lizards

today's my due date. no surprise, but nothing has happened. there's been no sign of activity. in a way, that's good because the house is still more chaotic than i'd like it to be. we have so much stuff that we've been given that there's no a place for everything. i'll TRY to get that taken care of tomorrow, but i don't have high hopes since i'm not great at follow-through.

rach lent us an air conditioner, which has been really nice already. we put it in the kitchen because that window already didn't have a screen. the climate difference is remarkable as you walk down the hall toward the back of the house.

this evening we went out to celebrate joelle's 10th birthday (july 17). it's crazy when i think about life 10 years ago. and that that little red headed baby is now an intelligent decade old girl. it's funny to think that when my boy is 10, she'll be 20. crazy. i have to admit, when she was born, i totally thought i'd have a baby of my own in the near future. and it's interesting how differently things panned out, but i'm really happy with how things are. someday, joelle will babysit for us, and i get to enjoy her, and the rest of my nieces and nephews at the stages they're in. he will be fortunate to grow up with these older cousins who have, in many ways, paved the way for him.

i danced myself right out the womb.