Disney on Ice

So last Wednesday I took the kids to Disney on Ice! A friend of mine invited me to go with her a while back, and even though I knew that Than would be out of town, I thought that the kids would love it and they did! I actually didn't tell them until right before we left. I had been trying to build it up and tell them that they were going to do something awesome but that it was going to be a surprise and then that day I gave them a few clues and then about an hour before we had to leave I showed them a video of where we were going and they were pumped.

Poor Pacen. He was a good sport because he doesn't really have any boy disney characters to dress up as, but he wore his old Captain Rex costume to the show. They have Star Wars at Disneyland! And isn't that little tinkerbell cute?!?! She is flat out adorable in that costume. I let them wear their new Halloween costumes and that was a hit. Claira was a little distraught about the characters and was crying until it started because she was afraid. I'm not quite sure what she was afraid of but then she was fine when it started. They saw all of their favorite characters and then only disappointing part was from Pacen when he said that there were too many and I quote "lovey" parts in it. And it's true. It was quite lovey but there also was a good amount of fun. He still had his eyes glued the whole time!

And right after I took this picture, my camera died! What the heck?!!?!? We had a great night and suffered the consequences for the rest of the week for a very late Wednesday night. I would recommend if you ever go, make sure you buy good, close seats. Ours were much too high and we missed a lot of the cool stuff, but then after intermission we moved down to the lower section and had a much better view. Shhhhh.....don't tell. :) Thanks, Klassens, for a super fun night!

Best Present EVER!!!

Today, around 11 o'clock, I was starting to get the kids all ready for church. There have a been a few hiccups with the house....still no kitchen, a fuse kept blowing that was connected to the washer and drying, I couldn't figure the garage door out. I was just thinking in my mind, "Only one more day until Than comes home. Only one more day. I can get through church and put the kids to bed early. One more day." So then I hear a knock at the door and I thought it was someone bringing me Penny again. That dang dog keeps getting out to explore the neighborhood. I answer the door and to my greatest surprise it was THAN!!! He got on a plane and came home a whole day early and I couldn't have been more relieved. I honestly almost started crying I was so happy. It was like I knew I had one more day in me because that had been the plan, but then when I saw him it was like a huge weight had been lifted from my shoulders and was just so relieved that I didn't have to do church all by myself today. It was probably one of the best surprises of my life. The kids were super excited too. To see him, but to also get all of their presents. :) Today was a happy day. Also, Than got a new calling in the church today. He's the new Young Men's President in our ward. He is so good with the young men. It was only a matter of time before they got him into the young men's program. So here's the beginning of a new chapter for him. There's already a campout planned for this weekend. Here we go again!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Wow. The big 3-1. Am I really thirty-one years old? That is really crazy. Maybe I'll still be blogging when I'm 61 and I'll be like, "Oh, I was so foolish to think that I was old at thirty-one!" Today turned out to be a great day. It did not start out that way. Partly it was my fault because I got all sad about mom late at night last night and that is never a good thing. You just want to call and vent to your mom sometimes and I couldn't and I was mad about it. So, I think that made me not sleep well and then when I woke up, Gentry was just soooo fussy. Like I couldn't put her down. And when you are getting two other kids ready for school you just can't hold a baby the whole time and so I had to just put her in her high chair with a bottle of milk and listen to her cry while I'm trying to hurry everyone else. And it just gets me on edge when she's just crying because you feel bad but it's not like you can do anything about it. And then I was feeling more bad because Than was trying to skype with me for my birthday and we just didn't have time so I was kind of short with him and all he was trying to do was be a good husband and talk to his wife on her birthday. It turned out that Gentry had a temperature of 102.5....that of which I didn't find out until like 3:00pm when I was at a friend's house to borrow her thermometer since I can't find the box that ours is in. Tylenol is my favorite thing. So the morning was just blah, and then I canceled working out with my friend but it turned out that Than had gotten some presents for me that he was going to surprise me with when I got there so then I ruined his surprise! Then I felt REALLY bad. But it all worked out and now looking back it's kind of funny that my morning was so rotten.

The day turned out great. Can I just say that I have the best visiting teachers and have always had great visiting teachers where ever I live. Here is no exception. Michelle is my visiting teacher and she has gone so way above and beyond the call of duty this month for me.

