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Wells Fargo Baby Shower today!

Those bankers really know how to throw a shower! We had a lovely pizza party with all the suits and Norelle was showered with tons super cute pink outfits and even a stylish spring coat, Baby Einstein play mat, a new Boppy, bath stuff, and on and on. Very fun!

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SoS may soon become Too Big For My Britches (TBFMB) due to my increased caloric intake as of late. All the wonderful meals keep pouring in! Selena made arroz con pollo last week, Stace & Eric bought over lasagna with garlic bread on Friday and today we had two meals at the Hos. First, a 30th Birthday Brunch where Jake & I devoured our own loaf (or so we thought of it) of Monkey Bread and back again we came tonight for a Super Bowl chili meal. Anders made brownies with giant Hershey bars right in the middle and he even cut us middle pieces. I'm fat.



Lauren really loves "baby No-wee" so we had fun watching her hold her, kiss her and just be sweet. Little does she know that Norelle is wearing/using all her baby stuff from just few years back. I'm sure the claws would be out if she knew who was wearing her hot pink Baby GAP velour jumpsuit.



FYI, Norelle still rocks. I have taken to loading her in (Lauren's old) Baby Bjorn and stuffing her under my purple/green Columbia coat circa 1996 (apparently I thought I was size Large back then) and taking Dorothy for a walk. It's really great to get outside with my girls and Nori falls right asleep despite me constantly poking her to make sure she is getting enough air in my wind-proof coat. She also went to Babies R Us, grocery shopping and to church this weekend. The pastors at church went bonkers over her and Pastor Susan even teared up and said "God is wonderful! He works in amazing ways although sometimes much slower than we would like, huh?" Amen sister!



Finally, keep Liz & Ellen in your prayers as they just took off for Tanzania today for a church mission trip! They are out educating the less fortunate about celebrity gossip and sharing old tabloids with them... true heroes in my book.

Tasha sent us this...

The Story of Norelle’s Family

Once there were two expectant families

One carried and cared for you beneath her beating heart

She became your birthmother

The other carried the hope of you within them

They became your family

As the days passed and you grew bigger and stronger

Your birthmother knew that she could not give you all that needed after your birth

Meanwhile, your family was ready and waiting for you

One day your birthmother and the Seltzes found each other

They looked into each other’s eyes and saw a friend

Your birthmother saw the life your new family could give you

The Seltzes saw how much your birthmother cared for you

They decided what you needed was both kinds of love in your life

So now you have two families

One by birth, the other by adoption

Two different kinds of families

Two different kinds of love

Both a part of you

Final Tally

Sometimes I think that when I die and go to heaven, God is going to run a report on me and tally up all the things I have done in my life. He might tell me how many hours I have slept, how many cookies I have eaten, number of dollars I spent on coffee, etc. He might have some really cool pie charts or bar graphs to illustrate particular areas of stength and weakness. After we review the data, I assume we would have a one-on-one about the whole life experience and discuss what is next, like what kind of job I am going to have in heaven or where I am going to be living for all of eternity.