My baby turns TEN!!

I just don't FEEL old enough to have a 10 year old. (I'm often told I don't look old enough to have a ten year old either, but we won't go there.)

Grace officially turns ten tonight at 7pm. Ten years ago today we were living in St. Louis, getting ready to go on Vicarage to Seymour, IN. I remember driving from St. Louis to Seymour with a 6 week old in the car. It took much longer than expected because I had to stop to nurse every two hours or so. As a new mom I was conscious of where I nursed often nursing in the back our small Saturn rather than nurse in public. It was an interesting trip. Anyway I digress...

Grace arrived only a few days past her due date. She was born on a Wednesday and late the week before we had scheduled a induction for Friday, July 2, just in case. Well she must have realized just how hard that would be on her mom cause she made her appearance with a few days to spare. I think her actual due date was June 25, but that was 5 kids ago so the details are all a bit sketchy now. I love my Grace very much. She is a great helper, when she wants to be. She is doing very well in school, all A's and B's, and is very proud of that achievement. She has a new love of horses and small furry animals and would adopt either on in a heart beat. However, don't any one of you send her either. We have no room for a horse and the bunnies would get attacked by the dog I am afraid.
I have included a few of the pictures I could find on my computer of Grace. Although she is the child of which I have the most pictures, very few of them are digital. I don't have a scanner, so I couldn't do it that way either. ;-) I am sure that my dad probably has some in his archives so check his blog too.

On a side note, our vacation went much better than expected. I have a great blog to post soon all about it. Look for it next week. I am still gathering, organizing and resizing pictures from our week at St. Augustine.

Blessings All!!!

OPERATION: This will most likely end badly ~ is a GO!!!

OK, maybe that is a little glass half empty, but if you were leaving for a two day car ride with 5 kids under the age of ten would your glass be half full????

Now, don't get me wrong, I am very excited about this trip. My baby sister is finally getting married. We are going to a great vacation spot and we do need a vacation. St. Augustine is our final destination, but to get there we are going to drive.

I have everything but the kitchen sink ready to go. We have DVD players, MP3 players, books, coloring books, word search books, magnetic games, candy, toys and even books on CD. We should be good to go. Hopefully all that will last at least the first day!!

I don't have pictures yet, but when we come back I am sure to have loads. I will post when I can. Look for me on Facebook, we will have Internet while at the condo.

Yes, I said condo. Thanks to Mom and Dad we were able to rent a condo on the beach right next to where the wedding will take place. So we have access to all the amenities the condos afford. Which may come in handy since Doug says there is a chance of rain just about every day, but then again we are in Florida, doesn't it rain every day there??

We have plans for the beach and a little sight seeing too. There are lots of old Spanish missions and forts to look at. Even the legendary Fountain of Youth. It will be a fun trip. Now if only we didn't have to drive...