damn..

holy crap. I've been a huge blog slacker! I'm great at keeping up with others' blogs.. even commenting on them.. but to actually post something on my own? I think I warned you guys, but still! I'll *try* to post random things when they come up, rather than trying to spend the time and write a coherent, eloquent post :)

we're rapidly coming up on Lilly's 1st birthday. a very scary thing to me - it doesn't seem like it's been nearly that long since we brought her home! we've got most of the decorations, plates, and whatnot.. but have i addressed the invites and mailed them? nope! So if anyone is in the area, come on over to my inlaws on sept 19th to celebrate! just let me know you're coming ;)

Our little girl is cruising along the furniture like a pro.. and wants nothing more than for you to walk behind her so she can hold onto your fingers and GO. the end is near! as it is, she flies around the house behind her push toy, plowing up her little toys and getting both dogs worked up. She's so stubborn too.. if she wants to go somewhere, she'll get there one way or another. she'll go crawling down the driveway, bare-legged, to follow her daddy. nevermind the scraped and lightly bleeding knees and toes!

we spent a lot of the super hot and tropically humid weekend (last weekend) in the pool at my IL's and then my aunt's.. Lilly had a grand old time just floating around, and the hubs actually got in a pool for the first time since our honeymoon!!

She's getting more and more hair, tho you still have to be close to see it because it's so light. her baby gut? not so much! that you can see from across the room :)

this weekend i went to check out a garage sale in town, and found a Step 2 play house! they said it cost them $300.. i got it, in really good condition, for $65! :) I'll do my best to upload and post a pic of it in our backyard soon. I actually have a pic taken, but it's in my camera... :) Lilly doesn't seem super interested in the inside yet, but is absolutely fascinated by the doorbell!

The hubby has a dr appointment in sept. with a new urologist. the guy he saw that diagnosed his varicosele just didn't sit well with either of us. the new guy? don't know for sure, but he seems way better and actually specializes in infertility. hopefully we won't have to try for 1+ yr to have #2.

ok.. there's more, obviously, but i still need to shower before the big ball of energy wakes up!


edit: just out of curiosity.. would everyone that reads this post a comment? I'm wondering who actually reads my nonsense!

rain, rain, go away...

Words are a little beyond my reach today, but I wanted to post something, if for no other reason than to say "I'm still here!"

Lilly is pulling up on the dog crates every time she gets near them, and is army-crawling all over the house now... the end is near!!

We are still house hunting... a lil hesitantly because of the lack of OT for my hubby and some of his underlings were let go for a "lack of work." Keep in mind there is a TON of work for them, and there is a particular manager that doesn't do a single thing yet makes in a year what the two other guys make combined. But anyway.. we're still looking for a place that will work and that we can afford... I can't wait to get out of this town.

I finally got into the basement this evening to my rowing machine! the Hubby and I need to talk later and set up a deal, where he gets to hide in the garage with a dog after work, AND I get to go downstairs.. before I make dinner! I'm still at work for goodness sake! I need a break...

A Little Late

I know it's a day late, but Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies!

a word of thanks..

I just wanted to thank everyone that took the time to send emails and cards, or to call.. it means more to me and my family than you will ever truly know.

she was brain dead when she got to Albany Med... we had to let her go.

my dear, beautiful sister died Sunday, 6 days after her 33rd birthday at 2:35am.

Wa, I love you and miss you so much! I don't know what we're going to do without you.

please pray

My sister has bacterial meningitis.. last I heard she was being flown to Albany Medical Center since it's that serious.. Please pray for her, her cancer survivor husband, and their 8mo old twins.

Wa, I love you!