Betsy’s 1st Birthday Party

Thanks to everyone who helped with the party and to everyone who came to help us celebrate Betsy’s 1st birthday! Our little girl successfully turned 1. It was a really wonderful party.  But I can totally see the wisdom in either hiring a photographer ($$$) or having a friend on photo duty.  I got some … [Read more…]

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  Party Paper Circles I did a lot of crafting and party supply searching today.  It’s fun to work on a project that has visible results like this and I am really enjoying it.  Originally I wanted Betsy’s party to be craft paper and neon themed.  It still is, but as I started collecting things … [Read more…]

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  10 Months Up until today I think I’ve taken her monthly photos on the day, but our trip meant waiting until a few days after her official 10 month birthday.  So today Betsy is 10 months and 3 days old.  I love her.

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Great Grandpa Don My kids are so fortunate to have both sets of grandparents, 2 great grandpas and a great grandma.  I am glad that we spent a few days in Richvale after the wedding so that both Betsy and Carson could get a little more great grandpa time.  

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  Smiles for Daddy I had to get Ben to talk to Betsy to get some of these good smiles this evening.  While she was eating dinner Ben was talking on the phone.  She kept craning her head around to try to see him instead of eating.  She would get a huge grin on her … [Read more…]

Betsy: 5 & 6 Months

Since I’ve been keeping a daily diary of sorts I don’t have to remember everything about the last 2 months of our life with sweet baby Betsy, which is good because I couldn’t if I tried!  Blogging daily (almost) has given me the ability to remember the day to day as I reflect back on … [Read more…]