Gifts for Julie's Baby

She found a sheet of baby paper in my stuff. She cut out coupons from the Harbor Freight add and scraps of paper. She glued them all to the baby paper. This is for Julie's baby.

She found a picture she had colored when she was 2. She found pink tissue paper that I took away from her. I was gone running my errands and came home to tissue paper all over the girl room. She taped the picture to the paper and this too was for Julie's baby.

Today when we picked up the boys, a woman (who I know her name, but thats about it) walked by. Elle asked me "what's she having?"

We are planning a trip to MN in April. We are bringing Julie's baby things. The closer the time gets, more we talk about it. One day I said something about the trip and her reply was "We've got to get a truck."

Baby Shower

I am working on the invitations for Julie's baby shower. I am so excited to be making them pink! I have a great poem to put on the front with ribbon. We will use two different shades of pink for the paper. The ribbon has pink flowers with a brown back ground. I plan to hand out book marks with the entire poem for favors. I also found ribbon for a diaper cake. Hot pink and green! Elle and I have gone through baby stuff and made a list for Julie of what we have. We just need to go through the girl totes next. We are so excited. April can't get here soon enough!

Baby Girls

When we found out Auntie Julie was going to have a baby, Elle said "I just know it's a girl." Yesterday we found out Elle was right! We are so excited. We have gone through all our baby stuff and are very happy to be delivering all the pink items to Auntie Julie and Uncle Trevor. I let Julie tell them on speaker phone yesterday. Elle squealed and was so happy. For months, every baby thing we see she wants to give to Julie's baby.

We are so blessed to have another girl in our lives. Looking forward to meeting her the end of July. She is due close to Uncle Dave's birthday. Maybe they will share? Now to pray for Julie and a safe, comfortable pregnancy.

My Shadow

We got lots of strawberries today at the store. They were finally on sale. Before she went to preschool, I told her I would maybe get strawberries. When I got home, I was happy to share with her that I did in fact get her some strawberries. Her response "Were they on sale?" That's my girl! She is my shadow throughout much of the day. With the boys at school and her dad at work, we spend more alone time together. She wants to help out in the kitchen. Anytime I am making something, she wants to be a part of it. Her height can be seen since she races for her stool and carries it across the kitchen to retrieve anything she might need. She will stand on her stool and wash dishes too! She does a pretty good job, I only had to rewash a couple. Egg yolk can be hard to clean. She is quick with the stool and knows where everything is. I think she may know the kitchen better than her dad. For some time now, she has been able to put away everyones laundry. Now I know her daddy can't do that! : ) JK

Carrot Stew

One trip to bring Elle to preschool and back, I have the Carrot Stew song stuck in my head all day. Of all her songs on the CD she loves, it is my favorite. Not for its meaning, but the way she sings it. There is a part where they go up and hold a note, it is too sweet to hear her sing out Carrot Stew.
She is loving preschool and is excited and cooperative every time she has to go. The rest of the day can be a challenge sometimes, but not too bad. Still trying to preserve these days with her. I've heard so many moms mention going back to work in the last week. I know those days are around the corner for me too.

Fly on the Wall

I love listening in on Elle and her conversations with her friends. They are so innocent and unique to this time in their life. It is interesting to see what children pick up from their parents. Their vocabulary can be unique to the family. Common phrases used frequently by that parent are repeated by the child. She has become my shadow. Today, during my workout, she washed the same six dishes over and over for more than 20 minutes. In the end, she was so proud of herself. She looked so cute standing on her stool at the sink with her little apron on. This task was repeated when we came home today. She was so thrilled her daddy had left a few dirty dishes in the sink. Oh if only this desire to wash dishes carried over into her teen years!

When she gets older

She wants to hold babies when she gets older. She wants to go swimming when she gets older. How many other dreams will I hear in the years to come? Tonight, she washed the dishes at the sink. She likes to wipe the table down and really enjoyed using a bottle brush on water bottles.

What a girl.