a perfect tuesday.

today we have luke again, but only until 2. then we are planning to have a mommy, daddy and dawson day. i am not sure what we are going to get into, probably just some textbooks and frozen pizza. days off need to be spent being off sometimes. we are always on the go as it is. normally brad and i don't have the same days off. but i took some time off this week, so i have tuesday off with him. it will feel good to just be a family with nothing demanding any of us. no babysitter to take him to, no major assignments due today, and no cleaning that really needs to be done.

speaking of cleaning, the exterminators came and sprayed yesterday. said our little widow friend probably just found it's way inside. well, that's all fine and dandy. but i don't want her family coming inside, too.

i have an essay in english due that i really don't want to write. it's about literature for children. should be pretty easy considering where my feet are planted in life right now, but reading it and writing about it are two different things.

we bought paint for the house. it will be quite colorful i believe. i hope nothing goes wrong this time. we will have a virginia tech kitchen. i am really excited about that. there is a huge canvas print of a home game in the Alumni Hall store at the mall here, it's 800 dollars. it would be beautiful above our dining room table. but we can find better ways to spend 800 dollars right now. so we'll wait on that.

it seems like when you buy a house all you really want to do is eat the whole elephant with one bite. and when you aren't financially able to, it stinks. and you have to learn patience. it will all come together in time.

as for dawson today, he is an angel. his little mouth now opens and comes toward the spoon when you feed him. it is the sweetest thing. he woke up this morning around 8:15 a.m. i got him out of his crib and laid down with him. he watched the ceiling fan for a little bit then rolled back over to my chest and fell back asleep. and he's still sleeping. i miss him when he's not up in the mornings though. they are the most precious of times.

our sweet little darling. where has the time gone?