My conversation with Blake....

This morning I went to get him from his crib, and our dialogue went as follows:

"Good morning Blake...did you have a good sleep?"

"Yup"

"Today we're going to Mary's house, you will get to see the kids and play with Baby Brennen."

"Baby David?"

"No, Baby Brennen."

Long pause.....

"oh...."

"Then when I pick you up from Mary's we are going to go to Grandma's house tonight. How's that sound?"

"Sounds good."

:-) Unbelievable!!!

Then tonight when we were waiting for our pizza, I tried to use the time constructively by teaching him his ABC's....turns out he practically knows them already....not all of them, but he filled in many of the letters and helped me sing, I was amazed!!

Then a few minutes later...I hear from the back seat....

"Blake Arbaugh.....louder! ... BLAKE ARBAUGH.....LOUDER!!!.....BLAKE ARBAUGH!!!!!" Yes..all coming from Blake...The "louder" part is what Tom always says when Blake says his name. Too funny!!!

Names

We have the baby's name pretty much narrowed down....Cora Jane. Jane is my Grandma Vogel's middle name, Tom's Aunt's middle name (who both go by Jane), and is was also Paula's middle name. We also liked Dana Claire, after Tom's grandfather, but think we are going to go with Cora. Who knows, we still have 3 months to go, so it could change. :-)

I went through tons of girl clothes that mom got from a friend's garage sale. I washed them all up and started sorting....it's so different to see so many girly things. I'm looking forward to a girl though. Everyone always says you never take as many pictures of the second baby, but I don't think that will hold true in our family. Poor thing doesn't know what she's in for! I had so much fun taking pictures of Owen Vogel the other day, I just can't wait!

I've decided to get my life insurance license through work. It will help me with my job, plus work will pay for everything. I figure, I might as well do it before this baby gets here, or I might never get it done.

What's your name???

Blake is talking so much, even full sentences every now and then ... "go to the bathroom and wash hands.." We also were at the grocery store the other day and went to check out and he says to the cashier "hiya bud-dy!" He also knows how to say his name now, if you ask him he will usually say "Blake Arbaugh" and Tom will usually prompt him to say "ARBAUGH" really loud, and he does. It's so cute!

I would like to start potty training him, but I am understanding what other mom's have said about him having to be ready. I think he gets the concept but is a bit stubborn.

We finally have his new room pretty well cleaned out, thanks to a few trips to good will! Now we just have to paint and get some decorations and curtains up and get him in there.

Updates....

I went to the doctor on Wednesday, July 1st. Everything is going well so far. I do have to have another ultrasound due to a low lying placenta. Doctor thinks everything is fine, but wants to make sure. Her heartbeat was around 150. I've gained 10 pounds so far.

Blake is talking like crazy, repeating EVERYTHING!!! It's so funny and so much fun. He will now say his name "Blake Arbaugh" or "Blake-y Arbaugh"....when he wants to. I was also teaching him to say "Grandpa Regentin".....it sounds like "Grapa Rack-a-beans". I have been trying to catch it on video, but he doesn't cooperate when the video camera is running. I will have to keep working on that.

Looking forward to a 3 day weekend for July 4th...with not too many plans. We are going up to HB on Saturday since Todd, Kristin and the boys will be home. I'm going tomorrow to see Leslie and baby Owen to take some photos, so that should be fun.