Day 31

Splish splash... she was taking a bath.

Day 30

I was just trying to help Macy learn the importance of sharing.

Day 29

The baby days are coming to an end. I'm trying to enjoy it while it lasts.

Day 28

It was just one of "those" days.

Day 27

Three awesome kids = two lucky parents.

Day 26

Macy!!! AKA Mozer, Momo, Macers, Peanut, Bobo, Macimoo, Punkin

Day 25

Moments like this are why I love being a mom.

Day 24

McCarter: Party of Five

Day 23

Mallory and I had so much fun making a snowman today! I have NEVER made one before. I think he turned out pretty well. Mallory named him Benjamin (which is just a coincidence that there's also a cute little boy in her class at school named Benjamin).

Day 22

Isn't this typical? I pulled all of my running socks out of the laundry and somehow I came up with 6 Lefts and only 1 Right. How does this happen?

Day 21

Macy got to lick the bowl.

Day 20

Griffin: The dog I hate to love.

Day 19

The kids were out of school so I took the day off too. We had lunch at the mall and took a ride on the carousel. Fun day!

Day 18

Today I came across an old blog I wrote in August of 2007 that I wanted to revive:

I am optimistic. I laugh more than I cry. I like being left handed. I try to see people for their strengths not their weaknesses. I love my kids more than I love myself. I try too hard. I think dogs are better friends than most people. I eat chocolate when I'm sad. I am glad I'm a woman. I believe music has power. I don't think money has ever made anyone happy. I am terrible at staying mad at someone. Taking pictures makes me happy. I am claustrophobic. I often think of compliments about others, but don't say them as much as I should. I think Mac's are better than PC's. I have the curliest toes you've ever seen. I think everyone is pretty. I try to take life one day at a time, but I always feel more secure when I have a plan for the future. I love strawberry lemonade. I'm a bit of a control freak. I like to make cookies and give them away. I hate airplanes but I love to travel. I'm a hopeless romantic. I am the person laughing in the movie theater when no one else is. I say I love you all the time, and never regret it. I don't drink soda unless it's someone else's. Rainbows give me hope. I'd rather be nieve than jaded. I think it's lame to give flowers for a holiday, but incredibly romantic to give flowers for no reason. I feel ugly when I cry. I wish I was more organized. I am willing to work hard for things that are important to me, but I'm kind of lazy in other areas of life. I think most of the problems in the world are because people are selfish and closed-minded but don't acknowledge it. I want to be a good example for my kids. I want to learn to speak Spanish and play the piano. I think happiness and gratitude go hand in hand.

Day 17

I bought these shoes 6 weeks ago. As of today, I've run 100 miles in them!

Day 16

I set a goal to make my bed every day. I'm always in a rush to get out the door in the mornings so that's been a hard habit for me to keep. So far I've made it every day this year.

Day 15

ACK!!! Today we came home to find that our dog, Griffin, had somehow gotten a bottle of red Gatorade and managed to open it up on the carpet, smack dab in the middle of the living room. I've tried everything but it will NOT come out. We were planning on getting new carpet, but I guess it will have to be sooner than later.

Day 14

Riley is the kid that never sleeps. He loves to stay up late and then never sleeps in.

Day 13

Homework... everybody is doing it, at least at our house anyway. Mallory is such a good sport about it. I hope her positive attitude about homework sticks with her.

Day 12

There's nothing like cuddling a baby right after a bath.

Day 11

The hardest part of my life right now, the HARDEST part... is leaving this little angel and watching her wave at me from the window when I go to work. It breaks my heart, every time. I know I am doing what I am meant to do, but that doesn't mean this path is easy and the sacrifices don't hurt. Here is a picture of her in her crib. She actually doesn't spend much time there. She is as close to me as possible whenever I'm around her. She strokes my arm to fall asleep. She lights up and says "Yay!" when I walk in the door. She feeds me her cookies. She puts on my makeup. She is my little ray of sunshine and I'm so lucky to be her mom.

Day 10

Dog pile on Mom!

Day 9

Meet "Mo." That's what Macy calls her little Elmo. Apparently she thought he was hungry today because this is how I found him.

Day 8

Fridays at our house are called "Domo Day." I don't have school or work and the kids have early day. When I pick them up, we go straight to 7-11 and get hot chocolate. They love it! Riley's friend, Jacob, came with us today.

Day 7

Tonight after dinner my kids were all playing and having fun. I love when Riley and Mallory chase little Macy around the house and keep her laughing. Here is a picture of them rolling around the living room floor together.

Day 6

This is where I work. I love my job! After returning from a two week long holiday break, I had so many clients and coworkers come up and tell me how much they missed me. It is great to feel as though I belong there. They are like my second family.

Day 5

First Riley wanted a banana. Then Macy wanted to do what her big brother was doing. Mallory could not be left out, of course. So before I knew it, all three of my kids were sitting on the kitchen counter eating bananas.

Day 4

RIley informed me that it was "un-American" that we have never been sledding. So for Christmas, all the kids got sleds and today we all went sledding. We had so much fun and can't wait to go again.

Day 3

Macy has been such a trooper and stayed up late with the rest of the family for all the holiday celebrations. Today she crashed, along with Riley and Mallory. I came home from the gym and all three of the kids were taking a nap.

Day 2

Here is Riley and Macy at a New Year's dinner party at our good friends' house, The Plants. We spent both New Year's Eve and New Year's Day with them playing Rock Band and eating lots of yummy food like fudge and fondue. :)

Day 1

For my first picture, I wanted to share a pic from Christmas. We had such a fun Christmas together this year. We feel very blessed and grateful for the memories we created with our families.

A photo a day, every day in 2010. I am crazy to add another thing to do with my crazy schedule, but this seems like a really cool idea. Steph- you're my inspiration! Hopefully come 2011 I will have an amazing record of a year in my life. :) Bring it on!