Random Thoughts

I just have some random thoughts today...

1. I am getting great at typing one-handed.
2. Brady had his first real tear today.  It slid down his cheek and was so cute! 
3. I filed / clipped his nails last night.  This was the first time I was able to actually clip them.  It was scary, but he was sound asleep.
4. Brady has outgrown his newborn clothes.  :(  And yet the 0-3 months is still too big.....
5. I received my HR papers from Principal.  My first day back to work will be March 4th.  I know this seems like a long ways away yet, but to me it doesn't.  I realize how lucky I am to have FMLA and to be able to stay home for 12 weeks, but it literally breaks my heart to think about going back to work.  I don't want to leave Brady.  His daycare place is great, but I'm not naive - I know he will be spending time just sitting (actually he cries) in his bouncy seat.  I will NOT be paying the fee to view his room over the web.  That will just be too much for me to see him just sitting there.  Plus, I have been informed of some changes on my team again, so between these staffing changes and part of my job already being outsourced, I don't look forward going back to my job.  My dream is to be a stay at home mommy.
6. Being home all day has brought about a few new addictions for me - Dt. Mountain Dew & The Young and the Restless. 
7. Chris and I are headed to KC in March.  Dave Ramsey (who created the Financial Peace University) is speaking there.  We have tickets and will be going for the weekend.  I hope to line up our hotel soon although I am not familiar with KC at all.  Dave Ramsey (not my uncle Dave Ramsey- ha ha) is on my list of speakers I would like to hear sometime in my lifetime, so I am really excited about this trip.  Chris, not so much, although I know he is looking forward to getting away.
8. Chris and I have not vacationed since March of 2009.  We went to Vegas for our 30th birthdays.  That was almost two years ago - which is way too long to go without a vacation.
9. Speaking of vacations, our friend Jacque mentioned a couples trip with our group of friends to an all inclusive resort within the next couple of years.  We are in!!!  I hope she was serious!!!
10. I plan on moving this year.  I hope Chris is listening to me when I mention it to him and doesn't pull the "selective hearing" on me.  I don't want a bigger house, just a better built house.  I want a ranch style house with a three car or extended garage.  It would have to have quality windows and insulation.  And a mud room and pantry would be wonderful.  I would never recommend to anyone buying a cookie cutter house.  They are built very cheaply.  I know my parents tried to warn me when we bought this house, but I was young and dumb and just wanted a house.  :)  Lesson learned!!!
11. My college friends are throwing my baby shower this weekend.  I am so excited!  We have a few friends who live out of town, so it's our tradition to have the shower after the baby is born so everyone can see him.  I think that they are wonderful for doing this for me and I really appreciate those that drive all the way back home just for this.  That means a lot to me!!!