Week wrap up

So far our summer has not been very "summer like". It is 100 degrees outside, but things never seem to slow down! This week was no different!

We started the week with a visit to Dr. Dobak (Riley- Anne's specialist). First of all let me just say he is a wonderful doctor and has such a wonderful staff. We had an ultrasound that checked from the top of her head all the way to her little toes! It was nice to her again, but we couldn't help but be worried the entire hour and a half. Well, we received some very promising news- the cyst in her bladder is GONE, isn't our God so good?!? She still has some swelling in her right kidney that we will continue to watch, but her other kidney and every other part of her is developing beautifully! I haven't been able to scan in her ultrasound, but it is crazy how much it looks just like Garrison's! What a sweet girl she is, I can't wait to hold this sweet baby.

Also this week, Garrison had his first Library Time. It was really nice! To be honest I wasn't expecting all that much... but he seemed to have a great time and was really even a little shy, which was very odd to me.

Also this week Ryan sold the Corolla! Woo hoo! He is so excited to be getting a truck that he can do landscaping and irrigation out of and not have to haul all of his equipment sticking out of the back of a miniature car :)

Last but not least, I skipped Publix this week and made a trip to Target. I spent right under 35 bucks for $90 worth of stuff! I was super pumped. I wont bore you with the list of what all I got, but it was around 30 items... a lot of which I scored for FREE! YES!

*Ignore that the tp is turned the wrong way in the picture... stuff like that bothers me to no end...*

Free Doughnut Day= Pregnant woman's dream come true!

Instead of walking this morning me, Amanda and all four of our kiddos went to Krispey Kream to celebrate National Doughnut Day, I have heard the calories do not count if it is free food! I brought my camera to take some pictures... but as soon as I got it out it went dead :( We had a great time and everyone lllloooovvveeedddd their doughnuts! After Garrison finished eating his, he opened the little menu on the table and said "This is my menu, I'll have another doughnut pease" He comes up with the funniest things!

Finally an Appointment!

We go see two highly recommend doctors Monday for Riley-Anne. I wish we could go sooner, but they only come to Mobile twice a month, so Monday it is! They will do an ultrasound and then speak with us about the results and then hopefully we will get some answers on what things will be like before she is born and after.

Please continue to pray for healing of her bladder and kidneys. Also please continue praying for us too! I was doing good until I saw "specialization: high risk pregnancies" written under the doctors names... it felt just like a swift kick to the stomach!

It's a GIRL!

We went for our big ultrasound last Friday. We decided that we would ask the ultrasound tech to put the picture showing the baby's gender in an envelope and we would decide later if we would open it or not! Well after the events of the day (more on that later) we decided to go ahead and open it... much to our surprise we are having another GIRL! I still can't believe it. I had been thinking all week long if we didn't find out I would go ahead and just buy a few boy things for when "he" got here! So much for mother's intuition!!! Here are the pictures of us opening up our big news!

I am only posting the rest of this so you will join me and Ryan in prayer for our sweet baby. After the ultrasound we were told we would need to wait to see the Dr. because there were a few things he wanted to "go over" with us. Well that def threw up a big red flag, because we were only going for an ultrasound that day. So after nervously waiting for 3 hours... we were called back to see Dr. Max. He told us that the ultrasound showed a cyst in they baby's bladder and that the tube connecting the bladder and kidneys was swollen because things were starting to get "backed up". This could mean that she would have to have surgery to place a stint to redirect fluid right after she is born and will have to be closely monitored throughout the pregnancy. BUT he also told us there is around a 50% chance that she could just grow out of this. We are holding onto that 50% chance! We will go sometime in the upcoming week to see a specialist and have another ultrasound to hopefully give us more details on what is going on. As of now though, she has plenty of fluid around her and is growing right on schedule.

We are confident that God was not shocked by this. We are also confident in God's ability to heal. Wont you join us in prayer for our sweet Riley Anne? It is much appreciated.

This is still such a happy time for us! We feel very blessed to be able to have another sweet baby girl!

Baby 3 update

I am 17 weeks along now (I will be 18 on Friday) with this little one... seriously will I ever be out of the teens?!?!? Baby center says that they baby is the size of a turnip now. Are you serious?!?! Just a turnip... my tummy tells a different story, maybe more like a cantaloupe. Ha.

We go for the big ultrasound June 2nd. We still haven't really decided if we are going to find out if we are having a boy or a girl or just wait until delivery day. I go back and forth. On one hand I would love the surprise, but on the other we have decided this baby will be sharing a room with either Garrison or Allie- Parker (bless this sweet child :) and my type A personality is screaming at me to have everything in its place and more than just a few yellow and green sleepers. So we shall see.

Garrisons quote of the day

It seems like Garrison is always saying things that are cracking us up! Today after Ryan had to discipline Allie-Parker for standing on the couch he was telling her that he loved her and Garrison looked at him and said, "Daddy, I love you, but I want to stand on the couch."

I could not help but laugh :)

Happy Mothers Day!

We had such a wonderful Mothers Day! Of course, with all the craziness of running around seeing family I forgot to take pictures, sad. Even with no pictures it was still great.

I started the morning by being greeted by Garrison saying "Lets go in the the living room" (same thing he says every single morning) at 5:30. But, I got to sleep in for another 2 hours while Ryan took care of the babies! And if that wasn't great enough I was served breakfast in bed... with no little fingers grabbing at my food!!! It was so wonderful! I could really get used to this type of pampering :) The best part of my day was on the ride home and both children were asleep and Garrison woke up and said, "Happy Mothers Day Momma, you are my best friend". I will never forget it!

I could not be more thankful for such a loving husband and such precious gifts... "Behold, children are a gift of the Lord," Psalm 127:3.

Sweet Allie-Parker... I love you precious girl. Thank you for all my sweet kisses and hugs today. You have such a tender heart, but you are so tough too! You make me laugh all the time because it seems like you can fall 100 times and never cry, but as soon as you get in trouble you get so upset! I can not wait to see you grow up. You will be such a good wife and momma some day... but please take your time!
Sweet Garrison... I can not believe that you are a little boy now and not a baby! You have such a great imagination... I love to sit and watch you sometimes just to see what kind of fun things you will come up with. You are such a great helper with sweeping and throwing away trash! Thank you for always helping and trying to remember to say "yes ma'am". I love you sweet boy.

Most days I become so tired of doing the same silly, seemingly small tasks over and over. But I am finally coming to realize that raising my children is more than just a mundane thing I am "stuck" at home doing. So when I am telling Allie-Parker for the 5oth time today not to open that cabinet or trying to get Garrison to be kind to his sister I will tell myself I have been entrusted with these children. I pray that I teach them more than just their numbers and ABC's, but teach them about and show them Christ's wonderful, selfless love.