Dear Journal

This baby is almost here, and before life starts revolving around him I wanted to write down some things about Andi and Sammy before I forget.
Sammy has really become a little boy in the last few months. He talks constantly, and is in the "what's this do? Why?" phase of life. The fun part is that when I answer his question he likes to contradict me. He would seriously argue with me that he was ever born just to be contrary. Andi can't say anything without him immediately responding "No it doesn't." or saying the complete opposite of what she just said. It makes her crazy. She was actually almost in tears the other day thinking about how Sammy is going to teach Peter to be a stinky little boy and how she'll be out numbered and pestered all the time. It's funny how quickly reality hit her and how she's not super excited about this baby anymore. Speaking of stinky little boys, did you know that toilet humor is just part of male brain programming? I have always thought that it was more of a learned behavior, but it's not. Sammy is just gross and no one had to teach him to be that way. He loves to announce "I tooted!" even in public and then laugh about it. The other day I heard him giggle in the front room followed by "Andi, I tooted, smell it." Seriously!? On a sweeter note, he could not be more excited for Peter to get here. He's always holding my belly trying to feel peter, and talking to him, and asking if he's big enough to come out now. I think he is, but I'm still pregnant, so what do i know?! Although, then the slightly creepy comes out: Sammy walked up to me a few days ago with a pen and told me he was going to poke a hole in my tummy so Peter could come out and play. That's when you take the pen from him, and walk away backwards keeping a close eye on him the rest of the day.
Andi has really grown up this summer. We came up with a summer schedule for her that includes chores and activities and she has to have them done before she gets to play with friends. She now get's up in the morning get's herself dressed and fed(and a lot of the time get's Sammy dressed and fed too). She cleans her room, including making the bed, and either cleans her bathroom or loads breakfast dishes. Not bad for a 6 year old. She is doing summer dance this year and loves it. Cathy really pushes them in the summer ballet and she is making so much progress. And since it's challenging she is dancing around the house practicing all the time. Life is going to change for these two pretty shortly, so we'll see how they adjust!