I know, I know

It's more than tomorrow...

Most people who visit here know via facebook/twitter anyway.

So without further ado...

Dexter calls his sister "Girl Baby" or "Girl Girl Baby"

I love it!

Team Blue? Team Pink?

Yes we know now.......

We'll tell ya tomorrow!

Just have to keep it interesting!

Remembering

10 years.

When I was in school, I can remember learning about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.  I can remember all the kids in school talking about where their grandparents and in some case parents were when this terrible tragedy happened. 

I sit here and think, someday, Dexter will be in school, learning about September 11, 2001.  He will ask my husband and I if we remember where we were when this tragedy occurred.  I'll tell him.  He should know.  He'll never know, but he should know.

More than where I was or what I was doing, I remember the emotion of that day.

Fear.  Sadness.  Confusion.  Helplessness.

I wish I could protect my children from the sadness in the world.  I hugged and loved my family extra hard today.

There are no words to comfort those who have lost so much. 

10 years.

And...

Just in case you didn't realize it....

The post I made on June 13?

Yeah, I was totally pregnant then.

That in itself is freaking hilarious to me.

Okay, back to our regularly scheduled weekend!

Oh rainy Friday....

Now that the cat is out of the bag, I'm making it a point to be more active here.....for me.  I like cataloging Dexter and our lives.

I've officially (well at 3:15) made it through two weeks of back to school.  Yikes.  Hard to believe.  I can't say I'm in any kind of routine.  I mean, school is routine, but life?  crazy.  Dexter is not happy that Mommy isn't with him everyday anymore.  I feel Mommy guilt.  I am so envious of those who can stay with their little ones daily.  It pains my heart to have someone else tell me about his great day, and oh he did this, and has he ever said ".." to you? 

Being pregnant this time around, with a two your old in tow, has also taken its toll while working.  I am so exhausted when I get home.  When I was pregnant with Dex, it wasn't so bad.  I could come home and take a nap, guilt free.  Now I just want to be with the little guy, but my feet and back hurt so I usually try and con him into reading or coloring.  Something where Mommy can sit.  Dexter would rather run around the house, or play Ready Set Go, where he runs and jumps in my arms.  I do what I can.  Mommy guilt.

I must say though, I'm kinda just a little loving rainy Friday.  Why??  Because my overheated pregnant self cannot stand the humidity of outdoor recess.  Shame I know.  Hanging my head. 

Tomorrow is Art's Festival day!!!  I loooove this weekend.  Live for it!  Can't wait to be in our old hometown, where we brought Dexter home tomorrow!!!

Happy Friday!!

Baby News!

I know it's been a month to date, since I've updated.  There's a reason for that....I was incapable of posting anything without spilling the beans.  I couldn't do it.  Now that I'm ready, I can come back to my forgotten blog.

It's been a very long journey, most of which is very personal.  Let's just say, having baby number two has not been easy for us.

I am almost 23 weeks and due in early January.  I know that 23 weeks is really far along to make this official announcement (we started telling people 2 weeks ago), but for more personal reasons, that's how it had to be!

Let's just say, we are ecstatic.  Times a zillion.  It's crazy hard to believe that I am over halfway through this pregnancy.  Um what?  I know, hard to believe.

Dexter has moved into his big boy bed.  We bought him furniture in July and had it delievered in August.  The first day?  Yeah he was in and happy.  Who knew?  You hear horror stories about transitioning kids to beds.  We bought him a full size bed, and he looks so little in it, but love the bed.

Our nursery is well on it's way.  Starting to wash unisex clothing, until we know for sure what we're having.  Let's just say the baby was being stubborn at the ultrasound!  I'm hoping prior to birth, we'll know what we're having, but at this point, we're so overjoyed that if we don't, I'm okay with that.

People keep asking, are you hoping for a girl this time?  I can, with every bit of honesty, say we have no preference.  By the time it's all said and done, this will have been a long 2 years.  We are hoping for healthy and happy.  That's it.  We love our little boy, and despite the questions, we would be overjoyed to have another boy, or the adventure of a little girl.


So that's it!  the big news!  Here's to hoping things go by smoothly, not too slowly, and not too quickly!

Amazon-ing

I've ordered from Amazon maybe 38234 times.  38232 of those times, I've had no problems.  2 times?  OMG.

First bad incident, I ordered a complete series dvd set for my dad for his birthday.  I ordered it literally 2 moths before his birthday, mainly because I had been on watch for it to go on sale.  It did.  An AMAZING sale.  It was in stock.  It was sold by Amazon not one of their partners or anything like that.  I waited for over 2 months (past his birthday) for it to ship.  I emailed Amazon a million times.  They kept apologizing and giving me these really stupid reasons for why it didn't ship.  I was pretty upset, being that his birthday had come and gone and the dvd set (still in stock mind you, and the price totally jacked back up) hadn't even shipped.  Finally, it ships.  It took another 2 weeks to get to my house.  What did Amazon do for my trouble?  Gave me a $5 credit for a future order.  Yeah.

So many orders past that, no problems.  Fast forward to the beginning of July, I order 3 things together:  2 for school, one for Dex.  First to come, Dex's item.  Second, one of the school items.  The third, in stock, doesn't ship for over a month.  Seriously?  Why is it listed in stock and then they don't ship it??  Thankfully, it finally comes today.  Half destroyed.  A small item in a box that is 10 times too big.  Box?  Destroyed.  Item?  As I said, half destroyed.  It should work out because many teaching things have "extra" material with them, but still.  So annoying.

I, of course, will not swear off Amazon.  I love the website, and 2 bad experience with a jillion good experiences, is really pretty good.  I was just a little annoyed today with my package that I waited so long for.  Gah!

Can I have another month of summer please??