St. Paddy's Surprise!

Since things never seem to work out the way we plan, we shouldn't be too surprised but we are. 

Considering that I can't even figure out how to flip the picture the right direction it should also come as no surprise that I read the test wrong.  Initially I called Brian in to see the faint line that goes horizontal because it was pretty faint.  After saying that he saw it too we happily went about our morning.  An hour passed before he came back to me and said I had read it wrong.  Now, for those of you that are aware of our 9 year trek to get the 2 kids we have, you also know of the morning that I did a happy dance for 10 minutes only to hear "oh wait" because he had misread the EPT.  From then on out, I only bought First Response but he bought this box so there you have it. 

So, let's review, we decided that yes we wanted a third kid, planned when we would start but were shocked that it actually worked like it's supposed to.  Also surprising was finding out this morning that my doctor no longer does the ob part of the ob/gyn.  I have to pick another doctor but I don't know who or where.  I can stay in this particular practice but I'm unfamiliar with a number of the doctors and would genuinely like some recommendations.  All of these things have been pushing me towards telling sooner than I planned but the saddest one of all (not even counting that I don't think I can keep my own secret) is that since the weather has turned warmer, I've had to pull out the seasonal clothes.  In doing so I remembered that I needed to lose about 5 pounds to get into them and 10 pounds if I wanted to get in them comfortably.  There's a pretty good chance I'll be in maternity clothes in the next few weeks.  There's also the unavoidable issue of the nausea that makes me do things like sleep on the couch for 35 weeks, throw toasters off the deck and gag when my husband tries to hug me. 

I'll save the issue of trying to sell one house and build another before November for another time...

Crazy Hair

This week is Spirit Week at James' school.  Yesterday was a team day of sorts, we of course forgot.  We also forgot our lunch box and had to go back to the house, wearing his Ravens' jersey was the least of our worries.  Today is a crazy hair day and the boy insisted that we spike his hair which is now long and heavy so it doesn't want to spike.  I even used the industrial strength hair gel.  No luck.  We also have purple hairspray that I picked up back in October for those moments that we need to up the love for the Ravens.  I think it's safe to say that he qualifies for crazy hair.

I'm not sure what that face is.  It might be "look at me, I'm cool" and since we're so far from cool in this family, we do it with sarcasm and that is the end result. 

He also wanted to get his new shirt in the picture.  We just did the Safari Overnight at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philly.  Lots of fun but it wore us OUT.  I'll share the pics and details from that at a later time.  I also just realized that I might need to reel it in on my "buy it big" behavior.  Judging from this pic, he's going to wear that shirt into middle school. 

Daddy-Daughter Date Night

Tonight was Brian's turn to go out with Cailin for a Daddy-Daughter Date Night sponsored by the Chick-Fil-A in Elkton.  This is probably our favorite place to eat.  It actually blurs the line between fast food and "real" restaurant for us.  Last year they had a Mother-Son Date Knight that James and I went to.  It had a nice little castle theme going on which was cute (I also took their leftover decorations for a Scouting event and never used them, whoops).

I'm waiting as patiently as I can for their roaming photographer to upload her pictures from the evening but I do have one that Brian snapped on his cell phone.  I hope that Cailin is able to remember this night or even a few in the near future, with or without the pictures.  I don't even remember how old I was at the time but I do have a nice memory of getting to ride with my dad in one of the trucks he worked on.  It was a big deal, making sure I was cleaned up, dressed nice and had a white headband in to hold back the mop of hair.  Remembering that those things were important to me, I made sure to do them tonight for Cailin.  Just like me, she's Daddy's girl.