baby...stuff

I couldn't find an appropriate title for this post because it's going to be a mish-mash of a lot of thoughts and feelings I've been having lately. It seems like time is flying by and I can't believe that in 12 weeks we will be anxiously awaiting the arrival of a new baby. My dr. officially moved my due date up a week--so now I am due on February 3. Hopefully the powers that be will be kind and he either will come early or on his due date like Brooke did. But just because we are excited for him to come does not mean that we are ready! I have a list a mile long of things that need to be done, it's finding the time to get it done that is the problem. The spare bedroom needs to be cleaned out, painted (sage green with stripes...ambitious for me, I know), and all of the stuff that's currently in the room needs to be moved to our basement bedroom or given away (anyone need an extra computer desk? For some reason, we have two!) Brooke also needs to transition into her toddler bed. I am planning on doing that over Christmas break. I am sad for that happen mainly because that means Brooke will be free to roam when she wakes up--I've quite liked having her contained in her crib in the mornings and after naps.

We are slowly aquiring a stash of boy stuff. No pink ruffles for our little man. I ordered some cute bedding for him in this pattern:

and have gotten some clothing for him as well. I am terrified that he will be this giant baby and all the 0-3 month stuff I've gotten him won't fit! My mom and I also went shopping for some cute flannel material for blankets: blocks, puppies, and dump trucks.hmmm... what else. Oh, yeah a name. Picking a boy name has proven A LOT harder than picking out Brooke's name was. We actually agreed on the name Brooke because we saw it in a baby name book and it reminded Blake of a dear neighbor girl who passed away while he was growing up. While thinking about the name, one Sunday we sang a hymn I had never heard before #305: The Light Divine the first line of this hymn goes, "The light of God rests on the face of brook and flower and tree" Although in the song it means brook as a small stream, I thought that line so sweet and perfect for our daughter. Her name was settled in a matter of weeks.

A boy name, however, is a whole different story. There are so many names I do not like. I admit that I am picky and Blake and I have totally different tastes in names. We've come up with a list of 3 names we can both agree on but still toss names back and forth daily. Nothing is set. Not even a book of 60,000 plus names has been able to help us. We think that we'll just have to see him when he gets here and we'll know. This is really frustrating for me, because as a planner, I like to have the details ironed out well in advance. I'm ready to agree to a name like Jupiter just to have the matter settled.

In other news, this on the not so good side, I went in for my last dr's appointment in October and found out that our 20 week ultrasound showed that our baby only has a 2 vessel umbilical cord when babies are supposed to have 3. Our dr. assured us that in most cases it does not cause a problem, but sometimes it can cause the heart or kidneys not to develop properly. I am going in for another ultra sound when I am 32 weeks so they can check that his heart and kidneys have developed normally. He will also require some extra monitoring after he is born. Blake and I are slightly concerned, but remain optimistic. We have turned this situation over to our Heavenly Father and know that it will work out the way it is supposed to. On a good note, his heart and kidneys looked fine and normal at 20 week,s so we are just praying they keep developing the way they are supposed to.