Name reveal

First off, I would like to start this post by saying that Linens N Things is a horrible store and I will never be using them again. They closed most of their physical locations a couple (?) of years ago but they recently have re-opened online. So that's where I ordered Brendan's quilt from. When I didn't get a shipping email, I went to check out the status online. It had been cancelled. I emailed them Monday to ask them why they would cancel an order without notifying me and have yet to hear from them. I then discovered that most places said the twin size was out of stock or backordered. So we decided to get a different set.



It's adorable and we love it. Plus it had a beanbag shaped like a car! So his room is almost completely ready for move-in now. He's staying with his Nana and Papaw tonight so I was a little sad after putting him in his crib last night :-( He's growing up fast!

Brendan is adding new words all the time. I hope I can keep up! This morning he said tall. He's also started saying flower although it sounds more like fwow right now. Baby is another new one.

And now... the revealing of baby sister's name...
Kaylee Halon

I looked up the meaning of Kaylee and of course the names Kay and Lee form it. Kay is the short form of Katherine which is English (feminine) and means "pure". Lee is English (masculine & feminine) and means "meadow". I thought that was sweet. I've never been able to locate a meaning of the name Halon but I found a Welsh (masculine) name Heilyn and the meaning of it is "winebearer". So I thought it was funny that I'm (possibly) "Fair Winebearer" and Kaylee will be "Pure Meadow Winebearer". Like mother, like daughter? Lol. Another name close to Halon was Heulwen and it's also Welsh (feminine) and means "sunshine". Another close one is Halina which is the Polish form of Galina which is the Russian and Bulgarian form of Galen or Galenos which means "calm". These all came from www.behindthename.com in case you're curious.

That's all I've got for now. Hope everyone has a relaxing or productive holiday weekend (whichever you prefer)! I hope to have a combination of the two.

Decisions, decisions

So this may be my new finalist for bedding choices:



I think I've decided Brendan doesn't need a bed rail. All the ones I keep seeing attach under the mattress and that won't work for the bunk bed we have cause the mattress sits in the frame. We're just using the bottom bunk bed (and storing the rest somewhere?!) so it's very low to the ground. I'll probably shove one side of the bed next to the wall so he can only roll off one way.

And the last decision I have to make is about my chair in Brendan's current room. Brendan LOVES sitting in that chair with me to read and let me sing to him before he goes to sleep. The problem is I will want the chair for baby girl too. We don't really have another area we could put the chair so I could read/sing to one and nurse/sing to the other before bedtime. I could put the chair in the game room area, but that would require A) some cleaning up and B) no guests over during bedtime (especially once baby girl gets here). So I'm contemplating visiting my favorite furniture store in the universe: IKEA! This time I would probably get the black/brown wood frame with the red cushion for his room. The other thing that concerns me is that there is a built-in desk in Brendan's new room. I'm afraid he'll try to push the chair over there to climb up it.

If everything comes in on time, our plan is to set up Brendan's room and have him start sleeping in there this weekend, since it's a 3 day weekend. If not... I may wait until his birthday weekend. We'll see.

Oh, now for some Brendan cuteness. He wakes up almost every morning ready to start vrooming like a car. It's soooooo cute. We also cannot get in the car until he touches the tires on my car. He loves to lay down on the floor and look at the wheels on his car and lawnmower toys. There is no denying his boy-ness!

It's a Girl!

So, I'm sure you've heard by now that we will be adding a baby girl to our family in October. We're not going to be able to watch any movie or show about a teenage girl dating without Brent cringing. He was already doing that last night when we were watching Castle! And he keeps joking about getting a gun. I, on the other hand, know that she will be the girliest girl possible because I was such a tomboy. And now I'm freaking out about having to fix her hair! I've worn my hair basically the same way for almost 28 years. Ugh. I can safely say we're a little more overwhelmed about the prospect of having a girl versus having a boy.

I'm sure we'll be fine, it'll just take a little while to get used to. In the meantime... I'm trying to find bedding sets that I like for her (now that we found the bedding set for Brendan's big boy room). These are the 4 I like best so far.






Favorites are hard to choose, but I think I like the dragonfly (red and green) and deer ones the best.

Stats Update

Okay, so Brendan had his checkup today. He lasted almost the full year in Mother's Day Out without antibiotics (and almost 2 years of life without them). For that I am eternally grateful! We have our first ear infection. The doc said it's very mild and probably just cause of his current cold. I was shocked when Brent told me that he only has to take it once daily. It seems like every medication I had when I was little was 4 times a day.

Developmentally, Brendan is where boys typically are at his age. The doctor was really impressed that he likes "reading" to himself. Brendan now weighs 30 lbs (60th percentile) and is 34 1/4" tall (80th percentile). I've heard that whatever height kids are at 2, if you double that, that's how tall they will be. So, it already looks like Brendan will be taller than me! As if there were any doubt of that. Now I'm wondering if he'll pass up Brent cause the doc said he has plateaued for now in growth. Only time will tell! His head is still over the 100th percentile, lol. I think it was 55 cm? He even said we could switch to 2% milk. Yeah for more room in the refrigerator!

I realized after my last post that I had forgotten Brendan's favorite new word. Car! He loves cars and will say the word 100 times when we're in a parking lot. Even cuter than that though... he'll point to a car's tires and say shoes! He's so smart :-) So the bedspread we're going to get him for his big boy bed will be this: