Sports fanatic!

Tonight we spent a chilly evening at Josh's soccer practice. I would have loved to skip out, as it was SO cold, but I would have had to listen to Josh cry about not going. He simply loves his sports! Luis asked him today if he liked soccer or baseball better, and to both of our surprise, he said baseball. He must absolutely LOVE baseball, because he adores soccer, too! I was talking to Josh the other day, and being that our baby is due in September, I was afraid that baseball would coincide with the last month, and the delivery. So I asked Josh how he would feel if he didn't play baseball this year, and just played fall soccer again in October. When the tears welled up in his eyes, I knew I was in trouble! Luckily Coach Robbie (Uncle Robbie) assured me that baseball will be done way before the baby is due. Anyway, here's a few pics from practice tonight. Jonathan informed me that he doesn't want to play soccer anymore. We have been waiting anxiously for him to finally turn 4 (this July) so he could start, but after he watched two girls on Josh's opposing team get hit in the face, and WAIL, he decided that it's not for him. He's no fool, but I do hope he'll change his mind.

So Jonathan walked into the room a few minutes ago, and I noticed that he had chocolate on his lips, nose and face. So I asked him, "Jonathan, have you been eating chocolate?" to which he immediately answered "No". When I asked him how the chocolate got on his face, he said it just "jumped up there". I had him open his mouth...just as I suspected...chocolate remnants in the molars...when I asked about it, he finally admitted to eating four Hershey's kisses from his Valentine goody bag. Then he added, "But I only ate four....that's better than five!"

Sleepy

I have found myself so very far behind in everything lately. The laundry is piling up...the kids rooms are a mess...I just remembered that I was supposed to pay our property taxes...that were due in January :( Let's not even discuss the state of the bathrooms!! I don't know where my head is lately...all I can say is that I am so extremely tired. Maybe it's because I am pregnant at 37, and my energy level is just not the same as it was a few years ago. Maybe it's because we are doing a gazillion things that we all love, but I am not getting enough rest. When I was pregnant with Josh and Jonathan, I was working in Arizona, putting in ten hour days. I think I was so busy back then, and had no way of slowing down, that I couldn't allow myself to admit that I was tired. That is, until the eighth month, when I was carrying Josh. It all came to a crashing halt. I was the administrative coordinator for an endoscopy center. My front desk girl had just quit, and I was left alone to run it all by myself. I was literally running around the clinic a good portion of most days. No wonder my blood pressure went through the roof! I was put on total bed rest for the last month by my MD. With Jonathan, we were staffed much better, and I was able to do most of my work sitting down. Those were long days of making sure everything was in order, so that I could take 2 months off with my new little one without feeling like I dumped all my work on everyone else. I actually worked up until 2 days before Jonathan was born. This time around, I am at home. My mornings are all school, school, school...because around 2pm, I get so sleepy that I start to fall asleep sitting up. We are very busy with church, soccer, gardening, and running errands that seem to pop up almost daily! Sometimes I think that I am more busy at home than I ever was at work. One thing I can say for sure, I am much more peaceful this time around. My stress level is no where close to the stress that I felt when I was working. I just hope that once I pass this first trimester, I will start to feel like myself again. For now, it's 9:42pm...and I am off to bed!

Mary, Mary, quite contrary...

Well, we don't have silver bells or cockle shells, but we do have pea plants that have poked their little heads out of the dirt in our vegetable garden. The temperatures have hovered around 75 degrees all week, and our little plants are happy! We are also seeing some of our herbs, (cilantro and oregano) coming up as well. Now we just have to keep the rabbits away!

These are the newest arrivals here at the Luray Gardens...