The laughing

The laughing is contagious. It happens at certain things that Erik finds funny. The ends of phrases of songs are hilarious to him (especially if sung quickly) the buzzz like a bee sound really makes him laugh.
I adore these little moments, in this crazy last month of school these are the minutes of my day that make it all worth it!
Check him out.




And this one is pretty cute too!!!

Homework Help

Erik adores the outside, he really likes to watch leaves on trees. I am searching for ANYTHING that entertains him and allows me to do homework at the same time. Here was today's solution!

How to do it all?

I think in this last month of school I may just lose my mind. I'd make a list, but it wouldn't be detailed enough. Next week is the worst week of all, there are 14 assignments due in my classes, that's two assignments each day.....yep losing my mind.

I was hoping my yoga class would ease my mind, and the last five minutes it does, but today this was the conversation going on in my head,

Is my bra showing?

Wow she's really bendy, how does she get her chest that low....it must be the boobs, I could do that too if I had those boobs....and not this stomach.

I wonder if it's possible to take the fat from my stomach and just push it up into the boob area? Like a tummy tuck and boob job all in one.

I hate this downward dog.....my eyes feel like they are going to come out of my head.

This makes my wrist hurt! oh probably because my little tiny wrists, one of the smallest parts of me...is holding up all the weight of the biggest parts of me...I'm surprised it hasn't snapped in half? I wonder if I could be excused from Yoga and still get a grade if my wrist snapped in half?

Thank god that's done, I hate that pose, now it's the stretching time yay! Yoga makes me feel tall, I wonder what I should make for dinner? Maybe dinner will make itself.

I'm supposed to be acknowledging my thoughts and letting them go, letting them go where? I don't get that. Is the girl next to me snoring? She is!! She fell asleep! Maybe her big boobs take all her energy so she has to sleep to recharge.

Why do I think things like this what is wrong with me??

See......and this is why I struggle to complete my homework in a timely fashion....my brain lives in tangent land and likes to go exploring constantly.

I did come home from Yoga and make a healthy dinner of chicken, rice and zucchini. Do you know how hard it is to get a child who is going through separation anxiety to play in the next room when he knows you're home? Well, it's impossible, but I have found a creative solution. I call it the Baby Bubble. I strap him in, and he can go anywhere I do that has a flat surface! He loves being in it, he happily plays and I can get things like dishes, laundry and dinner done!

Now, who wants to write a Yoga paper for me? Don't even get me started on the exercise class I am taking on the TV (kind of hypocritical don't you think?), we are supposed to be monitoring ourselves and working through the exercises. I haven't started at all - it's two weeks in. I foresee an entire weekend of continuous exercises in my near future.

The Vacation is Over

Our little Vacation is over. It was 5 glorious days at the beach house. We prefer to take lots of little vacation's over the year as opposed to one big one. It seems to break things up and give us something to look forward to. We had a lovely time, walking on the beach (as you can see from the new masthead) and enjoying old friends, a new friend and a gorgeous place. Erik was able to meet his Godfather and spend some time with him. Becky and Mike were able to spend some time together as well, with lots of extra hands for holding Erik. Vacations make me grateful for what I have, and they ALWAYS remind me of things I need to change. After seeing this set of pictures (and there are very few with me in them), the thing that needs to change is my, ahem, fluffiness. I hate being fat, its the one thing in my life that I can't seem to gain control over - I'm going to try something new and I'll let you know how it works. Until then here's a few pics from vacation. Tomorrow it's back to work, and homework, and that damn Yoga class (which is growing on me), and only 4 more weeks until graduation!!!!!

These are not my feet, these are my friend Kim's feet - hers were prettier, but you get the idea of what we were doing.....absolutely nothing except sitting with our freshly pedicured toes pointed to the ocean while sipping fruity, yummy things. It was a very good day.

The ocean was of course too cold for the baby - but here he is in his very own hippo pool!

Mike is 45

I'm sure he's thrilled that I just tossed that out into the world. My husband is 45 today which is only 5 years (for three months you are 5 years older than me!!!) older than me. Really? I am married to a 45 year old? And I'm 40! How is that even possible?? Just the other day I was turning 30 and I thought that was horribly old!

I can remember babysitting for people once going to a 40th birthday party and I couldn't even fathom being that old. I am shocked that it has crept up on me so quickly.

I don't feel 40, I don't think I look 40 (although the lady at Costco the other day told me I had the cutest grand baby......AARRRGHHH!!), this is why I have to stay fat - it fills out the wrinkles, if I lose weight then I'll look old.

It's OK honey 45 is the new 32 and if you're 32 that makes me 27...woo hoo!!

Love you Mike!

The top is a picture of Mike and his 91 year father on Easter. May Mike lice as long and be just as cute!