Her Welcome

For whatever reason, Matt and I have really pressed the issue with our kids for saying please and thank you for things. I don't know if Ben so much grasps the concept as he can learn from repetitive beratings to say "thank you" when someone gives you something and "please" when you want something. Recently though, I think he is starting to get it. This is becoming apparent with the addition of "her welcome" to his vocabulary. It is my new favorite thing that he says. After you tell him thank you for something, he will proudly recite "her welcome". If you don't comment on how nice of him it was to say "your welcome" then you get reminded, "mom, I said her welcome". Why "her welcome" instead of "your welcome"? Well, I blame that on my own poor pronunciation. I think I have a tendency to say "yer welcome" which his little brain translates into "her". So, parents beware, pronunciate in front of your kids! Who knows what he will turn my poorly prounounced phrases into next, but I have a feeling it may not be nearly as cute/appropriate as "her welcome".

Sunday Evening Tradition

Continuing what is a most Sunday's tradition, we had dinner with Jeremy, Christy, Abby and Evan. Special guests Grandma Laura and Grandpa Dennis where also present today. It is hard to keep my concentration while writing this, as Ben is standing right next to me shrieking like a banshee. No, he doesn't want anything (except my undivided attention perhaps) which is why I think soon I will realize that the only time for me to be sitting in front of a computer will be when my kids are either enthralled with an episode of the Wiggles (they just can't seem to get into the Dateline NBC that is on TV right now) or when they are in bed. But I digress.

I'm still T-minus a week away from my C-section. No signs of anything happening any earlier, but you never know. Ah, I hear the sounds of all of the magnets being taken off of the fridge, compliments of Maddie, so I should probably wrap this up.

Ben and Maddie are still blissfully (for the most part) unaware of the shake-up that will be happening in the next week in our household. I was a little encouraged today when Maddie was very affectionate with our friend's baby who was over today and I thought, oh, she likes little kids, this won't be so bad and then that very same baby decided to sit in Matt's lap and that was the end of her congeniality. She became very territorial, very quickly. So, needless to say, I think the addition of our third little one will be in the very least, interesting. Start wishing us luck now!

Starting Out

I'll be the first person to admit that I have no idea how to set up a blog. But, I was talking to Matt about updating our website so that we could easily post pictures and updates of what is going on with our family (more for posterity then for the rapt interest of the outside world) and I came up with the idea of a blog. So, I don't know who I will send this to or who will read it, but it is going to be my place to record the goings-on in my life and the life of my two (soon to be three) little ones. Today is February 20th, and I am about 10 days away from the a scheduled c-section for our third (boy) baby. We had an appointment with our OB/GYN yesterday, and it looks like we will have another big, healthy boy in our hands. He is already measuring about 9 pounds and he has 10 more days to grow...unless a greater power intercedes and makes something happen.

I am writing at 1:21 pm which is a sacred time when I am not at work, because it means that both my kids are napping. I laid them down at noon and just had to go upstairs to lay down the law with Ben, as he was still playing and not so much sleeping. I'm lucky if Maddie sleeps for two hours, so my time alone is quickly wearing down.

I'm going to post this and see what that looks like, so I will write more later.