In case you didn't know...

• I love snow-icecream scone-cones with extra cream on top.  But probably haven't had one in 2 years.  I am so ready for the stands to open up-- I am craving one in a big way!
• As ready as I sometimes get to meet our new addition, I already mourn the loss of my pregnant belly. I love being pregnant.  
• I love for my closet to be organized according to sleeve length, and color within that category.  All on white plastic hangers.  Thank you Nana. :)  ...so these tiny farm house closets that we have to work with *kind of* rock my world!  I am far from organized here.
• I listen to the words of every song, and it drives me crazy when my husband doesn't know what a song is about...
• I have to be able to see my food when I eat it.  Lance use to kid me that he was going to buy me a head lamp to eat with... but now I think may have rubbed off on him, I catch him upping the lighting in the room all of the time when he is about to chow down!
• I dread the teenage years.  I know I was mean... and I still have insecurities of my teenage years brought on by "friends".  I don't want my kids to go through that.  But I know it is part of life.
• I hate to be asked what my favorite color is.  I like all colors.  It makes me a little overwhelmed to narrow it down to one.
• I got a phone call from my best friend from high school a week or so ago.  Our lives went very different paths, and we had a bit of a falling out-- but I think about her a lot and was so happy to hear from her.  Though we are still living very different lives, I can not wait until we can meet up and chat.
• I would love to be a surrogate one day... but I doubt my husband will ever get on board
• I love bright flowers.  I wish Lance would understand the concept that a bright, beautiful $5 Albertson's bouquet of mixed, random, bright flowers would bring just as much joy to my heart as some from a florist.  Actually more, because they are cheap!  I never get flowers.
• I would love to be a foster parent... but I know I'm not strong enough for that.  I have seen some horrible stories lately... heart wrenching.
• I love the colors sky blue and red together.  Also school-bus yellow and turquoise. 
• I love artsy- fartsy, fun and fantastic, whimsical photography.  Like this chick's here.  If I'm honest, however, I don't actually read her blog. but I do stop by from time to time to gawk at her artistic eye.  It is amazing!
• I think its okay that I curse and pray.  Not necessarily at the same time.  
• I have some amazing friends.  True.  Good.  People.  I think about them a lot, pray for them randomly and am thankful for them always. 
• I think I get better with age.  I do not think I am beautiful, by any means-- but I feel prettier the older I get. 
• I worry about other people's feelings way too much. 
• I can make friends with a brick wall.  I talk to anyone and everyone.  I think it may be an annoying trait of mine. 
• I have buyers-remorse over every purchase I make.  (including groceries)
• I would never/ have never stiffed a waiter.  No matter how horrible they are.  I have had bad days at work too, and I still hope to get my paycheck for those days too!  
• I am not a milk drinker... however I have thought about investing in a dairy cow during this pregnancy.  I can't get enough of it these days!
• Sometimes I think about things that weren't even necessarily my fault, but hate the way I reacted to it. 
• I have been called a "hippy" twice just recently.  I took it as a compliment.  (whether it was intended that way or not?!)  I like that I beat to my own drum.
• Almost every song I hear brings a memory or person to mind.
• I love my job.
• I will have more babies.  And unless you raise them, or pay for them in any way-- you don't get an opinion on this one.  (Looks like Lance is the only one who gets to speak here!) ;)
• I love music.  But can't sing or play any instrument at all.
• I am not much of a chocolate eater.  I will pick sour-type candy over chocolate any day... however,  I'll pick some whole-hearted-home cooking over sweets any day too.
• I never watch the news.  Therefor I am always completely out of the loop.  I like it that way.
• I turn 27 in 2 weeks,  and Lance turns 30 in just over 3 weeks.  For years, I have wanted to throw him a big to-do for his 30th, planned a big event within my head, I know the details, I tell you... and then Beckham changed things.  I have a feeling this birthday may end up being his least-celebrated yet. 
• It never fails that I get behind a health nut at the grocery store check out line... it always makes me feel a few things.  1. that I need to make more healthier meals for my family.  2.  that I hope she doesn't look in my buggy 3. that I should put the fresh, healthier stuff on the conveyor belt first!
• After reading on a few blogs about the book, Water for Elephants... I bought it.  Hope I can finish it before Beckham arrives.
• I love to dance.  Love it.  (although I would need a breather about 1/2 way through a song right now!)
• I wish I could make a living from planning birthday parties... and wish I had a bigger budget when doing Maddox's.  (although I am super happy with how both of his turned out thus far, on the budget I had)  Thanks to my friend, Kristen, for sharing this blog, I am officially an addict.
• I wish I liked fish.  I want to broaden my pallet, but I am too cheap to go buy a $15 plate at a restaurant that I may or may not like... and I wouldn't dare make it at home. 
• I really want a stamped necklace from Cori Green for my babies.... [hint to my husband!!]
