madelyn seemed to know right away that i was pregnant but thankfully she didn't tell anyone until we started to share the news. i just said something about my stomach one day and she said that there was a baby in my belly - opps.
she tells me almost every day that she "wants the new baby today" (but imagine a very whiny voice). she has decided that the new baby is a boy and she wants to know what his name is going to be. she also asks often when the baby is going to be here. her excitement about the new baby seems to be growing and she really liked getting to hear the baby's heartbeat at the doctor's office.
while madelyn is so excited i have started talking to her about sharing her room. if it is a girl, the baby will sleep in her room because madelyn sleeps like she is in a comma. and if it is a boy, we will move mason in with madelyn until the baby sleeps through the night because mason is a very light sleeper. her main concern is that she would have to share her actual bed, but once i explained that there would be a second bed or crib in her room she was fine with it. we even got to have a trial run when we babysat a friend's infant last weekend. we put the baby in mason's room and then let mason sleep in madelyn's room. it was fun to hear her laughing and trying to get mason to stop crying (he cries every time we put him down to sleep). they both were asleep within five minutes and slept all night until mason started crying at 5:30am.
she is even excited about moving her car seat into the back row of the mini-van. this was actually the transition that i was most worried about so i was pretty happy to hear her interest in moving back. now if we can just keep all this excitement going until november... love.
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Congratulations! It's so exciting when the kids are excited for the new arrival...I've been dealing with "how many more days" for quite some time. I think once it gets a little closer (maybe a month out), we'll make a paper chain with enough "insurance" that hopefully the baby will come before the chain runs out! Hope you continue to have energy. Thankfully, God seems to know when we need a little extra.
Oooh, I'd worry about the back row move, too. I'm happy to hear she's so excited. Funny she wants another brother. Or, maybe she thinks thats what she gets because she already has one. So many transitions a-comin'!
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