Baby Naomi

We went to the specialist yesterday. We really felt prepared for whatever news he had for us, though that doesn't mean I wasn't apprehensive! For some reason, we were scheduled with a specialist in Gainesville, which is over an hour away from us. Anyway...they did a ton of ultrasound pictures and Baby girl was not very cooperative by the end! She was at first, so they at least got to see what they needed to. She was asleep by the end when the technician was trying to get a good face shot for us. The results: She is perfectly normal. The lab used a wrong due date and this particular test is very time sensitive. The doctor resubmitted the blood work with the correct due date, and by the time we were home, there was a message from him saying all was within the normal range! Thanks for the prayers. We felt them!

Update

Well, today the doctor called and said our triple-screen test came back abnormal for Down Syndrome and she would like us to see a fetal specialist. It has been a long day. I know that these tests have a very high rate of false positives, but it is still hard not to automatically see worst case scenarios. We are still waiting for the specialist to call to make an appointment. Of course, we are going out of town in the morning for about 10 days, so we will have to just wait and rest in God's arms. I have spent a lot of time talking to our Lord today and ask that you would do the same on our behalf. I am not praying that the tests are "wrong", but that whatever the outcome, that we would be at peace and know that He is in control. (Not so) ironically, Toby Mac's song "Be Still" is the ring tone on my phone and it is a good reminder every time my phone rings to "Be still, and Know that I am God." Thank you, Lord, for our little girl. We love her so much already and know that You love her even more!

It's a Girl!

Well, Amelia is a happy little girl.  She will be having a sister in October.  :)  Mommy was pretty happy, too, although Mommy would have been just as happy with another boy!  When we told Amelia that Baby was a girl, she just said "Yep!" like she expected no different!  And then she was upset because she said she wanted a boy and a girl baby.  Ha ha.  She's funny.  All looked good.  Baby Girl is about a pound an a half...right on target for her due date.  We have a couple of names picked out, but nothing finalized yet.  Amelia thinks her name should be either Cassie or Amelia.  Go figure.  (We're not sure where the Cassie comes from...).  I've gained a whopping 4 pounds since the beginning and will have the glucose tolerance test next month...a few weeks early since I've had to do the 3-hour test with both of the other kiddos.  Yippee.  We tried to get the scanner to work so we could share ultrasound pictures, but we haven't been successful at that yet.  

Now I get to bring out all of our cute baby girl clothes!  Amelia and Baby's birthdays will only be about 2-3 weeks apart, so seasonally, Amelia's clothes will be perfect!  And I'm sure we'll pick up a few new things between now and then.  Amelia already has decided her room needs to be pink.  :)

Arrrrgh

Last night, Amelia climbed up on Robert's shoulder (she was buck naked, by the way) and said, "You're the pirate and I'm the parrot. Say 'Aaargh.'" I laughed. A lot. Thank you, Lord, for my babies that make me laugh every day! (Daddy complied, by the way...)

What a week it's been!

It has been a crazy week...mostly good, some harrowing.  We started off Monday morning in the emergency room with Amelia.  I KNEW she was being too quiet for anyone's good.  She is allowed to play upstairs in her room by herself, but I can generally hear her.  So, after investigating, I found her in our closet popping Sudafed like candy.  I, being the calm rational mother that I am, asked how many she ate.  She said she ate four and gave Princess three.  Fantastic.  I really had no idea how many she ate.  (Please note sarcasm.  I was not calm.)  It was not a new box and I don't know how many were already gone, but there were 12 missing.  I knew she at least a few because her mouth was red from the coating off the pills.  To her credit (and Sudafed's discredit), Sudafed is very sweet.  I called Poison Control and they said if I thought it was even possible that she ate more than 2 1/2, we needed to take her to the ER.  Of course, James was already napping, Amelia and I were still in pj's, Robert was at work... .  So we made it to the ER and they monitored her for a couple of hours, and praise the Lord, she was just fine.  I don't know that I have ever been that terrified.    Amelia did great with the whole experience.  Thankfully, they didn't have to stick her or pump her stomach or anything!  Poison Control was on line with the hospital the whole time and they said 10 would have been toxic, so even if she did eat her four and the three she claims to have given the dog, she would have been okay.  Of course, I'm thinking, Great...my baby's going to be fine and we're going to go home to a foaming, twitching puppy!  Then we would have had a whole new tragedy to deal with!  But alas, Amelia's baby was just fine, too!  Amelia did take a grand nap on Monday, but that was about the extent of her side effects.

Meanwhile, my sister and brother were on their way down for a short visit.  My house was a disaster and had planned on using Monday morning to at least pick up, but obviously those plans went out the window!  That's okay.  My babies are far, far more important than a clean house!  And my brother and sister aren't any neater in nature than I am.  :)  

Monday we just relaxed as they had left at 3 AM to get here.  Tuesday we went to the Georgia Aquarium.  It is a great place, but it is always so very crowded.  Tuesday was no exception.  I thought with it being the last week of school that there wouldn't be too many school groups.  It was better than normal, but still busy.  We had a good time anyway.  Came home and went to Bugaboo Creek Canyon for dinner...one of my favorite places to eat.  We went out for breakfast Wednesday morning and Ben and Kelsey moved the desk downstairs to the new office for us.  We'll be moving James into the current office room and making his room the baby's.

Rest of the week was rather unexciting, just busy with day-to-day stuff.  Got lots going on this weekend, but it's all fun!

Cheesecake Failure

I have made many, many cheesecakes and never had one ooze off the plate when I took off the ring from the springform pan like this one did. Anyway...it tasted fine, but was not usable so I just set it on the counter until I figured out what to do with it. James had his own ideas of what to do with it. He has quite the sweet tooth. About 10 of them, actually!

He has NO fear!

James has discovered how to climb and make Mommy's heart stop. I have a feeling we're going to be on a first-name basis with the local ER.