Winter is over. I think. I hope. It better be. If I see snow anytime in the next 6 months or so.... I'm moving to the equator. It was a long, very snowy winter, followed by a very wet month of April. The creeks are going down, and the mud is drying out. We have lots of yardwork to do in the next couple of months. I planted a few trees over this past week... trying to start some landscaping. There are probably 20 or so more to plant.
12 years ago today, was probably the biggest, most life changing day of my life. It is the day I became a mom for the first time. In reality, I became a mom about 8.5 months prior when I found out that we would be having a baby. I had a fairly uneventful pregnancy, except for the braxton-hicks contractions that started at 18 weeks and continued until 5/2/99. We made a few trips to the hospital when they got worse, thinking that baby was ready. Nope....got sent home again. When the time came, we were surprisingly relaxed, drove the speedlimit etc. We arrived at the hospital at around 7pm, and she was born at 9:47pm. 8#2oz of rollypolly baby girl....which surprised us all.... after the 3 boys in my family in and 5 in Leigh's, who woulda thunk we would have a GIRL?? So, we had a Heidi instead of a Trevor.
It is so hard to believe how much she has grown. This past weekend we went to see her in a concert. She sings alto in choir. In meeting, she is learning high tenor, or whatever else her mom tries to sing. She has a beautiful voice. Of course she has her preteen struggles, but most of the time, she amazes me. Now, she is on the brink of teenagedom. Soon, it will be "real" boyfriends, and driving, and looking in to colleges. It is hard to believe that her years at home are probably over half over. And this coming year.. high school. oh dear... I am really starting to feel like I am the older generation, not a young parent anymore!
All the sentimental jibberish aside....
the house is coming along. We still are working upstairs. Leigh is still working on the bathroom...but it is closing in on completion. Then we will lay the flooring upstairs...and we will be DONE inside. woohoo! We have sold the old doublewide, so we will need to get it cleaned out and make any repairs necessary. Then I am sure the dreaming/planning will start about what to do with the concrete pad left behind. It will be a shop of some sort for Leigh.... he has all sorts of ideas...
Now... I am off to grocery shop. I HATE grocery shopping and I am delaying it. But... the fam will be home in a few hours and want 'something' to eat...
