may. june. july. august.

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Just back from a lovely four days in Galveston with my boys:
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It was a beautiful beginning to our 12-week-summer-mommy-daddy-son-before-the-baby-comes time together.

This summer is all about Grayson....
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printingrain or shine...in sickness and in health....because we (I) need it.


This trip was very important to me.

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I needed to get away from it all.....bills, work, t.v....and spend some quality time with my boys before this little girl comes.

Grayson will be THREE in 2 1/2 months....where in the world did the time go?
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He is budding into this incredible little boy who speaks his mind and does everything himself. "Me do it, Mommy" is something I hear at least 100 times a day.

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I needed this.




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I needed to hold Grayson's hand in the ticket line and ride the Kemah Boardwalk train
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing fifteen times in a row, listening over and over as Grayson pointed out the boats in the harbor.
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"Look, Mommy! Anoder boat...so cool!"

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I needed to watch as he made new friends while running around the splash zone for four hours straight.
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing To see him taste his very first cherry Icee
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To hear him ask, "Where all da Nemo's-es?"....."They hungry Mamma, I feed dem".
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Watching him never tire of running through the water....even at 9 p.m.
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Only stopping for a quick drink
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Always willing to share
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I needed to sweat under the blazing sun......to regret taking him to NASA.
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing (We should have known better. Now we do.
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing Almost 3 year olds (and their Daddys)
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing don't give a hoot about NASA unless they are aloud to fly the rocket ships).

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I needed to watch him do somersaults in the sand and watch
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printingas the seagulls tried to attack him. I needed to hear him call the birds "mine mines" and laugh out loud as they tried to eat his pizza flavored goldfish.
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I needed to chase him screaming down the beaches of Galveston, half-crying, clutching my belly, sprinting as fast as I could until I found him hiding behind the farthest lifeguard tower.
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing And then I needed to lecture him on why we don't run away from pregnant mommies with boatloads of stuff in their hands. I needed him to cry just like I needed to kiss him on the face and tell him "it's okay. I love you. Let's be friends again.
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I needed to tell him I loved him a hundred thousand times and listen to him make up his very own lullabies for the baby.

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"Baby sissy in you tummy I sing song?"


I needed to hear him ask why he doesn't have a baby in his tummy, too.


"Di you know that, Mommy? I not have baby in my belly."


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I needed to draw Saturn and the number 5 for him and read The Noah's Ark book a thousand times and remind him to wash his hands. I needed to applaud him for thanking the waitress for bringing more chips and green dip
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing and I needed to scold him for stealing his very first toy from the souvenir shop.
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I needed to watch him ride the zebra on the carousel.....
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing"all myself, Mommy....you sit on reindeer over der"
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I needed him to pick out 3 icecream flavors,
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I needed to spoon him in the hotel room overlooking the sea, his little hands pulling my arm over his waist, playing with my fingers.


view from our room.

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All of this because I needed to watch him grow-up.
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing Become my big boy.
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing A big brother. I needed to watch him every second to make sure I didn't miss something. I needed to memorize the way he walked, played, fell asleep.
Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing The way his hands felt in mine, his sandy feet against my knees. The special bond that only he and his Daddy share...
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so very different from his Mommy bond. Two peas they are.
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So that when he's old enough to understand, I'll be able to tell him about the 3 months before his sister came and how we spent it just the three of us...
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I feel ready, now. For him to grow up....just a little, though...not too much and not too fast.

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May, June, and July will be about Grayson so that August can be about her...



28 weeks and counting....

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August. I can't believe how soon it's going to be August.