Grandma

In the midst of all of our baby excitement, my grandma decided she just couldn't hang on anymore. I know she desperately wanted to see the baby but she will see in a different way. She adored the kids. In fact they were the reason she was probably still here in the first place. They spent a lot of time with her over the past several months and Maizy was obsessed with her. This picture was only about a month and a half ago. You will have to forgive Max's stoned look but getting three children and one elderly person to all be looking and smiling is 100% impossible.
We will miss going to visit her and the kids will miss doing her hair and playing games. We know at this point it was what she wanted so we can't be too sad. She lived 83 3/4 full years full of family. I hope I get the same chance.

Ready to Rock

We are ready. Ready as we will ever be I suppose. The bassinet is next to my bed, carseat is installed, room is finished, and swings all have fresh batteries. I guess we are ready for baby #4. What? How weird does it feel to say #4? After we installed the carseat and I looked behind me, my first thought was "holy crap that's a lot of carseats". It looked like a daycare bus all of a sudden.

The kids are ready. Max might be the most excited of the three. He gets a goofy little grin when we talk about the baby which is very often at this stage of the game. Alexis can't wait to change diapers and rock the baby. I know she's weird and wants to change diapers. They actually fight about who is going to do it. I keep assuring them there will be plenty of diapers to go around but I don't think they believe me.

So as the Needle Nuthouse becomes even nuttier, I know there will be plenty to blog about.

Yeah.....

Yeah, it's been two months since my last post.
Yeah, I'll blame it on my blogging app that stopped working and I never get on a regular computer.
Yeah, Max is now 4 and Maizy is now 2.
Yeah, our life is about to drastically change in less than three weeks.
Yeah, I finally updated my iPhone so I could download a different app so maybe I'll post regularly again.
Yeah, with the baby coming, don't count on it.

The kids are beyond excited and I think have made Ben and I more excited. Everything is ready. The room is ready with clothes in the closet. The minivan is just yearning for the infant carrier to be placed. A handful of items have made it into a hospital bag. I'm just not sure I'm ready for the reality of four children. A family of six. Oh and I still have to get that last pedicure and haircut.

Obviously I can picture Alexis as a big sister and Max as a big brother because they are fantastic to Maizy. I'm just having a hard time picturing Maizy as a big sister. She is often smothered by love by her siblings and doted on by most of our friends' children. I hope she can handle te displacement of attention. I know we will have to do our part because she is kinda smushed in the middle. She won't be the oldest (spot taken by Alexis), she won't be the youngest (spot taken by baby), she won't be the only boy (wahoo Max), so we will have to make an extra effort. Although somehow this crazy girl I think will fin her place.