Noticing the little things....

Our life goes by in such a flash, sometimes I think to myself - you need to write this down, before you forget. Like, when Isaac started referring to robots as "be-bop robop"...which morphed into "be bop robot", complete with robotic voice action.

One of my favorite things right now - I have NO idea the origin of. The "line leader". I suspect it may be from his brief stint in day care this fall, when I was doing a contract - but I am not sure. Essentially, in his eyes, a line leader is anything that starts something. Whether you are the first in a a line, the first to do something, etc. Sometimes he will say "Mom, you are the line leader becausee you woke up before me". It cracks me up...and, I have been able to turn it around on him to get him to do things. "Can you be the line leader to the bathroom".

He also "insulted" a friend at playgroup the other day by referring to her as "the caboose". A line leader can be interchanged with an "engine". So - if you are the first person, you can be the engine, and if Isaac wants you to follow him - don't be insulted if you are the "caboose". Oh - and, those of you in the middle...you are the shark cars. (Named after the shark train cars we have for his train set....don't all sharks travel by train??? really?). The other day at dinner, Isaac was explaining how he was the engine, Daddy was the shark car and I was the caboose.

Anyways...Brian probably considers this just the beginnings of a whole other fake language he is going to have to live with, along with the already well known "Becky-isms"....but I think it's just an interesting observation of how a toddler relates to the world.

Upcoming conversations will probably revolve around....

"Mommy, do you have a baby in your belly?"
"Yes, I do"
"Why?"
"So you can have a brother or sister".
"I want a brother and a sister, at the same time"
"sorry bud, only one or the other"
"that's my choice?"
"Well...not really your choice, but we will get into that later"

What does this look like, Mommy?

What DOES this look like? It looks like what mommy is going to look like this spring/summer.

Brian and I are pleased, thankful and humbled to announce - Isaac is going to be a big brother. We are due August 6, 2010. Obviously, given our history - this date is really nothing more than an end date - but a date it is. As Brian said, we appreciate it so much more this time around, knowing what is in store for us.

We have been lucky enough to hear heartbeats, get glamor shots (ultrasounds), yadda yadda.... so it's becoming more real every day.

Nothing like stacking the decks by planning a family reunion (Aug 7-8th, 2010) and buying tickets to see U2 (June 30th, 2010) to make that stick turn pink. So, I will be relying on my "up north" friends, to reserve a spot on the beach for me in August....and my Caravelle neighbors - you will actually get to SEE US during the month of July.

Behind, behind,behind....

It seems lately, posting on here is an after thought...something I get to now and then, when I get to sit down. There certainly isn't much sitting down when you are chasing a 3 year old around. I hope to get around to improving that soon...really! The biggest problem is - all our photos are on another computer, and when I think to blog, that computer isn't on, so I don't....and the cycle goes on.

I will post more pictures - soon! I promise!!!

That being said, we had a really nice New Years! We had 3 other couples come to visit - totaling 8 adults, 7 kids in our house. That doesn't even include the 2 dogs and Helen the cat. Thank goodness Blue and Maggie are geriatric and sleep a lot!!!

Isaac's new room was a huge success - the kids spent a lot of time in there, hanging out on the top bunk and playing. Brian took the kids out to play in the snow, and we made a mass trip to Bounce Party on New Years Day. Of course, we chatted by fires, played Wii, ate too much and enjoyed much catching up.

It was wonderful to be with our friends, and their children - this is the 12th year of our friendship with them. Although we generally referred to them as the Blue Sky gang - I have recently taken to calling them "pajama friends". That category of friends that you put people in when you can hang out with them in your jammies. (nothing like waking up and hashing out how awful Dick Clark looked over coffee). Friends like that can be hard to find, and take time to cultivate - but with these guys - it was always instant. I cherish their friendships so much.

So - to all of you, I hope you had a wonderful New Years - perhaps with some "pajama buddies" of your own.... or at least, a restful and refreshing start to the new year.