Silly Antics

Things I am thinking today:


Gosh I love this peace and quiet- I need to start getting up earlier than Grace all the time to enjoy myself like this.

I can't wait until Grace and I go get some pancakes today.

I really need to start thinking what I want to do as far as my maternity leave goes- 6- 8- or 10 weeks.

I really love Easter and love seeing things in the store to get ready for it.

I wish Gracie would just pee pee on the potty.

That's all folks for today.

Where has the time gone

It seems just like yesterday that I found out that I was pregnant and now I only have a few more weeks left- YIKES!!! We have been really getting into gear getting ready for Caleb's arrival. We put together the swing, bassinet, dug out the car seat, packed the diaper bag, etc. so we are slowly but surely getting there. I still need to get Jamie to pick up the bed and put it together but that is the last thing that needs to be done. Wish us luck as we finish all the details in preparing for his arrival. We couldn't be anymore excited and blessed. I joke around that I wish I was having a girl but I really do feel blessed beyond beliefs just to have this opportunity to be a Mom again and can't wait to meet my son.

Winter Blues

Man am I behind.......................

It has been a long winter over here at the Starck home. We have had a few major snow storms, freezing cold temperatures, and two tornadoes. I am so ready for Spring that I can taste it. Grace went sledding this winter for the first time ever. To say that she enjoyed sledding would be an understatement. I took her myself one afternoon and she was silent on the way down the hill and then after she realized we stopped she just laid back in that sled and belly laughed. I thought to myself this is what being a parent is all about, spending time with your children and really enjoying it, because in that second my heart was so full it could have fell to the ground. Then after a few more trips down the hill I thought to myself "what am I thinking I am seven months pregnant and one wrong bump I could break my water" LOL and that was then end of sledding that day. The next sledding trips for Grace were courtesy of my little brothers. All I had to do was bundle her up real good and they did all the hard work- walking up and down the hills to send her in a state of enjoyment.

We did several indoor activities this Winter. We played over at my friend Angie's house quite frequently. Grace is in love with Luke and Jacob and could stay over there all day if we could. We went to the indoor mall playgrounds a few times, Chuck E Cheeses, and Magic House. All in all, my little girl is one cool chick. She sure knows how to take it easy on you because she tolerated being cooped up in the home better than any child I could imagine. She was making me proud turning into such a little home body the last couple of weeks.

Now, I am going to try to make the best of the next few weeks. I plan on taking Grace to the Zoo, Magic House, and Botanical Gardens at least once each place and to the park next door several times. I want to savior each and every second of the next few weeks spending time with just her because after Caleb gets here things will be different. I love that I waited these few years in between to have children so I was able to do such special things with Grace.