Ultrasound Pictures

Face

Arm/Hand laying palm up

Face 3-D
Face looking at "camera"

Face 3-D

It's a Ryan

It's a Ryan!!!!

We got to have a another ultrasound today!! The hospital I am going to got new equipment and they wanted someone to test it out. Of course I was more than happy to volunteer. They played with the machine for an hour and a half and I got to see my baby! It was amazing. They had 3-D on it so I got to see my baby in 3-D just like I did with Sarah. I didn't think I would get that opportunity this time cause I went to a different hospital with Sarah. During the whole process my baby slipped us a peak and we found out that it's a BOY!!! We now have the perfect little family and boy and girl. It was easy to pick out the name because Sarah's name was going to be Ryan if she was a boy. The cool part is Sarah means princess and Ryan means little king. So we have very royal children.

Sarah is learning how to feed herself with a spoon and fork. What a messy baby! She doesn't like it if we feed her anymore. She is very independent.

I was 23 weeks along here. My belly is so big and I am so proud of it.
Sarah was taking a little rest on her new "pillow".

Josh's sister Shelly and her son Aiden came from California to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversery.

We went to Michigan for Josh's grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. We had a great visit. There were over 100 people there. Unfortunately, on our 6 hour drive there, Josh and Sarah got sick, but we kept going. Luckily they were both fine after about 24 hours.



Sarah stopped to smell the flowers at Josh's grandparent's house.

I love this picture of Joseph. He is so cute!

Joseph and Sarah playing




Sarah looks so beautiful in her dress.

HAPPY 23RD BIRTHDAY JOSH!! Josh celebrated his birthday on August 30th. I made him a special ice cream cake, and if you know me, cooking is not something I am good at or like doing. So making him a cake was a big deal for me. Plus it actually turned out Delicious!
For Josh's birthday we went to a little country fair. It didn't have typical fair activities but it did have lawn mower pulls that Josh was really interested in. He is thinking about entering in next year. At the fair there was a little petting zoo and train. Chloe (my mom's boyfriends grand-daughter) came over and played with Sarah. It was a fun.


Sarah enjoyed the train ride until she saw my mom and Josh, then she wanted off. Typical one year old style, she has a short attention span.

Our church had it's annual pool party and cookout. We had a fun time but the water was so cold that Sarah couldn't get in.

We took Sarah to see the circus for her first time. It wasn't really what we had expected, but it made a good memory.

Fun at the Fair. We were able to win her some GREAT prizes, plus it was a lot of fun doing it.

Waz up! Is it my imagination, or does she look like a little teenager.

This is the shirt I made for Sarah to wear when we told my mom that we are expecting another baby.

Ever since I have started back to work I have really slacked on updating this blog. So I will try to recap on all the fun things we have been doing. First of all, Sarah has been doing great with her ear tubes. She is finally getting use to putting plugs in her ears anytime she is around water. In fact, she tries to put them in herself which is a huge change from all the screaming she would do if she even saw us with them in our hands. The tubes have really changed her speech. She did have some hearing loss but it has come back now and she can say about 16 words now. Before she really could only say maybe 5 words. She also has much better balance and she can maneuver through doorways easier. Before the tubes she would always run into the doorway instead of going through the door. It was really concerning for me but I guess it was because of all the fluid in her ears. She is doing so good and she is learning so much everyday.

The pregnacy is doing great! We found out that the bleed has healed!!!! That has been such a relief. I still have to be careful because I was talking to a girl who had the same problem, and she said hers had healed but then the next day it came completly apart and she went into labor. But I have a good feeling that everything will be ok. I am so proud of my growing belly. I love the way it looks and I love the way it feels when the baby moves and kicks. It is the best feeling.

Josh and I are doing good too. We have been busy tring to fix up the house and chase after Sarah. We have hit the fairs like crazy this summer too since Sarah is too young for a theme park, fairs were the next best thing.

I hope you enjoy the pictures of our family.

Sarah's surgery

Sarah had surgery bright and early at 5:30 this morning and she did great! When we got to the hospital she was very cheerful and happy. She is such a morning person. They gave her some medicine they call the "happy med" that made her very loopy just to make her relaxed. We had a lot of waiting around to do before she was actually taken back for the surgery. She kept the nurses pretty entertained with all the smiles and waving. When they took her back to surgery it was a quick procedure and we were home by 8am. When she came out of anesthesia, the nurses said she was the best baby they have ever had. She didn't cry like most kids do, instead she smiled and was very curious about her new environment. Josh and I didn't get to go back to see her in the recovery room because they only let parents back if the kids cry. But we were waiting in the waiting room when we heard a little voice say "da?" Then they let us sit with her in the holding room to make sure her she was able to hold down fluids (which she did). As soon as she saw daddy she had a huge smile on her face. She is such a daddy's girl. I think the worst part of the whole situation for her has been when we took off the tape that held the cotton balls in her ears. She did so good and she has been talking and making a lot more new sounds in her speech. I don't know if the tubes have anything to do with her making all these new speech sounds, but it's been hilarious to hear her talk up a storm. When we got home I think she was very hungry and tired. So we fed her and she played for a little while. Then she slept for about 4 hours. When she got up she ate lunch and has been playing ever since. She is acting like her normal happy self with a lot more to say. We have to put ear drops in her ears and she hates that. I feel so bad for her. She is so tired of people messing with her ears. Other than that she is doing great. I am so happy that it is over. Now hopefully we have seen the last of the ear infections.

