19 Excited, Screaming Girls & 4 confused boys.

19 Excited, screaming girls....

and 4 confused boys.

That's what I had at my house on Friday night! No, it wasn't a summer clearance sale, a riot or even a fire.

It was a pre-teen Halloween Party for My Children! My 3 Middle-Schoolers had their friends over to Paarrrtaaay! Much to our surprise, they invited alot of kids... that wasn't the surprise, it was that they all, and then some, showed up!

My poor 1st grader had invited one little boy he goes to school with, who came and went quickly as he wasn't feeling good. This left Him and His Brother, who is only a year younger, as the only 2 self propeled males in this estrogen feuled crowd of make-up, giggles and screams! My 18 year old quickly locked himself away from this crowd. I cannot say I blame him, about mid-swing, I was wishing I had an escape route! Once the little ones all ate and had some cupcakes, I shuttled them upstairs with a movie and some treats to enjoy for their mini version of a halloween party.

Gabryel, however, was quite the ladies man. He went from one set of arms to another, flashing big toothless smiles and squeels almost as loud as these girls emit. - Unless they hear their "favorite song" to which we have discovered that their "favorite song" is not one song. It is, apparently, the phraze a teen says to any song that has a beat and is well liked by other teens that they will all attempt to dance - or was that a spasm? - to. I haven't moved liked that since that time I was struck by lightning. Those were my thoughts. (No, I"m not kidding, I was struck by lightning - it still seems alot less painless than getting through a pre-teen party)

No, I don't remember being that age either. I think, I was always a Mom. Wait, It's because I was always a Mom! I have been "Mom" since I was 17. that was 19 years ago. I have now been a Mom, longer than I have been anything else. I have been a Mom, longer than I have been "Me".

I wish I could collect a pension for being Mom, I almost have my 20 in! What does a Mom do after 20+ years of being Mom, knowing she is about to become Mom again and for at least another 18 years, she will have a "baby" at home? I will probably never have to find out. I am sure, somewhere along the way, I will again transform into a higher being... called a "Grandmother". Then, in this more matriarchal role, I will be doing all the "Mom" things, with more rank. Ha, and Kevin thought he'd pick up "Officer" before me. Well, he still might. Doesn't look like I will be gaining that "Grand" title anytime soon.

I do like the fact that with the title of "Grandma" you almost have a "Do anything you want" pass. I can feed that set of little ones messy foods, I can crack them out on sugar, I can buy them toys that make noises that will make the dog howl. I can give them glue, permanent markers, popsicles and gum. And I can get away with it all. I won't even have to clean up the mess it will produce!! Better yet, I can have these little children at my house and load them up with sugar, presents and crap.... and send them home! Being the Grandma is good. Now, I can't wait.

Being a Grandma, is payback. I have now figured out the meaning of life. If I keel over tomorrow, you all know what it is! ;)

Our first night away from each other...

courtesy of the U.S.Army.

Kevin left me late this afternoon to Harrisburg, he is being put up in a very nice hotel so he can be at MEPS in the morning at 4am.

This is where he will be doing his physical, haggling over his MOS (He wants Finance and Accounting) and etc before he officially signs his name on the dotted line and his life becomes the U.S. Army's and no longer his own.

*sigh*

This is the first step... besides the one where he contacted the recruiter and began the journey, I guess you could say this is where the journey becomes "official".

After he does this visit to MEPS, he will wait about 10 days or so and he will go back to MEPS. He will then sign the official contract and then leave immediately to AIT school. - That will be about 8 weeks long.

Since we have the Holidays coming up, Kevin will get to come home for Christmas and then go back and finish before coming home on leave. Then we go to his first duty station.
That will be a hectic time. We will have to get the movers and all else to move us to his duty station. The car and Momzilla shipped, etc.

At least Kevin will be home with us again. For how long, who knows? But, we will appreciate and cherish every day we get together. Hopefully, he will be there when the new baby makes his way into the world. Hopefully, We make it to May before that happens!


I am glad we went to the Borough Days here the last weekend in Sept. It was a local street festival and Kevin and I took the little ones just to putz around and get out of the house. We happened to stop at an ATM where a photographer was taking pictures for people. $23.00 later, we signed up and took a nice fall picture.


So, he will at least get to take this with him when he leaves for AIT.
I will miss him so much. I miss him now, but I know this is only one night. I don't know how "well" I will be when I know he will be leaving for 8 weeks.

I guess we will see then.

Many prayers and tears will my pillow see during that time.

God Bless My Soldier and My Family.

"Everything was normal, except....

your HCG level, it was 972. You're pregnant."

This is what the nurse said to me on the phone on 9/20. Quite stagnant and flat, mind you. In that, "Well, your pregnant again" kind of way.... I'm sure you know what I mean, I could almost hear her eyes rolling through the phone. And sadly, I got a little kick out of it. Maybe I should play along...

-"Oh No! I'm pregnant!!! Oh My God! I can't believe it!" - long pause... then I say,

-"Can I ask you a question?"

The nurse bringing herself back from a blank, wide eyed stare and probably thinking, "oh no, what do I say?"...

-"Um, sure??"

-"Why is it that you say it like that... you know, "Oh, all your tests were fine but your pregnancy test", Being pregnant is not a disease, not a horrible illness or even some awful virus I have just come down with. It's a baby. Something totally welcomed, yes, sometimes a surprise, but something loved and in my case, exciting! So why is it you say it like that?"

She umms and uhh's and then composes her half baked answer;

-"Oh, it's not meant like anything really, just that the normal result for a pregnancy hcg would be negative I suppose, so when you get a positive result, I would guess it's not normal?"

She says this, now, almost like she's asking me! LOL

-"Oh, ok, well, thank you, and we are very happy!"

So I hang up, I'll bet she remembers this phone call, and I'm sure somewhere in my medical record is a lil note from the nurse on what a witch I am. Good, maybe they will understand my point of view on pregnancy and the next time they have to run an HCG, I will get a nice phone call with an actual "Congratulations!" from the nurse on the line instead of someone giving me the news like I've just acquired anthrax.

So here I am, a diseased woman carrying... a baby!

YAY!!!!! Congratulations to us!

Yes, a surprise, but loved and wanted nonetheless. We should be due around May 23rd, 2008

My first OB appt is on Oct. 15th with the wonderful high-risk Dr's in Hershey.

I will keep everyone posted and post pics as we go along!

My very first, non belly, pic for this pregnancy! lol

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On the other family news front, Kevin will be leaving in about 3 weeks, he will be starting our new Army life off at AIT for about 8 weeks. We will get him home for Christmas as school will be closed for the holidays, so we have him to look forward to even though we have to miss him for Thanksgiving.

I can honestly say I know what I am thankful for this Thanksgiving...

I am Thankful for Kevin and My Family. They are all making sacrifices, big and small, to have our family grow, succeed and move towards a good future. Kevin's sacrifice for us makes me grateful to him every day. The kids pulling together for us all to move to begin our new Life, is another blessing I am thankful for.

Thank God, for family, eh?

So, this morning, we celebrated the news that Kevin leaves us soon with a huge breakfast, it was an all out spread! We had 3 kinds of pancakes - chocolate chip, blueberry and buttermilk, a tray of sausage, a tray of bacon, scrambled eggs and toast, on the side, whipped cream and fresh strawberries. We said a prayer and gave God so much thanks, for everything. Then we chowed down!!