Do you or Don't You?

There has been a question lingering in my mind since about half way through my pregnancy. Ok, well maybe sooner than that. Probably right about the time we found out we were having another girl so 12 weeks. We found out early thanks to genetic testing which is awesome the things they can test for and it be so accurate these days. Anyways, the question is:

Do you shower you second bambino or not? 

Shower meaning a baby shower. At first I thought, no. Especially if it is the same sex. But that got me thinking and asking even MORE questions like, why do it or why not do it?

Some may think that a mother who just had a baby 20 months prior would have everything that they would need. So is that the reason? If there is more time in between babies then it's okay? Question upon question. Are parents really suppose to hold onto things for years piling up their attic because that's what's expected?

Since my first born I have learned A LOT! Like never run out of wine because taking your toddler into a liquor store is never a situation that is fun but you gotta do what you gotta do. Ok, seriously though. For example, a wipes warmer would have made my child's life probably more enjoyable. Also those knee saver pads when your giving your child a bath. Ellie hated bath time and the bath tub. I then discovered this cute little cozy thing called a blooming bath that is basically a big comfy flower you put in the sink. How fun would that be? I believe as mothers each time around we learn what was beneficial and what wasn't or what we wish we had but didn't. 

In my situation if Ellie didn't like it I tossed it or sold it on one of those better than eBay site. The swing which was to big for her when she was first born and couldn't actually use it because of head control until 9 weeks. By then she was already addicted to my arms and it never got used. How was I suppose to know what kind of swing to invest in as a new mom? I had no clue. Several things I borrowed from my amazing sister in law so when finished they got returned. Her basement flooded so some of those things are no longer up for grabs. That's not my fault or anyone else's.

So that brings up the question what do people even register for with their second?

You guessed it. Everything I didn't think would be useful the first time around I actually wish I had for this time around.

My husband goes on to believe that people don't want to buy gifts all the time especially baby shower gifts. But what would the difference be if I had two kids and I invited people to their birthday parties? Am I suppose to switch years of which child gets to

Celebrate? Oh sorry Ellasyn but I can't invite your family and friends this year because its your sisters turn?

Am I reading to much into this?

That's why I am turning to you, my readers, do you or don't you shower each baby with love and gifts or is just your first born the lucky one?

CJ

Hey Ya'll!!

Hey Ya'll!

Don't you just love the word ya'll? What I love is the options my spell check has for me to replace the word that apparently isn't an actual word. Spell Check must not be from the South.

Since it has been a gazillion years since I have posted a blog I wanted to catch up my fellow reader, yes one if I even have that, what I have been up too.

My last blog was announcing that I was preggo back in March! Yowza! Well, you guessed it I am still pregnant. But I have become tantalizingly closer to my due date so the excitement has grown to, get this baby out of me right this second. They don't teach you that, in the seminar they force you to go to in high school where they talk about being pregnant, that you are pregnant for a full 9 months, which is practically 10. I always thought the 9 month marker was it but no its the end of the 9th month. Dammit! Instead of forcing information into our young minds about practicing safe sex and STD's they should give us the cold hard facts. Like, those crazy bulging veins that you 99 year old grandmother has, you will get those at 26, during pregnancy. That will scare those teen girls into never having sex again. Yes, again, because usually they are a few years too late with those lectures, especially these days.

Besides being pregnant I have been falling more and more madly in love with a brown eyed beauty. And no I don't mean my husband he has green eyes but my daughter Ellasyn. She amazes me everyday with how smart she is, its unreal. She also absorbs every single thing that I say or do. Her most recent thing is pointing and waving her finger back and forth when someone does something they shouldn't. Its hilarious and adorable and infuriating all at the same time. She has started mothers day out, a.k.a. school, or you can just say daycare. I call it mommy free day to do absolutely nothing or everything in the short 5 hours until I have to go pick her up.

Speaking of those short 5 hours I have picked up and dropped several hobbies since my last blog. Lets recap. Photography...nah. Crocheting...nope. Arbonne...sort of. Advocare...trying. Crocheting...loving it again but only simple hats. Have I missed anything? Throw in I still want to be a writer, maybe? Open my own business, but selling what I have no clue. There is no telling but I am still on the hunt for what I want to be when I grow up and I will just do everything until I figure it out!!!

This summer we took a family lake trip which was as fun as it can be when you have two families coming together for a whole week when everyone in on their own schedules. We made a weekend in St. Louis just to get away. Ventured over to see my Dad in East Tennessee. Took about a 4 hour road trip all around the mountains with my grandmother and it was the most amazing day! Those are the memories that will last a lifetime. I have decorated, undecorated, redecorated my house about 1000 times because I can never make up my mind.

So that's it! Just something short and sweet to get the ball rolling again which I will try to keep rolling this time but you never know. That's the great thing about life, is you just never know what is going to happen next!!

Oh I almost forgot! Notice the blog name change? Yeah, yeah boring and totally dreadful but for now it will have to do. I have no idea what to call this little space on the internet so for now it will be my name! Lovely, huh!

CJ