Kallen has an Imaginary Friend!

His name is BABY! Hmmm, can you tell he's excited to be a big brother? Kallen became friends with Baby before we found out that our baby is a girl. So to distinguish between the baby that I'm carrying and Baby the imaginary friend, we say "Our/My Baby" vs. just "Baby." Most of the time, Kallen helps Baby. If Kallen gets something, he asks for me to give some to Baby too. If Kallen needs to go potty, sometimes he'll stand in line at the bathroom door and say "I have to wait my turn. It's Baby's turn right now." Sometimes, I hear him having quiet and friendly conversations with Baby. It's really pretty cute. Up until today, Baby has not written on the walls (like my imaginary friend Polish Wilsons did) or misbehaved in any way. Today on our trip to the Shreveport Boardwalk, however, Baby couldn't get along with others. Mostly though, according to Kallen, it was Spiderman's fault. Today, Spiderman (the action figure) and Baby weren't playing nicely so Kallen had to put Spiderman in my bag for time-out several times. (Or maybe he was just tired of carrying him around!) According to Kallen, Spiderman was hitting Baby but Baby wasn't acting very nice to Spiderman either. Anyway, Kallen's creative imagination is running wild every day! He comes up with some pretty cute things to talk about with me.

It's been a great day!

Today, we are in Houston visiting friends and tending to some business. Last night we spent hours and hours at a car dealership and FINALLY drove away at 11:00 PM with a vehicle that we liked at a price that we were satisfied with. Today, we enjoyed driving our 2008 GMC Envoy to our 3D/4D ultrasound where we found out that our baby is a GIRL! Even more special, we got to see her face and watch her kick and punch and suck her thumb. They made us a DVD of the whole ultrasound visit and set it to music that makes me cry every time I watch it. Anyway, here's a pic of the new car.

Our Baby GIRL!

So Sweet, So Innocent, So Adorable!

Yesterday as Kallen and I were getting an after-school snack in the kitchen, he said, "Mommy, can I pet your belly?" As he raised my shirt up and put his cheek up to my tummy, he said, "Mom, I want our baby to be a girl so she can be a princess like you and live in a castle." And as I was thinking how sweet he sounded, he added "...and wear panties!" Oh, the things that come out of a 3-year-old's mouth...so sweet, so innocent, so adorable!

And then today, Sasha was telling Kallen that we are getting a new car. Kallen comprehended this info for a while and then looked at me with a puzzled look and said, "Mom, Dad says I'm getting a new car...but I don't know how to drive!" He was so serious it was precious!

What's On My Mind Lately

Just three more days until my 3D/4D ultrasound! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. A large part of me, the creative part, wants this baby to be a girl. I'm finding myself surfing Etsy.com a lot lately looking for cute things to sew for a baby girl, and oh, there are some cute things out there. Appliqued and monogrammed onesies with matching blankets, bloomers with ruffles or bows on the butt, tutus, hair bows, grosgrain ribbon galore, etc. are all swirling through my mind on a daily basis. I guess it's not so much the sewing projects, but the brilliant colors in all the girly fabric that really gets me. Heather Bailey's and Amy Butler's fabric lines are just too great for making cute girl clothes. (See Heather's link. I can't get enough!...That's my favorite fabric design of hers in the picture.) Finding fabric for a boy on the other hand, is harder for me, especially with pink being my absolute favorite color- fuchsia to be exact. There's cute boy fabric out there, it just doesn't appeal to me as much as the bright fabric with all the girly colors does. And since I've already had a boy, I'm pretty much set on boy stuff. That means no, or very little, shopping to be done in my near future if this baby is a boy. (Well, Sasha will like that I guess.) Don't get me wrong, part of me wants a boy too. There is nothing sweeter than having a mother/son relationship. The sweet way Kallen puts his arm around me and pulls my head close to his while we're laying in bed watching Jack's Big Music Show at night, or the way he compliments everything I do, down to how well I put the milk in his sippy cup...I don't expect that a daughter will do that sort of thing with me. (I could be wrong though.) But, what will be really cool if this baby is a girl is to see Sasha in a Daddy/daughter relationship. He'll get to experience all the tenderness and closeness that I'm sure only a Daddy and baby girl have. Seeing that side of Sasha really gets me. Anyway, I guess we'll just have to wait until Saturday to find out. Until then, the not-knowing of it all will have me counting down the days.

From the Eyes of a 3-year-old

Today when Sasha was buckling Kallen into his car seat, Kallen said, "I don't want to go to school!" (He says this most days, but loves school once he's there.) Sasha said, "Kallen, you have to go to school so you can learn. You have to learn so you can be a doctor someday." Kallen replied, "Dad, I don't want to be a doctor. I just want to be a kid."

Kallen says such nice things!

Yesterday, I think Kallen told me he loved me a million times. He said it at about 15 minute intervals during some parts of the day. It never gets old though. Tonight, when I was getting him dressed after his bath, he said, "Mom, you are softer and better than my kish!" Wow! This is the ultimate compliment from him. His kish is his blanket that he's had since he was born. This blanket has brought him comfort during every nap and night time of his life. And he thinks I'm better! That just made my day.