Names OR This could be a problem

For a while, we could never get Jack to give names to things, such as stuffed animals. More recently he's been a little more open to it and I think it comes with being more confident with language and speaking as a whole, which is great!

A couple weeks ago, we were leaving a diner and he noticed a stack of those machines they like to put right by doorways to catch Sucker Parents. You know, you put fifty cents in, turn the crank, and something falls out in one of those plastic eggs that are impossible to open without The Jaws of Life?

Yeah.


Jack's prize was a tiny little duck, which with a little coaxing, he named Pudding. How cute is that??? I don't know where he came up with that name! I thought maybe the Bubble Guppies episode where they go to the farm, but I asked him, and nope!

Pudding

We were back at that diner not too long after, only this time with a Sucker Pa (Jay's dad) and Jack got two squirrels, which he didn't get quite as attached to because he had wanted another duck. Squirrel One and Squirrel Two were never named.

Squirrels

Also around the same time, Jay found me a snail in the backyard!!! I love snails. Love them. I had a pet snail in second grade name Crawly and then in college Jay found me two snails and we named them Flash and Mr. Speed. They didn't last nearly as long as Crawly did because it was during a summer session and we didn't quite have the right food to feed them, seeing as were were living off sandwiches while the dining halls were closed...

Anyway.

Again, after a little convincing, Jack came up with a name for our new pet.
"Slug".
Like Slug from the Wonder Pets episode with Slug and Bee.
Even after many explanations of how snails and slugs are different.
Only he has trouble with blended S sounds, so he says it "Shrug" and it's adorable.

Slug the Snail

So, when we found out this baby is another boy, we had a problem. No names lined up. We've had "Jack" and our girl name picked out and ready to go since about 2005 or '06? I don't know exactly when, but from when we were in college. We had been tossing around a few names for boys after learning I was pregnant, but never decided on anything...

We have a list and some contenders, but I think we need to warm up to them, I guess because we haven't been sitting on them for years.

We've asked Jack since finding out and he's never come up with anything until a couple days ago. I read him off the list we have, and he didn't like any of them.

And then, one of the cutest little gestures I've ever seen from him. He got a shy grin on his face, covered his mouth with both his hands, and said in a high pitched giggly whisper:


"Marvin!"


"MARVIN?! Where on Earth did you come up with Marvin, Kiddo?"
"Like on Won-pets!"


That would be Wonder Pets...and it took me a second of mental backtracking, but Marvin is in one episode, where Ming-Ming duckling visits her family on their farm in Kalamazoo. Marvin is her somewhat annoying/frustrating younger brother or cousin or something.

I can't find a picture of Marvin, but here's Ming-Ming for those of you who don't have kids.

And so again, I said "Marvin, huh?" and he said "Yes, Marvin!"
"Is Baby Brother in Mommy's belly a duckling?"
"Yessss, a cute wittle baby duck! He soooo cute!"

Oh boy.

And he's stuck on it. He insists the baby's name is Marvin. I can assure you that no part of this child's name will be Marvin...but I think if we do decide on a name soon, we'll have to hold off on telling Jack until he's over The Marvin Phase. Marvin is not happening.


Sorry to all who are named Marvin.

Introducing...

Yet to be named, Little BOY #2!

Thanks, Pinterest, for this idea.

Welp, I'm officially a Boy Mama, ladies and gents. And honestly? Still processing. 

Two little guys running around driving me crazy...I know I'm going to love it <3

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Why are there people trying to rearrange sections of my blog and edit my posts? I mean, really...I can can see every click you make on here, every label you search under, every picture you click on, every link you click...









I bring it up because this isn't the first time I've seen this, and it's not always from the same person. On a blog about my family, it gets unnerving.

19 weeks

Actually took the picture on time this week!


 

• How far along: 19 weeks
• Total weight gain:   Plenty I'm sure ;)
• Maternity clothes? Yep. I need to suck it up and buy more summer ones. I've been getting by on regular tank tops that happen to be long enough, a few shirts loaned by my cousin Julie, and like three lighter shirts that I had toward the end with Jack.
• Stretch marks? No new ones.
• Sleep:  Just fine.
• Best moment this week: I think I'm really starting to feel some movement.
• Miss Anything? Laying on my stomach, and oddly enough a nice cold beer.
• Movement: See above.
• Food cravings: Nothing significant.
• Food aversions: Nope!
• Gender: We'll (hopefully) find out on Tuesday!
• Labor Signs: No!
• Symptoms: I threw up again yesterday. Back hurts. 
• Belly Button in or out? Out.
• Wedding rings on or off? On.
• Looking forward to: Tuesday!!!!!!!

