Fun Name Post

It's harder than you think! No using Google. 

Every answer must start with the first letter of your first name. 

Name: Brooke
Animal: Butterfly
Boy's name: Buddy
Girl's name: Bethany
Color: Blue
Movie: Bewitched
Something you wear: Bra
Drink: Bud Light Lime
Food: Banana Nut Cake
Something you find in your bathroom: Bathtub
Place: Bahamas
Reason to be late: Bull Shit... oh, I'm sorry - excuse my french.  Balderdash!

Murphy's Law of Parenting...

Murphy's Law of Parenting...

When you are seven months pregnancy with twins and your husband attends a work conference and is away from home for three days and two nights, your one-year-old will inevitably have her hardest and worst two nights of sleep she has had since you've moved to your new house.  She will refuse to sleep, be up throughout the night, and throw uncharacteristic tantrums.

The night your husband returns, with full knowledge that he is on Daddy-duty indefinitely to make up for the rough nights that Mama has had, your one-year-old will easily fall asleep at 8:30pm, and sleep soundly and peacefully through the night without so much as a peep or a sneeze.

... And as the mother, you're not really sure if you are glad that she is sleeping soundly or furious that she's not throwing the same tantrums for your husband that she threw for you for the past two nights.

Thank you, Veterans!

Preggers II -- Twins: 28 Weeks

How far along?  28 weeks

How I am feeling?  Pretty well and more comfortable and confident with this point of my pregnancy and listening to my body.

How big are babies?  The size of eggplants... between 1.5 to 2.5 pounds and 13.6 to 14.8 inches long

Sleep:  I sleep pretty well but I do get up many times a night to use the restroom

Boy/Girl, Boy/Boy, Girl/Girl Predictions: Two babies

Babies Nicknames:  Babies, or Twins 

  Best moment this week:  Friday and Saturday -- Hubby and I were both home both days and I feel like our home really came together in those two days, plus I didn't over-do it.  We had two young guys from our church come by and help Hubby move some large furniture that he couldn't move by himself (and I could not help him move) AND our cleaning gal paid us a visit.  Our house literally made a huge leap from "nice place" to "actual home" in a span of those 48 hours.  We now have two guest rooms where company can crash when needed, and Tracey Ann's room and the twins' nursery look like actual places where a child a sleep safely and feel comfortable.  One of the reason it was such a great moment was because I wasn't expecting our house to look this good until my mom arrives in a few weeks.  I had accepted that very little else can be unpacked until some reinforcements arrive -- well, they did arrive, but God sent helpers other than my mom and much sooner than I expected.

Food cravings:  Not anything specific at the moment..

Missing:  The ability to pick and carry Tracey Ann as much as I would like (and she would like)

 

Movements:  Yes, and they are a lot of fun... it seems to be getting pretty crowded in their little cacoon

Labor Signs:  No, thankfully... but, just to keep an accurate account of what's going on, Hubby and I met with a specialist this past week who came up from Denver and she seemed much more calm about my pregnancy than my doc up here -- and rightfully so because she handles high risk pregnancies all the time.  She said there is about a 50% chance that I will wind up in Denver at some point to try to control preterm labor or to have the twins... but we just have to wait and see how my body handles these next eight weeks of pregnancy.  She said the fact that my body is not in preterm labor yet is awesome, and a really good sign.

Comparison:  Here I am carrying Tracey Ann at 28 weeks

28 Weeks with the twins

... and for comparison

General Attitude: We're learning how to be very positive while keeping a flexible, wise plan in place.

 What I am looking forward to this week:  Well, I think just every day I can be here at home with Hubby and Tracey Ann with the twins safely in utero is wonderful and worth celebrating.

Milestones: I'm offically in my third trimester... and larger than I was at full term with Tracey Ann

The Best Part

I think Tracey Ann would contend that the best part of our continuing to unpack is the empty boxes...

... and of course laundry baskets with clean laundry are always fun. 

 

 

My Daughter

If I have heard it once, I've heard it a hundred times regarding child rearing, 

"Boys are easier."

Now, I never grew up with a brother, and I do not yet have a son, so I don't know if that statement is actually true.  What I do know is that I don't care.

A huge life's dream is coming true for me in that I am raising a daughter.

I have always wanted a baby girl.  I wanted a baby sister for years but that was not in God's plan for my life.  I never wanted to rush into having children -- my parents raised me to have the wisdom of understanding the importance of a loving husband, a healthy marriage, financial stability-ish, and a mature mindset before having children, but a raising a daughter has always been one of my my heartfelt dreams.

When I was pregnancy with Tracey Ann, we did not find out her gender, and I was convinced she was a boy.  When she was born and Hubby announced, "IT'S A GIRL!," it literally took days for the knowledge to sink in for me that I actually had a baby girl -- my dream come true.

Now, 21-plus months later, she is a handful, no doubt, but she is still my dream-come-true.  Every time I get to brush her perfect, fine hair; Every time I dress her in skirts and dresses; Every time she plays outside and climbs on everything and her little dresses get dirty and worn, as they should become when worn by a healthy, active one-year-old; Every time I see her twirl around; Every time I see her get excited to watch My Little Pony, which I loved as a kid, I see my dream coming true.

I know we will have tumultuous years ahead.  We will have conflicts as mother and daughter as I try to raise her, as best I can, in a very scary world.  Maybe someday I will agree that, "Boys are easier," but my daughter is my dream-come-true.

I hope we have a son in our family because I would love to see Hubby with a son, and Tracey Ann be loved and protected by a brother -- and if and when we are blessed in that way, I will figure out how to mother a little boy, or two.  But, if both of these twins are girls, I can honestly say I will be nothing but thrilled because I love little girls and have dreamed of having and raising little girls.

I have always dreamed of being a mother... I have always dreamed of raising "a bunch" of children... and I have always dreamed of raising, at least one (maybe more) daughter...

I am beyond humbled as I watch my dreams coming true every day.

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