Holly

Almost eight years ago we brought home our second child and second girl to our family. It still amazes me that it has been eight years since we had Holly. She is a very strong child, she lets you know her opinion on things and loves to push your buttons. She loves to play outdoors with her friends and loves to do art. She does like to talk a lot and has an attitude but if she didn't I would wonder if she was really mine. Everyone says she looked like her daddy when she was born and even called her little mike which didn't sit well with mike since he thought his daughter looked like a girl and not a boy. Now as she grows older I think she is looking more and more like me and my sisters, people I grew up with take one look at her and say I know who your mom is and you look just like her. I say she looks like me but much prettier. Holly is having her first slumber party tomorrow night and is so excited to get to kick Cecilia out of the basement , which is what happens when Cecilia has her friends over. Mike is such a good dad her just rolls with the punches and is learning a lot about little girls. Holly will also be baptized the Saturday following her birthday and she is not nervous at all , she does wish they didn't have to give all the talks before and after, she would rather be baptized,confirmed and have refreshments. That's my kid keep it short and sweet and get right to the point.

January has found us live and well but with a touch of cabin fever. The snow finally came on Christmas day and hasn't left us yet, not to mention the bitter cold temps we have had on top of the wind that could make you think twice about living here. I am not sure how our ancestors survived these types of conditions. O,K of the subject of weather, the girls are back to school and doing much better this semester Cecilia is trying out for the school play today and I hope she gets the part she wants and I really hope she enjoys doing this. Holly is on a count down to her eight birthday she is so excited to be getting her first slumber party and getting baptized. She tried on my baptism dress yesterday and found it to be a tad sung on her which upsets me a little since I was really hoping all my girls could wear my dress to be baptized in. I am taking it to a friend of mine next week to see if it can be let out a little to help fit her. I'm crossing my fingers in hope it works. Maggie decided to use her vocab alot more lately and has been coming up with phrases that crack us up. On our trip to St.Louis mike got to use his new GPS system and every time the GPS told us to turn Maggie would say"People that lady told my dad to turn left" if we didn't say anything to her she would just getting on saying this phrase over and over until we responded. It cracked us up to think Maggie has people we later found out that her people are her sisters. She is talking so much some days too much, luckily she has not started into the why phase yet.