disaster

well, I missed one. I've been meaning, and then forgetting, to get a list of birthdays of my (I guess by that I mean my parents') family together, and in fact finally emailed them this morning.

and then I was sitting here just now (which inevitably is lying down, by the way, because we have an air mattress, and I don't know if you've ever tried, but every time you go to sit on an air mattress you fall over...anyway...) with Daniel after he just got home and was thinking about our "cousin" (actually our cousins' daughter, so I guess our second cousin) and thought, "wait, I think Megan was born in August..." and yes, in fact she was. unfortunately, she was not born after the 11th. She was born the 5th. And if you've done the math, that means I'm late. 

So Megan, I'm so, so sorry! I missed your first birthday! How terrible!!! So here is your official (late) birthday post, and I'm sure you won't be the only late post (in fact, I'll be fortunate if I haven't already missed other members of my family...I need that list!!!)

Happy Birthday, Megan!!

Let's see...Megan is my (kirsten) mom's older sister's daugther's daughter (I could make it more confusing, trust me). Actually, truth be told, I've never met Megan, which is terribly sad to me. I hate it that my family grows up (and I guess I do too) and I don't get to watch every moment, movement and step. 

Speaking of steps, it looks like Megan's pretty close to taking her first. It's pretty obvious (not from just this picture, but now that I mention it...) that she loves pink (or it could be that at this age, she inevitably loves pink). And she also has a super cool older brother, Ben who, it's also very obvious, loves his little sister very, very much. She's beautiful and adorable and every time I see pictures I can't believe how much she looks like both of her parents at the same time. 

And because every one year old needs her newborn picture posted, here's sweet Megan just one year ago...

all pictures courtesy of the Frame family's blog...which incidentally I wish I had checked a week or so ago...