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Yesterday Steve and I dropped Morgan off at Grandma and Grandpa's and spent the day dawdling. Steve is not a dawdler, so it was actually very fun to just piddle around, even though we mostly did house errands. We ordered some curtains for the living room, picked out paint for the entry way and my scrapbook room, and bought this cool computer program to design our new house for remodel. They were things we needed to get done, and it was nice to dilly dally to do it, without the munchkin on our backs. Then we went out to dinner at Johnny Carino's, which was very good, and then went back to Grandma and Grandpa's for cake and icecream. It was fine.

Hated the idea of the day, because I feel like you can't be a kid anymore once you reach the 3's. I'm not ready to give up the 2's yet, so I decided not to. I'm still young and carefree! Although, really, I'm very happy with my life. I'm very happily married, a mom to almost 2, living in the house I want to stay in for 30 years, loving all of it, but feel like you have to be responsible and mature when you reach the 3's... and I still want to be a kid, having fun.

Morgan did two new things yesterday. First, we were sitting around the table, having just finished our french toast, and we were talking about how mommy, daddy, and Morgan were all done, and our plates were clean. Well, my little chickadee flips out her pointer finger, and goes "one, two, three, four, five, six, seven...", pointing at our dishes and then at various objects. Steve and I just sat there, not breathing, because while we count things all the time, she has never done so on her own, and I was curious to see how high she would go. What a smarty pants! Good for her! She's also done much better with her colors, getting them right more often than not. Art class really helps with that. ... and with budgets always getting cut in schools, it's going to be up to mom and dad to make sure the kids' lives are enriched with tons of fun and educational opportunities, to help develop those little brains. I signed Morgan up for two more sessions of art class! One starts this week, and then I'm doing another one in June after the baby is here. That one is twofold. I want to continue to do something special with Morgan, just she and I... so I'll feed the baby, pack her up and race into Bend, go to class for an hour, and then pack her up and race home to feed the baby again. At least she'll get that hour! I'm trying to get Marci to sign Krysta up too. I'll then stop classes for the summer, and have kids come over for my own art classes at the house, and then maybe sign Morgan up for another session at the Art Station this fall. We'll see.

The second thing she did is get a bloody nose. It's been sooo..... dry out. We were driving to town yesterday, and she fell asleep in the backseat, and she was rustling around so I looked back at her, and she was rubbing her nose. Suddenly, it started gushing everywhere, and she was still asleep! We pulled over quickly and I jumped out with some Puffs, and the poor thing had to be roused from slumber with kleenex and wipes all over her place, because she kept throwing her hands up and rubbing blood all over her face! I felt so bad! That's never happened before! We might need to get a humidifier, although that isn't going to help much in the car!

Anyway..... 29/366.... and moving forward.

:)