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Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Our Little Bird turned ONE this week! Wow! Yikes! Phew! Amazing!

Daddy and I (yes, he's home! more on that later ;p) have been walking around in a bit of a daze, looking at each other and saying with no small wonder, "We have a daughter; she's one!"  It's a shock to the system I tell ya'.

She's been saving up, too.  Despite our valiant efforts to get our bird signing since day one, the most interest she's shown to date is a general look of what-on-earth-are-you-doing.  In the last week our toothless munchkin (yes, still zero chompers) has suddenly started signing MORE, ALL-DONE, and NIGHT-NIGHT consistently, with some MILK, MAMA, SHHH, and PLEASE tossed in randomly.  She's also started climbing in and out of her chairs by herself, asking us for food by walking to her chair and waiting, blowing kisses, waving bye-bye, and occassionally telling people "Hi!" in her tiny little voice.  What happened to our baby?!  When did this little toddler sprout up in her place?  When did rattles get traded in for toy trucks and colored pencils?

Little Bird (I've decided to dub her this on the blog because of her adorable habit of bouncing her head up and down like a baby bird when she's waiting for food) has the habit of breaking out with skills I had no idea she could do.  Like eating with a spoon.  By herself.  At 10 1/2 months.  After having been spoon-fed less than 5 times in her life.  Yeah.

I'm kindof afraid to see what she comes up with next - driving? Can I vote for doing the dishes?  How 'bout making the beds?  Hmm... should look into those :P.

Well, baby girl we are proud of you and we love you and we are so blessed to have you!  Happy 1st Birthday!

Oh Sure, Why Not

Just in case you wanted to know all the inner workings of my mind at 11:10 on a Friday night :).


(Borrowed from WifeofaSailor)


1. What do you usually want to know about someone when meeting them for the first time?

Do they speak English?  If so, we'll go from there.  If not, well... we'll have to get creative :).  If I manage to goof up first impressions as often as I do, I imagine other people might not be too keen on them either.  How about we just sit down and chat for awhile :).

2. Would you rather know everything about your spouse, or be regularly surprised?

I think it's impossible to know everything about anyone, even myself!  People are constantly changing and (hopefully) growing, that's part of what makes us human.  I love getting to know my husband more and more every day and look forward to a lifetime of sharing and growing with him!  When we were at our pre-cana retreat (marriage prep - it was wonderful) one of the speakers shared an image with us.  It was a simple triangle, with the husband on one bottom corner, the wife on the other bottom corner, and God at the peak.  The closer we grow toward God, the closer we grow toward each other.  This has proven so true and I try to remember that if I want to get closer to my husband, the best way is by reaching out for God.  Talk about regular surprises!

3. If you could live in one city for the rest of your life, where would you live?

Ummm... no.  No city.  I don't even want to SEE city from my house.  How about a general middle of the mid-west, USA.  With mountains.  And green.  Lots and lots of green.

4. When you go out of town, what one material thing do you ALWAYS take?

Books.  Although now that we have a little one?  Diapers. ;p

5. Using no more than 10 nouns, and ONLY nouns, describe yourself.

• Catholic
• mother
• wife
• reader
• baker
• creator
• camper
• treehugger
• dreamer
• protector

Now it's your turn :).  Don't forget to link up here:  http://wifeofasailor.com/2011/01/21/milspouse-friday-fill-in-27/

Fiddling

not on the roof :P.  Please forgive any confusion on this blog for the next little bit - I'm trying to figure out how to add tabs so I can have other pages on the blog but make them look different.  It's a work in progress.

Snippets

I haven't posted recently - well at least not anywhere other than in my head.  Will try and get something more substantial up here soon.  Mothering takes up lots of time and energy!  Loving it though :).  In the mean time, back to enjoying the much-needed shoulder rub from my amazing husband :D.

Why I'm here

Ok, so here's the deal.  I don't like to write.  I live in Japan.  Our baby girl is 3 months old.  I need a place to vent.  So.  Here I am :).  I'd be lying if I said I really don't care what other people think of this blog, but I'm not really writing it for other people, either.  I've enjoyed following a few blogs I've recently discovered, and each has provided me good food for thought.  Mostly I was amazed at the commaraderie and support available through the blogging community.  As a young, Catholic, cloth-diapering, homeschooling (okay, so she's still tiny but learning happens from before birth!), military wife living overseas it can be kindof challenging to find that kind of support in person.  I LOVE living overseas but it does have its drawbacks :P.  So THANK YOU to those of you who've bared your souls for people like me to read.  You've helped me feel connected, validated, and real.  Perhaps somewhere along the line another cluttered mind will stumble upon my blog and find something in it that helps him/her too :).  In the mean time I make no guarrantees of frequent or predictable posting or that the posts will even make sense.  Thanks and feel free to stop by, comment, ask questions, or whatever (just please be nice :) ).

God bless!