TGIF!

I think we are all better.  Paul is working a short day tomorrow and then he has TWO WHOLE DAYS off!!   Looking forward to reconnecting.  Although he hasn’t said it, I think he still loves me…kinda.  I had a meltdown yesterday, but apparently it’s acceptable when you are pregnant.  AND usually people kind of can sympathize.  So that’s my excuse.  My battery is not shot, although my computer still is.  Just hoping my hard drive has enough shelf life left to transfer everything to another spot and put onto my new hard drive.  We won’t know until next week.  Brigg had a meltdown last night as well.  His little body is trying to adjust to a full week of full days of school along with 3 nights of TKD.  We’re going to stick it out a while longer and hopefully he’ll adjust and be ok.  Or we may have to give up TKD.  It’s a huge commitment and difficult for a kindergartener!  Jennie, Sean and Tate are coming for the weekend, so it’ll be nice to get in some cousin time.  I’m going to try and get all my “chores” done before they arrive tonight.  Looks to be a gorgeous weekend with family and friends.  Just happy Friday has finally arrived!

2 things

It has been confirmed that my hard drive on my lap top is toast.

Although not confirmed yet, I’m quite certain my husband hates me for reasons I am not currently going to blog about.

Let’s just leave it at that for today.

I have loved this!

It has been so great spending one-on-one time with Lani over the past week. She is a completely different child when it is just she and I. She tells Brigg when he gets home from school that she had a “play date with Mommy”. Too cute. She wears her princess dress-up clothes instead of super hero dress-up clothes. She taps around the house in her tap shoes. She snuggles and lays her head on my belly to feel the baby moving. She tells me to “never forget I love you”.
It has been so much fun. So although I have been tired and crabby today, I have had moments of pure joy with Lani today as well. I’ll be a bit sad to send her off to preschool next week!

Tired and Crabby

That’s how I’m feeling today.  I had a rough night and paid for it today.  I finally put a movie in this afternoon for Lani and told her I was going to rest my eyes for a few minutes.  She sat in my lap the whole time and I slept…HARD.  Brigg came in from the bus and scared the crap out of me!  I’m just not a normal functioning human being.  Paul’s been working lots of hours and is probably more tired than myself!  As a stay-at-home mom, that always makes the guilt well up in you.  Feeling a bit selfish even taking a nap this afternoon.  Hoping things get easier in the coming weeks.  It’s rough on everyone to have two tired parents along with one tired little boy who is still adjusting to his full day of school schedule.  Pregnancy hormones are not very helpful either.

Another famous tip…

My Simply Romantic tip from August 1st…

“Get up a few minutes earlier than usual, brush your teeth, then get back in bed and wake him up with a kiss.”

HA!s  What?!?!  Morning breath isn’t romantic?

I’m back!!

Woohoo!  So exciting…my lap top is back up and running.  An easy, free fix, so that is great!  Lani and I spent the day soaking up some of (hopefully) the last super hot day this month!  We hit the fountain for a bit and a park.  She is now anxiously awaiting Brigg’s arrival on the bus.  I also found out that Grey’s Anatomy premiers on Thursday, September 27.  Thinking about having another Grey’s party to celebrate!  Anyone interested??

Ugh!

I have my 28 week appointment this afternoon.  After strategically picking out my very lightest weight clothes and not wearing any shoes or jewlery, I hesitantly stepped on the scale to check out the damage.  Not good.  Not good at all.  I seem to have had a bit of a ”growth spurt” over the past month.  I hate this part of my appointment.  Any tips on how I can drop 3 or 4 pounds before 1:00 today??

