Garage Sale Day!

Today was pretty much awesome! I love days like today. I feel wiped out and sooo sore, but for reasons that make it completely worth it. However, I had a parenting fail.

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Dekker is sooo sunburned! He was in his stroller for a couple of hours all uncovered, and we didn’t even think about it!!! Worst mother ever. For today anyway. He’s still very happy and he doesn’t seem to mind having aloe rubbed on his face so hopefully he won’t suffer too much.

We had a few big items we were in search of and we didn’t have much luck with many of them. Which is ok. Really, garage sale day is more about the social aspect, running into lots of people that you really only see a couple of times a year. Everyone is out on garage sale day!

We did manage to score some sweats and a grey sweatshirt for Dekker. He used to have just a plain grey sweatshirt and I mourned the day he outgrew it. It just looked perfect on him. So I was pretty thrilled to find one today for so cheap. I think my favorite find for him was socks. I know it sounds kind of lame and probably super cheap, but isn’t it silly how much kids socks cost? We just recently bought him I think a three pack of white socks for $6. Absurd. So he really wears his socks until they basically disappear or he outgrows them. At the last garage sale we hit, they had a box marked “toddler socks” so I went to stick my nose in there. Not literally. No one likes to smell socks. But I moseyed over, and when the woman running the sale saw me she offered me the whole box of socks for $2. Considering it was a decent sized box and the tag said fifty cents per pair, I figured why not. 42 pairs of socks later, I am thrilled with my find!! There are probably three or four pairs that are too small but the rest will be perfect 🙂 Yay socks!!

We found a bit more for the new baby! Still not knowing the gender drives me a little bit nuts, because I don’t love too many gender neutral baby things. Pale yellow gets old to me really fast. But I found a Sophie giraffe for $1, which is an awesome deal! Plus some great winter boots with fake fur on the inside that could definitely be trendy with pants and a sweater, or a cute dress and leggings. I found a white muslin blanket with green and brown birds on it for $2 and we even found our second crib!!!

Before anyone really gets on me about this, I know Dekker is going to be two by the time the baby comes. I’ve heard lots of opinions and we can definitely all have our own, but I’m not in a rush to get Deks out of his crib. He has not had any interest (yet) in exiting his crib on his own. He loves it, and I’m sure I can thank it for playing a role in the amount he sleeps. If he ends up being out of it before baby #2 comes, so be it, but we are currently preparing to have two kids in cribs. We found an amazingly sturdy, not too huge crib for $40, which is an AMAZING find! We are so thrilled with it! Unfortunately we couldn’t get the pieces to fit in our car so we’ll have to pick it up Monday but hopefully I’ll put up a picture soon. Very exciting 🙂

It would appear we are suckers for punishment. We were all fading and achy by the time we arrived back at our car, yet we headed to the city. We didn’t find any patio chairs and really want some for the coming warm days. So we headed in and picked some out, bought them, and promptly returned them when they didn’t fit in our car. Sigh. And we think we can have two kids in our Mazda?! Either way, we got to take advantage of Frappy Hour one last time before it ends tomorrow, and head home.

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I am sooo sore! Makes me feel a bit out of shape but I know I’m actually in fine shape. Just a little pregnant and not set up to walk miles and miles in the sun and wind.

Being home brought a nap, supper, and bathtime for Dekker. There is a painfully adorable video of Dekker post-bath on my Facebook if you haven’t already seen it 🙂 It was a tear free bath too, which is kind of a big deal when one is sunburned and already uncomfortable. But he was a trooper.

IMG_1056Waking up early to lead singing at church tomorrow! Hopefully my legs are back before then!

 

 

These Days

I realize that I sort of break the “daily” part of my blog when I post after midnight, but please consider it the way I do. I am sooo thrilled to have the friends I have! And I love when they come over and we chat so late into the night that it becomes the morning without us realizing it! So great! Loved having you over tonight, friends!

