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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Tuesday
Nov022010

Double digits.

Heavy sigh. My baby...my firstborn...turned TEN today. TEN. How the heck did that happen? It seems like just yesterday he was a whopping 9 lb 4 oz newborn whose head was so big they couldn't find a hat big enough at the hospital. ;)

Because he's so old...old enough that we didn't have a digital camera back when he was born, lol...here's the oldest picture I could find of him that was already scanned on my computer. It was taken in June 2002. He was about 19 months old and was living in bliss, not realizing that in a month he'd have a baby brother and his world would turn upside down, lol. 

And, today, here's what he looks like:


Still handsome as ever and much better experienced with putting up with my photo shoots. ;) 

Over the years, we've learned aplenty alongside each other. He's been, in many ways, my easiest child (fortunate, then, that he was the first, LOL). He's loved ice, car keys, meat, trains, rockets, soccer, legos, science, money and Star Wars...to name a few obsessions. He's disliked sand, getting dirty, having strangers talk to him and heights. He values comfort and details and is my most serious son. And, he's really growing into his role as big brother and eldest son. Man, I can't wait to see what the next ten years bring!

Happy birthday, my Noah!

Reader Comments (1)

Happy Birthday Noah! You get handsomer as time goes on :) Here's to the future!

November 2, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterSusan Easley

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