Things I Love Lately

Things I love lately
Well not only lately but always, I freaking love my family, not only the people I am about to mention, but all of them!

My sister-in-law, Liz, just sent this surprise package, so cute right? 

 Little peas in a pod for Kace, there were four balls but we already misplaced one, ugh hopefully it will turn up again :) Don't worry we found it.

 And she made this adorable mobile for the baby! She is so talented, I love it!

My sister K'Leena also has a wonderful package coming for me with some great books I can't wait to get my hands on to help me through this labor/delivery.

(ok so I got the package and it was re-packaged in Philadelphia and I got some weird sci-fi novel from a library in Arabia and one of three pregnancy books. Seriously who when they see four or five mixed up books grabs the Arabian book and the birthing book and throws them into an envelope together? They didn't watch enough Sesame Street, "One of these things is not like the other.")

My mom and dad will be passing through PA on their move from Georgia to Maine and I am so excited I get to see them in only three days.

Oh and some great news, hopefully they don't mind if I share this, my sis K'Leena is moving from Utah to Connecticut, only six hours away! And in only two weeks, I seriously can not wait!

I also love my friends! I was able to have a nice lunch organized by the wonderful Christie, out to an awesome Indian restaurant to celebrate my b-day. As I left I told Valarie, "I feel so blessed to have so many wonderful people to associate with!" I really am so lucky to have such great friends.

I got myself a food processor for my birthday! I am so excited to use it for lots of new things. I already made some applesauce, carrot, pineapple and orange popsicles using it, and some pie crust.

I love this book!

Confessions

My husband wears shirts like this 

And yesterday he ran into a bird with our car, it was so sad. I made him turn around and run over it again to make sure it was out of it's misery. He felt terrible, but we feel much better now that this off our chests.

The only shorts I have that fit have to be worn without the top button done.

I had a major breakdown attempting to get $1 flipflops at Old Navy. Kacen flipped and I totally flopped. I dropped the sandals and left the store. Poor guy he really isn't so bad it is mostly my lack of patience with him.

I seriously looked into having my child at a hippie commune in Tennessee.

Ok it is not really a hippie commune but they do call the birthing center "The Farm"
Don't worry she will be born in a safe hospital environment instead.

Our child is still nameless, her crib is still not assembled, we haven't even worked on the rocker in over a month and all of her clothes are in a giant heap in our room. Yeah I feel real prepared. 

Memories Part 4: Grandma Saggy Skin

Growing up my Father’s mom, Grandma Murphy, lived in Salt Lake City Utah. We lived in Provo so that meant that we got to see her pretty frequently. I loved visits to grandma’s house. She lived in a little apartment on the West side of Salt Lake and it had a very distinct smell, like raisins, cheap dish soap, and medicine. Grandma Murphy was always taking photos; most of pictures of our family growing up came from her.  She also loved to put ice down people’s back when they weren’t expecting it. But my favorite thing about my grandma when I was young was her droopy saggy skin. I loved to sit on her lap and pull her skin up and down and stretch it from side to side, to run my fingers up the cracks and ridges. She was really patient with me and let me mold the skin on her arms and neck without complaint. Grandma Murphy was such a great woman, I love her and miss and can’t wait until I get to be with her again.

Birthday Bash

Thursday I celebrated my 26th Birthday. 

I am sure I have mentioned before but I am not a huge celebrator these days. I have hopes and dreams of being this great party thrower and planning ahead to do nice things for those I love on their special days, but I'm just not there right now. So the day wasn't too eventful, but I dig low key and easy too.

I did what I have done for most birthdays during my life, we went swimming! We went with my dear friend Christie, and my mother-in-law.

 Here I am only six more weeks to go, haha let's cross our fingers for five. She loves the pool and moves a lot while I swim and I love the exercise, it feels so nice to use my body for exercise.

 Kacen has really stared to take to the pool. When he wears the little floater in the lower picture he will push himself off the stairs into the pool and then kick around and come back to the stairs. I can't believe how athletic he is, he does all sorts of crazy things at the park and after only three days of practice he kicks with really great form in the pool. We do spend a lot of time without the floaters working on blowing bubbles and he is pretty comfortable with hanging out on the stairs.

And today he was walking along a rock wall with about a five foot drop and of course he wouldn't hold my hand, and against all hopes he fell off the wall, like tumbled down rocks into weeds! He just looked up at me and I told him to walk up the grass hill, but he turned right around and CLIMBED UP THAT WALL! Man I think he is so cool, an athletic artist. Well for now. And I can't wait to see what other fun things he starts to enjoy. 

Then we went to Shady Maple Buffet with Perry and Valarie, and Christie watched Kace, so nice. But seriously $17 per person for a buffet, that's nuts! But you eat free on your birthday. It was pretty good, but buffets aren't really too great these days, my stomach doesn't hold as much and I really miss the leftovers the next day. But it was still a great relaxing time and a really fun time hanging out and chatting with the grown ups. We had one picture outside the restaurant but I didn't look nearly as good I did above so it didn't make the cut.

And the celebrating will continue with a ladies lunch this Tuesday around 12:30 at Tulsi in Lancaster. If any of you want to come celebrate my life, haha, please do, it will be a blast.