She even took a picture with me right after working out and not showering. Now that is love! But seriously, she watched my kids for two days while I was packing, even picking up Camry from school, she has fed me (and she is an AMAZING cook), and had set up women to come help me clean and meals to come in to us this whole time that Than has been gone. She is so taking care of me and I appreciate every last bit of it. So when she found out it was my birthday she arranged for a few of us to get together at a park and she brought me a fantastic lunch from a place that could be my new favorite place. The sandwiches were so delicious and she even made me cupcakes. I have been truly spoiled by her and will have to find a way that I can get her back for all the love she has been sending my way. Thank you, Michelle, for making me feel loved!

(Now I will finish my blog post after a two hour long conversation with MaRee....it's now 1:30 in the morning but we have solved many of the world's problems....)

So, back to my birthday. Than tried to be the little romantic and thoughtful husband that he always is but I sort of ruined it. I do crossfit with my friend, Kristin, every Monday and Friday. But this friday it was just not going to happen so I texted her and told her I was bailing. Well, it turns out that I really should have gone because Than left me beautiful flowers and a delicious cake for me to find when I went to work out! That was totally my fault...no, I blame Gentry. Anyway, I felt bad that I ruined his surprise but I went later in the day and the cake was DELICIOUS! Even in China, he can still spoil me! He's the best.

See those finger prints! Here's the culprit!

The last of my birthday celebration was a dinner over at the Klassen's. She was so nice to invite me over and even made me a cake and got me a pretty fall mum for the house. We had a really good time letting the kids play and chatting and laughing and it just was a very fun and relaxing way to end the day.

But then it really was not the end of my day because MaRee came to spend the night. She always has such good words of wisdom for me and we have good conversations. All and all, a very good birthday. It would have been better if Than were here, but I was around my kids all day, I was surrounded by good friends, I got soooo many calls and texts from people that I think, How did they remember that it was my birthday anyway?!?!? I felt very loved and at the end of the day, that is what we all really want anyway. So happy 31 to me! I see great things happening this year.

One more thing....

How cute is this gentry? Just happy to be hanging out with us at camry's soccer practice.

How We're Livin'

So this is my life right now. This is how we are living. Isn't our floor pretty? I love it. I can't wait until it doesn't have to be covered in dust! We've got the Costco table set up with a microwave-----AHHHH---I just realized I didn't buy any more plastic utensils while I was at the store!!!!!!!---whoops. Anyway, costco table set up with all of our essentials...paper plates, napkins, plastic cups, cereal, anything you can just eat out of a wrapper. It has not been that bad at all because so many people have offered to have us over or have brought over meals for us. Tonight was no exception. A friend of mine in the ward had us over for a yummy dinner and the kids played in her awesome yard but as I was driving (and almost) home, I realized we didn't have any milk or dog food so I turned around and took all of my kids to Safeway at 8:15 pm. I am white trash. Camry is a hot mess in her soccer clothes, Pacen almost has an accident in the store, the of course EVERYONE had to go to the bathroom. Emily called thinking all my kids would be in bed and we could chat but no. It's pretty funny actually.

The good news is that our kitchen cabinets are being installed tomorrow!!!! I'm so happy to finally see them and just maybe be able to put some of my things that are in my garage into my house!!!!

Okay, I know. Not all of it goes into my garage but there sure is a LOT of it that does and I don't know how much food I'll get to store in the kitchen and what other more long term items will have to find a home in a closet or something. Isn't that garage awesome?!!? What a freakin' mess! And sadly, I have gone through boxes but it just doesn't look like it. But a kitchen table and chairs, a queen size bed with headboard and everything hopefully will be gone this weekend. It was sam's and we have a few bins of his stuff, too! Ahhh, I cannot wait until it is cleaned out and the house is done and the only fridge I have isn't in there.

But what was awesome today was the the kids wanted to build a fort! Forts are magical. Just like ice cream cones. I really just put up two sheets and put a blanket on the ground but they must have played out there for over an hour. Yeah for our new yard!

Bedford Museum Field Trip

A few weeks ago I got to be a chaperone for Camry's first field trip! It's difficult to do these things but it is so worth it. I love being able to see Camry with all of her little friends and see what she's like at school. We went to the Bedford Gallery right here in Walnut Creek and sadly, I had never even really heard of it before. There is an art gallery that changes exhibits regularly and a theatre that is supposed to be pretty great. On the day that we went, the exhibit was called Insider/Outside Art. It was basically just art out of whatever you wanted and the kids were pretty into it. After they looked and learned about the art, they were brought into a room and had the chance to make their own art out of about anything you could imagine and what they made was pretty darn cool. You forget how creative kids can be when given the chance. I'm glad I got the chance to go with Camry and I think that she liked that I could go, too.

