Been a busy past few weeks...

Sorry for the delay as we've been pretty busy. We had family in, the family reunion, Restoration Days, I started class (for my master's degree), we planned a block party....and on and on.

Uncle Michael was back form NC, and you can see that WD enjoyed seeing him. Poor U. Mike couldn't play too much w/ his bum shoulder, but hopefully he can do more next time we see him.

I went to check on WD one night to find this scene! I was startled for a moment wondering where WD was! Had he finally learned to climb out or what??? (note the teeth marks on the railing in the bottom left of the picture...pretty expensive teether for him)

WD had somehow crawled under his crib sheet, and was sleeping between it and the mattress.

Here WD models some shades of Great Grandma's that he fell in love with while at Grandpa Ray & Grandma Karyn's house.

WD enjoys his first sucker at the Restoration Days Parade. He enjoyed seeing all the restored tractors, especially the big one that kept moving it's bucket up and down as it drove by.

WD stopped at the hardware store to check out carts and wheelbarrows. He took it upon himself to rearrange them for the store workers.

YOGURT!!!!

Today I Am - August Addition

Today I Am: a 1 on a 0-10 pain scale with my back! YEAH!!! And I really put it to work yesterday!! I Felt great yesterday (except for the heat and humidity) so I was in the yard for a couple hours while Dave took his shift with WD. But I iced it and took my Rx Naproxin (Aleve) and slept like a rock between thunder crashes.

Reading: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. It's one of 7 books I'll have to read for my graduate class this fall. I talked with a couple coworkers this weekend and they were telling me that I have one of those intense professors, and likely I'm wasting my time Reading ahead of the class as she's just going to make me read it all again in class, mostly because I'll need to in order to remember all the details that will be discussed. Great. Oh well - now I'm into it and trying to figure out the climax...as I just can't see it coming yet.

Listening To: The CBS Early show - it's my morning routine and it's on in the background. I'm also trying to hurry as I just heard WD starting to fuss and now bellow from his crib.

Thinking About: How I'm going to juggle everything this fall and yet not have to be committed for a mental breakdown.

Planning To: Go to Grandma's this Saturday and help Dad & Rob clean it out.

Looking Forward To: Our 2009 family vacation, the first week of September. Just going North to Don & Caroline's but hoping to get out do some things in that area that we haven't or wouldn't normally. Maybe the zoo? Or the big water park there in town (if it's still warm).

Enjoying: Life. Just some moments it's more present in my mind to do so than others.

Working On: Minimizing. I went through all the baby things to 1 year this weekend and tried to thin things down a little. This morning I hope to get all my maternity things into one tub (instead of 2). We just don't have the storage we need!

What are you up to???