Rude Comments

It cracks me up at the comments people make to pregnant women. I was on the receiving end of countless rude comments while pregnant with Preston.

"Are you sure there aren't twins in there?"
"Do you really think you are going to make it to your due date?"
and they go on and on...

Well, at 20 weeks they have already started. While checking out at Target the other day the cashier asked how far along I am and when I told her 20 weeks, her reaction was, "Wow, you're going to be huge!"

Really?!? Is it really necessary to make such comments??? This is what happens when a 4'11" woman has a baby, especially big babies!!

I have also heard many many comments on having kids 13 months apart.

"How did that happen?"
"Have you figured out what causes that?"
and the best one..."You know they make pills for that."

No, we did not plan on having kids so close in age but that was what God had planned for us. We are extremely blessed and so excited to have three boys that will grow up close in age. I just know they will all be the best of friends.

My New Adventure

I have decided to undertake a new adventure that I have been dreaming about for a long time. I have always had a passion for photography and treasure all of the moments I have captured from high school, college, my family, and especially my kids. I have finally decided that I could probably be pretty good at it and even make some money.

Two weeks ago I bought my first professional digital SLR camera. I got a Canon EOS 30D and so far I'm loving it!! I have yet to figure out how to actually work all of the settings but will hopefully get it down soon. I am reading the manual as well as another book I bought specifically about this camera. I am also planning to take a few classes through Collin County Community College's Continuing Education programs. I took one of their classes earlier this year for a basic point and shoot camera and enjoyed it.

I have been extremely blessed in the fact that one of my good friends, who is a photographer, has taken me under her wing. Sharon with Brannick Photography is a great photographer and has taken all of our family's pictures since Preston was born. I will be forever grateful for all she is helping me with.

Also, Ken Birdsell, with The Image After, as been an awesome help. He has been in the photography business for a long time and is full of knowledge. I know with Sharon and Ken's help I will be sucsessfull!

John has been such a great supporting husband in this journey. He is so encouraging and is just as excited about it as I am. He motivates me to learn all I can and is truly my number one supporter. I couldn't ask for a better husband!!

I am very nervous as I have never started anything like this and it can be very overwhelming. I am starting a separate blog just for my photography. I will hopefully start posting to it soon as I am learning and getting things off the ground.

Pregnancy Bumps

Along with finding out we are having another boy last week, they also found that Baby has an Isolated Choroid Plexus Cyst. It isn't uncommon to have and it should clear up on its own. I spoke to my pediatrician about it and he agreed that it isn't really anything to worry about as long as it resolves itself before birth. He said that it doesn't effect his brain development at all and if it doesn't go away before birth he will refer me to a neurosurgeon to follow it. I am scheduled to have another sono in 7 more weeks to check the status. I am confident that it isn't anything to worry about but will be relieved to see it gone!

I have also started having contractions constantly. I went to the doctor yesterday to check on it and everything looks great. He doesn't know why I am having so many so early. He gave me a medication that is supposed to calm my uterus and hopefully stop them or at least make them livable. Right now they are very painful. Fortunately, they aren't causing anything to change. It worries me though. I don't want to have another preemie! I am trying to take it as easy as possible while having a three year old and a nine month old.

It's A Boy!

We confirmed last week that we are having our third boy! We are very excited to add another boy to the mix especially since they will all be so close in age. As of right now, we are going to move Preston into Carter's room and Baby will take over the nursery. It should be interesting considering how light of a sleeper Preston is. I can't even go into Preston's room to check on him without waking him up. I am hoping he will get used to the change fairly quickly.

Baby's Boy Parts :)




Baby's Profile

He haven't chosen a name yet. I have had a girl's name picked out since I was little and wouldn't you know it, I would never get that little girl. We have been having a difficult time coming up with boy names. We have it narrowed down but haven't finalized it yet. Carter is dead set on naming him Emerson. We still don't know where he came up with that name but I don't think we are naming him that.

Carter is very aware of the baby and hugs and kisses my belly almost everyday. He has already added him to his nightly prayers. It is very sweet. All Preston knows is that my belly is getting big and his legs barely fit around my growing belly! :)

Playing at the Park

We have had the best weather this week. I wish it could be like this all year long!! After dinner on Wednesday evening we went for a walk to our neighborhood park.



He doesn't go anywhere without his shades!! When we got back home he asked to put his sunglasses back in the car so they were there when he left the house next time.

A Day at the Zoo

Since the weather has been so nice here this week I dediced that it would be fun to take the boys to the Fort Worth Zoo on Monday. I was going to take them all by myself but John decided to go with us. We had a lot of fun!! I let Carter decide what we were going to see first and he immediately wanted to go feed the birds. We took the double stroller just in case but we are trying to teach Carter to walk since in about 6 months he won't have much of a choice. He did such a good job!! I can't believe how fast he is growing up. Preston was such a trooper too! He was more interested in the people than the animals but he had a great time.

Baby #3!!!

We have been blessed (surprised) with our third and final baby!! We were planning on having a third but our plan was to wait until Carter was in school and Preston would have been 3. God's plan was for Carter to be 3 and Preston to be 13 months. We are very excited and already making plans for our new addition. As of today I am 9 weeks 1 day. The due date is set for September 21, 2009, John's birthday. I haven't made it to term yet so I am just assuming that this one will be a couple of weeks early too. Carter has been telling us that it is a girl and we are going to name her Emerson. If we do have a girl we are probably going to name her Lillian Elizabeth which is my great grandmothers name and we would call her Lilly. Not sure what we will name a boy. I am experiencing morning sickness which I haven't ever really experienced. Maybe that means it is a girl!!! We wouldn't have to worry about her dating with two older brothers!!