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Well, we made it back to Ok. I don't know if that's a good thing seeing as it is super hot and it is taking our house a long time to cool down as Ron didn't have the air on our normal 72 while we were gone. So once again we managed the 800 mile trip to MI. It went well and the drive went very smoothly besides for lost pipes/pacifier's, tears over movies, some potty accidents and a very messy car. It took us about 12.5 hours of driving about 13.5 hours total, it feels good to be home.

One year today, we had little Andrea Joy. It was in the middle of the night/early morning after getting a PP&J snack for Brayden that my water broke and we headed on into the hospital. After making slow progress I was given a little pitocin and Ron decided it was a good time to grab a bite of lunch. Shortly after he left my Dr arrived and said it was time to push and have this baby. I was a little shocked...didn't they just tell me I was not dilated enough and not progressing as well as I should. Thankfully Ron showed up and was a surprised as I was that it was time to push. How wonderful that after a couple pushes we were blessed with a beautiful healthy baby girl. Andrea has grown into her own little person over the past year and we can't wait to see what she it going to do next. I am hoping she starts calling me mommy as right now the only person she calls for is DADDY!

BIG NEWS...... SHE TOOK TWO STEPS BY HERSELF TONIGHT BEFORE BED!!!!

We decided to put a birthday present together for her, we felt a little bad she had been in her seat all day and she just loved her new little car from G&G H. Brayden and Becca also loved it. I kept telling them to back off and let Andrea play, Brayden informed me that he had to try it out first for her and Becca chimed in that they were going to take turns. Poor Andrea, a little over run by her siblings. Happy Birthday Andrea Joy!