It has been forever since I have had the time to write a good long blog. Unfortunately, I still don’t have a lot of time. I am off in an hour to my exams for this semester. I haven’t registered for the next one, but I think I am only going to go half time this once. I am starting to get burnt out and haven’t had a break from school since Miles first got back from Iraq. I have had three 15+ pg assignments in the past two weeks, and I am just plain tired. I can’t work while Lea is awake like I used to. Not only dies she get into a lot of trouble on her own now, but she is such a busy little thing that I feel like a rat when I am not hanging out with her.

Speaking of Ms Lea, she’s in the middle of a growth spurt and WHEW! She’s getting tall. I wouldn’t be shocked if she’s grown a few inches in the past couple of weeks. The hair is still everywhere. Miles won’t let me cut her some bangs because he wants them to grow out, but her hair is always in her face and she won’t keep it clipped back. She’s my wild haired child. The best I can usually do is slap on a hat and tuck her hair into it. It is a pretty color, though. Blonde-brown-red, and I think it’s gong to stay that way.

As far as I can tell the pregnancy is going well, too. I am officially in my second trimester this week and have been playing the gender guessing game, but Miles is staying well out of it. He doesn’t want to talk names or gear until we know, and of course, I am all about finding out. I am thinking that it’s a boy, but then again, I thought Lea was a boy. It doesn’t matter either way, but I think it’s fun to speculate. We were in church yesterday and I felt a faint little flutter just above my pelvic bone. It was the first time that I was positive that I felt the baby. There has been nothing since, but I feel blessed to have felt what I did in my 15th week. He or she must have been thrashing!

I have to go get ready since it’s almost test time and I am still in my jammies ☺