Telling Little Man

So, like the minute I told Big Man and we did the Hug and Kiss thing,  He goes over to Little Man and says Little Man…..

 Me: Nooooooo!

Him: What? He need’s to know.  

Me: Yes, but not right now lets wait a little.  Plus he is almost 4 he wont be able to keep it a secret.  (The whole time he is staring up at us like, What?)

Me: Oh, okay, it is too late, look at him!?!?

Big Man:  Mommy and Daddy have something to tell you,  Mommy is going to have a baby.

Little Man:  EYE’S Big-Mouth Open!

Me:  But it is going to be a long time because it has to grow in Mommy’s belly.

Little Man:  Mommy, why did you eat the baby?

Oh-my-gosh!  We were rolling, I almost fell on the floor!

5 minutes later:

Little Man: Mommy, where does the baby come out at?

Another Oh-my-gosh moment but in a different way.  Like, what the heck kind of can of worms did we just open?  He is not ready for “Girl Parts” talk is he?

Me:  The Hospital (I was like, yeah, cool answer, he might actually take it)

Little Man:  But how does the baby get out?

Me: We will discuss it when you get older.

Little Man: The baby is going to POP your belly off! Giggle.

The next morning getting ready for school:

Let me first start with a back story.  Little Man gets prizes at school if they are good all week.  Well he picked out these rings.  Green fake jewels in the shape of a heart.  He didn’t think anything of it expect that he wanted a ring on his finger like Mommy and Daddy.  Well Daddy was cool about it and after about a week kindly told him that those were girl rings.  So Little Man gave them to me, saying he didn’t want them anymore that they were for girls.

So while we were getting ready for school he saw the two rings and said, let’s save these for the baby! Aww!

And the most recent from this past weekend.  My mom was watching him and she asked him if he wanted me to have a boy or a girl.  Which by the way, every time you ask, hand down he wants a boy.

Little Man: I Boy, a boy like me and daddy.  Like me, it’s going to be me.

So he basically wants a clone brother.  I can’t blame him!

Makes me SMILE Week 38

Beautiful Weather for Blastball!

Ordering Little Man’s Rocket Cake!

What I thought was going to be a double date turned into a Surprise Birthday Dinner.  It was awesome!  Didn’t see it coming one bit, I cried.

Seeing Old Friends!

A lazy and play day with Big and Little.

My Birthday Dinner!

Sharing the news!

The cool breeze in the morning and the warm breeze in the afternoon!

Telling Big Man the News

Okay, so by now hopefully everyone saw the great news that we are expecting!

I found out the day I was getting Baptized, which you can see here if you missed it.  I kept the little secret to myself for the day until I could come up with a fun and exciting way to tell my husband. (which he kinda blew by the way)  Knowing that this is going to be our second and probably last baby, I wanted to tell him in a fun way.

With Little Man I also found out I was pregnant on a special day too, Valentines Day!  I got up like normal (it was a work day) took three pregnancy tests. (why do we do that, like it is going to change?) I then went to wake Big Man up and told him that I had a Valentines Day Gift for him.  He was all groggy, bed head and eyes half-open and then I told him we were having a baby.  It was a sweet moment.

This time I wanted to mix it up a bit.  I scored the internet for different ways to tell your husband you are expecting.  The best I read and thought would work for us was one where you use a jar of Prego Spaghetti sauce.   We all know that once you get pregnant someone is calling you Prego at least once a week, which is cool, no complaints.  We are a family that loves our Spaghetti Nights.  So I thought, Great, we will have spaghetti and I will start on dinner and then ask Big Man to get the (doctored) jar out of the pantry for me.  Easy, right? No!

First when I say “doctored” jar I mean doctored.  I used the trusty, Picnik.com

Pretty cool huh?  Well, I think so, if you don’t just play along.

So I printed the main part of the label and thought I would just slap it on when he wasn’t looking.  I get home we say our hello’s.  I say “I’ll start on dinner, how does spaghetti sound?”  “No, we were thinking breakfast for dinner” he says.

 “What??  We have to have Spaghetti, I planned this all out, I can’t go another day without telling him.  It is killing me already to go this long.”  Oh, that was me talking to myself in the head.   

