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.