Each morning, you think this is the day. And at the end of the day, there's a palpable sense of disappointment. It's not something we want to be with the little fella. We know that he'll come out when he's good and ready (or when we're good and ready to start the process on his behalf).
But still. When countless people tell you that the second one always comes early, even being on time feels late. So late feels otherworldly late.
For about a week now (almost mirroring the lateness), Autumn hasn't been sleeping well. When we put her down, she's taken to throwing everything out of her crib, and then crying for the very things she tossed out of her crib.
Pillow goes to the floor, and seconds later, she's crying for her pillow. So, on Monday night I asked her what was up. She cried: "Baby coming."
Now, you can take that one of two ways.
The first, she's pissed off that a baby is coming. She's acting out to get attention because the baby is coming to knock her off the only child pedestal. And that just might be the right answer to the nightly kerfuffle.
But there's another way to look at things (hint, there always is another way to look at things).
Autumn doesn't often use words like when, where, what. Sure, she says things like "Wha dat?", and "Where Mommy?". But what is she was actually saying "Baby coming?" as in,
"when's baby coming?"
She's a clever girl. And I think she can sense the impatience of her mommy and daddy. And that impatience is leading to frustration (at times). And perhaps she's then feeding off the frustration we're experiencing. She doesn't know how to verbalize this frustration, so she uses the action she has come to associate this feeling: namely, tossing things.
When thought of this way, we're a complete unit waiting on a little boy. Buddy, we can't wait to meet ya.
This was the party. Low-key, lots of kids. A little bit of finger food, and a cake made by mom that everyone agreed was outrageous.
Mom did a great job. Remember, that cake was made at home. It's fresh strawberries, fresh cream, creamy cake and lots of love.
Those of you familiar with Mary Poppins might remember the scene where the kids and Burt and Mary ride on the carousel. Well, Mary Poppins is Autumn's favorite video these days... so you can imagine her excitement when she and Dad rode on the merry-go-round!
a special moment at Gavin's first doctor's appointment.
Image via WikipediaA while ago, I gave money to Senator Chris Dodd. It was, and remains, the only time I've ever given money to a politician that wasn't my mum.
Also good at giving him a kiss, but you'll see that later.
Image via WikipediaSeems obvious that he would be speaking French at the French Open. But I think this is the first time I've ever seen someone who can speak English speak another language altogether. And it made me wonder: usually, people speak English for the TV audience. But what if the US audience isn't as important to success anymore? I hate to get all political, but 7 years of the Bush has impacted a lot of things. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I've never seen this. The European Union is a powerful entity, and speaking French in France is respecting it.
He's a trip. With Autumn, there's aren't any random parts that can simply pee all over the place at any given time. With Gavin, that's on the table. In fact, immediately upon being placed on the table, we peed on the nurse:
