Table for five...we'll need two high chairs (GULP)

So, we got some exciting news last week. We are expecting another baby! When it rains, it pours. Eight years of infertility have come to a screeching halt, as we will have two children, two and under! WOW! Granted, Phillip will be two years and nine months old when the baby is born...but still, two is two :) We are really excited about it! Olivia is hoping, praying, bargaining, begging for a girl! Mike would prefer a boy. As a mother, I am supposed to say that I don't care, but honestly, I would like another girl :) Tune in later (probably six months later, knowing me), for more details!

Anti-Vacation

So, my parents are on vacation. For most 32 year olds, this does not affect their life in any way. Maybe they have to stop by the house and pick up mail or water a plant, but otherwise, not biggie. If you work for your parents, it's a biggie. An anti-vacation, if you will. I am doing all three of our jobs this week. Which means working from 7:30 a.m.-5:30/6 p.m. For six days. I am tired. A crazy, bone deep tired.

My children are missing me. Normally in the summer, Olivia comes to work with me. Phillip comes to work with me year round. However, I knew I couldn't swing it this week. There is no way to be this busy and play with/watch the kids. So, Monday Olivia went to the lake with my friend Kim and her daugher and neices and Phillip stayed with my grandparents. Tuesday, both kids stayed at home with Mike. Today, tomorrow, and Friday they will be at our churches day care. My good friend is the director of the day care and she is letting them stay this week.

I am so glad I don't have to leave Phillip every day. Olivia went to day care when she was his age and did fine. He is not going to do fine. He is a mama's boy. He will behave for them, he's not a cryer, but he will be sad. When I left, he was sitting in a high chair, about to eat his breakfast. He just looked at me, with his lip quivering and blinked those big blue eyes. Yeah, so glad I don't have to do that everyday.

The good news is that Mom & Dad are having a great time in Cancun and they needed a break. I will need one by the time they are home :) Only four more days...

DAY OF BLOG SILENCE FOR COHEN

I'm Back...

Wow, I really suck at blogging! Well, a lot has happened in the last six months. The kids are both growing like weeds…especially their feet. I think both of them may have to special order shoes by the time they are adults! Phillip is a full fledged toddler. He runs, plays, talks, and absorbs everything like a little sponge! He is learning to identify his colors right now, and it’s quite adorable. Wellow (yellow) is his favorite. Whenever he has crayons, he immediately takes out the wellow and hides it.

Olivia is excited about starting 5th grade! How did this happen, she was just a baby! She just went to camp for the first time last week. She had a blast. When I picked her up, she said “Mom, I don’t want to hurt your feelings…but I didn’t miss you one bit!” Ha! Poor mom, she’s just not cool anymore. She is planning on spending a week with her grandparents in Louisiana before school starts. Maybe she will miss me then. She is almost 5’ feet tall and beautiful, if I do say so myself!

Mike and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary in April and our 14 year “date-iversary” in June. In April, he and I went to Florida for a week. It was bliss. We slept late, went wherever we wanted, laid around on the beach, and ate like pigs. It was so much fun! I went deep sea fishing for the first time ever! It was a blast.

Well, I would like to say that I will be back soon, but you never know. Hope everyone is having a great summer!

Olivia getting ready to leave for camp

Phillip on Easter. He bit through his top lip three days earlier :(

Mike & I deep sea fishing!