having a great time here.

plano, for me, has been a much needed adventure. i have not gotten to spend much time with my new niece before now. ellie was born a month before my wedding, so of course, a ton of time was taken up with wedding planning. then i was teaching and michael was only coming home on the weekends, so coming to plano was a little difficult to plan. now that it's summer time, i get to stay here as long as i want.

i'll be here a few more days before i head home, making my plano stay just about a week. i am the only family member here at this point in time! hurray! landon is in nicaragua on a missions trip and sarah has had to carry on with work as usual. guess who's been the babysitter...yup, auntie jo!

ellie and i have been having a blast together. her giggles and sweet smiles are such a joy to the soul. she is so beautiful and fun to be around. such a good natured little thing!

sarah and i have been talking a lot and laughing together. best friends are so wonderful! we stay up talking about all of the fun things of life. we talk about the similarities of our husbands and probably thousands of other husbands across the world! they are so funny.

this girl-time, plano trip has definitely been fun and good for the soul!

blog addicts...

since beginning my blog in february, i have been slightly embarrased at how often i check everyone else's blog to see if they have updated anything. it was really bad when i was at work and had easy access to a computer; summer has been a little slower. however, i am excited to learn that others i know have the same obsession with blog checking.

my post from a couple of days ago about blogs has 5 comments under it! 5! ha! that's funny. everyone else is just as addicted to blogs as i am.

and angela- i didn't even know you had a blog! you have now been added to my daily checklist as well as kp! so cute!

thank you my friends, for letting me know that i am not alone in this world! we can all deal with this addiction together!

beautiful niece fun!

i got to plano yesterday afternoon around 3pm. ellie was asleep. sarah had to leave to take her mom back to her car and soon after that ellie woke up (no, i didn't wake her!!). i got to pick her up and feed her and love her. she is the sweetest baby on this planet.

yesteday was her 4 month birthday! how on earth can she already be 4 months?!?!?! she weighed 13 pounds 4 ounces and she was 24.5 inches long. she is incredibly beautiful! i love her. she is happy and giggly and she will just look at you with the biggest smile. she just makes this ol' world a better place.

i must be the luckiest aunt in the world.

sarah is at work right now and ellie is asleep in her swing. we've been having a great time this morning! we talked and played and i fed her and held her and kissed her. i gave her bath, which is like her favorite thing in the world, and then dressed her cute and played some more. she showed me how she can roll over and i showed her how totally goofy i can be when i am trying to make her laugh! ;) it was a blast.

like i said she is asleep right now, and other than typing this post, i am basically just starring at her. i love her!

you'd love her too!

and also...

hello, my name is kylah, i am an addict.

i am absolutely addicted to reading my friend's blogs. well...good news!!

two friends that go to my church have recently started blogs as well and i am expecting one more very soon.

that makes my blog list jump from 5 (including mine) to 8 (including the one coming).

this is huge people! HUGE!

a special thanks to rw, ree, and kp. you're making my ridiculous blog-checking even better!

what i was going to say...

sunday, june 3, 2007 11:03 pm

i don't have to go to work tomorrow!

i am sitting at home, watching tv in my pj's with jules on the ottoman below me. i have the remote on one side, my phone on the other, my computer on my lap and a dr. pepper within reach. it's 10:13 pm and i'm not even thinking about going to bed! for the past 9 months, i've had to look at the clock, sleepy or not, and sigh. it would be time for bed right now. but tomorrow....

tomorrow i'm sleeping in!

dear bed,
i know you are missing me and will miss me even more. but be happy for me. i am awake and staying awake and i'm loving it. i will see you soon enough my comfy bed. but not yet. not yet.

talk about frustration!

my blogger has not been working on my computer for about a week. i have tried to post about a million times in the past week without success. i kept seeing errors and then the post would finally show up under may 26th. that's great and everything, but it's JUNE 12!!!

i finally did enough research (which started last week sometime) to realize that it might be my internet browser. i changed to firefox. it worked.

after all of that trouble, i am too tired and annoyed to post anything of great importance. i just wanted you all to know that while you have probably been annoyed to pull up my blog and see the same stupid title of "10 days" at the top, i have been equally annoyed; probably more so because i couldn't do anything about it.

please accept my frustrated apologies. i will post again when i have regained my faith in blogger.

the good news: the "10 days" was about 9 1/2 days ago. i see sarah and ellie tomorrow!!

will this thing work...

that is the question.

10 days

10 days until i make my trip to plano to spend a week with the girls!

i can't wait, sarah and ellie! i hope you're ready for some girl time and fun!

i love you both very much!!!

a new ramirez

crystal, mother of jacob, is pregnant! she has no idea when she is due, but she is pregnant and thrilled. she and jerry are great parents and i love them dearly. they will be moving in to their new house later this year and the baby will come not too long after that! what a perfect way to fill their new home with lovely things!

i can't wait to meet you little ramirez! we love you already!

crystal,
congratulations my friend. i love you dearly and i know that your fantastic motherly ways are only going to multiply with this new little one. i am excited for you to experience all of the wonderful pregnancy things you were missing, once again. enjoy it, my friend! maybe one day you'll be able to say that to me (it'll be a while though)! i love you very much and can't wait to meet that sweet little thing! i love you!

sa, here we come

well, we've finally made the decision which has plauged us for so long.

we're moving.

we have decided that sa is the new place to be and we're putting our house up for sale.

i am a little sad. i don't want to leave my parents and my friends. i have so many friends having babies right now and i will be in a different town for their births. i will be leaving a fantastic job with wonderful, christian people. i will be leaving the home i love so much which i have made with my husband.

however, i will be joining my husband and that makes it all worth it.

we have lived apart for too long and it's our turn to be together. i know there are many changes in our future but they will be changes for the better. i know michael and i will grow closer and learn to depend on each other for everything. we will learn to trust God with each other and take risks together, succeed together and fail together. i am ready for it all.

i am ready for the new life to begin. i am ready to be with my husband for more than just a couple of days a week. i am ready to be with him on a normal basis.

so, let's do it babe! let's make the move and be happy together! i love you!

plus, i've already made everyone promise they will come to sa to see us! ;)