2 Days...

I can't believe we're only 2 days away from meeting Connor!  :D  Wow!!  I'm sooooo excited!!  Wednesday our lives will change forever!  Our perfect family of three will be growing by one more sweet boy and we'll become a picture perfect family of four!  We'll have a son and a daughter!  What more could we ask for??  I'm so excited and happy for the direction that our family is going!  What a blessing they are to me!!  I'll certainly have my hands full for a couple of years, but it will be an amazing ride and adventure as I learn more about my sweet children and who they'll become in this world.  Another beautiful reality in having our baby boy in our lives is that I'll get to see a new side of Michael as he becomes the father of a son.  I've been in love with my sweet husband since just a month after we met.  He's the kind of person I want to always be around, because he makes me want to be a better person.  :)  He's an amazing Daddy, and although he had never really had girls in his life with no sisters or close cousins, he blew me away when we had Avery and he fit so naturally into the role of a Dad with a daughter.  I remember swelling with pride one day as I read his facebook status, "All Dads of daughters should be feminists.  My daughter can do anything your son can do."  How can you not fall in love with a man like that?!?!  He's so proud of his girl!  As I've said many times over, each day he gives me new reasons to fall in love with him.  :)  Now, as our son's arrival quickly approaches, I'm going to see an entirely new side of him as he becomes the Dad of a baby boy.  I know he's looking forward to doing "boy" things with Connor as he grows.  But even in the midst of the excitement about Connor's arrival, he mentions that in the evenings when he's home he'll have to have some Daddy-Daughter Date Nights to take Avery off of my hands and to spend some quality time with her.  I'm telling you, my man is one of the very few truly good ones!  :D  I'm sooooo in love with him!  I can't wait to see the look of pride on his face when he holds Connor for the first time.  I remember how excited he was with Avery, showing her off to the doctor's and nurses who had just helped deliver her, lol.  I know he'll beam just as brightly to show off his little boy to everyone who will take a look.  :)  Connor coming into our home and lives will be an adjustment, but we're looking forward to him and all the happiness, joy, laughter, giggles, and warm memories that he'll add to our lives.  :)  Our family is truly blessed!  We have a big beautiful home.  Michael can pay all of our bills, so I get to stay home with my babies.  Both of our cars are paid for and we no longer have car payments.  Michael has a fantastic job that he loves.  They treat him well and he has job security.  I have a job that works with my home hours, gets me out of the house once in a while, and I have coworkers who love and care about me.  They add to my life greatly.  We have a beautiful baby girl who's smart and feisty, she makes us smile and laugh many times every day!  We live in Wichita only a few minutes away from my sister.  Even when distance kept us apart, we've always been close.  Now that we're close geographically again, I'm enjoying all the extra time I get to spend with one of my best friends.  Being in Wichita also means we're close to my parents again.  Home is no longer 2+ hours away.  I don't know how I would have survived this pregnancy without my mom's help!  She found out early on because my morning sickness was kicking in and I needed help with Dayton and Avery.  Then she was here once a month (and definitely more) for my doctor's appointments.  She helped me bake cookies in the winter and freezer meals in the spring (and by help I mean, she did it in my kitchen and I sat around like a tired bump on a log).  She's been my sanity in being a stay-at-home mom.  She's my adult interaction and my extra set of hands and eyes so I can take an occassional shower.  I love my mom so much and am so thankful for her help, her love, her kindness, her generosity (did I mention I've hardly bought Connor or Avery any baby clothes thanks to her??), and her example of what I want to be as a mom and a grandma.  :)  My dad has also been so much help!  He's been over to our house the last several weekends helping Michael with projects like completing Nate's closet, installing a new garbage disposal, planting tomatoes and peppers, and changing the location of the light switch in the utility room.  All things Michael could have probably figured out, but having experienced hands to guide the way helped tremendously!  Like I said, I am so blessed!  We have such an incredible support system around us.  We are so grateful for all the wonderful people in our lives who take time to show us that they care about us.  I don't know where we'd be without you all.  Now we're 2 days away from Connor's birth and I know our support system will be here again in full force!  We're excited to see you all on Wednesday when Connor arrives!  Yes!  We WANT to see you on WEDNESDAY when he arrives!  We want visitors in the hospital!  Because after we go home we'll want to focus on us again and getting aquainted with our new life.  :)  But if you can't make it Wednesday, we'd love to have you on the 24th for Connor's Welcome Home party.  :)  Either way, please help us welcome our new little guy!  I know the second baby isn't quite as big of a deal.  No baby shower or anything when you're first is only a year and a half old.  But Connor is very special, he's a new member of our family and we're excited to welcome him in.  And I think that deserves a party!  So that's what we're going to do, party and celebrate our newest family member, Connor!  :D  Just because he's our second child does not mean that he's not worthy of celebrating!  I just can't wait to meet him!  Just one more blessing in our amazingly blessed lives!  Only 2 more days!  I doubt I'm going into labor today or tomorrow.  So far I have no signs indicating that I will.  So unless you hear differently, be ready for news on Wednesday.  I'll try to update the blog frequently about our day and progress as we await his arrival.  :)  Also, if you're on facebook and have text messages, you can expect to see updates that way as well.  :)  Stay tuned!  Our son's arrival is getting closer every moment!  :D