4 days

So I know I’m a daily blogger, but it’s really only been four days since my last post.  Lots going on!  For the most part, my lack of communication with the outside world has to do with my non-functioning lap top.  I’m not sure how I got by without it prior to February!  I still have access to my PC, but it seems to be in a far off corner on the second floor of my home.  A corner that I apparently have paid no attention to in the past 6 months!  As I tried to make my way to my computer the other day, I found I had to step over piles of file folders laying on the ground, along with a garbage can my dog had gotten into and shredded.  Then I had to wipe away the dust from my monitor so I could read what I was writing.  This led to a full out deep cleaning of my second story of my house.  Which then led to rearranging our new baby room, which lead to sorting through more tubs of baby gear, which lead to lots of laundry, which lead to a trip to the store to pick up some neccessities.  On top of this, I dusted all the wall and ceiling connections throughout my house.  On Thursday Brigg got off the bus at 3:39, Lani had dance at 4:00 across town, I dropped her off and ran to pick up a friend’s son to take along with us to TKD at 4:30 and then back to pick up Lani at dance at 4:45.  It’s insane!  Mom made Lani some new valences so I could move hers up to the baby’s room.  I climbed up a ladder with a power tool in hand and proceeded to hang them myself.  Our ceilings are 10 feet tall and I seriously almost fell one time.  Scared the crap out of me!  But the valances are up and they look so cute.  I have moved all the jungle themed stuff up to baby’s room and Lani’s room is now very sweet and flowery.  She loves it. 

On Saturday Paul went into work very early at stayed 3.5 hours later than expected.  He put in a lot of hours this week and so we were ready for Sunday to arrive.  We got the yard mowed and I washed windows in the kitchen…inside AND out.  This was another task that involved me climbing a ladder.  I’ve decided I need to cut this out of my daily routine.  My gigantic belly somehow throws off my balance I think.  Paul decided to cut down the million year old evergreen bushes in front of our house which led to a second trip to the compost for today.  We ended the day by celebrating dad’s birthday at Ducky’s.  It was a gorgeous night to be outside and we thoroughly in enjoyed it.

Sooooo…at the end of four days I feel pretty good about all that has been accomplished.  I’m quite certain that my newly found productivity may have something to do with my lack of easy computer access.  I think my broken power cord is a blessing in disguise.  OH…AND a couple weeks ago we thought we had lost Brigg’s GameBoy forever.  Yesterday he found it.  He is so very happy!   Here are some pics from the last few days…

Just call me June Cleaver.  Cookies and milk for an after school snack the first day! (by the way, Brigg is still loving school, but Lani has shed lots of tears seeing him getting on the bus each morning.  She misses him!)

We went swimming on Thursday.  It went from sunny to downpour in a matter of seconds.  The kids didn’t mind a bit…

Finally…Brigg and his GameBoy reunited…

Paul’s one day off this week.  The kids crawled in bed and snuggled this morning.  Brigg is still making up for lost time with his Gameboy…

The bushes Paul pulled out…

Dad’s Birthday…

There!  All caught up!

He’s gone…forever

Ok, that’s what I’m feeling like right now.  I feel like I had 6 years to prepare him and help mold his character, but yet, as we sat on the front steps I found myself giving him a quick run down of what he should and should not do at school.  I felt panic.

“We never make fun of other kids.”

“We always stick up for others if they are being picked on.”

“Listen to your teacher and raise your hand if you have a question.”

This is what I found myself doing.  I felt like saying, “WAIT!  I didn’t think about all this stuff.  We just played and had fun.  I don’t think he’s ready yet.  I didn’t train him for this day!”  But the bus still came.  And he got on with a smile and a wave.  I put on my huge, FAKE smile and waved and took a photo.  As the bus rounded the corner I started sobbing.  “He’s TOO LITTLE!”  Lani and I hopped in the car and made it to school before he did.  I tried to capture a photo of him getting off the bus at school, but as you can see, it’s a blur…just like the past 6 years are.  Very fitting.  Have a good day buddy.  I have no doubt that you are fully equipped and will do fabulous!

Ready or not…

He’s going to school tomorrow morning.  He will get on the bus outside of our front door at 7:47 am and return to our front door at 3:39 pm.  I said to him tonight, “Brigg, let’s go get ready for bed.”  To that he replied, “My name is no longer Brigg.  It is School Boy.”  Oh my…