1. What name did you and your spouse call your baby before you knew the gender? Baby B & our little bug. Now we call him his name.
2. When did "Oh-my-gosh-we're-having-a-baby" really sink in? Probably during the ultrasounds, and when we found out he was a boy. That made it really real. Now that I feel him too... it just gets more real everyday.
3. When you think of yourself as a mom, what's the first thing to come to mind? For some reason I keep imagining rocking him to sleep and cuddling him.
4. Is your nursery complete? What's the theme and what do you have left to complete? Nothing is done. We are still house hunting! I am getting so anxious! But I do have a nursery picked out on pinterest that I want to try and re-create.
5. List 5 qualities you hope your baby will possess: I really hope he is chubby haha. Besides that I hope he is HEALTHY, happy, smiley, smart, and a good sleeper? Too good to be true?
6. What's your ideal labor experience? I'm going to agree with Carissa and say quick and pain free would be lovely! I just hope whatever birth plan we decide to go with that we can stick to it for the most part and not have any complications.
7. List 5 things that have changed in your relationship with your spouse since you've been pregnant: Colton has had an eye opening experience that's for sure. When I got pregnant he thought it was just smooth sailing until I was nine months pregnant then I got sick. First trimester was huge for him. I usually take care of him more and he learned that I needed a lot more help when I was really sick. He also had to learn that just because I wasn't puking didn't mean I wasn't really sick. He had to adjust to laundry building up and no hot dinner somedays. That was hard for him at first but he has been awesome since then. We talk about our little guy all time and even he gets excited about baby stuff. Its funny how in love Colt is with 'baby b' already.
8. List 5 things you think will change once your baby arrives: I
9. Where do you think you'll be when you go into labor? Hopefully at home. I really don't want to be anywhere crazy.
10. Have you been talking to your baby? Playing music? I talk to him all the time! Colt does when he is here and calls me on the phone when he is away to tell me to tell baby b that he loves him.
11. In what ways do you hope your baby is like your spouse? I hope he gets Colts attitude. He is the most positive person I know. He loves to work, so I really hope he inherits his work ethic too. I would love him to be as athletic as Colton is. It doesn't matter what it is, he is good at it. I would love him to have Colt's smile too :)
12. In what ways do you hope your baby is like you? My sense of humor ;) Just kidding. Ummm... good question! I just want him to be like Colton so much I haven't really thought about that.
13. How long will you wait for the next baby, or if this is your last one, why/why not? Whoa! We are just working on cooking this little guy. With the endo, they say the closer your babies are the better for your body and the more likely we will be able to have another one or two. So I'm sure not too far apart but far enough. {hopefully}
14. What kind of grandparents do you think your baby will have? THE BEST ONES! Ones who will love him more than anything. They will have so much fun with him. Probably ones who let him break my rules ;)
15. Who will be with you during labor? Who will visit you in the hospital during your recovery? I only want Colton in the delivery room!! During recovery I'm sure family will but I'm really hoping not a ton of people will be there. I just want relax and spend time with Colt and the baby so I would like more visitors after we are home instead of the hospital.
16. How much will you tell your baby (child, teenager) about your past? Why/why not? Hahaha. Well Colt and I have talked alot about this. We want to be open enough to have him be comfortable talking to us about things. I feel like if your kids think you are perfect and never made mistakes they won't want to talk to you about anything cuz they wont think you can relate. I don't know though. We will have to decide when the time is right I guess.
17. Do you have any hopes for your child's activities? (Sports, academics, school preference, activities, etc) We really want him to rodeo. Starting with mutton bustin' when he is just a little guy. I want him to be tough. We would love him to wrestle too. But honestly, whatever makes him happy as long as he is active and playing! Uncle Carson wants him to play football.
18. When will you tell your baby about the birds and the bees? When is aware of those things. I don't really know. Man this is giving me a lot to think about! I don't even want to think about that! I just want him to be a baby!!!
19. In what ways do you hope you'll parent like your parents did? In what ways do you hope you aren't like them? My parents did an awesome job. I want to teach him to be clean and organized. My mom tried and tried and tried. I am better now that I am older but I was seriously the messiest person ever through high school. I blame it on being busy and wanting to go out more than clean but I want to teach him simple things like my parents did. Make your bed and get dressed every morning before breakfast, put away your clothes as soon as you are home from school. I don't know. I just want him to learn to take care of himself from an early age. I also want to teach him what my dad taught me. You get dealt the cards you get dealt. You can't change that. But you can have a good attitude and deal with it or you can gripe and complain but either way you have those cards. He is big on attitudes and it makes such a difference!!
20. Which childhood memory do you hope your child will have (similar to one you fondly remember)? I hope he will know how many people love him and have lots of fun play with his HUGE family. Heber trips were always my favorite growing up so I hope we can give him fun ones like that. I have lots of fun memories with my sister too because we were so close so I would like him to have a sibling pretty close in age to grow up with.
21. And finally, Be annoying! What "advice" do you want newly pregnant women to know? Well, this being my first pregnancy I don't know how much advice I can give but so far I would say... it really does go pretty quick. Enjoy each stage of pregnancy. I feel like I am always in such a rush to get to the next stage. I need to take my own advice! :)
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