so far behind....

so I'm so far behind - here is the 5 minute catch up so that I'll stop being overwhelmed and just say I'll catch up later....

lets see...we've been busy!
Brandon: got to sleep in for Father's day, didn't have to go to Congo for work (yet), is getting back to running
Abbey: work work work (at work and at home) I'm still so thankful to get to stay home part time! Trying to become a runner - knees are hurting!!! Dang ACL reconstructions---need a good Physical therapist! Had our dog Cream shaved for the summer - she's a whole new woman.
Parker: busy with school, addicted to anything makeup like or glittery, finished soccer and dance class, taking swimming lessons at school, going on awesome field trips at school - they visited the site of her tragic face planting episode (The T-bones baseball stadium) and she came away unscathed. Loves water day at school.
Meyer: such a sweet boy!! All full of smiles almost all the time, sleeps for 11+ hours a night, rolling over, eating cereal, loves to stand up with help and is not content to be held "like a baby" wants to sit up! Still likes to cuddle up on a shoulder when he starts to get tired. Puts himself to sleep in his bed by covering up his head w/ his blanket....scary! - only use crocheted blanket that has LOTS of holes.
Dogs: obnoxious as usual, Cream - much cooler since the shave, both are loving to go on runs.
KC in general: HOT!!!!!!!!
kisses to all!
Ab

just doin' our thang

Well my loving husband reminded me that I had not blogged in a while - I told him it was because nothing crazy had happened lately!
Let's see last week started with me returning from my girls weekend away. Thank you so much Brandon for not only taking care of our two kiddos for the weekend, but for encouraging me to take a much needed weekend away, it was great fun, but I was happy to return home too! I got back into town just in time for Parker's soccer game. We were still very proud of her for not having any tears during the session. Maybe next week she'll get in there and get after the ball. She did kick it once or twice and had TONS of fun running around the outside of the herd. Thanks to Neanie and Papa Bob for coming to watch our little Mia Hamm. Monday night we headed out to the "New K" for a Royals game. Thanks again to Bob and Jeanie for letting us have their awesome seats. Even if it did rain on us a little! We managed to avoid Slugger (the large headed Lion mascot) because Parker is totally not into adults in costume. Which made me recount our version of the Christmas story 2008. Parker still is not into seeing Santa up close and personal (again, not into adults in costume) and on Christmas morning when she still wasn't up at 9:30 I went into her room to find her bright eyed but laying in her bed. When asked if she was ready to go downstairs to open presents, she quickly replied by asking "Is Santa gone yet?"
But I digress...the game was fun, Parker got her cotton candy, our friend Amanda went with us, the catcher for Toronto (our seats are on the third base side above the dugout) tossed Brandon a game ball for Parker and we made it through the whole game rain and all!
The rest of the week was pretty uneventful, work was good, home was good. Wednesday both kiddos stayed home with me which was fun (and a lot of work!) Friday both kiddos were home with me again, Parker and I had a lot of fun, we got all our laundry done and Meyer took two really good naps! Saturday brought Parker's dance class which is a hoot and Sunday was soccer again. They had team and individual pictures - Brandon and I were on the same page thinking maybe this was a bit too much - I mean the league is a whopping 6 weeks long and we'll have a whole 6 hours invested in the whole shebang. I think the pics I took out in front of our house will do just fine thank you. We wrapped up the weekend with dinner at our house with Amanda.
I must say that after 3 days in a row at home with the kiddos (Brandon was gone a portion of the weekend days at our friend Brett's house helping him dig fence post holes - with a rented auger) I was ready to head back to work today! I love my kiddos, but I don't think I'm built to be a full time stay at home mommy! Anyhoo - here's to having a great week!

Back to work

This week marks my first week back at work. I've gone back to work "Part time" I'm working Monday, Tues and Thursdays from 7:30 until 6. So far, so good. The days are a little long, but not bad...of course since I'm just getting back my schedule isn't really full either.
I'm really enjoying being back amongst the adults and the people I work with are tons of fun, so that's nice. I think I even somewhat remember how to be a Physical Therapist. It has been a slight change to remember how to stretch someone's shoulder without the huge belly out in front of me!
Meyer is staying with a gal named Annie who watches several children in her home about 5 blocks from our house. I'm very pleased with her...and Meyer hasn't voiced any complaints! She has been either a nanny or doing childcare for about 19 years. Parker is still at "school" at Hillcrest Christian Child Development Center which we still just love for her. Meyer will likely go there someday as well. The plan is to have both of them home with me on Wednesdays and Fridays, but there are some days I'm sure Park will go school - like tomorrow they are planting a tree, so she doesn't want to miss that, so I think mostly we'll play it by ear - much like the rest of our lives!
This weekend I'm going to the Ozarks with a group of girls for our friend Lauren's bachelorette weekend. It will be my first time away from Meyer, but I must say I'm excited for a little girl time/no responsibilities! woo hoo!

Herd Ball

Parker started soccer this last weekend. She is super excited about it. We had to get shin guards and all that jazz. Park is at a decided disadvantage since neither her father nor mother know a single thing about soccer---I was very concerned over the order of donning socks and shin guards...we finally settled on socks and then guards with the super long socks rolled down over the top of the guards...I think it was a good solution :-)
While the weather was not fabulous...a little cold - imagine that on a spring day in Kansas and super windy, but we were not deterred. Parker is playing in a league called Happy Feet put on through the Johnson County Parks and Rec and I couldn't be more pleased with it, it's way laid back and very age appropriate. Yay!
I'm not sure we have the next Mia Hamm on our hands or anything but she sure did have fun. We were most proud that she was one of the few kids that never came off the field crying...of course she never got knocked down either, but that was mostly due to her clever strategy of staying mostly on the edge of the herd. All in all it was a fun afternoon!

Note the Hannah Montana ball

Meyer in his green cap out in support of the Kangaroos

Of course looking good is the most important part

Little Mommy

The other night Meyer was having an atypical fussy moment...or as Park calls it -being fuzzy. I had done all the mommy things and he was still crying some. So Park comes to the rescue and our conversation goes pretty much like this
Parker: Why's Meyer crying?
Me: I don't know, he's just a little fussy
P: why's he fuzzy?
M: I don't know
P: Did you feed him?
M: yes
P: Did you change his diaper?
M: yes
P: Maybe he wants his binky
M: he just spit it out
P: Did you give him some gas drops?
M: _________________
My little 4 year old just wanted to make sure that her baby was taken care of and had all the bases covered and she even knows about the joy of gas drops!!! (and yes, I had given him some gas drops)
Park walked off to get her jammies saying I don't know, I guess he's just fuzzy.

I'm also including some of Parker's latest photography work. Pictured here is her self portrait, a close up abstract of "Florida Monkey", Mommy and Meyer, and just Mommy - on a day that a shower and hair fixing actually occured - wow!

quick update

just wanted to give a quick update on Park's condition. She's getting better every day, and as Neanie said, Good thing we weren't planning on getting cute Easter pics taken!
I'm pretty sure this was Thursday evening

these were taken tonight (Monday 4/13)

Birthday Bonk

so is it really any surpise she has two black eyes right now? This was from her birthday fun, I think she did this same thing for about 15 minutes. She would even fall down if the pylon missed her...what a ham!

My little prize fighter

oh, it just breaks my heart every time I look at Parker. My poor sweet beautiful baby girl with her face worthy of a great knock out - just not the right kind of "knock out". Her face is looking a little better--maybe. In the scheme of it healing, it definitely is, the swelling is better, but she is definitely getting black eyes now. My poor baby! I'm so amazed at how resilient kiddos are though. If it was me, I wouldn't leave the house for a month, but Park doesn't care. She was full on ready to go to Costco last night and by golly we better call Patrick and Baby Kate to see if they want to go to Cafe' Costco too! So we had a great evening of Costco hot dogs, pizza and the returned hand dipped ice cream bar - yummy! Sorry for the dairy intake Meyer! I promise I only had a few bites! It's the middle of the night currently - I woke up since I was sleeping with Parker in her bed - I agreed to sleep with her when she looked at me with her poor pitiful swollen face and said but I hurt my head momma, I don't want to sleep in my own bed. Now I'm heading back to my own bed, but my Zen (my MP3 player that I listen to audio books on) was totally dead and so I'm doing a little quick charging to get me through the 5 minutes I'm sure it will take me to fall back asleep. Wow, I'm a total Zen addict. But anyway, I will take some more pics in the morning to document the healing process. My poor baby!

Good times in Kansas City, Kansas

This weekend was spent having tons of fun. My aunts and their kids were in town from Boston, so my parents and brother made their way here as well. The east coasters stayed out at the Great Wolf Lodge (the giant indoor waterpark/hotel combo), so we partook of the festivities out there, but slept in our own comfy beds at night. Brandon wins dad of the year award for playing with Parker all day Sunday in the various water attractions. We did manage to get our very cautious daughter to finally try out one of the big girl slides at the top of the huge climbing structure. While she proclaimed it was fun, she also stated she did not want to do it again....maybe it had something to do with coming out of the slide upside down/sideways. oops.

Monday my auntie Candice treated me to a morning at the spa for a belated, non-pregnant 30th birthday celebration. It was wonderful! My peaceful calm probably would've lasted longer had I not spent a couple of hours afterward in the water at the GWL. :-) oh well! Later that night my parents treated us to a fabulous meal at the Yard House where I thought my pastor dad was going to open a can of whoop-ass on the guy in the booth next to us who apparently didn't realize he was dropping f-bombs every 1.3 seconds while my 4 year old was right there. Fortunately the waiter and manager mentioned that his choice of words in his loud booming voice might not be super appropriate and the guy apologized and left.

However the real fun came yesterday. After everyone but my brother had departed KC - and I realized I left my wallet in my mom's purse - fortunately she had some e-bay business to take care of at a friends house in Tonganoxie - so I picked up said wallet there, the kids and my brother and I joined the Ater's at Brett's baseball game. Allen County CC was playing KCKCC at the T-bones stadium. I had given Parker the choice of returning to the GWL to do some Magiquesting with her magic wand or to go to the baseball game. Much to my relief, she chose the game - in hindsight perhaps the GWL would have been the better choice. At some point between games of the double header Parker's seat "bucked her" and it appears her forehead made direct contact with the roof of the dugout. We're not sure exactly what happened as we were not standing right by her at the time. She was crying about her nose hurting, but as a brushed her bangs aside in a "my poor baby" gesture I saw the area that was probably really hurting her...the gi-normo goose egg on her forehead. We finally got her calmed down...asked lots of concussion questions, got some ice for her head - Uncle Buzz ran to to close by Target to get some kiddy pain reliever --then Park noticed the scrapes on her finger and screamed bloody murder---thank goodness she hadn't seen her forehead! Fortunately we were able to catch Buzz before he left Target and he picked up some Dora Bandaids as well. Whew! Fortunately she is doing fine now, we are staying home from school today and taking it easy. I'm including Parker's head shots for her audition for Star-Trek the next, next generation. My poor baby girl!note the extra bridge on her nose

day two - she is looking a bit like a prize fighterand here are some pics Parker took durning her "sick day" at home

Now that's worth $350!

As you know, I decided my dogs' lives were worth $350. Well, we've decided that them having to hang out in their cone collars is more than worth the price we paid....thought I'd share the pics w/ you all. I should add that while Brandon and I think they are hilarious, Parker hates the cone collars, so she has banned the dogs for the duration of this treatment - about 2 weeks. At first we had to help them eat and drink because they couldn't figure out how to get to the bowls. They constantly run the cones into door ways, tables, us etc. The best was this morning watching Bailey try to chew on her bone...didn't work out so well for her. You might feel sorry for them, but you must remember...they did this to themselves!

Back in KC

After a fabulous week in Ulysses - the trip was extended a few days when the big U got 16-19 inches of wet wet snow and we made the prudent choice not to try to drive on closed highways - the fam is all back together in KC. Brandon had a great week in Guyana and I think even probably did a little work. After his time there he is quite intrigued at the idea of working as an ex-pat for Seaboard (ex-pat = ex patriot, ie. working in a foreign country). I'm open to the idea as long as Africa is not involved and some sort of house staff is. I think it's probably a long shot, but you never know, it's fun to think it might be an option.

Parker definitely gave me a run for my money last week - I'm pretty sure she pushed every button I have. While she certainly loves her little brother very much, I think we're just seeing her struggling a little with sharing the love. Things seem to be a little better this week as we settle back into a normal routine and I'm sure having Daddy home helps a lot. When Park was a baby we called her pacifier a "Sassy". As she got older and could talk (insert shameful look here as I admit my child had her Sassy until she turned 3---only at night--but she still had it) she called it her "Assy" and we kinda thought it was cute/humorous and never worked too hard to correct her and then we didn't use it anymore and all talk of the Assy disappeared. Well now we are trying to switch the name of the pacifier to Binky due to the fact that it's not as cut/humorous for your 4 year old to be talking about her brother's Assy.

Meyer Dean is getting to be an old man....two months!! On an exciting note, he can roll over now from his tummy to his back---we've of course decided that he must be a super athlete/advanced since he has met this milestone a little early.

On another old man note, Meyer had definitely developed a comb over. Today I gave him his first hair cut and eliminated said comb over...now he mostly just has the reverse male pattern baldness from where he has rubbed off his hair on the back of his head. It's rough being an old man.

bye bye baby comb over

Well, both kids are in bed at a record 8:50 (for them both to be down) - although I'm not sure either one of them is asleep. However they are quiet, so I'm going to go watch The Mentalist with my hubby.

Parker's new do

Parker got a new hair do---well as much of a "do" as I'll allow a 4 year old to have. But she did get about 4 inches cut off her hair and I just think it's too cute....but that's a mommy talking. Also in the spirit of small town fun she was allowed to help wash another patron's hair at the shampoo bowl--too fun!

D**n Dogs

So, I love my dogs.....kinda. They are being kenneled at the vet this week while we are in Ulysses. They are staying in a dog run together and while I was driving over to my Grannie's house to rescue Parker from a Thumb closed in the freezer door incident, the vet called an my dogs got in a huge fight....with each other. So while that is awesome enough, they both needed stitches and would need anesthesia to get them. Awesome. And oh by the way it's going to cost about $900. Oh, and my husband is in South America and I don't know how to get ahold of him. Fabulous. At this point all I can think of is A. Dont throw up, B. In the words of Ms. Hannigan from Annie "kill, kill, kill". But as Parker looked at me with sad eyes and asked me if we were buying new dogs and I was searching the net to try to find a number for the grain mill in Guyana, I got a call from the Vet saying that they had talked to the owners and as a good will gesture they knocked the price down to $350. So long story long, apparently my dogs are worth $350, b/c the vet just called and they came through their procedures just fine. Bailey with 6 stitches, Cream with 12. Guess Bailey won this round!

a little behind...

Well, when you are as far behind in blogging as I am where do you start? I guess there aren't any rules, so here goes!

Parker, Meyer and I spent a week out in Ulysses with my parents when Meyer was about 3 weeks old. My dad came and picked us up in KC and then Brandon came out to Ulysses, stayed for the weekend and then we all headed back to KC. It was nice being out in Ulysses, we had a good time, but we all missed Daddy!

Being at home on maternity leave has been really nice. I've worked on all kinds of projects. I painted 1/2 of our basement and made the workout area a place I actually don't mind going - now if I'll just use the stuff!! Parker and I finally finished taking down the wallpaper (or paperwall as she calls it) in our master bedroom - a project that we half heartedly started about a year ago! and I painted it as well. I cleaned out my pit of dispair AKA the kitchen desk. I also tackled my closet and part of the storage room in basement. Phew, I'm tired just writing about it! But I'm more and more like my momma every day - I have a hard time sitting still!

I worked 1/2 a day last week filling in to help out at the clinic - it was pretty fun being back, but not really being back. I'm sure my feeling will be much more mixed when I return for good, but we're going to try out me working 3/4 time - I'll do 10 hour days Mon, Tues and Thurs and then be a stay at home mom part time! We'll see how this works out. I had daycare all lined up for Meyer, but I got a phone call this weekend and those plans have fallen through. So slightly less than a month before I return to work and I'm searching for new daycare---awesome.

I'm out in Ulysses again this week. Brandon is in Guyana (South America) for business. Sounds like he is having a good time - I'm sure there is a little work thrown in there as well. My parents took pity on us and brought me and the kiddos out here again. The wind is blowing a million miles an hour today, but other than that we are having a great time. Parker and Grannie (my grandmother) have been busy making cookies, Grammy Pammy is spoiling us all rotten and I'm of course getting my fill of Mexican food.

I'm going to try to do better keeping this up to date...but no promises!

Parker's Birthday Bash

On Feb 15th we belatedly celebrated Parker's birthday with a party at Monkey Bizness. It is one of those places people with young children know about - all sorts of blow up bouncy houses and big slides...great fun! It was tons of fun and total chaos!! 25 of your 4 year old's closest friends involves some chaos! She had a great time and I'm sure all the kiddos slept well that night! Her little brother slept through the whole ordeal!