As for the day, it was totally relaxed. Dekker slept until one in the afternoon. I did a couple loads of dishes and accomplished little else. Dekker played downstairs so well and had a nice long nap. Brady finished the house he was working on earlier in the day and came home with the noodle bowl I’d been craving all week, and an iced coffee from McDonalds. I love that their iced coffee is part of their “Dollar Drinks” summer special. SUCH a good guilty pleasure!

So today really was wonderful. It ran smooth, I felt healthy all day, and Brady and I talked a lot about his new position as being the finisher for the new home builder. Its a really exciting time for us! Daytona Homes has been great to Brady so far, and today, they took him aside, told him how much they appreciated him, and gave us tickets to a game for the Memorial Cup (WHL). Brady’s never been to a Blades game, and I actually really love watching sports when I can go to in person! While I’m sure they gifted all the trades tickets, it felt so great to have them recognize my husband and actually voice their approval. We could not be more thrilled about the new things coming our way! God is good!

Garage sales tomorrow!!!

If at first you don’t succeed…

Attempt #2 at a date with Dekker – SUCCESS!

I had a doctors appointment this morning so Dekker got up earlier than usual, had breakfast, and we packed up to go. No fuss, no muss. Lots of good music in the car helped I think. Plus I cracked the sunroof which he loves since its still new to him. We got in to see the doctor in good time and he was very patient while I talked with her. Granted, Brady came to help and occupy him, so he was entertained and fed his snacks. The appointment went well. I told her about my “episode” on Monday night and while she couldn’t really tell me what it was, she insisted that if it were to happen again, it is very important that I bring myself into emergency. She gave me a few possible reasons and I promised not to google any of them when I got home 🙂 She understands me. But she put enough information in my head that I agreed to seek medical attention if it were to happen again. Let’s just hope that it doesn’t!

From there, Dekker and I invited Brady to join us for lunch. We all ate lots and shared a big Superberry smoothie from Orange Julius. When Brady went back to work, Dekker and I perused all the new Spring stuff at Dollarama and spent a solid $20 on sand toys, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, and yes, a lawn flamingo. Dekker did amazing! Last time we were in Dollarama he made a big scene and I left the store with him wailing and essentially acting like a little brat. This time, we got the till and he actually reached up and handed the toy he was playing with to the cashier. So proud of my son.

We didn’t push it though. I know my boy was up early and had been nap-free for several hours. Our last stop was Superstore. Smoothie stuff! We recently purchased a couple of those insulated to-go cups for cold drinks (clear cups with the straw out the top) because they were on sale. We made smoothies the other day and they were perfect for him! However, we only bought two, and there are three of us. So I went to pick up another few to have more on hand in case we have smoothies with other people. They weren’t on sale anymore, but at $5 each, I didn’t feel bad purchasing four. We also hit up the produce area hoping for some strawberries and bananas on the reject rack that we could slice up and freeze today. I know, it sounds cheap, but I figure if the goal is to freeze it anyway, who cares if it was about to kick if it never got the chance?! However, there was no reject rack today! So I opted for frozen instead. 4kg of berries and a few bananas later, we were on our way home. Not one tear out of Dekker all afternoon. I was so impressed!

The evening was kind of chaotic so I’m deciding to leave it out completely. Because I can. The day was really, really good. Dekker and I got our nice date in, we got a whole bunch of fun Spring and Summer stuff to play with on our deck and in Dekker’s new sand table, and the little baby is moving like crazy. No rolling yet from what I can tell but some pretty painful nudges today so maybe soon! Some noble effort coming from this little one!

Couldn’t be happier with my kids today. Love them.

Bust Date

We decided to spend the evening in Dalmeny picking music for the Sunday church service with my mom. I learned late last night that a farmers field had overflowed onto the highway and wasn’t considered passable for anything other than heavy trucks. Some people braved it but I had no intention. So I decided to leave home in the early afternoon so I could really see where I was going while I tried to navigate the grid roads. Lots of them were closed, but with the help of Brady creeping me using the “Find my iPhone” app and telling me where to go, I made it to the highway around the mess. Yay! To celebrate, I decided Dekker and I would duck into the city for Frappy Hour for a very special treat, and then head to Dalmeny. Well that boy. He fussed the entire time! In the car, at Starbucks, at the Telus kiosk I had to stop at, and back in the car. Just whined!!! I took him to my parents house, changed his diaper, and let him play a bit until grandma came home from visiting with friends. Once he had seen her and played a little bit, he went to bed. Poor boy was just having a rough day.

