A baby boy revealed in pics

I'm not even sure what to say about these photos.  I love them of course.  She captured our expression and that is exactly what I wanted.  It is just funny to see how shocked we are! 

To KT, sorry G was not feeling you that day.  He just wanted to run and play and sitting was not in his game plan.  He is a total mommas boy though and that is quite apparent here.  I still love his serious little face.  We'll bring his favorite "bubba" as a prop for his birthday shoot next month.  That should do the trick :)

To Kendra, your clothing choice was adorable.  As I was putting them in the closet this last weekend, I was getting excited for him to wear them.  He will be all cuddly in them and look adorable of course. 

From beginning to end....here goes:



It is the perogative of an almost 2 year old to do the opposite of what you ask. 
Such is life!

Patiently waiting

Not so patiently waiting.



It's A.......
 



BOY!!!!  Clearly the fact that those are boy clothes was quite entertaining to me. 





We look shocked and I just realized Mark hasn't even moved his arm.  LOL

Now we hug and celebrate.  Hehe
Mark is smiling.  That is a good sign!

G looks a bit terrified. 
Yes son, you are getting a baby brother!  Hide your toys :)

OMG I love his face!

Still digesting what all those little boy clothes could possibly mean.

 

 

3 weeks of torture over with just one pull of a clothes pin. 

Happy to know that it is a boy and so excited to get everything ready for him. 



Our creative photographer. 
Love the way we receive pics now :)

 

Labor Day Weekend

This was one of those super jam packed weekends that resulted in the need to clear out and make room for a soon to be family of 4. 

 

A 3 day weekend in pictures.

 

Toys were moved to the red room/guest room/new toy room.
 

Our second pile of giveaway stuff for the weekend.

More of the red/guest/toy room

Reading nook

Fall mantle with random stuff from around the house.

 

G and I going through ALL the clothes we still had stored in the house. 
I am pretty sure there are still more in storage.
Pants are always optional in this house :)

 

Garrett's closet became a G and little brother closet. 
Short sleeves on the right from little to big.



Long sleeves on the left from little to big.
Blankets hung up on hangers. 
Too many to store, so I decided to hang.

Shoes, shorts and pants from little to big.
Did you know they don't make pant hangers for little clothes that you can buy.
Well, they might, but I didn't search for very long
I made my own with clothes pins and hangers. 

3 giant boxes of wipes. 
Mark is my overstocker.

4 boxes of size 5 diapers.
G only wears a size 4.
Did I mention my husband, the overstocker?

This house isn't perfect, but all 4 bedrooms have a walk in closet
and that is pretty darn close to perfection if you ask me.

Daddy said it was time for G to give up his beloved high chair and be a big boy at the table.
 

And this is where G decided he would be happier this morning for breakfast. 

Our 11th anniversary. 
We are sitting on the leather seats for Mark's F150 that arrived that day.
Nothing says Happy Anniversary dear wife like 2 giant boxes of leather seats that need to be installed.

Going in for a kiss, because even though he is crazy
he is my crazy and I love him.

While his mommy and daddy were kising in the entry way and having a
little anniversary alone time, G spent the day with his Great Aunt Lisa, Great Uncle
Bruce and cousin Cydney.  Want to know how to get a teenage girl to the top of
the Chickfila play structure?  Show your slide loving toddler the indoor playground!
He also got to feed ducks at the park.  What a fun day for him :)

Bad advice

What is the worst advice you ever received?

 

This is Saturday's prompt and I thought it was fitting for this page since the majority of bad advice is regarding pregnancies and parenting. 

 

In my world the worst advice usually is the unsolicited advice.  Everyone and their brother has an opinion on how your pregnancy is going, what you are having and how early you will go into labor.  If I ask for your thoughts, I am open to all the possibilities that may come out of your mouth, but it is just the unsolicited advice that drives me crazy. 

As far as parenting goes, the worst advice I have had was to bite my kid back every time he bit someone.  No thanks.  I think I will find another way.  Turns out it was a stage and he grew out of it fast.  Now if only some of the other kids would grow out of it at daycare that would help. 

 

What is the worst pregnancy/parenting advice you have received?

 

 

 



Naming Babies

Only 1 of these names is a contender. 
All names were pulled from nameberry.com as predictions for 2019 LOL
 

Was your husband super opionated when you were picking out baby names? I never thought it would be something a man would care about. Yep, I realize that is sexist. When I was pregnant with Garrett I realized how wrong I was. He not only had an opinion, he was passionate about it. I have always kept lists and at some point I must have made a baby name list on my computer. I don't even remember this list, so it must have been quite old. We had been married 8 years before we got pregnant with Garrett, so I had plenty of time to gather names. Mark wanted all sorts of crazy names I did not approve of so one day he found this list I supposedly wrote and found the name Garrett on it. He said he liked it and since I had already written it down, surely that meant that I liked it so in his mind we were in agreement. Men! But yes, I do love his name. It is unique and manly without being too futuristic or cute and I even love the middle name Mark gave him, Sky.

So, insert baby #2. We do not know the gender yet, but it is never too early to start thinking and planning. We have the boy name pretty much nailed down. I actually am getting more and more excited about that one. I wasn't thrilled with it at first as I have a name I love that Mark just does not understand. I have a girl name I love too, that he will not even consider. So for girl names, he thinks we have that nailed down too, but I only somewhat love the first name and hate his middle name choice. I mean HATE. Yep, super strong dislike. Yesterday I decided on a new girl name that I think I am in love with. It is unique and girly and perfect for our family. Still working on convincing him.

Do you love your kid's first and middle names? I am never going to like the middle name Mark has for a girl, but not sure it is worth fighting over. How do I explain to my potential future daughter that I love her and hate her middle name? Would that be weird? I'm not sure I have ever even asked my parents how they came up with my name. Do you know where your name originated? So, maybe it doesn't even matter. Am I overthinking this?