Least prolific blogger award

forgot i have a blog.

visited it today - nice to reminisce and see how much has changed over time, and how little has changed.

littlebean sits through meals now but still makes a nightly move to mommy & daddy's bed.  still burrows & cuddles as much as she can.

bean is practically grown up at 7 but we have to keep reminding ourselves that despite her composure, maturity and self-restraint, she's still a kid.  a smart, wise, patient & lovely kid but still a kid nonetheless, membership in the club of childhood still intact.

beanmom now sings in a small touring opera company; will be in her first short film (student production) and her first feature-length indie film is set to shoot this summer.  i'm embroiled in the same boring mental struggle as every actor before me (do i join the union?  now?  wait a bit?  am i ready?  will all the work go away?  is it time to change agents?  stay put?)  

just grateful that everyone is healthy at the moment. we are all finding things to do that we enjoy each day and spending time together every day in some way.  i'm liking who the beans are turning out to be and hoping that these days of wonder last and last and last.

second time around

this is my inaugural post! i should be writing christmas cards (less than a week to go!) but i really wanted to get this started...

we're expecting our second child - a sister for our first daughter, the bean. when i stop to think about it, it is very exciting, but mostly i'm just feeling tired. and i'm tired of saying that i'm tired. i remember feeling awesome when i was at this point in my pregnancy with the bean (2nd trimester), but that surge of energy and feeling normal again has eluded me to this point. still, feeling very grateful not to have had morning-sickness with either pregnancy.

what's a bit troublesome with this one, though, is that my voice has been affected. i'm a singer and the last time, i could sing just fine throughout the whole pregnancy. my singing is okay, but i've had quite a bit of pain in my vocal cords when speaking and sometime when singing if i don't concentrate on my technique. HUGE relief, though, the other day when an ENT checked & said that my cords were "pristine" - the pain is from a lack of support when speaking/incomplete vocal fold closure and apparently there's nothing to be done, except to birth the child. 2 1/2 months to go...

so now that i've started my blog, it's time to stop for now. do wish to scribble a few notes before heading out to a christmas party with the family. really looking forward to the party - friends have arranged a horse-drawn wagon to take a big group of us around the neighbourhood while singing carols. how christmasy & awesome is that?

much more - and baby - to come...