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Clara’s One year Video

YouTube will not take movies larger than 10 minutes.  So here is her video, all 26 minutes of it.

 

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Last year…

This time last year, we were hanging out at Children’s Hospital, riding out the early stages of labor induction while watching movies on the laptop. One of them was “Little Miss Sunshine”, which we found excellent and hilarious, but which we had to keep pausing every 5 minutes when the nurses came in, because of all the F-bombs.

And now the reason for that little hospital visit is sitting in the highchair next to me, ONE YEAR OLD, waving her pancake at me menacingly because I won’t let her have my Diet Coke. (mean mommy!) Time goes too fast at this age, even more so for the second baby. We have sincerely enjoyed the heck out of this year!

Happy Birthday Clara!!

Pancakes Machine

Here is one for you Lizzie.  We will have to save our pennies.

Pancakes. Delicious and Fresh – ChefStack – Home.

Duffs

Liz just confirmed it.  On a tip from one of my coworkers, Liz drove by the location of an old Ponderosa restaurant near Dick Road and George Urban Blvd.  Duffs is coming!  How dangerous it will be having one 5 minutes away we will never know.

Quick

I have been back to work for 3 days now. I kind of wish I was still on vacation.

Buffalo Band concert tonight! I will have to play better than last week.

Clown Band parade in Tonawanda was fun. I could have played better though.

Florida July 2009

Here is the movie created from video and a few pictures from our activities and fun while in Cocoa Beach, Florida.  A big Thank You to Mom and Dad Steele for treating us to a wonderful vacation.  I only wish we could have seen the shuttle while there.

All of the stills can be found in our Gallery.

4th of July

It has been a busy, busy week-end.  Check out our gallery for pictures.

Buffalo Zoo Video

Our visit to the Zoo on Sunday

Sleeping arrangements…

It’s been a busy few weeks! A larger update coming soon… in the meantime, couldn’t let this gem go un-posted:

Anna: Oh I really miss Aubrie. I love her so much. I really really miss her Daddy.

John: Well Anna, you’re going to see her in only FIVE days for the fireworks!

Anna: I am?? Oh that’s so nice! Can Aubrie sleep at our house? She can sleep in my bed with me, because I have two pillows and two blankets.

John: Um, well, you do have two, that’s true. She could stay over with us sometime I think.

Anna: Oh yes. That would work. And Tyler can sleep with Clara! *pause for thought* And Kristen can sleep with Mommy and Daryl can sleep with you, Daddy!

John: Uh, well, Daryl and Kristen always sleep together, and Mommy and Daddy always sleep together. But otherwise that sounds like a good plan.