Way to go, Singletons!!

Babies, babies, babies!! Come September and October, the Singletons will be doing their part to extend the next generation. We've now had news that TWO of Ryan's cousins are expecting. First, Cindy and Dennis will be having their second baby within days of us. And, just today, we learned that Bill and Sarah are having TWINS in October. I also have two friends from high school who are due in July and a friend I met in Port Angeles who is due in June (she's also the only other person I know with a red-haired, blue-eyed girl!) Here's to 7 healthy babies later this year!!! To add to this wonderful excitement, Kate and I leave tomorrow for a week in Bend. We'll miss Ryan a lot, but we are looking forward to it!

Random tip for my fellow mommies....

If you have a major squirmer during diaper changes (like I do), here's a mommy-to-mommy (or daddy, obviously) tip. In Kate's music class, the teacher pretends to "blow" on and off the lights. All the kids think this is hysterical and they basically fight to line up to help. I've employed this "magic" while I change Kate's diaper and it works like a charm! She even says "mommy magic," which is as close as I'll ever get to doing any sort of mind-trick. So, there's my random thought for the day. Hope it helps (clearly it only helps those with a changing table near a light switch, but still....)!

Yes, they DO grow up too fast!

I always hear people say that kids grow up too fast, but I think in Kate's case it just might be true. This afternoon, while I was trying to clean out my closet a bit, I found her trying on my underwear!! And she knew how to do it! When I found her, she was trying to dress her lion as well. I told her she may have to wait until she's out of diapers before she shops at Victoria's Secret. Perhaps I should get going on this whole potty training thing.....

Like mother, like daughter

When I was younger, one of my favorite toys were My Little Ponies. My mom had the foresight to save them and now they are Kate's favorites, too. She "feeds" them everyday and calls it "doing chores." This should make Grandpa Bill quite proud! Yesterday, after the horses had been fed, Kate told me she wanted a "noga (yoga) mat." I unrolled one for her and she set her horses on it and then told me she was going to "teach class," which is what we tell her I am doing on the evenings I teach my class. She must be paying attention because she was saying "downdog" to all the horses and even modeling it for them. This time, I was the one who was proud!!

First trimester? Check.

I've reached 12 weeks now and so I SHOULD be entering into the much nicer, much more energetic and much less nauseated second trimester. Here's hoping!! I don't want to jinx it but I think I've turned the corner with the nausea. I'm not 100% but I don't feel yucky constanty, so that must be a good sign! My goal this weekend (and it's quite a lofty one!) is to buy some new toothpaste because I don't think I can ever again look at the kind I've been using these past weeks. My belly is definitely bigger this time around than it was at this same stage with Kate. As long as there's only one in there, I'm fine with it! I found a picture of me 10 days before I had Kate and she's been carrying it around all week. She looks at it in complete wonder, as if I've got to be kidding to look like that. I told her that SHE was in my tummy and she just looked at me like "give me a break...I'm not falling for that." I can't imagine what she'll think when I start looking like that again!

Huh???

There's a new post from today below the one I posted when Bob & Starla were here....how did that happen???? Oh well. Read on below......

Fun with GaGa & Gumpa!

Ryan and I are officially old news now that Kate has Grandma and Grandpa around--and Ryan and I aren't complaining! It's so fun to watch Kate bond with them more and more each day. She also does her best to show off for them, acting even sillier than usual. We've had a great visit so far, and we have them here for two more days, so we'll cherish each minute! We spend a great deal of time just watching all Kate's antics, but we have gotten out and about a bit. Kate loved spending hours in the backyard swinging with Gumpa and gardening with GaGa, and they came to music class and play group with her. Since the weather is pretty good again today, we'll likely head out to the park (if we make it out of the backyard, that is...) Each time we have family visit, we realize ever more how wonderful it would be to be closer to everybody. We'll see what happens.....