Star Sighting!

Obviously, not too much of anything happens to me except keeping behinds clean and watching Caillou and Clifford on Georgia Public Broadcasting, but my lucky and hard-working hubby was pounding the pavement today. He was diligently making the rounds on the streets of downtown Savannah for collections (end of the month fun stuff) and keeping appointments with clients. He made a quick stop at the bank and saw a woman who favored Jennifer Garner. When he exited the bank, she was still there and it really was her! He asked her for a photo and she agreed. He said he later realized the 'dude' she was with was Ben Affleck! Jeremy said Ben was quite scruffy and he didn't make the connection right away (but J also didn't know they were married and had cute little Violet either!!) that it was another Hollywood actor in his midst. Turns out they own a house here; wonder if it's the same one he bought after filming 'Forces of Nature' here with Sandra Bullock (which Sandra has a house out on Tybee Beach here as well!)...Here is the pic I received on my cell phone this afternoon:


Just thought I would share a little 'excitement' with you all. While I was in the baby pool with my little ones, trying to keep Ley from knocking an unsteady Maddie facefirst into the few inches of water, Jeremy was mingling with the stars...wonder why he didn't ask for her autograph?!? Okay, I promise more to come about the stars in our family and how we spent Memorial Day weekend as soon as I can.

Nobody tagged me, but does it really matter...I think not!

Sometimes you really just need something to post...and yes, I admit to being a lurker of many blogs and really enjoyed reading everyone's quirks and facts...

No obligation, but you’ve been “tagged.” Read the info below and join in on the fun on your blog if you want:
1. Each tagged “player” starts with 8 random facts/habits about him- or herself.
2. A tagged person must write a blog entry about his or her 8 things and post these rules.
3. At the end of the blog, the tagged person must include 8 people to get tagged, and list their names.
4. Leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Here are my random facts:
1. I am trained as a Registered Dietitian but have never practiced a day in my life…so, if you ask me for advice in this area...the answers you receive could be a little off!

2. I am allergic to penicillin.

3. Some people (mainly Jeremy and my Mom) think I am a mysophobic (yeah, yeah…look it up!) and that I am causing my 4 ½ year old to also be this way…I just think I am extremely sanitary…

4. I can roll my tongue (but, my brother, Jeff, can't...always loved that I could and he couldn't!).

5. My best friend in high school and I double-pierced one of eachother’s ears…looking back, I am unsure why we didn’t just go to Claire’s or Wal-Mart and have it done (maybe we were too young—I think you had to have parental consent for that kind of stuff)…I still have that hole in my left ear...thanks LC!

6. I once had purple (-ish) hair…

7. I am SO afraid of public speaking and actually procrastinated and didn’t take speech until my last year at Tech, BUT in junior high I entered and won a speech contest (I also joined the Debate team my Sr. year of HS…go figure).

8. I am growing a small, male child in my tummy… :) or maybe not so small; I tend to grow them quite large, actually!

I want to see 8 unexpected and usually amusing facts from Jess, Sandi, LC (do some blogging and post some pics of those sweet girls!) , Lauren (where are you, my friend?! I miss you and your written thoughts...), Bekah, Elizabeth, Jessie, Ash, and Jeff.

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We found out the sex of the baby last Friday and have been trying to think of a fun way to post the news! Since we have both sexes already, finding out for a third child was a little uneventful. But, none of my children have been shy nor modest when it comes to US and a sweet baby boy is hard to miss for sure! My intuition served me right this time around, as I actually thought it was going to be a boy (although in the past I have not been so intuitive--I called Ley a 'she' in utero for the first 5 months!!) Everything looked healthy by US and both my Mom and Dad as well as Jeremy, (and Maddie was there too, but not too interested!) were able to share in the experience. This may be my third kiddo, but this is the first time my parents have been in the States when I was at this point in a pregnancy...neither of them had seen an US performed...and the tech was super sweet and showed them all kinds of neat stuff!

I am still feeling sick a good bit, but there has been a definite improvement from how I was feeling in the beginning. My next appointment will include the dreaded glucose tolerance test to check for gestational diabetes...but having the sweet tooth I do, it is really not so bad :). It does make you feel bad the rest of the day though, which is not so fun. I will also have another US to check a low placenta. I had the same with Maddie and it moved up just fine, so I am praying for the same outcome.

New Month....New Post

It's hard to believe it is May already! This is Ley's last week of school and I am a little sad. I have really grown to enjoy my time in the morning until lunch with just Maddie and me. He seems to be excited about "summer break". It is already getting quite warm here...I am dreading the sweltering days of summer. It is still nice in the evenings here though. And it FINALLY rained here Saturday and yesterday, so it was very nice out yesterday and we all played outside in the backyard. We put Maddie's baby/toddler swing up that had been in the attic (we had almost forgotten about it!) so she could try it out. Ley loved the idea of his "baby sister" swinging beside him. She was not so keen on the whole idea though. She did smile a few times, but I think it will take a bit for her to get comfortable in it.
























We will definitely have a little walker in the not so distant future. Maddie is becoming more and more brave when it comes to standing on her own two feet...she is such a quick little crawler and is into everything. She is also developing quite a little temper...when she wants to be held, she let's you know about it quickly! She is starting to look more and more chunky; I need to take her for a weight check--I hope she has moved up from the second percentile!!

Here is a little montage of recent Maddie pics as well as a video of her walking. Please ignore both of us being "underdressed"--I in my pajama pants, as most of my clothes are not too comfortable these days (time to go all out maternity, I suppose...) and Maddie in her slip :)

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