Wednesday, September 14, 2011

ONE

Dear Aryn,

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You turned ONE today!! Mommy and daddy can't believe it has been a whole year since you joined us. It has been quite the year and you have made it absolutely spectacular. We can't imagine our lives without you!

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You are absolutely hilarious and make us laugh every single day. You are so loving, and cuddly and inquisitive, and curious. You are also the fastest little crawler I've ever seen in my life! TURBO BABY!

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This past month you've gone from being a baby to a big girl. Complete with the crab crawl and climbing up on everything and banging on the computer.

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Bauer is also much better with you this past month and it makes me soo happy to see him give you little quick kisses before running away from you. 

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You are a climbing-up-the-stairs pro, and you give the best, and CUTEST kisses. 

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You are definitely a Grammy's Girl; your face lights up when Grammy comes in the room. She's like Baby Crack for you - she is full of fun and exciting games and tricks to teach you. And the smiles you give Grampy... wow. You love all of your grandparents! We went to visit Grandma Diana and Grandpa Butch this past month and you were not only a ham, raking in the attention and love, but you were a big entertainer and loved getting laughs and claps.

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Aryn and Grandma Diana

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Aryn and Grandpa Butch

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Aryn and Grampy Bob

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Aryn and Grammy Gina

Aryn, you have made this past year just phenomenal and mommy and daddy can't wait to see what this next year and every year after brings. Thank you for being you and for everything you are. You are amazing and we love you so much. Happy Birthday, sweet little Love Nugget/Monkey Face/Nugget. We love you.

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Friday, September 2, 2011

Moving, Moving, Moving

We are officially moved.

We are also officially lost in a tornado of boxes.

"Where is *this*?" is pretty much the most-used saying in our house right now. We have the spare bathroom downstairs completed, my office is closer (computer is up - that's all that matters, right?), Aryn's room just needs decorations, and our kitchen is slowly beginning to look more like a kitchen rather than a landfill.

And the television. Ryan's prized possession is the huge built-in shelving unit in our living room.

We are so grateful for our new home!! I just can't wait until it feels more like a home instead of a stress-inducing mess.

So on moving day, which was Tuesday, we got up bright and early and started the last of the packing and moving. I took down all the photos in Aryn's bedroom, and placed each picture nail on the change table beside her bed. Rush rush rush. Then at 8:30am I put Aryn down for a nap. She tried to fight it, but she eventually fell asleep. At 9:30 I heard her call out for me - she's awake!! I go in there and there are nails EVERYWHERE. I mean, everywhere - in her crib. I quickly grab them all, cursing every awful word I know in my head. I look at Aryn and she's sucking on something.

I open her mouth and lo and behold... a nail. I tried to grab it but she pulled her head away and then...

*gulp*

She swallowed that darn nail!! I stood there in complete shock, praying praying praying that she wouldn't start to choke. Thankfully, my mom was there and she stayed very calm while I cried and freaked out and I am fairly certain if she had let me, I'd have sprouted wings and flown us to the hospital.

3 x-rays and 2 days later... we had us a nail in a big pile of poop that I had to sift through.

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So it's been a very stressful, crazy week. And I'm VERY grateful that my sweet little love nugget is ok and healthy. Thank you, God!!