I had three paragraphs typed out about what I’ve been doing besides blogging, but my friend Erin seemingly climbed into my head and wrote what I have really been thinking.
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It’s not that I’m sooooo busy [I mean, I am, but that's not the real reason I haven't been here] … it’s just that I have been inside my head.
I’m about to have 2 under 2.
And if you know me at all, you know that Lucy is very VERY attached to me. If Ken gets her up in the morning, she often cries until I get her. If we are all walking through a store and Ken’s holding her, she’ll cry for me. She spends the majority of her day right beside me. She has no idea that I’m about to have a little someone that will need me a whole lot more than she does.
Moms do this whole 2 under 2 thing. A lot. And I know everything will be okay, but it’s always in my mind.
I have an almost 5-year old who is so freakishly intelligent, she makes me sweat daily. I just … I don’t even know. She keeps us on our toes.
I am currently 35 weeks pregnant. I have a date for my c-section if I don’t go into labor naturally before then. I’ll be 39w6d when this little man makes his arrival, and that’s only a little over 4 weeks away.
At the end of the day, I’m not a business blogger. I don’t do this as a job. I don’t do this to make money or gain subscribers or get ad revenue. I do this to share our lives, and our lives have been more introspective lately.
It’s just how it is RIGHT NOW. And things may change, and I may start blogging regularly again. But for now, I need this time inside my own head.
It’s been a crazy MONTH since I last posted, and things have been literally non-stop busy. I’ve received a lot of comments and emails and messages asking if we are okay, and I just wanted to pop in and reassure you all that we are doing fine.
The girls are both doing well. The baby boy is growing and healthy and peachy keen. Ken and I are doing great, as well.
I will be back very soon with a “real” update, but I wanted to at least get this post up to say, “hi.”
I feel like one or both of the girls have been sick since 2012 started. Are you tired of hearing me talk about it? I’m tired of talking about it. They just keep passing it back and forth. It’s like ping-pong. Without paddles. Or balls. Or fun.
So I’m going to post this reminder of last week when they were both healthy for about 3 minutes.
side note: I love that Emma is waving at the school bus that she’ll probably be riding later this year.
Ahhh, that was nice.
Now back to the snot and coughs.
I am very very bad at building forts out of sheets.
I barely get it up and somewhat stable, and then Lucy wants to climb on top of it. And then Emma gets upset that half of it caved in. And then SHE wants to climb on top of it. And then I take it all down and say that we’ll try again tomorrow.
And then hope that they forget I said we’d do it again.
What is it about being under a sheet/blanket/whatever that makes kids so happy?
I went to Pinterest and found a few ideas on how to make forts out of sheets, so I guess I better get to practicing. And buying clothespins.
It was 70 degrees last Wednesday, but our back yard was still a muddy mess, so I sent Emma off to the front porch for some painting.
It took me 30 minutes to find the paints and a brush [we used to have a bunch of brushes - now we have one straggly piece of junk brush that I may have used to dig something out of the garbage disposal], but she didn’t mind … and it was worth it.
Okay, okay. I guess I went a little overboard with the pictures, but she doesn’t get to paint very much with a curious sister who eats everything she touches.
Yeah … I’m talking to YOU, cutie pie.
