I woke up this beautiful Saturday morning ready to conquer the world! We all know a feeling like that can go one of two ways . . .either you get going and your momentum carries you through the day, or you get going, hit a hiccup in the schedule and your "can do" attitude turns into "care less". Well, I'm happy to say that today was a "can do"day and I got so much done! Breakfast by the lake with friends, yard work that nudges our yard up to "best in the neighborhood" status, a bathroom completely painted , cleaned, and put back together, playtime with the girls, and 2 loads of laundry done! My body is tired, but my brain is racing - I'm energized by the thought of how much I was able to do today. I'm grateful for the ability to have health, youth, and energy on my side. Now I'll settle in for a good nights sleep and dream about our super fun church picnic tomorrow!
I consider myself a people person. I really love people. I especially love "my" people. That is, Chris, Ava, and Mikelle. The sound of our laughter or daily banter is great fun, but tonight I'm enjoying the quiet of a peaceful house, or rather the peace of a quiet house.
Ava loves to play with money. . . no bills just coins. We have a Green Bay packers mug full of coins that we keep in our junk drawer (there's no better place than a junk drawer for Packer paraphenelia). Anyways, Ava likes to grab a few coins here and there and carry them around, put them in a pouch, or stack them up. She calls them "her guys", cute right . . .
Mikelle is weeks away from crawling. She's at the really frustrating point where she's up and rocking but can't get the forward motion, so she's crawling backwards. Today I walked in from work and she's on the floor butt naked. Chris likes her to "air dry" after he's changed a diaper. So, she butt naked and on all fours crawling backwards. It was great. She got excited when she heard my voice and started doing her "stalker noise". No joke - she does this heavy breathing almost panting thing. A little creepy, but mostly adorable. I took the opportunity of her being completly nude to give her a couple big sherberts on her little booty. She was loving it so much that I kept doing it until her little giggle turned into a cry and the crocodile tears were rolling. Bad mommy!
We've spent a lot of time training our dog Cleo to sit, stay, and come. Ava probably hears us say those phrases at least 15 times a day. So now she's training us . . . You can hear the authority she thinks she has in her voice:)
Ava's on top of the world . . .
As many of you know, (or can remember), there is a lot that goes on with a toddler in the house and a baby in the womb. The last 8 weeks of pregnancy haven't been really bad, but I wouldn't say pleasant either. I've been much more emotional this round. I know it's silly, but on my bad days, my almost 2 yr. old can hurt my feelings. A "no mommy", or refusal to hug/kiss can really get to me. Luckily, Chris is never short on affection and is more than happy to give me either whenever I want:) I'm now 4 months along and beginning to show a bit. Still not enough to tell the differece between being pregnant or just putting on a few. We'll find out the sex of the baby on Dec. 3rd . . . only 2.5 weeks away. According to an ancient Chinese birth chart it's going to be a girl.
Next week we leave for a cross country road trip. From here to Indiana where we'll visit with Chris' family and then meet up with my parents and brother to travel to Pennsylvania to spend Thanksgiving with my side of the family. Lots of memories to be made.
