4th of July Fun

We had a wonderfully relaxing holiday weekend just us! We stayed at our 2nd home for 4 days (the pool) and had some friends over to cookout and catch the fireworks display! We are blessed to have a private showing from one of the local country clubs and we don't even have to leave our yard practically! Here are some photos from our family fun weekend! Ready for the show!

Love them!

OMG - 8 weeks left!!!!

Kisses for the baby!

LH and CG with the preshow entertainment!

Sweetness!

Waiting for the show to start!

Practicing his Saturday Night Fever Dance moves I guess???

Good Friends!

Cheesin...ready for the show!

Baby Showers

I had 2 wonderful showers for the newest addition. One from great co-workers and the other for friends and family!

The Work Shower! Gigi (mom), Me, Mauggie (MIL)
Sporting the new headband with big flower...I now have 3!

HJ (best other part time civilian), Mrs Sheriff (ex sheriff's wife), me and the boss Lady!

LW (ex deputy - she's a stay at home mommy now), me and JR

The following are from the other shower!!

The CAKE! Seriously, it was as good as it looked! Perfect color coordination too!

The spread! (the little piggies in the blanket were actually babies...with face and everything)

Opening some gifts! Always one of my favorite hobbies!

Gigi (sportin' the mini), me and Mauggie

Me and chunky britches (my niece!)

For your Viewing Pleasure

We really did go to the beach...here's the proof: Had to sit on the cow at the ice cream store....before we saw the sign that said please don't sit on me! Oh well!
LH took this photo of all the "big dults"

Lh and his Mauggie and Papa

LH and Mommy! Watiting on our seafood pots!

Daddy and mini me!

Goofing off inthe car!

The big water slide - $20 all day pass - LH had so much fun!

First ride of the day!

First night...had to get his feet wet!

My little surfer dude!

Scheduling Issues

Well, this baby and I need to come to terms on our schedules. I have a feeling this time around might be a tad different than with LH. He was such a great sleeper/napper and was sleeping through the night by 9 or so weeks!!!
This baby is the most active around 9 or 10 pm when I am usually passing out on the couch and mostly through the night (if I wake up any, I can usually feel it rumbling around in there)! NOW, I'm up at 5am and he/she is quiet as can be. Not that I'm usally up at 4:30 or 5 am but lately that seems to be the trend.
We will have to come to terms on what is acceptable very early on if we need to get along!!!

The best thing about waking up this early is that I get a lot done. Dishes, laundry, cleaning, etc....it will make for a relaxing Friday but possibly a nap!!

Speak now or.....

What? I have no idea what to do in a situation like this.

I got an interview for the position I applied for - the one I hadn't heard back from so just assumed I didn't get. It just took them a few weeks to weed through applications and schedule interviews. Fine. I have one this morning. I've got my most slimming black dress on - haha! There isn't much use in trying to hide almost 8 months of belly!

So, here's my dilema. I was in this same situation last go around. Weird I know, but then Ididn't say anything about the baby. I regret that now. I wish I would have been up front with them about the obvious bulge and told them I would be willing to come back to work as soon as possible and it wouldn't interfere with anything. Big Mistake! NOW, technically and legally that is NOT the reason I didn't get the job, but I'm fairly certain I was a prime candidate!! - I was their #2 choice!!! It was a job I've always wanted and have attempted to get a few times...that was the closest ever. Moving on though.

Present day, baby belly front and center...what to do? Work it into the convo? Leave it be? In my mind I've done some "calculations" and with interviews today and tomorrow, give a week to make an offer/decision, plus 2 weeks notice, it would be end of July or very first of Aug for a start date, which would leave me about 3-4 weeks to work, then take off for 8 ????? You know that stuff is in the back of their minds too. Even though it shouldn't be a deciding factor. Then you think about this - I'll have doctor's appts every week, so time off, and after baby there will be checkups, etc. Hmmmm, its a gamble. We'll just see what happens!

For now, I think I'll let the belly speak for itself and just go from there. I don't want to compromise my time off afterwards for a job (i.e. willing to take a shorter leave just to come back to work or something like that).

Wish me luck!

Mommy needs a night off...that's all I'm asking for

So, I've been busy lately, which isn't unusal. But, its been fun busy with LH and trying to give Hubby the time and quiet he needs to catch up on sleep. He's been running crazy every morning this week with meetings at work, funerals, getting his car fixed, etc. so I've been keeping LH entertained and wearing him out as much as possible (movies, pool time, dinner out). NOW, that comes with not being home as much, so not cooking dinner or doing much (read: anything) around the house, but still, it's nice and quiet!! I have Thursday and Friday to get housework/laundry done! I'm not concerned.
Well, I asked Hubby to pick up Little Hauss today from preschool so I could have happy hour with the girls (to celebrate summer, a birthday, whatever....just a couple of hours of me time), and I got blamed for him not being able to work out and sleep much!!!!! WHAT??? I didn't schedule a funeral and 2 meetings at work???? But yet, its still my fault. Mind you I had already offered to have a friend pick LH up and bring him home later but he insisted on getting him!
I got irritated...imagine that, and pretty much told him that I would take care of it and tomorrow when we are supposed to take LH to the local fair (yes, I'm certifiable) and he could work out and sleep all he wanted and wouldn't have to spend anytime with us the entire week! I just feel like I can't do it all...I just need a break...2 hours..that's it! Grrr!

I'm not the only one

Apparently, there are 5,999 other unhappy co-op owners waiting on their produce as well. Hubby came home this morning to share that the local paper had a big article about the farm that sold all the co-ops and couldn't deliver!
I looked it up as soon as I could and was shocked to discover that they sold 6,000 shares this year! Obviously they got in over their heads and they can't keep up. I hope they are happy with their new found fortune of $210,000!!! Myabe it was a planned thing...rip everyone off and just run off with the money!?!? Who knows.
Either way, the article said they tried to contact the owners and got no response....imagine that? IF they ever show up at the local stand I'll see about getting some veggies since I'm obviously not getting a refund (as they have not responded to my email nor answered any call in the past week) but if not, then I'll just write it off as a lesson learned. I have wasted about that much in gas and time wondering around downtown for a parking space so from now on, I'll just get what I can if I can and support the other farmers instead!
Come to find out co-ops usually are sold in limited shares per year and for a couple hundred dollars each....buyer beware I guess!