Spring has Sprung

Wow, has it really been this long since I've blogged. We've been keeping busy with Isaac and getting ready for baby boy #2. I'm not sure where to start, so much is going on. (FYI this is a long post so get ready for lots of reading!)

Well first we've decided to grow fruit this summer. Stephen built a raised bed and we are going to grow cantaloupe, watermelon and strawberries. I'm really toying with the idea of grapes but we'll see, they are pretty involved so I need to do some more research first. I'll try to let you know how the cantaloupe and watermelon are doing!

After much debate we've finally decided which room the new baby will have. Since we didn't sell our house and decided to stay put it has made things a little more tricky. We are actually just using the same decor that we used for Isaac for the new baby. It's less expensive that way. For those that don't know, Stephen is a drummer. An amazing drummer at that! He has a set of electric drums that were in our spare room(the only place we had room for them). We had no idea where we were going to put them to make room for the baby. We debated on the boys sharing a room but really wanted them both to have their own space and we didn't want Isaac to feel like he was losing everything that was "his". We also tried the laundry room, we have a decent size laundry room, but they were too big and I wouldn't have been able to do laundry(which I wouldn't mind until we had no more clothes to wear). So the only option was to put the drums in our bedroom. That's right we have a set of drums in our bedroom! Not having the drums set up wasn't an option. Stephen mentioned it but I was not having it. How could I take away the thing that makes my husbands soul sing, how could I have him put away one of the things that I know IS my husbands heart! NOT an option! We do have a big bedroom and it really isn't bad having them in there. It's actually nice laying in bed watching and listening to him play before I fall asleep. It actually has a lulling affect on me, which is nice! Dave Ramsey says "live like no one else so you can live like no one else". We may be fit tightly in our little house, but it's filled with more love then any big house or money could get us!

Isaac will be moving into the bigger bedroom as soon as we are finished painting. That way he will have more room for his toys and will have the "big boy room". We got new "big boy" bedding (which will work in his crib and then his toddler bed) with cars and trucks on it. He's obsessed with cars and trucks and I know he's going to love it. We are keeping him in his crib for a bit longer. I'm not ready for him to be in a toddler bed and his crib converts so when we're ready we can just change it. I like knowing that when I put him in bed he won't be getting out on his own!!! I will keep him in the crib as long as possible!

We're getting very excited about the new baby. It's starting to feel more real now with all the changes we're making in the house. I really want to pick a name so I can start calling him by name but we having some trouble picking. Isaac's name fits him so perfectly that it feel like a lot of pressure to do the same with the new baby. Isaac means "laughter or laughing one" and if you know Isaac that is him perfectly! He is almost always laughing or trying to make other people laugh and he's been that way since he was a baby. We just want a name that means something that we want our son to embody! Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Also I need some other advice! Isaac is now getting close to two years old and boy is he acting like it. Throwing tantrums, hitting, throwing toys, not listening. It's all I can do during the day to have patience and being pregnant during it is not helping at all! So all you moms out there with experience please let me know what you do. The tantrums I ignore. He'll throw himself on the floor and I just walk away so they only last a second and when he realizes that I'm not paying attention he just gets up and goes and plays. But the hitting, throwing toys and not listening is about to drive me crazy, he just won't stop and I'm not sure how to make him understand that mommy is serious. So any help would be great for that too!

I guess that's about it for now. I'll do a picture post soon but need to get all the new pictures off my camera. We've actually had some really fun outings lately which I'll blog about when I post the pictures. Until then...