July 10, 1921- June 27, 2011

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far.

it's a.......

BOY!  :)  


everyone thought i was having a girl cause this pregnancy has been sooooo different from C's.  but alas, he's getting a brother.  my initial feeling when i first found out i was pregnant was that it was a boy, and turns out i was right! :)
can't wait to meet this little man!

waiting and.... waiting

we're still waiting to find out if this little critter (who's getting stronger and bigger by the second, judging by the kicks i've been feeling lately) is a boy or girl.


uncooperative and stubborn.  just like his/her mama.  i'm so proud :)


only 3 more sleeps.... hopefully!

pink... or blue?

the week we've been waiting for is finally here.  this week we'll find out if this little critter that's been giving his or her mama a run for her money is a boy or girl.  
this pregnancy has been a very different one from my first.  migraines,   the "morning" sickness (which is some kind of cruel joke in my opinion) that lasted all day, and i'm still having trouble with it.  the weird cravings, sandwiches,  fruit and pickles... yes please!  and the worst one is the loss in appetite i've had for 18 weeks and 6 days.  weird cravings aside,  i DO NOT want food.  at all.  if it didn't make me feel so sick not to eat, i probably wouldn't!  best diet ever!  haha if only it were that easy when i wasn't carrying a child!


i know that it sounds like i'm complaining, and i'm really trying not to... it's worth every second you carry that baby.  every ache and pain, every morning spent bent over the toilet, every weird dream and craving to have them run down the hall to you, naked as the day they were born and say, "hi mama, tubbatee". (translation = hi mama, tubby).


 that happened to me not two minutes ago, and i wouldn't change it for the world :)

sunshine

it's been raining here for a gazillion days in a row, with no end in sight.  


i'm starting to get grumpy.  


today's post is dedicated to the wonderful sunshiney vacations i've been lucky enough to go on.  i've got to get my vitamin d somewhere.

california

cuba

rain, 

please go away.

sincerely, 

not your friend.

OBL

"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." --Martin Luther King, Jr.

conversation

an exchange between myself and my 21 month old:

M:  do you want a drink?

C:  nooo.

M: do you want a snack?

C: nooo.

M: do you want to go outside?

C: noooo.

M: do you know another word besides "nooo"?

C:  book.