Life Moves TOO Fast

My dearest little Layla - Yesterday, you turned 22 months old. Last night, as we laid on the floor together, you started "styling" my hair with your hands and a comb. You're blossoming into a beautiful little girl, and we only recently noticed that you're no longer our chubby little baby. You're a little girl, with stark white blond hair that curls into a little pig tail when we put it up and who loves dresses and shoes. You're starting to say more everyday (we're still awaiting your first swear word) and you love to be chased (by anyone including dogs), to dance, to tumble and to play outside. My favorite thing to hear you say, "Wuv you mummy!" This morning, you decided to wake up at 4:00 a.m. Daddy recently said he's no longer waking up with you in the middle of the night because he knows you don't need anything. You usually don't, but I always get up to check on you to be sure you're okay and not covered in poo poos. I let you cry it out for a while last night, but after listening to you wail, "Mummmy! Daddddy!" for about 10 minutes, decided I should peek. What happened next? Your blond curls popped up over the edge of the crib, you smiled, giggled a bit and said, "Mummy." Then, you handed me your blanket and reached out for me. How could I resist? I'm leaving for Vegas in just two days and won't see you for FOUR whole days. That is a record and I miss you already. So of course I scooped you up and snuggled you on the couch for an hour or so. Then, I snuck you into our bed and said, "Shhh, don't get us in trouble." You smiled and whispered, "Wuv you mummy."

Layla, I promise to do a better job at posting pictures and updates to your blog. We created this for you, so that you have something special to look back on when you're grown. Life moves too fast, especially for your working parents. But, life should never move so fast that we cannot stop to smell the roses and reflect on the moments in our lives that should be cherished and made into everlasting memories. We LOVE you soooo much!!!

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Latest and greatest in the Sherman household: I'm packing and ready for Vegas trip on Thursday. Cannot wait. Work has been overwhelming and a bit blah lately... strange that I can be so busy yet so unamused at the same time. Yesterday I found myself daydreaming in a meeting and wondering how on earth I ended up working for a giant financial institution, marketing to people about how much to save for retirement. Snnnoooooze. Important, yes. Amusing, not always. How do you make the transition from working for a financial institution for six years to doing some sort of marketing for a more light hearted company? I'm so much better at dreaming up fun slogans and pitches for travel companies, liquor / beer companies, retail, dining, etc. You just can't slam, "Who's gonna bail ME out?!" on a retirement flyer and expect to get that through compliance, you know? ;) Maybe I should just write a book. What would I write about though? Start my own reality show? Open a winery that delivers??

Jake is busy with summer school (fishing and land navigation) and post grad classes. His good friend Nimm is in town with his family so Jake's headed to the Brewer game tonight. Hopefully he's not as late tonight as he was on Saturday night. More tequila, babe?

Summer is finally here and the sun is shining. Oh happy day.... Looking forward to more summer events, cookouts, parties, and another vacation in August!

Stay tuned, and don't give up on us... I promise to do more posting in the future!!!