Friday, June 22, 2007

Coming soon to the clan mccawley...

well, not really soon but in February. You guessed it, we are preggers! Quite unexpectedly, I might add. Who gets pregnant in the middle of a move? Apparently me. We are totally excited, totally shell shocked and totally NOT going to find out what it is. HA HA. Every single one of you (except Angi) is totally irritated right now. :-) I'm due February 23 (as of right now), so I guess we'll all know if my Dad is EVER getting Grandson in about 8 1/2 months.
SO, that' s our totally big news and everything else seems to pale by comparison, except of course the news of my midgets.

Eva has settled into CA quite well, and is proving to love being able to go outside pretty much anytime she wants. No rain, no humidity, no mud, no big giant bugs. The weather here is consistently super nice just about every day, even with June Gloom. She has made some sweet new friends here, but still talks about her Oki pals, Billie and JoJo on a daily basis. Our life seems to be measured in the units that pass until we see them again. (Or until her next gymnastics class.) She explored the beach with Aunt Cassie and crew yesterday, which was a HUGE hit! My children are true fish. Charley was attempting to swim in the tub last night.
Oy, I am so in for it.

Charley has jumped over so many milestones in this last month and I have pretended to mentally keep track of them. I'll probably make up some dates and put them in the baby book and hope she never reads this post when she is checking my Mom score. She is signing like crazy, says Mommy, Daddy, YEAH, all done, uh-oh, ruff ruff & banana (na-na.) She shakes her head yes & no when asked a question she understands, has like 12 teeth now (seriously, i haven't counted them but they do keep us UP at night), is making ZERO effort to walk but has decided that climbing in/out and on top of stuff is super fun! She also refuses to keep her hair pulled back in any way, so it is constantly in her eyes, which she apparently likes. Rubbing food in her hair is also a favorite past time. And since I refuse to let anyone but my sister cut my kid's hair for the first time, Charley will be shaggy until our august trip home.

The most excellent, good news for our family is also that our expected arrival bumped us up to a 4 bedroom home, so we were assigned a house tuesday. We don't move in until August, but knowing we are no longer homeless was a HUGE relief. Of course, we happened to get the SMALLEST possible floorplan (can you say itty bitty teeny tiny shoebox?), so our first few months will be spent paring down. Which is good, since we don't need all that crap anyway. AND, "love grows best in little houses." THIS is the new clan mac theme song. PURGE PURGE PURGE. (or sell sell sell if you are po' like us.)

The other excellent news is that I hope to go back to school in the fall. This was the plan before mac #3 made an appearance, so we are going to try to stick to it. Say a prayer for me that the VA will reinstate my program and give me the go ahead to edu-macated. :-)

A big THANKS and I love you goes out to Cassie and her boys for welcoming us into their home and making us feel like we are loved & settled. It's been a tough 2 months for our little clan & the grainger clan has made it much better as well settle into our new geo-location.

As for those of you who were wondering about our trip to Hawaii, think "Griswolds go Hawaii" and that should sum it all up. Texas was great and uneventful, thankfully.

OH, and a big happy belated first birthday to my Charley. My poor baby's first big day kind of passed by with just a pfftt, since we were in transit. I dread the day she and Eva are comparing cards & pictures. Again, suffice it to say that our planned party in Oki didn't pan out, thanks to an unexpected power outage, but my incredibly generous and sweet pals there made it all work out by offering thier homes, their cooking skills and their decorating help. You were all amazingly giving and sweet and I am forever indebted to you for the gift or your love and friendship. THANKS!!

Well, I've rambled long enough. Below you will find donation forms for the clan mccawley minivan fund and a sign-up sheet for post baby visits/sanity saver trips to CA. :-) LOL

luv to all,
tiffers +1. (better not be 2)
p.s. sorry I have no pics. can't find them on the hard drive right now. maybe later.