The things kids say...

When I pick Savannah and Ian up from daycare I often get Ian first and bring him to Savannah's classroom with me. Her class LOVES Ian..actually everyone loves Ian. He gives hugs very easily and smiles at everyone.

Savannah asked the other day why everyone loves Ian so much. (I think she has a hard time understanding that it is easier for people to pick up and sqeeze a 20something pound toddler than it is an almost 50 pound preschooler who happens to be pretty tall. Also she LOVES being the center of attention and gets a little upset when people are not focusing on her..somewhat age appropriate I know). John told her it was because Ian was so cute and sweet they just want to take him home and have an Ian too. She thought about this for a moment and then said, "Well, they can't take him home and keep him forever..he is MY BABY BROTHER..but if they want to borrow him for a little while that is okay."

She is such a mess sometimes!!!


She is so excited about having a new baby sister. She is just getting impatient and wondering when the baby can come out and play. We have told her February..but of course she does not have enough concept of time yet to fully understand that other than it is after Santa Claus comes. The other day she was looking very intently at my ever expanding belly. I asked her what she was looking for..she said "some way to share my toys with my sister. (she had a new doll from her Happy Meal) Babies need toys you know mommy, they just do."


She also had a name picked out for the baby, If I would allow my four year old daughter to name our newest addition the name would be "Happy Girl Day Thurman". She even drew a picture of the babyand the 4 of us at school and had the teacher write the name next to the baby. She had each person labeled..and that was they babies name. She will even tell you that still if you ask her. That makes me wonder..is that where those celebrities come up with names? Do they search out a four year old or ask their own four year old.."What would you name the baby?" and then use whatever the kid said? That would explain a lot wouldn't it? (And now we know where the name Apple came from!!!)

The nursery...

Here is the bedding. I got an unbelievable deal on brand new bedding on Ebay. We love it! This is the promotional picture. Our nursery is far from being set up. It just lets you know where we are going with it..

We had the BIG ultrasound!!!

Savannah got her wish! IT'S A GIRL!!!! We have a baby pool if you want to guess on the weight and everything. It will go in the baby book. There is a link a couple of posts down.

I will now post the ultrasound pictures. I am also going to attempt to post the DVD video they made of our baby girl!!! We have not told Savannah yet..waiting till after Pre-K today. I'll post her reaction later!!!



















Okay..I cannot get the video to upload..maybe John can later.

Recent pics of Savannah and Ian

Here are some recent pictures of Savannah and Ian. They are all from this summer. More to come soon..I just have to edit them so they are not sideways :)


Ian riding rides at Chuck E Cheese...








just hanging out...







Savannah riding some of the rides at Chuck E Cheese...









Here is Ian after he "stole" my drink at Chuck E Cheese...




Here is Savannah with some if her 4th birthday presents..

see if this works..

Getting excited...

I am getting really excited about tomorrow. I cannot wait to find out if we are adding a little girl or a little boy to our family!

I get asked all the time what I want. I just want a healthy baby. After 2 miscarriages and such a scare with this one I have learned to not be picky. I wonder if I would still feel that way though if I did not have one of each. I would like to think that I would, but I really do not know. I have clothes and such for each. I just need to know which ones to get out and get ready. I am thinking the others will go to the next consignment sale that they have around here. (Speaking of which - I LOVE consignment sales!)

Savannah is not to the point of being not picky about what kind of baby we are having. She is convinced it must be a girl because she "already has a boy baby". She wants a girl to share her toys and her clothes with. We'll see if she still wants to do that later! She already gets mad if Ian tries to play with something she thinks is hers.

Ian is pretty clueless as to there is a baby coming. I have tried showing him babies. He shows no interest in them whatsoever. However, his favorite book right now is one about briging a new baby home. It has real life pictures in it, I think that may be why he likes it.

Well, I guess that is all for this blog. I'll post again tomorrow with an update on whether it is a girl (as Savannah as predicted) or a boy. Anyone have any guesses of thier own?

First Post

I have decided to create this blog to let family and friends know about what is going on. I think I may be better at updating this than sending out the mass emails.

As many of you know, I am pregnant. In the beginning of the pregnancy I had what is called a subchorioic hemorrhage. That means I had a blood clot and bleed in between the placenta and the uterine wall. I was given a 50/50 chance of the baby making it as long as the clot was there and I was placed on bedrest. Well, thanks to God and prayers the hemorrhage cleared up. I am still high risk because the problem existed to begin with not to mention the 2 previous c-sections I had. However, the baby appears to be healthy and consistently has a heartbeat in the 150s. This is very comforting. I had 2 previous miscarriages and was really afraid of having another. We have decided, however, that this is the last baby. We will be happy with our family of five!

I will include some ultrasound pictures in the post as well as some new pictures of Savannah and Ian. I will have even more pictures to post Monday. Monday is the day our BIG ultrasound is scheduled! We will then know what sex this baby is! Savannah is really hoping for a girl. She says she already has a boy baby. She is 100% covinced it is a girl. The scan also checks for any genetic abnormalities that may show up in utero, please pray that all is still OK.


Here is the first picture ever taken of baby 3. If you are wondering what the big black blob is outside of the area that is the sac/baby then that is the hemorrage.




I have more ultrasounds from in between the 2, but they are so early you can't really tell much other than the hemorrhage is shrinking. However, if you are curious to see them..just let me know. Below is one at 10 weeks. You can see that the hemorrhage is gone. Yah!





Well, I had planed on getting pictures off of the camera and onto the computer of Savannah and Ian. However, it does not appear to be reading the card so I will try again later!