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My 15 year old daughter thinks Indiana Jones is hot.

and I think Shia LaBeouf is a cutie.

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Thanks to all the mother’s day wishes and prayers for my grandmother’s good health. I really appreciate all your visits and comments even when I’m away.

I went to visit my family in Los Angeles, CA last week because my grandmother was in the hospital and was about to undergo surgery. Given her age and condition, we were not sure how she would fare the operation so I wanted to be there to see in case anything happened. Luckily, with her strong spirit and prayers of people who care about her and even those who didn’t know her, she came through the operation fine. It will take a miracle for her to beat what’s ailing her now, but she believes in miracles and we do too. I believe in the miracle that is she.

She is a woman of great faith and it sustains her. She exhibits admirable strength in body and spirit and is a great example to us all. She truly is the mother of all mothers. We are a family of women after all.

To all my fellow moms out there, I hope you had a happy mother’s day. To all who are lucky to have mothers in their lives like my mother and grandmother, I hope you honor them everyday that they are in your life and not just on this one day, for life is short and we often do not realize how valuable someone is until we lose them. I am thankful I haven’t lost her yet and I pray that we will have more days with her to learn from her and bask in her love.

I never thought of running a cost analysis regarding cloth diapers, so Trent saved us moms the trouble and we find out that there really isn’t much of a difference in cost. So the choice whether to go cloth or disposable becomes more of a preference than a financial issue. Unless you go the way I did.

When I had my first baby, I wanted everything to be perfect for her and of course, like any mom, I wanted the best for her. I chose that she should only wear cloth diapers. Even though I chose to go that route, I knew I wasn’t ready or equipped to be washing diapers myself so I found a diaper service with a good reputation and chose to have them wash my diapers instead. I loved this service because it kept my diapers separate from others using the service. Some diaper cleaning services put everyone’s diapers together in the same wash so you could be getting someone else’s stuff next time around. I knew they adhered to their promise of keeping diapers separate because, of course my mother and grandmother went and bought a bunch of cloth diapers and embroidered them with my daughter’s initials. hehe! I know that using a cleaning service throws off Trent’s analysis making my cloth diapers way more expensive than disposable.
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My two older girls are only 11 months apart so right now they are the same age. Since Jade just had her birthday and Asi’s won’t be for a couple of weeks, they are both 15 years old at the moment.

They’ve always been mistaken for twins and after a while they learned to answer vehemently, “No, we’re 11 months apart!” hehe! They don’t get asked the twin question anymore but now it’s the “who’s older” question that is getting their goat since the younger one, Jade is taller than Asi now.

I found an old brag book while cleaning out my stuff over the weekend and found this note and photo. The note was written by Jade (the younger one) when she was about 4 years old. As you can see, the sibling rivalry started early. Overall though, I say they get along pretty well with each other.

Well, about as well as you can expect from sisters I grew up with two sisters too and while I love them and wouldn’t trade them for anything in the world now, I remember times when I wished I was an only child. I’m sure they (my sisters) did too. lol!