Speechless

You could call me Zechariah right now.  Because I may not speak again until this baby is born.

We will be adding a baby BOY to this crazy household this summer. 

We’ve had plenty of opportunities to see this little one.  Here’s his journey so far…

Baby at 7 weeks.  It’s the tiny dot to the left of the black “hole”

9 weeks.  Bigger blob.  Not sure where the head is… 

13 weeks.  This didn’t scan well.  But it’s from the back with the babies head toward the left.

15 weeks.  Finally looks like a baby.  From the side.  Head to the right and spine across the top.

17 weeks.  Finally gave up the secret.  What are we going to do with a BOY???

So I guess we’ll be accepting blue clothes :-)  There’s not much in this house that poor baby boy can use!

January

Do you ever go through weeks (or months) an realize you haven’t taken any pictures of the kids?  This has been one of those months.  Evie and I were outside last week with the water table and I figured I should try to catch up on Evie’s pictures.  I’m sure she’s WAY behind on pictures compared to the other girls.  Just wait for #4.  I’ll be lucky to remember the name!

Evie spent quite a bit of time worrying about the ants. She kept saying “Those ants will hurt me”.  I’ll tell you what…  if one thing rules TX I’m pretty sure it’s ants.  These suckers are everywhere, get everywhere, eat through your house, invade every flower garden.  It’s a bit unnerving.  I did get the broom and ant spray out and did a little ant massacre.  I hate ants.  Especially the kind that will eat the living daylights out of little legs.

 

We’re still counting down the days to *hopefully* the big reveal.  I had a really weird dream about finding out last night but it was like having a dream on LSD so I don’t know how much stake to put in it…

Boy or girl???

 

Thoughts?  We **should** find out in 6 days.  Baby 4 was not at all cooperative last week so there are no promises.   Having a boy honestly freaks me out.  Annie is certain it’s a boy. She said she could tell from the ultrasound.  She even told the dentist on Wednesday that we were having a boy.  Amelia says girl.  Evie says boy… 

Life

Warning.  When you have 3 kids in 4 years don’t have a big moment of “wow.  they are so great”.  Because, guess what???  I guarantee you they will turn into the most unstable monsters you’ve ever seen within 10 minutes.  Phew.  It wears me out!

I know how blessed I am, but honestly don’t have many positive things to say.  The pictures are more positive than me tonight so that’s what I’ll post here…

 

 

 

We lived through it!

It’s been a while, huh?  I can’t imagine there are many waiting anxiously for new blogs from now end but we are back.  We lived through two 1,000 mile drives with 3 kids (both trips involved throw up), multiple family Christmases, Phillip flying back and forth from KY to TX and everything else those last 2 weeks of December entails.  Talk about needing a vacation from our vacation!

I’m not going to recap the last month (mostly because I can’t remember most of it! and because it would most likely be a long and boring post).  We’re back at our home in Texas and everyone, sadly, is back to work and school.

I’ve hit the 14 week mark with baby #4.  Had another ultrasound today and the little one actually looks like a little human.  Annie said it looks like a girl since it appears to have a necklace on.  Since necklace’s aren’t what one typically looks for to determine gender (in utero, that is!) we are still officially classified as “unknown”.  Shouldn’t be too much longer though!

**  Note-  Although these pictures do not include Phillip he was around!  Usually behind the camera!

4 daughters??? and counting…

No.  I don’t have any idea of the sex of this baby.  I am tempted to do one of those gender tests that you can get at the drug store, but I just don’t think I would believe what it said!  BUT… wouldn’t it be something if we added another girl to this picture.  I went to sleep last night thinking of opening wedding accounts.

Life has been kind of tough lately.  Phillip’s job has him working long hours and dead tired.  Being 10 weeks pregnant has me tired and has brought the worst heartburn imaginable.  And I’ve been taking the prescription heartburn meds.  I am so thankful that I haven’t been too nauseous this time around though.  It had me worried for a while, but I’ve seen the teeny tiny heartbeat at 7 weeks and 9 weeks.  It never ceases to amaze me that such a tiny little being has a heart that pumps that teeny amount of blood. 

