Here is a picture of our cake from the soccer party last night. Pretty rockin’ huh? The kids and the parents got a big kick out of it and I’m glad we did it. I had to give a speech to give the coaches their gifts and I actually LIVED THROUGH IT. Of course, I totally tried to cut the cake before the OTHER coach was done talking, but I guess that’s better than me collapsing to the floor in a fetal position crying.

Here is the coach giving LilZ his medal. He also said a few words about the mad skillz I possessed at being the Team Mom. Well, he didn’t use the words “Mad Team-Momming Skillz” or anything, but I knew that’s what he meant. English is his second language so the hip slang isn’t something he uses a lot. But trust me, he WOULD have, had he known it.

He also took a moment to thank MrZ for being the unofficial Lineman/Line Ref for the season. It was just something he assumed MrZoot would do every game, which was fine by MrZ. Since he played soccer in college, he also provided some officiating input when we were lacking official refs (which was almost every game). So - we ALL go honored last night - we’re totally cool.

Here are some pictures of some novel “firsts” as homeowners.

1. LilZoot doing his first task, taking down the sign on our closet door that pointed out the “bonus feature” of the light turning off when you close the door.
2. MrZoot’s first time looking cute and adorable in our bedroom.
3. MrZoot’s first home repair. He was changing the door hinge so it wouldn’t spring shut and lock the animals in the bedroom.
4. The FIRST thing I unpacked into our new house: LilZoot’s most prized posession - his Great-Grandmother’s handmade quilt. He’s VERY proud of it. As he should be.

These are the items I bought today to commemorate the official start of my second trimester. It was VERY tough to decide what to buy because the voices in my head kept telling me I was jinxing the pregnancy. I came home and IMMEDIATELY checked for the heartbeat! (It was there).

Tonight is our soccer party and my official last job as Team Mom for this soccer season. I think I’ve done a pretty damn good job considered I’m terrified of other grown-ups. We ordered the boys medals since they got trophies in the Fall. LilZ was bummed that they wouldn’t be able to squeeze the team name on the medals, so I ordered a sheet cake with their name on THAT.

I can’t even BEGIN to describe the weird looks I got for ordering a cake that says “Way To Go, Flying Chipmunks of Doom!”

Of course - it only took the phrase - “It’s a team of 10-year-old boys…” to make it all make perfect sense in the decorators mind.

Did you see? There is now a pregnancy category. It’s not a very brave one - but it’s there. Because today? By ALL calendars? I’m officially into my second trimester. The chances that I end up with a baby in six months are actually getting better. Of course, not that I’ve changed my attitude much. I still can’t SEE myself still pregnant in five months, much less with a BABY in six. This has all been such a bizarre experience because you NEED to prepare both mentally and physically for a baby. You know, buy a crib, read a baby book, paint a room, SOMETHING. Yet, I can’t bring myself to even THINK about doing any of that stuff, much less actually DO it.

But today? I’m going to buy something. I don’t know what - but it’s going to be something cute and soft. And possibly one pink version and one blue.

Thank you SO much for seeing me this far. You all will NEVER truly understand how your presence and your prayers/rituals/sacrifices have helped me through what has been one of the toughest three months of my life. (The only tougher? 10/25/00 - 1/25/00 In case you were wondering.) My life has been crazy as of late - I haven’t been able to reply to all of your comments. Hell - I can’t even READ them until days later sometimes. But know that you are all in my heart.

Holy shit. The second trimester sure does make a girl sappy, doesnt it?

Thanks to Misssw and Mrs. Crumley for alerting me to my site being down. The rest of you are totally fired.

Evidently the server that my blog is hosted on, does NOT like MacGyver. That last entry caused all sorts of pandemonium that they are evidently “still working on.” I tell you, even when they are having problems, Total Choice still rocks in every way. They are so quick to help and very nice about everything. I love them.

Even if it looks like they are doing work for…um…crap, that guy, MacGyver’s sworn enemy who has the same name as the guy from A-Team. MrZ? Help a girl out? What’s his name?

(My site is going to totally crash again, isn’t it?)