The Difference in a Year (Part II)

From Our Little Tootsie Roll

10.31.07

to Our Little Teddy Bear!

10.31.08

We had a great time Trick-or-Treating this year with Saela - she didn't quite know what was going on - but had a great time playing with the candy when it was all said and done. We thought our excitement for the night was over until we caught Jilly with the candy bowl. All-in-all, she probably had 15-20 small candy bars. We had to induce vomiting with hydrogen peroxide - it was not pleasant. Jilly, aside from a sensitive tummy for a few days, is doing well. I highly doubt, however, that she learned her lesson and given the opportunity would oblige us with a repeat performance without hesitation. She's lucky that we love her - a lot. We hope everyone had a happy and safe Halloween 2008!

The Difference in a Year (Part I)

Saela Catherine Green

10.30.08

10.28.07

10.30.08
(I still don't know if I like this Mom!)

10.28.07

(Clearly, I did not like it then!)

Stay tuned...trick-or-treat pictures to come!

Walking Away

Just a little video of our walker - if she walks toward the camera she just drops to her knees and wants to play with the camera - so her backside will have to do!

10.15.08

Yesterday was National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day - and it certainly re-opened my eyes to how incredibly lucky I am to have such a vibrant and healthy child. Last year, dear friends delivered a stillborn baby and I think of them often and said the following prayer for them yesterday and for all of the other parents who have experienced such a loss (Psalm copied from a blog, bravely written by a family who recently experienced loss, which opened my eyes to National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day). My heart aches for all of these families.

Psalm 121
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?

2 My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;

4 indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;

6 the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.

7 The LORD will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;

8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.

Every once in awhile you need an eye-opener to bring you back to reality - to remind you what is truly important. It's easy to get bogged down in everyday life and miss all of the wonderful things that make up your life. For me, yesterday, was a reminder to how beautiful my life truly is and how close I came to being one of the families that I prayed for yesterday. There were two times in her life that I thought Saela would not survive and those were truly the scariest moments in my life so I wanted to take the opportunity to tell her this:

Saela,
Something I never want you to forget is from the moment your daddy and I knew about you - we have loved you. Only when you have a child of your own will you realize the depth of our love for you. We continue to be so grateful to God for keeping you safe for us to nurture and love.
Love to my Baby Girl,
Mommy

What Do We Have Here?

a WALKER!

Here Saela is demonstrating her nose blowing abilities - she wanted

you to know she is multi-dimensional!

Saela has definitely become a walker. Every day over the last week she has taken more and more steps and will now let go of things and just start walking on her own! She even walked to me when I picked her up from school on Friday! We are all very excited about the achievement of her latest milestone! When she was little (because she's a big walking girl now) she had this habit of blowing her nose which was not all that ladylike - but it sure has come in handy - because now when we say "blow" and hold up a kleenex - she knows exactly what we are talking about! Hope everyone had a great weekend!

The Many Faces of Saela

"Whatch you talkin' 'bout Willis?"

"Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about!"

"Who Me?"

"Is that right?"

ALL SMILES

September at the Greens' went by in a blur! I hope to be back to posting at least once per week soon! Saela has started taking more steps - starting last Friday, she will take 4-5 steps at a time. I expect her to take off in no time now. She has mastered going up the stairs and down - although we still need to be close as from time to time she would like to try diving front first. She continues to be an overall calm baby - but is also definitely becoming more vocal with her wants and dislikes - like when she is done eating - she is done. We have survived the first molar (bottom left) and her first top two molars are coming in simultaneously. She continues to love daycare - especially "art." We have already compiled quite a little collection of "Art by Saela." Well, I guess that's about all for now - we hope all of you are doing well! Love, the Greens

The Lost Archives...

I realized today that I hadn't posted all of the pictures I had planned from our trip home for Saela's 1st birthday - so here are a few more!

Cousin Katrina

Cousin Kaylee

Too Sweet

Uncle Jon