Brady came after work, and my dad is on the road with work, so my hubs and my mom and I settled in for dinner. Sooo good! We picked music and ran through it once after we ate. Pretty productive if you ask me! I saw a really cool thing happen with Dekker during the evening while we practiced music. Dekker is a natural drummer, and we pulled out the nice set of bongo drums my parents have. He loved them, and drummed like crazy! But then he wanted to play with them with drumsticks, and that can cause a lot of damage and break the skins. So we asked him not to and he started really fussing. I tried to be super calm and just sort of tell him what the situation was. I told him that these drums are just for hands, and he could either just play them that way, or maybe mommy would have them. And he could pick. And WOW did he struggle with that!! He held tight to his sticks but just leaned over the drums and whined. Then he’d seem to go to beat the drums with the sticks, but he’d hesitate. You could really tell he was thinking. Finally he kind of slinked away and put his sticks on the ottoman. We tried to really celebrate him and how great he listened, but he was pretty peeved. But I was SO proud of him!! Great decision, little one!

We made it back home actually using the highway. I have to say it was super nerve wracking because there was definitely water rushing across the road! But we made it, so whew! At least I know how to get out of town safely and that I can still take the highway home instead of finding another detour. Hopefully it only keeps going down.

Tomorrow I have a doctors appointment booked. I was toying with the idea, and a few of you guys thought it was a good idea, so I called this morning and they squeezed me in tomorrow. I was worried that I would be seen as a hassle but when I told them my reason for visiting, the receptionist seemed to think it was very important that I was seen. She actually tried to convince me to come into the walk-in today but I said I would rather see my own doctor. So tomorrow. Hopefully I’ll even get a few other things done. I’ve been making a list on my phone of things I need to do and keep forgetting, or just groceries I need to buy. Its called “Listy-List.” I figure I could try and knock a few things off of it tomorrow. But tomorrow night I’ll be gone again at a music committee meeting with a few ladies from my church. Really hoping the highway is dry by the time I have to drive home in the dark 🙁

I’m really looking forward to the rest of this week though! I’m actually anticipating my doctors appointment tomorrow, which may be weird but I truly am. Hopefully noodle bowls with Brady one evening this week. Friday maybe? And Saturday is Dalmeny Garage Sale Day!!! I have another list (secondary to Listy-List) of things to look for while shopping in other people’s cast-offs. I know, I shouldn’t need a list, but not only do I love lists, but I have pregnancy brain. So eat me. Anyone else coming??

My feet are cold and my bath is running. So long suckers!

Updates all over the place!!

If you remember yesterdays post, I was feeling like garbage in the evening. I felt very heavy-chested and was finding it hard to catch my breath. I ate dinner in the middle of feeling crappy very quickly and then lay back on my left side for the remainder of the evening. After a while, I decided it was late enough that we should be going to sleep, so I got up to pee. I made it there, did what I came to do, and could barely stand up. I sat on the floor for a while, trying to pull it together. Brady offered numerous times to carry to our room or help me up, anything he could do for me, but I became super overwhelmed and burst out crying. I felt so awful and couldn’t convey it the way I wanted to. A sudden “revelation” hit, and I headed back to the toilet, where I puked out my guts somewhere between five and ten times. And then I was fine. Weak, and frozen, but fine. My theory behind this is based on how baby is laying in me. So very sideways, and a little breech. He or she made a valiant effort that morning to turn, which was super uncomfortable, and unsuccessful as far as I can tell. I feel like maybe baby was pressing in on important things that were making it hard to breathe, and that paired with how I had to lie in my bed on my side, my food couldn’t go down. Just a theory anyway. Debating making an appointment with my doctor sooner than later, just to run this by her. Thoughts?

