Please let me go outside!

So Kaleb loves going outside. If he hears the front or back door open he starts bolting for it. If he sees me let one of the cats in the back door and not let him out - oh boy am I the meanest mom in the world. If I let him, he would live outside. He will go to the back door and reach for the doorknob making "ehh, ehh" sounds trying to gets us to let him out. He even knows that the latch on the front screen door opens the door and if I'm not quick enough will try to push it himself.

He loves eating rocks and bark and usually has one of those in his mouth and one in each hand just walking around having a great time. He also loves watering the plants with daddy. He wants to hold the watering can and when it is empty will cart it around the yard mostly heading for the spots that he has seen daddy watering. He really likes taking it up and down the porch steps.

Because it is very hot and humid where we live, one of the ways we spend outside time is to go and get the paper early in the morning (like 7am) and he gets to wander up and down the driveway while I read. I try to let him spend as much time out there as possible because I know its going to be so miserable the rest of the day. We also go out and play on the driveway while waiting for daddy to come home from work because it has usually cooled down by then.

I'm Pregnant!

In case any of you have missed it, I'm pregnant with number 2. For me this is a complete surprise and for the first few weeks I was in total denial. Then the "night sickness" set in. Couldn't deny after that. They will be about 16 and a half to 17 months apart depending on when #2 decides to arrive.

I'm very happy about it now and want to tell everyone and anyone except the WIC people cause I feel like a rabbit. I mean sometimes I would sit there waiting for my turn and think "maybe they shouldn't be having that many kids if they need the financial assistance" and here I am doing the same thing. Makes me feel like a big fat hypocrite. The only thing that gets me over that is knowing the teachings of our church and that having these kids is the best thing in the world.

Due to some personal and financial decisions, we will be going to a hospital this time for the birth. The goal is for an all natural birth again and I'm excited that we will be able to have a doula with us. Though I told her that if the baby came on Christmas Eve or Day that we wouldn't expect her to come cause she should be spending time with family, she said she is committed to helping us with our birth. I feel so blessed to have the services of such a dedicated person and we still have 6 months to go! (If anyone in my area wants contact info, let me know)

So here is to excitedly waiting for baby #2 who is going to be a surprise just like #1 :)

Clothesline

 Last year sometime (summer/fall?) we were a Home Depot or maybe it was Lowes (honestly who cares?) looking at bolts or nuts or something when I turned around and found some clothesline wire. Now I had been trying to talk Nick into making me a clothesline for quite awhile, ever since I  married him I guess. So I thought that if we got the wire that would help jump start my line. NOT.   :)

A few weeks ago it started to get really warm outside and got me thinking about a clothesline again. Nick really, really, really doesn't want his clothes dried in the dryer and I was getting really tired of trying to fit a load on to the only rack we have left. (which is going to be needing to be replaced soon if the sagging in one direction gets any worse) I said something about a clothesline to Nick a few times but, since he is working full time and taking some classes this semester, I didn't really expect anything.  For some reason the clothesline would not leave my mind though.

Nick kept bugging me about not using the dryer and "honey the rack is plenty big enough for a load" (yeah, if you drape clothes on top of each other so they take longer to dry!) so when I stumbled upon the clothesline wire in the garage again, I decided to see if I could set it up. I strung it from the end of the porch to the closest tree in the yard.

What do you think?

Its not a long as I would like it to be, but I don't have another obliging tree. I didn't know what to do with the leftover wire so I just kinda looped it around the tree.

I hope that someday I can have a real clothesline that is much longer or at least has more space to hang clothes. I really like hanging my clothes outside now that I have this line. I just wish I had room to hang up two loads at the same time so I don't always feel like I'm playing catch up with my laundry.

My Grass

My grass is really long :(  I went to Kentucky  to visit family this week and was unable to mow and then it rained the past few days so it is really, really long. My poor baby can't crawl in it cause the stems smack him in the face (I find that funny)

Eventually I will write...so here are some pictures

I have started about 3 or 4 posts that I have not finished and published. So eventually I will post something about our family or about Nick and I or about how cute the baby is.

I did enter Kaleb into a photo contest recently and here are the pictures I submitted:

Nick and Kendra: Coming Soon to a Blog near you

I was thinking about how to write about how we met and fell in love, ect. and decided that it is going to be a huge post and so... I am going to split it up a bit and leave you hanging for more since I don't know when I will write again.

Here is your teaser: Nick and I were not attracted to each other when we first met and did not want to date each other.

Jana tagged me

When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
I need to wash my hair today

How much cash do you have on you?
Zero monies

What’s a word that rhymes with DOOR?
Four

Favorite planet?
Pluto :) I still want it to be a planet

Bright or Dark Room?
I prefer it to be more bright but not blindingly bright

How many drugs have you done in the last three days?
Drugs... Aleve? This question is kind of ambiguous

What was the last thing you said to someone?
"Kaleb loves my computer mouse"

If you had to choose between a million bucks or to be able to fly what would it be?

The money, so I could help my family get out of debt and then it would be all gone :)

Where did you live in 1987?
I think this was the year we moved to somewhere in North Carolina

Where were you when 9/11 happened?
I was at my Aunt Robyn's house watching on her bedroom TV

If you had to get a tattoo, where would it be?
I have a tattoo on my left forearm of a Care Bear-like 4 leaf clover.

Would you move for the person you loved?
Of course, but I would wish to be warm.

Name three things that you have on you at all times?
On me? My glasses, my wedding ring and clothes of course

What was the last thing you paid for with cash?
Umm... a quarter gumball?

Your first love: what is the last thing you heard about him/her?
He is happily married with 2 cute little boys and a girl on the way and hopefully Nick and I can do something with them before their baby comes.

Does anything hurt on your body right now?
My jaw for some weird reason

Have you been burned by love?
Yeah, but I'm glad it happened cause I now I have my wonderful husband and adorable son.

Have you burned others with love?
I think I did but I couldn't lead him on when I didn't feel the same way.

How old do you look?
Not sure anymore, a couple of years ago I started working at the same place my 5 and a half years younger sister worked and they thought I was the younger one.

Are you waiting for something?
Waiting for the time to pass so I can see my husband after work.

Have you ever thought about converting your religion?
Nope

What was the last thing you drank?
Water

Who do you most look like in your family?
My Mom

Have your parents ever smoked pot?
Don't think so

What do you order at the bar?
I don't go to bars so :p

What is your favorite thing to eat with peanut butter?
I don't really like peanut butter so I guess it would have to be with Jelly in a sandwich

Where were you on July 4th, 2008?
Dublin Park watching the fireworks with my parents

I'm only going to tag my sister, Hannah :)