Good luck to Mike as he is running in his first marathon today! I plan on being at the finish line to give him a ride home.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
new addition
to the kitchen!
A chair at the island, finally!! (It's just one right now, but we are getting three more.) They are a wrought iron with creamy colored upholstered cushion. They aren't exactly what I had in my head, but they are just fine. The ones I really thought I wanted were all wood painted black, something similar to this:
but they average $100+ or more per chair. So the plan is to use the wrought iron ones until we finish the basement. Then we could use them for a bar or a table set downstairs. Or someday perhaps we will use the guy who made our cabinets to make wood chairs to match the island.
My Mom found these at JCPenney's for an incredible deal, and they match our kitchen perfectly. It'll be nice for the kids to eat breakfast at the island. So an early birthday present for me...Thanks for the chairs, Mom!
A chair at the island, finally!! (It's just one right now, but we are getting three more.) They are a wrought iron with creamy colored upholstered cushion. They aren't exactly what I had in my head, but they are just fine. The ones I really thought I wanted were all wood painted black, something similar to this:
but they average $100+ or more per chair. So the plan is to use the wrought iron ones until we finish the basement. Then we could use them for a bar or a table set downstairs. Or someday perhaps we will use the guy who made our cabinets to make wood chairs to match the island.
My Mom found these at JCPenney's for an incredible deal, and they match our kitchen perfectly. It'll be nice for the kids to eat breakfast at the island. So an early birthday present for me...Thanks for the chairs, Mom!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
reality check!
Cal has relayed some things he has been thinking about. He asked yesterday when he could take the babysitting class so he can take care of his baby sister. I believe the age is 11? So only a year away...on top of that, some other things he has made me aware of (and freaking out about!!)...
When this baby starts kindergarten, Cal will be getting his driver's license, and Kaycey will be in 8th grade.
When Maddie is a senior in high school, this "baby" will be in 7th grade. Yikes.
Cal also let me know that he will be 26 and probably have his own house in Baltimore, and he and Kaycey both will have graduated college by the time the "baby" starts driving.
The real crazy part...I am totally freaking out about having a baby on Friday the 13th (yes, the c-section is officially scheduled, and the doctor said things have changed since my last baby and they will not do c-sections before 7 days prior to actual due date. 20-7=13. Boo. It's still possible it'll be earlier, though, if I would go into labor they would do the c/s then. Maddie's c/s was scheduled for the 10th, and I had her on the 7th because I thought I was going into labor on the 6th. With Kaycey, my c/s was scheduled for the 9th of May, but I went into full blown labor with her on the 27th and had her the 28th of April. No, I am really not superstitious. I just think it sounds creepy to give birth on Friday the 13th.) Anyhow, I decided to look up on some calendar if her 13th birthday would happen to fall on a Friday the 13th (if indeed she is born on the 13th of Nov.) No, it falls on a Sunday. The year?? 2022. Double Yikes.
I am starting to feel old.
When this baby starts kindergarten, Cal will be getting his driver's license, and Kaycey will be in 8th grade.
When Maddie is a senior in high school, this "baby" will be in 7th grade. Yikes.
Cal also let me know that he will be 26 and probably have his own house in Baltimore, and he and Kaycey both will have graduated college by the time the "baby" starts driving.
The real crazy part...I am totally freaking out about having a baby on Friday the 13th (yes, the c-section is officially scheduled, and the doctor said things have changed since my last baby and they will not do c-sections before 7 days prior to actual due date. 20-7=13. Boo. It's still possible it'll be earlier, though, if I would go into labor they would do the c/s then. Maddie's c/s was scheduled for the 10th, and I had her on the 7th because I thought I was going into labor on the 6th. With Kaycey, my c/s was scheduled for the 9th of May, but I went into full blown labor with her on the 27th and had her the 28th of April. No, I am really not superstitious. I just think it sounds creepy to give birth on Friday the 13th.) Anyhow, I decided to look up on some calendar if her 13th birthday would happen to fall on a Friday the 13th (if indeed she is born on the 13th of Nov.) No, it falls on a Sunday. The year?? 2022. Double Yikes.
I am starting to feel old.
45 days...
only 45 days till I am a mother of four.
only 45 more days of Maddie being the baby. Maddie and I have been a pair for a while now. For the first time today, I was a little sad about Maddie not being the baby anymore. She's been...I won't use the word clingy exactly, but I guess attached is a better word. Is it because she realizes she's going to lose one-on-one with Mom? I'm really not sure. She's been so cuddly, and we've been playing tons of games together during the day while the other 2 are at school. She has also had a few meltdowns (something Maddie is definitely not known for!!) but I feel they were because she was so tired. Well, that's what I'm going with anyways...
Maddie, my sweet little baby who isn't a baby anymore.
!!
only 45 more days of Maddie being the baby. Maddie and I have been a pair for a while now. For the first time today, I was a little sad about Maddie not being the baby anymore. She's been...I won't use the word clingy exactly, but I guess attached is a better word. Is it because she realizes she's going to lose one-on-one with Mom? I'm really not sure. She's been so cuddly, and we've been playing tons of games together during the day while the other 2 are at school. She has also had a few meltdowns (something Maddie is definitely not known for!!) but I feel they were because she was so tired. Well, that's what I'm going with anyways...
Maddie, my sweet little baby who isn't a baby anymore.
!!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
double digits
I was up at 5:30am making brownies for Cal's class. I would've done it last night, but Mike wasn't feeling well and decided to sleep on the couch. So I was nice and didn't turn any unnecessary lights on near that room, which meant no making brownies in the kitchen. So I instead made them while half asleep when it was still dark out with the lights dimmed (Mike moved to bed during the night). And I managed to not only burn my wrist on the oven rack, but also the top of my hand from my reaction to burning my wrist. I just burned my arm two weeks ago making a pizza. And I always use the bottom oven because I can barely reach into the top one, at least not safely! Geez. I should not be allowed to use the ovens, I swear!! Speaking of brain loss, I answered my cell phone on Tuesday with "The Scrapbook Store, this is Elizabeth...uh, I mean, hi." I am a big dork. I'm only there once a week, if that. I don't know what I was thinking. I can't believe I did that. The funnier thing is that it was a parent from the soccer team. He seemed rather confused...
So,from this...
(I didn't make this page ten years ago, but of course all my pictures are hard copies from then, so I thought I would just post this page instead of Cal's "birth" day. Though the page is rather old, too!!)
to this.
Happy TENTH Birthday, Cal!! We let him open one present this morning. Online, I had found an Orioles t-shirt with #8 and "RIPKEN" on the back. He said it was the best present ever!!!
So,from this...
(I didn't make this page ten years ago, but of course all my pictures are hard copies from then, so I thought I would just post this page instead of Cal's "birth" day. Though the page is rather old, too!!)
to this.
Happy TENTH Birthday, Cal!! We let him open one present this morning. Online, I had found an Orioles t-shirt with #8 and "RIPKEN" on the back. He said it was the best present ever!!!
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