In other news, life has been great. Last weekend Dave and I, for the first time in 21 months, had two night sans a child. We went away to Ludington, Michigan, a cute little beach town up north. We stayed a the Candelight Inn, a bed and breakfast right in downtown. It was so nice to get away, and not have to worry about much of anything. We even watched three whole movies in the weekend! I don't know the last time that has happened! It was by this pretty sweet state park as well, so we went on some hikes, which is so good for the soul. This Californian girl definitely misses her mountains!
James is of course, growing quite handsomely. He's speaking alot, and making a lot of sentences. One of my favorite is , "Oh No! Yellow lid fall ground!" when of course, he dropped the yellow lid to his marker. So fun. He's currently loving trains, and more specifically, Thomas the Train Engine. Me, I can take or leave that character. Not so with James. We mostly have to take one or all of his trains in the car with us whenever we go somewhere. He's starting to make little friends, and asks about them when they are not around. ("Eba sick! Kiss...." "Dabid go??" translation: "Eva's sick, I should go kiss her!" "Where'd David go? I still want to play with him...) He's just all around great. I feel so blessed to have him. He makes me smile all the time. And though it was nice getting away this past weekend, I felt I wasn't getting away from him, just the responsibilities of him, if that makes sense. (Washing trays, changing diapers, wiping boog).
I am also so excited to have it be Christmas. I really could have my house decorated right now if it weren't for Thanksgiving, though I am anticipating eating a lot of food come Thursday. I got all my Christmas money so I can go Christmas shopping, I want to decorate cookies and I want to see sugar plum fairies in my dream. Oh, to see the world through red and green glasses. Only one more week!
We've also been feeling our baby girl alot, which is so sweet. Last night, Dave and I were watching the Proposal (another good one!) and his hand was on my tummy, and literally, I thought she was trying to find another way out. It was real sweet for Dave though, a good connection for him and his daughter! I forget how many weeks I am, 28? 26? Who knows... (Lauren?? I bet she does...) but I am starting to feel big. Realizing that I have about 12+ weeks to go only makes me feel bigger! We've also been blessed with a lot of clothes for her from different people, which I am so grateful for. About 2 months ago, we only had two little outfits! But now, I think we can survive the first couple months. Thank you all! That's the one downside of having a different sexed (?) baby the next time around, you can't just pass on the same clothes. I won't have my girl wearing a Lightning McQueen shirt, thank you very much. Bring on the ballet slippers!
