Daddy's Little Man

Brock has become quite the Daddy's Boy lately.  The mornings when Micah has to work are becoming more difficult for me and more heartbreaking for Micah to leave because of how attached Brock is to his daddy.

When he realizes it is time for Daddy to go to work, Brock goes and puts his shoes on then proceeds to our closet to get shoes for Micah to wear as well.  (Please note that in these pictures, Brock chose his own clothing.  The navy socks with the black Crocs are all him.  I promise I make both my boys wear pants before leaving the house as well!)

When Brock realizes that Daddy is gone and he didn't get to go with him, he stands at the gate and cries.  It's really sad and adorable all at the same time that he loves his daddy that much.

Micah made the suggestion last week that maybe if I would bring Brock out into the garage so he could tell Daddy bye and see him leave, it wouldn't be so traumatic.  In theory this sounded great, so we tried it.  Brock followed Micah out into the garage while Micah was putting his work shoes on and I was standing in our laundry room with the door open watching my boys.  When Micah said it was time for him to go, Brock turned around to me, blew me kisses and said "bye!"  I started to step out of the laundry room into the garage to pick Brock up only to be met by my toddler squealing and pushing me back into the house and closing the door in my face.  You have to give him credit for his determination - he WAS  going to go with Daddy and Mommy was not stopping him!

Through it all, I am so grateful to see that I have a little boy who loves his Daddy so 

much that he can't stand to be away from him and a husband who is so in love with his little boy it breaks his heart to leave him to go to work.  How blessed I am!  I also know, deep down in that little navy sock loving, no pants wearing, door shutting little heart, he loves his mommy too :o)

Quick Update

Today I am 38 weeks and 2 days pregnant with 12 days to go.  It is 5:45 am on a Saturday morning and I cannot sleep because Sophie has the hiccups again and is bouncing all around inside.  I haven't updated the blog recently in hopes of having actual pictures of our new baby to show off - however, seeing that she does not seem as anxious to come out as I am for her to, I am posting an update for now.  God is using this period of waiting to again show me I need patience.  I am continually reminded that he has a plan that I cannot see and His timing is perfect.  So for now, I wait.  Thank you to everyone who continues to send encouraging words and prayers for Sophie and I.  I promise to keep everyone posted if anything changes.

Sugar and spice and everything nice ...

Saturday we celebrated Sophie's soon to be arrival with a baby shower at our house hosted by my mom and friend Mary (Thanks again you two!).  It was overwhelming how many beautiful gifts we received.  Sophie is so blessed and ready to go for when she arrives.

Aunt Darby came into town for the shower.  Brock convinced her to play in his fort with him.  She was a good sport considering Brock insisted he had to climb in through the window to sit in her lap.

Finally, I have had a few requests for a picture of me and the belly.  I will be 37 weeks this week - for those of you who don't speak prego - that translates to I am LARGE!  I have 3 weeks to go until my due date, but Sophie has been getting pep talks that she is free to make her grand entry any day!

Brock's Fort

Sophie got a new car seat at one of the baby showers, so when Hurricane Fay was passing through, Micah made the car seat box into "Brock's Fort".  He plays in it every day.  If we are missing anything - look in Brock's Fort and you'll probably find it there.  He loves to drink his juice in the fort and prefers to climb in and out of the window instead of the door Daddy made for him.  

If you look close, you can see one of Micah's shoes!

A work in progress ...

Disaster struck in the Forman household over Labor Day weekend.  My mom took Brock for 5 days to Texas to visit his great-grandparents.  It was a huge blessing to us because Micah and I were able to get both of the kids rooms ready before Sophie arrives.  We pulled everything out of both of their rooms - you could barely walk through our house!  

Here are the after pictures of Brock and Sophie's rooms.  My very handy husband also remodeled both of the closets to add shelving and extra hanging space. By the looks of it, Brock has a third in clothes that his sister already has.  Sophie also has 5 times as many shoes and she isn't even born yet - such a girl!