Splashing in the Rain

We had a little rain yesterday evening, just enough to give us a few rain puddles. And Miles loves to go splashing around in the rain puddles. Poor kid, all of the rain we have had in the last month or so has dried up to quick for him to get out and splash. So we hurried out after dinner last night. He was a little upset that the rain had stopped so he didn't get to wear his raincoat, but he had fun splashing in the puddles up and down our little side street.

New Computer

We decided it was time for a new computer, and after watching the various deals, found one that we were happy with. Here is Miles' favorite part of our new computer. This box was wonderful entertainment for hours.

Happy 4th of July!

I am very proud to be an American. This is a great country full of great people. Happy Birthday America!


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A Day at the Beach

Miles and I spent the day at the beach yesterday - nearly the entire day! It was great. We headed out mid-morning and didn't get home until just before dinnertime. We met up with one of my Mommy friends and her kids and we all just played and relaxed at the beach all day. We went out to Assateague, it was not too busy and the ponies were out visiting the beach. Miles was thrilled to see the horses on the beach.

Some of the older kids got into burying each other in the sand, so, of course, Miles wanted to be buried as well. Somehow my sunblock didn't work as well as expected, so I now have a lovely bright red face and sore shoulders. Luckily, Miles sunblock worked great as usual. I guess I should have used his stuff.

Happy Birthday Mike!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband! And for his birthday, we spent about 3 hours in the labor & delivery ward of the hospital last night! I thought I had been having contractions for several hours yesterday evening, so we finally decided to head in and have things checked out. Some good friends came over and stayed at the house with Miles and we got to know the L&D staff. Turns out I was contracting, and when we first got in and hooked up to the machines, the contractions were coming about every 3 minutes. Luckily, everything else was closed up tight and looked good. So I was given some medications to stop the contractions, and a few hours later, once the medications did their thing, we were on our way home. Happy Birthday!

For his actual birthday present, Miles and I got some maternity pictures done and gave Mike a framed collage of Miles & my belly. Here is one of the poses that we got.

Trying to see the baby

Yesterday Miles asked to see the baby. I told him it would be a while before the baby comes out. So he goes to his toy toolbox, gets out his little plastic wrench and brings it over to me. Miles then says that he is going to see the baby. He puts the wrench on my belly button and tries to (I believe) open up my belly to see the baby.

Nesting?

I think that I have begun to nest, and I have started to clean and get rooms ready for the baby, but I've begun to wonder about 'nesting'. There are many times when the urge to clean comes when I find myself sitting on the floor because I just can't squat or bend over like normal. Then I stay there longer than usual because the thought of getting up seems too tiring. Then, of course, the actual process of getting myself up is somewhat amusing. And during all this, I have time to see places in my house that I don't normally see, or, apparently, clean. So my question is this, is it truly nesting or just seeing dirty places that don't normally get seen?