Blink and you miss it.

Obsession. I will be the first to admit that I have severe obsessive tendencies if left unchecked. I like to call it focused attention, but Stefanie flat out laughs at that. I am lucky that Asher has the same problem because it diverts some of her ire from me. Combine our all-consuming house with my obsessive nature, Stefanie's current state of nesting as she expects the baby, and my fear that the baby will come too soon, and I am focused like a laser beam.

I took a break from home improvement and finally got around to downloading pictures from my camera into the computer. On one hand I was impressed that with all we have going on, I had taken so many pictures. On the other hand, I was depressed that the pictures were like foggy recollections. "Oh yeah, Ella started Kindergarten... We went to San Diego... What is that one? I think I remember something about that..."

Although it is out of order, I needed to post some pictures of Ella and her first day. Unfortunately, I can't recall much about it. I know she went; I have the evidence. I also can say that she was mostly excited about dressing for Kindergarten. She planed out her outfit a number of times for days before her debut. You can see here right before we walked to school how cute she looks. This was actually the dressing up dress rehearsal a few days before Kindergarten.

I find that if I keep my head buried in the walls and attic of our new project, I will miss the most important part of my life. My resolution is to take some time for my family, pace myself on this project. After all, when you own a home there will always be something to do. No sense rushing through a job that never ends. Farris Bueller said, "Life moves pretty fast, if don't stop and look around every once in a while, you might miss it." It seems that is especially true with your family.

The rest of Ella's pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/jsutter11/EllaSFirstDayOfSchool