However, despite the shorter night, I had a great day today! Dekker slept nice and late so I had lots of time to doze and pull myself together. I had some broth for breakfast and relaxed until he got up. I fed him breakfast and then we went to play downstairs, since its so much cooler there, and I can sit more comfortably. He was super cuddly right when he got down, and insisted on sitting on my lap. We even held hands, which he usually doesn’t allow, haha! Too confining I guess. Not today!!

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He played sooo well until it was naptime. As I brought him up to his room, I heard voices outside my house again. So I lay him down and ventured outside. What a sight I saw!!!

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IMG_1018The amazing volunteers from last Monday were back, cleaning up our yard! They hauled everything away with cheerful hearts. Not only did they clean up the big water bags tho…

IMG_1022All of the sandbags were emptied out to build up our driveway. They offered to haul them away, but then suggested we keep them to build up our driveway, which we gratefully accepted. But then, literally ten seconds later, they had all decided to just do it for us! I was feeling almost a little guilty for adding another thing to their list of jobs, but they assured me that they were there to serve, and also, this made it easier for them, not having to haul them away 🙂 Win win!

I spent a couple of hours just being outside and chatting with them. I was completely useless in the process, being that they estimated the weight of the sandbags to be between 40-50 lbs each. But they were happy to help, and even brought in the backhoe last minute to smooth everything out. SUCH a good afternoon 🙂

Dekker slept until 5:30, had dinner, and played toys while we waited for Brady. Once we had all played toys and watched The Little Couple, Dekker went down for night and Brady and I unloaded Dekker birthday present from the van 😀

I know, I know, Dekker’s birthday isn’t until August. But I saw an awesome deal on a Facebook garage sale that I couldn’t pass up!! We got Dekker a two part sand and water table with a little umbrella attached! Not only that, but it came with…fricking pregnancy brain…probably about seven big Tonka trucks! Some of them are even metal and extra manly, but they’re all super cool. There is also an excavator arm and a crane that attach directly to the table. It even all came with one of those blasted popping lawn mowers. I go a bit bonkers listening to his popping push toy inside, but outside, go hard my son! So it is a super good haul, and we clearly have no shortage of sand in this town now. If I wanted to fill his toy sand table with 3,000 sandbags, I think they’d be available to me. So one or two should suffice.

It really turned out to be a great day. I was bummed out because I had really fun stuff planned for today that I cancelled last night after puking my guts out. Lunch date with my mom, running some errands with Dekker, and a dinner date with friends and my husband and son. However, playing with my baby boy and being able to witness the clean up of my yard was amazing. So glad I was here for it 🙂

IMG_1023Still a little brown, but a HUGE improvement from just one week ago. God is good.

 

 

 

Lazy and sick

As I mentioned yesterday, Deks was a bit of a handful. He went to bed early last night and slept until the afternoon! It was wonderful. He was pleasant the entire time he was awake, and was very easy going. Our whole day consisted of playing toys, and Dekker even attempting to say “toys.” DOYS!!! Very sweet 🙂

However, this evening has left me super short of breath and almost unable to be in any position other than laying on my left side. Therefore, I am having a super difficult time typing this post. Therefore therefore, it is already over. If anyone has any sweet tips to relieve this type of crappy feeling please let me know. I’m sure I’ll wake up feeling fine, but this evening, I don’t. Prayers please!

Learning Curve

Today was really quite good over all! We woke up to all the noisy pumps turned off, and receding water. God is good. We also helped lead worship at church. Lastly, we started planning some yard projects. I have been feeling discouraged, like our yard may never dry out and I quite possibly can’t put in my garden this year. Also, there will be sizeable repairs that will need to be done to our grass. But we realized so many projects that we can do and look forward to so I feel better 🙂

