We’re doing a “Rock, Rhythm and Roll” class at our local rec center. It’s for 2-4 year olds and the kids do everything from somersaults on floor mats to playing follow the leader to circle games with each other. It’s great, Ben has a blast…except my normally polite, assertive, calm 2 1/2 year old turns into “that kid” during the class. You know, the one you don’t want to sit next to because he distracts your kid. The one running to the other end of the room, giggling hysterically at his escape when we should be sitting in a circle playing with the rubber ball. The teacher actually asked if he was 1 1/2 and I took no offense because during the class he has the impulse control of a kid half his age. I don’t know if it’s the excitement, awesome new activities or sweet sweet freedom of running around in a gym…but he is just one different little dude in the class. I have noticed he’s starting to follow directions better and listen to when we switch activities, so we’re making a little progress. And he’s having fun, which is good…but there’s only so much chasing runaway Benjamins this pregnant lady can handle.
We’re liking the name Cassidy for baby girl right now. I don’t think we’ve 100% committed, but we’ve sat on that one a while and it’s really come to be how I think of her. We also need a middle name which is proving to be harder to come up with. Even looking at family ones, nothing has really stuck on us as the “one.”
The next few months are going to be cah-ra-zy. Next week we’re headed home to get our taxes done and go to my soon to be sister in law’s first bridal shower. With me being self employed and Andy having a bunch of contract engineering projects alongside his normal work stuff, we just let an accountant family friend handle it. The following weekend is Kate’s second bridal shower that I’m helping plan. Then Easter which we’re hosting. April is full of weekends with friends and hopefully house work weekends to get one of the bedrooms finished (next step is drywall, yay). May brings two weddings (including my brother’s that both Andy and I are in) and the Pittsburgh Marathon weekend. June brings some relief and then July is BABY!
The first weekend in May I’m headed down to PGH with some of the Y ladies. Originally I was going to run the half marathon or be part of the full marathon relay team but once I found out I was pregnant, I decided against it. I would have if I were only like 4 months along, but I’ll be 7 months in May and that just does not sound like fun. So instead I’m going down as a cheerleader and photographer, which should be great. I also designed the logo and tshirts for our little ladies running team. Will share once those get printed!
