First for everything

This past weekend Mark, Kaia and I headed up state NY - around the Westchetser area - to see my youngest sister. Shes been here for almost a month working w/ a guide dog that she'll be taking back to NC at the end of the week. This past Saturday was the graduation for her and her dog - Alexa - for completing their training together. She, Abbey, was one of 8 students in this class who have gone through the course and have completed it. Anyway - I'm very proud of her, I'm so glad that we got to be there and enjoy and celebrate this day w/ her, and so thankful as well for the family who was part of raising Alexa - they were there also from Maine. It was a really nice time and Kaia really enjoyed seeing all the puppies!

In other happenings - I'm getting bigger and bigger by the day! I'm not sure how much more I can grow w/o exploding! I'm feeling it now, I'm 8+ mo pregnant, and my hips and other parts of my body are just not working as well, or as swiftly, as before. The bag is all packed - just have to find something to bring little girl home in. I think I'm ready - I keep telling myself that anyway! I'm passed the 34 week mark - which is what I thought I was when we had Kaia. Thats a huge hurdle to be over. Now I just have to make it passed the 8th of June to be considered full term, and use the wonderful birth center @ the hospital I'm delivering at. 2 more weeks, I can do it! 

Another first is this evening, before Kaia went down for bed, Mark and I were helping her clean up her toys and enjoying a few extra moments together before the night came to an end. Kaia was playing around, and kept turning around in circles, getting dizzy and trying to walk - HILARIOUS! All of a sudden we hear this very loud thumping noise. Then it hit me - we were being 'that family' 'those neighbors'! I was in shock. I didn't even know what to do. Let her keep playing for a few more minuets, and scoop her up then and there and go to bed. 

* Side note here, the time was 6:45, the sun was still shining very brightly I might add, and if anything she had been playing around for maybe 15min! Also, for those of you who follow this blog of my ramblings, and know my frustration w/ our neighbors above us, this was completely different! I get annoyed and frustrated w/ them b/c we hear, what I guess below us was hearing, well past a reasonable hr for a child to be up. 9, 10, 11 pm. It was 6:45! *

I did; I scooped her up, and off to bed she went, it was time anyway. But I still feel bad, and embarrassed, and hurt, and not real sure how I really feel b/c of what happened. I don't want to be 'those neighbors'! I don't want to be the ones that others are irritated by. How do I let my toddler be a toddler w/o bothering other people? The joys of apartment living and having a little one! Maybe next time it happens, I'll let her continue to play, we were almost going to be anyway - but would that be like  having her stop, and I stomp around as loud as possible? Yes, I guess it would. I want to be a good neighbor, and I guess, w/ in reason, I can do that. I can also expect others to be a little understanding as to what time it is, right? I like to think we were being respectful of others, and not running around and making a nuisance late into the night - I guess I was wrong . . . .