Wow. I knew I hadn't been on here much lately and hadn't updated for awhile, but the extent of my neglect is pretty extreme! In April, after my last post, the kids and I went up to Washington for a week or so during Ashlyn's spring break. Thats when the blogger absenteeism originated, but my lack of attention and posts since then is completely unexcused :)
.... besides being pregnant. And having a 2 year old. And a home to take care of. And....
I'm still pregnant, and still have that 2 year old, and the house, and all the rest of those "things" that require daily attention. But today I'm posting :)
We have roughly 3 weeks until the little guy is due, and barring him waiting until July 1st to make his grand entrance we do have a name picked out that we are keeping under wraps for now. IF he is born on the 1st we have decided to somehow work part of Bob's mother's name into his name. She passed away in January, but was so happy when we told her about the baby on New Years Eve... she said that the baby (sex still unknown at that point) would be born on her birthday, how the birthstone for July is Ruby and if it was a girl she would have plenty of ruby jewelry to pass on. Her maiden name was Patsy Henry (i'm not sure of her middle name).
Anyway, we are getting anxious for this baby. Bob is more and more excited each day, ready to hold his son and I am getting more and more uncomfortable... sleep is a challenge and between my complaints of his snoring and his sinus & allergy issues, Bob has been sleeping on the couch pretty regularly. I've had a few wake up in the middle of the night in pain moments, wondering if labor was starting, but so far so good. My biggest fear is my water breaking in the middle of the night and having to call on someone we don't know very well and ask them to come watch the kids while we head to the hospital. My mom will get here on June 21st... my fingers are crossed that baby will wait until then to come.
In other non-baby news, Ashlyn will finish 2nd grade this week! Its amazing how quickly the time passes. Dannon has been embracing his musical genes and plays his guitar multiple times a day... best $7.00 I've spent in a long time when I found a guitar hero guitar at the Salvation Army a few weeks ago. He and Bob have some pretty hilarious jam sessions in the evenings. Its apparent to me that Dannon will be musical like his father. Thats one trait that I'm ok with him inheriting! At this point, we have skyped with said father 3 times, all last month I believe. It goes fairly well during the skype session, but then, like everything else, seems to be put on the back burner for awhile. My take on it is I will do everything I can to make Dannon available to him for something like that, but he needs to make the effort. I have mixed feelings about him making that effort. Part of me wants him to want to be as involved as possible despite the physical location differences, and the other part of me is relieved when he is out of sight, out of mind, and not in communication with us. Above all, I need to remember to want what is best for Dannon. He is an amazing little boy and its hard to imagine loving another son as much as I love him.
Thats all the updating for now, I need to make the most of this energy while I have it! We're pretty well prepared for baby, but I'm still trying to keep on top of the house chores. Can't have a horrible mess if we have to call in helpers at a moments notice :)
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