The Darnell Family

Okay. So you know about the first dream of the little girl. Since I KNOW I am not having twins, why would you think then I just had a dream last night that we had a boy (again, can even remember the name). Both very vivid dreams. Maybe we need another ultrasound to confirm there is only one baby in there. Either way both the girl and boy name were precious and would fit well with Reilly (that is if I can budge Daniel). I’ve looked up the meanings and they work nicely too. Oh, next month cannot come too soon!

With Reilly I just knew she was a girl very early on despite all the other people saying it was a boy. I have been just rolling with this pregnancy and not leaning one way or another. Until now. I had my first dream last night. In it we had a beautiful baby girl (born bald, but later in the dream she had the prettiest auburn red hair). Very real and even remember the name for her. We shall see next month what this brings.

So, we got another look at our little Tad today. This was the first time Daniel has been able to make it to an appointment. We were not supposed to get an ultrasound today, but Dr. James is such a softy for the sentimental that he let us get one after the cultures were done. Couldn’t get anything from up top, but was able to get a pretty good look below. Unfortunately, nothing that stayed long enough to get a good picture, but enough for us to see. The cutest thing was little Tad just chillin with his/her legs crossed. Next appointment set for August 12^th. Should be able to find out pink or blue then! We finished the day with our tradition from Reilly's pregnancy and went to Nagoya.  Reilly was all excited to go to the place that has "fire, rice, chicken, steak, and soup", please note that she finds it necessary to say all these to indicate she wants to go to Nagoya. 

What a very fun day in deed. Today was Miss Cohen’s 3^rd birthday party. The party was at Kids on Air in Conyers. It was the first time that Reilly had been there (or really had ever been on those at all). We thought it was too cute that we were able to get her to say "b-day party" and occasionally "Cohen’s b-day party". To say she had a blast is the understatement of the year! She played so hard her little cheeks were bright red. Daniel and I were really impressed at how well she did at the climbing sections. I know she would have done even better if we could have gotten Pablo out of her hands, but hey, we considered it a victory that we were able to leave the blankey, Optimus, and Bumblebee this time. The "party" part was funny as she devoured two slices of pizza, and then was a little too full for cake. Reilly was busy playing with balloons and when I got up to throw away plates, she snuck away from Daniel and ran back out to the play! I was worried she would want to unwrap Cohen’s presents as Reilly loves some presents, but she wanted to play some more. When we finally left little miss red cheeks was exhausted. We were able to keep her awake in the car until we got her home. Daniel and I were then treated to a three hour nap. I think we should sign her up to go play there every Sunday!

We always do the same old thing on Saturdays. Lunch with Nana, G.G., Papa & Daddy sometimes and then we go to Wally World for the grocery shopping. A full day adventure I swear. Today was a special treat because included in our lunch was Uncle Rob and his mom Ms. Ann. Reilly was on pretty good behavior for herself and enjoyed sitting next to Nana and Uncle Rob. By the end Reilly and Rob had collected everyone’s flags (Frontera) and she had quite a flag presence in what was left of her lunch! Very much enjoyable day!

I ended up with a 4 day weekend for the 4th. What fun! Thursday I spent cleaning the house for the family to come over. Reilly stayed with grandparents that night so Daniel and I got some good sleep to prepare for the next day. We had some amazing steaks and other wonderful food followed by Daniel turning into a little boy full of excitement with his fireworks. Reilly was not afraid of the noise or anything. She just kept saying "cool" and "awesome" and during the finale she said "Awesome Daddy, Awesome". All this while laying on the driveway between Uncle Tommy and Aunt "Icky" (don't worry this is very endearing as she very much loves Aunt Vicky - she just can't get the "V" out). Had another one of the bad headaches Saturday morning. Haven’t really wrote about those, but they are really kind of horrible. Probably the worse I’ve had since the year long migraine. Had a fight on Saturday. Luckily, I was able to catch a nap with Reilly and so I was able to stay awake for it all. Had to have Olive Garden again this Sunday. Very reminiscent of pregnancy with Reilly except during that one I wanted the sauce and this time I want the garlic bread. Who knows what is going on in there?!?!? Next dr. appointment isn’t until next week because Dr. James is out of town this week. I think we are just doing cultures though and might not get to see the little tad. Not sure though as Dr. James is pretty cool about letting me check the little one out.

Okay, so the tadpole craves garlic bread in the morning. I leave for lunch today and all I want is chocolate milk. Absolutely crazy! Went to the only place to get good chocolate milk in Decatur -Crescent Moon. Added one huge piece of french toast that I could only eat half of and a bowl of fresh fruit. Fabulous! Wonder if Daniel would mind breakfast for dinner tonight? Hum?!?