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Mon, Nov 2, 2009 10:56 PM
It's been awhile since I've updated. We are all healthy and doing great. Our baby boy is growing wonderfully. My due date got moved up to Feb 16. When I'm still he punches and kicks and lets me know he's in there. He gets hiccups a lot. He's around 1.5 pounds now and 13-14 inches long.

Bethany is speaking so well. She's also following in her big brother's footsteps with finding ways to get into everything. We recently had to install a huge baby gate to block off our kitchen because keeping her off of the kitchen table was becoming a full-time job. She has also figured out how the child-proof cabinet latches work. She knows just how to pull it open a crack and then press down on the lever to get it open. She gets toys and moves them to use a step to get to even more things. I've rescued her off of the top of the piano many times. She loves to pull the little kid chairs up to the doors in order to reach doorknobs and then she opens and closes the doors over and over. My kids devote so much energy towards getting past all efforts to block them. If only they could channel this energy towards cleaning or something! She is SUCH a cuddly child. She gives so many hugs and kisses all day long and loves to just snuggle against us.

Wyatt has moments where he's eager and willing to sit on the potty so we've been following his lead with that. He's been learning his colors from popsickle flavors, which he refers to as "ice". It's so neat that we can carry on conversations with him. He didn't get the memo that Halloween is over and he carries his little pumpkin bucket around and comes up to us and says "trick or treat". He's so cute when he does this- how can we not give him a piece of candy! Wyatt and I have been doing parent-child swim lessons at the Y and he is making such great progress already. He doesn't like the parts where we go underwater but eventually he'll get more comfortable with that.

Wyatt and Bethany love to vacuum with me. When I get it out Wyatt runs to get his little vacuum and Bethany runs to get her ball popper. They also love to dance and ride various trucks for much of the day. Wyatt's favorite show is this ONE episode of Handy Manny where he rides a motorcycle and I think I have this episode memorized. Both kids like to watch Sesame Street and Backyardigans. They both refer to Backyardigans as "Foo-foos" and we have no clue where that came from but Wyatt started it.

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Tue, Sep 22, 2009 4:12 PM
Wyatt and I had a fun trip to a farm near us called Young's Dairy. We got to meet up with our friends Penny and Cooper. Wyatt loves the farm life. He wishes that he could've sat on the display tractors all day long. He did not want to leave those and kept asking to go back to them. Wyatt and I start swim lessons for him in a few weeks. It's just to get him more comfortable in the water and it should be lots of fun. It will be special for us to do this mommy-wyatt-only thing before the baby arrives.

Bethany is teething big time and actually uses the teething rings that Wyatt had no interest in. They say now that you shouldn't put them in the freezer- only the fridge- but she really wants the freezer ones and I don't blame her. She's had a little bit of a cold so we've been cuddling a lot more than normal. She's back on soy milk and her digestive system is happier now. Her favorite thing to talk about is butt paste. She talks about it all day long and even tells other people about it when we're out.

Baby #3 is still doing well. I can feel him kick a lot. He gets extremely active during the songs at church. I remember Bethany doing that too.

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Sun, Sep 6, 2009 11:06 PM
Most of you know our big news. Baby #3 is a BOY!!!! Another February boy for us! We are VERY excited. I have some extra cute ultrasound photos to post as soon as I get them scanned.

We made a quick trip home for Grandma's Rose's funeral and returned yesterday. The kids didn't want to leave Granny and Grandpa's house. Wyatt cried when were waving bye and cried again when we pulled up to our house.

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Pony: I remember so well crying when it was time to leave Gramma's house in Kentucky. I was always jealous of those that got to stay behind or the cousins that lived closer and could see Gramma more often.

I wanted to buy her house when it was up for sale a couple years ago but that would've been a VERY tough commute for Petey! And now the house is gone and I'll never have the chance to even see it again.

My mom got to go to the house after it burned down and she brought me back a piece of the rock fireplace and it sits in my kitchen window. At least I have a real part of that house to go along with all those wonderful memories!

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Fri, Aug 21, 2009 1:49 PM
Wyatt now knows that there is a baby in Mommy's tummy. He points to my growing belly and says "there's a baby in there." Only his toddler logic has led him to believe that there is a baby in EVERYONE's tummy as well. So Josh and Bethany also have babies in their tummies. Bethany is running, climbing, and has an amazing vocabulary already. She isn't into dolls and girly toys at all. She plays with Wyatt's trucks and tractors mostly. Maybe the girly stuff will come later.

Nanny, Aunt Rachel, and Cousin Gavin visited us last week and we all had fun. My doctors told me to take it easy which I'm sure you can imagine is next to impossible when you have a very active 2 year old and 1 year old! Josh's family was very helpful with the kids, cleaning, and cooking. And because of them, Josh was able to come with me to an ultrasound and see the baby for the very first time. I am convinced that God had a hand in planning their trip for this time.

I've added new pictures of the kids. Please keep Baby #3 in your prayers, as the pregnancy is still in limbo. We're at 14 weeks right now. There have been times that I swear I can feel the baby move in there but I didn't feel my other kids until 16-18 weeks so I'm not for sure yet if that's what I'm feeling. We have an ultrasound in 2 weeks and are praying hard for an improvement by then.

