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Can you believe that I have been hiding for all this time...and now my baby boy is nearly TWO!

Oh Thomas...you are starting to talk ALOT! You still love your sister and your daddy (and your mommy, best). You also like to cry at breakfast...apparently I put the butter on the wrong side of the bread (maybe you should ask auntie Greta about this). You try to be a big boy and use your potty, but at the same time you want to be a baby and suck on your paci. You have strong opinions about what you wear and it makes me crazy at times! You are still a good napper and an overall good sleeper, you love to be in your bed! Even though you can climb out, you only do if you really really want to! You have watched and learned so many things...some of our favorites include - heel, toe, heel, toe, heel, toe, yew! from Party at Mickey's! and the crocodile snap! You love Lalo...you call yourself Momas...and your white white hair is amazing! I think we hear comments on your hair daily! We are so lucky to have you in our lives, you make us all better people! Go Tom Tom...blow it up baby boy!

Before it becomes cliche...Best Memories of 2009

My Favorite Memories of 2009...well it was an easy one for me with the birth of Thomas. That was my initial answer and then I asked others (via Facebook) and it made me think more about my favorite things from 2009...

Thomas Malcolm Brown was born on July 20th. A highlight of the year, briefly followed by the stress of having another baby in the NICU. Holding him for the first time on Friday the 25th was amazing, the best feeling ever and finally getting to introduce Lillian to her little brother and bring him home on July 30th was also awesomeness!

First Meeting

First ride in the car together
Snuggling

Some of my other favorite moments came with spending so much time with Lillian. She came with me to each doctor appointment, she listened carefully to the babies heartbeat. She ran errands and helped me all summer long. It was good times spent together. I painted her toenails for the first time during the summer. Ahhh, she loved it!

This favorite memory Greta helped me remember...Our sister friends trip to Arizona was great and the best part was definitely Maja pulling up at the airport to pick me and Greta up...in this convertible wearing that lovely orange hat...and she had hats / wraps for each of us! Oh what a trip that was! Can't wait to do another sister friends vacation!

2009 also involved adding on to our house...it was a year filled with adventures and quality time with the family! I can't wait to see how 2010 turns out...so many cool things in store for us...Jeff and I will celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary, Thomas will turn 1, Lillian will be four....Wow, hopefully I can appreciate it for all it's worth! xo -ag

True Blue...

Yeah, so color week got rough near the end...maybe 7 days was really too many...I was good up to five, and it was super fun to know that there were new posts to read everywhere I looked...thanks girlies for playing along.

I also learned that the act of blogging is very time consuming...maybe that is why I do a poor job. I write a post, add some photos, and then I re-read it about 10 times to make sure there are no grammatical or spelling errors...then I post, look at it and decide I need to change it about...so about 4 hours later I am done. I guess I need to rethink the amount of effort I put forth...I was never this thorough in English class.

So Blue...

Here are the photos for Blue day, I had them ready, just lagged on blogging... Here is Lillian in her pretty blue dress at Aydan's 5th birthday party. Very fun carnival themed party with games, popcorn, nachos, and face painting. Finn got his face painted like a tiger, so guess what Lillian choose...a tiger...Roar!