saint patrick's day

for saint patrick's day we had our annual corned beef and cabbage dinner party at the kreitlow's house. since beckett doesn't really have a good grasp of time yet (everything in the past happened yesterday and everything in the future is happening tomorrow) we have been using holidays to help him understand when his new brother is coming. we started way back at thanksgiving, telling him first we had thanksgiving, then christmas, then new years, then his birthday, then valentine's day, then saint patrick's day, then easter, THEN the baby comes! he can repeat the whole list of holidays in order, counting down to baby day. when he woke up on saint patrick's day, he announced... "now just easter and then i'm a big brother! we are getting pretty close!" ahhhh! yes, we are, it is getting a little stressful. good thing i could calm my nerves by stuffing my face with the guinness chocolate cupcakes natasha made. that helped a lot.