HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We had a pretty boring New Year's Eve. Rece went to bed at 8 and Tony and I sat and watched the ball drop on TV then went to bed about 10 min. later. And today we had a pretty relaxing day. And of course we had sauerkraut and pork for dinner. Well, Rece didn't really care for the sauerkraut, but he ate plenty of potatoes.

And this was 1 year ago today! Look how big he has gotten!





In less than 1/2 an hour it will be my baby's 2nd birthday! I can't believe it. It doesn't seem possible and it is so bittersweet. Stay tuned for at least a week of birthday posts! We will be going out to dinner tomorrow night and his party is on Saturday.

A Year in a glimpse

I got this idea from mama-c-ta and I thought it was cute. It is the first sentence from the first post of each month. Click on the month to see the whole post. I did the same thing over at the baby's website.

January My "Happy New Year" hat is just a little big for me ; )
February Today I had a playdate with Cade and Keegan and Samuel.
March Tomorrow Rece will be 14 months!!!
April Well of course he would fall and hit his eye right before pictures!
May Look how grown up he looks.
June Well we have had a slightly rough week this week.
July Yummy Fries!!!
August HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE JEFFREY!!
September GO BUCKS!!
October This weekend we went up to visit friends and see my nephew, Gabriel, get baptized.
November Well, I was hoping to get better pictures of him while trick or treating, but the weather was really crappy and wet, so we went down about 1 1/2 streets which was plenty.
December We were in a pinch...... ...so we hired some help!

More Halloween Fun!

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We carved pumpkins on Wednesday. Rece did not care at all about doing this. He just ran around the garage and picked up rocks while I carved them. And this was the best picture we could get of him with the pumpkins. He appeared to be a little frightened of them. So trick or treat will be interesting.

Where were you?

Where were you 5 years ago today?
Well, Rece wasn't around, but someday this will be in his history books and he is sure to ask me where his mom and dad were when this happened. This is one of those events that you will never forget where you were.

I was in college for my second year. I was driving to school I guess when it was actually happening. It was an eventful morning for me before I had even heard about it. I got to school and ran to my class as I was running a little late. But as soon as I got there they told everyone to go home. So I still didn't know what was going on. But when I went to get my car, it had been towed! So, I walked home and had to go visit my landlord and that is where I saw what was going on, in his apartment on his TV. The whole time we were driving to get my car, I was thinking, don't these people know what is going on, isn't there more important things to worry about besides where cars are parked? In the events of that day, my car getting towed was a miniscule event, but I will never forget it.

Tony was in class as it was happening. He had to sit through two classes that morning. He was released after the second class, Anthropology. He went home and turned the TV on to see what was going on and that is when he learned what had happened. He watched TV with his roommate for quite awhile until we had to go pick up my car.

I couldn't help but think Thank God that I didn't know anyone in NYC, but as it turned out my uncle was at the Pentagon. Thank goodness he is still with us but he did get hurt, burned up his back. He was a firefighter helping people while all this happened. He has some great pictures of that day, but I am sure he will never need pictures to remember. He was there when the plane hit, he saw it all.

Teeth and Saucers

Just wanted to show a size comparison. The first picture is May last year and the second is 2 days ago! Good thing the saucer converts! Check out his height next to the arch that goes over the saucer!



















































I finally got a picture of all 6 of his teeth!! It only took about 10 tries!

Tomorrow Rece will be 14 months!!! I don't see how that is possible. These subsequent months after the one year have seemed more surreal than that one year mark itself. I guess now because he is approaching toddlerhood! But I never did this whole "look back" thing for his one year so here it is. The first is his birth picture then there is every month 1 through 13, then a daddy picture and a mommy picture! Enjoy, I sure have these last 14 months!!