Happy Birthday to Half of My Family

2 out of the 4 birthdays in my house were celebrated Tuesday.

This is a picture of my hubby's birthday cake this year. It was very yummy, too. In case you don't know, that's Nipper the dog with the gramophone. Hubby is a huge vinyl record fan, and has a big collection of them. So, I thought it was only fitting that Nipper grace his cake.

My daughter also had her birthday yesterday. She is now 12. How is that possible?? I swear we just brought her home from the hospital. We looked at her baby book last night (a yearly tradition), and she was so tiny. I don't have a scanner, so I can't post a picture, but trust me, she's beautiful.

She was born on the same day that my hubby was. We actually chose to have that happen, since she was a planned C-Section. (Her older brother was an unplanned C-section, but I'll save that gory story for another post.) Another happy coincidence is that the same doctor delivered hubby and Lainey. 33 years apart. Doc was just staring his practice when Rob was born, and just happened to be on duty when his mom went into labor. He was just about to retire when Lainey was born. When we picked out the date, we didn't know which doc was going to be at the hospital that day. At a baby shower, someone asked me who was going to deliver the baby, and I listed all of the docs in the practice, since it could have been any one of them. When I mentioned Dr. Lamprecht, Rob's mom got this funny look on her face, and said, "I think that's who delivered Rob!" She later got out his birth records, and sure enough, Dr. L it was. So, when we got there and saw Dr. L, we told him about our coincidence. He was a bit surprised, but was pleased to see that Rob had "turned out so well."

The Blog Lives!

Thank you to everyone who voted and gave me your thoughts on the blog vs. Facebook decision. I have decided to keep the blog, which is a complete change from what I thought I wanted to do. You all convinced me this blog is a good thing! I will step up my efforts to post more often. And to put more "me" in the posts, too.

I have no Valentine plans--very sad, I know. I've always kind of hated Valentine's Day. It's such a manufactured holiday. My son did ask me to take him shopping for his girlfriend's present. I believe he will be picking out the present, and I get to pay for it--how thoughtful of him. I might buy myself some chocolate for being such a great mom!

Blog Vs. Facebook

I am starting to wonder why I have both of these pages. Do I really need both? Is it time to end the blog and just keep the Facebook page? Last year at this time, I had neither page, and I was perfectly happy. Now I have this dilemma. Let's see if we can figure this out:


Reasons to End This Blog:
1. I don't visit it or update it very often.
2. I don't have as many followers as I do on FB, especially since the CML L&P program ended. So, whatever I write on here reaches very few people. Actually, maybe this is a good thing, and a reason to keep the blog...
3. It doesn't have Flair, Super Poke Pets or Super Poke. (Which could actually be a mark against FB, if I think about it). I mean, aren't those just huge time-wasters? Fun, yes. Necessary, probably not.
4. I have just recently found the Notes section on FB, which is essentially the same thing as a blog.


Reasons to Keep This Blog:
1. It is purple. FB can't be purple.
2. CML may offer more L&P activities in the future, and I will probably need a blog for that. So I might as well just keep the one I have.
3. It is easier to maneuver around on here. I still haven't figured FB out completely.
4. FB can be very slow. It just locked up on me, giving me another reason to keep the blog.
5. I thought I had FB set to display my blog updates in the notes section, but it's not working now. My old posts are there, but not this new one. Grrrr..... [Edit: It's working now. Must not be instantaeous.]
6. It is purple!!

Hmmm...not the best reasons to keep the blog. I think I will post a poll on here and a status update on FB, and see what everyone else thinks. I know several people who keep up both a blog and a FB page. Maybe they have some words of wisdom.