the girls playing

enjoying mousse beaters

Ethan

We have to add Ethan to the list too. Our only hang up about Ethan is that it is #2 on the list of most popular names for 2009. I have always been very against using a name at the top of that list but we don't know a single Ethan. I have talked to a few friends and they do not either. Where are all these Ethans?

Week 32-names

Well it's the start of week 32. I figure I only have somewhere around 6 weeks left. Yikes!!! We finally have a top 5 list. The names are not in any order bc there is not an order. If we had a #1 it would be his name.

Elliot

Reid

Davis

Tyler

Everett

I welcome any comments and suggestions. Middle name is John for sure.

terror

Av still calls Camille terror on almost a daily basis. It’s kind of funny bc John and I don’t say it much at all anymore (not that we don’t think it) but it has stuck with Av. And for good reason really. She still gets bit a lot by C. Also, like any good little sister Camille loves to terrorize and torment big sis. She loves to come up and mess up anything Av is trying to play with and set up. All the sudden I will hear Av scream, “terror NO!” The biting is slightly better. I told Av recently that she needed to push Camille off of her and get up right away. Get out of her way. I have been telling Av this for months but I think it is finally sinking in.

stinker

It’s really neat to see Av’s little brain mature and for her to start really getting stuff. She is really starting to ask smart questions these days. It’s not just random questions out of the blue anymore, it’s questions that come from something she sees or hears. Anyway she is also starting to learn how to play John and I against each other. Neat her mind is maturing like that but she is becoming a stinker. John (John’s dad-Opa), Rachelle, Alex and Maddie were over after DC and we had the pool up in the back yard. Av and Camille were in the pool with John’s dad and they were hiding under a raft while Alex sprayed them with a hose. They stopped and moved on to more fun and awhile later Av asked me for “new water in the pool.” I said, “no the pool is already too full.” Earlier John had let some of the water out and Av had remembered that. So she went to John and said, “daddy there is too much water in the pool.” He said okay and let some out. As soon as it was at a better level she asked “ for new water so her and Opa could hide again.” Stinker.

DC

John and I got a 24-hour get away to DC this past weekend. It was heaven! Exactly what I needed. It was only 24 hours so I didn’t have to miss them for too long. It was just enough time to let me regroup and miss their cute little smiles and hugs! It was also nice bc although the time was very short I got to go and get on an airplane and do adult stuff, like traveling. Just like back in the days before kids. I only packed for me! Everything in my purse was all for me! Stuff I am so not used to anymore. John was asked to speak at a conference on a Sunday. He said no way but his boss really needed him to do it so after a little negotiating I got to go too! We stayed at a 4 seasons and had the best time. Did a little window shopping, had a great dinner, watched a movie in bed, I lounged in bed in the morning and got to take a bubble bath. Then when John got done we had time for lunch and a little site seeing before the plane ride home. It was perfect! The girls stayed home with John’s dad and step mom who they love and always have so much fun with. All went really well and I didn’t have to worry for a minute.

PS. after dinner we went walking looking for someplace John could get a drink and I could get a yummy dessert. We went back to our hotel swanky bar. John ordered a drink and I got a cherry coke. Come to find out that was a $6 cherry coke. Yikes. Well they didn't have anything chocolate on their dessert menu?!?!?! So we went back to the room and ordered a dessert from room service. $18 dollars later here is me and my yummy dessert. I guess you don't get between a pregnant lady and her chocolate.