Valentines Day

Well I've never been a gal who needs a lot going on for Valentines Day. In fact I'm quite content to spend today home with my awesome little family. But one can't really help but think about loved ones on a day like today. I was reading some posts on my babycenter.com birthclub post board about husbands who don't help at all with kids, who spend 5 out of 7 nights of the week away from home either playing basketball or some other activity or hanging out at the bar. Being the independent type of gal that I am, my first thought is why the heck are these women putting up with such things??? But my second and more important thought is how lucky I am to have not only a wonderful husband, but a true partner in this adventure. Sure, he doesn't know how to (properly) load a dishwasher, he for some reason piles his dirty clothes on the floor 4 feet from the hamper and accidently locked me out of my own car twice last week (and out of the house once while I was preggers) - but he not only helps me out with things I ask him to do, but he actually wants to be involved. He loves me and he loves our children. He fed Meyer a bottle I pumped and slept with him in the recliner last night to give me a break from nursing. He fetches me things all evening long while I have a three week old attached to me - and all without griping!

I love my guy and while I could continue on with a laundry list of great things about him - I wouldn't want his head to get too big! I just hope that he knows that even though I go through little bouts of the crazies right now and perhaps am a little more cranky than usual I love him and feel so grateful that we found each other.

Happy Valentines Day!

wowza!

Well it's been a while since I've posted anything. Things, as you might imagine, have been a little busy! Parker and Meyer are doing great! Meyer is sleeping pretty darn good at night - he's letting us sleep for some 5 hour stretches - which is awesome - who knew 5 hours of sleep could feel so good. Up until the last two nights he'd been sleeping in his swing - but he's done pretty well in his own crib for two nights now. Now we have to remember that Parker slept in her carseat for a couple of weeks - oh what we will do for some consistant sleep!


Parker celebrated her 4th birthday on the 28th with a party at school. I got out of the hospital the same day - stopped by the house and then headed up to her "school" to be at her party. Maybe overdid things just a bit??? Her Neanie made rice krispie treats - with sprinkles! - for her little party. Thanks Neanie!! Then we had a little family gathering at our house later that evening with pizza and ice cream cake. Yum! My little baby is growing up! This weekend we are continuing the birthday celebration with a party for her friends at Monkey Bizness - a indoor place with all the big inflatable fun stuff. Should be a good time! I don't seem to remember my birthdays being a weeks long event when I was a kiddo - it's amazing what we as parents will do when we feel guilty for having a new baby so close to your first baby's special day!


So, to really make me feel old, my younger brother Andrew (note that I did not say little brother) turned 21 on the 27th (the day inbetween Meyer and Parker's b-days). Wowza! My little brother is legal! Weird.


Last week my mom came back for another stay which was great fun. If you know me and my mom, you know we're not too into being down for long. So we had to do a little shopping while she was here - with the 9 day old baby in tow! Meyer proved to be an excellent shopper - sleeping most of the time and nursing in the the dressing room at Dillards.

This week is pretty much about getting things "under control". My house is shaping up, laundry is getting done, Parker is moving up to the next class at school, we're getting Meyer to sleep in his crib, I need to finish up thank you notes and get out birth announcements. Then next week we're heading out for Meyer's first road trip. Ulysses here we come!

Welcome Home Meyer!

Meyer Dean Ater

Born 1/26/09 3:08 p.m.

8 lbs 5.6 oz (don't forget the .6! ha!)

19 inches

We're home now and doing great. Meyer had his first doctors appointment today and just as we thought...he's perfect! He's a great baby so far - has his days and nights a little confused...but hopefully that will settle out soon. Parker is just in love with him. She is doing fabulously well considering all the changes she is experiencing right now. She loves to hold Meyer and is a great help to her Mommy and Daddy.

Meyer's room

So I thought I throw a few pictures of Meyer's room on here, seriously....why doesn't he want to come out and play in it?? Still no progress on the going into labor without assistance front. My mom is coming up today, my Dad will be coming up Sunday after he preaches (I think). Bob and Jeanie (Brandon's parents) live here in town - so they've been on high alert for middle of the night take care of Parker duty. So, Brandon and I (and our entourage) will head into the hospital Monday morning at 6:30 a.m. for the fun to begin!

A big thank you to my Grannie who performed many many frustrating hours of slave labor creating Meyer's bedding - didn't she do an awesome job!!!

