..and summer is HERE!!

this has been a pretty good summer so far. i've definitely been enjoying having the time off. during the school year, i normally take judah into daycare around 6:30-7, then walk to school, come back in at 1 to work till 5 or so. but summer has allowed me to have some more time for me. it's wonderful. i don't really sleep in (thank you judah :) ) anymore, but i think if i slept in till 11 everyday, i would go crazy because the day would go by super fast. but i've been working different hours from week to week, and it's nice not doing the normal everyday thing i've been used to for the past seven months or so. sometimes i'll take judah in in the morning and then go home to get some things done. You would think a one year old wouldn't be so destructive, but he is. he is a walking TORNADO!!! if he's home with me when i'm trying to clean up, it's like i'll clean something, i'll turn around and it's either on the floor again, or it has fingerprints all over it. i think our tv is always covered with them. and he always tries to put the dvds in the dvd player for us. which doesn't usually end well, because we tell him "no" and he starts crying or throwing a tantrum. which is another thing...i did NOT know one year olds were so difficult. if they say it's the "terrible twos", then i'm screwed, because judah's definitely having some VERY terrible "ones." he'll just scream for no reason, get mad and try to throw things, and just pout on the floor. he's not alone, though, because all of his little friends at daycare do the same thing. it must just be one of those things that happens when you turn one. you immediately turn into a brat, want mommy ALLLL the time, are a picky eater, and so many other things. ugh. but i love him. SO MUCH!! and i'm glad i get to be with him a little more over the summer.

we have pretty much already had our summer vacation--the cruise--it was really fun, but i wish i had been feeling better so that we could have done more. allen and i would go watch the people in the dance club and laugh because sadly, there are some people out there that are horrible. and yes, we got joy out of their "talent." we got to go to st. thomas and st. maarten, both of which are beautiful! st. thomas was more Americanized, but so beautiful! i wish we'd gotten to go to the beach. we were just all so tired, and i was sick..it was a miserable day, but beautiful! st. maarten was so relaxing...a little more run down (as we had to drive to the other side of the island), but once we got to Orient beach, it was so worth it. quiet, relaxing....i could have sat there ALLday long under my umbrella watching the ocean and all of the people. oh yeah, and we didn't know it was a nude beach, either. so i saw a really old OLD guy in some dental floss (aka...thong). YUCK! but it was really funny...that was the only "nude" person we saw, thank goodness...but yeah, i don't know if there are any more vacations planned. i hope we can make it down to SC to see our families a couple times, even if it's just over the weekend. i miss them so much!

other than that, we've not been doing anything exciting. we did have a great servant saturday this past weekend for the Bridge. the guys mowed lawns and helped people move while the girls took cookies and brownies to our local cops and firefighters. judah even got his own little fire hat. it was really fun though, and the people seemed so appreciative. i also got to go to deidre's baby shower, which was so much fun! she looked beautiful and she got so much stuff for adelina--i was so happy for her..i'm just ready to see that little girl already!

well, i'm gonna have to run. gotta go get judah's 15 month shots, and maybe a baby date with marley later!! :)