SisuLiz

Happy Day

Today is my birthday.  I've always loved my birthday and never feel the stress of "turning one year older".  To me, its always been a fun day to celebrate while your friends and family surround you.  Almost in the same way as New Years, it allows you to hit reset and take stock of everything around you as you gear up for another year.

This year is a little different.  It's still fun and I'm still not worried about getting older.   But, this year I know that hitting "reset" isn't the same as it has been in all of the years before and that at this time next year, life will be completely different. 

It's really the most exciting birthday I've had.  Moreso than turning 16 or 18 or 21.  Those milestones were just arbitrary numbers, and in reality, not much changed after each of those birthdays.  This, though is completely different.  I know that on my next birthday, I'll have a whole new identity as a mother.  I know that I'll never look at my birthday without thinking of my child's birthday or what it was like for my mother on my birthday.  I can't even do that today.  Before this year, my birthday was one day a year where it was all about me.  But I know that the word birthday has completely different meaning now, and I'm sure that will change again for me in a few months.

I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to the next year and how excited I am for everything that's coming up. 

Under the Weather

Haven't written lately.  Between the holidays, which were lovely and relaxing, and a yucky cold that I came down with last week; my brain and body need a chance to rest and catch up.

Happy belated New Year!  Hope your holidays were beautiful.

It's A....

We went to the doctor's this morning for our sonogram and to find out whether this little one is a little boy or a little girl.  And....we're about 99.9% positive that we will have a little girl in May! 

Everything else looked great; the baby is healthy and is progressing as she (so fun to say "she" rather than "it"!) should.  My original due date was May 10, but based on the baby's measurements my new due date is May 11.  So, that really doesn't make any difference, especially since the due date is far from an exact science!

We have a VERY active little girl.  She was moving around so much, that the doctor was having a hard time getting pictures fast enough.  I don't know if this little one just really likes the Odwalla protein drinks I have every morning (drank it right before the sonogram), or if we're getting a little preview of things to come!

Either way, we're thrilled.  But, we would have been happy either way!  It's just good to know that everything is progressing well so far.  Now...it's time to start some serious online shopping and registering!!

Sad News of a Stranger

I wrote  this last Thursday.  Sadly, that happened to be the last day there was an update to the Advent Calendar.  I just saw news today that Leslie Harpold, the creator of that lovely Advent Calendar, passed away over the weekend.

Reading through blogs like this and this and other posts today, its clear that there was a huge amount of people who admired her.  I can only say that I knew her through the Advent Calendar each year, which now appears to be such a small piece of the presence she had online.

Thoughts and prayers go out to her family.  Here's hoping that she's somewhere now creating new happy holiday memories.

Merry Christmas from Scrubs and Charlie Brown

I came across this today on TV Squad.  If you are a fan of the TV show Scrubs, this is pretty great.  If you've never seen Scrubs and you're a fan of A Charlie Brown Christmas, this may be, well...disturbing.