Baby Girl Clothes

FINALLY I can go to websites like this without wishing Liam were a girl.

Old Man Eliza

I'm still sitting here at the computer 10 minutes later, which means Liam is still sleeping in his underwear.

But here's my new concern:



Does anyone else think my baby looks an awful lot like George from The Apprentice? This is a little creepy.

What Would You Do?

Liam has been daytime potty trained for a year, but he still sleeps in a diaper and wakes up at least 5 pounds heavier, smelling strongly of urine, in his very full diaper.

After eating a Wendy’s frosty a few minutes ago, Liam complained that he was cold and climbed in bed to get under the covers. I just walked in and found him sound asleep. On the one hand, this is really awesome because it’s hard to get him to take a nap these days. But on the other hand, he hasn’t peed all day and he’s wearing underwear.

So, do I wake him up and put a diaper on him, even though the chances of him falling back asleep are slim to none? Or do I wait for him to wake up crying because he peed all over himself?

Happy Easter...

...from the screamer, the former screamer, and the ugly Easter baskets.

Guess how often I wish I could go back in time to dig through the trash?

Last year I bought three really cute Easter baskets: one blue, one pink, and one green. I thought I would probably have three kids someday and hopefully at least one would be a girl. This way I would never have to buy another Easter basket, but they could still be all matchy someday.

This week I’ve been so excited about getting out the blue and pink baskets this Easter. But today I searched everywhere before remembering that I threw the baskets away when we moved. So now it’s almost 10:00 on the night before Easter and Ben is at Wal-Mart sending me hideous pictures like this one from his phone:

Twins

So far, Eliza is pretty much an exact replica of Baby Liam. She’s a screaming, dark-eyed mouth-breather, just like her brother. And just like her brother, she woke up with her eye gunked shut on day 9. Matching blocked tear ducts…how sweet.

Here they are with their matching angry faces:




And here they are with their matching pacifier faces:

Eliza Jayne

Here she is!


Baby Eliza was born yesterday at 4:01 p.m. She weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. and she was 18 1/2 inches long. She came out screaming her head off and didn't stop for a full 3 minutes at least. Also, she had her umbilical chord wrapped around her neck, so I take back all of that "stubborn" stuff I said about her not turning during yesterday's procedure.

Hoping I'm Tough Enough

I’m two days from my due date and I found out yesterday that my baby is breech. Surprise! So now I’m on my way to the hospital for a potential baby-flipping procedure. If it works, I’ll be home later this afternoon, still pregnant. If it doesn’t work, I’ll have a c-section this afternoon.

Wish me luck!

UPDATE: My fetus is totally stubborn, so the c-section is scheduled for 3:00 today. Yikes!

The Bartin Family

I watched Kat’s two oldest kids yesterday afternoon while she and her Ben went to one of those free lunches where they try to sell you something. It was really fun for me, because they entertained each other and Liam, so I pretty much had the afternoon off.

Maggie is 3 ½ going on 25, so we had some great conversations about shoes, hairstyles, and her future. My favorite thing she said was that when she grew up, she was going to be a mom. I asked her how many kids she was going to have, and she answered, “I’ll have a baby named Martin; he’ll have an older sister named Lartin and a brother named Artin; and I’ll have a husband named Cartin.”

What a dream. I can’t wait until she meets that Cartin fellow and convinces him to marry her and write a poem out of their children’s names.

Spray 'N Wash

I can’t believe that I’m 29 years old and up until yesterday, I had never used Spray 'N Wash. I recently heard that it’s good at getting baby poop out of clothes, so I bought some over the weekend.

As it turns out, that stuff is pretty miraculous. It took chocolate out of my white shirt yesterday and mascara out of my carpet today. I can’t wait to see what spills tomorrow brings, just so I can test out the Spray 'N Wash.