What was trying about today was actually my little Dekker boy. We had to wake him this morning at 8:00, which we’ve had to do many times before and it leaves him tired and cranky, but nothing we haven’t seen or dealt with before. Usually. Today was different. He was good at practice, and then as soon as we were out of the church, he was wailing. For probably about 20 minutes. We tried everything but he would not have it. Every single thing made him cry harder. We are currently struggling to find the balance of Dekker being able to express himself, and when he’s just milking it. He is more than welcome to cry and let us know that he’s tired or disappointed or even super angry, but the high pitched screams are something I have considerably less patience for. Those, in my opinion, should be saved for severe pain or fear. Once in a blue moon types of situations. This morning was the second time ever he’s been plunked in a crib or somewhere to contain him, and he’s been left until he calms down. He calmed down within minutes and we got him back and he played better, but he was on edge. He slept through church and did ok in the afternoon. I was wiped from dealing with him all morning though. Another Brady and I are working pretty hard on it consistency with parenting. We need to pick the same battles for sure! And if one of us corrects him or has to stop him from doing something, we stick it out with him until the end instead of passing him off to the other parent when we’re tired. Don’t get me wrong, there is a time for that! But this morning was one that I had to wait out with him. He wanted Brady sooo badly to save him from me, but we kept up with our plans and it worked out. Dekker was pretty fussy and hands-on in the early afternoon but we knew he was whooped and tried to give him a break, within reason. Its fine to be tired, but not all responses are appropriate just because one is tired.

He went back down for a nap just a couple of hours after he woke up from his first nap, and he slept a solid three hours. When we took him home, he wailed on and off on the drive. He never cries in the car anymore. We got him home and immediately made dinner. Doesn’t eating always make a person feel better?? Nope. Dekker would not eat supper.

In these kinds of moments, I want to be able to put my foot down and make him eat his whole meal before he can leave his chair, but like every other parent probably feels at some point, it was just too many battles that day and I was so frustrated to have to fight with him again. So instead, I opted for a different angle on my love for him. Not tough love. Genuine, going out of my way, love. I dug around in the freezer until I found frozen strawberries that I never made into jam, and frozen brown bananas. Those, plus a yogurt cup and some milk, and my little boy had a smoothie. He the HAPPIEST he had been all day! And seriously, how much work was that?! None. A handful or two of frozen fruit, and one dirty blender. Big deal. Small price to pay for a happy boy. Or two. Its not like Brady and I didn’t enjoy a smoothie as well.

After smoothie time, we decided Dekker had a long enough day and it was bedtime a little earlier than usual. Only really about 20 minutes earlier. After such a challenging day, I was nervous about bedtime. Its staying brighter longer, and I was worried he would fight bedtime routine. He came to our bedroom like always and had a drink from my water cup. I stole his blanket from him to convince him to come to me for cuddles, and while he read right through my trick, he dove for me. He lay right down on my and I sang him “Twinkle Twinkle.” I hadn’t ever sang him that song until just a little while ago and he seems to really like it, more than others. So I sang it through once and he didn’t flinch. He just breathed and lay still for a solid five minutes. I even got the big content sigh that often means he’s on his way out. Brady carried him off to bed and he seemed happy to go.

Such a perfect way to end the day. Now, the rest of the smoothies and a bath. And its 8:45! My heart is full and my legs are tired.

Spring

Today finally felt like spring! Our evacuation alert was lifted, the sun was shining, Dekker actually woke up in the morning, I put supper together early, and I can officially be 20 weeks pregnant 🙂 Sooo many positives! Its amazing what a bit of sunshine (and one less whirring pump) can do to boost a mood!

We were planning on having our friends Hailey and Nolan and their two boys over, but since our house is still basically chaos, we rearranged our plans and spent the afternoon and evening at their place. I still brought honey chicken, since I was sooo hungry for it, but we prepared the salad and rice and everything else once we arrived. But before I go into the details of the day, I want to focus on Dekker for a second.

