Soccer player~

Could it be that there is a soccer player in the making? My little one is kicking up a storm these days! Once I almost peed my pants because he hit just the right spot. Another time I smacked mom's puppy because I thought he had jumped on my stomach. It actually hurt. I realized it was the baby when it happened again the very next day & there was no puppy around. Poor puppy.

Voting~

We're voting tommorrow. Yeah for early voting. I got an email tonight saying that if you vote a straight ticket to be careful. It said that if you vote for all the other candidates before voting for the president then your vote for the pres won't count. IT's on the website SNOPES.com. Here is the site: tp://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/straightticket.asp

Anyone catch the first few minutes of CSI tonight? I am watching on the DVR. The first minute all you could hear was the background sound, none of dialogue was working. No voices only sounds. THat happened another time recently. IT was a Claritin commercial, all you could hear was the violin music in the background. Were you able to hear the whole thing?

More from last weekend~

Someone said they like pictures so here are some from last weekend. I will post the ones from this weekend soon. Maybe even before next weekend! Enjoy!

Last weekend: Say CHEESE~

We decided not to go to the local pumpkin farm & to go ahead and visit some pumpkin patches at the local churches. We visited two places and bought more than our share of pumpkins. Here are the only pictures where the kids would sit still long enough to take one. They were all too excited to sit still for the three seconds it takes to snap the pic.

Hanging at the park~

After we found our pumpkins we headed to the park for a picnic lunch & some good ole' exercise and fun. The kids lasted longer than the parents. Or maybe I should say the mommas. There were four preggo mommies that were ready for a nap before heading over to Nathan & Traci's later for a shrimp boil & spaghetti for those anti-shrimpies.

Nathan & Traci's House: pumpkin painting

Carving~

On Monday Josh & Aubrey came over and we carved our pumpkins. Sam was at work so I did our, although Josh had to help me do the spider because I was getting frustrated at the end.

Super Star~

For Nic~

Here is the original post. The way I read it & understood it was- It's out there for whomever to drop by & pick it up. Maybe I assumed too much.



I am moving and offering bikes, grill, lawn chairs, 4 poster bed, rails, mattresses (double to queen) futon with black mattress, charcoal grill, mountain bike, girls bike for 8 yr old, camping gear. Trash day tomorrow so please take what you can so it's re-used.

Off Poole Road near Dan Nicholas Park.

I've got a gripe~

Most of you are familiar with Freecycle- it's a great way to get FREE things that you need. Today a lady posted a bed & futon mattress. Both of which we have been looking for & need. Immediately I ask for more info. because Sam is available NOW to go get the items. And these things don't stick around for long! We get no response. So, the only detail we have is the name of the road. Mapquest list several of these road; which ended up being the same road but in sections. Mapquest is wierd. Anyways~ The guys head out to look for the bed stuff and look for 20+ minutes up & down the street. Never found it. The lady finally writes: " THanks for 20 responses in 30 min." but no details as to where in the heck to look. So gripe one---we wasted gas LOOKING for something we needed but couldn't find. And two---she wouldn't even give us a frame of reference on where to look. SO, am I asking to much or is she giving to little?

Hanging out in the sun~

At our last cookout/ bbq Zeke decided he want to go around in the buff & jump in the sandbox which had no sand but rain water. Justus of course wanted to do the same but had to at least keep on the underoo's. Check out Z's face on the last pic.

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Well, I had a pretty good weekend. I went out with several girlfriends for a girls night out. We ate dinner at a Japanese takeout place. I had enough food left over to each lunch the next day-yummy! Then we went and saw Lakeview Terrace with Samuel l Jackson. I don't really recommend it but it was OK. After the movie we had a little bit of time left until we had to head back to the babysitter. So, we did a little bit of window shopping and ended the night with some ice cream from Cold Stone. Extra yummy!

Celebrating~

I felt the baby moving!!!! A couple of weeks ago I thought I felt the baby move & then nothing until now!!!!! Sweet relief. The baby bump is getting bigger too. When I lay on my stomach I can feel it now. Of course I don't lay that way for long. Oh yeah, also celebrating the two new zits on my face confirming an overload of hormones!!! Yippee! And lastly- Sam comes home tommorrow! He'll doesn't have to go back in until Sunday so we get six days!!!

Eeeew GROSS!

This nasty booger was crawling around in our house today. Yuck, yuck, yuck! It's a grub worm. Not at all harmful but still just plain GROSS!

Blogger has been so slow today. IT took me forever to get on here. I tried three times to leave comments on everyones blogs & it took an eternity. I finally gave up but I will try again later.

It is unusually quiet in my house today. Justus went to work with Sam. So Ezekiel has been my constant companion, ever by my side. He cracks me up! Since Justus isn't here to play with Zeke has been back to his quieter self. I guess that it's just a volume up when the two of them get together. For the most part they play really well together & keep each other occupied. Which brings more noise. They play blocks, wrestling, cars & all kinds of other things together. It has been odd not having the constant movement of the two throughout the house. I can't yet imagine what it will be like to add another to the mix!

OK, I"m only three minutes away from my targeted bedtime. SO this will be quick. AHEM---I have an announcement to make. DRUMROLL------ It's a BOY!!!! I was so nervous going to the sonogram appt. I"m not sure why but in the bottom of my gut...not my fat roll but deep down inside I knew it was a boy. I still was wishing for a girl but am COMPLETELY exstacic (sp?) about my boy. The sonagram lady was a drag & only came away with two pictures of my little angel. She was pretty stingy! Besides that we got to see his heartbeating. I cried! And then we say his "junk"- I knew immediately that my gut instinct was right even before she said it. And just before she finished up we got to see his little feet kicking like crazy....what a relief! I always get worked up just before an appointment. So I felt so much joy seeing my baby peanut bouncing around in his cozy hideout. On Monday I will be twenty weeks....to the halfway point already!!!!!!! OK, now I am three minutes past my bedtime & I"ve still got to jump in the shower.

YEA!!! Sam is home today, tommorrow & Tuesday. Then back for another five day stretch. Followed by SIX days of daddy heaven!

Odd ball

Sometimes I just think I'm a wierdo. For example when Sam is gone for long-er periods of time (5+ days at once) I get bored and start cleaning things that I normally overlook. This week it was the upolestry (sp?). I got out my spray bottle of Resolve & got to work. I cleaned three kitchen chairs, the couch & two of our other chairs. All of these were things that have been given to us over the years. I wish I had taken a before & after because the chairs were just disgusting. I guess I just don't normally pay attention to such things but when I'm bored I start to look for something to do. Having kids insures there will always be something to clean. What odd ball things do you do when you get bored?