Noble: Party of 5!

We're having another baby! Baby Noble #3 is coming in just 5 short months, eeeeeeek! It honestly still doesn't seem real to me. Once we had Jack, Andrew and I had many talks that we would have 1 more baby and then be done, but since Madelyn was born (and even when I was still pregnant with her), I wasn't quite sure if I was done. So I got Andrew on board, and here is where we find ourselves :)

We found out on August 11th, though I knew by the 8th that I was pregnant. Due to previous circumstances, we decided to wait as long as possible to test, even though every day when I still didn't get my period, I knew I was pregnant. But finally when I couldn't take it anymore, I quietly went upstairs to test while Andrew was watching the Olympics. Once that double line came through, I just walked downstairs and set the test next to him. And then we went through the usual "No way! Holy shit! We're doing this again?!" moments, and then went back to watching the Olympics :)

The kids are super excited about the "New Baby." Madelyn already loves babies and has told me she is going to "hug and kiss" the new baby. I don't believe she gets that the baby is in my tummy yet and doesn't understand when or where the new baby is coming. She says she has a baby in her "Templeton tummy." And Jack is always asking me how big the baby is and if I've felt kicks yet. He's ready to feel some kicks himself. When we first decided we were going to go for this baby, we had 1 brief conversation with him in Jan and asked him if would want another baby around. He said yes, we explained that Madelyn would move into his room, etc and that was the end of it. Nobody talked about it at all after that. And then once I was pregnant, he started mentioning having another baby on his own. One morning he said to Andrew "You know what I really want, Daddy? A new baby." and another time he made a comment at my parents' house when I was hugging them both hello about how it would be even better to hug 3 nuggets. It's crazy, but I feel like he has this sixth sense about it.

I am currently 18 weeks, and feeling good. The beginning was a bit rough, I was definitely more nauseous this time than with the either 2. I don't know if that is just because I'm older and every pregnancy gets a bit rougher for me, or if it means this baby is a girl, or what. But thankfully, the nausea passed around week 12 and everything has been good since. I am definitely in maternity pants full time for the past 10 days or so, and still able to make non maternity shirts work for now. I've had 2 ultrasounds so far and baby is looking good, and I started the progesterone shots last week to keep baby cooking full time. We go back on December 7th for the anatomy scan but we will continue with tradition and be surprised 1 more time on D day :)

Week 14 - Baby Lemon

Week 15 - Baby Apple

Week 16 - Baby Avocado

Mads likes to get in on the action - Week 15

Week 16 :)

Ummm, we've fallen behind a bit on weekly pics, but I can say with certainty that there is a BIG difference from week 16 to where we are now at 18. Will update this weekend.

We are certainly nervous about adding another little person to the mix, but I could not be happier to have another little person to love and for our big kids to love on a new brother or sister. I have high hopes that they will really embrace the new baby and their role as helpers, and that the transition will be easy peasy (right:)). Can't wait for newborn snuggles and smells and completing our family come April 18th!!!

#SameParentsDifferentKids

Last night, Jack was super tired and was having some "I  just need my Mommy" moments. At one point, he was crying telling me he just loved me so much and he just wanted to spend time with me. At the same time, I hear Andrew and Madelyn upstairs brushing teeth and Madelyn saying "Go avay, Daddy. Go avay."

Earlier in the day, we were all downstairs and I asked Madelyn for a kiss. She refused, and so I started pretend crying. This never works on her. She never feels compelled to comfort me to make me feel better, and instead usually gets angry when I stop fake crying. "You have to cry, Mommy. Start crying right now." Jack witnessed all of this, and while he was not the cause of my fake tears, he still came over every time to console me and love on me. This only made Madelyn angrier and she would try to pull Jack off of me. 

Sweet Kids

There is no better feeling than driving along in the car and listening to the kids talk to each other in the backseat. Most of the time it's Jack saying "Madelyn, what are you talking about? You're such a nut," or Madelyn asking "You done crying now, Jack?" or one of them is yelling at the other to stop singing a song or to give the other a toy they are hoarding. However, there are times where one of them just spontaneously says to the other "I love you" and I get such an overwhelming feeling of "this is what life is about" I could burst.

This week, Mads had been down again for the count with another round of this pesky fever that comes up every month. On our way to doctor's appointment, the following transpired:

M: I wuv you, Gack
J: I love you too, Madelyn. You know what I don't love? I don't love it when you are sick.

Pillow

For whatever reason, despite her using crib bumpers and stuffed animals as pillows every night, we had not given Madelyn a pillow to use. Last night before bed she was dragging one of my pillows off the bed and brought it into her room, so I went into the closet and found the little toddler pillow we had bought for Jack back in the day. She didn't want to "try it out" before bed, but when we were rocking and I told her it was time to go to bed, she smiled and said she wanted to try the pillow. Once I put her in bed and we exchanged "I love yous" and "goodnights", she said "thank you for that pillow, Mommy." 

Let's Try and Resume

Jack was tired and whining over and over about wanting to see Grandma on the way home from Chillin' and Grillin' where he just saw Grandma.  We’ve been doing a word of the day and a week early the word was “fixated.”  Hadn’t used the word in a while.  Just when I (Andrew) was losing it and telling him to stop crying b/c he just saw Grandma he said while sobbing, “I know daddy, I know, I’m just really fixated on grandma right now. “

We also learned the word emit.  For a few weeks once a day Jack would stop whatever he was doing, pop up and run to the bathroom and say, "Sorry guys, gotta go emit some poop." 

These Kids

These kids crack me up. On our way to Grandma P's this am:

> Madelyn - saying "night night" and closing her eyes and pretending to sleep, complete with snores. Then we'd say "morning Mads" and she's raise her arms up and clap

> Jack - upon arriving to the house and being greeted by an excitable dog "ok, ok, just simmer down now, Jack. Simmer down."

Clearly my blog has suffered lately, but that is certainly not from a shortage of things to write about. Madelyn is 15th months going on 3 years. She is so coordinated - running, "jumping" and doing whatever big brother does all over the place. She says a ton of words and tries to repeat almost every time when asked. She is also VERY sure of what she wants and doesn't want. We've already seemed glimpses of tantrums out of her, and I am legitimately scared for what the future holds in that department. 

Jack is still hysterical and sweet. He just completed a week of vacation bible school and despite telling me he didn't want to go every single morning, I know he had an "aweshome" time. He's had a few weeks of some night time fears that started with a song from the Christmas Toy, but he's found a new friend, Teddy, that helps keep him safe every night. He is still taking gymnastics and has moved into the big kid class and goes all on his own while Grandpa Jim hangs out. We're doing soccer, though we've only had 1 game so far. And he does a really good job riding his bike, and loves going on bike rides around the block 

A Gem

Last night when I got home, Andrew and the kids were in the yard enjoying the 70 degree day. Jack LOVES to play in the car so he was doing that while I was brushing dirt and snot off of Madelyn. When it was time to go in, Andrew was trying to coax Jack out of the car. Jack's response?

"You're wasting your time, Daddy."

Andrew's response?

"You don't talk to Daddy that way."

Who does this kid think he is???? But, I can't stop giggling about it.