We have a name...

Well, I think we finally have a name...

A few weeks ago Mark and I were talking in the car and I just said what I had been feeling for a few days...."I think I finally feel that their is a name I can call this baby boy!"

Mark said he too had been feeling more settled at the same name...

So here it is- Matthew Naylor

We are still unsure of the middle name but it will either be Aaron or Isaac (which is Mark's middle name).

My next Dr's appointment is June 3rd, so we will know more about a possible scheduled induction later in June at that time. The Dr just wants to check his size and make sure that he is not going to be a toddler size baby! Will keep everyone posted!

Having a Tea Party....in our PJ's

After breakfast Macy thought it would be a good idea to have a tea party with her babies....make sure and check out the background in the picture. Looks like we already have a newborn in this house huh? Macy has decided that the baby Moses basket, swing, and baby bed are hers...not her brother's! Hopefully by the time he is born she will be over them and will let him sleep in them. :)

Belly Pics- 32 weeks

My pregnant belly with Macy on our way to the hospital (40 weeks)

My pregnant belly with Baby Boy (32 weeks)


My pregnant belly with Macy (35 weeks)

My pregnant belly with Baby Boy (32 weeks)

I have been meaning to take pictures of this belly of mine for a week or so now but something always kept preventing me from taking them...I wouldn't have any make up on, I needed to shower, I was to tired, or I couldn't find anything that was clean that still fit!! Not that I am that vain or think that I was having a model photo shoot or anything but after all these pictures would be in my baby's baby book forever!

So I just decided that I am a mom of a 2 year old and soon to be newborn. I should look a little tired, and it was okay if my hair was a mess or my clothes were dirty....that is just going to be the new normal around here! So last night around 11pm (We were only up that late b/c Mark and I had both taken naps) I finally just said "It is time"!

Today as I was uploading them to my computer I realized how big my belly really was. Just to prove it I got out some pictures of my pregnancy with Macy at around the same times- "WOW" is all I have to say!!! And I still have a few weeks to go!

Major Accomplishments

So the day before we left to make a fast trip back to Missouri Macy decided that she wanted to start wearing big girl panties and not diapers! I was thrilled, shocked, and worried how all of this was going to fit into our travel plans. But it went very well- we just brought her potty chair with us, lots of little girl panties, and made sure she had on a diaper in the car (we weren't that crazy)!! She did great at my parent's house and even went potty in a public bathroom! Now that we have been home she is doing even better, I think only 1 accident in the last week and that was a #2!

Macy seems to do better when we let her do things "All by myself"...don't know where she learned that phrase but it is now a daily reminder we have a 2 year old! She does the whole potty process literally all by herself...which is much easier on this pregnant mamma since Macy seems to think she has to be 1/2 dressed while going potty...every single time!

So I have 2 questions for other mommy's out there who are going through this or who have been down this road before....

1. How do you get them to go #2 in the potty?

2. When do you start letting them go diaper free at bedtime and nap time?

I am totally puzzled by all of this and honestly it is a lot more work than diapers! But I can say that the thought of the diaper savings (at least for a few months) is really exciting me!!!

What's in a name?

Apparently a lot! Here we are just a few weeks away from having this little boy and still have yet to find a name that just sounds like something we want to say....and yell...forever. With Macy it just felt right. From the moment we found out it was a girl we had it narrowed down between 2 names- Madison and Macy. But Macy Leigh just fit and sounded like it should follow Mark and Melissa when saying our family names. It is somewhat stressful because we have never been able to come up with a boy name that started with an 'M' that we both just said "that's it". And you would be amazed (well, you other moms maybe not) at how MANY people have their opinions (and comments and accusations said- of course behind my back) on the names you do have it narrowed down to, the names you haven't chosen, the way you are picking your name, etc. Why do people do this??? I mean seriously.....eventually we ARE going to pick a name and it might be the name that they so boldly came right out and said they didn't' like!!!

So we are doing something we have always said that we would never, ever do. Our child will not have a name until we see and hold it! If we do decide on a name before then well....then we will be lucky but don't count on it!

Maybe it is because I a little hormonal today or it is because of the lack of sleep I seem to already be getting but I felt the huge need to vent at 5:30am on a Saturday. Thanks for listening! And I highly suggest that if anyone else is pregnant out there to NOT share the name until it is 100% decided or the kid is born! I had never understood this until now!!!

Bedtime

Okay, Before I go to bed I have to share this funny Macy story…

She has been going to bed very easily lately- we read books, talk about what we did today and what we are going to do tomorrow, say our prayers and that is it. I leave keep the door open and the hall light on and she goes to bed! She now knows the routine and goes to bed on her own with out throwing a fit- finally!

Well, the other night I went in to cover her up and ALL of her stuffed animals in her room (we are talking like 10) and ALL of her baby dolls (maybe another 3) plus 3 different books were in bed with her- I could barely find her! Then last week I laid her down for her nap and an hour later heard a noise in the babies room. I went down the hall to check on it and there she was-in his room reading books and playing with her toys! All that time I thought she had been asleep – but instead she was in his room with the door shut playing very quietly!

Okay, so tonight we did the same bedtime routine and she went to bed very easily like normal. I just went in to cover her up and there she was with all of her toys again in her bed plus she had gotten into her closet and put on a pair of black shoes (ones that she will NEVER wear for me) and had fallen asleep in them! We have the monitor on and never heard a peep out of her! She had even closed the closet door after she had gotten the shoes out!

Mark and I are still laughing about our little girl- she is getting so grown up!

More Easter Fun

Macy and I decorated cookies today with Easter frosting and sprinkles. We made them partly b/c baby brother was wanting them (I can only use that for so long and I am taking full advanatage of this pregnancy thing) and b/c I thought Macy would enjoy them too....I think we all did!

Okay...so these are a few days late but every Sunday night we hard boil 18 eggs for Mark to take to work with him for the week. So we waited and dyed our eggs a day late- still lots of fun! And the best part is Mark is actually taking them to work WITH the shells on!! I think it is pretty cute!