It Ain't Easy Being Greene: Baby month!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Baby month!

Yay! Today I turned the calendar for the last time as a mom of 3 kids.

I always think of weird things like that. I remember with a previous pregnancy telling Dave, "Just think. These dishwasher tabs we just bought are the ones we'll be using when our baby is born." He gave me a pretty strange look.

I'm feeling pretty ready, though there's still lots to do. I'm curious to see when this baby will make his appearance. I'm gearing myself up to be at least a week overdue but I'm not truly feeling like that will be the case. Not that that means anything.

I'm also curious to find out what his name will be. I hope someone tells me soon :) Actually, we've finally narrowed it down to 3 names, barring any sudden inspiration: Ryan, Daxon (Dax) or Cohen/Kohen or some spelling variation of that. I have always liked Ryan but it's a common name and I don't know if it's special enough for my baby. I like Daxon a lot and it's a salute to Dave's dad's middle name which is Dixon. But I didn't really want Dixon so I changed a letter. I think Dax is cute for a baby and rugged enough for a grownup. My never-opinionated mom has let it be known that she hates it, but too bad. Cohen has a nice feel to it but it's been kinda popular lately, along with Owen. I hear lots of kids named Owen being yelled at in stores. I like the spelling Khoen the best but I don't know if it's kinda cruel to do that to a kid.

So if you have a vote on one of those, feel free to comment :)

I have checked lots of things off my baby list - bought a dresser, washed clothes, bought diapers and outfits and wipes and washcloths, finished lots of sewing, got all the natural baby toiletries, preregistered at the hospital. Now I have lots of cleaning left to do. I definitely have the desire to scrub this house from top to bottom. Just not really the energy. But I'll make it work ... or else make my mom work once she gets here :)

Baby Stuff Left To Do:
-get a diaper pail (just a garbage can with a lid)
-~~buy gifts from baby for siblings at hospital~~
-~~wash swing cover, bouncy seat cover, high chair cover, car seat cover~~
~~-rearrange furniture~~
-oil rocking chair
-postpartum recovery stuff (sitz bath, etc.)
-organize closets
-clean walls, doors, baseboards
-mop and vacuum everywhere
-bathrooms
-~~clean basement - throw away half our toys!!!~~ -- well, everything is at least haphazardly thrown in the toy room, which may be as good as I get
-~~wash windows~~ -- I have dusted the blinds and may just stick with that, depending
-freezer cooking

I'm going to assign myself 2 extra chores to do every day until my mom arrives and hopefully that will get things in shape! And hopefully I won't crash and burn too hard! And hopefully the other kids will be nice and quiet and not make any additional messes. Especially Davin who is still half-heartedly trying to potty train and has gotten poop in places I have not appreciated.

6 comments:

Jo RomeroSeptember 1, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Hey I have that same list! I still think you will go first! give me a call! My vote is Ryan or Daxon. Both cute! Good luck!
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AlyssaSeptember 1, 2009 at 1:20 PM
Yay for baby month! I think Daxon is my fave. Sounds perfect for a little man and will also work as he grows. :)
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BetsySeptember 2, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Oh my goodness, Tami, I had no idea there was so much to do before you have a baby! I mean, I though of some of the things on that list, but not nearly as many! I know you didn't write that so you could get some help, but seriously I'd be happy to come help some night...plus, now you're on my way home from work. :) You know my vote...I love Daxon...but I know you'll make the right decision. ;) Yay! I'm excited for the baby festivities. Oh, and sorry, but the 11th and 12th are booked, so no baby then. The 13th would work well, though. hahah
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Rebecca McQuiveySeptember 3, 2009 at 11:51 AM
I LOVE Daxon! I am only upset that I didn't think of it first, I would have called dibs! I like Ryan too, only because I know how much my mom loves that name. Besides Daxon fits well with the other kids names.

I wish I was there to help! I am so glad that I will at least get to hold little baby X while there for Sean's wedding.
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Kristen McDSeptember 10, 2009 at 10:18 AM
A lady in my ward named her little one Rylan. I thought that was a neat twist. But, Koen is very cool.

Congratulations!
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SarahSeptember 18, 2009 at 7:07 AM
I like Daxon, and agree that Koen is becoming more popular, my cousin named her son Koen 4 years ago.. and that was strange then.. but now she hates that its so popular.
Good luck with the name game.. we had a hard time..
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Out of the mouths of monkeys

K: There's another one fly!
M: Can you smash it?
K: No. I don't wann smash it. Da fly is NICE! 11/6/12

Mom: Koen, are you stinky?
K: No. I mean, (meekly) Yes, sir. 10/12

Koen, as we left the parking lot ahead of the boys one night: "See ya lata ... (quietly) suckas." 8/29/12

Sitting in church, whispering:
Caden: Wow, are they allowed to be this boring?
Dave: Yes (laughing).
C: And speak this long?
D: Yes.
C: It should be a crime against kids! 8/26/12

Davin, after a comment by Daddy: "So, are only grown-ups allowed to say 'stupid'?" Whoops, caught ya. 7/12

Koen said, "I wanna lay on baby" today. Then he pulled up my shirt and laid his head down on my bulging belly ... and now he's sleeping. First co-nap with the new sib! :) 4/13/12

Caden: "Mom, the Star Wars Darth Maul Lightsaber is the greatest thing since holographic sliced bread." 4/13/12

Tessa: I try not to let Davin play with my glass dolls.
Gummy: Why? Are you afraid he'll drop them on you?
Tessa: No, I'm afraid he'll drop them on the FLOOR!
4/10/12

Dave recently patched several dings, holes and other imperfections in our walls. The next morning Koen went on a treasure hunt, finding the white spackled patches and shouting excitedly, "SNOW!!!"

When we went camping, we were out playing and Tessa called out, "Caden, where are you, my brother-from-the-same-mother?"

Davin stubbed his toe and said, "Dad, I hurt my thumb toe."

Davin: "Mommy, this is the hugest orange anyone could ever eat!"
Mom: "That's a grapefruit."
Davin: "Oranges are the great fruit? I don't think so."

Koen asked me for an "apple peach" one morning, meaning he wanted it whole instead of cut up :) Way to communicate, 22-month-old!

Tessa was outside with Dad on a chilly morning. She was getting cold and said, "Dad, I think I'm turning into a big Tessacle!" lol

Mom: "Koko, do you need a diaper change?"
Caden: "What about me?" (Granted, he had just asked me for something, but the timing was great.)

Caden: (looking at the map)"Dad, is there such place as Zealand?" Because where does the "New" come from if there is no original?

Mom pours shampoo on Tessa's head. "OK Tessa, rub it in." (High, whiny voice) "'Ha ha, I have shampoo and you don't.' You mean that kind of rubbing in?"

Davin: "I'm leaving da rest of my celery on da floor so da ants can eat it."
Tessa: "Or the mice."
Thanks a million, kids. So helpful.

Dave told Tessa he'd give her a penny if she'd wipe Davin's behind. She said, "Every penny counts!" and did it! They each got 3 pennies for it :) Later Davin wanted more money and Dave said maybe tomorrow Tessa could wipe him again. He said, "Heh. Nah, dat was kinda weird for me."

I was giving Davin a bath and told him to lay down to get his hair wet. Then he said, "Now should I lay up?"

Davin passed some noisy gas and I said, "Heeeeey, tootie!" He looks at me, shrugs, and says, "Dat's just what it do!"

Tessa tells the baby, "Awww, you're so cute! I just can't exist you!" (means 'resist')

I was lecturing Davin about how he doesn't listen to me until I yell, when he mutters under his breath, "Mama, Jesus don't love you." Hiding a smirk, I asked why he would say that, and he said, "'Cuz, you so cwazy! I don't even know what you sayin!"

Davin was marching around in a circle and said, "Look ma! I following the prophet! Like Jesus say!"

Tessa calls her bare feet her "plain old feet."

I was frustrated one night getting the rowdy kids to focus and put on their pajamas. During his bedtime prayer, Caden included: "Oh, and God, here's a little secret: (whisper) Mom's beautiful when she's angry." He later told me I look beautiful and Dad looks cool when we're angry. What a smart kid - dispell the anger with kindess!

Me: "Tessa, do you want a banana?"
T: "Tessa do you want a banana who? ... bwaaa haa haa"

Caden was watching the end of "NeverEnding Story" where the luck dragon chases down the bullies. He got really excited and said, "Yeah! He's giving them a taste of their own medicine! And not the fruity kind ... the hurtin' kind!"

Caden asks lots of questions that I don't have great answers for: "Why is my Slappy Hand sticky? Why is clay hard?" Tessa has figured out the best response: "Because Jesus made your Slappy Hand sticky. Right Mom?" What do you say to that?

During family prayer one night Caden decided to do a rap version of "Let Us Gather In A Circle." At the end he crosses his arms gangsta style and says, "Respect!" We were laughing, and he was annoyed. He said, "What, I'm just trying to make a catch phrase!"

For some reason, Caden and Aunt Betsy were talking about bats. And Caden mentioned fruit bats (heaven knows why). So Betsy said, "Oh, is that from Anastasia?" Caden said, "No ... no, that's not from any country."

Caden had been calling Mom and Tessa his "step-sisters" all day. Later Tessa said, "I am Caden's ... tip-toe sister!"

Tessa: "Mom, you are Dad's life." (She meant wife ... but I like it her way.)

Tessa was trying to come in while I was in the bathroom, and I said, "Tessa, please go out. Mommy needs her privacy." She said "oh" and closed the door. A few seconds later I hear her say, "I can't find it! Dad, do you know where Mom's privacy is?"

Grandma was telling the grandchildren on her birthday that they were her best present. As we were later driving to her house to give her a gift, Caden insisted that he was her present. Over and over. Then he said, "But I'M HER PRESENT! Wrap me up, baby!"

Tessa was horrified to learn where dogs go to the bathroom and occasionally mutters to herself, "Remember when Jake (friend's dog) go'd poopy on the ground?"

A few years ago we were at the grandparents' house and Grandpa was blessing the food. During his prayer Caden said in a loud whisper, "Grandpa! It's too long! That's too long Grandpa!"

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