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bitty had her one year photos done today, by the awesome & talented Amy (of snow globe 365).  i can't wait to see them, but i did manage to get a couple quick shots of my own:

mid-shoot "snack"

  

babyless

today is bitty's first birthday, and our last baby is now officially a toddler.  it is bittersweet, only for the fact that it went by so fast.  i do NOT mourn that there will never be another baby in this house...  at least not one of ours. ;-)

so far, her favorite gifts have been the noisy ones from the aunts and uncles, but i think that's mostly because she loves to dance to the music they play...

supersonic celebration

happy 7th birthday to progeny #1...

and an early celebration of progeny #3's first birthday...

bloody peasant!

today is my birthday, and the boys were very excited to show me some love:

i, on the other hand, am very excited to finally be able to use this quote ad nauseum:
"i'm 37... i'm not OLD!"

if you don't understand, this is what you are missing:

now, i'm off to cut myself another piece of my husband's fantastic carrot cake with a scimitar some moistened bint lobbed at me...