grey bear says he is going to have a sister. he has come up with multiple names for her. he says he doesn't need another brother. he already has one. so he needs a sister. i sure hope he's not disappointed. because he will be if he has another brother.
i have been slowly coping with the fact that my children will be so close together. tuck will be close enough to 22 months and grey will not quite be 4. i have often asked God if He's really sure i can do this. all i know is that i can't without Him. that may be cliche but i mean it with every bit of myself.
at 14 weeks i have been feeling really great with the exception of some pretty intense headaches, which for me tylenol accomplishes absolutely nothing so basically i suffer until i can sleep or matthew can take over for a short time. i have had zero nausea which i know i should be more grateful for. i can't really tell if i'm tired from keeping up with my life or from being pregnant. could be a little of both but i do find myself napping about 3 out of 7 days of the week just to make it through the days.
most of the time i forget i'm pregnant. seriously. and so does matthew. i totally missed my appointment yesterday morning and had to schedule it for next week. i started wearing maternity pants about 2 weeks ago because my shorts were just a little uncomfortable and i thought hey, this IS my third child. it's ok to go ahead and get comfortable :) that's what reminds me every morning that i'm pregnant when i have about 2 pairs of shorts to choose from.
we will be able to find out the baby's gender next month. i keep thinking i wish i could talk matthew into not finding out. he doesn't see things the way i do. then i remember how much our hearts want a little girl in these moments. i know the minute that they say, "it's a boy!" or "it's a girl!" i will be just as excited either way! i think i should know before hand. and we're going to have a party. a gender party. if you want to know the gender first, you will have to come to the party. it's going to be fun! no matter how much we want a little girl in this family, i keep thinking "what if matthew had ended up being a girl? that would have really stunk! for everyone really, but mostly for me. just think about the magnitude of him being a girl. yuck. he would make a really terrible girl." that sets my mind right on having another boy.
we have absolutely zero names picked out. doesn't surprise me. i don't even know what names i like. it changes for me when it becomes real. matthew and i have the hardest time agreeing on anything in this area. i'm positive we will have one the night before he/she is born. at least that's when we picked grey's name. but maybe we won't.
when i think about all the sweetness of another life in this house, in our family, i get giddy. we are enjoying our boys so much that adding another personality to the mix is going to be all together wonderful and most positively challenging. i am anticipating a typical "third child" which both matthew and i are. well, i'm pretty typical third child (whatever that is) and matthew is a mix of first and third. being third is pretty awesome from what i've experienced. and being the only girl has it's ups of course but being the third child in general i feel is really just more fun!
i've only had babies in may so having a baby in march should throw me for a loop. maybe it will be a little chilly, but maybe not. hopefully he/she will be born on an odd day. i do not like even numbers and so far matthew is the only one with an odd number birthday. i like the number 5. it's always been my favorite. maybe we'll stop at 3 children just so our family won't be an even number. or maybe we won't. obviously God is in control. i fully and TOTALLY understand this in the way of having children at least.
these are mostly my shallow thoughts on number 3. i have yet to have the small bump's portrait taken but maybe sometime this week. i said it would happen at 12 weeks but now it's 2.5 weeks later. my thoughts might get deeper as the weeks pass but obviously that hasn't happened. i'll keep us all posted!
Grey's comment about having a sister, he already has a brother were Grace's EXACT words when I was pregnant with Ella. We didn't find out and boy are we thankful it was a girl, because she would have been so mad!! :)
ReplyDeleteSince Tucker is only one day away from Adam and Abby maybe Cavin #3 will come one day away from Krista, her's is March 4th. I can't remember if that is to early for Cavin #3 to make their debut or not!? Can't wait for the party!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteYour post sounds so much like mine did when I was pg with Ellie! Being pg with your 3rd is SO different! Oh and I was in maternity clothes with Ellie at 9 weeks!!! You're doing great! I know that you sometimes feel it's going to be overwhelming, but you are so right when you say God will get you though it! And no matter girl or boy you will have exactly what you are supposed to have and that little baby will be the perfect addition to your house and the most awesome blessing you can imagine!!! All this coming from the girl who cried for the first 4 months of my last pregnancy and didn't know I wanted that baby and much as I did! I don't know what our family would do without sweet little Ellie! Oh and I think you're right...3rd kids do seem to have more fun cause the oldest is always getting blamed for everything the 3rd one does;)... and they are usually the BEST most laid back kids around!
ReplyDeletecongratulations!!! :) i have a little name spread sheet if you're up for requests...we don't even have children yet!
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