Update

I ordered my bedding for Baby Corey last night. I am so excited. I hope it is super cute! It was a tough call. I looked at lots of fireman bedding, but ultimately Cody made the final decision. I really like it and can't wait for it to arrive so we can be sure we love it and Cody can start painting whatever cute ideas he has for the nursery!

Also, some of you have emailed about the name Corey Wayne. I forget that lots of my blogging friends didn't know my maiden name (which is funny to me). My maiden name is Core but it is pronounced with a long e. So either way, baby Nelson two was going to be pronounced like my maiden name. If it was a girl, she would have been Corie, but since he is a boy, he is Corey! Cody's middle name is Wayne. There you have it. Cody did not want to add the y at the end, but he didn't get his name mispronounced the first day of school for his entire life, so I trumped him on that.

It is exciting to be over half way through with this pregnancy. I go to Dr. Owen again tomorrow and I am hoping she will let me go ahead and schedule my C-Section so we can plan a little more for maternity leave.
Update: My C-Section was scheduled today for 09/09/09! I am so excited. My Dr. said she is not sure I will make it that long just because of the Antiphospholipid syndrome. But, I am hopeful and I am booked in the OR! Yeah for 09/09/09!!!

As for parenting - man, it is getting more and more interesting each day. I constantly struggle with being patient, modeling good choices, picking my battles, not making threats I won't back, and being consistent. It is so tricky. I can just feel myself getting frustrated with Carley so quickly sometimes. It is tough to know when you are being too easy on your kid and too hard on your kid. Some of the expectations I have for Carley seem too high sometimes and other times, I am covering for her and letting things slide because she is so cute. Goodness. Anyone with me out there?

Quick Carley story: We have been collecting money for mission Sunday for several weeks. She has earned lots of money and has been so proud of herself. She knows the money goes to telling other kids about Jesus and that makes her very happy. Today was mission Sunday and she marched up to the front of the auditorium with all the big kids to put her money on the stage. I was so proud of her. She looked so precious. It made me want to cry. Then she came back to sit with me and started crying because she wanted to keep her money jar. She knew she was giving the money to the kids, but wanted to keep the jar. She started SCREAMING in church, "I want my jar back. I want my jar back!" BAWLING, YELLING, SCREAMING!!! I took her out and she was hysterical. I guess I need to tell her that we are giving the money AND the jar to teach the kids about Jesus, and not just the money.