Baby Comparison

And so the game begins... "I think she looks like... (insert YOUR branch of the family tree here)"
We've heard "Nicholas" or "Matthew", but also more distant relatives, or her mother. To be completely honest, I just don't see many similarities, other than we were all babies once!

And we are complete!

On Saturday, June 25th, our family added its newest member: Katherine Lander Savage.
The little chunk was 8 pounds, 13 ounces and 19.5 inches long.

3 year old Cars Fans!

Here are pics of both boys enjoying "Cars" for their 3rd birthdays! Enjoy!

Math through the years...

Slightly out of order... thanks blogger! Birth @ bottom, 1, 2, 3 years from top! Happy Birthday, Matthew!

Anniversary

Anniversary... 9 years ago tomorrow (6/15), I married my absolute best friend. It's been an incredibly journey, and I can't wait to see where the years take us.

I am a fan of country music. Not ALL country music, but enough that it annoys people! One of my favorite artists is Brad Paisley (hubby even proposed using lyrics from a B.P. song - he hates country music). The (partial) lyrics to a different Brad song really fits the way I feel about my hubby (if you replace the word "girl" with "boy"!!). The whole song is basically about the life of a relationship - how you THINK you are so in love... it's funny to me. Years later, I can't believe how much more I love him than I did nine years ago.

Now you're my whole life now you're my whole world
I just can't believe the way I feel about you girl
Like a river meets the sea
Stronger than it's ever been
We've come so far since that day
And I thought I loved you then.

I can just see you with a baby on the way
I can just see you when your hair is turning gray
What I can't see is how I'm ever gonna love you more
But I've said that before.

Now you're my whole life now you're my whole world
I just can't believe the way I feel about you girl
Well look back some day at this moment that we're in
And I'll look at you and say and I thought I loved you then
And I thought I loved you then...

Newest Baby Name List

Math:
Couch, Pants, Shirt, Room (he likes that one only when we call her "Baby Room"). Clearly he is persuaded by his environment.

Nicholas:
Emily (he had another name earlier in the pregnancy, but Emily is his current favorite)

Maybe our baby won't be named "Pat" after all???

My little All-Star

Since it is incredibly hot in Texas and I am incredibly uncomfortable in the heat, I will be very limited in how many All-Star t-ball games attended. Last Sunday, Math & I braved the heat for a 9am game... and barely survived! It was SO HOT!
My little All-Star played second base and was awesome! He was responsible for a few outs and had some great hits too! Let me just say, NOTHING in this world prepared me for how serious Texans take sports! The other team's coaches & fans were yelling, complaining and demanding all sorts of nasty things during the game. I wanted to shout, "Isn't this just t-ball? 5 and 6 year olds?" Apparently THAT doesn't matter! Nicholas is very lucky to have a great coach who DOESN'T do those things, doesn't act that way. He is learning more every day & he just loves it! Yeah for my All-Star!

Finally "got your girl"!!!!

So this post may rub people the wrong way... but I won't apologize!!! We are having a girl. Yes, a pink-wearing, princess-loving, little girl. Right? I have two wonderful boys who I would not trade for the world. I remember the day we found out Nicholas was a boy. I was ELATED. And I didn't even care what he was! Jason did. He made no secret out of the fact that girls TERRIFY him (present company included) and he wanted a boy. Coming from a family of three boys, the unknown was really a factor for him! Bring on baby #2. We saw his "parts" before the technician even told us his gender. We knew. Another boy. More excitement.
So here we are... baby #3. Clearly we have two boys, so we were "trying" for a girl! Right??? Because WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT if you have another boy! You must obviously want what you don't have! Having at least one of each makes a family more symmetrical, don't you think?
Let me say, I am over the moon about baby #3. I am elated it is a girl, but I have to tell you something. If it was a boy, I would be just as excited. For me, the choice to have another baby was not contingent on the gender of the baby. I honestly just thought that with hubby having two brothers, me having one brother, we were destined to be a family of all boys. And that is okay! I would never feel "incomplete" without a girl to love. But I know many who do or who would if that was their situation. All the pink makes me want to vomit just a bit (ask my mom how I feel about lace!). And I definitely will NOT be calling her "princess" or other very girly, spoiled sounding names. BUT... she will wear pink, and probably love Disney and dress up often as a princess. She will probably enjoy the girly side of life more than me - that is a little frightening! On delivery day, if she comes out a boy instead, that will be perfectly fine too!