Friday Flashback : 2006

April 2006

Nicole was 10.

This picture was taken at Aiden’s first birthday party. She was 8 years old before she received her GREATEST WISH IN ALL THE WORLD, a sibling. While she did not specifically request SIBLING PART II, she was happy to see him when he showed up.

April 2010

Her playing with the webcam. At 11:30 at night. On a school night.

She was SUCH A PEACH the next morning!

Cheerleading has ended and Lacrosse has begun. Add gymnastics and a boyfriend and it is rare that she is here and awake.

They miss her when she’s not here, but manage to carve out time when she IS.

Emily will sit on the floor of the bathroom and listen to TSwift while Coley takes a shower. Aiden begs to play Crash on the X-Box with her. She is the BIG KID that sneaks them spoonfuls of frosting and scoots over in the middle of the night if someone has a bad dream.

I have a hard time wrapping my brain around the passage of time.

I see the 10 year old and I KNOW her.. But then I see this 15 year old and O YEAH! I know her! But they are so different.

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TGIF. I’m having problems with my left knee. I DON”T KNOW WHY.  I rested it for a few days and it felt better, then on Thursday it was back to the hurting. My calorie count has been higher than normal yesterday and today, but not by much. Making time to have breakfast is my biggest problem and I’ll stick with the Slim Fast for now.

We leave for Boston on Tuesday for a 2 night getaway and I’m so excited.