Awesome Follow Up Report

Yesterday, Aug 11th, we had our follow up sonogram at the OB's office. They wanted to see if the choroid plexus cyst had resolved and also to check the placement of my placenta.

We were ecstatic to see that the cyst had resolved in our baby girl's brain and that my placenta was marked as "grade 1" which meant that it is still low - but out of the way. WOO HOO! :)

In addition to the wonderful news, we were able to watch our baby girl yawn, get the hiccups, and hide her face (I think she's a bit camera shy).

She is currently 2 lbs 4 oz, which is in the 55% percentile (I have to admit, I'm still surprised they have percentiles on babies when they are still in utero!!)

We also saw that she looks JUST like her big brother:

The sonographer also confirmed what I have been saying all along - that she is REALLY low. She apparently has a fear of heights and refuses to move upwards. So as of now, she's hanging out breech-style and causing her Mommy to make about 20 trips a day to the ladies room. (Which in my opinion, confirms that girls ARE more high maintenance than boys!) :o)

We're Getting Married!

Ok - so my super silly Andrew and all the fun things that an almost 3 1/2 year old says, comes up with yet another one tonight.

While standing in the kitchen, Andrew runs up to me and says, "Guess what Mommy!" So I prod him and he answers, "I'm going to marry you!" And of course, this sweetness makes my heart melt.

"Really?" I asked. So Andrew exclaims, "YES! And we're going to be at the waterpark and play in our swimsuits!"

So .... I'm guessing Andrew doesn't know what it means to marry someone... and if he does... the parents of his future bride will love all the money they will get to save on a big, lavish wedding. You can't get much cheaper than a waterpark wedding! Hehe! :)

My silly camera hog...

Ok - so this baby has been growing EXPONENTIALLY lately...

Therefore, I figured it was time for the obligatory belly shot. (These are mostly to prove to her that she made Mommy's belly MUCH bigger than her brother....haha!)

I'm enjoying rubbing on the baby bump and amazed at the life that God has given our family!:)

And as you can see, Andrew sure likes getting in the pictures!!!

I love the last one!!! That's my sweetheart!! :)

Too much time on our hands :)

Today, Andrew and I had a really fun and chill day together.

He went with me to the chiropractor this morning as he LOVES to make the chiro table go UP and DOWN with Mommy on it... silly boy! Then we went with David out to Kosse to pick my Tahoe up from the mechanic and had lunch out there.

After lunch, we got home and in between glimpses of Pinocchio - we had fun with the camera and props that Andrew periodically finds in David's closet of past Halloween costumes. I think these came from the year he dressed as "Warren" from "Something about Mary"...

And here is Andrew working on his photography skills... too bad the subject wasn't more attractive...haha! :)

That's what you get on rainy days! :)

It's a....

Let's test out your sonogram skills....

Ok - so the arrow and the letters spell it out... It is officially a girl :)

Of course, names are still being debated. Andrew feels VERY strongly that the baby is to be named either "Princess Popcorn" or "Bumblebee". "Bumblebee" he says is reserved for his baby brother even though we have told him repeatedly that "Popcorn" is a girl... I guess that he is still holding out hope? :) He REALLY wants a BIG brother and although we have explained how that won't work in this case - he is still wanting a big brother... sigh...kids! :)

We are excited to have both our boy and girl now. As the devil has it, while we offer Praise, we also offer a prayer request. On the sonogram, it was discovered that our baby girl has a cyst in her brain and that I have a really low placenta. We are hoping and praying that the next sonogram in about 5 weeks will reveal that both have resolved by themselves. We ask that you pray for this too!

21 Week Picture

Oh my Lordy... this kid is growing quickly! Just the difference the past 2 weeks is amazing! Below is the 21 week belly picture. WOWSERS! To think I'm only about 1/2 way there... yikes!

(Don't you just LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE the gorgeous maternity pant elastic band? Ugh!) :)

"I love you, Baby"

When we found out we were pregnant, we started getting Andrew used to loving on the baby (well, my belly really!). And Andrew has gotten really good at making sure I don't pat or drum on my belly as he thinks this is "hitting the baby." (He is the protective big brother already!) He also enjoys scolding the baby when I mention the baby is kicking me..."Don't kick my Mommy, Baby! That's not nice!"

So we can tell that he fully understands there is a baby in there. Especially when he sees my belly. It's so funny to watch his eyes and hear him laugh when he sees my belly. He seems to find it awfully funny that our baby is making my belly "Sooooo Big". To which I keep telling him - he hasn't seen "big" yet! :)

Recently we began to slowly get Andrew used to being able to talk to the baby. Lately he's been good at telling the baby "good morning" or "good night" and yesterday without prompting, he said "I love you, Baby."

Awww.....! Talk about my heart melting!!! Such a sweet and precious moment!!!!