Divinely Inspired

They say that once you have that darling little baby in your arms, you forget all of the pain and trauma of being pregnant and going through labor. That was certainly true! Words can't describe that feeling when I had Addy bundled up next to me. I have a hard time remembering how much pain I was in.

However, you also remember VERY quickly how miserable pregnancy can be when you're 7 weeks into it with extreme exhaustion and nausea. I feel like a lump on a log - oh ya, this is what it was like before! I'm anxiously awaiting 2nd trimester to bounce back to myself again!

I find myself doing a lot of "looking" for ideas and browsing the internet. I'm sure it's procrastination to avoid getting to the pile of things on my list. Why is that such a downfall of mine? I've always struggled with it.

So, it's a year and a day later from my last post. Yikes! I'm terrible. I have a new reason to post again, so I'll give it one more grand 'ol try.

Dan's birthday was good - we went out for dinner last night with friends, Dave, Jonna, Maggie, and Lenna. Dan and Dave share a birthday, so of course we had to celebrate. However, our celebration goes a little beyond birthdays.

Enter our #2 Little Pea. According to yesterday's ultrasound, I'm 5 weeks, 6 days (or 6 weeks today). Due July 7th! We're excited and nervous. We can't wait to meet you, Little Pea :)

Today is Dan's birthday (must not forget Andy's as well). He turns 27 - yowzers! Not long until the big 3-0. We don't have a whole lot planned due to lack of funds and the fact that birthdays get difficult to come up with something new every year, not to mention that the months of November, December, and January are jam-packed with birthdays and holidays for us (Michael, Kelly, Katie, Karon, Joyce, Tyler, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Our Anniversary, etc.). By the time we get to Valentine's Day, we're holiday-ed out.

BUT, this year, Dan's birthday is extra special for one very cute and adorable reason. Adelyn turns 6 months today! So, every year, Addy and Daddy (Dan pointed out this cute rhyme) will share a special day on November 10. One year is a long time to wait for most kids until their next birthday, so half-birthdays are always points of interest for them. As Addy grows up, we can explain to her that each time Dad has a birthday, it will be her half-birthday and that it will be extra special for us to make sure Dad's day is extra special (if that made any sense...)

Maybe we'll put 27 and a half candles on the cake tonight.

Got yours? Sorry for the fuzzy self-portrait.

I don't know why I have such a hard time deciding how to organize my internet life. Between Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, the Ekcetera blog, the Ekcetera website, and this blog, I seem to have too many venues for cataloging life. So here's one noble shot at it...Now that Addy's here, I think we'll try to include family times and events here. Wish me luck....

Life is so crazy at the moment and the one thing I wish I could do more of is design for fun and creativity's sake. For the most part, it comes down to me making the time for it and actually doing it, but something more important always takes over.

If I could design for no reason at all, I would design a bunch of greeting cards, some photo cards, some t-shirt designs, and anything else that inspired me from these projects. Maybe sometime soon I can post with some new designs, but until then...I just have to tuck away my desire in the back of my creative file cabinet and hope they're there when I want them to come out. That is usually the problem. When I DO have the time to be creative and design for me, I can't come up with ideas.

Such is life and a creative mind.