Baby, Baby

So my sister broke the news this weekend. You will have to see her post over at Our Happily Ever After. Very exciting indeed. I was thrilled to hear it.

However, I was much more thrilled to tell her that Jay and I are expecting! Yep! Baby number 3 on the way. We are very excited. I have not been to the doctor yet but believe my due date to be June 15th. I am nervous as I have never been before about this pregnancy. I do not know why but I am fearing a miscarriage. The only thing I can chalk it up to is that I really want this baby and they say 1 in 3 pregnancies end in miscarriage. Please pray for me to have faith. We are already praying for this little soul.

I think of my post not too long ago about whether or not to "control" the amount of children we have and it makes me smile. I don't know exactly how I feel about all of that as of yet, but I do know that I would not give this baby up. Nothing can replace the feeling that comes with knowing that in few short months our family will grow and our love expand. Strange to think that I once thought two was enough.

We can't wait to see who you are little one. We love you already.

Adam's Apple

This boy loves his apples almost as much as he loves posing for the camera. Most of these are not candids as he would say, "Mommy, take a picture of me like this." Then he would put the apple in his mouth and hold it just so. My little poser.














My book reading buddies will appreciate this last one.

Update

I talked to Carissa, or Crispy as I like to call her, and have the info on the little guy.

His name officially is Joseph Chase but they'll call him Joey. They decided at the last minute to name him Joseph.

But mommy and baby are both home and doing fine. Big brother Justin is happy about his brother and thinks he's "kinda cute."

Still no pics, sorry!

He's Here!

I got the call last night....



Carissa, Jay's little sister, called and said that she had her baby at 5-something in the evening. His name is Joey. He was 6 lbs. 12 oz. and 20 inches long. I forgot to ask his middle name because she was very tired and I didn't want to keep her too long. I don't have any pictures yet as they live in Wyoming, but I will post them as soon as I get them.

Welcome to the family baby Joey!

What's more important to a man than his truck?

His reflection, of course.

So Blessed

I realize that I've posted this picture before but I had to do it again. It just captures my little man's face so well.

I love that this boy wakes up cheerful every morning. I love that he is a ball of energy just like his daddy. I love that he has to smooch me whenever I get an owie. His non-stop chatter keeps me from being lonely. The fact that he looks so much like his daddy and so much like me is amazing to me. He has such a passion for trucks and all things mechanical. I love that he is 100% boy.

Thank you Lord for my first born. He is everything I prayed for all of those months before his conception and birth. Please take his little soul in your hands. Help me to teach him your ways and to show him by my own life. I know I am so blessed in this little boy's presence and I know that you must love us immensely to have given us such a gift. Soften our hearts and let us be the family you would have us to be. We love you and worship you.

Amen

Icky-Sicky

Our sweet baby boy has been fighting off some sort of sickness since Thursday night and is just today able to run around and play a little. It all started like a common cold but progressed to something much uglier. Thursday it was just stuffy nose and a little bit of a raised temperature. Friday was about the same only no appetite. Yesterday I spent my morning making jelly and the rest of the day holding and cuddling a very sick Rowster. He was shaking and fussing and would not let me put him down. He hardly ate a thing all day and at 7:00 p.m. we took his temperature and it topped out at 104.5 degrees. We caved and gave him some children's motrin. We had only been giving him half-doses of Tylenol before that. After about 20 minutes he was feeling much better and we put him to bed shortly after.

Even this morning his temp. was still a little warm but he seems much better now. However, we are choosing to stay home from church just in case we are still incubating those nasty germ buggies.

Being the pessimist that I am, I will be taking bets as to whether or not I come down with this tomorrow after Jay leaves for work and can't help me. (This seems to have been the pattern in the past.) Any takers? =)