My husband's new child

My husband, Lloyd, is expecting a new child. I will help raise and guide it, but this one is my husband's.

This is not the actual child, it hasn't been born yet, we expect that in the next day or two. For now, we'll show a picture of someone else's child (Lloyd's child isn't as studded up), but the coloring is right.

New great nephew was born

Well, he may be great in more than one way, but this is my nephew's son, making it my great nephew. He was due on 5/13, but decided to arrive on 4/18 -- the same birthday as his Daddy and Grandma (Dad's mom). Pretty amazing -- 3 generations in a row! This is my nephew that was trouble for a while. I used to want to smack him for pulling dumb, I mean REALLY dumb stuff. Then he turned his life around and met his truly better half. They have a DD that's 2 and now a new son. I'm pretty proud of them all!

Baby Nolan is in the NICU, born with fluid deep in his lungs, but is apparently doing very well so we will keep him in our thoughts.

Ooh, a giveaway!

I found this blog on a blog on a blog a while back and just love the way this person writes -- The Meanest Mom. She's doing a Mother's Day giveaway on her blog with interesting things that are interesting even if they are NOT being given away! Click here to read about it.

Piano is for Girls!

That's what Philip says. He really resisted taking lessons and about a year ago, we said piano lessons are as required as going to school is and if he didn't do them, he couldn't play sports (Philip? NOT play sports? IMPOSSIBLE!). I'll skip the part where I pulled over on the road on the way to Little League sign ups to make him decide. :-) He got a reprieve after the rec center piano lessons I signed him up for for lack of knowing a private teacher fell through after one session because of scheduling. But, we found a new private teacher this year that they love and lo and behold, he's doing very well with his piano lessons and every time his teacher gives him something new to play, he just picks up on it right away. Granted, he's still a beginning student so maybe it's always easy to pick things up, but his teacher made a point of commenting to me how he is very good and seems to have a natural talent. He's so funny. I actually taped his twin sister playing "Love at Home" and him sitting on the bench next to her singing. Hehe! He would have NEVER done it if he knew I was taping .... I love that little boy. Sheridan goes first for her lesson because then I pick her up and get her home for our soccer carpool pick up and Philip was playing with neighbors during Sheridan's lesson so before he went back into the piano teacher's house, he had to come all away around the car to give his Mama a kiss. I think often of the things I need to teach this very boy boy so he'll be a good husband and father some day and am mindful daily of his good heart at least with regard to his Mom. The way he and his sister fight, if I didn't know this side of him, I would seriously wonder! After having mouthy girls (shhh), it's nice to have the more even keel relationship with my son. He's feisty and stubborn, but just isn't given to mouthing off to me for the sake of drama, having the last word, etc. He was my tough one when he was younger, the bigger cryer, etc. so it's nice to have this payoff and I'm really enjoying seeing him accomplish things he's involved in.

And, he thinks things like this are hysterically funny. We saw this person on the freeway just ahead of this before we got off at our exit. They did, too. The kids insisted I take a picture so I caught up and snapped this picture. And, yes, I was driving.Female Motorcyclist Rides with Winnie the Pooh Backpack