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.…

well it’s official.  we signed the lease and got the keys last friday.  we’re moving into a house for the last two years of phil’s residency!  now, the house itself won’t be winning any beauty pageants any time soon.  it’s old, not updated, and is pretty much the ugliest house on the block. but!  it’s located in a cul-de-sac in a great neighborhood, is across the street from a huge park, has proper washer/dryer hookups, an attached garage, and IS A HOUSE!  our very first one to live in.  everytime phil and i are there, we end up smiling and saying to each other how much we like the place.  and…

so my birthday was a couple of weeks ago, but we weren’t able to celebrate until this past wednesday.  phil managed to plan a little date night for us (hooray!) in the midst of his busy work schedule.  he even arranged babysitting so we could be kid-free (thanks esther for watching the kiddos!). as always, phil managed to keep his plans a secret so i didn’t know where we were headed until we arrived in front of a steakhouse called “flemings”.  mmm, meat. ok, so it could be because it’s been a while since we’ve eaten at a grown-up restaurant and been able to eat our food while it was…