The baby is...
a
BOY.
I'm excited. Girls are scary. I did think it was a girl though, so it was a suprise. Now to picking a name.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tomorrow is baby gender day
Tomorrow is the day we find out if "The Baby in the Tummy" is a boy or a girl. Keep us in mind for this fun day tomorrow.
If anyone is interested it goes a little something like this:
Stephen - wants a boy
Ethie - wants a girl (or a puppy)
Brian - wants a girl
Erin - changes every single day, one day I'm all about a boy and girl makes me nervous, one day I'm all about a girl and think I have two boys already time for a change.
Everyone else - GIRL.
I have never had so many people care so deeply about what gender the baby is. Like I'm missing out on half of life just because my kids are just boys or something.
I do want to SHOP for a girl. So if I don't have a girl I need one of my closest friends to have a girl. I need siblings so I can have a niece. Wouldn't that be good?
On to names:
Girl names: Either Megan Lee Kellogg or Lilyann Lee Kellogg. This will be based on if the kid looks like a Megan or a Lily. Mostly dark hair makes you a Megan and light hair means Lily, but it's pretty much going to be up to me. You know during that insane hormone surge and supreme fatigue of having just given birth, THATS when I'll make the decision.
Boy names: So this is why I kinda hope for a girl. I HAVE two great girl names. I have no GREAT boy names. The middle name will be Verdie. It's a family name and that part is totally set in stone. All our names have to end in "n". Brian likes Warren a lot. I used to but am over it. I like Jackson or Lincoln. Marcia and Gram like Simon. Brian thinks "Jackson" is weird because we live in Jacksonville, but we do like it here so I think that makes it ok. We talked about Dalton, which is the lovely town my family is all from, but Brian's never been there and we don't love it, just the way it sounds, so that's silly. Kids are liking Ammon from the Book of Mormon right now. I don't know about Ammon Verdie, I mean those are both pretty weird.
I'm hoping if the baby is a boy that boy names will start to feel better to me. Or maybe that's why they don't, because it's not a boy so why would they feel right.
Side note, I'm in my pj's and my neighbor is edging his side yard. I need some curtains... Just sayin.
If anyone is interested it goes a little something like this:
Stephen - wants a boy
Ethie - wants a girl (or a puppy)
Brian - wants a girl
Erin - changes every single day, one day I'm all about a boy and girl makes me nervous, one day I'm all about a girl and think I have two boys already time for a change.
Everyone else - GIRL.
I have never had so many people care so deeply about what gender the baby is. Like I'm missing out on half of life just because my kids are just boys or something.
I do want to SHOP for a girl. So if I don't have a girl I need one of my closest friends to have a girl. I need siblings so I can have a niece. Wouldn't that be good?
On to names:
Girl names: Either Megan Lee Kellogg or Lilyann Lee Kellogg. This will be based on if the kid looks like a Megan or a Lily. Mostly dark hair makes you a Megan and light hair means Lily, but it's pretty much going to be up to me. You know during that insane hormone surge and supreme fatigue of having just given birth, THATS when I'll make the decision.
Boy names: So this is why I kinda hope for a girl. I HAVE two great girl names. I have no GREAT boy names. The middle name will be Verdie. It's a family name and that part is totally set in stone. All our names have to end in "n". Brian likes Warren a lot. I used to but am over it. I like Jackson or Lincoln. Marcia and Gram like Simon. Brian thinks "Jackson" is weird because we live in Jacksonville, but we do like it here so I think that makes it ok. We talked about Dalton, which is the lovely town my family is all from, but Brian's never been there and we don't love it, just the way it sounds, so that's silly. Kids are liking Ammon from the Book of Mormon right now. I don't know about Ammon Verdie, I mean those are both pretty weird.
I'm hoping if the baby is a boy that boy names will start to feel better to me. Or maybe that's why they don't, because it's not a boy so why would they feel right.
Side note, I'm in my pj's and my neighbor is edging his side yard. I need some curtains... Just sayin.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
A few changes here aka Nesting
So you know about "nesting" right? The crazy pregnant girl urge to reorganize everything and move lots of furniture? Boy howdy do I have it BAD this time. I expect at any moment for my family to call me to task on it!
