So I guess its time to share more details...
Some people have asked, were we expecting this? Nope, not really. Were we "trying"? Definitely not. Are we excited? Of course! Now, in all honesty, it did take a bit for it to fully sink in... not being something that was on our radar. In fact we were actually making plans to be "permanently" done. But the Lord had other plans and I'm overjoyed to welcome another sweet little one into our family. :)
I'm 8 weeks. Due June 27th. Had my first appointment, had my first ultrasound, saw the baby (just one!!!), saw the heartbeat. And it was fun seeing my OB again. They like me there, I'm great repeat business. :) She gave me a big ol' prescription for Zofran (nausea meds) and here we go. On a pregnancy journey once more.
The nausea has been... well, a lot more than just nausea I'm afraid. :( each pregnancy it seems to get worse... and longer. The longest it lasted was til 20 wks. Oy. I pray this doesn't last that long!! It really can't... at the rate I'm going that means the crumbs on the kitchen floor would be up to your ankles and we'd have to start showering in our clothes just to have a clean outfit to wear. Yesterday I really pushed it and tried to decorate for a dinner at the church (for those who don't know, I do that a lot. A little ministry of mine.) But boy I've been regretting it all day. The house is a wreck, jake had to buy groceries for us and I have ZERO energy. Please please pray with me that this part passes soon. I really need to be able to function. This place just won't run without a Mommy. (Even with a Daddy who pulls double duty!)
Lastly, and I know I've said this before but this time its serious... we HAVE to sell this house. Ya'll know I've never had a problem with kids sharing rooms but this is getting a little ridiculous! And for those who read the recent post about our rooms- micah is back in his room with the window screwed closed and Abby is back in her toddler bed in our room. Not my favorite arrangement but for the sake of sleep, its working for now. So you could also please pray with me that the Lord orchestrates a new home for this growing family!
So there it is. :) Spencer Baby watch 2010-2011. Didn't think we'd be doing this again!!!!
Birthday girls
I'v been pretty behind on my blogging... and posting on fb makes me feel like I'm still sort of in touch with the world, justifying my lack of blogging. But it doesn't. :)
So I'm finally posting about the birthdays of my two little girls: Miss Mabry Ruth and sweet Abby Grace.
Miss Mabry turned 1 last month and had a sweet little party. She's still as bald as could be and so much chunkier than my other babies were at her age, making her look so much younger than 1 to me. Nonetheless its been 12 whole months (13 now) since that precious girl came into the world knocking all our socks off. Who knew what a flirty little show stopper she'd be?! And as every mother ritually says at each of her childrens birthdays, I can't believe its been a year. :) Truly. And with crawling at 6 months and walking at 10, I can't wait to see what feats this little go getter accomplishes in this next year. (Currently she's perfecting a new tantrum, getting positioning tips from her big sister Abby.) ;)
And speaking of Abby...
Abby Grace turns a big 4 years old... today!!! She had a great day at preschool with all her little buddies and hopefully we'll be celebrating with family in the next couple of days. We're saving a great big party for her 5th next year. :) For Abby its more shocking to me that's its *only* been a year since her last birthday, oddly enough. It feels like forever ago that I was driving her into franklin 3 days a week for therapy at NHC. It feels like so much longer than a year that she's been in preschool in Spring Hill. She's thriving and doing so well.
Her big annual IEP meeting is on Friday and I can't wait to hear how her teachers feel she's doing. After her last testing they told me that her general cognition scored so high that if she were even 1 point higher that she would fall within a "typical" range and wouldn't qualify for services! While I'm thrilled she did that well! How does a child with Down Syndrome not qualify for special education? Crazy! Its one of those things where part of me wants her to do her best and show them all how smart and mature any child with DS can be... but on the other hand *sort* of hoping she doesn't score as high so that she can continue to get the therapies that will continue to burst her ahead and give her every advantage. I know that theese are the things that go through the mind of every mom of a child with special needs. (Sigh) We'll see what happens.
So happy birthday to both of my big-little girls. :) You both blow me away and I'm completely proud to pieces of BOTH of you. :)
So I'm finally posting about the birthdays of my two little girls: Miss Mabry Ruth and sweet Abby Grace.
Miss Mabry turned 1 last month and had a sweet little party. She's still as bald as could be and so much chunkier than my other babies were at her age, making her look so much younger than 1 to me. Nonetheless its been 12 whole months (13 now) since that precious girl came into the world knocking all our socks off. Who knew what a flirty little show stopper she'd be?! And as every mother ritually says at each of her childrens birthdays, I can't believe its been a year. :) Truly. And with crawling at 6 months and walking at 10, I can't wait to see what feats this little go getter accomplishes in this next year. (Currently she's perfecting a new tantrum, getting positioning tips from her big sister Abby.) ;)
And speaking of Abby...
Abby Grace turns a big 4 years old... today!!! She had a great day at preschool with all her little buddies and hopefully we'll be celebrating with family in the next couple of days. We're saving a great big party for her 5th next year. :) For Abby its more shocking to me that's its *only* been a year since her last birthday, oddly enough. It feels like forever ago that I was driving her into franklin 3 days a week for therapy at NHC. It feels like so much longer than a year that she's been in preschool in Spring Hill. She's thriving and doing so well.
Her big annual IEP meeting is on Friday and I can't wait to hear how her teachers feel she's doing. After her last testing they told me that her general cognition scored so high that if she were even 1 point higher that she would fall within a "typical" range and wouldn't qualify for services! While I'm thrilled she did that well! How does a child with Down Syndrome not qualify for special education? Crazy! Its one of those things where part of me wants her to do her best and show them all how smart and mature any child with DS can be... but on the other hand *sort* of hoping she doesn't score as high so that she can continue to get the therapies that will continue to burst her ahead and give her every advantage. I know that theese are the things that go through the mind of every mom of a child with special needs. (Sigh) We'll see what happens.
So happy birthday to both of my big-little girls. :) You both blow me away and I'm completely proud to pieces of BOTH of you. :)
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