IMG_0993Poor boy took a good spill this morning. He was pushing a chair around the house and it seemed to outrun him somehow. We’re not sure if he specifically took the chair or the floor to the face, but either way, the result is a big fat lip. You can see that he split it a little ways in there, but the big brown streak is some kind of internal bloodule. Yup, its a word. Either way, he was quite upset and was very tired after. He seemed to be pretty wiped out after that so we kept him up for a while but eventually put him down for a nap. He woke up for a quick lunch before we headed for Saskatoon. But instead of staying super sensitive and cranky all day (like I would have) he was a total sport! He had been to Hailey and Nolan’s once, and he was very scared of their little dog, having never been around animals much. Last time we were over, he barely would allow us to set him down on the floor, even though their dog is tiny and harmless. He did WAY better this time! He still acted a little nervous but if Moxie left, he would look around until he found her, and would giggle at her. So I think his next visit will be even better 🙂 He did awesome!!! But back to the beginning of the story…

I wore a tank top today!!! It was so nice to have the sunroof open again, and feel the heat of the sun on my shoulders. I love warm weather. When we arrived at our friends place, we set up the crock pot and chatted for a bit before we decided to hit up Starbucks for Frappy Hour. We met at a nearby Safeway and ordered our huge frappes. They even ordered a small strawberry smoothie for Dekker and their oldest to split. A recent discovery of ours is that Dekker loves smoothies. His half was destroyed in a matter of moments. Motivation to go buy smoothie stuff. On the list. But in no rush to run back out into the blazing sun, we punked down on the chairs next to the Starbucks kiosk and caught up. Meanwhile Dekker walked back and forth past the table, chatting to himself. At one point, he brought his smoothie cup up to the kiosk and held it up, as if begging for more 🙂 My beautiful boy. Thats why I could never work at a place like that. I would have snuck the kid more smoothie. But it was painfully adorable.

Once back home, Deks went down for a sleep and we all relaxed and put together a salad and eventually sat down to dinner. It actually went over really well, which felt really good. I always brag about my honey chicken, but now there’s that pressure tied to it, that it has to be amazing every time! But I loved it, and it seemed to be a hit. Too bad there wasn’t more chicken though. Our bad. I’m pretty sure we all had plenty though, and we were way too full to even think about dessert, so we didn’t. We went and played downstairs until it was time to go.

And our beautiful friends waved at the window 🙂 I grew up in a home where we always waved our guests out, my mom always waved at us when we walked to school, etc. We still wave when we leave, and it feels funny not to. I LOVE that they waved 🙂 Now we don’t have to feel like dorks when we wave to them.

Love you guys! And love your boys. Again, soon please. I’m voting frozen yogurt and a picnic…

 

Is the cantaloupe pink or blue?

I won’t keep anyone guessing. As far as we know, the cantaloupe is still orange. Sigh. Baby was not ready to be on display quite yet. I’ll share a bunch more details on baby in a sec. First a quick flood update:

When we left for the city this morning, the water levels has stayed pretty much the same as the night before. By the time we arrived home, two of our four big pumps had been turned off and the water level has stayed the same. Everything is still in place and waiting to be needed, but things are remaining hopeful for our little town, and appear to be under control.

As for the ultrasound, I can’t deny that we are very disappointed about not being able to find the baby’s gender. I know it happens sometimes, and thats ok. I will of course love whatever kind of baby comes out in the end, but I suppose we are just people that don’t even have the inner debate about whether or not to find out. We were so excited to know more about our baby and make it more personal that way! But we can’t, and thats ok.

One thing that may change this is that our baby is currently sitting in the breech position. It is still plenty early enough for baby to shift into a head down position, but because of this, we may be scheduled for another ultrasound at a later date to check on the position, which would give us another shot at discovering the babys gender. A weird thing about babys position is that its laying quite horizontally, but mostly feet first. The horizontalness (yup, its a word) is whats making me not have much of a bump at all. As soon as that kid either drops head down or full on feet down, then I’ll have a much bigger bump very quickly. Good to know anyway, as I was curious where my bump was. All things considered though, baby looks gorgeous. We saw straight bones, moving hands and feet, and the heart, brain, and kidneys. The tech even showed us the small bubble in the stomach that showed that the baby was drinking, and then right then and there, the baby peed! Hahaha! Good laugh 🙂 The tech didn’t hide the fact thats she was thrilled with our baby. Its measuring exactly to the day! 19 weeks 6 days today. Perfect. And really, I can’t complain about having a modest child. Really, knowing to keep their legs closed is not a bad lesson to learn this early in life! Our tech was really lovely and even gave me a chance to use the bathroom in the middle and do one more quick check to see if baby had shifted at all, but its legs were even tighter together so she had to give up. But every effort was made and we left thrilled with such a healthy baby. Just wish we knew one more detail 🙂 But its really a small thing in the big picture right?

