June, 2008

I just wanted to post a quick congratulations to one of my most-admired Mommies out there... Audrey of Pinks & Blues  had her FOURTH boy today  at noon!     This gal, along with her mom and sister, run a fantastic website called Pinks & Blues Girls.   And Audrey does it all with first  three, now four, boys all under age five.   She is a magician.   I…

Today started off ordinary enough... Kenny ran into our room at 6, and we gave Casey his Father's Day present.   Then it was off to church.   Kenny is a huge fan of Sunday School, so it's one of his favorite outings of the week.   Running close second to Sunday School, though, is the social time afterward - there are always huge trays of muffins and pastries and…

Last night Casey and I decided to do a family date night... after all, who knows how many more chances we'll have to go out on the town with just the four of us?? (Dudley is one of the four, in case you are counting...) We sat outside at our favorite restaurant, then walked for ice cream cones at a shop owned by some friends of ours from church.  …

Hm.   That title sounds potentially steamy, but let me assure you that the only thing getting steamed is my nerves.   Kenny is suddenly turning bedtime into a real battle.   He's always (with a few exceptions here and there) been very good about going to bed and sleeping all night.   But the last few weeks, he's been completely dependant on either Casey or me staying in his…

A poem, for Kenny:   Kenny loves to pick his nose.   He does it with relish; With gusto.   He does it in the morning, noontime & bedtime; In private, in public, At church and at play. In the car, near and far: He's my nose-picking star! And he doesn't stop until He fishes out a real whopper. Today he asked me, "Mama?   Do you ever pick your…

Tonight Casey and I started talking to Kenny a little more specifically about what's going to happen when this baby decides to make an entrance.   Here's the "story" we told him: One of these days in the next few weeks, Mommy will be walking along, or sleeping, or eating or playing, and I will fell something funny!   "Ouch!   Ooch!   Eek!   Ooooh!"   And you know…

Friday night Casey and I went out for our last big HURRAH: we drove a couple hours south to see Sugarland in concert!   It's our third time to see them live, and we decided that this might make us groupies.   The concert was awesome.   It was a smaller venue (maybe 8,000 seats?), outdoors on a steamy night and it was perfect.   Jennifer Nettles rocks!   I…

At my OB visit today (those funny 5-minute deals they drag you in for every week at this point... really... is the thirty-minute round trip drive worth it??), I was declared, "Still doing well."   The good doctor confirmed the positives of my "pelvic architecture" and made the prediction that I would do "very well" in a natural delivery, as long as everything progressed as it should.   He also…

As I'm sure anyone reading this who has ever been pregnant before has experienced, I find that as I walk around in my  third trimester, everyone has a question to ask, and a comment  or prediction to offer.   I am pleased (vainly) to report that  90% of people who ask my due date respond with something along the lines of, "You have such a cute little belly!" or "It…

The day starts with some coffee and chocolate milk on the deck... Then Daddy and Kenny take off for their weekly breakfast date while Mommy hits prenatal yoga... Close encounters of the reptile kind (click on this for a better view - a four foot black rat snake that we first saw right on the back porch, peeking in the screened door!!) In the afternoon, we went to one of…