Today I had the bedroom painted! This YUMMY yellow color. Now side note, we have lived here for four years. In that time I had never painted my bedroom. I've been picking a color for four years. Because I'm a dork. It's been dirty white all this time. ICKY white. Anyhow I finally pick this yellow, which I love. Then I realize it's the same stinking yellow I had in my last bedroom AND the same yellow I put in Stephen's bedroom. I mean not the exact same but really crazy close. Four years to decide on a color I've used TWICE already. It's ok I love it anyhow!
Mom! Look! I made the bed! Those of you who know Brian and I really well know this is an issue for us. He has like SEVEN layers of blankets on his side, I have just the sheet. He doesn't care about making beds, but it drives me CRAZY that it's so hard to make a bed like that. Anyhow I finally figured it out sorta. It's not super crisp, but it doesn't look like a sloppy teenager lives here either. (In the seven layers, six are from his or my HIGH SCHOOL beds. There is some ICK factor with that.) That deer picture has been in my Farrell family for generations and I LOVE it more than I can express. I'm going to hang my huge mini-quilt collection over the bed. It is going to look CHARMING. *
That lovely quilt my mom made when I was a kid. I'm working on a large king sized quilt, but I HAVE to have a handmade quilt folded at the bottom of my bed, even if it doesn't really fit. Also, yes I have a lot of books, no, these are not all of them, not even close.
See that awesome flamingo painting? So I steal stuff from my mom. I tell her and all, so I guess I extort stuff from her. Anyhow she had this FANTASTIC art in her Laundry Room. Right over the litter box. Like for the cats to look at while they use it. Um.. heck no! I had to "rescue" it. See how awesome it looks in my room. When I was picking colors this painting was one of the things any color HAD to go with. I've been watching House Hunters and everyone hates mirrored closet doors. I had no idea! I love mine. I also love my pool view and those curtains are black out. :)
This is the last view, sorta boring, you can see into the bathroom a bit, on the floor are the mini quilts. (I don't keep them on the floor, I just put them there for the picture.) Flaming June is the orange art, it's my favorite art of all time.
Today I had the bedroom painted! This YUMMY yellow color. Now side note, we have lived here for four years. In that time I had never painted my bedroom. I've been picking a color for four years. Because I'm a dork. It's been dirty white all this time. ICKY white. Anyhow I finally pick this yellow, which I love. Then I realize it's the same stinking yellow I had in my last bedroom AND the same yellow I put in Stephen's bedroom. I mean not the exact same but really crazy close. Four years to decide on a color I've used TWICE already. It's ok I love it anyhow!
Mom! Look! I made the bed! Those of you who know Brian and I really well know this is an issue for us. He has like SEVEN layers of blankets on his side, I have just the sheet. He doesn't care about making beds, but it drives me CRAZY that it's so hard to make a bed like that. Anyhow I finally figured it out sorta. It's not super crisp, but it doesn't look like a sloppy teenager lives here either. (In the seven layers, six are from his or my HIGH SCHOOL beds. There is some ICK factor with that.) That deer picture has been in my Farrell family for generations and I LOVE it more than I can express. I'm going to hang my huge mini-quilt collection over the bed. It is going to look CHARMING. *
That lovely quilt my mom made when I was a kid. I'm working on a large king sized quilt, but I HAVE to have a handmade quilt folded at the bottom of my bed, even if it doesn't really fit. Also, yes I have a lot of books, no, these are not all of them, not even close.
See that awesome flamingo painting? So I steal stuff from my mom. I tell her and all, so I guess I extort stuff from her. Anyhow she had this FANTASTIC art in her Laundry Room. Right over the litter box. Like for the cats to look at while they use it. Um.. heck no! I had to "rescue" it. See how awesome it looks in my room. When I was picking colors this painting was one of the things any color HAD to go with. I've been watching House Hunters and everyone hates mirrored closet doors. I had no idea! I love mine. I also love my pool view and those curtains are black out. :)
This is the last view, sorta boring, you can see into the bathroom a bit, on the floor are the mini quilts. (I don't keep them on the floor, I just put them there for the picture.) Flaming June is the orange art, it's my favorite art of all time.Other things I've done is rearrange the kid's furniture. I do this all the time. I keep thinking that if I figure it out just right they will go to sleep without complaint. I'm not sure why I think this? Sometimes I want to just chuck ALL their toys and get them down to dressers and beds only. Not really, but it's a sick fantasy of mine. haha.