“Oh, I was set on Spaghetti” I say.  “Yeah, but Little Man tried eggs at school today and when I picked him up from school he said he LOVED Eggs now so he wanted to have pancakes and eggs for dinner.”  Oh, well at this point I don’t know if I mentioned it enough but Little Man is a very picky eater and we are trying anything and everything for him to try new foods so for him to ask for eggs, well, this momma is going to do it.

PLAN B!

So I stand in the kitchen for minute going, “Crap, what am I going to do?  How am I going to make this work.”

So, like a said, I slapped the label on the jar with some glue.

      

Looks good right?  So, at this point, I don’t know what to do expect to call him in and tell him that I really wanted to have spaghetti tonight because I got this special kind of sauce.  I had the sauce sitting on the edge of the counter as you come into the kitchen, so he could see it right away.

In the end, he said he didn’t even notice all the extra wording I put on there until after I asked him about it.  He said that he just put two and two together.  But now I have something for the scrapbook sorta speak.

Let’s make this BABY Official!

Super Excited to Announce that …

Happy Birthday to me!

Makes me SMILE Week 37

Shopping by MYSELF! I never appreciated this until after Little Man.

A family trip to Toys-R-Us.  Got some great idea’s for Little Man’s Birthday AND Christmas and picked up activities for his Birthday Party coming up.

Lunch with a Bestie!

A NAP!

Little Man eating an Apple Slice! (Only the second one in his life and it had Nutella on it.  It took 15 minutes for him to finish, so the smile quickly faded.)

This Weather!

The start of Fall TV Shows.  What’s new that you want to watch this year?  I want to watch, Whitney, Once upon a time, Pan Am, Up All Night, GCB.  I know that is a lot on top of the few that are staples like Grey’s Anatomy and Modern Family but we will see what sticks?

Surprise lunch from the Big Man!

Appreciation of a yard work.  I might not like out back yard but at least we have one, right?

Friendly email banter.

No, I’m going to get you Optimus Prime.

This was on our way to school this morning.

Me: Did you know that Mommy has a Birthday coming up?

Little Man: Big Gasp….I want to get you something.

Me: Well, you need to tell Daddy and he will take you to go pick something out.

Little Man: I’m going to get you a toy.

Me: Well, don’t you think Mommy might want something more for grown ups or girly?

Little Man: No, I’m going to get you Optimus Prime….. and Bumble Bee.

Really Son?  So Ladies, it starts earlier then we ever knew.  This logic that boys have of getting something for a girl that is really for them.  Well, my Son has it.

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Target, oh how I’ve missed you Target!

Little Man’s first game of Fall Blastball!

Birthday Party at Chuck E. Cheese, woot-woot!  I think I like that place more than some kids!

The lovely weather so I could watch my boys fish!

9/11 Service at Church.  Okay, I know this is a sad thing but it was such a good service to remember and honor.

A man who will cook.

I great job with health insurance and a boss that is cool and understanding that when you get a call from Daycare that you gotta go!

Free Lunch Friday!

Splendid Mess Moment: Paint Fight

Man, I love me a good play fight.  Pillow Fight, Food Fight, Paint Fight!

When my Photographer Friend, Cynthia, announced that she had a New “Mini” and it was going to be a paint fight I knew it was something we HAD to do.  It sounded so fun and it was definitively going to be a Splendid Mess.  In case you were wondering you can find Cynthia here,  www.yourcandidmemories.com  We love her!

We had so much fun that morning.  She said we were probably the messiest out of all her mini’s.  I loved seeing Little Man’s face and we have a great piece of Family Art for our house!

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The start of a long over due project!

Little Man’s room into a little man’s room and not a toddler room. (This is a Happy-Sad)

I family night at the ball park, Go Rangers!

The house back in order after the weekend.  It was a TOTAL. MESS.

Dinner with Bestie J.

Start of the Fall Blastball season!

Skimming over Halloween Costumes already.

Super Silly Moments with Little Man.  (If you think I’m goofy, just give this kid some time.)

Oh, I’ll Remember That!

Yay, I get to save money by not having to buy anymore toys!  I guess I should explain…

We give Little Man “Certificates” when ever he tries something new to eat and after 5 of them he can trade them in for a new toy. It can take months to get 5.   So now he is back to 1.

Well I guess he is over it. I was asking him if he wanted strawberries, that they were sweet like fruit snacks and that he would get a certificate.

“I don’t want any more toys, I already have a lot.”

“Oh, really?”

“I will have to remember that next time we are at the store and you start asking for a one!”