All Things Supercinski

This is what Josiah says after he’s done something really funny.

He got really wound up during lunch yesterday after his first successful noodle slurping (he’s been working on it for a year now), and I had to get his antics on video. This is how he acts a good portion of the time when no one is around–prancing around singing made up songs with bits of songs he knows and just being silly.

Per his repeated requests, I let him view the videos after I took them. He laughed so hard he seriously almost fell out of his chair and would have if I had not caught him. You might not think it is so funny, but if you have a toddler around, I would guess they’d get 2 minutes of entertainment out of it.

We were fortunate to have a wonderful visit from my grandparents last weekend. They had some free airplane tickets they had to use before the end of May, so we got to spend some time with them. The last time they came to visit, they drove all the way from Arizona and did a tour around Texas seeing my mom and all of her kids, special thanks to their GPS system in their car. Aren’t they the coolest?

Josiah loved all the attention he was showered with, and he was a very good boy for them, my mom, and Woody when Thomas and I went to Houston for a friend’s wedding (and reunion with college friends.) This was the first time that anyone but Thomas or me put him to bed, and he didn’t even ask about us! I’m so thankful for this in preparation for the upcoming birth since my mom will be Super Nana during that time. All four generations of us:

My grandmother has high hopes for this baby holding out on his/her arrival until June. Of all five of her children, their spouses, her grandchildren, their spouses, and her great-grandchildren, none of them shares a June birthday with her. I hope this little one takes her/his time and doesn’t come early.

This pregnancy has gone by so quickly for me - it’s hard to believe that we will have a new baby in about a month. Josiah is all moved into his room, and the top of my baby to-do list is getting clothes down from the attic and organizing closets. Easier written than executed. We are also gathering all of the supplies we will need for the birth that need to be here and ready by next week. Eek!

This was last weekend all dressed up for a friend’s wedding (thanks again, Josie, for letting me borrow your dress!) I am much bigger than I was at this point with Josiah. I’m outweighing Thomas by about 10 pounds these days and have out-gained myself from the last pregnancy by 5 pounds already. The funniest thing about that to me is that I’m eating so much healthier than last time.

I’m feeling pretty good these days. I’m definitely feeling the extra weight and heaviness which makes me exhausted by the end of the day, but the really bad back and hip pain is much more manageable these days, thanks once again to my chiropractor. (Did I tell you guys how much I really appreciate this woman?) I am still throwing up about once a week or so in the morning.

All these different symptoms and a strong feeling lead me to guess that this baby is a girl. I’ve got a 50-50 chance of being right, so we’ll see in the next few to several weeks! Any guesses? We are still working on names, hopefully we will decide soon, but you won’t get to know the winner until the baby is born, sorry.

Today is International Midwives Day, so I’ll take a second to once again say how much I appreciate my midwife. Her level of care is amazing to me. Our appointments last at least 30 minutes, but often an hour, and I appreciate that I can call her (and speak directly with her) when I have a question or concern. Though we haven’t gotten to the birth part yet, I am so impressed with the prenatal care I have received so far. I’m so thankful to have someone completely on board and extremely supportive of our desires for a natural birth. I’m sure you’ll hear more about her after the birth, so I’ll just stop now.

Josiah and Daddy enjoying some Saturday morning snuggles. Is Josiah really asleep?

Yeah right, but aren’t they so cute?

I finally finished my “essential” list of baby sewing items, I think. I just ordered some PUL so I might go ahead and make some diapers as time permits, but we’ll see. Preparations for teaching my first Bradley series are quite time consuming these days.

First, I ripped apart my old ring sling, added some brown backing fabric and made myself another pouch. I like my old pouch sling, but this one is a little roomier.

Then I made a new ring sling with a lighter fabric.

And a nursing cover…

I finally finished a mei tai carrier for myself. I revamped how I sew them (padded the shoulder and waist straps, added an adjustable crotch area so that you can carry baby forward-facing and put on a sleeping hood) and have gotten a lot of practice by making them as gifts. The first one is mine and the second one is one I made recently for a friend.

I gave my Moby Wrap away, so I need to get some material for that (or purchase some from a friend with extra?), but it takes no sewing. Now Baby will be adequately carried around while I chase Josiah!

These are some links for April 25th through April 26th. Enjoy!

• YouTube - Twenty-First Century Waterfall -
• Texas Water Development Board -
• Convert DVD to Avi and Mpeg using bitRipper -
• Declarations - WSJ.com -

Tonight is Josiah’s first night to sleep in the “Big Brother Room”. We’ve been talking about what a big deal it is and playing in there for a couple weeks now, but today, we bit the bullet and moved the crib in there (no way are we messing with his sleep right before a new baby is around to mess with mine enough). He cried for a second as I got up to leave and he asked me to stay with him for a while, but he calmed down after a short discussion on how everything was the same, just in the big brother room now. He sang songs and talked for almost half an hour, but is sound asleep now, hooray!

Just what does this wonderful sounding Big Brother Room look like? Well, let’s take a little look. This is the Big Boy Bed before we put the crib at the foot of the bed. My father’s very talented wife painted the truck for us. You can’t see, but there is a little Josiah and a little Pa in the window.

And the train table is out of the living room!

Josiah likes it, too. This is how he smiles for the camera. Didn’t you know that was a smile?