that's my daughter...

i thought i had it.  i know i missed my "daily" blogging, since it's after midnight, but i thought i had the time to sit down and write before bed and before she would wake up, but as i sat down to write, the baby began her mumblings, which have now turned into cries.
i'm going to finish this quickly before going in there.
i love holidays!  a friend of my family, who knows us very well (going on 40 years now, so obviously more than my whole life) said tonight, "i never knew a family who loved holidays as much as you guys." and it's true.  today (well, yesterday, today and this coming saturday) we are celebrating st. patrick's day as if we walked straight off the isle.  my girls were dressed from head to toe in green, we made shamrock cookies with green icing and had corned beef and cabbage for dinner.  for ground hogs' day, we made t-shirts with iron-on pictures of a groundhog on them.  we do so love to celebrate the fun and exciting days of life.  we also like to celebrate the quiet and normal days, too.  we just like to enjoy this life we've been given.  whatever the date on the calendar, whether hallmark declares it a gift day or not, we love it.  and we live it.  to the fullest.  and that is one of my favorite things about my world- my parents and that family, my husband and children... all of it.  i love this life.  
happy st. patrick's day (or day after as would have it.)  and now, happy friday!