Life doesn't slow down for anyone. Blogging can get away from a person while it's happening.
Your dad is full force at camp. He is ending the second week today and has the final week coming. Your grandma is coming to visit to help him with camp all next week. He is exhausted and we're both teetering. Most important part is we have a great amount of love for each other. When life gets tough, it's the softest place to fall back.
I've been dealing with my identity being stolen and used for tax purposes. Back in February, Dads and I filed our 2011 taxes only to find out that someone else had used my name, address, and social security number to file their own taxes and attempt to get a refund. Guard your social security number with an iron fist as much as possible. I still don't know how they got mine but they did. Do your best to keep it safe once you are living on your own! Never carry your SS card in your wallet; lock it up somewhere in your house. Never EVER give it to anyone over the phone or email unless you are calling the IRS or Social Security Administration. Do what you can to not use it as an "I.D" number. Plenty of other ways. I digress...so it's almost July and Dads and I still haven't received our refund from Federal nor State. The mucked up part is my credit score is virtually perfect. It tells me this person is really only using it to work! Grandpa joked that at least they are contributing to my social security benefits. Just like my dad to say that :). As for my vote, I'd like to tell the illegal fucker to get their own goddamn identity. Don't have a permit to work in the US? Then STAY in your native country!!
You are official a walker! We'll say you walked at 10 1/2 months. You started Frankenstein-walking a week or so ago. I marked your calendar with a "First Steps" sticker. I keep imagining how I would feel to have all this info in my older years about myself as a baby and I'm hoping you are finding it interesting and valuable. No new words; you're still saying "Uh-Oh" sometimes when you drop things. You understand quite a bit though even if you can't talk back. You know, "Milk" "Oatmeal" "Puffs".
Last weekend on Saturday we took you on the G'Night Ride in Longmont sponsored by Bicycle Longmont. You rode in a little Burley trailer behind Dads' bike and you hated the helmet. Once we got going, you fell asleep for the entire 10 miles. I forgot to take pictures. Bad Mommy! Sunday morning you took 3 short naps then Sunday night you went to bed at 7:30pm and woke up at 8:30am Monday morning. We've never seen you so exhausted! We hope you caught up on your sleep.
Current favorite foods: Oatmeal and 2 egg yolks for breakfast. Puffs, Honeycomb cereal, and cheddar Goldfish. I put everything we eat in front of you and you pretty much throw it off your tray. Whole, small pieces of fruit, cheese, vegetables, meat...all get picked up and deliberately dropped from your tray as if saying, "No, thank you, I prefer this raspberry on the floor, Mama." Tooth #7 is popping up on the bottom left next to your two teeth in the middle.
We are planning your 1st birthday party! I will definitely take lots of pictures. Our friends, the Brayshaws, are having it at their house. SO excited. Catered BBQ because it's easier and just as cheap to buy all the food at Costco. And it's better than being a slave to the grill for the entire party. I'm still debating what kind of cake to make you. Vanilla or Chocolate? Maybe white cake with chocolate frosting? The theme is "Stache Bash". Everyone is wearing a mustache!
In July, we're meeting Gremily and Brucie in New Mexico for a vacation. I hope they come back with us for your party!
I can't imagine another kid who gets as many kisses as you do everyday. Every time I pick you up, you're getting a head kissy. You push Dads away sometimes but just because his face is prickly. Your smile lights up our world and your scrunchy face you make makes us laugh.
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