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rachels.haven
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@Ridgetop , your sons sound like mine. 
Yes, boys are fun. I'm glad everyone including you survived. More respect in your direction.
I didn't announce this. I don't handle pregnancy very well and I'm more likely to kill someone than glow while pregnant, so I just wrote about the happy distractions in my life and what I was focusing on to live day to day. Most people in my personal life don't know we have another son now as a perk of quarantine that I find just hilarious. My husband got baby fever early this year and I gave in. I like babies and love our kids, but son #1 was almost 9 pounds, son #2 was just under 10 pounds...and I knew what was coming next and I'm a short, small person so the math didn't work, but one last time. I love him now that he's here, but I can't sugar coat it or pretend and say his then unknown name went...uncursed? on a daily basis as I was sick, dizzy, and fighting low blood pressure every single day so everything I did every day was a big win that I was proud of. (Not his fault, btw. My mother's sons were 9, 10, and 11 pounds at birth EARLY and her mother has a similar birth weight history on her boys, I had the data). Somehow I got my doctor to listen to me and he was induced the day of 37 weeks and is now my smallest baby at 8 pounds, 7 oz rather than ...at 40 weeks. Funny how quickly doctors go from "you've got lots of room" to "woah, this little guy is solid" to "good thing you were induced, I don't think he would have fit out at 40 weeks" to "large for gestational age" in just a few minutes (ghdfjksdjfsldkfjdslkfj!!!).
Anyway Aiden wants to name his new brother Karen...I don't think he understands how gendered names work or that Karens are negative female characters, and Dan suggested a(male) animal name that I forgot, because we opted for Shaun. I don't think he needs a nickname yet until he starts doing something besides the typical baby things.
As soon as my parents leave I'm going to pull the waking up the husband "early" thing and asking him if he loves me, then telling him three times to go feed my goats biblical style, with an appropriate pause in between until he gets up
. He suffered with me for the last several months, but a little teasing may still be okay.
Right?
Yes, boys are fun. I'm glad everyone including you survived. More respect in your direction.I didn't announce this. I don't handle pregnancy very well and I'm more likely to kill someone than glow while pregnant, so I just wrote about the happy distractions in my life and what I was focusing on to live day to day. Most people in my personal life don't know we have another son now as a perk of quarantine that I find just hilarious. My husband got baby fever early this year and I gave in. I like babies and love our kids, but son #1 was almost 9 pounds, son #2 was just under 10 pounds...and I knew what was coming next and I'm a short, small person so the math didn't work, but one last time. I love him now that he's here, but I can't sugar coat it or pretend and say his then unknown name went...uncursed? on a daily basis as I was sick, dizzy, and fighting low blood pressure every single day so everything I did every day was a big win that I was proud of. (Not his fault, btw. My mother's sons were 9, 10, and 11 pounds at birth EARLY and her mother has a similar birth weight history on her boys, I had the data). Somehow I got my doctor to listen to me and he was induced the day of 37 weeks and is now my smallest baby at 8 pounds, 7 oz rather than
...at 40 weeks. Funny how quickly doctors go from "you've got lots of room" to "woah, this little guy is solid" to "good thing you were induced, I don't think he would have fit out at 40 weeks" to "large for gestational age" in just a few minutes (ghdfjksdjfsldkfjdslkfj!!!).Anyway Aiden wants to name his new brother Karen...I don't think he understands how gendered names work or that Karens are negative female characters, and Dan suggested a(male) animal name that I forgot, because we opted for Shaun. I don't think he needs a nickname yet until he starts doing something besides the typical baby things.
As soon as my parents leave I'm going to pull the waking up the husband "early" thing and asking him if he loves me, then telling him three times to go feed my goats biblical style, with an appropriate pause in between until he gets up
. He suffered with me for the last several months, but a little teasing may still be okay.Right?
