Mary Martin is coming...

When you are pregnant the question you get most often is "How are you feeling?" The first time I was pregnant, I quickly figured out that people don't really want to know how you are feeling. They just want you to say "Great, thanks!" For example, the real answer lately would be: my heartburn is getting worse, a good night's sleep is proving elusive, and my ankles look I have cantaloupes on my feet. But instead, I just answer "Feeling good, thanks!"

This time, the second most common question I get is, "Does James know what is about to happen?" or sometimes "Does James understand a baby is coming?" I have struggled on how to answer this question. I think most people, like the how are you feeling question, don't really want the long answer but just want me to say politely, "He is starting to get it, I think."

If it is a close friend or someone who I think really cares, I will explain that moving James out of the nursery and into his own room helped him understand a lot. Now he says "baby's room" and points to the nursery and also identifies his own room. It has also helped James to see Aunt Kelly and little Madeline. I think James gets that another person - albeit a small one - will soon be coming. We have also taught James to say Mary Martin which is very cute...

Well one day last week Jim and James were playing with James' bristle blocks (or clippo blocks, whatever you call them). There are family figures in there to play with - a mom, a dad, a little boy and a little girl. Grandaddy long ago taught James that the mom was James' mommy, the dad was James' daddy and the little boy was James. Well last week, James pulled them all out one by one and identified them for his dad. When he got to the little girl, he said "Mary Martin!" Jim and I were amazed. I guess James is getting the picture after all.

I will start going to the doctor every week this week to check on Mary Martin. Everything is on track and looking good. I will update y'all as it gets closer.