dad's birthday.

we celebrated your dad's birthday yesterday. we started the day by going to a new church. we're visiting...and i don't like it..the visiting part. not the going to church part. i miss our old church...maybe i'll get over it. i hope so. i know i should be open to new things...but yuck. i don't wanna be.

here is pratt all ready for church. in his cute pediped shoes from allyson!

after church we ate at our new favorite breakfast nook. and then we came home and began getting ready for small group. it was here last night. we had potato soup, mexican cornbread, cookie's special salad and hot fudge pudding down under. oh, and chocolate chip cookies. homeade. they were yummy. i've finally figured out the secret ingredient.

we had a wonderful night with our small group family and then you decided it'd be super cool to stay up until 10. but you finally fell asleep, on your own in your own bed (go, pratt!) and then you slept until 6. and this time i didn't wake up to check on you! maybe i've finally stopped worrying! almost 4 months later! woohoo, go me!

i think it was the first night of constant, uninterrupted sleep since the beginning of my third trimester!

it's cold here today. we've played with toys. read books. but we haven't gone outside. i need to go check the mail...but there is ice everywhere. and it's raining. so much so that ace just went to the side of the front porch and hiked his leg. that's how cold and wet it is here.

your daddy had a wonderful birthday. we are so blessed to have him in our lives. i hope that you grow up...and you become just.like.him. exactly like him. i mean that. and i'm lucky to be able to say it. and mean it.

we love you.