My son just informed me that "washing hands after going pee-pee is really important." Usually when he makes such statements there is a pre-school episode that goes with it ( Read more... )

I just got back from the Bay Area. It was a fantastic vacation. I stayed with Sandi and Dave and got to see some other friends, eat food I've been pining for, and RELAX. They showed me the movies Tropic Thunder and Burn After Reading. I liked both of them ( Read more... )

I'm more than half way through the pregnancy now. I've got quite the preggy belly ( Read more... )

I would kiss him if I could just get past the bodyguards.

Okay, this kicked total ass. (Down with Prop 8!)


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I had a gig last night giving a talk on personality types and how to use your knowledge about yourself to change your interactions with others. This was a group of new leaders and I was one of a weeks worth of presenters. I got many compliments from the students and the group coordinator was extremely pleased. I was extremely pleased. I got a lot ( Read more... )

I felt the baby move! It's an intense tickling sensation. Woo! The next doctor's appointment is next week. It's just a routine exam and listen to the heartbeat again, but I can't wait ( Read more... )

*Sob*

I'm actually really proud of him. E is getting himself dressed in the mornings now. We go into his room and pick out his clothes and then he takes off his pjs by himself and then puts on his clothes for the day all by himself. He's just getting so big!

We also have these little Fiestaware pitchers, courtesy of my Mom, that he uses to pour ( Read more... )

I've been away from a computer for 2 weeks. The conference in Austin went great. I met a ton of really great people and learned/re-learned a lot of OD information. The visit back to Iowa was also grand. E got along fabulously with his grammie and papa, his aunt and uncle, and his cousins. With only 17 months separating the three of them (E is in ( Read more... )

E had been such a great boy all week I got him a cupcake at the bakery before I picked him up at daycare. I gave it to him in the car and he ate it really well, but got a little bit of chocolate frosting on his pants. Later that night M asked, "What happened to your pants?" E said, "I don't know....there was a cupcake."

I got a great compliment on ( Read more... )