Update: His coworkers were extremely kind and chipped in to get us a gift card to Babies R Us! Also, one of his coworkers brought homemade tiramisu that his mother-in-law made for the potluck. OH MY WORD! This is seriously the BEST I have ever tasted! It's amazing! And, I may even get the recipe! I'm dying here!
When Bob got to work this morning (at 5:00am--because he's finishing up his last paper for his bachelor's degree...woo hoo!) he was surprised to see this:
His co-workers at Quicken Loans (One Reverse Mortgage) planned a celebration and potluck to honor him on the upcoming arrival of our little buddy. Pretty cool!
I'm now 38 weeks along with BCIV. I can hardly wait to hold my boy! My ultrasound confirmed that he's still a boy today (which is good, cause Bob dreamt last night that it turned out he was a "she"). So, I was glad to pass along that news. He is already measuring about 8 pounds, and everything looks good. Praise God!
I know it's hard to see, but the two pictures on the right are his face. He looks like his daddy!
His big sister has had quite the great transition to her crib. It's been a week now and we are doing great!! The first 3 nights were rough. She would wake up and cry for about an hour and then just sit straight up and stare at the door quietly. One night she was awake from 1:30am on. She didn't sleep until 8am. Bob and I were beside ourselves. We decided to purchase a video monitor after that! But, since that night, she's slept through the night. We're at 4 nights now. We put about 9 pacifiers in her bed and a couple of her favorite stuffed animals, and that seems to do the trick. She also has the projection and sound machine to help. We are so thrilled. Today she even was trying to play outside her crib and grab her pacifiers out of it and would put her shoes in there, etc. I think she's losing her fear of her crib. Awesome!
One of the most beautiful things I have seen in my life happened over the weekend. I don't know why, but to me there's nothing more precious than a dad's love for his daughter and vice versa. Bob danced with Isabelle to a song by Christina Perri, and I was a bawlin' mess. I had never heard the song before, but I don't think I'll ever forget it. So precious. Here's the song..
Speaking of singing, check out my nephew Isaiah. What a clown!
Another cool thing that happened last week was being spoiled by my friend, Michelle! She paid for me to get a haircut and bought me some really great hair products as a baby mama gift! It was so awesome! I actually had been wanting the type of shampoo and conditioner that she got after I saw that the girl from The Small Things Blog uses it. So, that was awesome!
She also watched Isabelle for me for a few hours so I could have some "me" time! It was great and so thoughtful! Apparently, Isabelle really likes Michelle's little niece....cute!
Here are a couple pictures of us on Easter, minus Bob unfortunately.
And, lastly, my niece Gabby came home from the hospital yesterday. Turns out she had viral meningitis and at one point her fever was over 105!! Poor girl! Thank God though, she is doing much better now.
Please pray for my little 4 year old niece, Gabriella. She's in the hospital and doctors are trying to figure out why she's sick. Poor sweetie!
It's been a hospital sort of week for our loved ones! Isabelle's favorite Uncle Jim was in for a few days. We're praying for you, Uncle Jim!!
Just an update on Baby Sweetie's sleeping in her own crib. Last night we had the best possible night ever! We filled the crib with a few of her favorite stuffed animals and about 9 pacifiers. She woke up but never cried and played with her toys and then fell back to sleep and didn't wake up until 8am! Praise the Lord!! We are so thrilled! When I picked her up this morning, through her tears, she was showing me all her toys! Too cute! We love our girl!
Isabelle is 15 months old! It's hard to believe that she is the age I've been waiting for her to be when her brother arrives. Here are a few facts about the last month.
She is now in a size 4 diaper and wearing size 18 month clothes and size 4 shoe. She's a tall girl!
She says Elmo ("memo"), mama, dada, e-i-e-i-oh, yeah, and chocolate. Oh wait, no, I say chocolate, my bad.
She loves to kiss and pat my belly. She always says "dada?" when she pats it. Too cute!
She is more outgoing than ever now, and has even been letting more people hold her. The key to her heart is food. Have food? Will like you.
She is on a pro-biotic right now to help get her little system flowing more efficiently. This seems to be helping alot!
We've gone on a few Mommy/daughter shopping dates already! She loves her stroller thankfully.
She takes 1-2 naps a day depending on how tired she is. We are in the process of sleep training her in her own crib. She has always had to be rocked to sleep, and literally has trouble falling asleep on her own unless she's in her carseat. Since my hands are going to be quite occupied in 3 weeks, we're working on helping her out with that. The good thing is that she only cries for an hour (heartbreaking) but the bad thing is that for the past two nights, she just sits straight up in her bed for 3-4 hours after that initial hour of crying. Bob and I don't get alot of sleep and spend alot of time praying for her, that's for sure.
I got her room all put together this week and now it just feels like she's in a big girl room! (Thanks to her Grandpa Frank for the wonderful dresser and nightstand!
We are so excited to see her transition into the big sister role in a matter of weeks, and we're so thankful that God has allowed us to be the ones to parent her and teach her how to love and honor Him. We are so blessed!
Isabelle got a new video from Uncle Jim and Aunt Lisa for Easter. I just realized that she can now say Elmo. It comes out "memo", but still! Another trick! Too cute! Thanks, Hudsons!
Easter weekend was a great one for our family. On Thursday, Bellie and I packed up and headed to Grandma Susie's house for a few days. Bellie got to hang out with her cousin and grandparents and aunts and uncles. I got to relax and hang out with my SILs. It was wonderful! Aunt Hezzie planned an Easter egg hunt for the little girls and it was so cute to watch! Thank you, Hez!!!
On Easter Sunday, we had a great church service and went out to lunch at O'Toole's restaurant. We were searching for an easter brunch, and happened to remember that O'Toole's offered one. So, we got there and found out that it was reservation only. But, the staff said we were early so if we could get in and out in 35 minutes, we were welcome to come and eat! So, we said "heck yeah!" It was delicious, too! Chocolate and caramel covered pancakes and waffles, man so much stuff, I was chowing down! The only problem was that our little Bellie decided to be a handful and be really loud and fussy, so it was probably good that we had a time limit. Bob and I said that we used to remember getting annoyed when other people's kids were naughty in the restaurant, and then we realized that yesterday we were "those people". He said someday we'll look back on this moment with fond memories, but not right now. Haha!
We came home, took a 2.5-3 hour nap (hallelujah!) and headed over to Hudson's for a great night of fun! Did I mention they spoiled Bellie with a wonderful Easter basket full of goodies?!! You guys are the best! Thank you!