• I wish I were a coupon-er.  I am impressed with these women who get $200 worth of groceries for $40... but dang, that's a lot of work-- and I honestly don't know where to begin.
• I would love to get my lactation certification... I think it would be awesome to be a lactation nurse.
• I have craved a Joe T. Garcia's margarita this entire pregnancy... and I am not a drinker.  My mouth waters at the thought!
• I wish there were no such things as HIPPA laws so I could share some of the calls I get after hours... I guarantee some would drop you jaw.
• I could never be a CPS worker.  The pay is horrible and the stress level is off the chart.  Why are people mean to babies?  God bless those people who take on such a career.
• I LOVE bargains.  I rarely every pay full price for clothes.  I get a rush from the deal!
• Maddox gets funnier and funnier every day.  I really should start a blog full of just his random thoughts, expressions, and one liners. ::Recently when I was complaining about my hips and legs hurting, he said it sounded like a "case of leg-itis" to him.  This morning when "talking" to Lance on his pretend phone, I heard him say, "your job is to get mommy out of the house, my job is to make her a fancy meal.  If I can get Beckham out of mommy's tummy-- he can be in charge of the eggs!"
• I have somehow slipped through another pregnancy without a stretch mark... (if one pops up in the next 2 weeks I will eat these words!)
• I dream about the next date night I can have with my husband... maybe dinner on a patio and a concert.  It'll be a while, but it never hurts to dream.
• Lance is eligible for 12 weeks of paid paternity leave!!  (well he has enough comp-time to cover it, therefor it will be paid) but 12 weeks!!  Isn't that nuts?!  He is planning on taking 3 or 4.
• I love rainy days with no agenda.  Blinds open, blanket in my lap, book in my hand.
• I hate doing laundry.  It is my absolute least favorite chore.  My front-loading washer/ dryer made it a bit more fun for about a minute.  I am over it again.
• I always explain to Maddox why he is in trouble and I try and apologize to him when I am out of line, because I think he is a lot like me.  "Because I said so" was never enough for me either and I think its good for him to realize that Lance and I make mistakes too. 
• I believe in miracles.
• It is almost summer!!  ...And I live 5 minutes from my SIL and her 2 kids.  I see lots of days in Pam's pool, splashing in the sprinkler, zoo and other fun ahead for us!  ...Just wish there were a vacation to the beach in that equation!
• I love chocolate dipped strawberries.  And chocolate dipped bananas.  Actually I got a fruit bouquet once an it was amazing.  I'd like another of those please! ;)
• Maddox tells us he loves us well over 100 times a day.  It is a daily discussion between Lance and I, wondering if we say it to him in over-drive also and he just mimics us... or he honestly feels that emotions and has to express his feelings?!  He sometimes says, "momma, I love you again." 
• I kind of want an Ipad.  Kind of, because I don't want to spend the money on one.  If they were free, I would definitely want one!
• I love to laugh.  Until my stomach hurts.  It may be my favorite hobby.
• I am an open book.  Always.  Take it or leave it.  It is what it is.
• I hate to be scared.  I don't watch scary movies, I don't do ghost crap, I can't even listen to the music to Law and Order... I hate being scared.
• Maddox calls the zoo the "zoom" and I never correct him.  He will figure out, soon enough, that he is saying it wrong, and it will be just another one of those baby-ish thing that fades before my eyes.
• I love the song "I Know You Can Hear Me" by Radney Foster.  Instant tears.
• And I think the lyrics to Joey + Rory "That's important to me" describe my feelings about life.  (Although I honestly don't care for the song all that much)
• I hate when people say, "Maddox looks just like you"... it makes me feel awkward because I wish he looked more like Lance, and my first feeling is that they are being mean.  But I also think God works in funny ways by letting me see beauty in things that I always saw ugly about myself, because I think my biscuit is one handsome boy, but I too can see myself all over him. 
• I love the smell of bleach.
• My boobies are kind of mammoth right now.  I dig.  Give them time, they'll sputter out again.
• I wish I weren't a worrier, such a planner, a control-freak, and so ridiculously TYPE A.  But I am.
• My aunt Missy randomly sends me texts (every few months or so) that she is thinking about me or praying for me.  It almost always comes at a time that I need a pat on my back, and I love her for that.
• Big Train Chocolate Chai is my favorite hot drink.
• I change my hair a lot.  I have made myself a deal that I will not cut it off until after summer.  And my hairdresser has strict instructions not to listen to me if I tell her I have changed my mind.
• I like to keep my TV on GAC when I am here during the day, especially when I am cleaning.  Maddox likes Nick Jr.  He trumps me a lot. 
• I have a good husband.  He's a man.... but he's still good!  ;)
• There are lots of things I'd like to have... but I'm rather content with what I've got.  My cup runneth over.