So while we felt a little discouraged, we went and accomplished several other things! I got my legs waxed, Brady bought a sweet new tool he needs for working for his new homebuilder, we bought some groceries, I chatted with my sister on the phone, we hit up Costco, got half price frappes from Starbucks, and then spent the evening with my parents. It was a good day, but a bit emotionally draining. I am tired. Brady is hauling all the stuff from the car into the house now so I don’t have to. Tomorrow we’ll spend the evening with friends we love. Lots to look forward to.

Me in my pregnantness as of 20 weeks
Me in my pregnantness as of 20 weeks
Frappy Hour!! Caramel Ribbon Crunch. A. Mazing.
Frappy Hour!! Caramel Ribbon Crunch. A. Mazing.
Beautiful Baby Paddles
Beautiful Baby Paddles
How baby is laying inside me. Weirdo upside down baby :)
How baby is laying inside me. Weirdo upside down baby 🙂
Here's a sideways shot of babys nose and mouth with a hand beside. Just looks so...real! And human! Sounds silly, I know, but this just makes me excited :)
Here’s a sideways shot of babys nose and mouth with a hand beside. Just looks so…real! And human! Sounds silly, I know, but this just makes me excited 🙂

Its been a good day. A big day, but a good one. Sorry I couldn’t give you more riveting gender news, but hopefully we’re all super thankful that baby is as healthy as it is. I know we sure are over here!!! God is good, all the time.

Able to Breathe

Today I could breathe a bit better.

A loving friend messaged me yesterday and asked if I could use some company. YES! She arrived around noon I think and spent the afternoon just chatting and catching up. I appreciated so much having someone to waste the day away with, and not just sit around and stress about the flood. Honestly, we talked a bit about it here and there but it really wasn’t a hot topic, which was a total relief to me! I feel like this whole week has been about the stupid flood and I was relieved to have a break from the drama.

As for an update on the flood, I took some videos that are up on Facebook. Everything looked nice and low this morning. I could actually see the culverts and the big whirlpools caused by the pumps. By the end of the day now, those swirlies seem to be a bit further away so I think the water has risen a little bit but clearly we are far enough ahead that today isn’t the day we’re going to lose our basement! Such a relief! I feel like I need to keep saying it, but we aren’t out of the woods yet at all. No idea what the next few days will look like, but I want to talk about the next few days. Tomorrow, specifically.

All the natural disasters this week have somewhat overshadowed something very important. Tomorrow Brady, Dekker, and I will hopefully find out the gender of our Baby Paddles. We are really rooting for cooperation from baby, and that everything is looking well. I continue to be mildly concerned at my lack of bump, so it’ll do my heart good to hear that my fluid levels are good and babys size is right on. Our routine ultrasounds with Dekker were all a bust. At our 20 week ultrasound, the tech never showed us around him at all. She showed us a couple of the pictures she took. That was it. We go to a much better clinic now and at 11 weeks, we already have seen more on this baby that we had with Dekker at 20! I’m so excited to see fingers and toes and a profile and all the things that make our baby exactly who he or she is. Couldn’t be more thrilled!!!

So with that, I’d love your guesses! I’ve always thought that a gender reveal party would be super fun but I know I could never keep it a secret long enough. I don’t know how you do it, those of you who know and never tell!! But I’d love to know what you guys think we’re going to have this time around!!!

Boy cantaloupe or girl cantaloupe?

 

*Sidenote: Dekker picked my nose this evening. Mine. I know mom, I know. I did the same thing to you 😉