little ledford update

Ok... well, this is the third try in writing a post on here tonight. My computer keeps shutting down for no apparent reason and I forget to save as I go along, so each post is getting shorter and shorter as I lose my patience in having to start all over. It is difficult enough to find the time to sit down and write at all! :)

Not a whole lot of news at the Ledford house, just a few little things. For one, my hair is all of a sudden falling out! Not just a little, either... but enough to where I went and got my blood tested this week to see if they can come up with some kind of solution before I go completely bald! I started training this week for a triathlon, which has been really exciting. It's August 16th, so I have a little bit of time. It's a 400m swim, 15 mile bike and 5K race. It's nice to have something else to work on besides running.

Maggie and Caleb are as sweet as ever. I wish I could somehow record Maggie's precious little voice and expressions and post them on here. She is the most thoughtful little girl... We talk to each other all the time, and I wish I could remember all the details of our little conversations... I love the things she says. She asks lots of questions, and she has her own ideas about everything. She is very into princesses these days. I'm not sure how she really found out about them, but she sure knows all their names and stories. Her favorite is Cinderella, so she talks alot about castles, princes, getting married, wedding dresses, living happily ever after, etc. She especially likes how the prince takes care of the princess.

Here are a few sweet conversations we've had lately...

Today...
Julie- "Maggie, do you want me to have another baby in my tummy?" (note: I'm not pregnant... I just wondered what she would think about it)
Maggie- "No."
Julie- "Would you like to have two baby brothers?"
Maggie- "No."
Julie- "But it would be a tiny baby and you could wrap it up and hold it in a tiny little blanket!"
Maggie- (excited) "It could COME OUT of your tummy!?!?"
Julie- "Yeah, you could hold the baby."
Maggie- "Mama, then you would have THREE babies!"
(then, as Caleb crawls all over us, getting in her way and trying to push her around) "No.. we already have Caleb."

Last week, in the car...

Maggie- "Mama, is Daddy the boss?"
Julie- "Yeah, Daddy is the boss of Mama, Maggie and Caleb."
Maggie- "Is Daddy your king?"
Julie- "Umm, no, not really"
Maggie- "Is he your prince?"
Julie- "Umm, yeah, he's my prince."
Maggie- "Cody (her uncle) is my prince. He danced with me".

My parents are coming back to the US for a short visit in a few weeks. We can hardly wait to see them! We'll probably go to Charleston for a few days to spend some time with them while they're here.

Caleb is finally starting to talk some... he says bye bye, mama, uh-oh, please, thank you, banana, and nana. He runs around the house looking for excitement and begs to go outside and play. He is all of a sudden a chunky little boy and weighs about a pound less than Maggie does. I'll write more about that little wild man later.