Happy 1st B-day Chance- We are glad you made it!

We did the impossible! We kept Chance alive to see his first birthday!


Because of all the craziness of our lives, we chose to keep his birthday real simple. My dad was in town and he took us out to Red Lobster (Chance loved the cheddar rolls)

and then we came home, opened a few presents and then we had cake:

"What are these bright colors?"


"I guess I'll poke it before I eat it"


"Huh, interesting texture."


"Guess it's not too bad!"


"What are you looking at? I like cake!"

"Crazy Man Chance"

Life is funny. A brief intro before I dish into the newest breaking news in the Choate family: When Ben and I were first expecting Chance, we both had separate dreams in which this child was a very rambunctious, and "energetic" soul. I had no idea just how true that would be, nor how soon that would manifest itself in Chance's personality and life.

After finally recovering from his month-long bout with diarrhea, I finally felt I could breathe a sigh of relief, but before I could even exhale, Chance proves himself once again to be our "crazy man."

On Friday, I noticed that his left arm was bothering him, but only occasionally, so I watched it, but by Sunday (yesterday) it still wasn't any better. I took him into the doctor. Suspecting a possible dislocation, or fracture we had it x-rayed.



Sure enough, three days before his first birthday, Chance broke his arm! He fractured his little humors bone, which is incredibly funny to Ben, but not so much to me. It is a pitiful sight seeing him in his hard splint and trying so desperately to crawl with his sling that they had to modify because there wasn't one small enough for him.

This new experience now leaves me with only one question: What more do I have to look forward to in this child's future?

Princess

Did you know the Miss America Pageant is this Saturday? Did you know I went for Miss Colorado in 2005 before I married Ben? Crazy, huh! Yeah, so my dream of being Miss America is over now and that's OK. I just want to send a shout out to all the women who are princess even though they never get to wear the tiara.

Happy New Years!

Before you make your New Year's Resolutions or Goals check out this awesome call on: How to Make 2009 the BEST Year of Your Life. given by Rich German an incredibly inspiring and impowering life coach. This one call has helped me really decide what I want to accomplish in 2009 and set goals that are totally inspiring and empowering. I highly reccomend it.

Here is the link: http://www.richgerman.com/bestyearever_replay.html

My goals for the new year are this:

1. To be grateful for what is and write down 10 things I am grateful for every day
2.Exercise and rest every day- yes it is a goal to rest, I am always so go, go, go- I run myself down
3. Attend temple 12 times
4. Go on a romantic getaway with Ben
5. Increase our income by 20%
6. Finish my next book and get it published!
7. Touch someone's life in a specific way for good

I hope 2009 is the best year for you ever.
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Here's to wealth, health, and prosperity!