Monday, March 14, 2011
The Baby's Name Is...
We still don't know!!! We had Addi's name picked out long before we knew she was a girl. In fact, we had the first name picked out before we even found out we were pregnant...and maybe the middle name too. So I am clueless as to why it is taking us so long to name our baby boy. I'm actually starting to stress a little about it. You see when I was younger, we had a cat (actually my parents still have him). I was in charge of naming him and I couldn't decide on a name, so in the interim we called him, "Kitty." That name stuck. Can't you just see us calling our son, "Boy." That would be terrible. We considered letting Addi name him, but her favorite word is "Dada, dada, dada, dada." If we're going to do that, we may as well just name him Jared Jr. This is not going to happen because neither of us want our son to EVER be called Jr. How hillbilly can you get? Then we thought about Garrett, but that's too close to Jared. Addi and Daddy already rhyme and I can't have Jared and Garrett, too. What about Mommy??? But all we can think of to rhyme with Mommy is Tommy and nope, we don't like that either. We think we've narrowed it down to 3 choices, but I like one name better, Jared likes another name better and I'm not really sure why we still have the third name in the running. And so, we wait...and think...and drive each other bananas thinking up names that the other one doesn't like. At least we will be able to tell our son that we put LOTS of thought into his precious name. :)
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Spending Time with Baby #2
I often feel guilty because life is so hectic with this pregnancy that there are times I can't remember how far along in the pregnancy I am or how many weeks I have left. One thing I've made sure to take the time to do though is to lay in bed each night and take a moment to thank God for the amazing life that is growing inside of me and to pray that he will serve Christ from a young age. This baby moves all the time, so he is always moving while I pray for him, and I love it. It makes me feel so connected to him. While I'm definitely not wishing this third trimester will go faster, I am growing more excited each day about meeting him. I can't wait to hold him in my arms and be able to look at his sweet face while I pray for him.
Friday, March 11, 2011
EARLY Morning Blog
It is 1:30 in the morning and I am wide awake. I took a vacation day to spend the entire day with Addi today and I am so excited that I can't sleep. Spending the entire day with her is a slightly belated birthday present to her...which is more of a present to me, but I always want to make her feel extra special for her special day! :)
Addi had a great birthday. As soon as I heard her stirring in her crib on Wednesday morning, I woke up Jared and the two of us went in there and sung the Happy Birthday song to her. This excited her to the point that she started jumping in her crib, which resulted in her bumping her chin and crying. Poor thing. :( But I quickly made her feel better by giving her a birthday morning bath! She LOVES bath time and usually we give them to her at night, but I thought it would be a special treat for her to give it to her in the morning. OK, honestly, I hadn't given her a bath the night before and I didn't want my child to be stinking up her daycare class, but hey, it was a special treat for her birthday anyway. :) She had a fun-filled day at daycare and then we took her to Red Robin to experience her first ever Kid's Meal and her first bites of pizza. The Red Robin we go to is about 20 minutes away and it was raining pretty heavily, so it took longer. She cried the ENTIRE way there, which is unusual for her...guess she was afraid we might start singing again. She enjoyed her birthday dinner immensely though and seemed to have a great time. I had great plans of letting her experience her first cupcake there, but the table was small, the waiter was weird and we all seemed a bit tired, so we decided to let her have it at home. More crying ensued on the car ride home...and so did the rain...and then a traffic jam. We got home fairly late, at least for a one-year-old who has decided naps during the day are overrated, so we decided to wait on the cupcake. However, once we got home, Addi perked up and we were able to play and laugh until her heart was content - and experiencing that made my heart content. So, her day didn't go the way I had planned it, but when do they? The important thing is she knows we love her and we show it every day. :)
Speaking of special days...today, as in March 11th, is a very special day in my book and always will be. Two years ago today I was told by a doctor with a horrible bedside manner that my chances of getting pregnant were slim and if I did get pregnant that I would probably miscarry. Two years later...here we are. This day is a reminder of God's constant grace and mercy to me. God is a miracle working God. And for those of you who read this and are waiting for your own miracle (whether it be a child, a job, a spouse, a healing, etc) all I can say to you is PLEASE don't give up. If God put the desire in your heart, He WILL see it to fruition.
