The Scoop

Many of you may have made observations given my current physical state. You may wonder if I've given up running, or perhaps just made a habit of eating junk and sitting around. All of the above is actually true, but in addition, I've been tired and barfy and working on creating a small being in my belly.

It's true. Somehow this news has been absent from the blog, but we will indeed be having another child come August. Chad and I are thrilled to announce (Jay not so much) that this baby is a girl! Jay has had his heart set on a "baby brudder" for a few days now and is thoroughly disappointed.

Alas, Chad and I have no girl names as of yet, but we're (I'm) still eager to buy pink clothes.

Some funny Jay happenings related to the upcoming sibling:

For awhile, whenever you asked Jay if he wanted a baby boy or a baby girl, he would just repeat whichever one you said last. However, a few times he got creative and declared that he wanted a "Baby Shrek". (Unfortunately, the ultrasound showed no sort of horns on the baby's head)

When proposing potential boy names to Jay, he would simply declare "No". I then asked him what boy names he liked, and he replied "Like Baby Thomas", "Like Baby James". (These names happen to be the same as his favorite trains)

Sorry there are no fun ultrasound pictures, we don't have a scanner. Just trust me that's she's freaking adorable. She even gave us a thumbs up, it was great.

Baby Cousin

Well, I'm finally admitting to myself that if I keep waiting for the motivation to catch up on this blog, it will never come, and I'm just digging myself a deeper hole. Here's to starting anew and posting the here and now, hoping to do better.

My sister had a baby this past week and Jay is so excited to talk about "baby cousin". Even before she was born he would say "baby cousin come out Stephie's shirt" and point to Stephanie's belly. Well, she finally came out Stephie's shirt and Jay got to hold the baby for the first time today. He is still having trouble saying her name, so he just prefers "baby cousin" for now.