Seven Milestones

1. We have smileage from Malakai! Also, acne and cradle cap and an oily head.





2. Micah is riding sans training wheels.



In an effort to make me a bit crazy, he's already acting like Mr. Stuntman Daredevil.






3. Seth had his first car accident, involving an out-of-control wheelie and the van in the driveway.





4. Eli baked and decorated his first birthday cake, which he described as his greatest cooking accomplishment yet. I don't know; I thought the Mother's Day pull-aparts were pretty good. (I just noticed the stray hand picking at the front of the cake.)




5. Greg turned 38!



I included a second picture, because it's so cute.

6. This thing weaseled its way into my house, despite the fact that I clearly forbade indoor pets. I'm not sure how it happened, but it had something to do with the eldest animal-loving son, multiple attempts to trap a stray kitten in the barn, two big dogs outside that like to chase and eat small animals, etc.

The Farmer and I had a discussion as he was petting the kitten on our bed. I told him that I like to look at animals in a zoo or read about them in a book; I just don't like to touch them or have them touching my bed. He replied that he didn't understand how someone wouldn't want to pet and hold their animals. Apparently, I wasn't born with the animal-loving gene like everyone else in the family.


7. I slept for 6 hours straight!!!



Thanks baby.