week 28 and month 17

the nice thing about this blog is the ability to look back and marvel oh if you want go through a series of ohs and ahs
week 28 with sadie
yes this was the time in which i lost my ankle bones, found out one could grow out of maternity clothes and we just started painting various parts of house but generally speaking i think we were living in one room and i am not even sure which room that was
oh the days of piling everything into a small corner of the house!
so how will we introduce omen #2 to power tools and home improvement?
not sure maybe a kitchen ceiling?
maybe a new bathroom?
naw.....figure he has gone through three jobs, two graduate programs and a little sister kissing and singing to him non-stop he might just want a break to relax....(i know i do)
which gets us to what have we been doing.....
lots of this and that
sadie has a boyfriend and he is a cutie not sure why she named him "mema" since his name is william but she loves playing with him
"mema" is 7 months old and a complete charmer so its no surprise she feel in love with him
she has also taken to giving away great big hugs and kisses
the other night we were all pile don the bed and sadie kissed her daddy than me than daddy than me than daddy than me you get the picture than she actually grabbed the back of aaron's head and mine and made us kiss!
the newest and oddest in the realm of child development is how or where does she get this behaviour from?
okay i am,not talking about the kissing i am actually addressing the diva modeling sadie does every morning in the mirror.....
i put her in a nice colorful dress for music class the other day she of course was standing in front of the mirror posing as she usually does before we drive to mimi bumpas house and when i approached her with her black sweat shirt she lost her mind...tears started....we had a chase around the downstairs.....finally when i got it on she ran to the mirror took a look at herself and burst out in fresh tears pulling at the sweatshirt.....
how do you tell a 17 month old that black matches everything.....
anyways the top this story off with a cherry of yummy goodness
our friends elliott and andrea got sadie an adorable vintage coat with white pom poms
while when sadie saw this she could not get enough....
the posing in the mirror started, the twirling the kissing of herself it was a riot to watch
as noted i got a few pictures and she was delighted to be documented....
so the question is......does mimi pose like this in front of mirror before she leaves the house?
do i? and am i that tired i don't even realize it?
or maybe aaron or bumpa twirls around before leaving the house?
she is a mimicking bird right now so who knows what she will pick up
though she can sing the alphabet and she knows numbers 1-9
omen #2 is doing well getting bigger, fatter and happier every day
he has found my diaphragm which is been great....i got that breathless speaking voice now and not the Marilyn Monroe sort of voice but the overweight i have jogged ten steps sort of rasp....
well that is all for today....
getting ready for turkey day yum yum!!!
aaron is doing all the cooking this year so i am very excited maybe i will get to sleep in till 6:00 am!

oh ikea!

okay lets see sadie is 16 1/2 month old but really she seems like she is 20 years old
she is directing us and telling us what to do when to do and how to do it
which made it extra fun when she discovered all the packages from ikea
so she tried to help daddy out as best she could and when she was not helping out she was climbing on everything- actually that was her way of helping out...testing how sturdy the bookshelves are.....
overall a good weekend
we got a sleeper sofa.....so yes all of you who have stayed with us now have a comfy place to stay when #2 shows up
see we are thinkin' of others........even though we (well me) is trying not to stress out with a laundry list of things to do...granted most of my list is laundry but when you have two kids oops sorry one kid and a husband that gets very dirty every weekend working on the house ten loads of laundry seems like an easy week
speaking of number 2 he is busy very very busy doing push ups and stretches.....actually i think he is practicing yoga in there
he is not a big kicker as much as he is a pusher he likes to stretch which of course means i am stretched to the belly limits here or at least it feels like i could get no bigger
i have lost the ability to bend at the waist
i can not longer see my feet though i do know i have ankles which makes me super happy
sadie has even noticed that her lap space is shrinking
she pushes on my belly like a cat getting it comfy before she sits down
she has also gotten a little possessive of the belly and if anyone even goes to feel #2 kick she pushes their hand out of the way says "baby" kisses my belly and hugs me
#2 is not going to get a word in edge wise once he emerges i think he has a big sis that will be holding is hand every step of the way
sadie is now speaking in full sentences
granted it is still a lot of "whats that" and "want that" which also means she is starting to understand what "NO" really means
her new favorite activity is feeding her elmo and grover doll
well that is all for today will probably send some more messages later this week
but all is good and cold and snowy in cleveland

vote or buy a new house?

oh yes why not get a new house right?
i mean at this point time is completely made up concept that controls robot people into moving from point a to point b
no one really needs to sleep that is just made up like valentines day
just a gimmick that corporations want you to believe in so you buy A LOT of consumer goods to boast the economy
well it is election day so get out and vote!!!!
i will step off my soap box for the moment and tell you the story of our weekend
of course we changed the clocks another thing i have not gotten.....but believe it is another way for the government to control us
which meant sadie got up at her usual weekend hour making it about 5:30 real time
so we got an early start on our sunday
we decided to head out to perry township which is just outside of painesville.....(yup a one way ticket to painesville)
i have been looking at vacation homes granted my idea of a vacation home is a trailer in the middle of 40 acres in PA but why not a 3,000 square foot estate over looking the nuclear power plant
the house is SOOOOO cool
i say this in the day dreaming we feel in love with all the broken windows sort of way
but let me explain before i hear gasps of panic arise out of new england
the house was built in 1931 by an artist/sculptor he built the house so the facade is all mosaic stone with faces inlaid above the windows
the roof is spanish tile, the gutters are cooper and surrounded by hand molded ceramic
the entry way (from what we could see peeking in) is inlaid marble and granite with a spiral staircase in red granite
the entire house is painted in murals and there are sculptures thrown about everywhere
the person that lived there before sculpted religious icons so his molds are scattered throughout 2.4 acres
you peek behind a pine tree and you a saint praying at the sky
there are little out buildings everywhere with welding masks, plaster molds, a ceramic wheel it is non stop fun
sadie ran around the fields picking up pine cones...she felt right at home
so yes we have fallen in love with this house and yes it has been abounded for what i can tell 25 years if not more but the potential....
mimi and bumpa could move in and have an entire floor to themselves! (there are 4 stories and a door/window in the chimney)
so whats the deal?
even though the house is wonderful there is a lot of work...so what does a librarian do she tries to find a way to get if for free.....
after our adventures in home day dreaming we took sadie to chuck e cheese....(okay so this was a suburban dream day) and she LOVED IT!
she got to ride the rides and eat pizza and pet the big mouse
she pointed at everything "what's that?" "what's that?"
she was a little upset that we left but we was happy to see we went for a walk so she could nap
omen #2 is happy doing his thing making it harder and harder for me to bend down
yes this is belly is real and no i am not stashing any pillows
hard to believe i still have three more months and i will actually get bigger
but i still have ankles though i can not see them.....
this weekend we are headed to PA to visit our favorite place IKEA
time to get organized
please do not forget to vote today or even vote for the best baby names:
to more to add that are not on the list:

• north
• west

why not offer direction at an early age right?
think that is all for now getting ready for the holidays and enjoying the last days of warm weather before the snow falls