A Life Worth Living: January 2009

So last week we got to have our ultrasound and we found out we're having another baby boy! Both families were sure it was going to be a girl, but I had a feeling it was a boy. It would have been fun to have a little girl in the family, but were happy with another boy too! Everything was healthy, so that's all that really counts. Jake was a little disappointed, he was sure he was getting a "baby sister" and he gets a little upset when we have to pick out "boy" things for the baby, he'd rather the "girl" things. Haha...can't say I blame him...the girl things are usually so much cuter! Jake was quite the comedian at the ultrasound, some of his comments were "look mom, it has horns!!" which got us all laughing pretty hard, and "that's not a baby, it's a fish. Look, it's swimmin!" I'm pretty sure the tech didn't know what she was in for when Jake walked in. So here are a few pics of our newest addition - a profile shot and some little baby feet. If any of you have any cute names, we're open for suggestions! If you know us, you know we have a hard time deciding (mostly agreeing is the problem!).

This week we also decided that it was time for Jake to give up his binkies, or "beebees" as he calls them. He has been so hard to get to sleep lately, that we decided just to get it all over with at once. We cut the ends off of them, and told him they were broken. He gave us the saddest little face you've ever seen when he saw them! It about broke both our hearts! But it was way overdue, and if any of you know Jake very well, you know that he totes those things EVERYWHERE! They were his best friends - so it was time. I wanted them to be completely gone before the baby came so we didn't have any "binkie swapping". So far he's done really well! We're very proud of him! (thank goodness for benadryl!)