The Varner Family

So before I post my list of things a husband shouldn't say to his wife who is delivering a baby in a week (all of which my sweet husband has said to me) let me say that Bryson has done so many fabulous things for me and has done such a great job dealing with me these last 9 months. But...we all know Bryson sometimes isn't very good with his words and I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to document some of his fine comments during the last few days.

• When I asked Bryson if he felt like he would be missing out on stuff at the hospital with Meg because he is going to be dealing with Brody too he said, "I haven't really been listening to what you have been saying about the plan. What is the plan? Am I supposed to do something? No...I don't think I feel like I am going to be missing anything."
• I don't like Meg's room. Nothing goes together and it just doesn't look good. (He has said this 3 times this week).
• I am so tired and stressed out.
• Do you really need your mom at the hospital? This was said in response to me saying that I wanted my mom there when I have the spinal. I feel like this makes perfect sense because Bryson can pass out from having his blood taken and got white in the face during one of my exams at the hospital recently. Is it bad that I want someone who won't pass out in the room with me?
• On the phone with someone from work, "My wife is making me go to some stupid doctor's appointment".
• I didn't hear anything the doctor just said. What did she say?
• I may have to go on a business trip the week after Meg is born.

But, he also has told me a couple of times that I am the luckiest pregnant person because I still look pretty and haven't gotten that big. So....I will let that one comment be the one that I remember!

1. I am starting to get really pathetic looks from people. Like they are thinking in their heads that I shouldn't be out and about in my condition. Walking around at the Ford Center during a basketball game recently I had two different employees ask me if I was ok while I was walking to the restroom. Seriously...do I look that bad?
2. Speaking of walking....I can't really do it anymore. It is painful. I wanted to cry the other day at the mall when I saw a lady speedwalking. I used to be able to walk that fast and I want to be able to do it again!!! Is the fact that I have actually considered using one of those electric wheelchair things at Target and Wal-Mart just terrible of me? Don't worry...I won't do it!
3. My belly is getting cold. My shirts don't really cover my belly very well anymore and I constantly get this cold draft of air. I don't like it.
4. I have gone to the hospital once a week for the last three weeks for various reasons. It is like I have never had a baby before! I think I finally need to go and actually come home with a baby rather than just a hospital wristband.
5. Meg actually has a bag packed for the hospital and has clothes/diapers to wear. I kind of have a bag packed and I have new PJ's to wear. And I had "I Love Meg" t-shirts made for Hannah, Huston, and Brody to wear at the hospital. They will be so cute on them!
6. The room is pretty much done. We have just a couple of things left to hang and we have to make our slipcover work, but Bryson has completed all of the things on his to-do list. It makes me so happy!!
7. I feel so much more at peace with the C-Section. I have been pretty worried about it, but after a lot of prayer and a lot of quizzing my doctor about it....I am ok with it!
8. I found someone to clean my house on Tuesday. What a relief that I don't have to do it and how nice it will be to come home from the hospital (hopefully) and not feel like I have to clean!
9. My sweet little angel has returned. Brody hasn't sat on the naughty mat in a while and has just been incredibly sweet to me. The other day we were in Wal-Mart and he was riding in the cart (which was great) and he saw a little boy sleeping in his carseat. Brody asked me what that boy was doing and I said that he was sleeping. He then said, "Me not sleeping" and I laughed and said no you aren't sleeping....you would never fall asleep at Wal-Mart. He leaned forward and gave me a hug and patted me on my back. I think he must feel bad that he keeps me from getting much sleep :)
10. I am just so excited to meet Meg! I am anxious to see what she looks like and if she will have red hair like Brody. Wouldn't it be hilarious if Bryson and I had two red-headed kids? I think it would be great!

Thought I would post one last Brody update prior to Meg being born. It will be interesting to see how much he changes after she arrives....hopefully not much! We love him just the way he his!

• Every since he received the Spiderman outfit for Christmas he has officially decided that he is Spiderman when he is playing certain "games". Usually this is when he is playing with his guns. He has also decided that Bryson is Batman and that I am Superman....unless Huston is around and in that case Huston is always Batman. I just love Brody's imagination and watching him act out being Spiderman!
• The kid is somewhat obsessed with numbers and counting. He is especially focused on the number 3. Anytime he can spot the number 3 he points it out and gets very excited. He is always counting things too....random things. He counts the number of light bulbs in the bathroom every time he goes to the bathroom. He says he learned his numbers from Elmo.
• He has also become a little obsessed with the pointing out boys versus girls and babies versus big boys/big girls. I am sure this all has to do with Meg's approaching arrival. He constantly says, "Me Brody Barner. Me boy. Me big boy". Mommy a girl....mommy have baby. I just hope we don't run into someone that is a girl/boy, but doesn't look like one. I am not prepared for that if he announces it out loud (as he always does).
• He also wants to know what every person's name is. Whether it is someone on TV or someone in the doctor's office, etc. It frustrates him that I don't know everyone!
• Teacher Pam told me today that she was a little sad. Starting to get concerned I asked what was the matter. She said that Brody went to the bathroom today and didn't ask her to help him....he went all by himself. She said she was really proud of him, but that she feels like he doesn't need her anymore! The poor lady....I had no idea that he had been dragging her (and ONLY her) to the bathroom with him every single time for the last 4 months!
• As I have said in previous posts he doesn't like me to put my arm around him when I am laying down with him, but here lately he has been quite cuddly with me and I just love it. He wants to put his arm around me and has even said a couple of times in the middle of the night, "Hold my hand mommy".
• Last night he kept saying in his sleep, "I want to take it in a to go box". I think he said it 10 different times.
• My little sweetie continues to develop some of Bryson's wonderful characteristics. He tells me he is "Sorry" all the time. It is very sweet, but he says it for the most innocent things. He also started saying "Yes Sir" the other day. We did not teach him this at all....so I am not sure where it came from. He said it to me and I explained that to girls you say "Yes Mam" and so he has started saying that sometimes. Unfortunately he has also picked up on some of Bryson's (and probably all guys) grosser habits. The kid farts all the time and he thinks it is hilarious....especially if he can do it while he is in the bathtub with me. Sometimes I think Bryson is setting him up to do things to me!
• Last week Brody broke over a month long streak that he had going. He hadn't sat on the naughty mat or been in trouble in well over a month. We couldn't believe it. He had just been acting like a perfect angel. Then this weekend (it had to have been the full moon) our perfect angel didn't listen to me and rode his bike out in the street without waiting on me to catch up to him. So the naughty mat had to get used again. Then I think he sat on it a number of times over the weekend. Hopefully now that the full moon has passed he will go back to being an angel again....especially once Meg arrives!

We are getting excited and ready for Meg's arrival, but there is a part of me that is a little sad that these are our last couple of weeks with just Brody. I know it will be wonderful being a family of four, but I also know what a huge transition it will be. We are planning some activities just for the three of us that I know we will all enjoy. We took Brody to the hockey game last week and sat on the 3rd row and he LOVED that. We have the Monster Truck show this coming weekend and of course he will love that. And hopefully the weather will be nice enough that we can go golfing (meaning Bryson and Brody golf and me ride in the cart) one more time. Bryson had a real driver made for Brody and brought it home today. It looks just like the real thing, just extremely small. I can't wait to see Brody try it out!

We have been so blessed with Brody and I can't wait for him to meet his little sister!