Jocelyns-One-Year Give-Birth-Day

Oops....is that selfish of me to say? Did I really just turn Aria's birthday into something for me me me? I'm pretty good at doing that for most everything.....ahh....the crux of human nature....Anyway, what i REALLY think of as I reflect on Aria's little life is that I am so proud of her and I think she is so cute and sweet and smart already...and she handled her birthday with such graceful humility, she was a great hostess for her party, she let her papa's and nanas and mimis and aunties hold her and play with her and she smiled as we sang to her, she ate her cake and opened her presents without freaking out at ALL....then she just peacefully went to sleep :) It was a good day, a proud day for the mommies and the daddies....even though we didn't do anything, God did - but He entrusted us with such great little humans.....

This is Ellie and her cousin Sterling - they look alot alike in real life, I'm not sure if that comes through in the photo, but these two play like siblings and look like siblings too...good thing, cuz ellie will never have a big brother, although she reallyy wants a little brother, she keeps telling me....to which i reply, um, uh, ok, maybe, i don't know, ellie, isn't aria enough?

just curious

is it sacreligiuos to put organic tomato soup in the microwave?

who's who?

Which one is Ellie and which one is Aria? Is it an easy guess or no?



here's ellie this year. oh my, she does the princess thing quite well.

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Breakfast: referring to Stoneyfield Farms "YoBaby" Yogurt that she is INHalINg, ellie, the supposed three and a half year old, says "this is Yo-big girl" and she kackles.....
Dinner: one of the first evening meals she has actually eaten in weeks, she looks up from her "Lil-Entree" of Turkey, green bean dices and sweet potatoes and says "this is the bomb" and closes her eyes and sighs a silent laugh at her strategic and appropriate use of vernacular...