Quick Family Updates
-Getting good at pulling blankets up over his body when he's cold at night (seems like a menial task but this little bit of independence is WONDERFUL for us at night!
-Colors? I got a book from the library to help him actually sit down and try to learn colors... he gets excited about it but I can tell his brain just isn't ready for it. Not sure he even sees the similarity between the three red things we just talked about and the next red thing that we ask what color it is yet. He's much more interested in learning new words. The other day he pointed to me and said "giwl?" and pointed to himself and said "boy". Gotta roll with whatever they find interest in in the moment, right?-Human pinball- This kid is a human pinball! Finds interest in something for a minute or two and bounces to the next thing. He doesn't stay very still ever!
Katelyn
-She's really finding her "Spunkiness". This can come out negatively for sure, but at other times, she's simply hilarious. She loves making us laugh. Little Tyler, dare I say?-Excited about baby sister. Keeps asking when baby is going to sleep in her room with her.
-Rooms- Lucas and Katelyn shared a room for about a week or two. The falling asleep part was not a huge deal. Luke would sing and Kate would fall asleep while he was singing and he'd eventually snuggle in and lose it. It's the 3am that wasn't working... Luke wasn't mature enough to realize that an open door isn't a metaphorical "open door" to go play with toys and sing and read. He quickly was put back in his room and after a good friend mentioned the idea of Katelyn and baby sharing a room, I realized that was the best way to go. At least for a while until Luke matures a bit more and sleeps better. So now there's Luke's room, and there's the girls' room. Knock on wood that this actually works! (and if it doesn't, maybe kate will have to sleep on the floor of our room for a bit or something...)Baby Girl
-Coming soon! ish... relatively at least! I'm 37 weeks and dr doesn't want me to go over due date as she's a large one. (But what else is new, right?) She's already 8 lbs (which was how much katelyn weighed when she was born 4 days past her due date). However, we have some incredibly fun things coming up (minister and spouses retreat, a banquet in Minneapolis for Speed the Light at which a good friend of ours is speaking, the church's 85th anniversary...). I requested doctor doesn't even think about "helping things along" until at least 39 weeks, once all of the hoopla is done. She said that's fine, but that she doesn't want me going over my due date. I'm not a big fan of the idea of induction but I'm also not a big fan of a 10 lb baby getting stuck like she's all scared about, but Luke was 9lbs 6 oz and his labor was insanely fast with no "stuck" issues so what's another half a pound? We'd appreciate your prayers for wisdom but we're not so concerned. Heck, if anything, maybe a larger baby will help us at least get to the hospital with more than 15 minutes to spare this time ;)
-Kicks- They say that babys' movements tend to slow down a bit with less room to move. I feel like that's never been true... at least my babies just push all the harder to stretch out. The other day, true story, she pushed a foot out SO hard that I could feel her whole flat of her foot with my hand, including what I assume to be a big toe! Weirdest thing ever! It was quick, and I could be imagining things, but I've never experienced something like that before!
-Nesting- with all the fun things coming up, I spent the last two days getting everything ready. Now that I have everything done, I feel like I can relax and enjoy the fun of the next few weeks and not have to worry or stress about things being ready for baby and I can just "worry" myself about upkeep of the house... if I feel like it ;)
Well, that's it! Next post should be the birth story of baby girl!
Maybe we'll have decided on a name by then....
