So as I sit to write this our newest addition is kicking the end of the laptop. She does not appreciate anything being remotely close to my stomach aside from clothing. And for those of you who missed it, yes I said she! Lord help Brian he is even more so outnumbered now! Miss Ivy Paige Riddle should be here in roughly 17 1/2 weeks and I am ready lol.
I remember when we were trying to get pregnant I told Brian that I really wanted a pregnancy I could enjoy, one that I could remember most of the details, that sort of thing. Boy did I stick my foot in it. With Ava I was very energetic, got sick one time, went to school full-time, worked full-time and had energy to spare...the whole pregnancy. With Ella I was pretty much the same way just add in a baby already at home. This time around, I have been sick the whole time, I have zero energy and I am moody all the time. I am just ready to be done at this point! This is the last pregnancy for me, my OCD can get over the odd number!
I have found that Ivy has a bit of her sisters in her already which makes me laugh. She is very active just like Ava always was. However, she hates noise just as Ella always did. She can move around all day long and be happy, until someone comes up to my stomach and starts talking right where she is or puts music on my belly. She does not appreciate either. She will stop whatever she was doing and just sit there. As soon as the person or music moves, she will move all over again. It is interesting to see bits of the girls personalities in her already, before she is even born. Brian really is in for it!
Going into the ultrasound nearly two weeks ago to find out what we were having was exciting and nerve wracking. First of all, we have tried to involve the girls as much as possible in this pregnancy so we let them come to the ultrasound. I'm pretty sure the technician has an appointment next week to get her tubes tied (she currently only has one child). Ella was concerned about the head size, but seeing as she was watching the ultrasound on a big screen tv, the baby's head looked ginormous! Ava switched back and forth from asking every question under the sun to asking me if I was doing okay. The night before the ultrasound I finally had what you would call a mother's intuition as to the gender of the baby. I had never had that with the girls. But I told Brian that I was almost 100% definite that we were having another girl, he felt the same way. So when the image went to between Ivy's legs we knew. Of course Ivy was very proud of her girl parts, which I will say differs from her sisters. With Ava, they were only 96% sure she was a girl in the first ultrasound we had to find out the gender, it was later confirmed 100% at the 3D ultrasound. With Ella, we spent 45 minutes trying to get her to uncross her legs. I ended up having to sit with my legs "criss-cross applesauce" as the girls call it and drink a few sips of Coke. That helped, we went back in and found out immediately she was a girl. Ivy, on the other hand, let us know as soon as the technician got to that part of the ultrasound.
I think I was more nervous about having a boy than another girl. I know my girls. We have all girl stuff in our house. There is pink and purple stuff everywhere! So when we found out it was another girl I think we were both sighing in relief, even though I know Brian kind of wanted a little boy. Ava was happy, even though she really wanted a brother and Ella was ecstatic. She has wanted another sister all along. I love the people who tell us that we need to try one more time for a boy. I'm sorry but if we have had girls the past three times, what makes you think number four will come out any different? Ha! We will stick with three thank you! We will leave the task of boys to Brian's siblings and my sister (much later in life for my sister lol).
Sisters Forever
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Naming Baby
With the third baby on the way we have had a very hard time coming up with a name we both like. I will like one name and Brian will like another but of course they don't go together so we can't compromise there either! It wasn't always this difficult lol. With Ava, she was always Ava Grace. I had loved the name Grace since before Brian and I met. I always wanted to name a daughter Grace. When my cousin Chrissi was pregnant with her last child she threw out the name Ava Grace to her husband. I realized I loved the name Ava and it went great with Grace! I was secretly doing the happy dance when he shot the name down. So when they had their little girl and named her something completely different I knew Ava Grace was fair game! By this time Brian and I were dating and had talked about our future and kids and such. I told him I liked the name Ava Grace and he was completely on board. We also loved the name Connor, the middle name was up for debate though. So when we found out we were pregnant the first time and then found out the baby was a girl we automatically knew her name would be Ava Grace. And no other name would suit that child.
