wow!

isn't it amazing how other peoples pregnancies just fly by ? ;p

why are they inducing you before your due date? are you ok? just anxious to deliver or are you having complications?

i am excited for you! hard to believe another southern belle is almost upon us. wilder is looking forward to meeting her. he is pretty certain she's gonna be a stone cold fox, just like her mama.

speaking of Wilder, he is a mad monkey. WALKING! started taking a free standing step or two a week before he turned 9 months. now he does 4 or 5 steps, then squats down to get his balance and STANDS BACK UP with no hands. seriously. like an old school soviet weight lifter squatting in the olympics, back in the good old days of horse steroids ;p

Ava has now lost both lower incisors and her top left incisor. She looks like a jack o lantern. Or, a backwoods new hampshire gal ... hehe. Her bottom adult teeth are coming in, one straight and one at (i kid you not) a 45 degree angle. Matt was like "uh, MaryStarr, can you say ORTHODONTIST?". crap. not just for the few thousand bucks it will cost us but also because I dont WANT her to have braces. they hurt and people tease you. and people teasing Ava would hurt me. i am hoping they are not so bad now. any thoughts?

sorry i have been so irregular around here. Life has been so crazy this year for me, between Matt being so stresed and depressed at work and having Wilder and then having to wage a political campaign to save Ava's school I have barely kept my head above water. but i miss you all and love you and really, really want to keep our group in touch. Maybe we can all find our way back to writing more often soon...

xoxoxoxox

MaryStarr