The whole gang. Camry has a great class and a fabulous kindergarten teacher. If you could describe a perfect kindergarten teacher, I think you would describe Mrs. Cerutti! She's fantastic.

Celebrating Gentry's Birthday. (and more ramblings)

We celebrated Gentry's birthday on her actual birthday in between packing and conference and believe it or not, it was still a very special day. Than's parents stuck around long enough for us to sing to her and watch her open her presents and I meant to take a picture with them but never did. Than did most of the shopping for Gentry's birthday. He went out on Thursday night with the kids while I was at a Relief Society activity and the kid pretty much picked out presents that they would want themselves but got them 'for Gentry' of course. One present was a baby princess Tiana doll and a belle purse and jewelry. What one year old doesn't want/need that?!?!!? She did have fun opening her presents while sitting on her daddy's lap. Who wouldn't? She loves that baby! She is so into babies it is ridiculous.

The other big hits were Emily's present and Loren's card. It lit up and sang a song. He always picks the best cards.

Emily's present was enjoyed by kids of all ages and had a hippo that bounced balls all over the room and it was just the coolest thing ever.

I couldn't make her a cool cake for her birthday since all my baking stuff had been packed away and sadly, I didn't even order her a cool cake because I was just so busy but Than did go out and grab some high quality Target mini cupcakes Saturday night after Priesthood session of conference! Oh the joys of moving. And when you look at the middle picture you can cue in the screams and cries from my kids for the fear that they still have of one year olds and candles from the terrifying Packer burning his finger incident. :)

She ate her mini cupcake and some ice cream and was officially a one year old. I can now officially say that I have a 7, 5, 3, and 1 year old. We've gotten that two year plan thing down to a science.

Oh Happy Birthday Gentry Pie. You just make our lives so happy. Today during church you just wanted to play with the family behind us and you climbed over and under the pew to get to them and were just as happy as a clam when you got to sit with them. That was very needed for me since Than was gone! So, thank you for that little sabbath gift you gave me. :) And all of a sudden, you want to be coloring just like Camry and Claira. You screamed for a crayon today while they were coloring at the table and today during church, you were experimenting with a pen on your legs! What a smarty pants one year old you are!

Oh, and I failed to mention that during the weekend of conference, moving, and birthday celebrating that I also had volunteered to house the Kindergarten rats, Brownie and Chocolate. That really was NOT the original plan but it was just the way it worked out. It was fine but just one more thing that made our weekend crazy but the kids thought it was pretty cool. Rats just stink and they spin in that wheel all throughout the night and even I heard it and I'm a super hard sleeper. And I kid you not, right after I took this picture, I put my camera down and the rat nipped Gentry on the finger and she was FREAKING out. I told her not to stick her finger in there! You can see her there testing her limits with me.

Well I have made it 6 days in our new house with Than gone. Tonight while I was putting the kids to bed I was hitting a wall and not being very nice to the kids. I just couldn't handle one more, "so and so did this...." UGH! It hasn't been that bad. It's been good even. I was upset when I couldn't find a babysitter on Saturday so that I could go see Sister Beck speak at our Stake Center. That was a bummer but it all worked out and we had a fantastic day even though I didn't get to go. We did get to go to a baptism of a little girl in our ward which was really fantastic, although Gentry was not having anything to do with sitting quietly so I was in the hall for most of it stealing some of their yummy treats to keep both mom and baby happy. :) Hopefully my kids got something out of it.

And earlier that day both Camry and Pacen had soccer games and they were AWESOME!!!! Camry is really getting it and scored three goals (that I saw....she claims to have scored 5 but I don't know how I would have missed them) and was just running all over the place. And then in Pacen's game, he scored FOUR times! He was an animal out there. He's so funny because he was like, "It's too bad Dad wasn't there. He'd be so proud of me." We've somehow got to convince him that we are proud of him all the time. But yes, I was proud. I love watching my kids play sports. It is so fun. Actually, I could pretty much watch my kids do anything and I love it. Except play the wii. That's a little boring. But like today, I loved watching them practice the primary program. They are getting so big and brave. Pacen walked right up to the microphone without a problem and Camry is singing in a small group for one of the songs and was a little nervous at first but now thinks it's pretty cool. (And Pacen is just happy that he's not doing that!)

