Looking at My Life

I am just in the best mood! Not sure what it is, I guess it's just the combination of a bunch of things, but life is good!

Life is always good, no matter how rough it may be. But when things settle and I look around, I am so very grateful and happy!

My daughter is beautiful and so very smart and is growing up so much each day!

My husband is the rock of this family! He works his ass off (even though I give him hell and tell him he doesn't) to give us a really great life! We are able to do what we want and get what we need when we need it! And most of all it allows me to stay home and raise our family and make the best of every moment!

I am blessed to be pregnant again and so grateful that it was even possible! Though having a boy was such a scary thought, I couldn't be happier about him or about our family growing!!

I have the most perfect marriage! I mean, who gets to marry their best friend and soul mate and spend all their time laughing and goofing off?! We do and I love it! I laugh so much when he is home and it makes life that much better!

We have been blessed with some really amazing friends! I can say that some of them I thought I'd never be close to, partly because of my stand -off-ish nature when it comes to letting people get close to me! But I admittedly have some of the most trustworthy, do anything for you friends and I am glad they are mine!!

My playgroup has now been around for 5 1/2 years! It is successful mostly because we have the cream of the crop when it comes to amazing women! It is a privilege to be in this group and around these women!!

All in all, I have nothing to complain about! And in a world that is very upside down and uncertain, it is great to feel this way I think!! :o)

School's Out - for - Summer!

School is officially out for the year!! Regan is done with Kindergarten and will be in the "digits" next year!







This year has flown by, it really has! You think a SAHM with a child in school 7 hours a day would have a boring life with nothing to do but clean house and wait for the kid to get home! On the contrary, I have filled my weeks with lunches with friends, playgroup potlucks, pedicures, shopping and I even started canning this year!! 2 pm came very fast each day!!

Next year of course will be just as full, if not more so with the arrival of our baby boy! I have to say I am very happy with the way we spaced his and Regan's ages. She will be in school and I will still get to have that one on one time with him, just as I did with Regan. And he will get to go to playgroup and make his own friends, just like Regan did! And by the time he is in Kindergarten, I will be able to volunteer in his classroom, just as I did for Regan!

Now that summer is here Regan will go to her old daycare twice a week like she did before school started. I wasn't going to send her, but she really wants to go and I figure that as the pregnancy progresses, a quiet day at home or a kid free lunch will be nice! lol

She will definitely be busy this summer though. Between swim lessons, Girl Scout Day Camp, Hip-Hop dance class, playgroup, Summer Movies each Monday and playgroup twice a week - I am sure our summer will breeze by! Then before we know it baby boy will be here and she will be starting 1st grade!! It really is bittersweet how fast they grow up!!!

What a Week!

This has officially got to be the wildest week ever!!!

Tuesdays my Playgroup threw me a shower! It was awesome and so much fun! My friends bought me such wonderful things and I got lots of personalized and homemade items which just rocks!!



Tuesday afternoon, I decided to get Regan a little early from school so we could be home, waiting for Bub to arrive. I then got a call saying he had gotten a flat tire, which sent him off an overpass and into a tree. That was the longest drive to New Iberia - EVER!! Thank God he was okay. Other than some bruises from the airbag and the impact he was fine! His truck however, not so much!



Since he was due for a new truck anyways, the next day we went out and found him a truck he loves! I actually love it too! It has so many bells and whistles - it's nice and he deserves a great luxury truck!



So Thursday we went back to get his truck and I must say, I love it!!

The same day we went for our 2nd 3D/4D Ultrasound of baby boy! Man he is a cutie! He kept his hands over his face the whole time, but we caught some open eyes and some yawns and a cute little face!


Things are really blessed for us these days and I am so thankful! I am 28 1/2 weeks along and feeling great! I am already ready for him to be home with us!!



Regan has 2 days left of school and I never thought I'd be so happy to have her home for the summer! We have big plans for the summer! Lots of movies and swimming and time with our friends and family!!

Life is good! We are really, really blessed!

So I guess even with some bad, there will always be some good!

No Guns or Pens in The Park!

Yesterday on the way to drop Regan off at school, she happened to notice the sign in the park. We have driven by these signs five days a week for over 9 months too......

So she says to me "No guns or pens in the park!"

Of course I am dumbfounded and confused! lol I ask her where she saw that and she said "the sign says no guns or pens in the park - I saw it!" Of course I missed the sign and have no idea why she thinks something is a pen. I asked if she was sure it was a pen. She said, " You cannot bring a gun and no pens because when you make a mistake, you cannot erase it!"

Thankfully there was another sign a little ways down, and it turns out the other symbol was a syringe. I can't remember the last time she made me laugh like that! I love the way her mind works!!

It's Going so Fast

It is getting so depressing around here these days! :o(

My little girl is trying so hard to be that big girl that can do everything for herself. For instance, in the mornings, she insists that she can and will get her own bowl down, pour her cereal and milk and even make her morning juice, complete with her vitamins and all.

I was thinking yesterday how I was like her, only probably worse at her age. At about 7 I was waking up on Saturday mornings and making myself scrambled eggs - on the stove! Thinking back I realized that Regan is almost 6 and I was doing this at an age not much older than her. This scared the SHIT out of me! lol

I have always been very independent! And I have watched Regan try her hardest to follow in my footsteps. As a mom, it is very hard to let this happen. In a way I know I should be encouraging these changes, but I don't wanna! *insert pout here.....

With the baby coming, everything she can do for herself will be an immense help to me. But at the same time, growing up as quickly as I did wasn't always fun. I mean, once you are old enough to do everything for yourself, you are no longer able to ask for help when you want the coddling from your parents. It really is hard!

In the last few months Regan has really astounded me with her maturity and her sense of her surroundings. She is so aware of what time is it, what needs to happen, what is not okay and schedules! She really is a big girl and it saddens me to the core!

I know she will be so helpful when I need an extra hand next year, but I am hoping that she won't have to worry about me or the baby. That she helps when she wants to and enjoys the hell out of her childhood!!