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Birthday Continued....

Taft 1st Birthday Party

Taft doesn't officially turn 1 until April 22nd, but since more family was going to be here this Easter weekend we went ahead and had the party early. Here are some pictures of the happenings.

The Cake

The decorations

Some of our Guests

Waiting for people to arrive and playing with Peanut!

Earlier in the day playing with his Daddy!

It's been a while

So, it has been a long time since we have posted any happenings from our neck of the woods. Life has been bush with a few extra days of working, a trip to Dallas for me and Taft, a trip to Austin for Eric and days filled with the every day hum drum work load to do. We are slowly starting to get our life back to normal I think. I haven't worked out since our house got robbed (a month ago tomorrow). I feel like a big blob of lard, but it is my own fault since I haven't been eating all that great either. We are enjoying some really great weather here and there the past few weeks and I hope it continues. We have learned that Taft can do some new tricks. Taking steps (about 5-10 at a time depending on what his motivation is and how he feels), he can wave to say hello and bye bye. He gets really excited about it too. He loves to be outdoors. Anytime I can't console him, I can take him outside or put him in the bath and it usually does the trick. Taft has had his first egg hunt about a week and half ago with his cousin Gunnar. It was cute. We would put him close to where and egg was and he would pick it up and shake it. I did take some pictures, but I am not sure when I will actually post them since I am still figuring out our computer. I also don't think that I know where my usb cable is for my camera which poses a slight problem I think. Be patient as I work out my computer literacy challenges. Eric has taken the GRE in hopes to obtain his master's degree from Lamar in Educational Leadership (administration). I am not sure the he is even convinced that he will ever use it, but it is good to have just in case, so what the heck...right!? I absolutely love working two days a week and being home with Taft the other days. He is such a sweet boy, and my favorite time to be around him is when he is with his daddy. You wouldn't believe the bond between the two. Taft sure does love his Daddy and I can't say I blame him. As I type, Eric is building Taft a swing set for his birthday party that we are having this weekend....stay tuned for pictures. We are looking forward to some quality time together this weekend with our families. Hope this update suits you well until my next picture post. If not, then don't worry....it was mostly a journaling opportunity for me while I have a few free minutes.

Time Out for Women

All I can say is WOW! Loved it and will definitely go again. I will post some pics later on this week when I have a little more time, but if you have never been...GO, because you are seriously missing out!

To answer your Questions...

Yes, we are okay. At first I was starting to let it get to me, but I seem to be coping better. One cruddy night's sleep with Taft in bed with us and we decided to hook the baby monitor back up and put him across the house again. My mother hen instincts kicked in the first night and I wanted my men close to me. Yes, they took some important things, but in the end all of it was just stuff. They took our computer, dsl modem, my i pod, the armband for my i pod, an x box, 5 guns, two dvd players, an air compressor, and angle grinder, some bolt cutters, at least one but maybe two digital converter boxes, some costume jewelry, $16.52 in change with the digital coin counter, a chainsaw, and maybe some other things I can't think of off the top of my head. They came in through our back door which was locked and they left out the front door which was also locked. They busted the lock on the back door and that is how they got in. We are fanatical about locking up our house, even when we are there. We are very fortunate that we were not home nor that we came home in the middle of it. That could have proved to be a very bad situation. They didn't make a huge mess either. They only broke one picture frame and the back door, but they in no form or fashion ransacked the house. They took what they wanted and got the heck out of dodge. We definitely feel a huge sense of violation, but we are going to take some measures to help prevent being such an easy target next time. My biggest piece of advice...write down your serial #s, take picture and know what kinds of things might be valuable to a thief. Electronics, tools, jewelry, cash, and guns. Keep your list in a safe spot and don't ever think it won't happen to YOU!

I Never thought I would say....

....that we have been robbed, but it is true. We were robbed today while I was at work and Eric was at his dad's house. While they took things that are only material the computer actually had Taft's first year of life was on that thing and I am so sad about that. So, if you don't hear from us for a while it is because we are without a computer. My advice for all of you is take time to write down your serial numbers for your bigger ticket items (i.e. computer, cameras, stereos, dvd players, chain saws, drills, Guns, etc.) I wish we had done it sooner and now it is too late. I will have to post our new door lock for you later!