we threw a little party for mikey here at the house last saturday.  we’re not quite settled in yet and just barely finished moving our stuff out of the old place, but are soooo happy to have a place where we can entertain friends again.  so, things at the party were a little ghetto (i felt like i could’ve used another day to get ready!), but hopefully no one minded and had a good time anyway.  i know mikey had a blast, which made me happy at the end of the day.  thoroughly exhausted, but happy. it proved to be quite a challenge to take pictures while running around hosting the party, so i…

after waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) through each of our birthdays, mikey’s turn finally came!  we planned a party for him on saturday, so his actual birthday was somewhat low-key, but still full of happy surprises. phil wanted to give him a present from us first thing in the morning.  so we tiptoed into his room to find him still asleep.   but he popped right up at the mention of a present to open.  i love his still-sleepy eyes here.   mikey’s response when i asked him how old he was:   later in the afternoon, we found a surprise package waiting outside the front door.  …

ack! only 88 days left before my due date!  so much to do, so little time…

of dinner tonight.  interesting how different my two children are from one another. my neat-freak son: my couldn’t care less daughter: ******** in other news, we’re s l o w l y getting settled into our new home, which we LOVE!  and we’re also still slowly moving the rest of our stuff out of the old place and getting it cleaned up.  this move is never-ending!  it’s becoming rather unmotivating to unpack a box in the new place that i just barely got packed in the old place.  sigh. while phil and i have been busy with the move, the kids have found plenty to keep them entertained.  mikey and…

allie oscillated between boy and girl. mikey guessed girl. mommy was sure it was a boy. daddy also thought it was a boy. uncle johnny guessed boy. grandpa was certain it was a boy.   but the Lord has chosen to bless us with another baby GIRL!    phil and i were pretty much shocked into silence when the doctor told us the gender during the ultrasound.  later, i asked phil how he felt about the news.  we were both still letting it sink in (not that this was bad news by any means, but just such a surprise!) and he muttered something about having another wedding to pay for.…