Pregnancy Update

I never bothered to put a blog ticker with the baby countdown

so I figured I'd just let you know that

I am due in 3 weeks!!


Most frequently asked questions:

1. Are you all ready for a girl? No!

Although my mom's been sending me stuff and my sweet friends did have a shower for me and gave me lots of great things! Who gets a shower for their sixth baby?

2. Do you have a name picked out? No!

We have a list of 7 names.

I just need to eliminate 2 a week for the next three weeks, right?

3. Are you dying? (Meaning don't you want to get that baby out of you?) No!

Yes, I am blogging at 4:30 am because I can't sleep but I have lots to do and babies are easier inside than out! Not as cuddly and sweet but much easier! The discomfort has not outweighed the convenience factor-yet...

4. Maybe you'll go early? (More of a comment than a questions but still...) No!

Thanksgiving-check

Eli's December birthday-check

Owen's December birthday-check

Christmas (and all that it entails!)-almost done

New Year's getaway with family-still to do

House still in the middle of some little remodels!

Then the baby can come. I've got plenty to do until then.

And I have never had a baby even one day early.

I know she'll come when she wants but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's no sooner than Jan 14!

(Check back with me in a couple of weeks and I may have changed my tune)

I am feeling good, for the most part, and while I don't normally love being pregnant, I'm trying to just enjoy these last weeks of being pregnant for the last time! I'm so excited to see what a Milne baby girl will look like. 3 weeks is nothin'.

Owen

Owen just celebrated his 4th birthday.

He told me the day before "I'm still little and little boys don't have to do jobs, right Mom?"

He sure knows how to work it, doesn't he?

He is loud and talks NONSTOP and is "freaking hilarious" (his words).

He has a ton of friends, young and old, and is too smart for his own good.

As a baby, he started out colicky for a couple of months but then he was truly a dream baby.

That lasted until about a year ago.

I'm not gonna lie.

We still love him, but he is a sassy, twerpy little thing

(but still charming with personality to spare!).

Making up for those years of good behavior I guess.

Some days we think we might give him to the highest bidder (and there are people who have asked for him!)

But then we think, what would this house, our family and our lives be like

without Mr. Personality?

Boring and not nearly as amusing and entertaining.

We get a kick out of him and are amazed by him each and every day.

We love our "Big O"!!!

Happy Birthday Big O!

Eli

Eli just turned 9 yesterday. He was sick, I was sick, so he opened presents and we laid on my bed the whole day. No birthday dinner, no birthday cake. He was fine waiting till another day.

Eli has been a sweet boy since the day he was born. Always smiling, always kind. Brent and I wonder how we lucked out with him. He was really just born that way. Every night before he goes to bed he asks if there's anything he can do for me. If I say no he says he knows one thing and then gives me a big hug and a kiss. It melts me every time. He went through a phase (end of first grade through second grade) where he was anti-hug-mom. But he says now that mom's need hugs to make them happy. So smart. He's also thoughtful and a good big brother, pretty responsible, and sensitive to others' feelings.

We love him so much and feel so blessed to have him in our family.

1 day old-look at that hair!

2 months old.

Hair out of control.

For those of you who are horrified that we didn't cut it-no worries.

We buzzed it off a few weeks later.

10 months old

Happy Birthday Eli!