The Name Game!!

So we have begun the name picking process.  Its pretty funny that with this being our third boy, the list has gotten pretty short.  I remember with the first, we had a pretty long list but knew fairly early the name (and no arguing or anything!).

With boy number two, it took quite a bit longer, I think I was about 6 or 7 months along before we narrowed it down to just a few.  Then not until about month 8 were we sure!  In that process my husband and I talked first and then decided that we would both make out own list and go from there.  With our completed lists we realized that neither of us had the same names or even close!  So we started the process over again!  This time we did have a few of the same names (with the one that we ended up choosing on both of our lists!).  BUT we still could not agree.  Then after a few weeks of "deliberating" we FINALLY came to our conclusion! 

So now with boy number three, we each did our own list again.  But this time we each only had about 3 names on each list.  A little bit easier to decide, especially since two of the names were the same!  So now that I am almost 5 1/2 months along we are down to 2 names!  Hopefully in the next few weeks we will have a final decision! 

Now on a funny note, when asking the older two boys what they want to name the baby we got some interesting responses!  The 6 year old said we should name it "Woody".  The 3 year old said we should name it "Buzz".  I think maybe a little too much Toy Story is being watched in our house!!  

Also last week the 3 year old and I were sitting on the couch cuddling, and having some candy!  When he asked what I had in my mouth, I told him a life saver.   He then began talking about the baby and where it was.  I told him the baby was in mommies tummy, and that he could talk to the baby if he wanted to.  Then in his little 3 year old way, he asked me if I ate the baby!!  Without laughing too hard I had to try to explain the concept to him.  That didn't go very well, he really was confused when I got done.  So now we just try to do our best when talking about the baby in mommies tummy. 

More Blue!!!!

We found out last week that we will be adding another little boy to our family! This is such exciting news!! Both of our boys are super excited to have another brother to play with. The "biggest" brother, who is by nature a planner, already had everything planned out. Where the baby will sleep and and where he will sleep. Its so funny to listen to a six year old make these kinds of plans! Then there is the other "big" brother, who I am not quite sure understands what is going on. Being that is 3, this is likely to come as a huge shock to his little system.

I am so excited that we were able to find out what we are having so soon. This makes the planning process so much easier. Since we got rid of most of the baby stuff, it will be nice to be able to replenish it with the right type of things. I can't wait for garage sale time to get here! Its getting closer everyday!

It's been a long time!!

Well its been a super long winter for us. We have had a couple of "blizzards" here in our town and that has really been stressful for us. With so much snow it was really hard to take the boys outside to play in it, because it was so deep! BUT I am so happy that it is now March and we can start to begin to see spring coming! The boys are ready and so am I!! My 6 year old keeps asking me when its going to be a no school day all the time, aka: SUMMER!! I have to keep telling him that it will be a few months before its summer time.

I am so happy that in the last few weeks my 3 year old is FINALLY getting this potty thing. He is able to tell me when he has to go and is staying dry all day. This is a huge blessing in our house, because we will be having another little one coming in August. With that new little one we wanted the 3 year old to be well trained and ready for when this baby arrives.

With this new little baby coming we will be going through a ton of changes (as with every child that we have added to our family). We don't know what we are having yet, so its hard to prepare anything at this time. We have done a little shopping for baby items and with the generosity of some friends we will be able to borrow most of the stuff we need. Since we thought we were finished having children after number two we got rid of most of the baby stuff. So with the exception of the crib we really had nothing for this new baby! We also figure though that after two kids it would probably be time to replace some items anyway.