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Dawn - you are SO right! I started a thread in sharing the fun (I think - can't remember right now) about things kids say and do and I've definitely learned that all little boys are obsessed with #2.
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Have fun tonight out with the girls, and have fun at the Wedding. Happy Father's Day to Mike. You had me cracking up over Dylan's introduction to his baby brother. Toddlers, and toddler boys! Too cute and too funny.
I like Derek the best and I think two D names would be neat, I like Lukas second. Don't worry about the name thing. My DH and I were still trying to name our youngest the night before I was going in to be induced. We just had such a hard time. Since we weren't having a boy and couldn't name him after my DH, he was determined to find something that would involve some part of his name. His name it Trever Alyn and we finally found Madalyn and we could use Alyn in it, so then it was the middle name and having it flow. My middle name is Ann and about half of my female relatives too and his mom is Mary Ann, so we went with my mother's middle name Diane and incorporated the ann. So it is spelled Diann. Sometimes it just takes involving the whole family! LOL!
You'll get it, don't worry.
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I like Derek the best and I think two D names would be neat, I like Lukas second. Don't worry about the name thing. My DH and I were still trying to name our youngest the night before I was going in to be induced. We just had such a hard time. Since we weren't having a boy and couldn't name him after my DH, he was determined to find something that would involve some part of his name. His name it Trever Alyn and we finally found Madalyn and we could use Alyn in it, so then it was the middle name and having it flow. My middle name is Ann and about half of my female relatives too and his mom is Mary Ann, so we went with my mother's middle name Diane and incorporated the ann. So it is spelled Diann. Sometimes it just takes involving the whole family! LOL!
You'll get it, don't worry.
Thanks for the support! And my middle name is Diane!
Dylan is just shy of being 2 months older the Devyn 12/3. LOL. How close will the b-days be? I know you are doing C-section. Has that been scheduled yet? or is it still too early? AHH to know when they would come must be great (not the recovery tho)
Mine were all 2 weeks late all missed my b-day 11/23 by 1.5 weeks. and each others by mere days. 12/1 , 12/3 , 12/4.
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Kelly!
Sorry that I am just joining in the fun!
I read all 21 pages of this pre trip report tonight and I am loving all of the great trivia!
Congratulations on baby boy #2! I have three sons (all grown up now!) and I have to tell you, I would give anything to go back in time and be a mom to three little boys again! It was the absolute best time of my life! Little boys love their mommy!! I had small bouquets of dandelions, I was given rocks and frogs as presents, sports were a way of life, and I was always doing laundry!
I wish the name Nathan was still in the running! That is my youngest sons name!
But I really do like Anderson. I think that Dylan has chosen a great name for his brother!
Congratulations on spending your 30th birthdays at WDW! Your trip sounds wonderful! I think it is great how much help you have received from the AKL IPO staff! How exciting that they are decorating the room for you!
I have really enjoyed reading all of your plans!
I look forward to keeping up with the rest!
Target has some really cute Maternity clothes which I've probably said this before LOL
I like Lukas....that is really cute But, I think I'd be hung up too on names. Its a really hard decision I think...especially for a second child since you used your always thought of fave name on the first LOL
Have fun this weekend and look forward to more updates!
I think it's great that you have names narrowed down to 3! I'm an OB nurse and you wouldn't believe how many patients ask if we have any baby name books they can borrow (which we do ) while they're IN labor!!
BTW, my oldest son was devastated when we didn't name his baby sister 'Kim Possible'--you may need to consider that 'Lightning McQueen' thing .
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Hey Kelly - I'm just getting caught up here! Great trivia and I'm enjoying all your day-to-day events before this trip.
Quick question - does Dylan do well when he's away from you and your DH for long periods? You are sooo lucky to have grandparents who can keep (and spoil!) him for you while you two celebrate the big 3-0!
Dylan is just shy of being 2 months older the Devyn 12/3. LOL. How close will the b-days be? I know you are doing C-section. Has that been scheduled yet? or is it still too early? AHH to know when they would come must be great (not the recovery tho)
Mine were all 2 weeks late all missed my b-day 11/23 by 1.5 weeks. and each others by mere days. 12/1 , 12/3 , 12/4.
The baby bill be born 12 days before Dylan's 3rd birthday! My c-section is scheduled for September 23rd at 7:30am!
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Kelly!
Sorry that I am just joining in the fun!
I read all 21 pages of this pre trip report tonight and I am loving all of the great trivia!
