Making new memories

Last week was a week full of memories for me to store in the back of my mind. The week started off with us finding out if we would be blessed with a boy or a girl. And to mine and Sarah's surprise, we will be welcoming Julian Elizabeth into this world on October 23rd...or at least that's the date right now. This whole time I've been pregnant, we've just known it was going to be a boy. All of our blogs and comments reference 'him' or 'he'. But boy were we wrong. God is giving us a baby girl to add to the estrogen in this house. I feel extremely sorry for Spike, our teacup Yorkie. He's the only male in this house. Poor guy is going to have to deal with me, Sarah, Jaylee and Julian as well as Nina and Bella, the other two dogs in the house. Poor Spike doesn't stand a chance.

Jaylee can't wait for Julian to arrive. She is so excited that she's going to have a baby sister. She got to come with us to the doctor's appointment last week and got to see Julian moving all around in my belly and she got to hear her little heartbeat. When the tech told us we were having a girl, Jaylee's immediate response was "I got my wish". Not only did Jaylee get to come with us that day, but Ethan and my mom got to experience it too. Ethan was amazed! He just couldn't understand why we couldn't take the baby out that day. At one point, you could see Julian's hand on the tv screen and we told Ethan she was waving, so he waved back at her. :-) Man, I love that kid! It was good to have my mom there with us. We have always been close with one another and having her experience that with me and Sarah makes me smile.

Saturday night, Sarah took me out for my birthday...it's not until this week, but she has to work on my birthday so we celebrated early. We started off the night by shopping for maternity clothes. And to my surprise, I actually found some things I like. At this point, I think they could be the ugliest things in the world, and I wouldn't care...as long as I could sit comfortably and breathe. But luckily the jeans and shorts are cute and comfortable. I'm pretty excited about the dress I got. It's not a maternity dress, but it will be worn as one, and I'll still be able to wear it after I have Julian...so that makes it an even better buy! We ended the night at my favorite place...Cantina Laredo. That place has the best salsa and spinach enchiladas I've ever eaten! I should've put my new pants on before we went in, but instead I walked out with my jeans unbuttoned. I couldn't help it, the food was just too good to leave any on my plate.

Sunday started off with us being able to feel Julian move for the first time. She started moving all around while I was getting ready for church and she kept on all through the service. Jaylee thought it was pretty cool. And I have to say, I thought it was too. I've been pushing all around on my stomach since then hoping to feel her move some more, but I guess that's all we're going to get for now.

After church we headed out to take family pictures. And even though it was 95 degrees outside and we were all sweating bullets, it was so much fun! Crystal was a trooper taking the pictures. She had 9 of us to deal with...taking pictures of the whole group, taking pictures of each individual family, taking 20 different single shots of Cessy so that she would have tons of Facebook profile pics to choose from...Crystal was laying on the ground trying to get every single shot we asked for. She's the best! I can't wait to see the pics. I know they're going to look great!

After pictures, we all headed back to my mom's house...much to my surprise to have cake and ice cream for my birthday and get more presents! I love my family! Sarah bought me a freakin awesome camera! I can't wait to use it on our Florida vacation. I probably won't be doing anything other than taking pictures since I'll be big and pregnant by that time. I'll get to use the Old Navy gift cards from my mom and my sister to buy more maternity clothes, so I can make it comfortably through the blazing hot summer. And I got an ice cold spit shower from Crystal. She thought the card my mom bought me was so funny she spit her ice water out as she laughed uncontrollably.

Oh the memories. :-)

Christy

It's a girl!!

    Christy and I both had this gut feeling that we were having a boy.  I'm not sure why, we just knew..or so we thought.  Needless to say, we were both a little surprised on Monday when we found out we are going to be having a beautiful baby girl.  I'm sure the shock on my face was quite apparent.  But the look on my face wasn't just from the shock of the news.  When the technician said "It's 100% girl," I experienced the exact same feeling I did when they told me Jaylee was going to be a girl...WE'RE IN TROUBLE.  Double trouble to be exact because now we're going to have two of them.  That's a lot of estrogen in one house.

    Jaylee is super excited.  She's been hoping for a little sister the whole time.  I'm sure the first few years will be a breeze.  Jaylee is going to want to play dress up with her and paint her little nails.  They'll get along great...until Jaylee turns 13.  I can hear it know, "MOM, get Julian outta my room!!"  And by then I'm sure Julian will be quite assertive herself (if she takes after her mommy) and will be screaming right back.  

   Not only that, but I really do believe the old saying "You pay for your raising."  Jaylee acts exactly like me.  My parents think it's hilarious.  I can't even talk to them about the struggles of parenthood without them cracking up because apparently they had the same struggles with me.  I'm sure we'll experience the same thing with Julian.  And if any of you knew Christy or have heard stories about her when she was a kid, you'll understand my concern.

   All joking aside, I am really excited we are having another little girl.  In fact, the last couple of times we've gone baby shopping, I've caught myself browsing through the girl's stuff and secretly wishing we were having a baby girl.  I love Jaylee and wouldn't trade her for anything in the world.  She's been a joy to raise and I'm sure Julian will be as well. 

 

Sarah