Saturday, September 16, 2006
Our last week as a foursome
Well, this is our last Saturday as a family of four. Kindof weird! We have all been so excited about our new addition. I want to spend this last week dreaming of her and anticipating her. But I also want to enjoy our family this way, too. I feel like we are so blessed to be a really close family. We are blessed to have a lot of time together due to homeschooling and my man working at home. I know that the amount of time the four of us spend together is way more than the average family. There was a time a few years ago that I felt like I hardly ever saw my husband due to his commute and work load. So I am so thankful for his flexibility and time now. I just want to soak it all up. The baby will add so much fun and love and excitement to our little family, but still it will never be the same. We are ready for a change, I think. But this week is all about the end of our little foursome and the beginning of being a family of 5. I think we will cap it off on Thursday night with a cake to celebrate. I can't believe we have less than a week! Does anyone have any other ideas on how to prepare the boys?
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What a sweet picture of you with your boys!
One thing we did was talk to our son about his new role as a big brother and being a protector of his little sisters and how important that is. We also gave our kids a little present since the baby was receiving so many. Some of our friends did this too, if they brought a gift they gave our kids a little something to celebrate them as the bigger brother/sister. I thought that was really thoughtful.
Oh, one more thing..in the hospital bed that the baby sleeps in we brought pictures of our other 2 kids and taped them up there. The kids LOVED this. I think this was one of the best things we did because the nurses would comment to them "oh you must be the big brother and big sister in the picture" etc. and they loved seeing their picture on the baby's bed when they looked through the nursery window.
Hope that helps a little...
I'm sure it will all go better than you have imagined. Continuing to pray for all of you.
Love the beach picture of your fam! You have such a sweet family. I know Lydia Joy will add to the sweetness and the joy! Praying for you! Love you!
If it's not too much trouble (which it may be at this uncomfy stage) you could take them to the hospital and show them the newborn babies. Tell them they will have one in a week to take home!
I always make "I'm the big brother" or "I'm the bigger brother" shirts for them to wear to the hospital. I print a picture of them off the computer and use the iron on paper.
We also get a little gift that the new baby gives to the old brothers. Last year, they all got some sort of little John Deere tractor when they came to the hospital.
We de-emphasized "the change" and emphasized "the celebration". I'm not sure they can handle your grief over the loss of "the way things were".
Just my two cents there. Go with God on that one! :-)
We bought gifts from the baby to the other two kids. They immediately thought he MUST be something special to know them SO well! And it entertained them through some of the initial "be carefuls" that result after the first cute 5-10 minutes of photo ops with the baby. It's like: "Oh, look...she has a present for you OVER THERE!" Sometimes they can be still and cuddle,and sometimes it's good to have a fam member escort them so that they can baby your older two if needed...plan fun stuff for them so that it's all a big party to them.
Blessings to you and yours!
"Maggie"
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