lunch with daddy

We took Levi lunch today at work. After we were done eating Jocelyn crawled up on the patient's exam table and laid back then lifted her shirt and said "baby". She wanted Levi to look at the baby in her tummy! Kids are sooo funny! We did peek at the baby in Mommy's tummy again...it is so fun to see him or her grow and move!

I had my 13 week doctor's appointment today and everything is going well. I got to hear the baby's heartbeat again. It was 165 this time. Does anyone know if that is high or low for the old wives tale of guessing the baby's sex?

A Sonographers Wife

There are a lot of wonderful benefits to being married to my husband but one of which is the fact that we can peek at our baby more frequently than most people can. We got to do that last week during week 12. I had Jocelyn sitting on my legs facing the screen while Levi took the ultrasound. It lasted about 5 minutes which is a long time in a toddler's mind but Jocelyn did great. She talked about seeing the baby and I think has a better understanding that Mommy really does have a baby in her tummy and that Daddy has a special camera so we can see the baby in Mommy's tummy. She got to see her brother or sister wave his/her hand and open his/her mouth and kick his or her legs. It was alot of fun to see that through a toddler's eyes.
God is definitely preparing her to become a big sister. She loves the newborn baby at church and wants to hold him. She is becoming quite attached to her dolls and feeding them bottles. At the zoo today she wanted to push the stroller of a friend's child. She will be a great big sister, maybe alittle bossy but I think that comes with the job description! :)

Our 7th Anniversary trip

Levi and I are planning our 7th Anniversary trip to Colorado Springs. I am very excited about getting away on a vacation. We haven't taken a vacation for 3 years when we traveled to a friend's wedding in Arkansas and went to Nashville, TN (Happy upcoming anniversary Courtney and Brandon). My wonderful mother-in-law suggested she take off work and watch Jocelyn so we could get away for our anniversary. Of course we thought that was a great idea! We are now beginning to realize this is our time of freedom before we have another newborn and the demands of breast feeding kick in.

I booked a hotel room for the first night (bummer I can't use the hot tub!) and then a bed and breakfast for the following 3 nights. I am excited about trying a bed and breakfast but alittle nervous at the same time as it is definitely more personal than a hotel. In my search I discovered not all have private bathrooms...yikes! In the world of master baths, I was really not comfortable sharing a bathroom with total strangers. Rest assured we found one with a private bath. We are planning on visiting the Royal Gorge, the Focus on the Family campus, Seven Falls and a ranch that has a barbeque/show each evening in the summer. I am looking forward to taking it easy. Hoping we can sleep past our 6:30 am usual wake up call, catch up on some reading while we drive and RELAX!

Colorado Here We Come!

Pictures from Grandma and Grandad's visit

Home Remodeling

WHEW! I am exhausted but VERY happy! Last week my brother came and walled in a bedroom in the basement, put shingles on our shed and built a step for our deck (Levi did help with some of that too!). We hosted a BBQ for the Mothers of Young Children group I lead at church on Monday of this week during our break from home remodeling. Then yesterday and today my mom and dad came and painted our bathroom, repainted part of the basement (since I found the exact match of cream), and doubled our closet space by moving the existing bar and adding another one underneath it. I LOVE the extra closet space. If any of you have a traditional closet of sliding doors and one rod, it is amazing the space you can have if you just add another bar. I now have room for all the maternity clothes! Poor Levi, I took up all the additional space!

I hope we don't have any more projects coming up in the near future. We crammed a lot into a short time period and I am exhausted! Not that I did any of the back breaking labor but you know watching it was tough :)

The new baby

We will be having an addition to the family around February 2nd, 2010. We had our first ultrasound at 10 weeks last week. The pictures aren't very defined but we did get to see the baby wiggle some and hear the heartbeat at 172. It is amazing to see God's handiwork. Today I had to go shopping for some different shirts that can conceal the tummy that has developed much more quickly with this second pregnancy! These past few weeks I have begun to feel much better. Jocelyn did great with baby Tristan at a BBQ last night. I think she thought of him as a live doll which she has just recently taken too. I am hoping that interest sticks through the addition of the neighbor baby, a cousin and also her sibling! I hope to keep this baby's sex a surprise this whole pregnancy. I am not usually good at surprises but I really would like to try. It also means I have to keep Levi from doing any ultrasounds after week 18. We have the unusual ability to check on the baby whenever we want so it is hard not to peek. Say a prayer that we keep our resolve!!! :)