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I know you all cannot believe that I am actually getting around to updating the blog again. It has been two months since I last updated the information and we officially have a one year old now. Pace turned one last week and celebrated by having her first ear infection, first fever, etc. We managed to squeeze in a week long celebration of the big day though despite her feeling a bit puny. A couple of days after she got the antibiotic she was well on her way to being her old self, but it did take a good week to get over everything. She went to the doctor for her one year checkup last week and got a good report to go along with all of her shots. She is 30 inches long and 21 pounds. She has not gained a ton of weight since her 9 month appointment, but he was not too concerned. She probably lost a bit last week when she was sick anyway. The only thing is we are still dealing with a clogged tear duct and it looks like we are going to have to have a minor procedure to clear that up. I think it bothers me more than it bothers her, but I think we will all be glad to have that behind us. We will probably be doing that procedure in Savannah sometime in March or April. If we have to do it, we decided to go ahead and get that done before the new baby arrives.

Speaking of the the new baby, or the "other little girl" as we like to call her, she is progressing right along herself. She and I had a checkup this morning and we are officially 25 weeks along and passed our diabetic screening with flying colors. I guess that means I can continue my steady diet of M&M's and snickers! By the way, the nickname "the other little girl" is meant to be endearing although it may not sound that way. My great grandmother, Ma Ma (Momee's mother) used to call me that when I was little. She was quite forgetful and could remember Marlin's name and that there was another little girl, but could not remember the name Fain. She always asked how Marlin and "the other little girl" were doing. That is the history on our "other little girl's" name. Plus, we haven't decided on a name yet. We are planning to keep it a surprise until she arrives since there are so few elements of surprise about labor and delivery these days, but at this rate it will be a surprise to us as well because we can't seem to decide.

Pace continues to grown, learn, and to find some way to amaze me everyday. She always finds a way to make me smile and laugh. Whether we are playing "chase" or she is snorting like a pig, she and I are enjoying every minute together. She is not walking yet, but we anticipate that any week now. She will stand alone ("loney baby") for a long time, but is too chicken to take a step. She knows that she can get where she needs to go by crawling and for now that is good enough. I have included a little video of her walking behind one of her toys. This video is over a month old though and she is much more proficient with her walking toy now. However, I have been way behind on the updates and this is the most current video I have of her walking.

She knows lots of words only they don't come out to clearly. She can communicate when she wants juice, almost say yorkies, and she knows what shoes and fish are. You can guess who has been teaching her about fish. She says "ba" for balloon and looks into the sky. She wants one everytime we go to the grocery store. That is a frequent trip for us these days because she is a wonderful eater. We have switched to whole milk and she will eat pretty much anything but bananas. She loves anything green including green beans, broccoli, butter beans, and asparagus! She still loves music and loves to pat a cake the best. We have started a Kindermusic class and we go to that once a week.

I have also included some video of her riding her 4 wheeler she got for Christmas and one of her crawling through the rocks. While she loves to be outside, it is a bit of a dirty venture because she wants to get down and crawls through all of the dirt. Oh well, that is what baths and washing machines are for. Please enjoy the recent pictures and videos and I will try my best to do better about updating the blog on a regular basis!