So Much To Do!!!!!

I am surprised by how cool, calm and collected I have been regarding getting everything ready for Froggy /Baby G. As majority of you know I am quite the planner….but somehow with everything that has been going on I have allowed us to get to almost double digits with nothing completed. I have quite the list of things that need to be done before October 10th. I sent the list to Tre for him to see what I was thinking and in true Tre fashion he laughed at me. Well probably not at me more or less at the list. Nonetheless somehow this week I came home feeling inspired and got all the stuff on the 1st level checked off. Tre must have been surprised at my motivation, because Tre and even Lyric pitched in. The second floor pretty much has been completed since we moved in, besides organizing the closet.

Which leads me to the 3rd floor. You would think since we just moved in less than a year ago we would be settled. Well maybe you wouldn’t think that but I would. And although we are settled we have some major issues to work out. Such as storage, Tre was VERY insistent he did not want any furniture in our bedroom, he wanted lots of space. At the time I was so distracted with paint colors and decorating, I didn’t object. But now since we are using clothes baskets as drawers, I think we have both come to the conclusion we have to have somewhere to put our folded clothes.

But our biggest most challenging item on our to do list involves Pumpkin and Froggy’s room. If I had my way I would have kept Lyric’s big boy room and moved Froggy into the guest room. But since I was out voted, the kids will be sharing a room, which means I have to come up with a theme old enough for Pumpkin yet baby enough for Froggy. That probably does not sound to hard but factor in the unknown gender and its quite complicated.

However I am pleased to say after much research, 3 gallons of paint, 1 coat of primer and a few tears. I think I have finally come up with a room that everyone will love. Although Tre is not thrilled with the idea of painting again (he just painted last week), he surprisingly is not opposed to it either. Maybe he is taking that saying “Happy Wife = Happy Life” to heart.

Froggy

As I mentioned earlier in a previous post, this kid likes to move it A LOT. Since the gender is going to be a surprise I have had to come up with a nickname for the baby for our daily conversations. Well although I had every intention of coming up with a cute food friendly nickname such as Gummi (what I call my niece),Babycakes (what I now call Baby Thomas) or even Candy Corn , which kinda goes along with the nicknames I call Tre and Lyric. I somehow ended up with Froggy. There is nothing super cute about it, but it is VERY fitting. Although Me-Maw doesn’t like it…until Froggy makes his or her appearance in November and we come up with an official name….that’s all I got.

23 Weeks!!!!

I am over half way there…and less then a month away from my 3rd trimester. Time is flying sooo fast. How far along?:

23 weeks

Total weight gain: 6 lbs.
Maternity clothes?: Some maternity clothes LOTS of empire waist dresses and shirts
Stretch marks?: No new ones, just the ones Lyric left behind ….I think
Sleep?: Has never been so good!!!
Best moment this week?: Getting inspired by a great idea for the baby/Lyric’s room
Movement?: Lots …hence the babys name froggy
Food cravings?: Finally froggy is showing her/his Virginia Beach roots…and is LOVING some crabs
Belly button in or out?: Still in What I miss: A Christmas Tree Roll…and Verdi…am seriously thinking about having both in the hospital.
What I'm looking forward to: Bi weekly appointments, the nursery getting started…again.
Milestone: Froggys downstairs closet is all organized

I hope I don't get in trouble.....

I can’t believe I am going to admit this….but the other day when I was journaling I overheard my sister discussing baby shower themes. The moment she said demin and diamond I thought that would be a cute title for this baby/family blog…and since no matter if the baby is a boy or girl I thought adding the word diapers would be appropriate. So hopefully Pickle won’t be to mad when she sees I kinda stole her theme for the title of our blog. After all finding a theme that could incorporate 3 boys and 1 girl or 2boy and 2 girls is really hard.

So I Changed my Mind

I originally created a blog documenting this pregnancy as a way for me to remember…like my own personal journal. But after reading and following the arrival of Josiah I thought this would be a great way to keep everyone in the loop. The last month has been the longest and hardest of our lives. But throughout all the trials I have never been assured in WHO we serve and who we are. It’s amazing if someone would have told me that Lyric would have gotten TB, been diagnosed with a lug defect and I would still be laughing, smiling and maintaining and going strong….I would have thought they were crazy. But here we are almost a month into Lyric’s treatment and everything is going great. Having a nurse come to the house every day is a bit of a pain but when we continue to hear about how Lyric should be, as opposed to how he is….we can’t complain.