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Julie's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 3/13/02 -------------------- 1/5/02 11/9/01 9/8/01 7/17/01 6/20/01 6/5/01 4/26/01 4/10/01 3/28/01 3/13/01 3/2/01 2/26/01 2/18/01 1/10/01 12/27/00 12/14/00 11/29/00 11/8/00 10/24/00 10/2/00 9/20/00 9/13/00 8/26/00 8/21/00 8/8/00 8/3/00 7/26/00 7/19/00 7/12/00 6/28/00 6/21/00 6/13/00 6/6/00 5/30/00 5/23/00 5/15/00 5/10/00 5/1/00 4/26/00 4/17/00 4/8/00 4/4/00 -------------------- Julie's Introduction

Introduction

The big "4."

This December 18 was my baby's fourth birthday. We had a nice little party despite a blizzard warning. On the guest list was SIL Tracy and Carl with cousin Carly who is three weeks younger than Natalie, the birthday girl. BIL Bart and Sharon, Rebecca and Coyla plus my Dad and his wife, Sue, also braved below zero temps to share in birthday fun. Craig and I whipped up some yummy treats along with a chocolate cake that Craig decorated splendidly.

Natalie racked up some great gifts. During the gift opening she didn't like the spotlight and ended up in her bed crying. But Momma coaxed her out and after a while all was well. Let's see, Natalie got some cute dress up clothes, a Cassie doll, some Play-Doh, a Blue's Clues notebook. Her favorite was the Blue's Clues notebook.

It doesn't seem that long ago when she was just born. I was thrilled with my little girl and her brown hair, like Daddy's.

Happy Birthday Natalie!

Love,
Mom and Dad and Big sis Sophie