That evening, we were invited over to dinner by one of our new neighbors. The kids were super excited and it was fun getting to know a new family. We are really liking our new neighborhood. The kids have been playing with friends and playing in the yard and I love it. Worth every penny. (Well....we'll see about that one!) And then I was totally white trash and took my kids out at 8 o'clock at night to purchase a new couch! I knew I wanted to buy it but I felt bad because the salesman that I was working with wouldn't get my commission if I went in on Monday and he was really nice to me. I went in with two of my kids and he said he'd give me a 25 dollar discount for each of my kids. Then I laughed and said, "Well, I really have four kids!" And he was like....Uhh, I'll have to talk to my manager. :) But he honored it and gave me 100 dollars off so that was awesome. And then the guy I was working with doing all the paper work asked if I was a Latter-Day Saint and I said yes (I still have my 801 area code on my phone and I get asked a lot where that is from and when I say Utah and I have my kids with me it's sort of a dead giveaway!) and I asked if he was and he said he was investigating the church. So we had a good conversation about the church while he was working with me and ended up giving me the warranty/cleaning thing for free! That was totally awesome! He's just started going to the other ward that meets in our building and is really loving the peace that he feels when he is there. I'm so glad that I went back to order the couch!

Right now Than is in the Taipei airport and we are finally getting a chance to chat. Not like in real life but via the computer. He's having such a great time there getting to see people that he knew and really came to love. It's a big part of his life. This is the Lin family. Than baptized that man, his brother and his mom. He went on a mission and married that woman and had a baby and is now the Elders Quorum president in his ward. And another family that he baptized, the dad is now the Bishop. Than knows that it was nothing that he did, other than being an instrument in the Lord's hand and following the promptings of the Holy Ghost.

But right now I'm skyping with him...FINALLY! I hate not being able to talk to him.

Ahhh, Summer days.

With all of the moving, packing, schooling, cleaning, soccer-ing, traveling that has been going on, I am totally behind on my blogging! And I hate that! I love my family and all the fun things that we do and I want to be able to remember them dang it! Believe it or not, we do have many many chill moments at our house. We are not always on the go, even though it may seem and feel that way sometimes. This was us on a warm, sunny, summer day hanging out on the back patio enjoying our favorite treat...ice cream. It was an ice cream cone even which is much cooler than just plain old ice cream in a bowl. I feel like ice cream cones are magical. I have many memories of my mom licking the drips off of my ice cream cone and us always buying the dumbest ice cream ever for adults but the coolest ice cream ever for kids....gum ball....and trying to save those nasty gum balls that were all sticky and gross on a napkin and then having all the wet gum ball stick to the napkin and you couldn't really enjoy the gum anyway because it was all hard. Bottom line though....ice cream cones are magical. And here was our magical moment.

Isn't she just pretty? I just look at her all the time and just think about what a pretty girl she is. Even with chocolate all over her face. Just gorgeous.

These two. They are such good friends and really love each other. Camry always tells me when she sees Pacen at school and wishes they could be on the same playground so that they could play together. Too bad that won't last forever! I'll keep my hopes up that it will. :)

Now this little baby gets away with a lot! What a good brother to share with her.

Alright, alright, that's enough sharing! I love this picture.

She knows how to work it!

Gentry just learned that it was fun to go outside. It was fun but that outside was just so not baby friendly!!!! Stickers and rocks and dirt but she loved it.

Pacen's foot resting on my leg. One of those 'enjoy the little things' moments

And this little Claira belle must have been napping. This picture was taken about the same time. She's all ready for Halloween!!! She is going to be rapunzel...gotta do something about that hair! Camry is going to be ariel, Pacen is Thor (only because that costume came with a weapon!) and I just got Gentry the cutest little tinkerbell costume!

moved!

