Ethan

There is so much I'd like to talk about, things have been swirling around in my head all weekend but unfortunately I haven't had much computer time. The weekend is going fabulously, and tomorrow we're heading home. I'll try to put up a little trip post later.

I wandered around a gift shop at Six Flags over Texas and found a little personalized sippy cup with "Ethan" on it. We've chosen the name Ethan Joseph for the newest little Hafer. Ethan because we like it, and Joseph after Darrell's uncle Joe. It's kind of amazing the change that's come over the whole baby thing now. We say "him" instead of it, and we even refer to my belly as Ethan. The girls are comfortable coming up and patting my stomach and 'talking' to Ethan. It's very cute.

I was never really sure what to think about they hype regarding ultrasounds and bonding but I definitely think that I've "bonded" with our little one this weekend more than anything so far. It's becoming more and more exciting to imagine meeting this little guy. Will he look like Darrell, or more like me? Blue eyes or green? Fair skin or dark? What will his personality and disposition be like.

It seems like I'm growing bigger daily. Darrell has noticed it too and said something to that effect tonight. That was after he took me to target and bought me two really cute shorts outfits and a pair of dress pants. It was a birthday present, and really the best ever. It's hard to explain how looking nice instead of frumpy and stretching out of clothes that don't fit makes my self esteem shoot up. It shouldn't be so, but girls are kind of hung up on how they look, and how I look greatly affects how I feel.

It's the best feeling ever to be spoiled by such a great man :)

Also at Target we found out that the crib we've been looking at is on sale for $50 less, and the matching changing table too. Today was the last day of the sale so we decided to buy it and attempt to drag it back to Oklahoma with the kids in the 4Runner. Thankfully the changing table was out of stock, and the nice lady gave us rain checks for BOTH pieces so we can still get the sale price when we get home. I'm so excited because it's the piece we wanted in the cherry finish. Darrell is busy picking out the bedding set/theme. I'm going to basically give it over to him as long as he picks something I like. Hehe.

Darrell wants to do some writing so I'll give this up, at least until tomorrow night.

:)