Georgia's 1 week old

Georgia's a week old today. It's hard to believe it. She's doing really good. Eating well and looking more pink rather than yellow. She's a lot more alert and has definate study time.

We are all enjoying her and just taking her all in!

Results are in!

Yeah! Missy Spradlin is the winner of our baby guessing game!!

Thanks so much to everyone who participated,we had so much fun!

You can see the actual results on the baby game page.

She's Here!!

Georgia Marie was born Jan 19th at 8:55am. She was 7lbs 12oz and 20 inches long!

She's beautiful and doing great!


Delivery went very fast, I actully started contracting on the way to the hospital Monday morning. But after Dr Huggins broke my water it went really fast. I was able to get my epidural! Praise the Lord! :) I had a lot of people ask me why I was induced, and we feel it was totally God directing us. Georgia's umbilcal cord was actually in a knot, which can be very dangerous. After finding this out we were very relieved that we went ahead and decided to be induced. She had no complications.
We are happy to be home and the kids are enjoying their new sister. We had been worried about Bethany after her hospital visit, she was a bit unsure when mommy was holding Georgia. But since we've been home she has been all about her, always wanting to touch her and hold her. She is a big help getting diapers or whatever we need. She always says she needs the sanitizer so she can touch her. :) It was a relief to see her like this.

So we are all adjusting well, and getting as much sleep as we can. I'l try and post more pics later.

Love.

Baby News

Me again! Just wanted to let you know the latest baby news. I went to the Dr yesterday and they were pretty surprised I had not gone into labor yet! Just based on the position of the baby. (Honestly, I should have went ahead and gone in on Tuesday night, but Kirk was out in Columbus for the night and I was waiting for him, of course 30 mins before he came home contractions just stopped!) So yesterday, the Dr and I made the decision to go ahead and induce this Monday(the 19th) at 5am. He said there is a very good chance I will go before though. So we are hoping that I do go before and can forego the induction but we will be happy either way.

We are very excited to know there is an end and we will have our little one in our arms sometime Monday!

Brady had a snow day today, which even though trying at times is nice to have both kids here so I can spend some time with them before #3 comes and joins us. They are very excited to see their new sibling. Bethany is very adimate about having a sister, and gets pretty upset when we tell her there is a chance is will be a brother so we shall see what this outcome will be. I was very emotional yesterday with Bethany, I think even more so then thinking I'm going to be delivering soon. Just thinking that Bethany will no longer be the baby, she's going to be a big sister! I definately have made some cuddle time with her and we've talked a lot about the changes that will happen. We also had a girl night painting toes(hers-lol) and finger nails.

If you could especially remember us this weekend as we go into this final stage of pregnancy, may it go smoothly!

We'll keep you posted!!

Love.

Snow!

Kirk took the kids out on Sunday for a little snow time. It was too icy to make anything but they still had fun running around with Daddy!

Final Countdown!

Just thought I'd post a little update on me and the arrival of Baby #3.

Well, I will be 38 weeks on Weds. This is the longest I have been pregnant! Both Brady and Bethany were born at 37 weeks. So this is a new experience for me. I have to say it has made me frustrated at times. I'm bigger this time which I guess is to be expected. I found my first 2 stretch marks, which is so sad. I never had them with the other two, and I know I should be happy that there are only two but I can't help it!! This baby is definately a mover, likes to stretch from top to bottom. Whew, very painful. I have no idea how big this baby is!

We are pretty ready at home, got the changing table up and bassinet all ready. I've been cleaning and straightening like a mad woman. Going to try and conquer Brady's room today. In the process of finishing up some meals for the freezer for after the baby is here.

I feel ready, actually I feel more than ready!!

Only time will tell...

Christmas 2008

We had a very nice Christmas this year!
Both sides of the family came to our house this year. It was so nice not having to travel anywhere. The Cameron side came on the 27th, minus Ginny who got tackled with the flu the night before. :( Bethany and Macie had fun being mischevious, I think that's going to be there theme as the years go on. :) The Birch family then came over on New Year's Day. We couldn't believe how big Rachel has gotten since Thanksgiving! And Abigail is growing and talking and doing so many new things. She's definately turning into her own little person. She really likes Unca Kirk!! Her dimples grab a hold of you tight too!!

Kirk was able to take a couple of days off over Christmas so it was nice to have him around. We were able to do some stuff around the house and just hang out together.
Christmas Day was really nice with just us and the kids. I'm really beginning to cherish these times. At first it was a little hard being by ourselves when you are so used to having family around on Christmas, but making our own memories is so much fun. It was so relaxing!!

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have a blessed New Year!

I've posted some pictures below:

Brady's 7!!

Well, Brady's 7 today! SEVEN!! It's crazy to think he's that old!!!! He was able to read most of his cards this year by himself. He's really doing well, sounding out the words and figuring them out. At times he gets frustrated, but that's to be expected.

We had a birthday party with four of his friends on Friday. We went bowling. It was fun! It was interesting with 5 boys. Whew!! They all bowled very well and had a great time. I know Brady really enjoyed it! Bethany even bowled too, the ball went Verrrrry slowly. I keep telling everyone think of the scene on Uncle Buck! hahaha

Today after church we went out to eat Brady's choice. He either wanted to go to KFC or Long John Silver's/A&W-go figure! He's 7! haha We ended up going to KFC and then he got a RootBeer Float for dessert at A&W. We don't think the float is what he expected. ;) We came home and opened up his gifts from us and the rest of the family. Thank you guys!

I think he enjoyed his birthday weekend very much!

Some pics:

Van

Well, I honestly can't believe I'm saying this but we are now owners of a minivan. Seeing #3 is coming shortly we decided to pony up and get one. We got a 2002 Honda Odyssey, it has some miles on it but it's still nice. We figure this is a nice transitional vehicle and we aren't paying out the rear for one. So far I like it, it's alot easier to get Bethany in and out. She can actually climb in now, where with the Durango I had to lift her in every time and that was getting more and more difficult. I was VERY sad to see the Durango go. It really was a great vehicle that was very comfortable. But times change so here we are, I have the mommy van, I feel older now. Guh! :)'

Happy

We went to my 28 week appt today and I'm happy to say that our prayers were answered and the previa is gone! My placenta moved up so I don't have to worry about any complications with that!

We are so happy and relieved!

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers!
Amanda

Trick or Treat

The kids had a lot of fun this Halloween, Brady was an Army man and Bethany was a butterfly. Kirk took them around the neighborhood and I stayed home and passed out the candy.






On Saturday, we went to our friends Joel and Jenny's House for a Harvest/Costume Party. We had a really fun time. I don't remember the last time we sat by a bonfire and roasted hotdogs and marshmallows. Kirk and I did dress up! Picture below. I won a prize too! Wahoo! We had a great time with our friends, it rounded the weekend off wonderfully!


Can you Guess?
I'm the oven and Kirk's the baker, and of course "baby" is the bun!


To end this post I think we should all join together in singing a Halloween classic that my son sang for a week...

"Trick or Treat smell my feet give me something good to eat, if you don't I don't care I'll pull down my underware..."

Oh, you know you're singing it!!!

Happy Halloween!!!!