!!!SPRING!!!

Spring! The first day of spring! Winter is NOT my favorite season but this winter has been especially bad. The snow has been endless and the crazy pregnancy homones haven't helped at all either. Yet the first crocus has pushed its way up through the ground announcing that it is truely spring. Yesterday was also a perfect day. We even got to go to the park and there was only one small patch of snow on the ground! I love spring! It is such a wonderful day to celebrate! (Hence all the exlamation points!!!)

What is your must have mom item?

One of my favorite things about blogging is keeping in touch with my friends from all eras of my life. I love networking with other moms and learning from everyones experience. So in the spirit of networking I would love to put a question out there and learn from everyone else! So here is my first "Mom tip of the week" post. There are a lot of products that I love as a mom especially for entertaining the baby but my favorite mom product for me the mom is Bath and Body Works lip gloss. Not only does it shine my lips but it also freshens my breath. If I need a quick freshen it is just the thing!


What is your favorite mom must have?

Psyco Easter Bunny

We went to the Albertsons for and Easter egg hunt on Sat. We were a little too late for the toddler hunt so we decided to take some pictures with the Easter Bunny. Turner is usually up for anything but he was freaked out by the bunny. But I don't really blame him.

Big boy bowling

Note the styling bowling shoes. Who knew they made them so small. Turner did awesome, he didn't even get the lowest score! Of course if we were better at lining up the ramp he probably could have got a 300.

Clue #7

Well, to quote a famous BNL song "who needs sleep? Well, your never gonna get it, who needs sleep? tell me whats that for. Who needs sleep be happy with what your getting there are guys who have been awake since the second world war." I think that is pretty close to the actual lyrics. It is almost 2 am and I just think that you should be able to stock up on sleep the last few weeks instead of not being able to sleep. I had achived REM finally when a stack of magazines fell off a dining room chair sounding in my groggy head like gun fire. Well that was an hour and a half ago so I finally decided to get up and do something productive like blog :) At least I will be use to this whole sleep deprived thing when the baby is born. He is awake and kicking right now so it is just a preview.

Well, we are still in getting ready for baby mode. I have some pictures that I was going to attach but somehow the cord for the camera wasn't in the camera case and I am not going to turn on any lights to try to find it. I will hopefully attach them soon. Along with our pictures from bowling Sat. It is kinda tricky bowling when you are 8 1/2 months pregnant but once I readjusted my throw I actually broke my own personal record. Which by the way is 87 :) I was afraid that I would go up to bowl and my water would break but then I thought- if your water is going to break in public it might as well be a good story right?

I hope that this baby comes pretty soon because I am running out of clues but here we go. There seem to be two camps when it comes to naming babies. There are the die hard name the baby what you are going to call them parents. Then there are the name... shname whatever fits at the time goes. Well... Joshua goes by Josh, My dad Richard goes by Dick, my brother Richard goes by Rick, and my brother Joseph goes by Brett. This baby will go by an alternative- I mean so far we have been calling him hooch! (Turner and hooch.. you know- yeah that does make me hooch's mamma.) Have fun guessing!

Wondering

So I was watching a paper plate commercial today and line they were using to get you to buy their paper plates was that being with your kids was so more important than doing the dishes. It got me wondering about the difference between the modern mom and a mom 100 years ago. My understanding of 100 years ago is that it took all day long just to keep the house clean, laundry done and food on the table. There were no play groups, children's museums, trips to the park. If woman did spend time together it was in quilting bees where they were making bedding for their families. Today I am feeling pretty proud of myself if I even have a meal on the table at the end of the day. So which day would you rather be raising your children in? Obviously we don't have a choice but if you could transport your children back in time would you?

My Hero

I love being a Mom. Turner is my hero. Here are the reasons why I wish I was more like him.
1. He is not afraid to get excited when he sees someone he cares about.
2. He will stop randomly say "dance" and starts shaking his bootie music or no music.
3. He gets bored with TV after a few minutes.
4. He has a genuine quest to learn anything and everything.
5. He doesn't get made fun of when he crashes his cars :)
6. His energy!
7. His amazement at every little ant, flower, acorn etc...
8. He gets excited everytimes he sees a picture of Jesus. He shouts "Jesus" with such exuberance that you know he is talking about a dear friend.
9. His natrually funny sense of humor. If he feels silly then he acts silly he doesn't worry if others will laugh or not.
10. He isn't afraid to let you know exactly how he feels or what he wants.
11. He gets to sleep 14 hours a day.
12. He still thinks bubbles are magical.
13. He still gets to run to his mommy everytime he gets hurt.
14. When someone asks him to do something he doesn't want to do- He can just pretned he doesn't understand.
15. He has no idea how this baby is going to rock his world.
16. He sings without caring about knowing the words or the tune- he just sings because he is happy!

Yet I am glad to be me because I get to be married to his daddy and I get to be his mommy.

Clue #6

Well, as the big day remains ambiguous yet looming my emotions cover a huge range from anxiety to excitement. I finially have the baby clothes and recieving blankets washed. I love getting ready for a new baby! Clue #6 is: His middle name was the second most popular boy name in the 60's. Happy guessing!

Macs are fun

The family that I work for is a Mac family. I think that the coolest program is the photo booth. What if I really looked like the first two pictures? Would you all still claim me as a friend or family?

Clue #5

No this isn't my cute belly- I am twice that size at least it feels that way everytime that I bend over. This little guy is a mover and a shaker but he is slowing down just a bit because he doesn't have much room to move it. Josh and I are loving just feeling him kick and kick every night. I started washing baby clothes and fogot just how tiny they start out. I pulled out the outfit that we brought Turner home in and remembered that he swam in it. I look at Turner all the time and wonder what happened to my baby. I think that children grow up faster than us parents would like them to. Turner really is a little boy now with lots of personality. I love being a mom and getting to watch him grow up. I am also excited to hold a little baby again in my arms and awe at the miricle that God made inside of me. I can't wait to hold him and know that his is my son and to smell that wonderful smell of a newborn.

So that brings us to clue #5- One of his names has 5 letters and one has 7 (actually two of them do since Thomson has 7 letters.) Good luck!