Ladies Night

Evie is so excited. She has really been taking an interest in my scrapbooking activities lately. So I casually mentioned to her that we should go one night and rent a hotel room and scrapbook together all night. Well, she hasn't shut up about it since, so we are going to do it this weekend!

She is so cute. She picked out her own little pink scrapbook yesterday. She even took a disposable camera to school today so she could take her own pictures! She also keeps asking if she can stay up past her bedtime if she's not tired yet.

So Saturday, we will have a nice girls lunch, go to a scrapbook store for her to pick out her own papers and stickers, and then check in for a night of scrapping! I'm looking forward to it too. I hope she and I can make this a tradition.

William is excited too. He's excited that the girls will be out of the house and he can play video games and Pokemon all night. He'll get his special night with Mom, too. He might actually want his own scrapbooking night as well.

PS - Ronda, if you want to join us Saturday, Evie would be more than thrilled! Trust me!

He's getting married!!!

A dear old friend of mine is getting married in April! Okay, so it's not "technically" a marriage...it's a "civil union." What kind of crap is that? Seriously! I will NEVER understand why people have a problem with gay marriage. Though there is SO much I could say on the subject, when you boil it all down, what difference does it make to a person's life if Joe and Steve down the block get married? Would that change ANYTHING about how they live their own life on a daily basis? Besides that, last time I checked, we were all HUMAN (though at times I really wonder). Shouldn't human beings all be treated equally?

Can you tell this is a topic I feel strongly about? Okay, sorry, I'll get off my soapbox now. It's just that this person, my friend, is such an amazing human being. He lights up a room and his laughter is infectious (and for some reason, Leo DiCaprio has been reminding me of him lately?!? Sorry if that's offensive :). He's been through so much in his 30 years on this earth (I just realized that I've known him for half his life!), he DESERVES for the next 30 (and more!) to be filled with nothing but happiness. What right do others have to take any part of that away from him? Kudos to New Jersey for opening up enough to allow this to happen. I am so happy that my friend has found someone so special, that he is ready to make a life-long commitment, that he is happy. No one deserves it more.

I will do everything I can to make it to New Jersey this April.

525,600 minutes

Happy New Year! Hard to believe that 2006 came and went so quickly. So much happened last year that it all seems like a blur. I'm excited to see what 2007 has in store. I know it will be an adventure, as we already know some of what is coming our way.

In 2007:

• William will have a tympanoplasty to repair the hole in his right ear drum. This is a graft surgery and is a little more complex than I originally anticipated. He may have to take a week off for the recovery, and has not done well with general anesthesia in the past so I am not really looking forward to putting him through this. However, without it, the hole could develop a benign tumor that could destroy his hearing. It is a necessary evil.
• Evie will finish her first year of dance with a recital in the early summer. She is already talking about it. I'm praying the costume will fit since they measured her for it before Christmas and she is growing like a weed. She LOVES being a dancer.
• William will finish 1st grade and head onto 2nd! Hard to believe he will be turning 7 in July. I remember his infanthood as though it were just yesterday. He brings me more joy now than he did back then, and I would have never thought that possible. He assures me he will always be my baby and is a total momma's boy.
• Evie will start Kindergarten! She is so ready. She thought she would start the day after she turns 5 and was heartbroken to learn that wasn't the case. Wow, with that, there will officially be no more "babies" in the house. What will we do with all the money we'll save on childcare? :)
• We will welcome another baby into the family (not me!). I will be an aunt again in July.

Those are the things I'm certain of. I'm sure that there are more that I can't think of right now, but that's a good start. Here's hoping that you have a happy, healthy, exciting 2007!