Smiling and Laughing

I was just sitting here staring at my belly. It was hopping and jumping and stretching and vibrating for about five full minutes before it went completely still...lopsided, as usual, with the right side slightly higher than the left. It made me smile and I realized that I haven't been very diligent about keeping my 'things that made me laugh or smile today' column current. It could be because I'm feeling a little more pessimistic these days - or it could be that I'm just too tired to think at the end of a day - or it could be that I'm not doing much smiling and laughing as I wait for the end of my pregnancy - or it could be because it got pushed underneath the pregnancy picture and ticker so I've forgotten about it - or it could be because I'm not sure anyone really reads it anyway - but, whatever the reason, I kind of miss it. It helps me focus on the positives of the day, and it gives me a place to go when I'm feeling overwhelmed with frustration or fatigue to read about all the wonderful things that happen to me on a day-to-day basis. And let's be honest here, how could I possibly go through a whole day without smiling and laughing when I have McKenzie and Carson in my life!?!

So, I think I'll start it up again. Here are just a few highlights that would have gone up there over the past two months:

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me: McKenzie, do you know where your sunglasses are?
Kenz: Ummmm....check behind the toilet. That's where I keep stuff.

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Kenz: I made a new friend today.
Me: Really!? Who?
Kenz: A boy named Caden.
I remember most of her preschool class, but couldn't quite put his face to his name, so I asked
Me: What does he look like?
Kenz: He had on a striped shirt and blue pants.
Ah...thanks.
A few days later.....
Me: Did you play with Caden again today?
Kenz: No. I didn't really like him today. *pause* he had on a really ugly black shirt that I didn't like.

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Carson's talking is SO cute right now. He has this deep little voice, an adorable lisp, and the grammer that comes with most 2 year olds. My favorite sentence he says right now (supposed to be "Where am I, everybody?") is: "Where is me, every-guys?"

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Brian, trying to suppress a laugh at dinnertime, exploded the laugh - - - sending little kernels of corn flying from his mouth to rain down all over the table! ... Maybe it was a 'had-to-be-there' moment.

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YELLING across the house -
kenz from the bathroom: I'M GOING POO!
me from the family room: Okay, Kenz.
carson from the kitchen: WHAT, KENS?
kenz: I'M GOING POO, CARSON.
carson: OH. YOU GO-EEN POO?
kenz: YEAH.
carson: O-TAY.
30 seconds pause
carson: KENS?
kenz: WHAT?
carson: I LUB YOU.
kenz: I LOVE YOU TOO, BUDDY.

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I bent down to give McKenzie a hug goodnight and she said, "Whoa, watch out with your big fat tummy hangin' down there, Mom."