Honestly that’s about all that is new in our lives.  Phew.  Maybe life will start to get less tiring and more interesting!

Thankful

Sometimes it seems like the more people have, the harder it is for them to think of things to be thankful for.  And I’m including myself in this group.  I can literally sit in the middle of my fully furnished, pantry stocked, closets completely full, temperature controlled house and think…  hmmmm…  what DO I have to be thankful for??  It’s all a little out of control!

I do, however, have so much to be thankful for. 

• I am thankful for a wonderful husband who does so much for all his girls and works so hard.
• I am thankful for my Annie who is one of the most thoughtful people I’ve ever met.
• I am thankful for Amelia.  She is so funny and is just a really fun person to be around.
• I am thankful for Evie.  We’re still figuring her out.  She is not to be stepped on, she is our most girly girl, and she is very opinionated.  And Annie and Amelia still love her like we just brought her home from the hospital.
• I am thankful for all our family.  We’ve been blessed with many visits over the last year and we’re looking forward to our Christmas visit.
• I am thankful that God has blessed us with our precious baby #4.  He/She is due to arrive around July 4.  Right now the big question is:  Boy or Girl?? 

I really could go on and on.  We are very blessed.

May you have a very blessed Thanksgiving! 

Bug Infestation

I had 3 giant bugs in and around my house.  They are extremely hard to get rid of and they cost me an awful lot of money.  But,  they are really really cute…

 

The pictures kind of say it all :-)

More fun…

We have been having a lot of fun lately (the above picture is Amelia at a birthday party.  They all got their hair, makeup and nails done and dressed up for the runway), but we have also been VERY busy! 

One of the major events is that I have been having chest pains.  Pretty severe at times.  I knew that my likelihood of having a heart attack at 29 was low, but it was still unnerving!  The tests I’ve had so far point to the gallbladder.  However, my surgeon thinks it may also be something else based on where my pain is.  So I have MORE tests next Monday and another appt with the surgeon Wednesday.   By the time I’m finished with all of this it will have cost as much as the surgery itself.

Here is a preview of our halloween costumes.  Amelia is with her friend, Kennedy, at school.  Kennedy was a leopard,  but Amelia kept calling her a cheeto. 

More fun to come this weekend!  Sometimes I would like a little less fun!! :-)

Having too much fun to blog…

Yikes.  It’s been a while.    We have had a fun filled few weeks!

Evie and I flew to KY a few weekends ago.  We had a great time visiting with friends and family and celebrating Evie’s 2nd birthday! 

Anyhow…  2 days after we returned my mom came to TX for 10 days.  And we have gone non-stop since!

Evie is very into makeup.  Whatever she can get into…

Amelia is so fun and loves her school.  The other day they got to ride ponies and pet other farm animals at school.  Seriously it is too much fun…

Annie is also doing great.  And- she loves school.  Let me just tell you how awesome her school days are…  Phillip was lucky enough to receive an iPad for his birthday last week.  I bring it home to wrap it and Annie says “Oooh… an iPad!  I play with those at school!!”.  Seriously??  Must be nice!

Amelia is into all things pretty.  The more glittery and frilly the better.  And pink is always a safe choice.

Amelia and Evie have really enjoyed their time together throughout the week.  They are both fairly laid back so they get along really well (for now!!).

More fun at Amelia’s school.  Western day.  She makes quite the beautiful cowgirl!

Onto more fun…  Evie’s 2nd birthday!!!  We also had 3 other birthday parties to attend that weekend, so it got a little crazy.  But Evie enjoyed her presents and blowing out her candles.

And… last but not least… Phillip and I have gotten a few date nights in with the last few mom visits.  This was the night of Phillip’s work BBQ at the owners house.  Texas BBQ is funny.  They BBQ chicken, steak, sausage, turkey.  Pretty much any meat product.  Reminds me of Ron from Parks & Recreation.

Already working on the next blog…