Blue or Pink?

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This Friday, at 2:30pm, we find out Baby SnowCone’s gender.

And, yes, I’m pretty dang excited. I do not handle surprises (or waiting for them) well. For the past few weeks, it’s been killing me, knowing that this baby’s “parts” are all there and I don’t know what they are…everyone pretend I said that less creepy.

Because of the way things worked out with the insurance, I will be 21 weeks and a day at the ultrasound– a little later than they recommend for gender determination (they like it to be between 18-20 weeks), but such is life when things are free.

The NICE part about waiting is that Jesse has a half day and will be there. We might even have both sets of grandparents there as well, along with Janelle and Gregory, of course 🙂

I hesitate to say this…because I know it will sound silly (when has that ever stopped me)…but last week, as I was driving home from the store, I got a sudden feeling/premonition. All of a sudden, I had a very strong feeling that this is another boy. Weird (I didn’t have any “intuition” about Gregory’s gender, whatsoever). Not only that, but a name also came to me out of nowhere– Anthony. Was this name ever discussed between Jesse and I? Nope, not even with G. But it felt right, for some reason. Even though I don’t know anyone by this name, nor have I ever liked it’s nickname (“Tony”).

I texted it to Jesse right away. I’m not sure he’s 100% on board with it, but he didn’t run for the hills screaming. And it passes the “3rd grader test”, as my brother would say. Sadly, so many names fail this test. Think about it. We liked Caedmon, but everyone I ran it by said, “What? Caveman?”. Also, I like “Amos”. But it sounds like “Anus”. What about Benedict? Just make a nickname out of the last syllable. You get the idea.

Anyways, sounds good, right? Anthony Cone?

Just 48 hours until we know whether my “momma’s intuition” really is gender-blind.

 

Warm Hellos

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One of my favorite things about this stage of Gregory’s is how enthusiastic he gets when someone comes home. Today, after walking in from my two hours teaching (felt like I was away forever!), I found him in the living room, playing with Grandma Cone. He immediately dropped his toys, stood up, and walked over to me with a huge grin on his face, practically shouting, “Hi! Hi! Hi! Hi!” all whilst waving so hard he could barely walk. It was hysterical and utter cuteness, all at the same time.

With Jesse, he gets even more enthusiastic. He runs towards the door whenever he hears the garage door. He waits, waits, waits, and then when Jesse comes in, he shouts, “Hi Daddy! Hi Daddy!” (he recently switched from “Dadda” to “Dadd-eeeeeeeee!”). And then, it’s all about the hugs and kisses.

I seriously doubt if there’s ever a happier thing to come home to 🙂

Wonderful Weekend

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To make a long story short, Jesse and I decided that since the Folsoms were in the bay area, we would stop at nothing to see them (even if only for a short time!). It was decided that once Jesse was done with his basketball practice on Saturday morning, we would travel up.

It was already a long drive (5.5 hours), but we also hit traffic due to a bad accident on the 5. NOT COOL, but it happens to everyone, especially on Thanksgiving weekend. In the end, we got to spend at least 4-5 hours with the Folsoms, eating dinner and chatting. Unfortunately for them, they had a verrry early morning flight, so I’m afraid that we made things a little hard on them!

Jason saying goodnight to G

Oh, and by the way everyone, in case Jason’s never mentioned it…I mean, he never did in all 7 years that we’ve known him…his parents own quite a gorgeous house. I mean, wasn’t there a minute, in all 7 years, when he could’ve briefly mentioned, “Yeah, my parents live in this 4 million dollar mansion, right outside of Lake Tahoe, overlooking a lake, on a private reserve. Oh yeah, we have horses too.” ??? Nope. Must’ve slipped his mind.

After sleeping in (we were supposed to make it to an OCA church in Sacramento, but SnowCone and I had other plans), Jesse and I made our way down to San Jose for some Christmas shopping. It’s hard to buy unique presents here on the Central Coast (everyone shops at Kohls, Target or Ross!). Also, I’ve been on the hunt for a maternity coat that doesn’t look like an upside down umbrella. I’ve tried on several…Jesse’s reaction has always been, “you know how you don’t like looking like a tent? Yeah…you won’t like that jacket….” Brutal Honesty, at its finest.

But we found a real winner at the Old Navy Maternity in San Jose. Last week, this wool peacoat was $89. Yesterday? On clearance for $31! And all they had left was my size. Epic.

After spending a few hours at a few different malls, my dad, brother, sister and aunt showed up in San Jose, on their way to take Joe back to the airport. We met up at Bucca de Beppo where we ate a TON. Then, we drove the 3 hours back home.

He stood like this for several minutes, taking it all in. Then, he was off, chasing the little girls who were doing gymnastics :)

Splashing water in the fountain. At one point, G attempted to jump in.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE how fearless he is with dogs! He knew exactly how to pet the fur without pulling (although I was nervous, saying, "GENTLE! GENTLE!" the whole time)

All in all, I have to say– G is such a good little traveler! Slept almost the whole time, both there and back. When he wasn’t sleeping, he was easily entertained. Since he’s drinking whole milk now, it was easy to stop at convenience stores and buy a small pint here and there. He did great with two late bedtimes and sleeping in places he wasn’t used to. How did Jesse and I luck out with such an easy kid?

Also, those few hours with the Folsoms were totally worth sitting in traffic for 🙂

Big Time Rush

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Some of you might have seen this at the beginning of the Dallas/Miami football game on Thanksgiving. In case you didn’t, here is Big Time Rush, the “band” that came to NCCS last week, singing the National Anthem. I thought that the last minute was actually pretty good for a pop/boy band!