1. My boys are growing like crazy. Aaron is 4 going on 10. Last month he started asking if I would 'homeschool' him. I am sure it's because two of his closest friends, Aiden and Cambree, started homeschooling this year and he hears them talk about it. I told him that he would go to school soon but that we could do a few things at home if he wanted. I have been letting him control the speed we go but folks he has absolutely taken off with his reading and writing. He can read simple sentences, write all his letters and a lot of words, and write his numbers up to 20. He always asks to keep doing reading lessons and then asks if he can write on his dry erase board the 'really hard letters.' I am so proud of him. Mark and I are trying to decide whether he will go to kindergarden next year or go somewhere else for another year. Tough decision folks....tough decision. He is so excited about his little sister getting here. I am loving the more grown up things we can do with him now. He is such a great big brother to Corban and I know he will be even greater with this sweet girl...who still has no name.
2. Corban is just straight up fun. He is at the best age of discovery and his vocabulary has exploded over the past month. He is definitely our funniest child yet. Not a night goes by that Mark and I don't repeat what Corban said that night or a facial expression he made. He is very confident, opinionated and loves his big brother. I think he would do anything Aaron asked him to do.Hopefully I will be able to do an 18mo. blog post on just him. I think he will have a more difficult adjustment period because of his age. He is VERY attached to Mark and I. His strong opinions are currently expressed by screaming, which is pretty much unbearable. He is spending a lot of time in time-out or getting a spanking these days. We aren't huge on redirection. He has had a lot of ear infections of the past 6 months and we were referred to an ENT for him to get tubes. Because of the baby, we have already met our deductable for the year, so we are trying to get any and all procedures done before Dec 31st. The only appointment available before January for him was this coming Tuesday. My due date for baby is Thursday. Nothing like cutting it as close as possible! I'm just KINDA stressed right now.
3. This pregnancy has been the best one out of the three for me. I have gained just under 25lbs and felt much better than with the boys. She is smaller than the boys too. My blood pressure has done awesome. I hope that I will be able to go into labor by myself and stay at home as long as possible before going to sit in that awful hospital bed like I did before. I have no idea when she will come, but I am crossing my fingers that she will wait until Corban has his procedure. I would love to be there with him and won't be able to at this point if I have her before Tuesday.
4. Mark has been working like crazy over the past couple of months. He goes in before the boys get up (which, if you know my kids' sleep schedule you know that means it's REALLY early when Mark leaves) and comes home about 6pm. Not a fun schedule for anyone in our house. Especially with me trying to keep this baby from coming right now. Thank goodness for family and friends! We were able to spend Thanksgiving in Melber this year (even though I was 38 weeks preggo) because of the amount of help I had taking care of children. Our Tullahoma family has been so awesome to help out. From random meals brought by, to helping me take Corban to Murfreesboro for an entire morning of tests/dr visits etc, watching one or both kids, or just being understanding and helping me while I go crazy in nesting these past few weeks....we are blessed for sure!
That's all I've got for now. We are just in preparation mode now for our little addition. Please say special prayers for our family over the next few weeks as we have a full schedule leading up to a huge transition in our lives. Here are a few pictures of our happenings since the beach vacation...
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