Let me preface this nostalgic post by saying I am NOT pregnant.
But I was finishing up a book today, and one of the minor characters was telling her sister the main character (her sister) she was pregnant and the joy they had over being a mom and an aunt respectively got me to thinking about how we divulged about Trio.
Once the shock wore off and we stopped lying to ourselves, we did tell people in clumps. The first family related person we told was KaCee, my sister. For whatever reason we had to stop by her office before going to their house to watch Nica, because Dad had to go to work. And she was sitting there at her desk while Albert went to her car for something and she was having a "meh" day. And the secret was bursting inside of me until I finally looked at her and told her flatly "I have something to tell you. But you can't tell Dad. I get to tell Dad". And she looked...not afraid actually but concerned like "Oh are they moving? Did something happen?" Then I took a deep breath and was like "I'm pregnant". And her face just lit up like a Christmas tree and she came over to give a hug and then KaCee (being KaCee) started speaking to my stomach. /sigh I was like "I'm not that far along goofy".
Then there was how we told Dad. He was about to go in and he hated his job so much and was going in with a bad mood. So I looked at him and was like "Well would you like some news to brighten your day?" And he replied "Sure whatcha got?" I asked him "How would you feel about being a grandfather again?" and he was like "I wouldn't mind it...why you pregnant?" and I affirmed it and he grinned and said congratulations. Come to find out later that was all he talked about at work. Anytime someone asked him about his day he responded "I'm great just found out I have another grandbaby on the way".
We waited to tell Albert's family until I was 3 months in. Not sure why we didn't wait for mine I guess it was because they were here so if anything had happened they would have been one of the first to know. But the way Albert told his mom was priceless. She was babysitting Jordan (our nephew who is Albert's sister's son) and Albert told his mom about a conversation we were having (which was actually a true conversation). He said "Mom, Paige made the observation that no one in our family gets to stay 'the baby' for long because there is always another one on the way." Then he started listing them off and Cynthia was like "Well Jordan is gonna be the youngest". And Albert was like "No." And I could see my MIL pondering it and was like "No, he is the youngest" and Albert was like "No, he's not" and put his hand on my knee. And Cynthia looked at us and was like "You're pregnant?" and we affirmed and she screamed and scared Jordan (who was sitting on her lap).
Then there was how we told Greg (who knew b/c my SIL had let the cat out of the bag) but we gave him a Father's Day card from his "grandbaby".
It was cute. All around I think we told people the best way because we tailored it for everyone. Who knows if we'll be that creative if/when the next one rolls around?
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Trio in the Summer
So it has been awhile since I've updated either one of our blogs. :/ Life has just gotten in the way.
But here I am to let you know what is going on in the life of Trio!! Well first off Trio's talking seems to have exploded!! He is talking all the time and most of it is understandable! I'm sure we probably still need to think about getting a speech therapist to work with him but for now we're going to let him enjoy the summer and come August we will look into it. But yes he is talking even more and it's so much fun! One of his favorite phrases is "You're home!!" when someone walks into the house. It's so cute. The first time I heard it was when I came home from work. Yeah....apparently he had a late nap that day so he was up at 2:30 when I walked in. Still sweet to hear...but wouldn't want to make it a habit while I'm on this schedule.
Potty training is...meh. I'll admit it I gave up for now. I mean every time we sat him on the potty he would cry and throw a fit and I was like "Well this can't be healthy." Believe me I want him potty trained I am so over diapers but I don't want to scar or force him because I do know that in the long run that will just hurt him even worse and make it take longer. So once again we'll wait and try a little later to see if he's ready. Although by 4 (God forbid) if he's not I'm not really gonna care if he throws a fit he's gonna start going there, even if I have to do potty boot camp to get it done.
And with summer being here our favorite pastime is swimming! He LOVES to swim! Such a little waterbug and he doesn't just stay in the steps or in the shallow end. He will walk around the pool and get in at the deep end (arm floaties and supervisors are around no worries) and just sit there and kick and swim and float. It's so awesome that he loves to swim because I am such a water person that I don't know how I would react if my kid wasn't! The only thing now is that every time he changes the first words out of his mouth are "Going swimming?" /sigh No son we can't swim all day every day. LOL.
And that's about it for now! A brief but compacted update on my little man. I will try to be more diligent this summer. I know I will be posting soon because it is almost time to see the cardiologist and I am very excited to see how he is doing after the great visit we had last time. Til then faithful readers!!
But here I am to let you know what is going on in the life of Trio!! Well first off Trio's talking seems to have exploded!! He is talking all the time and most of it is understandable! I'm sure we probably still need to think about getting a speech therapist to work with him but for now we're going to let him enjoy the summer and come August we will look into it. But yes he is talking even more and it's so much fun! One of his favorite phrases is "You're home!!" when someone walks into the house. It's so cute. The first time I heard it was when I came home from work. Yeah....apparently he had a late nap that day so he was up at 2:30 when I walked in. Still sweet to hear...but wouldn't want to make it a habit while I'm on this schedule.
Potty training is...meh. I'll admit it I gave up for now. I mean every time we sat him on the potty he would cry and throw a fit and I was like "Well this can't be healthy." Believe me I want him potty trained I am so over diapers but I don't want to scar or force him because I do know that in the long run that will just hurt him even worse and make it take longer. So once again we'll wait and try a little later to see if he's ready. Although by 4 (God forbid) if he's not I'm not really gonna care if he throws a fit he's gonna start going there, even if I have to do potty boot camp to get it done.
And with summer being here our favorite pastime is swimming! He LOVES to swim! Such a little waterbug and he doesn't just stay in the steps or in the shallow end. He will walk around the pool and get in at the deep end (arm floaties and supervisors are around no worries) and just sit there and kick and swim and float. It's so awesome that he loves to swim because I am such a water person that I don't know how I would react if my kid wasn't! The only thing now is that every time he changes the first words out of his mouth are "Going swimming?" /sigh No son we can't swim all day every day. LOL.
And that's about it for now! A brief but compacted update on my little man. I will try to be more diligent this summer. I know I will be posting soon because it is almost time to see the cardiologist and I am very excited to see how he is doing after the great visit we had last time. Til then faithful readers!!
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