Grover

Dave and I are expecting #2 in December, and we're trying to keep Hannah involved and excited about having a baby brother or sister. Hannah is not very interested yet in naming things. When Aunt Jo got her a Beta fish for her birthday, it took us a week for her to come up with "Blue" as its name. When we asked what do you want to name it, she came up with "Boopsy" (her name for herself) and "Aaaggh!" (which is her go to name for fish, dolls, etc.), but finally did throw out "Blue."

Well, Dave and I told Hannah the story about her name while she was in Mommy's tummy. We called her "Cooper" because she was all cooped up in there. The day Dave and I realized we were having a baby, I rode down to Granbury with him on his work. We had been throwing out all sorts of names on the drive down and then we passed Cooper's Hardware Store. It seemed fitting. That was day 1 of the pregnancy.

After a couple of weeks this time, I realized that we hadn't named the baby while it's in Mommy's tummy. I have a hard time saying "It," and I really don't like saying "He/She." So we enlisted Hannah to help. Again, she took a few days. I thought "Frog" had finally stuck, until Hannah piped up with "Grover." Grover was the one to stick.

I have been keeping her updated. This week -- Grover is the size of a kumkwat. That is as greek to her as it is to me, so I need to figure out what size that means Gvoer is. She gives hugs and kisses to Grover daily and started telling secrets the other night. I think she overheard me say that I was having nightmares about having a blue, furry baby, so she told Grover a secret a couple of days ago: "I hope you're blue, Grover. I love you." I'm not telling her secrets -- I'm not allowed to listen. She repeated it to me right after she told my tummy!

It's so cool to see how excited she is about being a big sister. She thinks she is having a baby brother. I guess time will tell.