A really random post

It’s been very eventful since we returned from vacation. First, I don’t really feel like getting into it a lot but after an hour of severe abdominal pains yesterday I ended up in the ER. They didn’t find anything which is what I was afraid would happen. I guess that’s the one thing that I should have not been afraid of. But really, it’s no fun to spend 3 hours and make your husband spend 3 hours at the hospital and pay $100 for nothing. But the pain was so bad! I started thinking I was going to be one of those women who suddenly has a baby and they didn’t even know they were pregnant. But really, my belly is not quite THAT big. We’re blaming the flu. Anyway …

We bought a Nintendo Wii a few nights ago and we’re really excited about it! We played a long time ago at a friend’s house when they first came out and it was really fun. But $300, geez. They probably were even more then. And I’m really not an electronic game player. But then we played again at my SIL Tami’s house over the Fourth. And it was so fun. And what’s really cool is that the 60-year-olds played, the 20- and 30-year-olds played, the teens played and even 3-year-old Rylan can play a little.

So we found several reasons to justify why we deserved one.

1. We never go out. Hardly ever. This will give us something to do other than just sit and watch TV or a movie.

2. We just got our economic stimulus check, and hello, we’re trying to help stimulate this economy!

3. It’s good exercise. Maybe true athletes will scoff at this, and I’m a little embarrassed to say it, but I’m sore from our two hours of tennis/bowling/golf/baseball we played the other day.

4. Fun for the whole family. Like I said, all ages like it. We’ll see when everyone comes over this weekend…

Then last night I talked to a dear friend I’ve worked with at two different newspapers and with her husband as well, and she informed me she is 5 months pregnant. I am sooo happy for them. She is one of the nicest people on earth and is going to be such a sweet mom. It was so fun to hear all about her pregnancy so far. That was such an exciting time.

And completely unrelated but really cute, here are some photos of Ella playing peekaboo behind Max – who is not amused.