Rain Rain Go Away....

Come again another day.....
All the children want to play....
Rain, rain, go away...

Reese has been singing that song the last few days. Just because it's been non-stop rain here. We finally have a back yard and he doesn't even get to go play outside. Fortunately, last weekend when Derek came over, they got to go run around outside for a while. Yesterday was a really good day and the sun came out and stayed out all day. Today is looking good so far and Reese might just get to go play soccer after school. Although I just looked at the forecast and it's supposed to start raining at around 3pm. ugh.

Tomorrow Chris and I are going to look for something to decorate Bailey's room with. Probably a border ledge of some sort. We want the Secret Garden bedding and decor from Lambs Ivy. We already registered for it and hopefully get it. (see picture). Maybe we'll get a window covering or something to start. First off we have to clean the room and Reese's room. Chris and I both hate blinds as window covering. Or just having blinds and nothing else. It just doesn't feel like home. It feels like a dorm.

Other than that.... I just don't feel like being at work today at all.

Chris is taking the day off from work and is with his brother probably at Garden City of Bay 101 doing their thing. I have so much stuff to do but I don't feel like doing any of it. Maybe I can just leave and not come back after I drop off Reese. lol.

Routine

This morning we woke up, showered, got dressed and I walked out of our bedroom to prepare lunch and snacks. I hear Reese's TV on down the hall. .... oh he's already up, cool.

Reese: "Hi mom! I woke up when your music was on"
Ok, that tells me that when our alarm went off he woke up... that was at 6:30am.
Me: "What did you want for breakfast? Purple or Red pb&j?"
Reese: "I already had one mom"
Me: "Oh... ok..... can you change into your school clothes?"
Reese: "Sure! I can do it all by myself ok?"
Me: "Alrighty... I guess I can go now...."

Can we do this everyday????

I mean.. It's never a struggle to wake him up in the morning really. But this is so much easier!!

31 almost 32 weeks

For the first time in my life I felt those Braxton-Hicks contractions. It was yesterday while driving home from my mom's. It scared the living shit out of me. When I was pregnant with Reese, I didn't experience any contractions until I was induced with patocin in the hospital after my water already broke.

I came home and told Chris and realized that I am scared. It's a sign that this baby is coming soon and my body is 'warming up' for the real thing. The difference is that I know what to expect this time and Chris is there with me. Doesn't take the fear away completely however.

I read another blog this morning of a friend who just found out that she is pregnant. They have been trying for quite some time. In fact about 7 months... around the same time that we got pregnant. She finally getting her lifelong wish of becoming a mother. Having her own family. A baby is a precious gift and I'm sure she realizes that just by talking with her and reading her posts.

Some of the things that she wrote on her blog makes me think about how I am doing as a parent. Of course every mom criticizes themselves every day. If not, I think you have an issue. Every day I thank my lucky stars that Reese is a good boy and that this little girl inside me will come out the same if not better. I know that it takes the effort of the parents to mold your child into who they grow up to be. 50% of the time. 50% if it is them wanting to be that person and willing to work with you. One of the things that I did with Reese was when he started the tantrum thing I tried to stop it from day one. I'm sure I'm not the first one to try that, but with him, it worked for the most part.

I just know that Reese needs a lot of love and TLC being the sensitive guy that he is.