a little of this...a little of that

*guess who is winning her bracket for the ncaa men's basketball championship? this girl right here! i actually picked the final two teams that are in the tourney-now if only north carolina can pull out the win. then i will be the envy of my husband and all those other men who picked based on knowledge rather than intuition...;)

*over the weekend, we celebrated ryan's grandma's 93rd birthday! nearly the whole family made it in to town for the party and we all went to eat together at a japanese steakhouse. it's always so neat watching them cook your food right in front of you, but i usually end up feeling bad for the cooks who get an older group like ours. they do all these tricks and things to wow their audiences, which works the first time or two you go...but after that, other things become more entertaining and they are left in the dust with their neat little tricks. i think it's always more fun to get a table full of kids-they always are into it! and they are fun to watch as they watch the meal being prepared.

*i feel like the pressure is still on for having this little one. i almost dreaded going to church yesterday because i could hear the questions that ryan and i inevitably got.. "you haven't had that baby yet?" "when is he supposed to be here again?" "you haven't had that baby yet?!" we did get a ton of those questions, but i know it's only because everyone is so excited to finally meet noah (as are we). all the same, as jodi was telling me the other day, "it's not like i'm holding him hostage in here or anything!"

*my little 2 year old cousin(in law) crawled up to sit with me yesterday. he, like most little boys his age, has the tendancy to hit a little, and he kept trying to hit my tummy...which i'm sure looked quite enticing to him-this big round thing poking out, "is that a ball??" anyway, i kept saying, "no buddy, don't hit. there's a baby in there, you have to be gentle." at first, his eyes lit up and he questioned, "baby??" i tried to explain, "yes, a little baby that hasn't been born just yet..." but he just didn't quite get it. he kept trying to pull my shirt up a little so he could see the baby. it was so adorable!