Summer fun

Swimming pools and tricycles, I'd say our summer is off to a good start.

A few pictures

Some random ones I've taken of Amy over the past few months

My how time flies

Wednesday is Amy's last day of school for the year. It's hard to believe that the school year is already over. I feel like she just started a few weeks ago.  It's been wonderful for her, and I know she will miss it over the summer, but she'll be happy to go back next year. She'll still be in the same preschool program, but she'll have a different teacher. We all really liked her teacher, so we're sad that Amy won't be in her class again, but I'm sure the new teacher will be great also.

Another way time flies, baby is due in just over 5 weeks. At the beginning, time seemed to drag on. Then it got really fast, and now I feel like his arrival is coming at us so fast. Yesterday, we had a baby shower, and receiving baby gifts made it feel that much more real and imminent. As if the constant movement hasn't made him feel real enough. I think my insides may be bruised and broken. And he still has 5 weeks of growing. But my goodness does this boy move a lot. I can already tell he's gonna be a handful. Now if only we could figure out what to name him. Amy now thinks we should name him Amy. That's been the consistent choice for a couple weeks now. I think it might get confusing though.

It's Friday!

Only 33 weeks and I already feel like a beached whale sometimes. My biggest issue lately is a lack of energy. Some days are normal and I feel fine. Other days (like today), I feel totally drained and even coffee can't do anything for me. Now that the weather is finally getting nice, I'm too exhausted to enjoy it.

Amy's been a trooper though. She just accepts when I am tired and plays by herself for the most part. She's getting more independent that way, and it's been very helpful.
Lately, she's been going through the "it's mine" phase. I'm actually surprised it took this long. She even saw a girl on tv putting money into a piggy bank, and said "No, it's my coins" throughout the entire commercial. Her favorite though is to see my cup of coffee, reach for it, and say it's hers. Maybe she thinks that one day she will convince me. Good luck, kid.

Thoughts at 32 weeks

32 down, 8 to go. But these are always the longest 8. The home stretch. May should be a good month though, so hopefully that helps it go by faster.

If there's one thing I miss from the last time I was pregnant, it's being able to nap whenever I wanted. I'm so tired for several hours every day, but since Amy gave up her naps for the most part, I'm outta luck.

Other than being tired a lot and the general uncomfortable feeling of having a bowling ball strapped to my abdomen, I am doing well. Not too many aches and pains and I can generally get around the same as I always have, it just takes a bit more effort.


On a separate note, Brandon and I had a meeting with Amy's teacher and speech therapist yesterday about her progress this year. They both had nothing but fantastic things to say about her. She's improved in so many ways. I always get nervous in meetings like that, afraid of what they might say, but her teacher and therapist have both seen the same explosion of progress in the past few months that we have. We're so proud of her.

Whoops!

So it would appear than I haven't actually posted all of the things I meant to post in here. Just so everyone knows, I update this thing in my head all the time. Now for a real update.

In case anyone missed it, Brandon and I decided to have another baby. It's a boy and I am due June 26th. We haven't decided on a name yet, but I have come to terms with the fact that he may not be named until he is born. Brandon and I aren't good at picking out boy names.

Everything with the pregnancy has been very normal and on-track so far, other than him measuring larger than average, but I think that was to be expected. 

Amy is doing well. Still loving preschool. It's amazing the transformation we have seen in her since she started there. Her speech has improved tremendously as well as her social skills. She loves to play with other kids and has lost all shyness she once had.

She doesn't quite understand that there will be a new baby here soon and that she will have a little brother. We got her a big sister book and have talked about it a lot, but it still seems like more of an abstract concept to her.

Brandon and I celebrated our 5th anniversary this month. Part of me feels like the past 5 years have flown by and the other part of me can barely remember life without him. It's been fun so far. In 5 years, we've had two across-the-border moves, one baby (and preparing for another), two new jobs and a house purchase. Like everyone, life has thrown some ups and downs at us, but we've come through it all and there's no one I'd rather have with me to experience everything.


I think that's all the big stuff for now. I'll try to get the little stuff up as well soon, but we'll see. If nothing else, you'll hear from me again when baby is born! :)

Oh tax season

How is it that doing taxes can be so stressful? I guess last year it was easy because we just threw all of our paperwork at the H&R Block guy, but we're trying to save money this year by going with TurboTax. It's supposed to be so simple, yet still somehow driving me crazy. Wondering what paperwork we need and if we have everything. I'm gonna have nightmares about itemized deductions. I just wish we could get a letter in the mail with either a check or remittance slip.

Being an adult stinks sometimes.