Ella, on the other hand, proved to be a bit more difficult. Once again we stuck with Connor if the baby was a boy but for a girl we had actually picked out Chloe Faith. I had always liked Chloe and Faith was a double meaning. Our goddaughter's name is Faith so we were wanting to use it for that reason as well as the fact that Ava's middle name was Grace so it went well together. We got halfway through the pregnancy when Brian realized he didn't care for Chloe Faith. So while watching Ella Enchanted (silly movie but still cute) we both came to the conclusion that Ella would be great! So she was Ella Faith, for a couple of days. That was when people started calling to ask us if we realized we were naming our child Elephant. Well dangit we didn't think of it and now I was flustered. So then we changed the middle name to Paige, until we thought about the meaning of her name and didn't care for it. So somehow we came up with Kate and it stuck. And yet again, no other name would suit that child.
Now, here we are just three days away from finding out what this little one is going to be and once again we can't agree on a name! I love Mia Paige. It is very feminine, flows with the girls names, etc. Brian, on the other hand, likes Liberty Paige (I hate this one by the way). So we did a poll on Facebook, something we swore we would never do lol. And so far I am winning that battle. And for a boy, Ava wants Connor William, which is not a bad name at all. It is just really long unlike the girls names. We like Ian Conor as well. The first name starts with a vowel and is short like the girls names. So far I think that one is tied or close to it with Connor William on the poll.
We will find out on Friday what we are having and I have to say, I can't wait to call this baby something other than "baby," "it," or my personal favorite, "Para." Yes there is meaning behind the name Para. When I was going through my first trimester I was sick as a dog, constantly. So I took to calling the baby (affectionately) my little Para Site. Yes, I spelled it that way on purpose. Both of our girls' first names end in an "a", both their middle names end in an "e", and their first and middle names together equals 8 letters. No, we didn't realize this when we were choosing Ella's name, that was a fluke. But now we are trying to do something similar which is where Mia Paige completely works, and was once again a fluke. I happened to love Mia and Brian really liked Paige. They flow together well and comes out like the girls names. And so does Para Site lol, which is why it is spelled as it is. But don't worry, this child will not be named Para Site as a real name!
Now can you see why we have resorted to the name poll online? Haha! Most people don't get so technical when it comes to their children's names and I know it is dorky, but it is who I am!
Ella, on the other hand, proved to be a bit more difficult. Once again we stuck with Connor if the baby was a boy but for a girl we had actually picked out Chloe Faith. I had always liked Chloe and Faith was a double meaning. Our goddaughter's name is Faith so we were wanting to use it for that reason as well as the fact that Ava's middle name was Grace so it went well together. We got halfway through the pregnancy when Brian realized he didn't care for Chloe Faith. So while watching Ella Enchanted (silly movie but still cute) we both came to the conclusion that Ella would be great! So she was Ella Faith, for a couple of days. That was when people started calling to ask us if we realized we were naming our child Elephant. Well dangit we didn't think of it and now I was flustered. So then we changed the middle name to Paige, until we thought about the meaning of her name and didn't care for it. So somehow we came up with Kate and it stuck. And yet again, no other name would suit that child.
Now, here we are just three days away from finding out what this little one is going to be and once again we can't agree on a name! I love Mia Paige. It is very feminine, flows with the girls names, etc. Brian, on the other hand, likes Liberty Paige (I hate this one by the way). So we did a poll on Facebook, something we swore we would never do lol. And so far I am winning that battle. And for a boy, Ava wants Connor William, which is not a bad name at all. It is just really long unlike the girls names. We like Ian Conor as well. The first name starts with a vowel and is short like the girls names. So far I think that one is tied or close to it with Connor William on the poll.
We will find out on Friday what we are having and I have to say, I can't wait to call this baby something other than "baby," "it," or my personal favorite, "Para." Yes there is meaning behind the name Para. When I was going through my first trimester I was sick as a dog, constantly. So I took to calling the baby (affectionately) my little Para Site. Yes, I spelled it that way on purpose. Both of our girls' first names end in an "a", both their middle names end in an "e", and their first and middle names together equals 8 letters. No, we didn't realize this when we were choosing Ella's name, that was a fluke. But now we are trying to do something similar which is where Mia Paige completely works, and was once again a fluke. I happened to love Mia and Brian really liked Paige. They flow together well and comes out like the girls names. And so does Para Site lol, which is why it is spelled as it is. But don't worry, this child will not be named Para Site as a real name!
Now can you see why we have resorted to the name poll online? Haha! Most people don't get so technical when it comes to their children's names and I know it is dorky, but it is who I am!
