I can't believe Halloween is this weekend! Furthermore, anytime after Halloween is fair game for Christmas decor to start going up. I know a lot of people think it's silly to decorate so early, and it probably is; however, decorating is almost therapeutic for me. Since we never have Thanksgiving at our house, I have no regrets of having the Christmas decor up during Thanksgiving. Furthermore, it really helps get me thinking about all the things I have to be thankful for...a country that I'm free to decorate for and celebrate Christmas (even before Thanksgiving), a wonderful family to spend the holidays with, and the physical ability TO decorate for the holidays, just to name a few. Finally, one of my favorite parts about decorating for Christmas is putting the ornaments on the tree. All of my ornaments are sentimental in some way, but a couple of my favorites are an ornament that Gary gave to me the first year we started dating that says Gary & Kellye 1996, LJ's baby's first Christmas ornament, and several ornaments given to me by my Grandma Dawn who passed away in 2003.
This being the first cold snap that looks like it will be staying with us for awhile, I'm feeling the itch to begin getting the place ready for winter. Finding drafts, getting places ready for wood storage (with easy access), cleaning out the chimney and replacing filters in our air purifier (almost a must have w/ the fireplace) and the humidifier (a definite must-have with the fireplace). I may actually break out the Christmas music to help me clean.
Finally, I'll conclude with a little story I write more for the benefit of me remembering than for you to read, but yesterday I was reading in one of my pregnancy books and it said that the baby can probably hear now. I told this to LJ, and asked if there was anything he wanted to tell the baby in Mommy's belly. He walked over, put his little hands on my belly and his mouth right up to it and yelled "DADA, DADA, DAAADAAAA!!!!!" What was actually going through his head? The world may never know.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Dr., Automobiles, and LJ
Had another baby check-up, and all was well. It's always reassuring to hear that little heartbeat when you can't feel consistent movement yet. I've been feeling very light little "somethings" that I THINK is the baby...but it's hard to tell just yet. Next month is our "big" ultrasound when we should find out the gender! We should find out just before Thanksgiving.
In other news, Gary and I finally decided it was time to replace Gary's civic (that he's had since he was 16). We found an '08 xterra that we liked alot, and traded for. However, consistent with all major purchases we've ever made, we encountered a problem THE DAY we brought it home (after having driven it for the whole day before). Fortunately, it appears to be covered under warranty, and hopefully that will be the worst of the problems. LJ really likes it; it's Daddy's "so-big" car, and we're excited to finally be able to go off-road!
LJ's been exceptionally funny recently...actually he's either been great OR terrible, but never both...it's one extreme or the other. He's also been quite clingy to me recently; like really liking me to snuggle him, and for him to just generally have my attention. I guess Gary isn't quite as snuggly as me because he tells him "dada, bye,bye." Poor Dad. LJ's also been sounding out words from time to time. He still won't talk, but he knows how most of the letters of the alphabet sound and can make most of them; on Saturday he was snitching candy corn out of a bowl that said "happy halloween," and he was pointing to each letter making the sounds for "h-a-p-p-...he doesn't know "y" well, so it was "uh"...h-a-l-l-o-w-e-e-n(which is more of an "m" sound)". I still swear he'll read before he talks. Another thing he's been really into is transformers (the preschool type) and anything with screws, nuts or bolts that he can take apart with a wrench, screwdriver, etc. I think he has his Dad's manual dexterity.
In other news, Gary and I finally decided it was time to replace Gary's civic (that he's had since he was 16). We found an '08 xterra that we liked alot, and traded for. However, consistent with all major purchases we've ever made, we encountered a problem THE DAY we brought it home (after having driven it for the whole day before). Fortunately, it appears to be covered under warranty, and hopefully that will be the worst of the problems. LJ really likes it; it's Daddy's "so-big" car, and we're excited to finally be able to go off-road!
LJ's been exceptionally funny recently...actually he's either been great OR terrible, but never both...it's one extreme or the other. He's also been quite clingy to me recently; like really liking me to snuggle him, and for him to just generally have my attention. I guess Gary isn't quite as snuggly as me because he tells him "dada, bye,bye." Poor Dad. LJ's also been sounding out words from time to time. He still won't talk, but he knows how most of the letters of the alphabet sound and can make most of them; on Saturday he was snitching candy corn out of a bowl that said "happy halloween," and he was pointing to each letter making the sounds for "h-a-p-p-...he doesn't know "y" well, so it was "uh"...h-a-l-l-o-w-e-e-n(which is more of an "m" sound)". I still swear he'll read before he talks. Another thing he's been really into is transformers (the preschool type) and anything with screws, nuts or bolts that he can take apart with a wrench, screwdriver, etc. I think he has his Dad's manual dexterity.
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