Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The Big News.


I bet you are not as surprised as I was 
(ok, as I STILL am!)
but yes. its true. it has been confirmed.
Baby Moses #3 will join us in the early part of August.
August 14th is the last possible day the doc will keep me pregnant.
(for those who likes dates and such.)

This child was given to us on God's time alone.
Certainly not on ours.
We are grateful.



This has taken us plenty of time to adjust too.
We found out a while before Christmas
and have barely processed the news since then.

Tyler and I agree that each child is a blessing, a reward, a gift, and
nothing to be taken lightly,
so we rejoice that our Lord has chosen
us to be raise another baby for His kingdom.

Kensington and the little peanut will be right under 19 months apart
in age. wow. I thought the 24 months between 
Anslee and Kensington was squeezing it.
We will be busy. We will be tired. It probably won't be easy.

Busy and tired will be nothing in comparison to the amount of
love and joy we know this baby will bring.

We saw the doctor in early January
(who told me I was almost as bad as some of his teenagers)
and Baby had a steady heartbeat of 152.
A bit slower than the sisters who rang in at 183
and 178 at their first sonogram respectively.


So there ya have it. No turning back.

Now.
Who will join me in a prayer for a non-colic newborn?


Monday, January 23, 2012

3 and 1.


3 and 1.
I have a 3 year old and a 1 year old.
Can anyone explain how that happened?

Nothing about them getting older makes a bit of sense to me.
I look at each of them like they are
my precious, tiny, helpless, totally dependent,
most needy little babies.

On January 19 Kensington turned 1 and I swear grew 4
inches and 5 lbs over night.

At 1 year old Kensington:
smiles constantly
laughs loudly
sleeps 12 hours at night
takes 2 naps during the day
has no interest in walking on her own
caught bronchitis :(
says mama and daddy
and night night
adores her sister
eats any and everything in sight
really loves blueberries
almost done with a bottle
has started MDO once a week
weighs 19.6 lbs
will let me snuggle her any time I want
will fall asleep on me 95% of the time
hates breathing treatments
still cries quite a bit 
does a silly one armed "booty scoot" to get around
likes to read with us
has come SO VERY far since we brought her home.

At 3 years old Anslee:
Goes to school twice a week
has complete conversations with us
has not worn a diaper/pull up since May 9th of 2011
still is an awful eater
takes 1 nap every afternoon
sleeps 11-12 hours at night
loves being a big sister
knows her shapes, colors, letters and numbers through 15
plays well with other kids
and independently
waits anxiously for her daddy to come home each day
takes dance class lessons
gives hugs, kisses, and "I love you's" unprompted all the time
loves Dora, Barney, and Cliford
enjoys trips to the library
is super sneaky
loves junk food (ugh.)
loves to play at the park or anywhere outside
has had 1 haircut
loves to pretend
weighs 26 lbs
would drink apple juice all day everyday if she could
makes her mama and daddy laugh every single day.


Tyler and I give thanks each day for these two precious girls God entrusted
us with raising. We look at each of them like the miracle they are.
We are tired a lot of days, but thats ok because we are full
of joy and very happy.




A birthday party post is in the making!

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Blessing baby Landry!

What a sweet day today was! We spent the entire morning spoiling our sweet Libby, mommy to little Landry Reese who is set for arrival on or around February 9th!

We think Landry is already a lucky little gal with Ryan and Libby being her parents. God has blessed her greatly by hand picking those to raise her.

My prediction is that she will be a blonde haired blue eyed beauty that will break the hearts of many baby boys to be!

Precious Landry,
You are loved. You have a purpose and I can't wait to watch you grow into the woman your mama and daddy will shape you to be. You are so special! We can't wait to give you squeezes and snuggles!











































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