So I tried to think of "the first blog" but anyone and everyone that's going to read this already knows who I am so there's really no point in an introduction. So I'll just give a run down on what's going on with baby.
As of tomorrow I'll be 35 weeks. I didn't tell the boys until the weekend before the baby shower because I was so scared that Jacob would be upset and not understand and the fact that I hadn't even told Jonathan yet at that point. Jonathan found out and was of course furious at first but now has been a real help with everything that he can and says he would even like to help after she's born even if Addison's father is there too. He wants to be there for us. Jacob on the other had took it WAY better than I thought he would. He hasn't wanted to leave my side because he feels like he needs to be helping me all the time. He helps keep the house clean "for the baby" and loves going shopping and picking out things for her. He keeps reminding me that we need to do this and that for her when she gets here and even tells me that I'm not eating healthy on ocassion. He's being so sweet about everything and it's cute. Eli on the other hands talks about it when you ask him and at first had to tell everyone that he's going to have a little sister but he's 7 so he's already to the point where it's old news. Until she's here then he doesn't really pay attention til he notices Jacob doing something. Short attention span. We're working on getting everything ready for Addison tho. Getting everything cleaned and washed and making sure we have what we need because everyone seems to think that she'll be here any day now. Neither one of the boys were really early but this pregnancy has been COMPLETELY different than the previous two. So just keep us in your thoughts and hope she doesn't come too soon.
The questions...At first I got several questions that I didn't know how to answer and still haven't figured out how to answer them. "Where's Addison going when we go to Daddy's house?" "How's she going to be my sister if she doesn't have my last name and what's her last name going to be?" I still don't know how to answer these and any help would be appreciated! Also, everyone always wants to know where the Dad is. Well, we're working on that part. He's having a hard time with everything since he's worried about his other kids dealing with this just as much as I was Jacob dealing with it. I'll let everyone know how that turns out as it progresses. It gets way to complicated for this blog. :) Anyways.
Hopefully soon we'll be adding Addison Nicole to this blog and keeping everyone updated on her as well.
As far as the "how can she be my sister if we don't have the same last name?"....as a teacher, believe me, this is becoming the norm. MANY of my students, if not the majority, have different last names than their siblings....sometimes there are more than 2 last names in a family. It really won't be that hard for them to adjust, especially if your last name is "Elrod" too.
ReplyDeleteAs for the rest....you know I'm here for you. You know how I feel about all of it, but nonetheless....you are my best friend and I will always be here no matter what. And I still want to kick his ass.....just say the word....