Montana Anniversaire

My baby girl turns nine this week... NINE! I'm having a hard time with this age. I think because I planned on having another baby before she turned nine, since I was told after nine years it would be like having a first baby all over again labour-wise. Also, it means that come January it will have been ten years since I got pregnant, which is just scary to think about.

Yesterday we had a huge party, something we haven't been able to do in a few years because our houses were too small. We must have had 50 people here! It was incredible, the kids had a great time. I made a kitty litter cake, which got the desired reactions from our guests, and was delicious.

Today we will be having our family dinner, tacos as per usual. Then we'll watch The Karate Kid, a gift from me, because Montana absolutely loved the movie in theaters (and I did too!)

Also, one of her gifts from me today is to get her ears pierced, so we're going to do that this afternoon. She is very excited, and I find it bittersweet.

Here is last year's blog telling of her birth: Montana's Birth

14 Annees

It has been fourteen years since my cousin, Jessie, lost her life, and though the pain has dulled somewhat, it still breaks my heart. She would be 22 today.

Rather than repeat myself, here is the link to last year's blog: Le Fait de se Souvenir Jessie.

And a song that reminds me of Jessie; a song of loss: Gone Away by Offspring.

RIP Jessie
1988~1996

Octobre

Wow, after reading the first bit of my last entry, I am surprised at the enormous change of events and moods. Day to day life hasn't changed much; work, ballet, dishes, McDonalds, buses, swimming, lunches, the list goes on. However, a few days ago my mom found out that she may be getting a good chunk of change that she should have gotten years ago but didn't know about it until recently, and there's a possibility she could get a large sum of money. This is wonderful news! It will be enough to pay off our immediate bills, and maybe a bit of debt.

Today we got the best news of all: We are moving back to our old neighborhood, where the kids have been going to school since Kindergarten. We moved out of our townhouse in December 2006, just a couple months after Montana started school, and since then we have moved four times, this next move being our fifth. All the while we were trying to move back into the area, but there were no houses available until now. This house is perfect! It has the right amount of bedrooms, a wonderful fenced yard for PomPom to run free in, a large deck where I can supervise from, and more. The whole family has been floating on a cloud today. In two days we will go sign the papers and get to see the inside--our appointment to view it didn't work out, but we saw enough to know we wanted it. Very, very exciting.

And because good news comes in threes: Marianas Trench is going to be giving yet another free concert in less than two weeks time! They are promoting a new store during their Grand Opening, along with some other bands. This will be my third time seeing them this year. I could not be happier.

Thanksgiving is coming up this weekend, and we will be having a dinner here with DW and Little Kub, as well as DM and her family. I think it will be wonderful!

So far, October seems to be a pretty great month. I can only hope it continues--I am afraid of it falling down on me! I can't help it!