almost puked on her. Note, if you have a friend you can survive air travel with, hold onto them...

Beth is the most thoughtful and amazing hostess ever. I will seriously never forget how truly kind she is and how special she made us feel. And hello, she even bought me candy corn.

Nicole and I share a mutual hatred of wet toilet seats. LOL. Plus, she gave each of us the Ali book... now I ask you, is there even a word for friends like this?

So, we had a grand time, and will always remember fun things like...

Cherry picking - move left, now right, now left a bit...

I am a narcoleptic, this is my helper, she has to come to class with me.

Who does Beth know now?

Bacon Bits, good for the belly, not for the sink...

Did I fall asleep again?

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And finally, here are some scrapations (scrap + creations = scrapations.)

All the goodies used to made these came from the lovely store Memorable Seasons.

The site is having an on-line crop 9/27... come, scrap, win free stuff. Ok, ad over... ;)

Until next time, when I will share the harrowing tales of the airport...