36 weeks and my mind is STILL running on high

This is my self portrait taken yesterday in a state of creativity. I was tired of the same old belly shot so I thought I'd try it from different angles. I dunno...I'm kinda liking this one for some reason.

Anyway, the school year is rapidly coming to a close and my neighborhood group is beginning to wind down. I will continue to be the coordinator for our playgroup and I'm starting to compile a list of activities we can do this summer to keep us all from losing our minds. Here are some of my ideas so far:

** Have a playgroup garage sale.
** Weekly picnics.
** Have a movie night.
** Host an etiquette tea party.
** Splashpark outings.
** First Tuesdays at the Art Museum.
** Pool parties.
** Potluck happy hours for mom's night.
** Day at the horse races.
** Putt-putt golf.
** Minor league baseball family nights.
** Arts/crafts themed playdates.

I realize some of these are lofty ideas, especially with me having a newborn on the way in 27 more days, but don't some of these sound so fun???

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Not really sure where this post will take me, but haven't posted in almost a week, so here we are....

This week we had another ultrasound and got to see little Miss again. She has been a good girl and is no longer sitting breech, but is now head down!! YAY!
I took, and passed, my glucose test. YAY!!
Ladybug's room is coming right along. The closet is finished, girly clothes are hanging up, pictures are up on the wall...only a few more touches and the room is ready for it's official reveal. YAY!!

I will share the link to one of the items I made specifically for the room. I saw this cute little butterfly mobile:



over at PBK and swooned. Then I saw the price and swooned again, I mean it's just paper and string. I resolved to make my own. And so I did. I must say, I did a pretty good job. AND I got to customize mine to match the room!

D has been sleeping like a champ and eating like a horse lately. I KNEW he was getting longer so we measured him yesterday and he's grown an inch and a half since his birthday 6 months ago! He's pretty proud of himself.

We made a chocolate cake for L's birthday and delivered it to her this afternoon. A was just waking from his nap so the boys got an impromptu playdate while L and I chatted. She is expecting in May so our little ones will only be 3 weeks apart (depending on the EDD). It's so nice to have some friends going through the same stage in life at the same time.

Sunday we were invited over to K and G's house after Mass for a pancake breakfast. G picked at her pancakes while D snarfed down 2+!!!
D wasn't too impressed with G's little brother, A. He liked to look at him sleeping but didn't really pay too much attention to him once he was awake. Ah, well....

We met them on Tuesday morning for some toddler fun at the local arboretum. I didn't get too many pictures as D was all over the place! The kindermusik people were there and D had fun dancing around with the big kids. I did manage to snap a picture of D and G sitting in the little mermaid's enchanted chair. Cute!

***Photos will follow shortly, my camera battery is dead and I'm too lazy to deal with it right now. I'm all cuddled up in bed with one eye on the monitor. There was a loud truck that just drove by and startled D so I was expecting him to call for me, but he didn't. What a brave boy!

BTW, my Lenten "project" has been going very nicely. I realize as I'm reading the book that I haven't really been too bad about taking my hubby for granted. We still seem to have the newlywed thing going for us.

And to ashes you will return...

Today is Ash Wednesday. 40 days until Easter (give or take). This year is already flying by.

Yesterday we celebrated Mardi Gras in a rated G fashion: with a stroller parade!! The moms brought their strollers over and we decorated them in yellow, green and purple. Then it was off to parade through town. Unfortunately, the neighborhood newsletter has yet to come out door-to-door so we didn't have anyone to parade for. :(

But, it did make for some cute photos!!


all of us on our parade


my little Mardi Gras reveler!!

For Lent this year I tried to think of something more meaningful to do. I came across the 40-day Love Dare Challenge and decided to try it out. Since it's 40 days it works nicely with Lent. It is supposed to help you re-focus on your relationships. With baby girl on the way I have a feeling my time with David will be seriously cut.

Day 1 challenge: refrain from saying anything negative to your spouse.

In friendship news, we have a date this Saturday to meet L and A for breakfast and then we'll watch the big St.Patty's parade through downtown!!! Always a great time!!

Sugar and spice...

Looks like we'll be adding a bit of sugar and spice to our house this summer!!! We got a great look at her and Dominic even joined in the conversation saying, "Baby move around....So cute!"

I almost titled this post something else entirely, "Breaking up is hard to do", but wanted to keep the focus positive rather than negative. Basically, this week I have come to the realization that I need to "break-up" with one of my friends. What happened, you may be wondering???

Well...it goes like this:

I am a punctual person. You all already know that. When I have made plans with someone and can't make it, I always make sure to tell them with as much notice as possible. I also try to be on time anytime I am meeting someone out. This past Tuesday I made plans to meet a very new acquaintance and an old friend. I made the details and emailed them both with time and place instructions. I was the only one to show up!
I received a phone call from M asking me where I was, if everything was okay. I told her that I was at said place waiting. She proceeded to tell me that she and the other gal were at another location waiting on me! Did neither one of them read their email???? So D and I had to leave the original meeting place to go to the *wrong* location to meet them.

This is not the first time that M has flaked out on this kind of stuff. The day before this breakfast get together she emailed me to see if I wanted to go to Pump-it-Up with her that morning. I reminded her that we had plans with S. She admitted that she forgot about our plans. Then she asked me what time?

When I had the summer camp, she was a participant. The day of the camp she called to ask me when camp started, and I don't mean what time, she meant what day!! Then she asked what time and THEN she said they would be there everyday instead of the 3 times a week she had previously told me. So I had to drive out and get more supplies for them to attend all week!!!

It's this kind of air-headedness that drives me bananas. If you have plans with someone at least have the courtesy to write it down and the respect to remember it!

So this breakfast get-together was the straw that broke the camel's back. I have got to call this friendship quits before I say something tacky to her. How's this going to go? I have no idea!!!