So last week was Misha's 3rd birthday! I am so happy that she's growing up and becoming more independent. We spent the afternoon with a very dear friend of mine, and her youngest daughter, Lilly, who's almost 5. Here are the two girls. (Sorry that it's a bit out of focus-still getting used to that manual lens...)

I brought her home and set her up on our bed to watch a movie. A little while later it seemed unexpectedly quiet, so I went down the hall and found this.

Poor thing got tuckered right out and wrapped herself in our blanket. This is what she looked like underneath-I thought to myself "That's exactly how she was positioned in my belly just three years ago!"

Later that evening we commemorated the grand event with cupcakes (birthday cake wasn’t until the weekend). Here’s my attempt at some piping skills.

And here's my little pistol getting ready to blow out her candles. I love that little devious look she gives.

We had Scott blessed last weekend too. Here's my little man in the adorable tuxedo my mom made for him for just this occasion. (I've been waiting and waiting to have a boy simply for this outfit-I've seen her make them through the years for others and was so excited that I was finally getting one of my own for my kids!)

Several people came for the event (though some could only stay through church, and others showed up for the barbecue afterward). Here's a picture of those who were there for both church and the barbecue. (Not that I didn't love all you others, you just weren't there for pictures.;)) (Jer's family is to the right, my parents in the middle, and my semi-surrogate parents on the left by me. And sorry-no one informed me that my makeup made me look like a smurf...)

At the gathering for the barbecue we also celebrated Misha's birthday with everyone. Here's her Dora cake.

And here she is blowing out the candle.

All in all we had an absolute blast and are so grateful for all who came and all you wonderful men who stood in the circle to bless Scott. We just wish the two guys who he's named after could have been there too. Thanks everyone for making it a great weekend!

More gushing

Enjoy!

The mohawk

Time with big sister

Peaceful sleep!

Because I apparently haven’t posted enough pictures.

I was informed yesterday that I haven’t posted enough pictures of my child. Well, that’s because I’ve mostly been too tired to take any. That’s right. I’m tired. Big surprise, right? But, I do have a few laying around that I haven’t yet posted. So, here’s a few from Misha seeing Scott in the hospital (on day two, when I was up for shooting my own photos), and what we’ve been doing around here since he was born. Enjoy. And I’ll take more of him, I promise-especially since I’m starting to feel like a normal human being again….

Oh, if only they’d get along like this forever!

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree….

….twice.:)

Scott LaVarr Brown

So here's our little man! For the explanation of why he arrived 2 weeks early, see the previous post. He was born on 4.7.10 @ 15:01 (3:01 pm). He weighed in (mind you, 2 weeks early!) at 7 lbs 14 oz. and was 19 3/4" long. So, had he been born at the full forty weeks, he would have weighed over 9 lbs. most likely. I'm kinda glad he was 2 weeks early! Of course, I think I'd rather have a 9 lb. kid at full term than a c-section two weeks early. I hope to never go through surgery again! I do not recommend anyone getting a tummy tuck. Just live with the pooch-trust me. So, our little Scott is named after two men who have meant the world to both of us (outside our family-of course, we consider them family, but you get my point), Scott Hart (our fire chief from Sundance), and LaVarr McBride (our former bishop here). He is an incredibly mellow kid (much like both of his namesakes are mellow), and gives us a fair bit of sleep. I'll be the first to admit that our children have spoiled us in terms of new parenthood. They've both been good sleepers! Of course, he's only a week old, so we'll have to see how good he is as he gets older. Things have been good though. Aside from the headaches I get a few days after giving birth, I seem to be healing okay. I just have to remember to take it easy and slow-neither of which are particularly easy for me. All in all, we're stoked to have this adorable boy here. Misha is great with him, and absolutely loves to hug and cuddle on him. Our heartfelt thanks to those of you who have visited, brought meals, and kept us in your prayers. Anyway-enjoy the pictures, I'm going to go sneak some quiet time while he sleeps and the other two are out of the house!

37 weeks 4 days-unknowingly two days before I give birth (I have no cankles!)

See how thrilled I am to be having a c-section? Yeah-I wasn't.

