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Where have I been?

September 1st, 2011

Okay, okay, I know I haven’t updated the blog in almost 2 months… I keep reading all these blogs of mamas who blog every day and have ridiculously large traffic numbers.  I think about 41 people read our blog, and roughly 2/3 of them are family members who don’t care about the number of times I update, as long as I put pictures up.  Well to that I say, “phhhhhthththththththt”

Lately, people keep asking me, “what have you been up to lately?” and I get this faraway look in my eyes and try, for the life of me, to actually remember what I’ve been doing.  Then I’ll start to point to my belly and my born(e)? children and tell them to figure it out themselves, and I’ll remember that not everyone understands my preggo brain.  Heck, I don’t even understand my preggo brain.  [Did I just say "heck"?  How old am I again?]

Speaking of which, I had a milestone birthday about 10 days ago. Yes, August 20th is my birthday and I turned the big 3-0.  Or, as I like to put it “my first anniversary of my 29th birthday”.  :)  No, 30 hasn’t been so bad – I figure it’s just another year, and 29 was probably the hardest and most stressful year of my life….  let’s see – 3 foot surgeries, 4 grandparents passing away, 1 parent’s open heart surgery, 1 heckuva flu virus (there’s that ‘heck’ again..), and 1 positive pregnancy test [whom we're naming "surprise!: the sequel".]

To celebrate my birthday, Kevin invited some of my [local] friends over for hamburgers and cookie cake .  Cookie cake is my absolute favorite kind of cake, from the Great American Cookie Company.  My mom & dad ordered one of the large rectangle ones for us (Thanks, Mom & Dad!) and even with 40+ party guests, we still ended up with half the cookie cake left over.  But i wasn’t complaining – Kevin, the kids, and I polished it off the next day!  Good thing birthdays (and subsequent cookie cake!) only come around once per year!

The other part of “what we’ve been doing lately” has revolved around trying to stay cool in the 100-degree heat we’ve had in Texas.  It’s been ridiculous.  I think every day in August (save 1 or 2) has been 100 degrees OR HIGHER.  So, we’ve been swimming at least twice a week, as I’ve been teaching water aerobics at least twice a week, and we rented quite a number of [free] movies in the past month – when we need to stay indoors because it’s been too hot to play.  Also, our recent trip to Colorado with Kevin’s extended family a few weeks ago (pictures hopefully soon!) was a welcome addition to our summer.

I will also mention that Colby started 1st grade last week (sniff) and Kennedy will start pre-K next week (sniff sniff).  So we’ve been buying school supplies and snack supplies and lunch supplies and all the other things that go with preparing for school to start.  Oh and stocking my pantry for when the Aggies come to town because it’s hard to drive anywhere with new Aggie parents who don’t know where they are going and are caravan-ing with a U-Haul full of stuff!  :)

Kennedy spent this past week being sick.  Actually, it was only the past 2 days, but to me it felt like a week.  She only wanted me to hold her while she tried to get comfortable in my lap (so hard to do on a pregnant mama).  The only symptom she had was a high fever, but that’s enough to make anyone miserable.  Kevin and I are on opposite ends of “sick” remedies – I hate throwing up, where Kevin wants to throw up because he knows it will make him feel better. But Kennedy is on my side on this one – she and I know that the pain (and the anxiety) of throwing up is far worse than the relief that will come when it’s done.  So, we wait it out!  We’ll take the Tylenol to make us not hurt for a little bit, and try to keep food down – Kennedy has taken my affinity for salty things while sick – but throwing up is a “last resort” option.  Colby and Carlee are even more different than Kennedy…  who knows.

So, there’s the past 2 months in a very long nutshell.  I think after this you’ll want me to blog more often so I don’t go off on tangents so much.  Or, maybe I’ll go to bed.  Which is another thing I’ve been doing lately.  Good night, Mary Ellen.  Good night, John Boy.

Entry Filed under: Carlee, Colby, Family, Food, Funny, Kennedy, Life