Thursday, July 12, 2012
So Much Has Happened...
Okay so I know that everyone has figured out by now that we are expecting another baby come February of 2013. Only about five people actually knew we were trying. It was something we were keeping to ourselves and we liked it that way. We actually kept the pregnancy itself a secret for a couple of weeks as well. This adventure is terrifying but exciting all at the same time. We haven't had a baby (to stay more than a night) in our house in four years! We got rid of all our baby stuff except a crib, mattress, the sheets (since the girls used toddler beds for years), and sippy cups. As far as I knew, we were done. Brian was dead set against having anymore children and so I had resigned myself to that fact. I got rid of all the baby stuff to get out any reminders. As a matter of fact, up until about 5 months ago the crib was being used by my brother-in-law so it wasn't even in the house.
Over the years I bugged Brian about having more children. I wanted two more. I like round numbers and had loved the idea of four children. Brian was done, children are expensive and Ella was a rough baby. We were spoiled with Ava, she was the poster child for your first baby. She was quiet, laid back, didn't want to be held all the time. Ella was the complete opposite (and still is). I started asking him about more kids when Ella was almost two. Of course I got a very resounding no on that one! I would give up for a while and say that I didn't want anymore either. It was upsetting but I was trying hard to convince myself so I wouldn't get depressed about the idea of no more children.
I gave up the fight for a few months, especially while Brian was in New Jersey. No point in arguing about something you can't even achieve considering your significant other is a few hundred miles away! But after he came home last November I was feeling the baby bug in a bad way. It didn't help that several of my friends were finding out they were pregnant around this time.
Brian has always said that when we are in a difficult situation that we always manage to make our way through it. I finally asked him while we were in Franklin in November why he thought we couldn't make another baby work for our family. If we can get through other situations, why not one that will bring happiness? He didn't have a good answer. He finally bargained with me that we could think about one more, but only one more. I figured I'd wear him down later and get that last one that I wanted. I let it go for a while and then near the end of December I brought it up and gave it up just as quick when he said he didn't want anymore yet. Then suddenly in January of this year he floored me. He decided he wanted another baby. I didn't believe him. I told him that he didn't need to say that just to make me happy. I didn't want him to resent me or the baby later on because he didn't really want this. It took him a couple weeks to convince me before I agreed to start trying. Throughout that process I was still apprehensive that he had given in for all the wrong reasons. It was when we found out we were pregnant on June 1st that I realized he was truly excited. He beamed from ear to ear when I told him the test was positive and he wanted to call people right away. I was a little more terrified haha. My mind went to "Oh lordy we really are going to do this again."
I will say that Brian is getting his way as far as only one more child goes. I have been so sick this time around that I refuse to do a pregnancy again. If we decide to add to our family later, we will adopt! For now, I am trying to enjoy my pregnancy, even with the all day sickness that this one has rained down upon me. I am crossing my fingers that that goes away in the next couple weeks as we hit the second trimester! Sorry this was so long...had to get all of that out!
Over the years I bugged Brian about having more children. I wanted two more. I like round numbers and had loved the idea of four children. Brian was done, children are expensive and Ella was a rough baby. We were spoiled with Ava, she was the poster child for your first baby. She was quiet, laid back, didn't want to be held all the time. Ella was the complete opposite (and still is). I started asking him about more kids when Ella was almost two. Of course I got a very resounding no on that one! I would give up for a while and say that I didn't want anymore either. It was upsetting but I was trying hard to convince myself so I wouldn't get depressed about the idea of no more children.
I gave up the fight for a few months, especially while Brian was in New Jersey. No point in arguing about something you can't even achieve considering your significant other is a few hundred miles away! But after he came home last November I was feeling the baby bug in a bad way. It didn't help that several of my friends were finding out they were pregnant around this time.
