It's a BOY!!!!

Our last baby is going to be a boy!! We went to the perinatal specialist today. The heart and spine looked great!! We are 17 weeks and 3 days. He wants us to come back in 4 weeks to be 99% sure. But after taking over 75 pictures I am comfortable not going back. This entire time I had thought I was having a boy but deep down thought I it was a girl. Definitely a boy!! He didn't mind spreading his legs at all. That was the only thing he wanted to do. He did not want to get out of a face down position nor move at all. The tech shook and poked my belly and nothing. Then the moment she leaves he starts kicking and jumping. The doctor got some great pictures unfortunately he didn't give us those. But we got to see him open his mouth a couple times, play with his hands, see all four chambers of the heart, the throat, vocal chords, diaphragm, kidneys, bladder, and of course all his toes and fingers. He weighs about 7 ounces!!! The doctor says he is measuring exactly 17 weeks and 3 days! All great news!
Those of you may be wondering what the name is ......We didn't chose James' name until the morning of induction in the Starbucks parking lot. So with that being said enjoy that we are having a boy!!
I wish I had video taped Ansley's expression when I told her we are having a boy. Needless to say she thought it was a girl and there was no chance it was a boy. Her words were "what" with a crinkled nose expression. She kept asking me when were grocery shopping why God is giving us a boy not a girl. That was a fun topic of conversation. Once we got home she finally realized it is still a baby!!!
James looked at me and continued playing when I told him. Lately when say mommy has a belly in her tummy he looks at me and gives me a smile with a long noooooo. Tonight I put him to bed and tried again to talk about the baby. He told me it was a boy and it is in my belly! Little steps!



Sorry the picture is so small. Most are face down. The top left one shows it is a boy. But again I still can't see it. Because of my thyroid the doctor is requesting we get at least two more ultrasounds with my regular doctor. Not going to fight with him about that one. So hopefully the next picture will be better. He is still small but the doctor says he is on the bigger side for his age. Go figure. Not looking forward to the last two months!

Growing up too fast!!!

My princess is growing up way too fast. The past couple days she has been working hard at her loose tooth. Every second she is in the bathroom looking at it in the mirror. Part of me thinks it is just an excuse to look in the mirror at herself. Today she was trying to open the lemonade bottle with her teeth. She gets it honestly. But that did it her tooth came flying out. She goes from excited to shrieking in terror. It took me a few minutes to get her to understand that it is cool to have a hole in your mouth. I did not realize how little those teeth can be. She and Bob only lost the tooth once tonight on the cream colored carpet. They are both visually challenged when it comes to finding things. It was found and is waiting for the tooth fairy!!!






And here is a picture of how impressed James was by the whole ordeal!!

More pictures

The kids were very concerned when Bob was throwing Celia and Logan around on the tube.











Giving Grandad a lake bath


Loves her cousin!!!

Happy Fourth of July!!

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4th of July Lake weekend

We have skipped town and are enjoying Lake Burton for a weekend. The kids are enjoying breakfast boat rides, swimming in the lake, playing with Logan and Celia, and lake baths. We are fortunate enough to have my nephew and niece up here with us. Ansley of course can't leave them alone!! However, we have tried our best to let them sleep and have time away from the little ones. Both kids have been tubing and loved it. This was James first time on the tube so he liked it for about 2 minutes and then wanted back in the boat. Both kids were upset when bob threw Celia and Logan off the tube. They were not having that they were enjoying the rides.
The storm damage is on its way to getting cleaned up. The houses that are still standing are getting repaired. We had fireworks last night on the lake. In the words of a two year old they were big and sparkly!!




Styling!!!


Best buds!!





Lake bath


Logan and Ansley at LaPrades.


Oscar chilling with granddad


James insisting on driving.

Atlanta Botanical Gardens

This weeks excursion was to the Atlanta Botanical gardens. I have not been there in forever but Ansley went on a field trip with her class and loved it!!! It was hot out so I was prepared for the worst. Fortunately, the gardens are in the shade. The children loved running up and down the different paths. We found several bugs and even two lizards! The children's garden had a water feature and many fun things to explore.






Peter rabbits den!!








Check out how close in height they are. Just measured their feet today James is only .2 inches away from catching up with his sister.















Grandma's garden. The Cow bell won their attention.


After the gardens we walked down the hill (which means it is uphill on the way home when the kids are exhausted) to have lunch at Piedmont park. The kids had a blast on the playground.


James loved the fire truck!


I would give the gardens a 3 out of 5 only because they advertised the children's garden like it had tons of water play when in fact it was one small water feature. But the kids still enjoyed running around and exploring nature. I would give Piedmont park a 5 out of 5. The kids loved it!!

Snake!!! ( it must be told)

So I have been trying to decide whether or not to put this story on the blog. Well my pregnant brain says do it so here goes. Let me go ahead and apologize to my sweet son James.
One afternoon while at the beach I was giving James a bath. I stepped away to the closet in the bathroom to get a stool to sit on. I turn around and James is screaming snake. I am all kinds of confused. However, I look in the bath tub and there lies the snake! I can't help but laugh at my two year old crouched in the corner of the bathtub while the snake is floating around. Yes the snake came from his body. But man a snap glance at it and I would have thought it was a snake. I yell for my mom to come down and help. I didn't think my hands should clean that out due to the bean inside of me. My wonderful brave wilderness mom scooped that snake up and gave it graceful goodbye down the commode. Of course that was after she had a good chuckle. We got James out and cleaned him off. He was holding on to dear life on my moms leg saying snake. For the next day he reminded us of this snake. Still makes me laugh.