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Had quite a scare today. While getting the girls into the van after Hannah’s ballet class, Lucy darted out behind me, and into oncoming traffic. There were cars coming both directions, and I charged after her as fast as I could (in my huge pregnant state). In the end, the only way to prevent her getting hit by a car was for me to do a diving tackle – throwing us both to the ground. Luckily, we were both okay – just a little scraped up from the pavement. And the baby’s doing fine – been moving well all afternoon. But holy bajeezus did she scare the crap out of me! This was one of those situations where you spend hours afterwards stressing out about what could have happened.
Hannah went through a running phase when she was around two years old. Looks like Lucy’s there as well. Perfect timing, right? Just so thankful everyone’s fine and I’ll be using the stroller for everything from now on – until I can figure out a humane way to put a leash on a child. Someday when she’s older and I need a favor, I’ll bring up today as a reason she owes me. Bigtime.
We were all ready to have Hannah’s birthday on Saturday, but she was sick! We’re still unsure what the problem was exactly- may have just been nerves and excitement- but since Lucy had had the stomach bug last week, we cancelled the party. We were able to reschedule today and she had a great time. She was very excited to wear her “rose dress”, have princess balloons, and chocolate cake. All three requests were filled. We’re so lucky to have a nice group of friends and neighbors here in Boston to help us celebrate these moments.
I’ve got to say, it says a lot about the good nature Hannah displays that she didn’t let the party being cancelled get her down. She dwelled on it for about 15 minutes, and then moved on and really enjoyed her day. That kind of attitude will get her far in life.
With this big event finished, we can focus on preparations for the baby! I’m definitely ready to be done being pregnant – it’s hard to get comfortable in any position and I’m not sleeping well. All we have to do is paint the crib (the girls have done a number on the railings during their teething stages) and get that first package of diapers & emergency formula. I’m 36 weeks this week, and both girls were born at 39 weeks, so it’s time to get ready!
Hannah turns 4!
Hannah celebrated her 4th birthday today! She’s having her official “King & Queen” Party on Saturday with kids from the neighborhood, so today was a fun celebration at home. She woke up to all the presents that have been arriving in the mail this week (the benefit of living far away!). Next was a birthday breakfast of blueberry pancakes. We ran some errands this morning to prepare for her party, then came back home. Since Lucy’s still recovering from her bout with the stomach flu, she took a long midday nap while Hannah and I had a tea party with her fancy new tea set. (Lucy’s new word, by the way – tea SET!) We also colored her new animal pictures, put together a giant floor puzzle, and spent a lot of time with the Little Einstein’s laptop. Later, we picked up dad for dinner at Full Moon. Pretty awesome day for a 4 year old – there were even mystery flowers waiting for her when she got home! (I suspect our neighbors, but we’ll find out tomorrow.)
It seems like Hannah’s personality has jumped about 5 years with the onset of this one. She’s got SO much to say. Every store clerk we encountered today was given the entire story of how “Yesterday I was 3, but NOW I’m 4! And I’m having a KING AND QUEEN party on Saturday with a UNICORN PINATA!” She also likes to correct our accuracy with the phrase, “Actually…” and today told me not to say the word “butt” because it isn’t polite. “We don’t NEED to use that word, mom.” This may cause trouble for us – she described who she was talking to yesterday afternoon as “that man with not much hair on his head”. Oops.
As Trapper and I approach being outnumbered by our children, we are taking back our personal URL’s for ourselves. We may not be able to set our coffee cup down where we we like or use the bathroom alone, but at least we’ll have virtual personal space. Thus the creation of markelzfamily.com. Here we can keep family up to date with the kiddos. My personal site will be used to chronicle the work I’m doing at school, and Trapper…well I’m sure sci-fi will be involved.
Things aren’t set up exactly as I’d like, but it’s a start. This is the extent of my 9-months-pregnant brain’s creativity for now!
