Saturday, August 8, 2009

A Valentine's Gift from God

Justin and I decided that the world famous Negril Sunset on our 9th anniversary would be a memorable setting to tell the kids about the little brother or sister they will meet in 6 months.
They were so excited! Of course, Kelton then asked me approximately 76 times on the remainder of the trip "How is baby doing?", which reiterated to me why we kept the secret for so long! They currently are both requesting a brother, but Kenlee changes her mind pretty frequently. I keep reminding them that we get to ask God, "Please send a baby to our family" and He gets to pick Boy or Girl. Boys and Girls are so different, and I love that we have been blessed with one of each, so we are content with whichever He chooses to send our way... though I am sure I will learn that all 3 are so different and unique, even if 2 share a gender.
Official due date is 2/5/10, which is amazing, since Kenlee's due date was 2/5/01!! God's plans are perfect! I definitely won't repeat the 10 days post-due that we had with Miss Kenlee who showed us up front who was boss with her 2/15/01 arrival!
We had a sonogram at 5 weeks that revealed a healthy little blob :-) Another sonogram at 7 weeks apparently showed the doctor more (???) but we were happy to see the little blob once again with a flutter of heart tissue pulsing on the screen. How Amazing is it that tiny blobs have functional hearts????

Our 12 week sonogram was in response to a scare. I had an ovarian cyst rupture the night of July 29th which caused pain and bleeding and some unsettling thoughts. The next morning, though, the nurse found a good, strong heartbeat of 150 bpm (girl range if you believe the wive's tale). The sonogram showed no problems whatsoever, and we got a cute little wave from the baby, who was very active and was flipping around showing us his/her tricks. We got a wide open shot of the gentilia area, and the technician said she could see no appendages poking out, but she assured us it was still too early to tell, so no gender shopping yet.

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2 comments:

  1. Oh Wow! Congratulations! I can't believe we are due about the same time! And how amazing that Kenlee and this baby have the same due date...and Audrey and our baby have the same due date, too! God must have thought our family needed some more excitement! :) Love ya'll!

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  2. YEA Tif, we are obviously so excited for you guys!! Wish we lived closer so that our little ones could play together! Miss you guys! Keep us posted of the wonderful blessings!

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