We took that cute huge rat back. Switched him for a different rat. What I thought at the store was cuddliness was actually terror. Nice. A terrified rodent isn't a good mix with kids. Jumpy and bites. Also the rat and Victor were not friends. And it bit me a lot. So I switched. I'll get pics of the real new rat soon. His name is Roderick. We are TOTALLY keeping him. He's one of the best rats ever and Victor loves him. They sleep squished together in a tiny corner of the huge cage. They are both very happy.
So you know my living room? And how the way the TV is I can't put any more seating in there and it bothers me. A lot. Well I think I figured something out! I'm hoping Brian will help me try it later. He's tired from all the moving of furnature and the TONS of yard work he did today. (I did stuff too, just not heavy stuff, pregnant and all.) Anyhow if it works I'll take pictures of that tomorrow.
I reorganized my pantry some. I redid some of the scrapbook room, just minor changes in there, I have a REALLY well organized scrapbook room. I made curtains for the kid's rooms. OH! I should sort out my closet and dresser! I'm so doing that next week!
We find out if the baby is a boy or girl next Thursday. I'll be sure to tell you.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Catching up.
I'm going to cover a few things to catch up.
1. I've been feeling that Victor looked lonely. I thought Stephen would want him out and playing ALL THE TIME, but he doesn't. Rats like to be in groups, they are very social. We were not filling his needs. Introducing the new rat (and a larger cage). New rat is a boy too (of course) and doesn't have a name yet. Technically it's my rat. (paid for it with my "fun money). It's huge. Enormous. It's way more mellow than Victor. That seems to work for them though.
2. We went on vacation last week. Just me and the kids. Poor Brian can't get any time off work. (Which is a whole other suckfest.) Anyhow we had a good time. I was EXHAUSTED by the time we got home. I won't be visiting anyone else till march of so of next year. My camera died on me after these fishing photos. This was the boys' first fishing trip. :) We went to my mom's too and played tons there, but, camera was dead. Mom has pics I'll try to get them loaded here soon.
3. Ethie had his birthday. He's 4 now. He didn't have a party or anything but he had a boatload of presents. he's REALLY FUN to shop for. I think his favorite was the silly singing fish. He also got a huge stack of gift cards to his favorite resturants. He is forever wanting to eat out. I mean he'd eat out every day if I let him. So the gift card thing was Brian's idea so Ethan could influence eating out more. I'm going to die if I ever eat McDonalds again! (Kidding, but I do need at least a week off from it.)
I think that's all for the pics. Pregnancy is going great now. Occasional headaches, but I have that medicine now that kills them. I'm thirsty and tired all the time. More tired than with the other two, but of course I have two very active boys now so that's expected. I can feel the baby move for sure now. At first I wasn't sure that's what I was feeling, but now I'm sure. So that's good.
1. I've been feeling that Victor looked lonely. I thought Stephen would want him out and playing ALL THE TIME, but he doesn't. Rats like to be in groups, they are very social. We were not filling his needs. Introducing the new rat (and a larger cage). New rat is a boy too (of course) and doesn't have a name yet. Technically it's my rat. (paid for it with my "fun money). It's huge. Enormous. It's way more mellow than Victor. That seems to work for them though.
2. We went on vacation last week. Just me and the kids. Poor Brian can't get any time off work. (Which is a whole other suckfest.) Anyhow we had a good time. I was EXHAUSTED by the time we got home. I won't be visiting anyone else till march of so of next year. My camera died on me after these fishing photos. This was the boys' first fishing trip. :) We went to my mom's too and played tons there, but, camera was dead. Mom has pics I'll try to get them loaded here soon.
3. Ethie had his birthday. He's 4 now. He didn't have a party or anything but he had a boatload of presents. he's REALLY FUN to shop for. I think his favorite was the silly singing fish. He also got a huge stack of gift cards to his favorite resturants. He is forever wanting to eat out. I mean he'd eat out every day if I let him. So the gift card thing was Brian's idea so Ethan could influence eating out more. I'm going to die if I ever eat McDonalds again! (Kidding, but I do need at least a week off from it.)
I think that's all for the pics. Pregnancy is going great now. Occasional headaches, but I have that medicine now that kills them. I'm thirsty and tired all the time. More tired than with the other two, but of course I have two very active boys now so that's expected. I can feel the baby move for sure now. At first I wasn't sure that's what I was feeling, but now I'm sure. So that's good. I got a magazine yesterday that had three of my cards published in it. So that's always awesome. Reading a pretty good book, got two more new ones just waiting for me. I'm happy.
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