Leslie's Blog

Libby is halfway into her second week of 4th grade and she still loves her teacher and I couldn't be happier about that - especially considering she didn't have the nicest teachers for her 2nd or 3rd grade years. Tomorrow is Open House and the first fundraiser for the Saftey Patrols to raise money for their trip to Washington DC in June. Tomorrow we are having a bake sale so tonight I have to bake up some goodies and send them into school tomorrow morning. Then tomorrow evening I'm working the bake sale table from 6:00 until 6:30 and then Open House starts at 6:30.

Tomorrow is also SEPTEMBER 1ST!!!! That, to me, is the official start of fall! WOO freaking HOO! :-) This year I decided that waiting until September 1st to start celebrating fall was just so overrated so I've already indulged in candy corn, made some of the most delicious pumpkin cupcakes that I've ever ever ever had, and put out my fall decorations in my office. This weekend I'll fall-ify my house and put out all of my lovely fall decor. I'm so excited! Oh, and speaking of those pumpkin cupcakes that I just mentioned they were so good that even Libby and Ryan liked them and they both hate anything pumpkin related. Libby had no interest in trying them but she did want to help me make them. A little of the batter got on her hand as she was mixing it and out of habit from when she's baking she automatically licked it off and she was pleasantly surprised that she loved the way it tasted. Once the cupcakes were done and cooled she had one and was in love with it. She was sad when we'd finally eaten all of them and asked when we could make some more. When we were baking the cupcakes the house smelled like fall from the pumpkin and spices in the cupcakes and when they were nearly done baking Ryan came into the kitchen and said that it smelled atrocious but that I should definitely bake them when we have people over to our house during the next few months. (So, my question is if they smelled atrocious why should we offer them to guests? Well, that's because they smelled divine but he didn't want to admit that the smell of pumpkin and spices were appetizing because Ryan refuses to eat dessert unless it contains chocolate!). The next evening I was in Libby's room going over her stuff from school and I came out into the the kitchen where Ryan was and he came up to me with his head hanging low and he said in a very defeated voice, "The cupcakes were awesome." :-) Even an ardent pumpkin hater broke down and couldn't resist trying one and had to admit defeat that they were absolutely amazing cupcakes! :-)

Last Friday I had a doctor's appointment and the doctor wasn't 100% positive that the baby wasn't in a breech position so she decided to do an ultrasound just so she'd know. The baby is not breech and is in the proper head down position which of course is great news. Since she was already doing the ultrasound I asked her to do some measurements and the ultrasound shows that Ensley is already 6 pounds 4 ounces. Whoa! Slow down little girl...are you trying to kill me or something?? But according to all of her measurements it looks like she may be coming ealier than her expected due date of October 5th. The new measurements have her coming some time around September 18th. I have mixed feelings about that. I'd love to finally be able to sleep on my back again and not have puffy swollen feet and not be constantly uncomfortable but I really, really, really wanted to have an October baby. October is my FAVORITE month of the year and I'd love to have a birthday party to put together each October. But, like I already mentioned in this post I start celebrating fall September 1st so I'd still be able to plan a fall birthday party - it's just that an October fall birthday party would be perfect! :-) But of course this is all up to Ensley so we'll see when she decides is the perfect day for her to come. :-) Hopefully she won't decide to completely follow in her big sister's footsteps. Libby was born a month early at 36 weeks and if Ensley were to decide to do that she'd be coming early next week. Yikes!!