Tyler

My lover of animals.

Hater of shoes.

Craziness Defined


Protector and Defender

Master of chess

Smasher of baseballs

Big brother extraordinaire

Up and coming lawn tractor racer


Always my boy

The Week with Four Saturdays

Did you ever have one of those weeks where you couldn't keep track of what day it was? This was the week with four Saturdays for me. I think I'll wake up and go to church tomorrow.

Doug took a few days off work to make it a long weekend. My parents are on an Asian vacation. They have a beautiful home with several acres in the middle of no where. It's perfect for a get away. We often head out there for a day or even a few nights just to get out of the city. I woke up Thursday morning. Doug was sleeping beside me. It's Saturday, right?

I woke up Friday. Doug was sleeping beside me. It's Saturday, right?

I woke up Saturday. Doug wasn't sleeping beside me. I was sleeping on a twin mattress thrown out on the family room floor to have a slumber party with my girls. Thinking I would sleep on the couch while they shared the mattress. Wrong. All three of us were sleeping on the twin mattress. Apparently, I don't remember things well. Cribs, when available, should be used. There was a crib set up. I did not use it.

Sunday, I woke up. Doug was sleeping across the room.

I'm tired. Very tired. I really don't want to do lesson plans and start school in the morning.

Maybe I should just call it a snow day tomorrow.

Oh wait. The snow is not coming until Tuesday. Whenever that is. :)

Hope is

Fun

Full of life - at least that's what I'm telling myself

Hater of Cold

Coloring Marvel

Makeup Artist

Loving

Daddy's Little Girl

My baby girl...always

Mommy Penance

Having to use a towel with a dog head hand towel sewn on the top with a tail hanging off the back to dry with because you have neglected to do laundry even though the kids have been diligent about taking the dirty laundry down to the washer.

Vocab for 2nd Graders

While reviewing the vocab of our history lesson I asked Ty, "Do you know what an inhabitant is?"

"Yeah, it's something you do and can't stop doing no matter how hard you try."

I laughed harder than a pregnant mom should laugh.

Breeley

Yep. That's her name. Nope we had never heard of it before. We were sitting in bed talking about names. I love as in LOVE the name Aubrey. But, I have this thing about meanings. So, we look it up.

Aubrey: rules with elf wisdom

Umm, I have enough little ones trying to usurp the rules of this house without one of them having elf wisdom on her side.

Rather disappointed I said tried to find the positive. "We couldn't have used Leigh with it anyway." You see, I am blessed to have my dad's middle name (not that I thought so growing up!), and wanted to pass that along.

Doug thinks for a minute. "We could just call her Bree Leigh."
Me: "Breeley? I kinda like it."
Doug: "How would we spell it?"
Me: "B-r-e-e-l-e-y."

So we pondered, and asked a very select group of people their opinions, and decided...

We like it!

Now for the FAQ segment of this post.

How are you going to spell it?
Since you all are reading this, there is no need to spell it like I have to for everyone who I tell in person.

What is her middle name going to be?
Faith

What does it mean?
No clue. If you find it will you let me know? Since I have this thing about knowing what names mean, I've kind of made one up. Bree: Hill. Leigh: Meadow. Faith: Confidence. So basically we are saying it means hill or place of confidence. Unless someone can tell me what it really means.


I had a regular prenatal appointment this morning. Never take a reading child to one of those. A sign was hanging on the door "Do heavy periods interfere with your life?"
Ty already knows more anatomy words than I'm comfortable with. Not that it makes me uncomfortable, just the potential for phone calls from other parents. "Your son just told my son that..." Oh, how I pray that day never comes. Thank goodness I had brought along his reading work to do and redirected his eyes to a more appropriate place before any more long conversations had to take place.

I'm thinking a sitter might be worth the financial imposition.

What Tyler Thinks

Laura emailed me and asked if the kids were excited about the new baby. A lot of people asked what Tyler thinks of being the only boy.

When we first told the kids we were expecting they were well, surprised. Since it was only a few days after Mom #2's memorial service, it was a total change in direction. I was sitting by Ty at the Don Pablo's, and he got a strange expression on his face. I asked him what he was thinking and he just kind of shrugged. Highly unusual behavior for my very verbal boy. A few minutes later he said, "Do you think it's another girl?"

When we got home, the big kids called to tell their grandparents. Ty called Doug's dad. We could hear his voice asking Ty if he wanted a brother or a sister. When Tyler said he didn't care. Rick said, "Oh, I thought for sure you'd want a brother."
Ty's responded. "Well, if it's a brother, he'll want to play little kid games with me. And I'm going to be driving soon. If it's a girl, I don't have to worry about that."

His opinion has not really changed. He is standing here with me while I type. I asked him if he would rather have had a brother. "I'd kinda rather had a sister."