2010 Census

We received our census in the mail the other day so I decided to go ahead, take a few minutes and fill it out. In a matter of seconds I realized that it was not going to be as easy as I thought. I don't recall what the exact words are, but it asked for the number of people living in our house. To me that means how many people are in our family. I wanted to write down 5. There are five members of our family, but only 4 are actually currently living in our house. I felt like I was having to leave Hailey out of our family. For each person it asks for age and birthday, then it states for babies to put "0" for age. I wanted so badly to put Hailey on there and just put "0". I understand that the census is just for people living currently. I know that for genealogical purposes that would really confuse someone in the future, but it was so difficult for me to leave her off. I guess it is one of those things that makes her death real. It was a slap in my face telling me my baby is gone. It still hurts.


On a much lighter note - I was very excited the other night because I made "potato" cheese soup and the kids loved it. Why is this so exciting, you ask?? Because it didn't have any potatoes in it! It was pure cauliflower and only 190 calories and 7 grams of fat! (snicker, snicker). They never had a clue!