Busy Busy Busy...
That just about sums up the rest of the summer. I was looking at the calendar yesterday and realized that we don’t have much time left until the baby gets here. This is obviously in comparison to the number of weekends that we have remaining available. Out of the 22 weeks left, I was able to count 3 that did not have some sort of event planned. Guess time will go by faster than I thought. We’ll see about that ?!?! haha
This past weekend we drove to Lubbock to see Holly, Greg and the kiddos. We celebrated Connor’s 5th Birthday (though his B-day was December 28th). He had a Ninja Turtle Theme Party! The kids seemed to really have a great time, and although the Blizzard that swept through didn’t leave behind anything destructive, it left the air a bit chilly to have it at the park, so we ended up in the house.
I painted Alyssa’s nails Saturday before the party and she chewed majority of the polish off by the end of the day. I’m sure she’s fine (no lead poisoning or anything), but I think we will be waiting a few more years to paint them again. She’ll be 4 at the end of September, so we have time.
The twinks (Kylee and Ashlynn) are adorable as ever. We had a great time getting to know them a little better, as they are just getting to be old enough to remember us a little bit better. I can’t believe that they will be 2 in July! Kylee really took to Uncle Bryce this time and Ashlynn loved on me. It’s so fun to see them all grow up.
The long awaited gender determination appointment is coming up this next Monday. We are now officially have less than 1 week until we find out. Some of you already know this but, I have to admit, I have been struggling a little bit with the fact that I would prefer a girl and I think that I would be disappointed if it turns out to be a boy. What’s strange… Bryce and I have always wanted boys and we have even had our boys name picked out for 7 years. I was always the one that wanted 3 boys and no girls. Just recently have I begun wanting a girl. I’m not sure why I would prefer a girl first, but I am just not “feeling” the boy thing right now. Personally I don’t think that I want to deal with it right now. I’m not saying girls are perfect (not by any means whatsoever) but over the last several months the want to have a girl first has grown stronger and stronger. I would say that the only thing that is encouraging me at this point, is knowing that God will give me the baby that I need and that he wants me to have. Don’t get me wrong, I already love my little one SO much and I will love it so much more as the years go by, REGARDLESS of the gender. And like I said before, God will give me what I need and since he doesn’t make mistakes, I know that everything will work out PERFECTLY! I’m really excited either way… really, I am!
(Pictured above is a swing that I grew up playing on. It sat for 20+ years in my GREAT Grandmothers yard. My cousins and I spent many Easters and summer days swinging on that precious swing. Last summer I went to visit and found that no one had sat in this swing for 10+ years. I brought it home with me and brought it back to life. I painted it white, as that was the color it was when I was growing up. - Just wanted to share that little piece of history with you).
