What's Up

- OB appointment yesterday- Everything looks fine. I still get excited to hear her little heartbeat even though there is no doubt she is in there practicing her soccer moves and doing her best impression of a ball. [On a side note- I couldn't believe how much I weighed. I was really worried until I read my pregnancy calendar today and it said I should have gained at least 15 pounds by now. That seems like a lot to me at this point, but I'm right on schedule.]

-Ryan's speech amazes me every day. He comes up with the funniest things. Jay and I were hugging one day and Ryan wanted in on the action. I picked him up and he pointed to Jay then me saying, " Daddy and mommy...are friends." This of course caused much laughter and now he does it all the time. Most times he will point to everyone in the room, "Mommy, daddy, Zachary and Ryan are friends."

-Ryan's gymnastics teacher asked me how old he was exactly. When I told her she told me how well he was doing and that he is really keeping up with the older kids. Apparently he is doing the same things that kids 6 months older than him are doing. It really feels good when other people realize what you've known all along- Your child is the greatest ;-) Don't tell me you people don't think that about your own kid(s).

-Zach had a field trip this week on a boat. He got to do one of his favorite things- read maps.

-Zach is doing really well in school. We will get to know how well next week after his parent teacher conference.

-Jay is busier than ever with work, leading a middle school small group, his other small group and buying/selling computers.

-I am trying to keep my head above water. I'm finally going to have a chance to get to the grocery store today(we have not had milk or bread for 2 days!). I even get to go alone! Jay's mom is coming to watch Ryan and Zach this afternoon.

So, everyone is growing up and/or out. And I am just trying to take it one day at a time.

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Will I ever get to do all the things on my to do list? Why is everything about being a mother and cleaning a house something that you'll just have to do again the next week, the next day or the next hour? I feel like I'm walking on a treadmill...I'm moving, but not going anywhere.

Quote

Ryan quote of the day:

"SWEET! It's a truck."

That's daddy's boy.

Blogworthy

Ryan, Jay and I were riding in the car yesterday. Jay and I were having a conversation about something that happened at his job. From the back seat we hear, "What are you talkin' about?" So I explained to Ryan that we were talking about a lady where daddy works. Jay and I go back to talking and we hear again, "What are you talkin' about?" I explain again that we are talking about someone daddy sees at work. The question comes again, I answer. Then it comes again and again in rapid succession. I turn around to see a huge grin on the face of my son who has his fingers in his ears. When I turned to see him he burst into giggles. I have to say that I'm quite impressed with his toddler humor. Laughing myself, I told Jay what he was doing. Jay laughed and said, "Now that's blogworthy."
I don't know what's funnier, Ryan's clowning or Jay immediately thinking of my blog :-)

Just for Kicks

Daddy finally felt the Sweet Pea kick last night. Usually she stops when he puts his hand on my tummy to feel. Not this time! There were a couple small kicks and one couldn't-miss-it kick.