{Manic Monday} 7th Ed.

Can you believe it's been a few weeks since the last edition of Manic Monday? I can! I feel like I have been in recovery from moving, 1st birthday, and back-to-school madness. I have definitely been feeling the effects of being a fulltime teacher, mom, and business owner. It's actually been a tough month and I'm hoping to find a balance in it all. I'm not sure what gives but I'm thinking about it all and changes are in store. Not sure what they are yet but I'm entertaining several possibilities.
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Last Sunday I met up with my girlfriends and their families at the Long Beach pumpkin patch. It was so fun to watch all the kiddies run around and play. It was one of the moments in parenting when I couldn't believe my little baby was already running, jumping in the bouncey house, and on her first amusement ride! She seemed so grown up. And so happy!

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I'm amazed that Brooklyn changes each day. She most recently has said "yo gabba", "boo", and giving kisses to me & Dan.

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Here are a just a few shots from her 1st birthday party, since I have yet to have time to post them. Thanks to Amanda P for the photos. She clearly was not into her birthday cake and was so upset about getting her little hands dirty with frosting. HaHa! Poor baby.

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I seriously can't believe that I turned to see Brooklyn feeding her baby doll a bottle today. I was shocked! There are two younger babies at day care now and of course the arrival of LuLu. I wonder if she learned this at daycare of if she just thought to do it herself from watching all of the other babies. At any rate, it was really sweet.

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I was so excited to receive my Blog2Print editions in the mail yesterday. It took 5 minutes to create and I now have volumes 1 (2007) & 2 (2008). I never knew the value of blogging my life when I started but now I do. I'm so grateful to have my life and adventures documented.