We are officially moved in to our new house! Woohoo! Monday was a pretty marathon day. We woke up early and just got to work. I hurried the kids out the door and Than had already been working since 7am with the movers getting everything out and into our garage. I had some AMAZING help from some ladies in my church. Say what you will about the church, you may not believe that it is true but seriously, these women know how to serve and to show their love for me and their Savior all at the same time (Mosiah 2:17--When ye are in the service of your fellow being ye are only in the service of your God.) My visiting teacher totally took the reins on helping me. I wasn't going to ask for any help because you just think you can do everything on your own and I didn't want to inconvenience anyone...we were choosing to put ourselves into this situation....you know how you can rationalize not asking people for help. Anyway, she totally stepped in and offered to babysit and had people sign up to help me clean and to bring meals to us over the next two weeks since she knew that I'd be without a husband and a kitchen. And the help was so needed and appreciated! I'm so grateful for the women of the church. They are busy and are crazy raising their big families of their own and have a million things to do but they dropped everything they had for me for a few hours of their day on Monday and they made this transition so much easier and I'm just so thankful. They had that house cleaner than it has been in years and in no time at all! And I'm so buying this canister vacuum. One of the ladies had it....actually two of them brought them and it was amazing! Cobwebs and dust be gone! Seriously....why have I never heard about these wonderful things before?!!?!?

Since my camera had already been moved, I got this shot from my phone of Katie and Leisl cleaning my living room while I cleaned my kitchen.

Spic and Span!!!!

I was a little sad leaving this house. Not even comparable to the sadness I felt when I left our Utah home, but just a little, Aww...this was our home for a little while. We brought Gentry home to this house and I think that just makes it special. And it was very unique and I loved my shelves going up the stairs that I could display so many picture frames. Pictures just make me happy.

But since moving in...we've officially been here three nights if you count tonight and we're really loving it. We have no kitchen so I've set up our costco table with our microwave, crock pot and electric skillet thing and plenty of food that requires no real cooking. We had cup o noodle for dinner last night and guess what....the kids couldn't have been happier! We have one working sink and that is in our master bath....one tiny little sink...so we are using all paper and plastic products for a while. The only fully functioning shower is downstairs and the bath tub is not ready and my girls are not too fond of showers. The first night we were here Than went to get in the shower and it wouldn't get hot. So, he goes to check the pilot light and he can't get it to work and he calls our friend who is the contractor and he's telling him how to do it and it never works and Than was so mad and he had to take a cold shower and come to find out that our gas line has this earthquake thing on it now so if it ever gets bumped and shakes it will automatically turn off our gas and apparently that happened and our gas was never on in the first place. So, bottom line is that Than, you are not an idiot man that cannot fix anything. :)

And Than is now out of town. He has been in NYC and is flying to Taiwan tomorrow. I hate when he flies internationally. It's just too far away. We are missing him but we have a lot of time to go before he comes home. Boo. :(

One of the main reasons that we wanted to move so badly was so the kids would have the ability to play with friends. Our rudgear house did not have that capability and we didn't really have neighbors anyway. And what was awesome was that on Tuesday...our first official day here, Pacen's had two little buddies come over! He was so excited. Both of the boys swam and one of them was in his class last year. And I had them walk back to connor's house to get his sister, Morgan, so that she could play with Camry and Camry was in heaven too! And they ran around and played in the backyard and the girls played princesses and it was just a sigh of relief and confirmation that we did the right thing.

And then they came back again today and I thought....So is this going to be an everyday thing!?!?! Just kidding. :) The kids were so happy and both of their 'bests' for both days has been playing with friends. Now we just need to get turf installed so that their feet don't get muddy. This yard is really large but needs tons of work but will be awesome someday.

So, yes, the transition is going rather well. I think it'll be fun to see things come together. Today my internet was installed....hooray! And my shower door was installed too! Small and steady wins the race. Oh and the first night we were here the kids were stoked! They were so excited and ran around the house and played hide and seek for like an hour. They love their new rooms but of course have been sleeping with me now that Than is gone. Gentry has been loving the carpet. She has just been rolling around all over and it's funny because she can walk now but has spent a majority of her time just lying on the carpet. Oh carpet we've missed you. But we do have pretty hardwood in our kitchen/living room area that is so awesome. I love it. I can't wait to see it all finished. I have some shopping to do. We need a sectional downstairs but it has to be smaller since our space isn't exactly huge. I want to buy the girls new comforters and the list goes on and on. The good thing is that it doesn't have to be done in one day!