Also, here is the fabulous snowman Park and Brandon made last weekend - he even almost made it through the day, but alas, his head fell off and most of his body melted - he was a good snowman and he'll be missed.

A little progress...

Well, I saw my OB today and I had made a little progress as far as dilation goes (I'm up to a 3 for those who want to know). My OB is on call tomorrow and offered to move my induction up to tommorow if I wanted - I was soooooooo tempted, but really want to try to see if this kiddo will make an appearance on his own! We walked nearly every aisle of Costco last night and will hit either the pavement or the mall tonight! I really should probably be cleaning my house - oh well! Here is a pic of Parker in her MiniCooper that Grammy and Papa got her for Christmas - I think we'll go cruise around the block (or two or three!)

Labor??? Just kidding

So I had hours of contractions yesterday - they were very tolerable -chatted on the phone w/ my mom through them - but also very consistent, coming every 3 1/2 - 5 min. So while I'm a second time mom, I was induced with Parker so I have no idea what this early labor stuff feels like. So called into my OB's office and the on call doctor had me go to the hospital to get checked out. Long story short(ish), I was having real contractions but they weren't strong enough or long enough to be productive, so home we went. Good news was I slept really well - as Brandon can attest to since I apparently was snoring most of the night! Bad news, contractions have disappeared, so here I am back at work, just waiting it out.

Castor Oil

Some of you may know that taking Castor Oil (which is a stimulant laxative) is an old wives tale for starting labor. The modern day view on the stuff is yes it works - if your body is ready. Apparently, my body isn't ready. But I can report that it is in fact quite therapeutic. Better than El Ranchito even.

I got some mild tummy tightening contractions out of it this morning, but nothing painful or consistent - dang. So here I am at work - I've been up since about 4:30 - that should make my afternoon super pleasant. I was quite grateful when I opened up my schedule and I do not have a 5:00 patient - which means I'll be out of here at/by 5:00. Woo hoo!!!

Well, another OB appointment and no change in my condition - I'm still pregnant. I've had the feeling all along that Meyer might make his debut early, so I'm just frustrated that it's not happening so far. I know he's certainly easier to take care of inside my belly vs. out, but I'm just antsy! Parker is doing fabulously - she's eager for her baby to come too! I think we finally have her back sleeping in her own bed without much argument after all the schedule-messing up fun of the holidays! Speaking of Park, I better go make sure she's doing ok.

An end in sight

Well, I saw my OB today for my regular weekly appointment, nothing new to report. Although I am set up for an induction at 6:30 am on 1/26 if little Meyer does not make his appearance before then. Dr. Newby is sympathetic to my not wanting my kiddos to have the same birthday (1/28). I'd rather not be induced if I don't have to, so here's hoping that Meyer comes soon, but at least I know there is an end in sight!

The Sun will come out....

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I love ya, Tomorrow...sorry got lost there.
Thanks to my fabulous Daddy, Parker and I went to the stage production of Annie Sunday evening. I'm not sure who loved it more, me or her. She did great for her first real theater experience - we were on the second row, so she's spoiled already! The gentleman sitting next to us (obviously a season ticket holder) commented on her good behavior - if only he could have seen the meltdown in the bathroom 5 min. later! But it was 10 pm, and for a girl who goes to bed at 8:30, that's pretty late...oh wait we're talking about Parker, not me! But anyway, it was great fun going to "see the girl who sings" - Park had told Brandon before we left that she was going to sing after Annie.
Brandon: on the stage?
Parker: yes
Brandon: Good luck with that...
after we got there, I think she had a better understanding of the situation and had no desire to sing on that stage!
fun times!
Well, back to my hard knock life,
Ab

New Year, new commitment

So, I'm the WORST at keeping in touch. I'm not much of a phone talker, I much prefer to read e-mails than write them, I occasionally remember to take pictures and occasionally think to upload them. But...I'm going to make an effort to do better, be better and at least make information about my little family available to those who desire to know such things. I'd love to tell you that I'll be witty and funny and you'll check everyday to see what humorous story I've blogged about now, but I just can't make those kinds of promises! At best you'll get an occasional update on our lives. Disclaimer: I'm soon to be a mommy of two - so most of my life revolves around them...if you don't want to see stories about kids - find another blog!
(Im)patiently awaiting the arrival of Meyer Dean,
Abbey