Day 71 / 365: Heading Up to Bed

Only a few more weeks on midnight shift for your mom until I go to day shift for the next year. It can't come soon enough for me! I hate not being able to tuck you into bed, relax with you, and to read stories and poems before going to bed at night. Tonight at MeMe's as I was going start getting ready for work, you gave me a hug and kiss, then headed up to bed. I couldn't help but laugh as you and Rooney perched at the top of the steps, smiling and shouting "I Love You" down to me. I still didn't want to leave you two, but at least I had a happy memory to smile about that night.

Day 70 / 365: Where'd You Go?

Your dad told me that he wanted to take you shopping today. Ok, sure! No problem! It's not too often that your dad volunteers to go shopping, so no way am I going to stop him!

Later, you told me that you got a new coat and hat at the store with daddy. I was excited to see what it looked like. I imagined it was probably purple; your favorite color as of right now. Wrong!

You happily modeled your new camouflaged winter coat and matching camo stocking cap. It's not the purple one I envisioned, but that's ok. It will keep you nice and warm this winter...even if we can't find you outside!

Day 69 / 365: Wrestlemania

Tonight you and Rooney had a little rough housing session before you got ready for bed. He got tired out before you did and decided to retire to the recliner. You made it clear that you weren't done when you put him in a (gentle) headlock and gave a big old smile for the camera!

Honestly, you love that dog and your great with him. The only pitfall is that you two rile each other up constantly! Your like brother and sister! You get to laughing or running around and no matter where Rooney is or what he's doing, he's running around right behind you! I'm so glad your a good big sister!

Day 68 / 365: Shopping Trip

Tonight we had to go grocery shopping. I had been putting it off as long as I could and our list was very long this time! You decided to be the keeper of the list and held it tightly all the way to the store. Walking around the store about halfway through, we noticed that two things were missing: your hat and the grocery list. At the check out we found both buried beneath the mounds of food in the cart.

You should be proud of your old mom! Out of the entire list, I only forgot two things! That's pretty darn good for a big shopping trip like that!

Day 67 / 365: Victory Bling

You had a great game tonight! You got right in there after the soccer ball, helped bring it down the field and you even helped block a few goals! Your dad and I were so proud of you. After the game, we went to get some dinner. You almost immediately spied the Ring Pops up near the counter, a green watermelon one caught your eye. It wasn't long before you asked if you could have one. Trying to be a responsible mom, I told you that if you ate a good dinner that you could have one. Little did you know that I was so excited, you could have ate a half a french fry and I'd still have gotten you that victory bling you had your eye on!

Day 66 / 365: Manicure by Mommy

When we went to get our hair done the other day, you picked out a bottle of nail polish for yourself. Purple, but of course. You hadn't asked to have your nail's polished with it until tonight. Personally, I blame Big Ma. She's always had her nails beautifully done, painted in beautiful shades of bright red or flowery mauves. As a baby, I remember you'd hold her fingers and just stare.

Well, your mom doesn't have the knack for painting nails like Big Ma does, but the job got done. One coat of purple nail polish and one coat of clear top coat to make it extra shiny. You were so excited at the idea of showing off your new manicure to your friend at school the next day! It didn't matter that it was a little smudged or that mommy didn't do it just right. You felt like the prettiest girl in the world; and you should!

Day 65 / 365: 300 to Go!

Today was Day 65 of our 365 day project. I'm so happy that we've made it this far without missing a single day! Some days it is a struggle to find something unique to take a picture of. There are days where you give me "that look" when you see I've got the camera out again. But then there are days that I could take a thousand pictures to try to capture the moment and it's never enough!

I hope that we can look back through this book in the years to come and look at the days we've spent together. I will treasure every moment I have with you always; picture or no picture!