Little Fish

Audrey took swim lessons back in June. I was feeling horrible, and they started at 8 am (good practice for school I guess), but it was worth it because she l.o.v.e.d. them. And I love her.

 

 

Audrey and her friend, Hallie.

 

 

Fly Catcher

I have a love/hate relationship with flies (mostly hate). While they are so annoying flying around the house, they do entertain my kids. Audrey spent so long this day trying to catch a fly under a cup. We were so excited when she finally caught it.

 

June 14, 2010

The Beginning of Baby #3

Pregnancy with #3 has been my hardest. I am feeling so much better and want to catch up with all that has been going on. I will start back in May, when I found out I was pregnant.
We found out we were pregnant on May 31st, Memorial Day. We were excited about hopefully becoming pregnant and after three tests from the dollar store came back negative, I finally splurged and got one that can supposedly tell three days before a missed period. I really wanted to find out on Memorial Day, because I am kinda physco about dates and we found out we were pregnant with Audrey on December 7, Pearl Harbor Day (not a great day in our history, but an easy day to remember), Joshua we found out on the fourth of July, so I wanted to find out on Memorial Day with this baby. After two positive pregnancy tests (the line was faint on the first one), we were thrilled to know we were pregnant!

Memorial Day, the one and only picture I have of the four of us. I hadn't taken my test yet, so I didn't know I was pregnant.

We told Audrey and Joshua later that week. It was earlier than I would have liked to tell them, but my parents were coming to visit that weekend and we wanted to tell them in person. We sat them down and told them we had a surprise for them. Dave told them there was a baby in my tummy and they were going to have a new brother or sister. Audrey was thrilled. Joshua looked confused. I had told Joshua the day I found out that he was going to be a big brother, and so he wanted to know where his real surprise was, since he already knew about the baby. Before I got pregnant, Audrey always said she wanted a sister, but once we told her I really was pregnant, she said, "And I don't even care if this baby is a boy or a girl! I will love it anyway!" Good thing, because clearly we have no control over giving her a brother or sister!

To tell our families about the news, Audrey made a book called, "Things I Love". This is her making the book.

 

The book: (Side note: I can not believe how much Audrey's handwriting and drawing has improved since she started school in August.)

Things I Love By: Audrey

 

I love my D and Grande (my parents)

 

I love my Memor and Fafa (Dave's parents)

 

I love going swimming

 

I love my Mom and Dad, I love my brother

 

I love my new baby brother or new baby sister. (I thoroughly enjoy the picture of me, the blue round one.)

 

Love, Audrey

 

When my parents came, I was so excited to tell them. We rehearsed with Audrey to have her tell her grandparents that she made them a book and she wanted to read it to them. She did it perfectly. After they came inside, Audrey told them to come sit by her on the couch and that she made them a book. It was classic.

 

They were really surprised and thought at first it was a joke, that Audrey was just hypothetically saying she would love her baby brother or sister. She assured them there really was a baby in there. It was a fun way to tell them the news. We skyped Dave's parents and told them the say way.
So baby #3, you are already very loved. And I want to thank you for letting me feel like a human again, not a flu infected zombie. Your Daddy thanks you too. Apparently I was pretty emotional. Glad that's over.

*'s

* We, and I really mean we, survived the first week of school. 2:45 is now the equivalent of Christmas morning.

* I felt the baby move for the first time on Sunday! I was 17 weeks and 2 days. I was laying on a bed in Mexico (lots of blogging to catch up on) with my sisters Sara, Melissa, and Jessica and my brother Andrew, and my brother in law Ryan, and I felt this sweet little baby give me a little tap. I have been feeling the baby more and more each day and I love it.

* Audrey had her 5 year well child check yesterday. It was the first time she had ever seen this particular Doctor. I am obsessed. After checking Audrey (and Joshua, he wanted to be just like Audrey), and letting both kids listen to their heart beat, the Dr looked at me and said, "Isn't God amazing?" It was so refreshing to hear someone say that and not be afraid he was going to "offend" me. He ended our appointment by quoting Proverbs 22:6, "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." He also talked about how disciplining our children should be called "discipling" instead. Loved it.

* Joshua was also obsessed with the Dr. All night he kept saying, "I want to pet Dot-ter". ? He loves petting dogs (most of the time) so maybe he was saying he loved the Dr as much as he loves dogs?

* When I went to pick up Audrey today, her teacher told me that Audrey missed me today and even cried a little. It made me feel better, in a selfish-mom kind of way.

* I was so tired yesterday. Audrey has been coming in at 4:15 am asking if it was time to go to school yet. So yesterday after school and her Dr apt, we came home and snuggled on the couch and watched Curious George. I was laying there with my eyes closed and Audrey leaned over and kissed my forehead. It was something I never want to forget.