Day 236 Jun.10 2011

i will probably never be able to express how astronomically great it is to have my cousin and his family only 2 hours away.  moving to louisiana was a big step for me.  before this move, i'd never been that far from home for an indefinite period.  but to get out of the little hole we call home for a weekend, or have someone who is always willing to take marvin when we want to vacation, or have them come visit us...it really truly has been life saving.  it's so cliché to say, but i don't know what i would have done otherwise.  i probably wouldn't be able to so easily call fort polk home, like i do now. 

my favorite part about rivet visits now, is having addison around.  all my friends are now pregnant and i've got the fever all over again.  just hearing her cry gets me my baby fix-in a good way.  call me crazy, but i miss that little helpless cry (compared to the "i'm just making loud sounds because i can" cry).  caitlin isn't sure what to do with addy (is this how we're spelling the nickname, M&M?) quite yet.  cate will bring whomever is holding addison a pacifier or something soft when she is crying-it's sweet. 

it's a hard can of worms to open-more children.  bug is getting so independent now, and i can only see our adult freedom increasing in the future.  but adding an infant to the mix obviously changes all of that...

decisions, decisions...:)