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An Amnesty Blog Post

Yes, yes, I know.  I did it again.  It has been brought to my attention, on more than one occasion, that I have been woefully neglectful of our family blog.  So, I am declaring an amnesty blog, a catch-up of sorts in a single blog post.  Our last blog post came back in January when we posted Hailey’s 9-month pictures.  Since then, we celebrated my 35th birthday, our 5th wedding anniversary, Valentine’s Day, both mothers-in-law’s birthdays and a sister-in-law's birthday.  This month we will celebrate Hailey’s first birthday and Brenda’s birthday. 

I have stayed very busy with work, including lots of travel.  So far this year, I have traveled to Iowa, Arizona, Louisiana and Oregon.   I am tentatively scheduled to add trips to Virginia, Minnesota and return trips to Iowa and Oregon before the summer.  It is very hard to be away from my girls, but I do really enjoy my job, including the travel.

Grace just finished her first Spring  Break, a definite taste of things to come.  Brenda and  I are extremely pleased with our decision to send Grace to a 3-day per week preschool.  She has really opened up and come out of her shell with all the social interaction she gets now.  She loves her school and is looking forward to going all 5 days each week next year.  Next week, we have our first Daddy/Daughter dance at her school.  She and I are both looking forward to it!

Hailey is “this close” to walking.  I was actually afraid she might get up and take off while I was away in Oregon.  She will stand up in the middle of the floor, and she walks well with the assistance of a steady hand, chair or a walker.  She is such a fun and happy little girl.  We definitely detect a stubborn streak that will serve her well as she competes for attention with her sister.  She doesn’t have the early vocabulary that Grace had at her age, but she has this studious contemplation about her that leads me to believe she will end up being dumb like a fox.  Nothing escapes her!

Brenda is the anchor of our busy household.  I don’t know how she does it, but she keeps up with the girls and she keeps me in line.  It is a full-time job just keeping up with the many, many directions my mind takes us, but she manages to do so almost effortlessly as well as managing the girls, the house and her own job. 

Brenda reminded me that we have pictures still on our camera going back to Christmas.  Looks like an “Amnesty Photo Album” will be coming soon as well!

I hope everyone has a fantastic Easter, and has a moment to reflect on the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior and the glorious miracle of the resurrection.  Oh, and don’t eat too many Peeps and chocolate bunnies.

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