Hello, stranger!

It's been 3 months since I last updated.  That is entirely too long - even if no one reads my blog, I seriously can't go that long without getting things out.  It's way unhealthy and it's definitely taken its toll.

So here's just a few quick updates so I can get moving on and *hopefully* start blogging on a more regular basis again:

-Father's Day is approaching much faster than I would have liked.  As a result, I have a partially finished project in the garage that I now have 2 days to complete.

-Katy is going to be a flower girl tomorrow!  She looks SO beautiful in her dress.  Seriously, the first time I saw her in it, I had flashes of her in a wedding gown and I nearly fainted.

-Little boy is growing at an alarming rate!  I'm officially in the third trimester with just about 9 weeks left to go.  It's becoming a bit more real that he will be here before we know it!

-On a sadder note, my mom passed away last month, exactly one week before Mother's Day.  That was tough and I still don't think I've really processed it.  Maybe I'll get more into that in a future post, but it's a lot more involved than a quick update will allow.

-The weather here in Chicago has been awesome, which also has been a factor in my lack of blogging. Any chance to burn off energy with my 2-year-old is VERY welcome.

-I have been missing my small group like crazy.  I miss getting together with them every Tuesday, even if it just meant having one evening where I didn't have to worry about where Katy was (especially since she was ALWAYS with Daddy).  And now that Miss Stefanie has had her handsome little man, Jake, I've been craving a get together.  (If any of you are reading this - let's get on that, shall we?)

-My in-laws are currently in Hawaii.  Now, I know they deserve it probably more than anyone else I know.  Seriously, though, I'm SO jealous.  I know I probably wouldn't be much fun in Hawaii in my current state, but really - in the words of Tina Fey - I want to go to there.

-Speaking of Tina Fey - I just finished reading Bossypants, which puts my total book reading count to 12 since finishing school a month ago.  Yeah - I have been reading with a determination that cannot be matched.  Of course, they're not scholarly books by any means - many of them are just summer romance books (you know the kind, the ones that are easily thrown into a beach bag to enjoy while the kiddos are swimming), so it's not some incredible feat, but I still am pretty proud of it.  I missed leisure reading during this last semester so I'm happy to be catching up!

And really that's about all I can think of at the moment - partially because I'm being whimpered at by Little Miss about how much she NEEDS to see Rhea and Trace - so we're off to a Jamba Juice / picnic lunch date!