A Talk With God

Today Ella went with me to the doctor because all of a sudeden my nausea tripled and I was having a lot fo pain in my lower back. The doctor said to come in and check out the baby before we travel for the holidays. So, Ella went with me and I thought I woudl tell her about the baby when she ehard the heartbeat at the appointment. The doctor decided to do an ultrasound and thankfully everything was fine with the baby. I told Ella that a baby was growing in my belly and she would have another brother or a little sister this summer. Ella was so excited and said, "I'm going to have to tell my daddy about this." She proceeded to ask the doctor if it was a girl or a boy, but since I am only at the end of my 11th week the doctor obciously couldn't tell. The doctor and I told her ti was up to God to pick what was right for our family. In her most authoritative 3 year old voice she told the doctor that she would like a sister! When the doctor finished the ultra sound Ella went to the end of the table and tried to look up the gown they made me wear and said, "I can't see it, where is the baby?" The doctor found everything pretty funny and was definitely enjoying her conversation with Ella. WE wrapped things up and as we left the office Ella said, "I am going to have a talk with God." She looked up at the sky and as we walked across the parking lot she was shouting at the top of her lungs, "God......PLEASE make it a sister....PPLLEEAASSEE make it a sister!" On the ride home she explained to me that she already has a little brother and that now she would like a baby sister! For her sake I pray it is a little sister...although Scott and I feel blessed just to have a healthy baby thus far and a little girl and little boy who can't get enough of each other already!

Mama's Boy!

Bradley FINALLY started calling me "mama" this week. Tonight when I went to get him out of the day care at my work he ran to me screamin, "mama, mama" as excitedly (and loudly) as possible. Everyone within a 1/2 mile radius was laughing at him hysterically as we stood seperated by a 2 foot gate when I walked in to get hima nd he couldn't get out! It was so obvious that he was so proud of himself and he had the cutest little grin on his face.

Earlier this week I had a stomach virus, so one night Scott said go take a bath and relax and try to break your fever. Well, any momo's reading this will definitely understand, but I knew I wasn't going to be able to get in there without company. Within 3 minutes of getting in Ella and Bradley were both hanging on the side of the tub. I tried to tell them I was sick and needed to rest. Bradley looked at me, left the room and came back with the brush from their dog grooming toy kit. As I laid in the tub, Bradley brushed my hair so sweetly with that little brush and would take breaks to lay his head on mine! If they could bottle up moments like that and sell them as medicine I would never again complain about the cost of heath care!

Ella of course wanted to hop in and at one pont her dad tricked her out of the room. When she realized she had been tricked she snuck back in the bathroom with me, locked the bedroom door and said, "Please don't let daddy take me away from you." Scott of course came looking for her and when he found his way into our room through a different door, that she had failed to lock, Ella reacted as quickly as possible. She must have thought, "what can I do to not be taken out of the bathroom?...........quick.....think.........!" The next thing I knew she was panicking and trying to jump in the tub with her pajamas on! It wasn't really funny to her because I think she felt pure panic, but witnessing it all was hilarious!

Love and Marriage

The other day we were at a playground and some of the older girls Ella walked by were talking about getting married. Ella looked at them and said, "I'm going to marry my "bruh-der" (Ella's pronunciation of brother) Bradley."One of the gir;'s looked back at Ella and quickly said with a sassy attitude, "you can't marry your brother"! Ella stood there stunned for a second and said, "Yes, I can...I can marry my bruh-der if I want to.........right mom?" She turned and looked to me for reassurance that she was right and had the cutest little "please don't break my heart" look on her face. I told her she could pretend to marry her brother anytime she wanted.

It's funny how well Ella and Bradley get a long (most of the time). Lately Ella really wants Bradley to pretend he is a prince and to dance her around the toy room! Thankfully Ella doesn't realize that Bradley just likes to hold hands, pull each other around and fall down together and that he isn't really dancing with her at a pretend ball!

I can only hope that one day Ella will find a prince that makes her smile and laugh like her brother does!!!