The Naming of a Grandma

Well it is official! Elliot has come up with names for both of his grandparents!! Honestly, I thought I wouldn't care what he called me but there are a few names I think I could probably do without, but I won't mention them because one Grandma's nightmare is another's pride and joy. So as not to offend anyone I will keep my nightmares to myself.

I thought Nana would be a good title for me but little Elliot had other ideas. It just goes to prove that the "best laid plans...."

Elliot has somehow reversed the sounds of the word Grandma to Magah (pronounced; mag-ah). He started calling me that about 6 months ago and it looks like it will stick. My husband has the less original but endearing name of "Papa." (He thinks it makes him sound old - oh well!)

At first I wasn't sure what to think about the name Magah...especially after what happened at Wal-mart;

Brooke and I took Elliot to Wal-mart for a shopping excursion. Wal-mart always means a new toy for Elliot when Magah is around and this time he was not to be disappointed. We did our shopping and went to the toy aisle where he picked out something "Elmo". (I told you he loves Elmo!) Then when we went to check out I had to take his toy away from him and give it to the cashier. He, of course started yelling at me, "Magah, Magah...Maaa-gaaaah!" The cashier scanned the toy and gave it back to me and with a puzzled look on her face she asked, "Did he just call you Maggot?" I explained it wasn't Maggot but "Mag-ah", a sort of backwards grandma. "Oh, she said, I'm sorry for you because it sounds like he said Maggot." I was so embarrassed! I know my face flushed a nice shade of red and I felt like I wanted to crawl in a hole somewhere. I just grabbed my receipt and pushed the cart containing a contented Elliot out to the car as fast as I could.

Since then I have decided that Wal-mart cashiers shouldn't be the judge of what should or shouldn't be a little boys pet name for his Grandma! I have decided that I really like my name and so do all my friends! Everyone thinks it is so cute, especially when you hear him say it! It is unique and original and Elliot came up with it all on his own just for me! I couldn't be more thrilled!!!It is the best name in the world and it proves that Preemies really are something special!

Thank you, Elliot, Magah loves you very much!

Brooke is Expecting!!!

This is very exciting news for us! I have known about it for some time but we didn't want to say anything until she was past her 1st trimester. We are hoping for a normal pregnancy and birth this time.

We are very excited and very nervous too! The doctors told Brooke that her chances of having another preemie were very slim and that what happened with Elliot was a fluke but she is still nervous, and understandably so.

She is due January 14th and is about 16 weeks along. She is scheduled for the 20 week ultrasound in about 4 weeks. It was at 20 weeks with Elliot that she discovered that he was small and that there was a single artery in the umbilical cord.

We are so hopeful that things will be different this time. She even looks more pregnant than she did with Elliot. We are so happy for her and BJ. I hope that Brooke will get to experience what it is really like to be pregnant. With Elliot she could barely feel him kick and she never really looked pregnant.

We are looking forward to being able to properly prepare for this baby too! Elliot came so fast that we had nothing for him. And after he was born we spent all out time at the NICU so he came home with very few preparations made for his homecoming. I am sure that most preemie parents can relate to this.

Anyway, we will keep you posted about the progress of the new baby. We may even have a few contests surrounding our happy event for Preemie Tees products!