Princess Daisy and Tough Boy Slade

I have blogged a lot about the baby that is yet to come, but I felt the need to blog about Slade and Daisy. They bring so much joy to my life!

I have to say that I absolutely love having a girl. I find myself wanting to play dress up with her, paint her toenails, do her hair and pretend to put makeup on her. She is just a sweetheart and also a big helper. She likes to help me clean, especially vacuum although it takes three times as long as it would if I did it myself. She can whistle, loves to dance, loves her baby dolls, sleeps in a big girl bed, thinks its fun to potty on the toilet and every morning she has to give the baby in mommy's tummy a kiss. She is talking so much and can recite some of the alphabet! She will be 2 in April!


Slade is growing up way too fast. He surprises us everyday with what comes out of this mouth. He turned 3 in November and has learned to ride his bike! He asks to ride his bike everyday, so I have been getting a nice workout as I try to keep up with him. He can recognize all of the letters, recites the alphabet in order, knows his colors, sings Primary songs all day, loves any kind of animal and bug, uses the bathroom all by himself, dresses himself, loves to read books and watch movies and is still a cuddle bug. Whenever he crashes on his bike or gets hurt at all, he will jump up and say, "I'm okay, I am TOUGH!" He keeps us laughing and we are grateful that he is such a good big brother.



I have had such an emotional time with this pregnancy that I'm sure the kids are feeling the effects of it all. During this pregnancy I have been told so many times that the baby will or need to come early, so I have prepared myself for her arrival many times, only to be told to hang in there. I am very grateful that I have made it this far but I am emotionally exhausted from all the uncertainty and waiting for tests and whatnot. One week the baby looks okay, the next she isn't doing so well, and so on. I understand that she is expected to be small and I am confident that she will be okay on her own once she arrives. The past few days have been a little strange for me. On Thursday morning I couldn't shake the panic feeling that I was having and my hands were shaky for most of the day. I would try to calm myself down, but I would start crying instead! By the afternoon, I was doing a lot better and I spent the day at my parents house because Skylar was working.
I had the strongest impression on Friday that this baby needs to come. All day I had a calm feeling that everything will be okay as well. If this baby is delivered this week, she will have stayed in the womb 2 weeks longer than Daisy did, but because she is measuring so small she may have other issues. I'm now anxious for the results of the amniocentesis and not so nervous about the long needle anymore!
The Lord knows my strengths, even if I don't.