A lot of people having been asking me lately “is Braden excited about being a big brother?” and “so what does Braden think of the baby?” Well, Braden is only 2.5 but he’s a smart little guy. He loves his little baby cousins Abby & Blake and he does know that there is a growing baby in my tummy. What he doesn’t know, which would be impossible to explain to him at his age, is that one day, in about 11 weeks or so (ACK!) the baby will come out of my tummy, mommy will disappear for a day or two [insert tears here], and then mommy will come home with this baby. And then we’ll keep it. And then it will have mommy’s (almost) undivided attention for quite some period of time! Braden has never had seperation anxiety from me or really shown any signs of jealousy towards me spending time with other (especially younger) children. But, I guess we’ll see!

In the meantime, Abby has provided us with almost 2 weeks worth of Big Brother Boot Camp in 2 separate visits! Jess was so amazingly patient with Braden, I really appreciated that. In training Braden is learning

• Not to slam doors
• To be quiet when baby is sleeping (even to this day when I tell him to be quite he responds “Baby Abby is sleepin’!”)
• To be gentle
• Not to pick up babies – also no hitting, kicking, etc even if babies are kicking their legs around!

I’m sure there’s much much much more things that we need to address…but he’ll learn soon enough! Abby reeeeeeeeeally makes me want a girl, but then Blake reeeeeeeeeeeeally wants me to have another little baby boy! Braden was so gentle and sweet when he met Blake at the hospital, I can’t wait for him to be a big brother!

Aaaaand one more for those of you whose ovaries are aching for a baby girl!

Also, I’m 29 weeks pregnant today…and I only have 2 more shifts left…and I will be done work on Wednesday morning…and I am SO happy! Braden’s been under the weather which means extra snuggles for me…and I ain’t complainin’!