My bedroom - all to myself!!

I am happy to report that with the move we got both P and A out of our bed!! Yippeee!! The kids decided they wanted to share a room. The day before the move we came to our senses and bought two twin beds. P wanted Batman sheets and A wanted Dora sheets. The anal side of me was twitching with the thought of how the two beds would clash and then I came to my senses again.....FINE FINE - At this point, I was willing to get them whatever their little hearts desired. First night came before we knew it and P said he wanted to sleep in my bed and I told him that he had to sleep in his room. Both the kids climbed into their beds and started to fall asleep then P asked A if she wanted to come over to the Batman side and she said no but offered for him to come over to her Dora bed. He went over to her bed and they both fell asleep!! HELL YEAH!!!

The next night they managed to stay in their own beds to go to sleep! A is doing great. She doesn't climb out of bed until morning. I guess that was one of the perks to her sleeping in our bed all this time. She was so used to a bed without bars that the transition was nothing for her!! Anyway, just the baby is in my room now....and my husband!! Think I can get him in the guest room?? Just kidding!!


The other night A was going to sleep and I was next to her. She had her little head on the Dora pillow (which is Dora's smiling face.) I told A to close her eyes and go to sleep and she said, 'Mommy, Dora's not going to sleep - she is looking at me!'

I am back in action...

R and I were considering looking for a different house so we could have a little more space and be a little more spread out. It was something we have been talking about but something we weren't taking too seriously since I was about to have a baby. Well, one thing lead to another and things moved a bit faster than we had planned and we moved! Yes, with a 3 week old baby, we loaded up EVERYTHING and moved about 6 miles down the road!! So, for those that didn't know, you may have thought I wasn't blogging because of the 3rd baby however that is not the case! The computer was shoved in a box for the last week and we finally got it up and running yesterday. My blogs were being neglected because we were packing, sorting, unpacking, cleaning the new house, the old house, taking care of the kidsss, dogs and bird! Oh and that was interesting, moving with a parrot when it was freezing outside! We are 'settled' as much as we should be settled after moving 6 days ago!

I will blog more later. I also need to catch up on the blogs of my friends.

Off to Breakfast with Santa we go...never a dull moment!! EVER!! Each day we earn the name of my blog more and more!! We are loving confusion and I am anxioulsy awaiting the next one...and wishing for twins so I can score an extra one since R is cutting me off at 4!!

Out of the mouths of babes

Yesterday the baby had her weigh-in (which was a great success by the way) and we were all snug in the doctor's office waiting for the big man's arrival into the room. P was looking at me with a cute little look in his eye and said to me, 'Mommy, you sure have a lot of kids....me, A, and M!' Coming from the kid that started harassing me about having another one the first time he held his new baby sister....

Maylia Lucille Arrives...

We are very happy to announce that little Maylia has arrived healthy!! We are all overjoyed with the new arrival!! She is calm, sweet and beautiful!! The kids adore her and we feel very blessed to have another healthy baby!!

11/16/2008

6 lbs, 11 ounces

21.5 inches

I would have downloaded pictures sooner but we couldn't find the cord for the camera....let the confusion begin!!

That and a pipe burst under our house and we had 6 plumbers here the last two days and the entire front yard torn up!! Nothing like a restful welcome home from the hospital!!

In all seriousness, the transition has been perfect and I am already concocting number 4!! As a matter of fact, when P first held the baby, he said, 'Let's have another one tomorrow!' That's my boy - a chip off the old block wanting a lot of kids!!

Anxiously waiting for baby #3

As all of you blog readers know (since you are all close friends and family), we have loved the name Malia (Maylia being our spelling) since we were knocked up with P. Anyway, as thrilled as we are that Obama has won the election, we are a little frustrated that Malia's the name of one of his daughters. We are hearing it on the news, reading it in the paper, AGGGGHHHH!!

Anyway, after much thought (and with the arrival coming at any time), we decided we are going to stick to the name Maylia since it has been on our baby name list since 2004!! We love the name, have always loved the name and I have my old blog (dated 7/9/08) to prove we loved the name loooong before it stumbled into households via the media!! Hell, we loved the name looooong before most people even knew who Obama was....let alone his daughter!!

I reviewed the top girl names of 2007 just to make sure I am going to be fine with our baby girls name making the list for 2008 and after careful review, I am over it. I love all the names on the 2007 list and who the hell cares about the top baby name list?? Not something I give much thought when I hear the names of new babies!!

PLUS, since the name has been on our list for so long and we happen to be blessed with a new baby girl the same month Obama made history, seems meant to be in my book!!

Stay tuned for updates on the arrival of Maylia Lucille!!

Top 10 Names for 2007 (according to Social Security Administration)
Female names (And by the way, she still won't make the list for 2008 because of our spelling)

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
1
Emily
2
Isabella
3
Emma
4
Ava
5
Madison
6
Sophia
7
Olivia
8
Abigail
9
Hannah
10
Elizabeth

Should I be worried?

Today Nonie was showing A an animal picture book and came to the page that had a turkey. My mom asked her what it was and she replied, 'a turkey' and then she said, 'I eat turkey' (keep in mind it was a picture of a cute little turkey on a farm) and then she said, 'I eat turkey - but not the head!!!' Scary! VERY SCARY!!

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!!

Just a friendly reminder to vote today!