Three weeks ago, we had Lauren's birthday party at the bowling alley. And, though it is still three months until Allison's birthday, I have already begun (began??) to think about what to do for her birthday. I have decided to have the party at home this year, which will probably be the last year we do it here. Next year she will be old enough to decide if she wants to have it somewhere else. So, to prepare, I showed her two sets of party decorations online- one is ladybugs and one is Dora, and asked her which decorations she wanted. She picked ladybugs at first, but now seems to have changed her mind to Dora.
But, to the point. Since I showed her the party decorations, and with her sister's recent party in her mind, Allison now asks me each night if her birthday is the next day. She will say things such as "I have my birthday party tomorrow?", "I wear party hat tomorrow?", "We sing happy birthday to ALLISON tomorrow?", and "I open presents tomorrow?". She also throws in an occasional Merry Christmas and question about if Santa will be leaving presents that night. No doubt those two are thanks to her big sister. It is really cute when she asks the questions, but breaks my heart to have to tell her no every night, and remind her that her birthday is still months away. Of course, she has no concept of time, so how do I explain it to her?
For the past two days, she also "meows" when I wake her up, as she and Lauren have decided that pretending to be cats and dogs and crawling all over the floor is great fun. It is really quite cute for her to say meow, followed by "good morning mommy". Her sister dubbed her with the name Bert when she is a cat. I really wonder sometimes where Lauren gets her name ideas from. She has a toy hamster that she named Zhu Zhu, then Hammy, then Bert. Lauren really does have quite the imagination.
I'm excited about tomorrow because Lauren has a program at school called Christmas at the OK Corral. It might not be called Christmas, it might be holidays, but whatever. They are doing the same show three times, once today and twice tomorrow. I covered a class for a co-worker of mine today so that she could see her daughter in the program today, so she is covering for me tomorrow for about an hour so I can go. Lauren is super excited that we are coming. My mom actually went to the one today and said that it is really cute and that Lauren did really well.
In non-biological child related news, I had another boring OB appointment yesterday. They weighed me (OUCH), measured my uterus from the outside (of course), and listened to the baby's heartbeat. All is well and I have another appointment on January 11. I guess boring is still good. I have come to the realization, though, that I still have not fully internalized the fact that I am pregnant. I mean, I look at myself getting fatter, and almost fall asleep driving home, and feel the baby move and realize that I am pregnant, but I don't really BELIEVE that I am pregnant. I'm sure it is the whole not taking a baby home at the end part, but you would think that it would seem real by now. Yesterday I actually thought about the fact that I would have to go through labor again and started freaking out just a little. I just wonder if it will ever seem real to me, even after delivery. I still can't believe that I am over half-way done already!
And to end on a very happy note- three days until Christmas vacation!!!!!
