Yesterday

Had doctor's appt yesterday and everything seems fine with the baby. I heard the heartbeat after a brief time of searching around and Jesse watched it all with mild interest. He goes to all of my appointments with me while Joel is in preschool and he is always so good. It's really such a blessing because I had many nightmare OB appointments with Joel while I was pregnant with Jesse. Just another example of how they are two really different kids.

Yesterday when I picked Joel up from preschool his teacher told me that he was painting at the art easel and then stepped back to admire his work and said, "Oh, that picture is so beautiful!" They were all laughing because he says it with such earnestness. Joel makes the best facial expressions and I am forever trying to catch them on camera. We would probably have more luck with the video camera but he usually freezes up when he sees it. I'm going to keep trying though because I never want to forget them!

He was in his bed yesterday during "rest" time (a very loose term now) and I heard him singing Happy Birthday to a made up person and he sang it 18 times in a row. He'd say, "Meme is 26, let's sing happy birthday to her. Are you ready?" Then he would commence and start over again at the end, changing her new age to 27 etc... It was quite amusing. That kid really has some perseverance when he wants to.

The boys are spending the night with Nana and Papa and Zac and I are going out for dessert after he gets done with work late tonight. Ah, the blessed anticipation of being able to sleep in tomorrow (which these days is considered anything after 7:15).