Tuesday, September 9, 2008

a few more pictures of the little guy

So Richard was able to make it the appointment. which I was really grateful for. Until he noticed the nutritional pyramid for expectant mothers....and pointed out that cheeseburgers and french fries were not mentioned anywhere on the poster. HMPH.
Sooo I was hoping that the child had grown most efficiently the past few months, especially because I gave him another month to work on it (scheduling the ultrasound so late) Sp that his due date would be pushed back to what it should have been according to the calendar, making December 18th the due date instead of January 1. cuz that is what it is supposed to be anyways, according to me. but the little bugger hasn't cooperated at all and now the due date is reading January 8th. what the heck!!! I feed him all the cheeseburgers and soda he wants and this is what I get in return, a late anticipated birth date. The boy somehow must get the message, we are on a time line and spring semester starts January 14th. It is time to stop messing around and get growing!!!
this frontal view is pretty good, look closely and you can see eyes, a mouth, an ear, and two hands.


The outlined view for those of us who just see a big blob.


This is a picture where they take the sound waves and attempt to make a 2 dimensional image out of it, sometime they call them 3-d. So the boy was a bit wiggly so the top of his head is a bit blurred but you can see an ear, nose, eyes that are closed, and it looks as if he is holding the umbilical cord like a blanket. (use your imagination, if you just see an IT) ultrasounds are always much easier to make out when the Dr. is there pointing it out to you.

Frank and Beans

So the little bugger was being pretty darn modest until the Dr. left the room and I did a little coaxing. Richard called it the baby's first beating (and last), but the little love moved and the Dr. announced, "There are the frank and beans. or the little turtle."








































The outlined version.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

First week of school


Apparently school isn't so awesome when you are almost 40. he he hee. Richard is hitting the books during his "free time" good old saturday and sunday afternoons. What could you possibly want to do other than study that time away? When this sweet child is born he/she blesses us with the knowledge of how "easy" it was before. We are totally screwed, We think we have THINGS to do now. HA.

first day of preschool

Apparently school is totally awesome. Audrey had a great time and can't wait to go back. We enrolled her into the preschool here in Terrace Heights so she will get to know a few of the kids she will be in Kindergarten with next year. We will miss the Montesori but think the social contection will be a benefit.

I am so proud of her, she is so happy and growing up so fast. Not fair that my baby girl is four.

she loves gross kisses and tickle torture with her padad. and asked me the other day if she could jump on me again when the baby is out of my tummy.

she would like to sign this note with her two favorite things.

4 A
yep that is right 4 cause she is 4 years old and A is for Audrey, she loves her capital "A"

A laugh for Jessica


What does this remind you of ?????
Hint 1. Steel Magnolias.
Hint 2. She paid $500 for that dress.
Hint 3. Pigs.
There is a large 2 way mirror in the nursing lab, I couldn't help but think as I glanced at my image the other day..... and knew you could appreciate the thought,
"I bet you money she paid $500 for that dress and don’t even bother to wear a girtle: LOOKS LIKE TWO PIGS FIGHTING IN A BLANKET"
A question for all the mothers out there, how can you lose weight and still gain new stretch marks? It is a riddle to me.
Ultrasound is on Tuesday. Finally, only had to reschedule 4 times. I have a test tuesday afternoon so I almost rescheduled again, but who could stand another postponement?
Grandma Cheryl would come down personally and drag me to the dr.'s office if I told her it would be another 2 weeks.
I will call and post for all to see, as long as the little bugger doesn't decide to be modest .

Nicholas up a tree

CAN YOU FIND THE BOY?????



There he is

ok ok ok i am sorry

BiG news

Richard got off the plane.

We spent the next 5 weekends attending family events such as Relay for Life
family vacation with my side
family reunions
Baptisms in Stevenson
and other various things I can't remember
Then we moved, thought we would try to play house together and get out of my parents space before school started, that took a few weeks. My sister-n-law Julie came to help mom, megan, and I clean out my super big mess downstairs, we couldn't have got it done without her. I didn't anticipate the difficulty of going through storage. I am very glad we had the chance to go through those things before i am 9 months pregnant and studying finals. Most of all the best thing is, we actually like playing house together. The kids are so happy in their space and seemed to be enjoying family life. We found a little place only a mile from mom and dad's house. It has 3 bedrooms and a family room we converted to a master so the kids could have their own rooms. We thought we would need that for bribbing material, turns out they are happy happy happy. Nicholas really did need a break from sharing a room with audrey. Bed time rocks... maybe I need to clarify that, if i could get richard to stop initiating tickle torture and water fights right before bedtime, I might actually achieve lights out at a decent hour but for now bedtime rocks because it is fun for all FOUR kids....