I missed posting on my birthday! Last Tuesday I turned 29. I had a great day - I did nothing. Okay I did clean and take care of the kids and cook but otherwise, I did nothing. I’ve been reading a lot lately and also watching a lot of movies. I finally joined Netflix and watched Because I Said So (very good, worth renting - Mandy Moore has grown into a fine actress and Diane Keaton is great, as usual) and Little Children (good, worth renting - maybe it was me not paying too close of attention toward the end, but the movie wasn’t the greatest. And the hubs knew I read the book so he kept asking if that’s what happened in the book.). I’ve read a few good books, but I know I’ll get the names wrong if I try to just remember them!

I saw the cutest shirt over at The Super Goods - a maternity shirt that says “Knocked Up”! Hilarious, no? It reminded me of a shirt my best friend wore when she was expecting her second - it said “Coming This Fall” - I don’t know why, but I find those shirts just too adorable. I didn’t wear any shirts with fun sayings on them when I was pregnant before, so maybe this time. Maybe.

I haven’t been reading Rocks In My Dryer (GREAT name, right?) for very long, but today I discovered she has a huge craft blog list! I love finding peoples blog lists - the first time I found one was how I found so many of my favorites.

I spent way too much time this afternoon browsing the listed craft blogs, adding several to my Sage plug in, eventually either deleting them or adding them to my ‘craft blogs’ folder. It’s probably time I go back through my blog reading list as it is huge and kind of out of control.

Remember my promise of pictures? How I need to get the software on the laptop before I can get the pictures off the camera. Well, now my camera is lost. When my Mom was here visiting we went to the beach one day and ever since I can’t find the camera. I know it is here somewhere, probably in plain sight!, but just can’t find it! I’m going to look again today since I haven’t been thinking of it.

A few weeks ago we found out that we are expecting another baby (title too cheesy? Yeah I kinda figured).

It was a fairly big surprise as for the past 3+ years my preferred birth control has been an IUD (feel free to look it up, I’m sharing enough ) so for a baby to get past that which is 99.9% effective, definitely a surprise. We’ve had a couple of weeks to get used to the idea - and to be thankful for vitamin b6 to cure my morning sickness - and the excitement is setting in.

We’ve had a couple of ultrasounds (the first one showing this - (baby)(iud) - right next to each other!) and the baby is good - wiggly, fast heartbeat and all. The kids are really exited - always asking if the baby is okay, if I’m comfortable, hungry, etc. Chris is thrilled, he has been since the moment we found out. My Mom was here when we found out so she got to also see the baby and hear the heartbeat. She’s excited and hoping for a girl as there are only two granddaughters in a field of 11 kids.