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Tonight something happened that cracked me up. Avery woke up real fussy only one hour after I put her to bed. How frustrating! Good thing Dallan was around to help! I gave her some gas drops & then asked Dallan if he would hold her while I finished with dinner. He dutifully carried her around the house to help soothe her. Occasionally he would give me a status report on how well she was tooting & how much she seemed to be feeling better. About an hour later I looked up from where I was sitting as he walked past me holding her & I noticed a strange color of shadow on her thigh & all too near his hand. I soon realized it wasn't really a shadow! Poor daddy!! He had no idea how well she really was "tooting"! After I snapped this picture he changed her & she went right back to sleep! What a relief for everyone in the Affleck household, literally!

Thank you!

In my family I am the oldest of 3 girls, each 3 years apart. We are close enough in age to be good friends, but distant enough in age to be at different stages of life. Shortly after I was married to my sweet husband, both of my dear sisters made separate announcements that they were moving to Boston for college. I miss them tons! Well, today was my birthday, & I just had to share a portion of an email from my sister that made me lol! It's kind of random, but if you are a fan of the movie 'What About Bob', then you will understand...

"I wanted to let you know that in honor of your b-day and of something we both hold very dear, I had a party tonight.... a "What about Bob?" party complete with goldfish in a jar, "MmAMmmmmMMmMmMMMMMMmmmmMMmMmmMmm" corn on the cob, family puppets, and a friend named Faye!"

Bahahaha! Complete with a friend named Faye cracks me up! Thank you for the good laugh! If you haven't seen this movie then you should.

Also today I finally went on my first official temple date with my husband since our daughter was born 6 months ago... Why did I wait so long? I guess I have a bit of paranoia in me. Thank you Jennie for kicking me out of my house & "stealing" our baby for a while! It was SO refreshing! I want to "pay it forward", so if anyone needs to escape for a temple date, I'm your gal!

The tulips were in full bloom & the weather was perfect, so here is my lame attempt to capture us with the flowers behind us... too bad no one was around to take the pix for us!

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Our house has been pretty boring lately. Dallan has banished himself to our office during every spare moment after work & on weekends. He is studying for his PE (Professional Engineer) exam. After graduating as a civil/structural engineer he was required to spend 4 yrs as an intern before he could apply for the PE exam which is only offered every 6 mos., so no pressure, right?? Then he will FINALLY be a licensed engineer w/ a special stamp to prove it! He'll be testing all day this Friday & Saturday, grueling. We have to wait a few months for the results, & it's only a pass/fail. I've been trying not to distract his studies by keeping out of the office, except to work on our taxes *yuck*, like I'm supposed to be doing now. Cross your fingers for us!
Why am I doing my own taxes? I don't know. I guess it's a skill I've always admired in others who have this ability (holla, Jake Stephens!). Now I can say that I've done it. Next year I'll be having someone else do it for me, ha! Okay, back to the tax grind, *yuck*!

Go get 'em Dallan!