Rambo's Rampages...

This child is going to be two on Saturday. 2. TWO.   THIS child is going to be two.   TWO !   TWO YEARS OLD! I LOVE YOU, THEODORE!!!  YOU ARE SO INCREDIBLY PRECIOUS TO ME! YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT AND YOU DID! HAPPY ( SLIGHTLY EARLY) BIRTHDAY!   MA MA LOVE S YOU.

Um... no, definitely not. Not this year. The Colts are 0 - shameful, and the Ravens are doing well. Barf. So instead, let's get ready for some pictures!! We celebrated Rambo's first birthday last night with family. We tried to keep it small but when you have two decent sized families, 'small' usually means 20 or so people. But that also means more delicious food!  The night began with..... It began with the making of this cake anyway. The eating came later. Spice cake with sprinkles. It has nothing to do with baby or boy or Rambo or camo, but at least it was made. I am not a baker and have never claimed to be. It was me, a cake mix, a Chinese lady who has never baked a cake, and sprinkles. Lots and lots of sprinkles to cover up the horrible icing job. All I can say is- it was edible. Of course, the night really began with the man of the hour: Then lots and lots of food which we didn't get a picture of. But let me tell you, it was good. Chicke...

There are several things I've learned in the past few months. The first of which is even Baja Fresh gets old when it's pretty much your only choice of nourishment at the hospital. I've also learned more information about the heart than I care to bore you with, the names of all the nurses in the PICU and NICU, and that Plan D is always the plan you end up with. My knight in shining armour doctor finally agreed to induce me 2 weeks before my due date. I can not tell you how much this pleased me. And to my pleasure even more, I went into labor on my own the morning I was supposed to be induced. I give my husband credit at this point because at 2am I said "My water broke!" and he hit the ground running. We had to make it to Johns Hopkins since it had been decided it was the best place to deliver so we had over an hours ride and this was my 4th child. Keep in mind, I barely made it to our local hospital with the last one.   Anyway, a pretty uneventful trip and s...