19 weeks

 And our first TRUE comparison, 18 weeks 5 days with Jack:

My first ever belly picture...18 weeks 5 days with Jack...told you there's a crazy difference...

Jack showing his belly, too <3

Milk Jugs.

Shame on you if your mind went anywhere but here.


SHAAAAAAAME.


:)




There are two of these on either side of the stairs leading up to the house, and as you can see from the "before" picture, they've seen better days.

Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint to the rescue!!!

I fully admit to not really having a plan of action, and it was Jay's idea to scrape off as much of the flaking paint and rust as I could before spray painting, so that's what I did first.

See the difference?  Not perfection by any means, but much better, if I may say so.

Guess Guess Guess

 Reminders: Jack was a week early. 9lbs, 2ozs, 21 inches, 9:06am.
2nd baby is due October 21st.

18 weeks, 1 day

Alright, all you gawkers! Yeah, I see you all coming around just to peek at my belly every time I post a picture!  Thank you, StatCounter! Ha, busted.


Before that, let's take a little gander at this, shall we?  Go make your guesses...this time around I'm putting it out there before we know if it's a boy or girl. Neener neener.

The big ultrasound is on May 29th!
For a refresher, Jack was born a week early.  His due date was May 3rd but he was born April 27th, 9:06am at 21inches long. This baby's due date as it stands is October 21st.

   

• How far along? 18 weeks, 1 day

• Total weight gain:   I honestly don't know, I don't look

• Maternity clothes? Yup.

• Stretch marks? No new ones...I have enough old ones that are just remembering how to torture me.

• Sleep:  Just fine.

• Best moment this week: Jay and Jack hearing the heartbeat with me at my appointment.

• Miss Anything? Laying on my stomach, roughhousing with Jack (he's constantly elbowing me in the stomach)

• Movement: I think?

• Food cravings: Not really this week, no.

• Food aversions: Nope!

• Gender: Don't know yet....hopefully baby will let us find out on the 29th.

• Labor Signs: No!

• Symptoms: I threw up today :(

• Belly Button in or out? Out.

• Wedding rings on or off? On.

• Looking forward to: The 29th!!!

Oh, and for anyone who likes to know this sort of thing, at my appointment on Friday the baby's heartbeat was 148.  Last month it was 146.   ???

18 weeks, 1 day

P.S.  I really should get around to printing out and hanging pictures in 3 out of 4 of those frames on the wall, huh? (The one above that one is the only one filled, and there are two empties on the other side of the wall, too!)

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17 weeks, 2 days

I didn't even feel like doing this today, but it's already two days late, so eh. I threw on some mascara so I didn't look like a complete corpse, and here I am in all my hugeness.  Sorry, future kid.
I did wear white on purpose, though.  I had on a white shirt the day I took the test and took a picture, and noticed I was wearing one last week too, so I thought, hey, let's go with it. It'll be a theme or something. Plus it makes it easy to see what's up.

Though, seriously, I'm enormous already.  Not so hard to see that.

17 weeks, 2 days

Jack wanted in on the action:

•  How far along?  17 weeks, 2 days

• Total weight gain:   Enough ;)

• Maternity clothes? Yup. Most of my regular shirts really don't fit properly anymore and it's frustrating.

• Stretch marks? The ones I already have are getting angry.

• Sleep:  Just fine.

• Best moment this week: I ate MORE ice cream without barfing.

• Miss Anything? Laying on my stomach, not being winded all the time.

• Movement: I'm at the point where I'm not sure...

• Food cravings: Ice creeeeeeeeeam.

• Food aversions: Nope!

• Gender: Don't know yet.

• Labor Signs: No!

• Symptoms: Um. Things hurt. I seriously feel like I'm so much further along than I really am.

• Belly Button in or out? Out.  Yikes.

• Wedding rings on or off? On.

• Looking forward to: My appointment on Friday.

Ok but really, let's compare:

The left was TWENTY-FIVE WEEKS with Jack. WTF.



Here's 24 weeks with Jack:

And here is 17ish weeks, technically the first belly picture with Jack, that didn't come out very well, what with standing in front of that hotel room bed, and the dress: