getting closer

almost 37 weeks and this baby seems ready to pop. my belly button has officially been an "outie" for a few weeks now (will it ever go back?!), and i can see waves of movement across my midsection both day and night. luckily no blood pressure issues (phew- peeing in the bottle for 48 hrs about killed me last go around), and other than being tired, crampy, refluxy and moody, im really just plain great. :)

will has been reading books about the baby and what to expect. we've also read him some about how the baby is made (the dad has the sperm and the mom has the ovum and they fit together like a puzzle piece). the other day at the store, will busts out with "mom, do you have a sperm in you?" i (discretely) tried to remind him that i'm the one with the ovum...for some reason he found that hysterical...and belted out "silly mom, you have the sperm in you!"

we're planning to (eventually) have will and the baby share a room. we've painted the walls green, and hung a tree decal on the wall. there are two (red- will insisted) owls- "one is the baby and one is the big brother." eventually will will have a loft bed and a 'tent.' despite all that, he's most excited about sleeping with the baby. i've tried to prep him that she'll need her mom a lot for the first few months, and that she'll sleep with me. to that will has responded "well she probably needs her big brother...she can sleep with me when she's littler, and then you when she's bigger."
he's got a plan for everything.

the baby ideas are showing up in his art work too. the other day he drew a picture and described it all to chad. it included a "a vacuum/ lawn mower mixed, a dad and baby bee, a mom bee sucking the fire truck, a tent with a tunnel out of a tent, a golf course and (of course) an umbilical cord...."

wills preparation

will can't wait to be a big brother (so he thinks). He was asking me in the car the other day "Mom, when's the baby going to pop out? I can't wait any more!" He's been practicing pushing his stroller "for when I'm a big brother" and today at the park, he practiced pushing the swing, and even doing it underdog style "for when I'm a big brother."

In the lines of potty training, Will has decided he should wait "Until I'm a big brother" to tackle that one...and now this is his excuse when he doesn't want to sit and try "well, I'm not a big brother yet" (oh jeez)

He's also decided that the binkie fairy will wait to come (to take away his binkie and take it to babies in need) when he's a big brother. We tried to sweeten the deal by telling him the binkie fairy can get him a toy of his choice once she takes his binkies. Will is already on the prowl to figure out what he wants. The other day at Naturally Loved will found a parking garage that he wanted the binkie fairy to bring him. We took a picture of it so that we would be able to send it along when needed. (seemed like a fine choice to me) Then yesterday, we were leaving preschool, and will wanted to show me Maren's shoes. Black, patent leather, mary jane sandals, with a bow. He really likes Maren, so I figured this was why he made such a big deal to show me her shoes. As we left he said:
..."mom...next week...when the baby pops out...and then I'm a big brother...and the binkie fairy comes...I want for her to bring me that parking garage...and those shoes...like Maren's"

there she is

...in all her glory...

valentines day

valentines day...the first day will decided it would be okay to hold a girls hand. maggie was the lucky one.

she's a she

will and chad were right (or at least as correct as the ultrasound tech. will didn't even seem phased by the news (he already knew it was a girl). he continues to use chad's desire to name the baby after a country great, to tease his mama.
will: "mom she's patsy" (aka patsy cline)
me: "noooo she's NOT patsy" :)
will: giggling..."mom, when she pops out...you're gonna figure it is right...you say 'IT'S PATSY!'"
me: "noo...i'm not going to figure it was patsy"
will: "actually it will be patsy" (more giggling)
(will's favorite new words..."actually" and "figure it" ...)

when we were driving home in the car last nite will was asking me about the baby.
will: "mom, when is the baby going to pop out?"
me: "it'll be a while yet"
will: "i can't wait for the baby to pop out"
me: "what are you most excited about"
will: "for her to play basketball with me...she'll be a defender"

the song about green grass

saturday morning in colorado. there was sunshine vs. snow, thus we got our hiking gear together and headed out. on our way to the trail head we were listening to our local station's (KGNU) bluegrass hour. a favorite saturday morning tradition at our house (or in the car). we were telling will that it was bluegrass hour (vs. a cd we were listening too). he bopped along as he usually did and looked out the windows searching for tractors, tanker trucks, or steam spilling clouds out of the cooling towers. (scenery in the city isn't quite as thrilling for me, but will certainly digs it).
after a nice hike and a stop at yak and yeti's for some Himalayan lunch, will put in his request from the back seat. he often requests froggie went a courtin' by either doc watson or bruce springsteen, but instead he requested "that song about green grass." chad and i couldn't figure out what song he was talking about so we kept asking for more details...
will: "you know it...it's that song...the green grass song"
finally after many rounds of this, chad and i clued in to the fact that he wanted to listen to the blue grass hour...and the green grass song was as close as he could describe it.

i see a baby in there

will is working on becoming a big brother. he announced his news not too long ago, and continues to announce it regularly. (like the other day- the glorious day- when he went pee on the "potty" and we called chad (my effort to make an even bigger deal about decreasing the number of diapers in our life). i handed will the phone to tell chad the big news. will proceeded to tell him that i had a baby in my belly.

it's at the front of his mind, and he's constantly asking questions and wondering about things to do with the baby. today he was wondering if the baby could come with us to the zoo. and then later he was looking into my belly button.

will: "mom, i see her...i see her tail...i mean i see her penis...i just can't see her eyes"

he hasn't yet asked about how the baby got in there, but he was asking about chad and i going on a date tonite.

will: "mom, what's a date"
me: "it's when dad and i get to go out all by our selves and do stuff"
will: "oh woah...like kiss and stuff"

(where does he get this?!)