Our brand spankin' new little man!

After his first bath. Oh so adorable!

For Those That Didn’t Hear

For those of you who didn’t hear-I’m having a caesarian section performed tomorrow, April 7th, to bring this little boy into the world.  At my amniocentesis today (a procedure now required, at least by my practice, if doing an induction BEFORE 39 weeks gestation-even if by a day, which was my plan), we found out that the placenta previa condition I had that we originally thought had resolved, hasn’t.  And the baby is not head down.  We also found out that my amniotic fluid is a bit low, and that can cause further problems if allowed to get worse.  So, we scheduled to have my c-section done tomorrow at about 1:50 in the afternoon.  So, tomorrow our little man will be brought into the world-stay tuned for pictures.  Hopefully, we’ll have a name picked out by the time he’s born…

Bubble fun

Goodness, I love the spring time. And that I now have time to do this!

It is upon us!

Spring time is here!!!

Do you have any idea how much I love this little girl to bits and pieces?

As an FYI for those of you who didn't know-I'll be induced on the 14th of April. Can't wait to have this baby boy here!

Just because

She's so stinkin' adorable and I haven't posted a good picture of her in a while.

Baby updates

Well, I had the growth scan on baby boy today. It turns out he already weighs about 5 lbs. 3 oz., which if anyone knows-his weight would not keep him from going home if he was born now (though his under developed lungs probably would.). He should technically weigh around 3 lbs. 4 oz. this week. So we’re two pounds ahead. His torso and legs are measuring around 34.5 weeks, which is two and a half weeks ahead of schedule. I’ve already scheduled an amniocentesis (inserting a needle into my uterus, withdrawing amniotic fluid, and testing it to see if his lungs are developed) for April the 6th. That means I hope to induce around the 12th or 13th of April. It’s hard to believe that I’m now under 50 days until he’s born-most likely. I can’t wait to see him. And so, here’s a picture of my big ol’ belly-and this is the 4D ultrasound picture of his beautiful little face-hint, it’s on the left of the picture, and the nose is the easiest to pick out. Here’s a picture of me when I was about 37 and a half weeks along with Misha (so 5.5 weeks head of where I am right now) to compare the size of these two. Hope everyone’s good!

Misha pregnancy-37 weeks, 1 day

Baby boy-31 weeks, 5 days

See his beautiful little face on the left side?

Keep On Keepin’ On.

Well, that’s what we do. Things have been fairly routine I suppose. Jer is working lots and doing the paramedic class, and therefore we hardly see him. I have my lazy days and then I have days I paint the whole kitchen. It’s hard to find the motivation some days to do anything, and other days I just have to get it done. The joys of nesting…

Things do seem to be getting in order though, and that makes me happy. We have a pretty good clothes stock started for this little guy, and I can’t wait to have him in the world. I especially can’t wait to sleep on my back and stomach again….*sigh*. I try to keep things tossed up once in a while, so I go down to Southern Maryland a couple of days a week to help out my mom in her tax office. I’ve gone from being a respiratory therapist to my mother’s dream of an accountant.:) But I can certainly tell you more or less what you can and can’t deduct on your return!

Misha it seems has successfully potty trained. An accident here or there once in a great while, but other than that she’s got it down. Thank heavens! I refuse to have more than one child in diapers at a time unless I’m having twins….which as far as I know, I’m not. Though this kid is actually measuring about two to three weeks ahead of where he should be. Where do my gigantic children come from?!?! Contrary to popular belief, I am still having episodes of throwing up even though I’m 7.5 months into this thing. Sorry all you who thought that’d go away! I proved you wrong! And no, before you ask, it doesn’t work-trust me, I’ve tried it. But hey, at least my fear of puking is all but obliterated.

Well, we have four feet of snow piled up in the front yard again, but here’s a picture of Misha sledding in that first big storm we got. It was her first time at it, and she LOVED it. No surprise there. Other than that I haven’t had much reason to take pictures. I suppose one of these days when Jerry is home, I’ll have him take a good picture or two of my huge belly, and then I’ll post them. Hope everyone is great!