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today is my husband's birthday. i made him some brownies, and we are having pizza for supper. it's fun to take care of the people you love. i enjoy all the times that allow you to look back and reminisce about the time that has passed, as well as look to the future, and try to imagine what we will be thinking next year.

one year ago, jess started his job. i seem to remember him starting on his birthday, but it may have been the day before. we had a very small baby, she would have been close to three months old. we moved at the beginning of may, so we would have been here for a couple of weeks. we were looking forward to the memorial day weekend, when our Seattleites would come to visit, and would meet our little one for the first time! i was exploring our new city, and learning where all the essentials were, like target, and barnes and noble. it was all so fresh and new, it was as though we were starting our lives as grown ups.

one year from now, we'll have two babe's. we'll be continuing to get ever closer to turning the big...well, you know. jess will have been at his job for two years, and i'll have been at home for that long. all of our siblings will be married. our Seattleites will be closer to completing masters, and will be oh so smart. jess might be looking at bikes, or maybe already have one.

our baby will be two and a half in a year. eek! i can handle babies. i don't know about actual children, much less toddlers. they're easier when you can sit them down, and the look at the ceiling fan and think it's miraculous...there goes an hour or so. this business of teaching them things, and parenting them, that kind of freaks me out. i haven't taken any classes or anything! ;) it's a good think emma is tough, the oldest probably gets the brunt of it. then the youngest comes along and breezes through, no problem. ahh...it's fun to be the youngest.

i am exhausted. i believe the laundry in the dryer will take a rain check, and the dishes will enjoy their place on the counter, and this lady is going to take a nap.