Sunday Loves

I love going to bed on Saturday night and not having to set my alarm clock.

I love the cold air of fall around us, cuddling under the covers in bed.

I love our weekend trips to Stew's.

I love lying in bed feeling The Bean kick and punch.

I love spending the day with my husband, even if its just going to the grocery store and Home Depot and Babies R Us.

I love UConn football (but that's on Saturdays).

I love that Gordo bought us impromptu ice cream cones, with sprinkles from Dairy Queen during our day of getting things done.

Today

Today I realized that Gordo's next birthday, his 35th will be his first with The Bean. That monumental birthday will also be just about one week before his first Father's Day.

Today I also realized that my next birthday will be just a few days after my first Mother's Day. The day after that birthday will also mark one year since we found out we were pregnant.

Today we are almost exactly 4 months from my due date of January 23rd.

Today. :o)

Lucky Charms

Dear Blog,

It has been 2 weeks since we have seen each other. I know that you have felt neglected and for that I am sorry. But I've been so busy! Busy dreading work, busy being exhausted and busy eating Lucky Charms.

Things have been seriously busy over here in the land of preparation. We stripped wallpaper, got new carpet, put up primer, picked out bedding, ordered a piece of the bedding to match paint to, got refunded for said bedding piece because the company was a pain in the ass, picked out and settled on new bedding that may be just right, picked out paint and put two coats of paint up. We have also been semi successful in getting Rex to not jump and almost completely successful in getting Penny to not bark at inanimate objects. (They will be great a big brother and sister!) We've been busy reading up on car seats and high chairs and strollers and onesies and monitors and and and.

I have also been busy having a love affair with Lucky Charms.

20 weeks and all is well

At 18 weeks.

It took us nearly two years to get pregnant. And now I'm 20 weeks. That's the halfway point, friends!! We are halfway on our journey to meet the little Bean. The little boy Bean.

Somedays I still have to remind myself "You're really pregnant", because it just still seems that surreal. And then there are days when the little guy rolls around, kicks and punches, and I sit real still, in complete awe and completely in love with this little baby that I can't quite wrap my brain around.

In another 20 weeks, or a little more or a little less, we will meet the little Bean. Little boy Bean. And I will tell him about how we wanted him for so long, but that it must not have been the right time. And I will tell him about how when that right time finally happened, we were so happy and full of love for him and for each other. And I will tell him how lucky and thankful we are for him.

Goodbye Summer...

Why I miss summer vacation (already) by Stacey

1. Air conditioning. ~ Holy crap its hot.

2. Not having to rush. ~ I hate rushing. Rushing to get dressed. Rushing to eat breakfast. Rushing to get to school. Rushing around school. Rushing to eat lunch. Rushing to get home.

3. Waking up when ever I want. ~ I don't even sleep that late. Maybe 8am at the latest. But there's just something about knowing you can get up whenever you want.

4. Those doopey dogs. ~ Once the baby gets here they'll be the Three Stooges. I just know it.

5. Not being at school.