Congratulations on baby boy #2! I have three sons (all grown up now!) and I have to tell you, I would give anything to go back in time and be a mom to three little boys again! It was the absolute best time of my life! Little boys love their mommy!! I had small bouquets of dandelions, I was given rocks and frogs as presents, sports were a way of life, and I was always doing laundry!
I wish the name Nathan was still in the running! That is my youngest sons name!
But I really do like Anderson. I think that Dylan has chosen a great name for his brother!
Congratulations on spending your 30th birthdays at WDW! Your trip sounds wonderful! I think it is great how much help you have received from the AKL IPO staff! How exciting that they are decorating the room for you!
I have really enjoyed reading all of your plans!
I look forward to keeping up with the rest!
Welcome Ann! I'm glad you've joined us! It's great to hear how much everyone loves their boys. The AKL IPO has been INCREDIBLE! I really need to figure something out to do for them.
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Target has some really cute Maternity clothes which I've probably said this before LOL
I like Lukas....that is really cute But, I think I'd be hung up too on names. Its a really hard decision I think...especially for a second child since you used your always thought of fave name on the first LOL
Have fun this weekend and look forward to more updates!
I do have a few maternity items from Target. I got a lot from Kohl's too.
Glad to see you around Crissy!
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I think it's great that you have names narrowed down to 3! I'm an OB nurse and you wouldn't believe how many patients ask if we have any baby name books they can borrow (which we do ) while they're IN labor!!
BTW, my oldest son was devastated when we didn't name his baby sister 'Kim Possible'--you may need to consider that 'Lightning McQueen' thing .
That's crazy, but so funny about searching for names while in labor. I'm pretty sure my brother didn't have a name for a few days, but that's because our parents couldn't decide which way to order his names.
Too cute about Kim Possible.
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Hey Kelly - I'm just getting caught up here! Great trivia and I'm enjoying all your day-to-day events before this trip.
Quick question - does Dylan do well when he's away from you and your DH for long periods? You are sooo lucky to have grandparents who can keep (and spoil!) him for you while you two celebrate the big 3-0!
Dylan hasn't really been away for more than a night from us, but he's spent the night at each set of grandparents house and since they're dividing it between the, maybe the switch in the middle will help. (There's a story in my next update about what happened this weekend with him...)
So let's get caught up on the countdown trivia from the weekend and today:
Saturday, 49 days to go: The Pony Farm at Disneyland is renamed Circle D Corral.
Sunday, 48 days to go: Ron Miller, head of film production at Disney, bought the rights to turn the book Who Censored Roger Rabbit into a movie. (This is what 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' was made from. We'll have to watch this movie again soon too - I did get it on DVD for Christmas last year and it was apparently VERY hard to find.)
Today, 47 days to go: Disney released the 16-mm film A Symposium on Popular Songs.
This weekend was a busy one! I need a nap already! Friday night I met a couple girls (including Becki) that I used to work with for dinner. Becki lent me New Moon so after dropping her off I watched it when I should've gone to bed, but now I'm prepared to see Eclipse.
Saturday we had to drive to a family wedding that was about 1.5 hours from our house. We left early to take Dylan to Mike's parents (since my parents would be at the wedding) and therefore we were closer to the wedding too! We came back to their house after the wedding (which was beautiful - outdoors at a winery) and stayed there for the night. We didn't leave until almost 4pm yesterday and Dylan cried pretty hard when we left. I'm assuming he'll be ok away from us in August. He does ask "where's mommy/daddy?" when we're away from him though. I'm sure we'll call once (if not more) a day while we're on this trip.
Last night I went to Wicked with my Mom - excellent show!!! I wanted a t-shirt, but wasn't willing to pay $35 for it - I don't even spend that much on tees @ Disney!
It's been H-O-T, HOT here lately and supposed to be 100 again until Wednesday. I guess this is prepping me for Disney in August! I'm sure we'll be staying inside to keep cool this week!
Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend. I've been wanting to see Wicked, but missed it when it was touring in Baltimore. Glad you enjoyed it though! Not sure if I'm going to wait to see Eclipse on DVD or make the trek to the theater. As much as I enjoyed the books, I get kind of frustrated with Kristen Stewarts overacting...I mean you're a teenager act like one! Have some fun for goodness sake!
Anyway, try to ease into the week and keep cool at the same time.
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I'm assuming he'll be ok away from us in August. He does ask "where's mommy/daddy?" when we're away from him though. I'm sure we'll call once (if not more) a day while we're on this trip.
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