Oh...and Addi had her cupcake tonight (or last night, since it's early morning) and she loved it. True to form, that didn't go quite the way I planned either. We put a candle in the cupcake and proceeded to sing to her. We were afraid she would try to grab the candle, so Jared blew it out right after we finished singing. Addi shed crocodile tears at the sight of the fire going out (or at the sound of us singing to her again). Once she finished her crying session and I fed her the first bite, she was thrilled. She ate a ton of icing and some of the cupcake. The rest she threw on the ground. :)
More blogs to come this week. I promise to have an update on being pregnant with my sweet baby boy.:)
Addi had a great birthday. As soon as I heard her stirring in her crib on Wednesday morning, I woke up Jared and the two of us went in there and sung the Happy Birthday song to her. This excited her to the point that she started jumping in her crib, which resulted in her bumping her chin and crying. Poor thing. :( But I quickly made her feel better by giving her a birthday morning bath! She LOVES bath time and usually we give them to her at night, but I thought it would be a special treat for her to give it to her in the morning. OK, honestly, I hadn't given her a bath the night before and I didn't want my child to be stinking up her daycare class, but hey, it was a special treat for her birthday anyway. :) She had a fun-filled day at daycare and then we took her to Red Robin to experience her first ever Kid's Meal and her first bites of pizza. The Red Robin we go to is about 20 minutes away and it was raining pretty heavily, so it took longer. She cried the ENTIRE way there, which is unusual for her...guess she was afraid we might start singing again. She enjoyed her birthday dinner immensely though and seemed to have a great time. I had great plans of letting her experience her first cupcake there, but the table was small, the waiter was weird and we all seemed a bit tired, so we decided to let her have it at home. More crying ensued on the car ride home...and so did the rain...and then a traffic jam. We got home fairly late, at least for a one-year-old who has decided naps during the day are overrated, so we decided to wait on the cupcake. However, once we got home, Addi perked up and we were able to play and laugh until her heart was content - and experiencing that made my heart content. So, her day didn't go the way I had planned it, but when do they? The important thing is she knows we love her and we show it every day. :)
Speaking of special days...today, as in March 11th, is a very special day in my book and always will be. Two years ago today I was told by a doctor with a horrible bedside manner that my chances of getting pregnant were slim and if I did get pregnant that I would probably miscarry. Two years later...here we are. This day is a reminder of God's constant grace and mercy to me. God is a miracle working God. And for those of you who read this and are waiting for your own miracle (whether it be a child, a job, a spouse, a healing, etc) all I can say to you is PLEASE don't give up. If God put the desire in your heart, He WILL see it to fruition.
Oh...and Addi had her cupcake tonight (or last night, since it's early morning) and she loved it. True to form, that didn't go quite the way I planned either. We put a candle in the cupcake and proceeded to sing to her. We were afraid she would try to grab the candle, so Jared blew it out right after we finished singing. Addi shed crocodile tears at the sight of the fire going out (or at the sound of us singing to her again). Once she finished her crying session and I fed her the first bite, she was thrilled. She ate a ton of icing and some of the cupcake. The rest she threw on the ground. :)
More blogs to come this week. I promise to have an update on being pregnant with my sweet baby boy.:)
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Playing in Water
This morning on our way to church, while driving in a nasty downpour, Jared jokingly suggested that we should take Addi for a picnic to the park. The conversation continued like this:
Me: When Addi and "Oscar" are a few years older, we will need to let them play in the rain and jump in puddles. As long as it's not too cold, or it's not thundering and lightening. They've got to experience playing in the water.
Jared: Hmmm....or we could just take them to a water park.
Yes...he is far more practical than I am. :) Even so...one day, they will play in the rain. Mommy guarantees it. :) *By the way...we are not naming our son Oscar. We just call him that right now because we don't know what we are going to name him. :)
Me: When Addi and "Oscar" are a few years older, we will need to let them play in the rain and jump in puddles. As long as it's not too cold, or it's not thundering and lightening. They've got to experience playing in the water.
Jared: Hmmm....or we could just take them to a water park.
Yes...he is far more practical than I am. :) Even so...one day, they will play in the rain. Mommy guarantees it. :) *By the way...we are not naming our son Oscar. We just call him that right now because we don't know what we are going to name him. :)
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