so much to say....

I haven't posted in a while...nothing significant at least....i must say that i love reading blogs. i check them daily and am quite disappointed when nothing new is posted....that being said, i'm not a crazy stalker like my husband thinks. i just love it...well, nancy (formerly kuhn) FREAKED ME OUT with the sitemeter. wigged out!!! i am in shock. i signed up and was completely horrified that i have looked like a complete stalker...as i get over that...i should resume blog searching again...for now, i'm going to cool it... :)

secondly, wells started pre-school this week. first day he was fine. he adjusted very well to being away from me. he was thrilled to see me and chattered on for a long time about  his day. "i had so much fun mama. I played and colored and sang songs. i can't wait to go back..." Day 2--he was odd all morning and fussed a little bit.  he threw up at lunch...wow did he love telling that story. "i don't have shoes because i threw up on them at lunch." or "i threw up because i was too nervous and fussy today at school." wow....day 3...he was great!! he loved his day and apparently he was yelling and dancing during the dance class saying "I LOOOVE these songs. i'm so happy." he was in a great mood. 

lastly, school is going well. i miss my boy but i think it's going to be a good year. i'll post more later...i'm really going to get better about this....i love reading about everyone but i love sharing info too....

reunited and it feels so good

max stayed with my parents and bekah/nina for three days this week so chris and i could wrap up the house search at night. we hopefully will make a decision this tuesday but no guaruntees....

i called many times a day because i missed him dearly and he would barely talk to me because he was having so much fun. i was bummed but i know that bunna and poppy's house is a lot of fun...we love coming to johnstown...we like going home too though...

so when i saw him last night, we were equally thrilled to see each other. i cried so hard. i didn't realize how MUUUCCCHHH i missed him. i knew that i did but when i saw his sweet face...it hit me...

so we are reunited again and so happy. this morning it was just like old times. he refused to apologize to nina after he pushed her down and had a time out....for about 10 minutes because of his refusal to cooperate with the apology...so old times....

we had the BEST conversation when he woke up today...he loves talking into my bellybutton to the baby. today sounded a little bit like this....

"hey baby. hey baby! come out and play!"

"maxi, she needs to grow more. she's way too small too play with right now. she'll be out soon."

"baby keep growing. i miss you. i want to hold you...(he rubbed my belly and pretended to pull out the babythrough my skin) oh, baby, i love you. (he then rubbed the "baby" on his cheek) ok hug mama and then it's time to go back in and grow."

two weeks ago he told me

"i know that the baby will come out of your fingers when she comes"

i'm so glad that he stated that instead of asking....

first day of school

every year, and i mean EVERY YEAR, my dad has given me a "back to school" pep talk. (julie, let me know if those quotes are unnecessary...it just felt right :)

i have a mild anxiety before the first day of school. through elementary, he would come into my room, give me a power pep talk and then again in the morning. throughout college, he would call the night before. and even into graduate school, he would call just to reassure me that i wasn't foolish for being anxious.

so why did i work at a school? i still have the same anxiety. it must be something related to the long break and then the readjustment to a different year. if you work all year, then you don't even realize any kind of transition but having two months off...ugh.

my greatest joy is that my school year is going to be three and a half months. this baby is going to dramatically change my year...YEAH!!

ps i looove wpsd and my co-workers. the kids are some of the best people i know. i have a great job and an amazing supervisor...i have a terrific office. everything spells out perfect situation....but i miss max. all of those perks don't add up to jack if measured against him...i have to trust that this is my calling and i am important to them...

pictures of our weekend

seriously could he be any cuter????

what else would he wear on his beloved erin's wedding day???

they threw their fighting ways aside and loved each other allllll day at the wedding. max walked out with chris and nina walked down the aisle with me...it took the "all eyes on me" pressure off....when i got to the end of the aisle, he reached his arms out and she ran into his arms and they hugged and he said "nina, nina. i love you." thank God for tension breakers....

i'm framing this one...

she was as cool as a cucumber...no stress at all...she said "i'm just a little nervous because i know that dan is...if he wasn't i think i'd be completely fine."

she was the most beautiful bride i've seen in a loong time...she glowed all day...

what a weekend...

since last week on tuesday, we have had a crazy week. we've been running around like crazy getting everything ready for erin and dan's wedding. no one in the history of time has invested more of themselves into planning a wedding, than erin. no stone was left unturned. erin was a gorgeous bride and dan was so handsome and was so happy. the wedding was at beulah church in churchill and the reception was at PNC park. it was perfect. we had a great time and max was awake until 130 in the morning. (we had some last minute pictures on the field at midnight!!) he didn't throw one fit or shed one tear...he was great. he did knock out the second his carseat was buckled...when chris picked him up he was like a ragdoll. 

saturday morning we got up early, thanks max! and went to chris' parent's house for brunch. then max and i had to crash for a few hours and brave chris went golfing. they played 19 holes and didn't get home until almost 9 that night. we had a great time with the bindewalds, carolynn, callahan, and my siblings with kids. we played at the park and then went to dave and erin's for dessert. if we hadn't napped for 3 hours, i doubt that night would have been much fun for us....

sunday we had church after our huge, hostile congregational meeting last week. wow. i have never been a part of something that tense. but...it's over now and one week later we can discuss it with less emotion...that's a different story for a less public time...

we met up with denise, eric and their three boys again. we went to the science center and out to dinner with my in-laws. so much fun. 

the most fun news was i got lots of girl clothes yesterday. denise surprised me with a bag of girl clothes from children's place (all summer stuff for next year--she never gets to shop for girls so i'll reap the benefits of that :) and francine, chris' mom, loves to shop and loves girls so we got a full gap bag for the baby. it was really fun to see what our sweet little girl will be wearing next swimming season....

yes, i'm awake at 630 am. who knows why??? this pregnancy has been so different than max's pregnancy. nothing horrible but sooo different. one similarity would be nice---if the steeler's could go to the superbowl right after her birth....that sounds good.....

i'll post some wedding pictures and i have some MAJOR stories about what happened before the wedding...it was an interesting time getting ready that morning....it's never easy to be pregnant during these times....but it really was one of my most favorite days ever with chris' family....

it's a girl...

we had our ultrasound today and everything looks good. she is an active baby. we have to go in for another ultrasound to get a full picture of the heart. but it's fine with me...i love seeing that black and gray screen....