When we got home from work last night, the power was out in our house.  Someone apparently cut a line somewhere and it took our power company 7+ hours to fix it!  Fortunately, Laura is not really picky about warm versus cold food.  So, for dinner she ate cold chicken and half a bagel.  When it came to bath time, we ended up having to give her a bath in our upstairs bathroom because there is a window in there.  She was VERY confused by that.  She enjoyed it a lot, but was very confused.  She couldn't figure out why the lights were off and then why she was in our bathtub.  She did think the jets for our jetted tub were pretty cool.  She also decided to play with Mommy's shampoo and conditioner bottles.

I was concerned about her going to sleep because we always play music for her.  She has a CD of lullabies that was given to us by our church.  We play it every night.  When I laid her down in her crib, she was ready for sleep though!  Andy and I said her nighttime prayer, kissed her good night, and off to sleep she went.  Of course, she is a great sleeper.  Fortunately, sleep problems are something we have never had with Laura.

After Laura went to bed, B and Rachel came over and stayed with her while Andy and I went to Mackenzies for dinner.  Special, special thanks to them for sitting in the dark at our house!  We wanted to go out to dinner just the two of us because it might be awhile before we get the chance to do that again.  NO, I'm NOT pregnant, but that isn't outside the realm of all possibility.

It occurred to me this morning that Laura will be one year old in 16 days. It is just so hard to believe.  I think what amazes me most about her is how much like Andy she is.  Yes, she looks just like him, but she is so much like him in other ways.  She is definitely not a morning kiddo.  She is also very determined (or maybe the proper word here is stubborn?).  She will try over and over until she gets something she wants.  I can't really explain all the things I've noticed, it's just that she has a lot of Daddy in her.  I look forward to the next year and every year after that to see how much more of Daddy comes out in her.