Brennon woke up today at 5:30 and didn't feel like going back to sleep--which is always a good time. He is growing and changing right before my eyes, so I am glad I can spend the summer taking care of him. He seems to be sicker during this time, too.

Brennon is wanting to pull up now--and as a result we are practicing walking around. He is becoming more adventurous around the furniture and cabinets and so I watch him very closely. He apparently wants to explore the world outside of his bedroom which means each time I put him in there with all his toys...he wants to crawl right back out the door. I took him to Brian's moms place for lunch and he was a little center of attention. As soon as we sat down several residents asked about him. One resident got a little choked up thinking about his own kids when they were that age. So Brennon ate his gerber food and looked happily around with minimum fuss. He was complimented on how neatly he ate his food (he doesn't dribble much) and how happy and cute he was. Linda proudly shared tidbits about him and Brian when he was a little guy and starting to get into computers. Brennon certainly gets his share of attention so I hope he doesn't get a superiority complex from it. I believe he senses when he gets attention and shows out a little bit. I noticed that he was getting more precocious and behaving in a way that he doesn't usually at home.

Last week I embarked on the adventure that is vacation bible school. Our theme was treasure island and it was a heck of a lot of work. The church we attend is like its own business entity replete with a K-12 school, full library, 2 gift stores, cafeteria, small chapel, 1 band, 1 orchestra, choir, special needs wing, football field, baseball field, pregnancy center, fitness center, basketball court, soccer field, softball field and of course a Starbucks. To say that this place has it all is a major understatement.

I was thinking (as I was so dumbly letting my email be used a hacker portal) that why aren't more housewives' hackers? If these idiots were smart, they would use all of us housewives at home all across the world to do their dirty work for them. Or I have a better idea... give us the skills (and access) to monitor and message boards, company emails, and websites for potential problems. I mean practically all of us are on the internet for at least an hour at a time anyway---why not use us all around the world for an hour at a time to patrol--I mean even if we got compensated just a little--a little is better than nothing at all. Of course all that other access stuff could be worked out, but I think it is a matter of utilizing resources for practically little cost. Or we could be used to do mundane things like send out schedule notices, update others' blogs, or just insert repetitive pieces of code (for older stuff). I mean how many menial tasks are there that could just be outsourced to us housewives? Well enough about that -I'm digressing. I think I'll go vacuum and take out the trash...

I am currently watching my little 'daytime' soap called baby story. I actually have a history with baby story since college. Now when I watch, I can relive memories from nine months ago. Its crazy to think that from the time Brennon was born until now - was how long I was pregnant with him. Wow that is a LONG time, but it feels like just a sliver of time.

Well Brennon's teeth are coming in a big way. Two on bottom and one peeking in on top. He has a habit now of waking up at around 5ish and not going back down until a small dose of Tylenol and about 2 hours. He doesn't cry all day-but he whimpers more. I was supposed to attend a playgroup today (never done that) but I figured since I was still tired and B. was still congested and coughing AND has a heat rash all over his face - they may not let me bring him back. So I will attend the next one.

Yesterday I commented on facebook that I was thankful for the pool, since it is blistering hot already. Others have the same idea, since we have some friends swimming in the pool right now as I am typing. That's fine with me (us)-since it's essentially a 'community' pool. Its just too hot right now to let the pool go unused for even a day. I told my friend that if she wants to bring her neighbor and kids over that the gate will be open. It will be funny one day when I come home from work and find a raging party out back without my knowledge.

I am now counting down the hours until my final day with the kids is over. The last day of school for me (as a teacher) has always been like Christmas Eve. My first year of teaching I woke up very early that morning in anticipation for the last day. It was a long and grueling year-and I was very glad for it to be through. Now that I have been 'broken in' by my new position I am happy for the summer to begin.
I am also another year wiser, and I mentioned to my coworker that my thirties have been great so far. They say thirty is the new twenty-and I would have to agree that I am more content at thirtysomething than I ever was at twentysomething. Having a family bond is so uniquely special-that I can't quite describe its complexity. Now I know that the future will have some challenges for me, but that is life. I just know that at the tender age of 32 that the journey is getting better every year. Wow if it is like this now-I'll bet 40 will be awesome :)