July 8, 2009
Holy Shit! I can’t believe I have neglected my blog for a month. A month exactly today. I have thought about posting and reading and commenting…but life has gotten the best of me.
But I am still around – and HAVING A BABY ON FRIDAY MORNING! OMG – I can’t believe he is almost here!
So what have I been up to lately, you may (or not) wonder?
**Thumbs slammed in back doors (Avery’s thumb, mommy slamming)
**4 year old birthday party, complete with bouncy house and 16 preschoolers.
**T-Ball practice and games
**Ballet class
**And the crazy world of OB appointments and doing everything I can to get this baby to come out on his own. (No such luck)
**Trying to spend as much time with Miss Avery before she is no longer an only child…
So again, I will be disappearing for a little while, but with good reason. And I will post pictures of the C-man and his big sister once I get home from the hospital.
June 8, 2009
Hubby comes home tonight….from 4 days/4 nights in Seattle. We’ve missed him. Especially Avery (not saying that I didn’t but she loves her Daddy!)…
It’s birthday week – lots and lots going on. I need his help to get ready. I’m 34 1/2 weeks pregnant. It’s getting tough to bend over. You know what I’m saying?
I have a PSA for using the U-Scans at the checkout line…but it will have to wait. There are groceries to buy…a house to clean…all that jazz.
Tune in tomorrow though.
June 3, 2009
I love Edward Cullen. I lust after the character. I love Rob Pattinson as Edward. But Rob Pattinson uncostumed (not nude, ladies) but when he’s not dressed for the role…not so much.
Until I saw this….
Shannie – you were right after all.
June 3, 2009
of me has been crazy lately. We’ve been busy.
Avery finished soccer last night and got her medal. Everyone got a medal. She was so proud of it. She had a make up practice last Saturday and she scored a goal. She was a ROCK STAR! It figures though that my memory card fried while at soccer and although I did record it, all images were gone by the time I got home. WTF???
Hubby went up north over the weekend and leaves tomorrow for a trip to Seattle for his brother’s bachelor party. So I have been busy keeping Avery busy.
It’s cold here. It sucks. It’s supposed to be SUMMER, and that means outsideness and fun. Not here. I promised Avery months ago that once school was done she’d be able to go into her pool and swim. So she asks. EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. Poor thing.
We actually got all of the RSVPs back for her party next weekend. 14 kids plus her. Thank god we rented the bouncy house. Now I am in full party planning mode. Making a list, checking it twice. This is our first KID party. I think we are going a little over the top, but who the hell cares!
5 weeks and 2 days until this baby comes out. Yikes! I am nowhere near ready for that. Mentally yes, but everything else. Forget it. Tomorrow night my MIL is hosting a diaper shower for me. That should be fun. I had one with Avery, but it was huge. I didn’t have to buy diapers for 6 months. Not expecting quite that. It’s my MILs friends who will be there. But Michelle was invited - and I know she’s got my back. Right, Michelle?
That’s where I have been hiding for the past week. Hiding in my life. Nothing funny has happened. Nothing earthshattering. Nada. Zero. Zip. Zilch.
And I am not working anymore, so that seriously eats into my blogging time. Cuz that’s what I would do once I finished my list. Read blogs and comment. Maybe today….but don’t get your hopes up!
Tada tada! Off to plan today’s adventures.
May 27, 2009
I bawled like a freaking baby.
Because when I got out of bed, I discovered that I didn’t have any coffee filters.
Fucking hormones.
May 26, 2009
This goes out to Bear.
Selective Hearing. Remember that post?
I hate to use those 4 words, buddy, but I TOLD YOU SO!
He finally pissed off Montana enough that she bit him. In the eye. While we were on vacation.
I was standing in the cabin, cleaning up from dinner, and I hear this awful growling and fighting. I thought they got into something. Next thing I know, Hubby is bringing Bear into the cabin, blood gushing from his eye. Luckily she got the lid and not his actual eyeball.
They are back to being best buds again, just like always. However this afternoon, he was chewing on her ears and she started growling. He backed off lightning quick.
Guess his hearing is getting better.
May 26, 2009
We decided at the last minute to head to our cabin for the weekend. Took the fishing boat, books to read, and lots of yummy food. And just simply relaxed. It was amazing.
Avery had a blast! She went fishing with Daddy all Saturday afternoon, and left me behind at the cabin. Don’t feel bad for me, that I missed out. I spent the afternoon sitting in the sun, reading…oh and maybe took a little nap. It was a slice of heaven.
Since we don’t have running water or a bathroom (there is an outhouse) we spent Saturday and Sunday in town at the hotel - where we can pay $4 each to swim, hot tub and use the showers.
Friends of ours were there too – with their Quads. Avery had fun tooling around camp with Terri and Hubby. Don’t worry - she wore a helmet when they actually took off but it didn’t bode well for the photo op.
Michigan is not called the Great Lake State for nothing. In addition to the biggies – there are tons of inland lakes that are simply breathtaking. One happens to be 10 minutes from the cabin. The water is so clear that at 40 feet, you can see the bottom. We took a tour by boat on Sunday afternoon. Even I threw caution (and balance issues) to the wind and went for a ride.
There’s the little First Mate, with her Scooby Doo life jacket on. And the kids in the boat are our friends’ youngins. There were the flower girl and ring bear at our wedding.
Avery took a big liking to these two and followed them EVERYWHERE. On Saturday night Dustin came in, exasperated, and said “Man, she asks a lot of questions!” Every adult in the room laughed. He didn’t want to believe that he used to be the same way!
It took us twice as long to get home as it did to get up there. A long time with a watermelon sitting on my bladder. But it was the last official “Three of Us” vacation and well worth it!
May 21, 2009
Last night, I wandered into the living room after cleaning up from dinner and announced to Hubby and Avery (aka Little Parrot) that I was putting my feet up because they are the size of Texas.
Hubby: Your ass is the size of Texas too! (snicker snicker)
Avery: Mommy, your ass is the size of Texas! (giggle giggle hysterical giggle)
They both got the stinkeye – although Hubby moreso until he informed Avery that this was NOT something we say to Mommy.
I am fairly happy with the amount of weight I have gained to date – much better than when I was pregnant with Avery. (Do you know that eating a Big Mac and a 20 piece McNugget every day is BAD for you???? Apparently I didn’t at the time…) she writes as she licks the Jamoca Almond Fudge from the Baskin Robbins spoon I’ve been more conscious of what I have been eating, and much more active, Avery makes certain of that.
So less weight is better, right? UNTIL I LOOKED AT MY ASS IN THE MIRROR. Sans clothing, before getting in the shower. Um? HELLO? I don’t have an ass anymore, I have a blob, with cellulite. Why didn’t someone tell me? Maybe it was better to live in ignorance for the last 32 weeks.
Although I haven’t been able to ignore the fact that my thighs are now rubbing together. I can’t see them, but I sure as hell can feel them. It ain’t pretty.
8 months without the elliptical machine has taken its toll.
Is it bad to say that I am already looking forward to a post-pregnancy diet and exercise? I spent 8 months getting back into shape (3 years after Avery was born)…and it’s all gone. All of that hard work – out the window. Of course it’s worth it…in 7short weeks I’ll be holding my bouncing baby boy.
Damn it – I hate when Hubby is right.
