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Natalie has turned 8! She was getting ready to go to her interview with the bishop to talk about getting baptized and she kept asking me questions like "Mom have you ever known anyone who didnt want to get baptized?" No, why do you ask? Are you not sure if you want to be baptized? "Well I do want to be baptized, I just feel weird about everyone looking at me!"

When she got home from her interview she said "Well there was good news and bad news. The bad news was I couldnt stop smiling the WHOLE time! The good news was Bishop Lund told me lots of good stories." Oh like what? "I cant remember. But they were good."

Her baptism day was just such a nice day with both sets of grandparents, Uncle Scott and Aunt Susan there to save the day (and our stomachs) with chocolate waffles after the baptism, The Bailey cousins... Both grandmothers spoke (Janie on Baptism and Mimi on the gift of the Holy Ghost) Mom sang/cried a baptism song, Dad baptized Natalie, Ben and Ty roamed the room, and Scott and Jack sang "Let the Holy Spirit guide" and did such a great job! (The next day at church Jack said that people kept talking to him about his singing :))

Watching her grow and seeing not just my baby, but the unique and wonderful PERSON she is now, and going to be in the future, I am so glad (and a little overwhelmed) that I get to be the Mom to this girl! I love that she is my little shadow now, and we like to remind each other that we were probably best friends before we came to earth and that is why we chose to be family.

Beautiful day, beautiful girl!

I have been posting so much on my cupcake blog lately and I realized that while cupcakes do "delight" me- it is my family that INSPIRES me so I decided to set a goal to blog 3 times a week.
My kids continue to make me laugh and want to cry because they are so sweet and growing so fast, I want to try and keep better track....

Jack just turned 6 and had his first black eye (compliments of a trampoline accident with Natalie and Scott) When Jack was getting ready for school he kept going to look in the mirror and told me several times that "people are going to notice my eye." Oh yes, school pictures this week, cant wait to see this one.
He is seeming so grown up all of a sudden. NO baby fat left just solid little guy (wish I had abs like his!) and never stops moving. He makes me laugh every time he answers a question with "No clue." (what? stop sounding like a 10 year old!)

On his birthday night he asked "is everyone was going to gather around me while I open my presents?" When we were all "gathered around" he reminded everyone that they needed to say 3 things they liked about him and he ticked them off on his fingers as we took turns telling him why he is WONDERFUL. So cute.

For his birthday dinner we went (despite my strong protests to Jonathan that there HAD to be another place!?!) to Home Town Buffet- a favorite of Jonathan and the kids, they started going there when i would be at the hospital with Ben or Ty and they love it.

Natalie got (with her own money) a pair of roller skates for Jack! They will have a lot of fun together, they used to try and share her pair putting just one on and scooting with the other foot. I thought about offering to pay for part of them so she wouldnt have to use all her money but decided to let it be her thing- and she was so excited and proud to do it so I was glad I didn't get in the way of her generosity.

I CANT BELIEVE he is 6. I just put a toddler picture of him on the fridge and why am I so sappy that it does kind of make me want to cry when I look at it? Love that boy.