Dr visit #2 down, only about 10 more to go!!

Well as you can see I had another ultrasound done yesterday. All was good and the baby is 5x bigger now than 4 weeks ago. VERY active! Baby would hardly be still long enough for the tech to get the heart beat! The heartbeat was good and strong at 178bpm and is measuring at 4.5 centimeters now. So now the size of a very large peanut! When baby was still I could actually see the profile of the face, nose and all! Amazing how all that is there so early on. All was good and on track though. I definitely now have a "baby bump" although most of my cloths do cover it up. I told the dr it just seemed like things were happening too quickly and her response was that because I have had one baby before everything will just stretch faster, so oh well! I had not gained any weight which I was very proud of. So I return for visit #3 on Dec 9. It will be the January visit that we will have the next ultrasound and will hopefully find out whether baby is boy or girl!

God's Beautiful Landscape

 

 

I don't know about the rest of ya'll, but I love the colors of fall!! I love when the weather turns colder and I can begin to wear my warm, snuggly clothes. I love coming home from work and putting on a pair of flannel pants and a soft long sleeve shirt and my fuzzy warm slippers! I just love fall and winter for that matter.

I feel very priviledged that I get to take a rather pituresque drive in to work each day. I take all secondary roads in my route to work and because of this I have been able to enjoy all the rich fall colors that are blossoming all around us. There have been several mornings and afternoons that started off kinda rough and then getting to enjoy creation has brightened up my mood. The pictures I gave you here just really do not do justice to all the gorgeous trees that I am seeing each day. Many of the areas of road I am on have just a canopy of tree limbs over them and all are decked out in these beautiful colors. I took these pictures last week and already in just a few days I can see the changes coming. Many of these leaves have now fallen and winter is fast approaching. I look out at all the glory that is our creation and it is so awesome and so undeniable that there is a God out there! Only He could come up with this kind of majesty!

So this blog is a message from me to all of you who actually read what I write to say, stop and take a look around you. Enjoy the beauty God has given us and thank Him for it!

The Truth about the Election

First let me say that I am so glad that today is election day because I a sick and tired of watching all the campaign ads! I want to look at some of these politicians and tell them the old saying, if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all! But this is the nature of our election process and the politics that surround it.

I left bright and early this morning to observe my right to vote. Drew and I arrived at my polling location at 6:45am. The line was at least 200-300 deep when I got in it. I ended up being there until after 8am this morning. I thought that was pretty good. Drew was so good the entire time. I was extremely proud of him. I tried to let him know exactly what I was doing and why. As much as you can explain this sort of thing to a 4 year old. As we were leaving the polling location he saw a young lady holding a sign for one of the candidates. He ask me what she was doing. I told him she was trying to get people to vote for her candidate. He then got a little curious and wanted to know if I voted for the people on the signs. I told him that yes, I had voted for many different people. I then told him that it is very important that people vote because our votes decide who will be our leaders. His response to this was "Jesus?". I was so proud to hear that come out of his mouth at the first thought of who our "LEADER" is. I said, "Yes, Jesus is really our only leader isn't He." Drew then says, "Yes, Jesus and God." Well I think that about covers it people, God is ultimately our leader, not Obama or McCain. The One and Only True God is in control of all of this and all those who will be elected to positions today. And you know what...HE already knows who it is going to be! So I will not be all stressing out as I watch the returns come in tonight, I will rest easy knowing the Jesus Christ will still be on His throne tomorrow, no matter who is our next president!

Ultrasound Pic

Well here is the new baby! Just a little bean right now but still a total miracle from the Lord! I might get to have another one in November if they cannot pick up the heartbeat with the monitor so I am kinda hoping for that so I can see the little one in a month and how developed he/she is.

Baby News

 

 

Well it is official! We are 7 weeks pregnant tomorrow. The baby is due on June 3, 2009 but will likely be born by c-section on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. We saw the doctor this morning and got to see the baby on the ultrasound although he/she is very small and we heard the heart beating. It was a good strong heartbeat in the 140's. Everything looks good and we are all excited! We took Drew to the park to have lunch and tell him the news. In the pictures he is opening his book up that we got him and then Jim is reading it to him. He was excited for a few minutes and then he was ready to go and feed the ducks. After all he is just 4! But I think that as he can tell the baby is coming and we start get things set up around here he will get more excited. It was a good day but we were all tired so we are now home resting and I am blogging this for all of you! Thanks for the prayers. I will keep you updated and I will post the ultrasound pics tomorrow. I could not get them to scan here at home but I will scan them tomorrow at work and get them on here.

Church Picnic at the Park

 

 

We had church at the OB park on Sunday night. This has become a tradition for our church every year in October. It is a really fun time and the weather was absolutley perfect this year. I had not really been feeling good this past weekend but I ended up feeling good for the picnic and the wonderful weather made it even better. Drew and his favorite girls, Becca and Kailynn, played bubbles as you can see in the picture. The guys enjoyed a game of football. Jim decided to play with them, that was probably a sight but I ended up at the play ground while that was going on so I missed it! Surprisingly he did not get hurt and never really complained of being sore. Maybe since it is busy band time and he is spending many hours working the band kids he was in better shape for it than I gave him credit for. As we left that night Drew had a major meltdown about not getting to feed the geese. This is my least favorite thing to do at the park b/c the geese are mean! So we made a deal with him that if his ladybug stayed on green this week until Thursday then we would take him. Well he has successfully made it through Wednesday so it looks like we will be going tomorrow. I will be sure to take pics of him feeding them. I will plan to post again on Thursday night or on Friday with geese feeding pics. Tata for now!

Pregnancy Brain Meltdown!!

I am officially having a brain meltdown with this pregnancy! I thought it was bad after having one child but apparently I am getting worse with the expectation of the second. For those who know me I am a planner and an ultra organized person. I like to think I have it all under control even though I am aware that God really has it covered and does not need my help! Last week I forgot picture day at school for Drew. So my child looked like a mess for his very first school pictures. He was in his July 4th t-shirt, which he is actually wearing in the profile pic on our blog. Not what I had planned for him to wear for this picture but I forgot about it so it didn't matter what I had planned. This incident really played on my expectant mom emotions and I cried all morning about it. I did however make the wise decision not to run out and buy clothes to take up there for him with money we did not have to burn. So I was glad that at least in that I was thinking clearly. Today I forgot his back back and lunch bag, so he had to eat donated snacks and water from the water fountain for snack time today.

In my defense this is a SUPER busy time of year for us with all of the band stuff and football games. So I will say it is a combination of the pregnancy and schedule overload right now! I am ready for November to get here and have a more calm schedule. Even as I typed that I thought of all the chaos that will no doubt be upon us come November and the undeniable fact that Christmas will be fast approaching and I have got to get on the ball with that! It is a never ending cycle I guess.

We will see the doctor next Tuesday. I am getting quite excited and anxious. I am ready to know what the due date is and I am getting so anxious to tell Drew. He is going to be so excited. I ordered him a book titled I Am Going to be a Big Brother and we will give that to him as a "happy" and then tell him the good news. I am taking that day off work and he and Jim will be off for Fall Break. Pray for us as we share the new with him!