And one other thing that we noticed right off the bat was how quiet it is here. Rudgear was a main street and their were cars on it all the time. That was my biggest worry the first night we showed up here in WC. The house is actually too close to the road but had been grandfathered in since the house was here before the road, but it did make it loud for the kids especially to fall asleep since their room was closest to the road but here, it's like we are in the middle of nowhere! And maybe my cell service feels the same way because I HAVE NONE! I'm so frustrated with t-mobile. I basically cannot use my phone in my house. I have to be standing right next to a door or window and not move while I'm on the phone and if you know me, you know that just ain't gonna fly! Landline here we come. A friend of mine just bought ooma, or something like that. Yes, ooma. I just looked it up again and now i'm mad because costco had it and now they don't!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!! I should have just bought it two weeks ago. Dang. Oh well. I can still get it, it'll just be a little more. I hate that about costco.

Alright, I really need to go to bed but I did want to say how sad I was to hear about Steve Jobs tonight. As I sit here and type on my wonderful apple computer and dream of someday t mobile letting me have an iPhone, I'm just mad at cancer. He was 57, my mom was 59. As I get older you realize how not old that is. It's funny because obviously I didn't know the guy but you feel like you knew him because his technology changed our lives. I guess you can't say his technology but his drive and vision did. And lets be honest, in my stage as a young mom, we watch pixar movies around here on a regular basis and without him, Pixar may have not made it. Anyway, I was sad.

But now that it is 1:30 in the morning I should go find my space in between Claira and Camry on my bed. I fell asleep earlier this evening while watching TV and got a little power nap from 9:00 to 11:30. And I must say, though it will be no surprise to people that know me...I really like the X factor. I haven't seen all of them but I watched a few episodes last night and I was just in tears with some of their stories! That mom who was 42 and that guy who is a recovering addict that totally dominated. So now I have to stop recording transformers for Pacen on wednesday nights and start recording that even though I'm not sure if Than will be too happy about it. But I will say that one of my happiest moments in a while came from coming home from something.....maybe my relief society activity...anyway, coming home to Than and what was he watching.....the Project Runway episode that he missed! All by himself he had to catch up. He's such a stud. He even walked by Parson's today and is going to try to get me and emily a mood bag if he has time. Oh, i love that guy. On that note, I'm going to bed.

Happy Birthday, Gentry!

Happy Birthday baby girl! You are one today and you are officially the only one of my children to be walking on their first birthday! What an accomplishment! Being number four, you have to set some standards of you own. You are just so happy and content all the time. However, you do let it known when you want something and we better get it ASAP or our ears will be hurting after listening to all your screeching. You do the most screeching for cell phones and computers. You're a techy! Yesterday at Camry's soccer game you would not let Pacen even hold Dad's cell phone for a minute and would crawl over there and steal it from him. You know what you're want and you're going to find a way to get it! You sleep like a charm but recently have been waking up at 6:00am very loudly. I'm not a big fan of that! Everytime I start walking up the stairs with you, you start to cry because you know it is time for a nap. I think you just don't want to miss all the fun with Pacen, Camry, and Claira. You are playing with them more and more lately. Claira and Cam got a bunch of princesses the other day and all you want to do is play princesses with them and Claira is not sure if she likes this new skill of yours. You LOVE babies and are just all over them when you get a chance. You hold your toy babies close to you with your right arm and it's so cute. You give kisses like a champ! Anytime we ask, you are more than willing to share the love. You can even blow raspberries on people. You're so smart. Pacen loves it when you do it to his cheeks. I've said it before but I'll say it again....You are hands down our friendliest baby ever! Sometimes I get a little jealous because you'll snuggle with other people but it does make me happy because who doesn't love to get snuggled by a baby?!!? You learning to walk has been so much fun. You have been standing for quite some time...like weeks...just stand up in the middle of the room and then be sort of stuck but now you are a walking fool! And you are so proud of yourself and get this goofy grin and stick your hands way out and it's pretty much the cutest thing ever. And you are eating so much now! I can hardly give you enough food. It's like you've discovered this whole new world of deliciousness and you can't get enough. And you are an official milk drinker. You were quite opposed to the idea last month but now you are on the bandwagon with the rest of the kids.

I think the most important thing to remember on this first birthday is how much you are loved by all of us in this little family. You are everyone's favorite and we just can't get enough of your cuteness. We all love watching you grow and learn. You are so sweet and love your brother and sisters very much. Thanks for coming to our family. Happy Birthday Genchy-Pie.