It is Finished

No I'm not talking about our Lord's work on the cross. Though praise God that that is finished too. What I am talking about is the wedding scrapbook. Over four years later it is done!! My goal was to have it completed before Micah was born. Obviously that didn't happen. Oh well. Now it is finished and is sitting on the shelf with all the other scrapbooks. Big sigh of relief and a big smile. It feels great to have that done.


Now on to 2009, which I have to work at gathering pictures from where I can since we lost them all when the external hard drive crashed. The bright side is that it shouldn't take me too long to finish 2009 since I no longer have that many pictures. But when I reach 2010, oh boy there are lots of pictures. No need to think about that yet though.

Mocha

"Mom I don't want a dog, I need a dog."

Shortly after I uttered those words we made a trip to the humane society and picked out Mocha (named J.C. at the time). She was just six months old and full of energy. That was July 1996. Today October 21, 2010 we had to put Mocha down. She was in a lot of pain, not wanting to move, her back legs giving out on her. Even though I don't see her all the time now, knowing she is no longer here, no longer going to excitedly greet me the next time we go to Tigard is sad.

But she was a great dog. There are many memories and laughs she gave us. I am sure some frustrations for my parents too in her early puppy years. Think of the things she chewed, the plants she dug up, the accidents in the house. Hey Mom you can get new carpet. Or how she got the name houdini because she got out of the backyard so many times, some of which we could never figure out how. She was also a very smart dog. I remember being in high school and some nights when I was home alone she would spend the whole night on the landing watching outside and all our surroundings. She knew I was alone and needing the extra attentiveness.

I laugh thinking of her at the cabin, when she didn't really know she could swim. She watched Tanner jump in and she didn't go in herself so we threw her in and sure enough she swam. We couldn't keep her out of the water after that. One time she swam what seemed like half way to the island chasing ducks. When she finally did turn around her head was barely above water once she made it back. I feel I could go on thinking of more memories we have had with Mocha.

She will be missed.

Oh No

This can't be....Micah doesn't like the OSU fight song! This video is the second time we played it for him. The first time he had the same look on his face. Does he not know the legacy he has at Oregon State. Lets recap for him, his parents went there, his grandparents went there, his great-grand parents went there and his great-great-grandpa was the head of the geology department at OSU. Now Micah doesn't have to go to Oregon State, but he at least has to like OSU. We will have to work on that.

365

There is a project/challenge the floats around the scrapbooking and photography world. It is usually know as 365. I decided to embark on this for Micah. What it entails is a picture a day for a year, 365 days. I have never seen anyone successfully complete this project. So I figure I will not put too much pressure on myself, I will just do the best I can. If I miss a day I won't worry nor stop the project. The point is to capture life, Micah's life as he grows and changes throughout the next year. I haven't told anyone other then C that I am doing this. But with more people knowing, that will keep me more motivated and committed.

So far we are at day 36. I will get those pictures up over the next few posts. I do need help though, there are many days I have multiple photos for. They are just too cute or capturing different things of that particular day. So I will need help in picking the "one" for the day. Well I guess we can start with the first day.

Day 1
Which one?? I have my opinion about each, but I won't say. I want to hear what you all think without my view.

Play Mat

Micah is busy....talking, playing, sneezing, yawning.

Operation Let Mommy Sleep

This was Micah and myself yesterday morning. He was up in the night a couple extra times. Which means we didn't get as much sleep. So after his feeding in the morning when he goes back to sleep and we usually get up, I came out to the couch in hopes of C getting more sleep and me getting a few extra winks too.

But this morning....glorious!

Micah ate around midnight and was still awake making a few noises. C then enacted Operation Let Mommy Sleep. I was unaware that this operation was in place and was commencing last night. I woke up looked at the clock and was amazed It was a little after 6am, over 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Again I say glorious! The first thing that was going through my mind was that Micah had never gone this long in between feedings. Perhaps we should move him to is room to sleep, maybe we are waking him up in the night. I got out of bed and came out to the living room to see C and Micah sleeping. So what did I do, quietly walked back to our room and got back in bed. Come on what else would I do. I was a bit engorged and leaked quite a bit, but sleeping was again glorious! An hour later C comes in with a hungry Micah, whom I happily feed. Turns out Micah didn't go that long between feedings. When he got hungry around 4am C feed him a bottle with some milk I had pumped that was in the freezer. So very thankful to C for surprising me, and letting me enjoy some extra sleep.

Tracking

Here is a funny face from today. You will also notice in the picture a little hand poking out. Micah is quite good at squirming his way out of a swaddle. But what I'm mainly posting about is this little man tracked my face today. The day before he tracked C's face. I hadn't noticed him tracking anything yet or my face. But he did today! Can he really be growing and changing already?! It is fun to see him grow but I have a feeling it will happen all too fast.

Right now I'm enjoying this