My Very Own Girl

On Tuesday we had our 20 week Ultrasound and found out that our little bundle on the way is in fact a GIRL! 

We couldn't be more ecstatic. 

(Image found on Etsy here)

It is still kind of surreal and so weird to switch out of boy land and start actually allowing myself to look in the girl section at the store or even consider the color pink in a wardrobe. But I can't wait. :) I really just couldn't have loved having a little boy more and started to think that maybe I would just be a Mom of all boys someday. And while I would've been thrilled to have another baby boy, I guess deep down, what Mommy doesn't just crave having a baby girl of her very own?! It will be so great to have one of each and I am so happy that Dan will get to experience with our baby girl the same kind of bond I have with Cal. She will be so lucky to have him for her Daddy!

I'm so excited to meet and hold and nuzzle our little lady! She will make the perfect 4th addition to our family! Now we just need to think of some names. Oh the possibilities......

Calvin is so excited about his baby sister on the way and talks about her all the time. Before our ultrasound he was already pretty sure the baby was a girl and would tell us that most of the time when we'd ask him if he was having a sister or a brother. He is pretty darn convinced that he too has a baby in his tummy. I'm sure it didn't help that today my doctor put "belly jelly" on his tummy just like mine and we both got to listen to our heartbeats. :) Calvin laid next to me on the exam table as still as can be and couldn't have been more fascinated. He was so proud later that he "went to doctor to check on {his} baby".  It was the cutest thing. 

He is going to be the best big brother and I just hope those two will be two little peas in a pod!

The ultrasound went perfectly and everything looks very healthy and exactly as it should. Such a huge and wonderful blessing. We are just praying that the rest of the pregnancy goes as well! 

I also have to mention, that this time around we found out about an over the counter gender test from Intelligender that supposedly can tell you as early as 10 weeks what the gender of your baby is with 90% accuracy. So being the incredibly curious and completely impatient person that I am.....we took a test around 11 or 12 weeks, and the results really did say girl! :) I was very skeptical though and wouldn't have believed anything until we got it confirmed at the Ultrasound. But when we told our tech that the test was right she said that they almost always are with the patients she has seen that have done them. SO CRAZY, huh? Just thought I'd let everyone know....in case you wanna try. :)

Dan wasn't hard to convince though and was completely sold on the fact that it was a girl from then on. He even had the sweetest gift of a few girl clothes and the most darling card waiting for me when we got back to our car after the ultrasound. He is such a sweetheart. Lucky he was right. :)

Chit Chat and Rain

It has been raining here....a lot. And we can't get enough. We love the rain and hope it keeps on comin! Cal even got some new rain boots (since he is obsessed with boots in the first place and because I figured it'd be a fun time for him to play with them....given the forecast over the next month). So one afternoon after naps and the rain had died down I took him out in search of a puddle. Unfortunately, only very very weak puddles could be found right by our house but I found a small one nonetheless and held true to my word that he could go splash in some puddles if he slept like a good boy. He was pretty thrilled that he got to wear his boots and that he actually got to put them into action. I just wanted to snap a few pictures but we were right by the street and I didn't want to be distracted for long so I hurried and took a plethora in a matter of 5 minutes. No time for fancy editing, but at least I'm blogging! :)

Tonight Cal and I were home alone together for dinner since Daddy was working late, and while I made the food, I let him watch an episode of his most favorite show, Little Einsteins. The show ended and I couldn't help but giggle inside when during dinner I got a half hour commentary about the entire show and its plot from the Mr. Man. I couldn't believe it. His vocabulary has just literally exploded lately and I feel like there is almost nothing we can't communicate about anymore. It is so crazy how fast it happens. He wasn't the quickest about starting to talk, but now, its like he is a completely different boy. He told me all about how the "gwumpy wizard put away pwiness bassoon in a castle. Took Quincy's trumpet and put it workshop." Then he asked me "why wizard gwumpy?" I told him there are good guys and bad guys and the wizard wasn't a very nice man. He then said, "Mommy, what bad guys do?" and proceeded to make Pow and Wam sounds and motions while telling me all about the "bad guys". Apparently, he already knew very well what bad guys "do" since he has been running around the house all week with his foam sword stabbing the love sac and in a very super hero tough voice yells "Go Bad Guys". Man I love that kid.

Everything is Fun When You're Two!

So although my lack of blogging, or really, lack of time to blog, sorta depresses me...I just decided to stop stressing and forget about the literal thousands of pictures I'm never going to get up here and just do what I can when I can. At least I actually have the pictures right? So here is to de-stressing about actually keeping up with this little blog and being positive about what I am accomplishing. Like, growing a whole baby. :) Which, by the way, will officially become Henry baby boy or Henry baby girl on Tuesday!!! Can hardly wait.

On to the little man.....He has just been the biggest bundle of fun these last few months. His personality just grows by the second and he is a full on conversationalist now. It's so crazy. I can't believe how grown up he is. He is so silly and even tells himself that all the time...."Silly Calvin". :) He loves making up games out of the simplest things and this was one such moment. Getting dressed straight out of the bath--he decided his shirt could also serve just as well as a skirt AND the arms could twirl! (I think this is  thanks to the fact that most of his best friends are girls and he has been known to occasionally play dress up with them and sometimes a tutu, tiara, or Snow White dress finds its way onto him. :) ) Good thing he is ALL boy the rest of the time, or I might worry.

I love this age and seeing the world through this little man's eyes.

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He was so super proud of his invention and I'm pretty sure there was a little kicking and screaming when I finally made him put it on the right way.