Boys In Blue

Well, you'll have to check out my darling men with a 90 degree head tilt because I can't figure out how to rotate the picture. On Sunday, Jonathan and Daddy decided to dress the same. Gabe was in blue too, so he jumped in the picture. This was right before we left for church. You can see how handsome they all are!

Lace, Dresses, and the Color Pink

Well, as an official Worry Wort, my doctor approved me for an early ultra sound (early to him, but normal for other doctors). Garrett was working today, so he was able to come down and watch. I was trying to convince myself all morning that it was a boy. I know the joy of boys and didn't want to get excited about entering the world of the "bi-gender family" (Joseph, personal phone conversation, today). But when the tech asked if we wanted to know the gender, Garrett quickly said yes, while I was trying to say yes without sounding too eager.

As always is the case in our world today, there's no 100% certainty, but the tech was pretty sure that the only thing sticking out was the umbilical cord. If she is wrong, we'll be thrilled to have a third boy. One great thing about having a girl is that we have been in agreement on a girl's name since almost the beginning of our first pregnancy: Jana Lee (We may perhaps change the N to a double NN to make it "so much more alluring"). The middle name would follow the line of Matt Lee, Cynthia Lee, to Jana Lee, and Jana is just cute.

As to the lace, dresses, and the color pink, well......I can't really see this family delving too heavily into the girly hue, but I am anxious to spend some time in the previously off-limits section of the baby clothes department and buy some of those darling little girl clothes. And I guess it's good that Jonathan recently discovered that Mommy is a girl and that's different from Daddy who's a boy. He enjoys reminding me that Daddy, Jon, and Gabe are cool; Mommy is cute. So maybe soon, our little Jana will join my "cute" club and we can figure out something girly that I can do while the "cool" club is out hammering in the garage. Fingernail painting, all-day shopping trips, wearing purple masks, and doing creative things to our hair are out; but who knows? Maybe we can buy a set of pink tools and try to pass Jonathan's initiation ceremony to get into his club. On the other side of this all, maybe I'll finally have someone to watch Anne of Green Gables with - Maybe this sweet little girl will even convince Daddy that his manhood will not be challenged by sitting thru the funny parts!

A Word about Prince Charming

Garrett is my Prince Charming. I'm so glad that "the Creator" saw fit to bring us together. There have been times when I have wondered if I would have had the chance to pick any man from one of those match-up businesses, would I have picked him from a picture and profile. My guess is that with my incredible intellect and my good judge of character, he wouldn't have even made the Top 10 List.

I have a sure knowledge, however, now, that he has the qualities, weaknesses, and strengths that I needed to be perfected. I'm so glad that in the grand design and devine plan that Heavenly Father saw fit to give us infatuation, crushes and attractions - to get us past the selfish worries, the fears, and the perceived reality of a life shared with one person, that would have indeed thwarted God's perfection process. Garrett has just what I need to learn the lessons that God had in store for me. Thank God (truly) for my beloved spouse.

Once Upon A Time...

Once upon a time, there was a young woman named Cynthia, who dreamed of having a family. After several years of searching for Prince Charming, she met Garrett. He was not the clean-cut, piano-playing, philosophical pretty boy that she had imagined with whom she could cuddle up to Anne of Green Gables, dance the night away, and spend hours singing parts from her beloved musicals, but he was a returned missionary, an eagle scout, and he had read the Hobbit.

After being charmed by his subtle humor and awestruck with his love and knowledge of the outdoors for a year and a half, they wed. Nine months later, Jonathan Garrett was welcomed into the home. Two and a half years and a new definition of pain later, Gabriel Levi also joined the group.

This is the story of their living happily ever after...