My Kids

I love that I have kids. As in plural. I mean, one was a blessing, don’t get me wrong. But the fact that God has given me the gift of a second child blows my mind. I cannot quite fathom everything about today in one shot.

First of all, it was my first day alone with Dekker since he got his glasses. I was sooo nervous! I went to get him in the morning with the most positive attitude I could muster, changed his diaper, and then put his glasses on him. He didn’t fight it at all. He squinted a little, but sat still. Once they were on, I held him and he had a good cry. But he left them on his nose, untouched. My wise little one knows he needs glasses, even though he doesn’t like them. I am so proud of him!

He didn’t eat a big breakfast, which I chalked up to him feeling playful and interested in all the new things he could see. When I took him out of his chair, he went right to the stairs and pointed down. So I decided to go with our normal routine and see what would happen. I brought him downstairs and plopped him down in the middle of his toys. And he played hard! He did not touch his glasses once, except to adjust them if they slid around too much. He also fell less, and didn’t have one tantrum. At naptime, I took his glasses off of him, celebrated his success, and he went down after just a little fuss. While he napped, I iced cakes ๐Ÿ™‚ Did I mention we went to UC-Baby today? I baked a blue cake and a pink cake yesterday, and iced them both this afternoon, so I could grab the appropriate cake if the kid chose to show the goods, and bring dessert to our small group this evening. I had zero energy to get up and ice cakes so they looked pretty sloppy but its the inside that counts anyway.

Dekker and I drove to Saskatoon after lunch. He didn’t even whine when I put his glasses on ๐Ÿ™‚ He ate leftover chicken spaghetti from last night, which is one of his favorites. He ate tons of it at warp speed. We left home right away to head to the city. Only a couple of minutes into our drive, Dekker put his toys down and proceeded to point at everything along the way! Seeing at a distance isn’t his issue, so I’m not sure why he was so enthralled with all the trees and trucks, but maybe colors were duller too, or something like that. He is definitely in discovery mode, either way. We stopped in Dalmeny first to store the cakes in my parents fridge, and then continued to the city to get Deks specs adjusted. They slide down his nose quite a bit, so it’ll just take a few visits and a bit of figuring to get them right I think. He let the person working there take his glasses on and off three times without any complaint. They kept commenting on how amazing he was doing, and how he was tolerating them sooo well!

Lastly, we hit up a Timmys so I could grab something sugary to drink at the scan, and we met Brady. Into the ultrasound we went!

I won’t hold out on you guys. Drumroll please!!!!! Baby is…..

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PINK!

The tech said over and over, “100% girl, no doubts, 100%!” We are completely over the moon about our little daughter. And she is sooo beautiful! I’m so excited to finally get to buy all those cute little girl outfits that I haven’t been able to justify until now! Be prepared to go bankrupt…

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My happy girl, already full of smiles. And my other smiling child is so ready to be a brother. I love my kids.

Lexi

chicken spaghetti reminds me of midnight pasgetti!! love that your having a girl I am kinda hoping for one next too!!! cant wait for her to be here!! congrates guys!!! love ya

haileyjeanne

I TOTALLY forgot about midnight pasgetti!!! Might have to start that up in my house, haha!! We’re super pumped about baby girl tho ๐Ÿ™‚ Love you too!

Willa

What a wonderful read on an otherwise grey/cloudy/glum morning! My heart is full of joy for you . . . and gratefulness for so many prayers answered. I want to BOUNCE thinking of Dekker enjoying the sights. And, indeed a GIRL is just the (pink) icing on the cake ;-))

haileyjeanne

I’m glad you’re part of our family, celebrating our joys with us. We are completely thrilled at the little boy Dekker has become overnight, and we are beyond excited to add a little girl to the mix! God is sooo good!

mama jeanne

what a beautiful baby girl grandbaby we have. She is just so lovely with her big smile, big eyes and little chin. Love her so much! And all the rest of you too ๐Ÿ™‚