Girl + Boy = Baby

As I near the arrival of our little girl, our daughter, I feel completely unprepared. We moved 300 miles away and just now got all of our things. Not that there was much. The house is a disaster zone, her crib sits in pieces three hundred miles away, our home needs so much work done, and I have for the first time a very excited little boy about Christmas.

There is no nervous anticipation. So far there have only been two maternity pictures (much less a photo shoot) and no 4d ultrasound. The occasional kick although she has gained a lot of force in the last few weeks is really one of the only reminders I am pregnant. A new doctor was just secured and I had completely forgotten about my rho gam shot.

And yet sitting in that hospital, which could easily be a five star resort thank god I live in this country, I couldn’t help but be smacked with excitement. I dreamed of her little face and let my arms feel the invisible weight of her.

In the mad hurry that is our lives lately we have been feeling unprepared to parent one let alone two. But God has been showing us that constantly this year, throwing obstacles and tests at us to teach us. So we could learn to be faithful and give it to him. It’s a tough concept for a type A like me but one he’s proven is true.

Last night Gage and Adam rubbed my belly with lotion and talked to her trying desperately for her to kick them. Which she obligingly did. And it was an amazing feeling watching the two men who will love her most in her life anxiously waiting for her to respond to them. She’s a lucky girl no matter what.

So for now I’ll let my faith take over and sit in happy anticipation of our daughter.

J

Halloween

Ever since I was a kid I loved Halloween.

The fact is, it kicks off the end of the year, i.e. the best time of the year. Halloween means pumpkin bars, pumpkin patches, good smelling candles, and leaves that are ridiculously beautiful colors. After Halloween there’s thanksgiving, awesome food, awesome people, and now that I’m an adult I appreciated Black Friday. ;) Then there’s the entire month of December leading to Christmas! I mean seriously what’s not to love?

Now growing up we were really poor, like five kids poor. So my mom ALWAYS made our Halloween costumes, I honestly don’t have a single memory until high school of going to the store to buy a costume. We went to the store for ideas, which my mom would then find a pattern for. And thankfully she was a very gifted seamstress.

Since having Gage, I really wanted to make all of his costumes. I am not the most gifted seamstress, and despite the fact that I would love to own one, I don’t even own a sewing machine. So all his costumes have been straight ingenuity, hand sewing, hot gluing, etc. You’ll have to check out my twitter account to see pictures of the last two years, there were two different ones from last year. But he always receives THE most compliments. And honestly he looks like the characters as opposed to looking like the swallowed him. I’m not saying I’m picasso or belong on project runway but it gives me pride knowing he’ll always have the same feelings I grew up with. My costumes were always special and one of a kind.

So thats why this year, even as I’m in a hotel room, I’m scouring the internet, target, and hobby lobby for all of my supplies. My hot glue gun and everything else is back home so I’ll have to assemble the day or two before but its worth it.

The best part is, this year he’s excited about it! He talks about Halloween all the time, he’s been practicing trick or treating, and even knows what he,mom, and dad are going to be. I’m so happy about this year, our last year with just him, that he’s at such a fun age to enjoy it all!

What’s your favorite part of fall or the end of the year?

Catching Up Part 7

A little Math Lesson: 

Catching Up Part 6

The Next Day or Our 5 Year Anniversary

I plan on doing a more doing a more detailed post on this one later, but the cds with our wedding pictures on them are deep in a closet that Adam has to dig out.

5 Years! Man how has it been that long? Love you honey!

Catching Up Part 5

Mom’s Birthday, or the Gage’s first time to a Bwa Pumba (water park).

My kid thumbs up like The Fonz :)

Adam “Michael Phelpsing”

Overall it was a big hit :)

Catching Up Part 4

Random Summer Happenings:

The Southern Illinois Miners (Minor League Team) and Gage’s first baseball game. As he’d say: GO MINERS!

The Science Center. Gage and “Alice” the Alosaurus.

Catching Up Part 3

The STL Zoo on Father’s Day

A couple of pictures of my guys on their day.

Catching Up Part 2

The following day (holy cow!) was Mother’s Day. The boys took me out to lunch and we over all recovered from Graduation and the party the day before. I didn’t even think about it and left the camera at home. Overall it was a pretty uneventful day (baring one thing I’ll talk about later) and that’s exactly how I like it.

That Monday Adam started full time internships and that Wednesday….

Our little guy turned 2!!!

Hard to believe but true!

Here’s photo spam to prove it!

We went to Tequila’s (of course) and had dinner. This is Gage with Carlos our usual waiter. That giant fried ice cream was on the house from Carlos even though he wasn’t our waiter that night! (we love them!)

Then we went over to the park where Gage made friends with a little girl named Veronica. :) They played the entire time!

I really didn’t stage them like this, it was just tough to snap the picture without them walking around like this lol.

We finished the night with a cupcake and presents at home. After last year’s big to-do it was nice to have a low key family evening.

He was a big fan of blowing out the candles. In fact, we did it twice! :)

Catching Up Part 1

May 12, 2012 Adam Graduated!!! MY HUSBAND IS DONE!!! :)

Just before the ceremony. Gage had just woken up from a nap and was a bit sad lol.

Gage did amazingly well during the ceremony (which was EXTREMELY long) the only thing he did was get nervous from the sensory overload a few times. His lip would quiver and little tears would run down his face. :( Poor guy!

The Graduate! With honors! The building behind him is where 90% of his classes were for the last two years!

My guys

It felt amazing to be done! Our entire marriage has been in college, and Gage’s entire life has been the program Adam was in…. Way to go baby!

More soon..

Catching Up

Wow….

Its been a long time!

A lot of you have emailed and tweeted me to see why I’ve been so quiet this summer.

The fact is I couldn’t explain it in one sitting if I wanted to! Let alone one email!

Things are finally starting to settle down, we are just waiting on one more (HUGE) thing before we can finally catch our breaths and regroup.

Anyway I haven’t disappeared!

I’d like to (ideally) start documenting/catching up this weekend and hopefully by next week everything will be in order and I can share EVERYTHING that has gone on this summer.

I know its not much but its a promise!

Love,

J