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21 Weeks

Welcome family and friends!  I'm so far away from many of you these days, I wanted to post all of the exciting changes that are happening to our little family.  Cody, Lil' Smokie and I are expanding our little brood on December 26th, 2010.  We've been told it's a little boy!  I'm officially outnumbered.  I guess that's fair since girls outnumbered boys 4 to 2 growing up.

If my husband is any indication of how energetic this little boy is going to be, we just might be in for it.  He's not happy unless he has projectS on the go.

We recently started going through a baby name book and highlighting the names we liked, so that we don't sit together and just shoot name choices down.  It's amazing how tainted some names can be for you by the time you are 26.  Some names I used to love, I could never use because of people I have meet/know.   Anyway, Cody highlighted "Hannibal" as one of the names he liked.  My heart sunk; this just may be more of a challenge that I thought.  What seemed like an eternity later, and after a strong and convincing defense of the name, the next morning he told me it was a joke.  PHEWF.

I start work again in a couple weeks and am anxious to get as much done for our arrival as I can before then.  The school year comes on with a BANG.  September jumps right into reading assessments and curriculum objectives, Health Committee and Choir.   First report cards are handed in 9 weeks after the school year starts.   Then there's the swimming week... (which I love, but have not done with grades one and two before).  Oh, and have I mentioned that this year we are writing and performing our own Production to be put on in early December?  Health Committee also puts on a big to-do 'Haunted House' at Halloween and plans a school Wide Winterfest (super fun outdoor winter carnival).  I think there is enough work done at our school from September to December 17th for the entire school year.

The more I think about it, the less guilty I feel about spending my summer in Houston relaxing, and at home walking the doggy and going to the gym.  I do truly appreciate these luxuries while they exist.  I imagine next summer will be quite different.

XOXO

Lil' Smokes is lying at my feet right now, keeping the warm and cozy.  This sweet little face is in for some changes too.  He's a spoiled rotten wiener dog with a heart of gold.

Or Lil' Smoke Monster says 'hi' to his Texas buds!