Ho hum....

I did it again! Another Dean's list down - millions more (at least it seems) to go. I got all A's again this semester, after all this worrying and doubting - I prevailed! Today marks the official first day of Spring quarter, I was kinda enjoying my break, guess I have to wait 10 more weeks till Summer break. Oh well....;) A&P II and Comp II here I come....

Mia update: She cut TWO teeth (her bottom two) I knew they were coming!!!!!!

My life right now is so hectic. I need time to sort my thoughts, but I don't have any time to spare. Geez Louise, I hardly have time to update here. If anyone knows where I can purchase time really cheap let me know ;)

Happy 5th Birthday, Princess Rose Marie!

Happy Birthday to you ** Happy Birthday to you ** Happy Birthday dear, Rose ** Happy Birthday to you! I, truely, 100% without a doubt cannot believe that my baby is 5. It is so bittersweet.

5 years ago, 3/15/03, was the day that changed my life. After waiting nearly 5 years to conceive a child - one was going to be born to me that day! Wow, was I in for a surprise. From my, to the tee, birth plan not going as planned - to the adjustments of having a newborn. I have learned so much, but never, ever, want life any way other than the way it is TODAY.

Rose Marie, was born at 1:55 a.m. after a grueling 33 hours of labor and 2 1/2 hours of pushing. I just couldn't do it anymore, she was soooooo close to being born vaginally, but not close enough. She was born via C-Section and I was put under general anesthesia. My first experience with all of that, looking back it must not have been that bad, since I went on to have two more children ;) She was my smallest, but at the time seemed so big, weighing in at 8 pounds 9 ounces and 21 inches long. She was such a beautiful baby - both inside and out. She loved to snuggle, that is why we called her treefrog, and now she is "toad".

I seriously don't know where the time went, but I do know that I have to savor the future since I know that will go by even faster. She was so happy to turn 5. It was a day for many new things for her! She even learned to tie her shoes. We treated her special day to Chuckie Cheese and she felt so special. Over the weekend we had some of our family and friends over for a "lemonicious" cake and lemon ice cream, decorated with Little Mermaid, per Rose's request. She got some great gifts, but best of all loved spending time with those special people in her life!

Rose, since I will make sure you have a copy of this when you get older, Mommy and Daddy love you soooooo much. We are so proud of you and can't wait to watch you mature into a blossoming bud! We love you!! How much - to infinity and beyond!

Finally....

Finally - All good things come to an end so they say. Today I have my Final practical in A&P. I feel ready, I feel smart, I feel the pressure. My grade is a B in the lecture part of the class. How the grading thing works is that you take 80% of Lecture and 20% of Lab - add them together and VOILA a grade. So I am figuring (and maybe I shouldn't) that if I ACE this practical it will bump my final grade to an A!! I aced the Midterm 100% no problem, but now the pressure is on. I should just be happy with what I have, most don't even pass this class the first time. I think the odds were like 60% fail!!! But really, I am greedy, I would love an "A" so I can maintain my Dean's List status....ho hum!

Finally - We have figured out the whole "Rose School Situation". God has answered my prayers, I feel really blessed lately, because he is answering alot of my prayers. We applied Rose to L'anse Creuse Public Schools for full day Kindergarden starting in the fall, and well she got accepted!! This school district is awesome!! They are so friendly, caring, helpful and well their test scores aren't too shabby either. Rose and I went up to Yacks elementary (where she will attend) to pick up her registration papers. While we were there the secretary gave Rose a T-Shirt that said "Class of 2021" --- WHAT!! --- It hit me, the tears started, she is growing up and fast at that!

Finally - The time is almost near, my first born, my baby is going to be 5. Yes 5!!! Two more days...I have been reflecting alot on the time of her birth. I seriously remember it like it was yesterday! I can recall all the vivid and not so vivid details, It's freaky.

Finally a Kitchen update: I ordered my faucets yesterday! I can't wait to see them. We got a sweet deal as well!! I got them from Ebay (brand new) one for $69.00 and one for $74.00. One of these goes for $180.00 at Lowes so I basically got two for the price of one! After ten L O N G years of having NO kitchen it is finally starting to come together!