SO much to say

We have some fun things going on. :)

1. We had our 20 week ultrasound this week and found out we were having a BOY!!! The girls went with RD and I to see this great event and they loved every minute of it. The entire time the ultrasound tech was working on the sonogram, El kept asking her if the lady could please make it be a boy. She REALLY wanted a little brother. So needless to say, when the nice lady showed us the male body parts, we were all ECSTATIC! RD was somewhat in disbelief as he doesn't want to get his hopes up in case the tech was wrong. HeHe. It was pretty stinkin obvious that what we saw between those little tiny legs were not little girl parts.

That night at dinner we asked El what she thought we should name her little brother. Without hesitation, she confidently said "Hmp...STEVE!" It was like "duh mom and dad, like why would we name him anything else?" Keep in mind, we don't know ANYONE named Steve...so we thought this comment was pretty much hilarious.

2. El had her 5th birthday party today with a few of her little girlfriends. I'll post some actual pictures soon...but I wanted to put a few video snippets on here for now. It was an absolute blast. We loved every minute of this afternoon and besides the fact that she was on a royal sugar high all evening, it was worth every ounce of effort put into it. We're looking forward to our "family celebration" tomorrow.

17 weeks prego

I think I'm finally through the yucky part of pregnancy...the nausea is gone and the i-wanna-poke-my-own-eyes-out-exhaustion is gone too. Whew. My 16 week appt. went great; El came along with me and asked a dozen and one questions about the pictures on the wall. Hmmmm...that was an interesting hour with my 4 year old. But we both heard the heart beat and everything sounded wonderful! I really like the group of midwives I'm seeing this time; they've been great. I had a fantastic OB when we lived in Westerville and also had a pretty great experience with my OB here in Toledo. But I wanted to try something different this time around...so here we go! :)

Miss El came home from pre-school today with nothin but smiles. Her first day back at school after winter break was long awaited...she loves being with her friends and teachers. After we got talking about the day, she shared with me that a little girl told her she was annoying today when El was making some silly faces. She also said that another girl told her she never wanted to talk to her and that she would come to El's 5th b-day party but that she wouldn't talk to her if she came. WHAT????? I mean for real? 4 and 5 year old's talking like this? She and I had a great conversation about it though. El said she didn't say anything in return. I asked her if she said that their words hurt her feelings; she said no. She said that she knew it was mean to call someone annoying. I was certainly the more emotional one. I asked her if I could pray for her cause RD and I are always praying for courage, generosity, and compassion in El's heart and life. That's been our prayer for her since 4 hours after she was born. So I wanted to pray with her today; for those things again. She said, "that's ok mom. I'm ok. No worries!"

I called my mom and talked to her about it (cause she went through this stuff with me). She reminded me that these "LESSONS" El is learning are good. I thought about it more...although it seems unbelievable that girls can be this catty at such a young age, it's teaching her how to respond, how to treat people in return, how to love with a love only possible with Jesus, and that the friends we choose in life really matter!! So I'm gonna try and chalk it up as one of those lessons. But man I just wanted to cry today...

Some fun December memories