Medical Update

This week is swamped with Dr visits. We are not done with all the visits but I thought I would give an update of what we have learned so far.

Monday-
Baby:
I had another OB appointment and the heartbeat was a strong 130 bpm. The Dr was impressed with how strong it is. She wanted to check on the bleed so she scheduled an ultrasound for me on Tuesday.

Sarah:
Sarah had to go to Champaign for a hearing test. The results were a little different than I had expected. She does have some hearing delays. Not too bad, she just can't hear whispers. It's a little below average but I am hoping that it will come back when she gets tubes in her ears. But of course there is no guarantee. I wasn't expecting there to be a problem. She seems to hear things that are outside while she is inside very easily. So if it doesn't come back I don't think it will effect her during her life.

Tuesday-
Baby:
The ultrasound was awesome. I love looking in there and seeing my little baby. It's so funny because I think the baby knew that we are looking in. When we were looking and getting the pictures taken, the baby held up a peace sign. It was so cute! Josh says that it already seems like this is going to be a fun baby, like Sarah. We weren't able to find out the gender of the baby. It had it's legs crossed the whole time, just like Sarah did. This might be the last ultrasound we get so we were pretty disappointed. But there is an intern tech that is wanting some practice on OB patients. And since we live in such a small town she really doesn't get too many chances to practice. So I told them I would be her ginny pig. So they took my number and it sounds kind of promising that she will call me. So I will get free ultrasounds and she gets practice. Hopefully we will be able to find out the gender. I asked the tech if she saw the bleed still. She said she really isn't suppose to tell me what she sees (that is the Dr's job) but she said she does still see a small bleed. So I'm not out of the woods yet. But the heartbeat was a strong 143 bpm and the baby looks healthy. It has all it's limbs, good heartbeat and it seems like already a great personality. I have a feeling that everything will be ok. I still can't lift anything but I feel the baby flutter in there which is a very comforting feeling. Plus my tummy is growing like crazy so I know the baby is growing too. They said right now the baby is 8 oz which is right at 18 weeks 2 days which is how far I am exactly. So things are going well in there. I just wish the bleed would heal. I haven't had any pains for awhile. Maybe every now and then, but they don't last as long as they use to.

Wednesday-
Sarah:
Today we have a Dr appointment to make sure she is healthy enough to have surgery tomorrow. I hope that she is. Right now she has fluid in her ears, on medicine and has been having a slight fever. So we will see what the Dr has to say.

I will update this again after the surgery and let everyone know how Sarah is doing.

Nauvoo IL

These pictures are all out of order, but it took me so long to put them on here I'm just going to leave it like this. This is the Nauvoo Temple.



Going home after a long fun weekend.

Parker Clegg watching the Nauvoo Play.
This is a sneak peek at the play
Sarah watching the Nauvoo play
Josh got bored waiting on me checking into the hotel.

All snuggled in during nap time.

My mom and Doug going to the play with Sarah.
Before the play there were pre-show activities. This is a game the pioneers use to play called stick pull. The object of the game is to pull the other person over. Josh and Spencer played and Josh won. Then Spencer played against his son.

Left to Right: my mom, Doug, Spencer, Josh, Sarah, me, Erin, Parker.

This is a statue of Jesus Christ.

Sarah was all dressed up like a lil pioneer. How adorable!!

Learning how to make bricks at the brickyard.
Doug and Sarah playing around.

Sarah wasn't too excited about riding on a fake sheep.

Nauvoo was great. We went to the brickyard where we learned how the pioneers made bricks, we went to the family cultural center, where we learned how the pioneers made rope, candles, rugs and many other things. We went to pioneer past times where Sarah got to dress up like a pioneer and play with other kids her age. The best part of the trip was at night when we saw the Nauvoo play. There was probably about 200 people in the cast and it was all outside. The play was about Nauvoo and how it developed along with doctrine about our church. It was very entertaining with lots of colorful settings, singing and dancing. There were lots of kids in the play dressed up like pioneers. They were so adorable. We also met up with Spencer, Erin and their son Parker Clegg. Spencer served a mission in Mahomet where I used to live and he baptized me. Over the years we have been able to keep in touch and we were able to get together again in Nauvoo. It was so great to them and to get to know their son who is almost 2 years old. Erin is also expecting their second child in Nov. They are a great family and I was so happy to see them. It was a long hot day but it was great to be in Nauvoo right next to the Temple. Sunday we went swimming and then left for home. What a great trip.