Brian has always said that when we are in a difficult situation that we always manage to make our way through it. I finally asked him while we were in Franklin in November why he thought we couldn't make another baby work for our family. If we can get through other situations, why not one that will bring happiness? He didn't have a good answer. He finally bargained with me that we could think about one more, but only one more. I figured I'd wear him down later and get that last one that I wanted. I let it go for a while and then near the end of December I brought it up and gave it up just as quick when he said he didn't want anymore yet. Then suddenly in January of this year he floored me. He decided he wanted another baby. I didn't believe him. I told him that he didn't need to say that just to make me happy. I didn't want him to resent me or the baby later on because he didn't really want this. It took him a couple weeks to convince me before I agreed to start trying. Throughout that process I was still apprehensive that he had given in for all the wrong reasons. It was when we found out we were pregnant on June 1st that I realized he was truly excited. He beamed from ear to ear when I told him the test was positive and he wanted to call people right away. I was a little more terrified haha. My mind went to "Oh lordy we really are going to do this again."
I will say that Brian is getting his way as far as only one more child goes. I have been so sick this time around that I refuse to do a pregnancy again. If we decide to add to our family later, we will adopt! For now, I am trying to enjoy my pregnancy, even with the all day sickness that this one has rained down upon me. I am crossing my fingers that that goes away in the next couple weeks as we hit the second trimester! Sorry this was so long...had to get all of that out!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Catching Up!
Okay I have figured out that I am horrible at this whole blogging thing! I haven't been on here in quite some time. Not a whole lot has gone on since October besides that the girls got sick again and then got sick AGAIN. Late Fall/Early Winter is evil in our house. Ava loves school but at the same time she acts like when she gets home she can't get enough of workbook pages. She absolutely loves doing them! Ella likes doing them so long as Ava is but otherwise couldn't seem to care less.
In the time since I have been on here my best friend has found out that she is having a girl and I am so excited for her! She has wanted a little girl for as long as I can remember...and for those of you who know me well know that I can remember a lot things. I got to go to Bree's ultrasound that day, I haven't been to someone else's ultrasound before, it was kind of neat to see everything in her eyes. The day was bitter sweet as we got home that morning to my mother calling to say my Grandmother had passed away. It had been a long time coming and wasn't that much of a surprise but it was still upsetting all the same. I was glad that I got to say goodbye but I hated seeing her as she was.
Also, Brian's job has gotten a whole lot better as well. Now he is home every single weekend and is only gone every other week from late Sunday afternoon to late Friday afternoon. I can handle 10 days away per month rather than 28! I love that he is home every weekend. I still catch myself checkin the calendar to see if he will be in that weekend. It is sad I know but it is what we got used to. I have to say that if I didn't have such an independent streak this past year would have been horrible.
Now there are a lot of things going on around me that I don't totally agree with and some are really upsetting me but I have to say that I am not going to let it get in the way of me living my life with my family to the fullest extent.
Oh yeah and did I mention I feel old? My ten year reunion is coming up and kids I used to babysit are entering high school and college. Yep...definitely starting to feel old. I did like that a staff member at the high school thought I was a student here recently. That made me feel good, at least until someone pointed out that I was no longer a student and hadn't been in quite some time. Thanks, I appreciate that lol.
Here's to a great year ahead of us!
In the time since I have been on here my best friend has found out that she is having a girl and I am so excited for her! She has wanted a little girl for as long as I can remember...and for those of you who know me well know that I can remember a lot things. I got to go to Bree's ultrasound that day, I haven't been to someone else's ultrasound before, it was kind of neat to see everything in her eyes. The day was bitter sweet as we got home that morning to my mother calling to say my Grandmother had passed away. It had been a long time coming and wasn't that much of a surprise but it was still upsetting all the same. I was glad that I got to say goodbye but I hated seeing her as she was.
Also, Brian's job has gotten a whole lot better as well. Now he is home every single weekend and is only gone every other week from late Sunday afternoon to late Friday afternoon. I can handle 10 days away per month rather than 28! I love that he is home every weekend. I still catch myself checkin the calendar to see if he will be in that weekend. It is sad I know but it is what we got used to. I have to say that if I didn't have such an independent streak this past year would have been horrible.
Now there are a lot of things going on around me that I don't totally agree with and some are really upsetting me but I have to say that I am not going to let it get in the way of me living my life with my family to the fullest extent.
Oh yeah and did I mention I feel old? My ten year reunion is coming up and kids I used to babysit are entering high school and college. Yep...definitely starting to feel old. I did like that a staff member at the high school thought I was a student here recently. That made me feel good, at least until someone pointed out that I was no longer a student and hadn't been in quite some time. Thanks, I appreciate that lol.
Here's to a great year ahead of us!
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