Sunny Days Ahead

On a sad/frustrating note, I got rejected from MyZip blogger. Apparently there were several people applying to be 97116 and I failed to live up to their standards. I'm somewhat disappointed, though I can't tell if it's more due to the rejection or not getting the opportunity to post. I was rather excited about writing about this smallish, quaint village I'm immersed in. And $50/month to do it would be great. On the other hand, rejection sucks.
Oh well, sunny days are ahead and I should spend all my time out-of-doors playing with the little one and working on the garden. Next I will post pictures of the garden so you can witness my amazing (-ingly slow) progress!

Baby Walking

Consider this a neck exercise. It's worth it.

First Steps

This evening Isabella took her first steps. We're not talking stumbling here. She held on to a chair and concentrated very hard on walking towards me. It took several tries but she was very excited by the whole process and kept at it until she finally took those first steps. After THAT, she was ecstatic. In no time she was taking 6 and 7 steps before falling (and mostly that was because she had reached my arms and so had felt it was no longer necessary to keep herself upright).
We are in deep trouble people.
Never-the-less, I am thrilled and so is her father. I expect you are all thrilled too. Hopefully we will videotape and post it tomorrow.
Don't call me for a couple days, though, please. I just had my wisdom teeth removed and it hurts to talk. Thanks.

Picture Catch-Up

Cutie pie.

Serious pie.

Quite a year so far.

Out of focus but I couldn't resist.

John and James acting like strangers.
Amazingly, Rob was still convinced he would put his feet in the water. The torrential downpour soon after this photo was taken stopped him though.
Aww, Dad and I.Isabella had this expression the whole time we were at the bowling alley.

The Good Sell

It may look like I've sold out. True, I am no longer on a moral high ground (if I ever was), but I've realized that there are times in life when the high ground is actually just a molehill and not a mountain.
Things that are important to me these days: my family, my friends, my cats, my house. Notice "feeling superior" is not on there. Neither is money, of course, but I kind of need it to take care of three of the four important things. If it makes you feel any better, I am also back into writing every day in the hopes that I might be able to sell that too. And soon I may be posting "resume help for a nominal fee" on craigslist. John says I'm good at it. So there.
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