Fourth Fun Time

Although there are many activities to choose from on the fourth of July - there is usually a parade you can attend, fireworks of course, and any number of food and music events- we chose to stay in this year and save our money as well as our sanity.  That's not to say that we didn't have lots of family fun though!

We went to the park to play at the playground and as we anticipated, it was extremely crowded.  We still managed to have a good time.  Logan loves going down the slide.  It is by far his favorite playground activity!

Logan got a new pool yesterday, so we of course had to have a little pool time!  He had a blast!  The weather hasn't been at its warmest here, but that didn't stop Logan from wanting to stay in the pool forever.  He threw a fit when it was time to come inside and although I reassured him that we would have many more opportunities to play in the pool, he was less than happy with Mama for a while!

After dinner we did some arts and crafts, because it wouldn't be a holiday without a little craft time with Mama!  We made a Fourth of July Sparkler!  We simply rolled a piece of heavy paper into a cone shaped tube and taped some red and white stars around the outside.  We stuffed some silver, tinsel like filler in the top and we had ourselves a sparkler! The bottom of the cone was large enough for Logan to place his arm in to wave the sparkler around.  He played with it after making it, but as a special treat, after bath time and stories, when it was getting dark out, we took it outside so he could see his sparkler shimmer in the lights.  He loved it! 

To finish the evening we decided to watch the Macy's 4th celebration on television. Logan fell asleep just as the fireworks began, so he missed it! Oh well, I guess that he  had enough fun for one day!  All in all it was a great fourth of July! 

Playing Catch Up

Now that it is July, I figured its time to get back to blogging.  Three months off is too long!

Lets get caught up.  I am now 28 weeks pregnant with son #2.  It amazes me how different pregnancies can be, even when I'm having another boy.  Lets just say this pregnancy is no joke. I was sick the entire first trimester and some of the second - thankfully that is over, but now I am suffering a whole slew of different ailments that are both discomforting and down right annoying.  My back is killing me.  Its not just my back, its my back, my butt, my thighs and lets not forget those lovely leg cramps that I get when I wake and stretch in bed.  Speaking of lovely legs, mine are anything but.  I have developed the dreaded spider and varicose veins  that I got during my last pregnancy, however this time there are more - and they are on both legs! Oh, I know the pay off will be huge and I will forget all about the displeasing aspects of my pregnancy (maybe) once the little bundle arrives but I anticipate these final two months are going to be rough on Mama.

My not so little toddler is becoming more needy, well, more needy of me, not wanting to spend as much time with his papa these days.  I have successfully achieved getting him to say mama when he wants my attention rather than crying and whining.  Now if he wakes in the night he will say "Mama" and as much as I hate getting up in the middle of the night, it is so sweet to hear him speak rather than cry and I can't help but smile.  Luckily, he is sleeping through the night much more often now!  He doesn't go to bed easily, but I will take that over waking all hours! I am really enjoying my time with Logan now that he is a little older (not that I didn't before, but he is so much fun now).  I love watching him get excited about what we grown ups take for granted or see as an ordinary occurrence.  He is so very precious.  I could not ask for a better child!

We are still in our one bedroom apartment and my husband assures me that we will be moving in september (keeping our apt. through Sept. to accomodate me having my baby in Los Angeles).  Where we will be moving to is still up in the air.  I am quite anxious about this.  I have begun packing what I can as I don't want to be packing in the last two weeks of my pregnancy! I figure if I pack a couple boxes a day, eventually it will get done and it wont seem like a burden.  Other than those boxes stacked in my home of course.  "We are in transition" my husband keeps telling me as I complain that I can't handle the increase in box clutter and decrease in a zen home setting.  Oh well, in a few months all of this will be behind me and it is going to be fabulous!