Happy Birthday!

Today is my big brother Chris's birthday! He is 32 today. Jerrett and I already called to wish him a happy birthday. My brother is one of the best men I know. He is the best big brother a girl could ever ask for. Chris was my best friend and my biggest supporter growing up and not much changed once we became adults. He is also the best uncle a little boy could ever want. He spoils Jerrett rotten. They share a love for hotwheels cars and I think that Chris has supplied more than half of Jerrett's collection. Anytime those boys are together, they are playing either cars or running around outside. I love the Jerrett has such a close relationship with his uncles. I had the same thing growing up and it is so great to see that my babies will have the same chance I did. Something else that touched my heart this past week is about my brothers. I am going to brag on them for a minute. Both brothers called or texted before Jerrett went into surgery last week. Both brothers called or texted while J was in surgery and then they both called after he got out to talk to him. Then they both called or texted at least once a day for several days after his surgery. It meant so much to know that they cared so much for our little monkey. He is one loved little boy and has a couple of wonderful uncles!
On to J's surgery. He came through with flying colors. TJ and I were a wreck but Jerrett did amazing. Coming out of his anesthesia, his only complaint was that he was hungry! He has done a wonderful job of not messing with the incision or the stitches. It is looking great and healing wonderfully. Such a blessing to have it done before the baby gets here! It was really hard to take care of him by myself. TJ went back to work the day after and that left me and J by ourselves. He was not getting around very well and was in quite a bit of pain those first few days. i would have given anything to have my momma here to help but she and Dad were in the Caribbean somewhere. They had a blast and I am glad that they went. I am just getting to the end of my pregnancy and was a little needy myself!
All things on that front are going great! TJ is convinced that I am not going to make it to my due date. We will have to wait and see! My weight is still not going up as much as the dr would like. I only have 7 weeks left and I have only put on 14 pounds. But the baby is looking good so she is not too worried. I am carrying really really low and so she is not convinced I will make it much further either. As long as baby is healthy, I dont really care. The plans for the weekend are working on getting the bags packed and ready to go. I am having contractions like crazy so my body is gearing up for baby. The contractions don't hurt or anything so I hope that once I actually start labor, I will know when to go to the hospital! We have finally settled once and for all on names. So we are going in with a complete girls name and a complete boys name! We sort of went back and forth for a while on names, thinking we had settled but then changing our minds. we really want names that mean something but that are not so common that there will be another one in their grades. Plus we are both in love with old fashioned names. I don't think that anyone could even come close to guessing the names that we chose. But that is part of the fun.
All in all, we are really happy. Everyone is happy and healthy and we are excited for summer. My amazing husband has surprised me with 2 new gifts that I love! I got a new Nikon which is so amazing! He knew I wanted a new one for a long time and now I am having fun playing with it. Once we get our new computer, I am going to have a blast with photo editing. All this just in time for baby! My other new gift is a Nook Color! It is so cool. And I think that we are all going to use it. TJ got it for me to take to the hospital with us when the baby is born.