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Wed, Aug 12, 2009 4:15 PM
Baby #3 could really use prayers right now. We had a trip to the hospital a couple days ago for major clotting issues and possible amniotic fluid leak. The fluid is still low around baby but it's coming up. Clotting issues have not been resolved. I will keep you posted as we know more. This is a really scary time for us

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Fri, Aug 7, 2009 8:40 PM
I had the most detailed ultrasound of my life done the other day at a special high-risk center and it was so neat to see the baby so clearly. Such a treat to watch the baby for that long. The baby measured 2.5 inches long which is right on track. Baby did not want to cooperate for the measurements they needed and I watched it do summersaults and twists pretty much the whole time. My clotting disorder is worse this pregnancy so I'm co-managed by my OB and a Peri, which is a high-risk doctor. I'm staying on blood thinners probably until the end and am watched closely so I'm in great hands. We were given a DVD of the ultrasound which is such an amazing treasure from this pregnancy to have, especially since it's likely my last pregnancy! It was Josh's first chance to the see the baby "live" since he has babysitting duty during my doctors visits. Wyatt loves the DVD. He points to the baby and says "BAYYEEEEEBEEEE". I love the way he says that word.

Wyatt is and has always been quite a busy boy. His latest thing is riding on his trucks and various riding toys and towing something behind it. He rigs up toys and other trucks to tow behind him and can always figure out a way to make it work. He enjoys reading books with us in bed at night and always begs for more. His favorite books are about tractors and animals. He's now 2 and a half years old and I need to take his picture beside Pooh Bear again one of these days.

Bethany is climbing everything and taking quite a few falls but she's a tough cookie. Sometimes I'm sad that I don't get as much one-on-one time with her as I did with Wyatt at this age but Wyatt more than makes up for that with her. Those two are playing so well together all day long. The occasional fight thrown in between play times, of course. But overall they keep each other quite entertained!

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Fri, Jul 17, 2009 6:48 PM
We are very excited to announce that there is another bun in the oven! Baby #3 is due on February 19. I've had a few ultrasounds and they all show the baby growing and developing wonderfully. So another Valentines Baby for us! At my 9 week ultrasound today the baby looked like a "baby" for the first time but I saw a different doctor than I normally see and he didn't print me any pictures. My next ultrasound is in 2 weeks and I'm already looking forward to another peek at our baby!

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Mommy: 4!? yikes!

Granny & Grandpaw: We're excited about baby #3. We will be thinking of names. I think its our turn. Maybe Josh's mom can name baby #4.

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Sun, Jul 12, 2009 4:36 PM
So I was excited to upload the pictures from Wyatt's vacation at Granny and Grandpa's house, and also from the days that we stayed there, but the photo uploader keeps having errors so it takes forever to upload them. I was thinking that every couple days I'll add more and more to the album so check back sometimes! I have the ones from the beginning of his week up now.

Wyatt's speech has just exploded in the last few weeks and it's so neat to finally know more of what he's thinking in his head. Bethany is walking like a pro now and can go across a room and turn corners and everything! She walks more than she crawls and it's so cute to see her chunky little legs on the move!

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Thu, Jul 2, 2009 11:30 PM
Bethany walked today! She took 5 steps towards Torro's crate in his hallway. Then she talked to him for awhile, crawled back to the toybox, and walked to him again! We are so proud! And I think Torro was honored to be the motivation for her very first walk.

Unfortunately, she is also climbing everything. Furniture, the slide climber, everything! And most of the time the way down is for her to take a fall. I had forgotten how scary this climbing phase is and it lasts forever too so I better get ready for lots of boo-boos!

She loves to play a game where she puts something in your mouth, laughs, takes it out, and laughs some more. Something neat she does is she says "thank you" when you give her something and also when she hands you something. Now I realize that she obviously doesn't know the meaning of what she's saying but the fact that she automatically says that when given something is pretty neat! I think she's trying to keep up with her big brother.

Wyatt has been on vacation at Granny and Grandpa's house this week and he is having the time of his life. I'm anxious to see the pictures they've taken of all his adventures there. It sounds like his favorite activity is helping Grandpa spread manure on the fields. Maybe he is destined to be a farmer because I can't imagine spreading manure to be a fun activity for most people.

PS- the newest pictures will go at the end of the albums now

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Wed, Jun 24, 2009 11:05 PM
Our baby girl turned one year old today! I can't believe it's been an entire year since we welcomed her into the world. God has been so good to us. She is the perfect fit for our family. And so beautiful and precious.

We celebrated today by doing her favorite things and making her the star of the day. I made her the Pooh cake that my mom made me on my 1st birthday and Wyatt on his. She loved it. I gave her a 2nd piece for dessert after dinner. We played with all of her favorite toys, cuddled, ate a lot, and gave each other kisses and hugs. After Josh left for work she decided to climb up the slide in that climber in our living room and stand at the top part, laughing and giggling at everyone. I stood close by to catch her when she lost her balance. She did this over and over for at least an hour and a half. Wyatt got a kick out of her "show" and joined in beside her. She fell asleep quickly tonight while I was still rocking her but I didn't want to put her down!

Happy 1st Birthday, Bethany!

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Nanny: I am so glad I had that week with the kids, cuz now I can just picture her climbing that slide. When I was there you could see her trying to figure it out. You gave her a very special day. She is so much fun to cuddle..and she laughts so easily. Wyatt and her have the greatest smiles!

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