Like Grumpster, Like Grandson

Anyone that has ever seen my dad work on anything, play a sport, or sometimes just think...you know exactly where Timothy gets this "I'm building something so I'm going to stick out my tongue" face...he looks just like his Grumpy.

That's Life

Sorry it's been almost a week, I haven't had much energy for typing and downloading pictures and all that. Everything seems to be doing better this week, I bled a little Friday and Saturday but pretty much nothing since then. I'm still just feeling really tired and weak and can't handle smelling much of anything. My stomach has not been happy this time around, but hopefully that will get better by the next month!

I think the kids are actually enjoying spending more time at home and less time running errands. They regularly destroy the house, but they have a great time doing it and they've been playing nicely together which is good when I just want to sit and rest! Here are a few pictures of our fun times at home. These are my last few days to rest before life gets busy in the next few weeks so I'm trying to take advantage of it all!!

News Flash

I think most of the people that actually read this already knew, but just in case...we're expecting baby York #3 sometime around February 19th!! We had planned to start trying and were a little surprised it happened so quickly, but obviously we were thrilled! I hadn't planned to announce it for another month or so, especially since there have been some problems, but after talking to Brandon and talking to my mom, I decided that it's true...the more people there are praying for this little one, the better.

I have been feeling OK, tired and queasy most of the day, but nothing too horrible. The worst part has been the constant bleeding (and yes, this is a warning, if you don't want to read about the blood and stuff, you might as well stop here). I started spotting around 6 and a half weeks, freaked out - which I think is normal - but thankfully I had an appointment with my doctor the next morning. I went in, expecting the worse, but as soon as she started the ultrasound she picked up a heartbeat and showed me our little guy (girl?) on the screen. She told me not to worry about the spotting, that it was normal, so I went home feeling better and tried to ignore the spotting over the weekend.

The next week (last week) it picked up more and by Wednesday it was bleeding and a few small bits of tissue were in there a couple of times. I called the doctor and she told me to go straight to the ER. I freaked out again, called Brandon to come home and we all headed to the ER. Four hours later, I went home with a piece of paper telling me that the baby was OK but there was still a threat of miscarriage and I needed to follow up with Dr. W. as soon as possible. Meanwhile the bleeding has stopped, so I went to see Dr. W. on Friday, expecting to hear that I needed to be scheduled for a D&C...but again, the ultrasound started and there was the baby, growing and heart beating and everything looked fine. She told me that as long as I wasn't bleeding heavy or cramping heavy that the bleeding wasn't cause to worry...easy for her to say, since she's not the one that has to see it every day...but nonetheless, I feel better now that the baby is OK and I just have to put up with this bleeding and pray that it ends soon!

So please keep us in your prayers, that the bleeding will stop and the baby will continue to grow and be healthy. I got back to see Dr. W. on the 30th so I'll be 11 weeks by then, almost out of the "danger zone". And I know the ultrasound picture I posted isn't the best, but we don't have a scanner, so I had to take a picture of it with my camera, not the best way to do it, but still, it's our baby at almost 8 weeks!!

Fireworks and SeaWorld

We decided this year, since we had annual passes, to go to SeaWorld for 4th of July fireworks fun. They actually have a pretty good show! We watched the fireworks from the parking lot, but got to spend plenty of time in the park, catching all the shows and letting the kids splash around. Because of the hurricane that hit southern TX, it was pretty cool (considering this is TX and it was early July) and there were just enough clouds to cover the sun so the weather was PERFECT!! Brandon's parents were able to come over that weekend also, so the kids got to enjoy SeaWorld with their grandparents, they had a great time, especially when Meme bought Timothy a new light saber :) We feel so blessed that we are able to go to such a fun place with the kids, they love to be there and see the animals and play and run around. Hopefully we'll get to go back again soon!

The Kiss

We reached a milestone in our house today...I was sitting on the couch and Charlotte came running into the room with a Buzz Lightyear toy and her Cinderella doll, came over to me and yelled, "a kiss, a kiss!!". She then put the toys together and made a kissy noise...way to go Charlotte, you're officially on your way to becoming a girly girl!!

Happy 4th of July!

I'll post pictures from Seaworld soon, but here's a couple of the kids before church last night! Hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend!!

Swim Lessons

Timothy has been taking swim lessons for the past week and a half. They've been OK so far, he's a little scared of the water so he doesn't like to pick up his feet and float, but he's getting there. He did learn how to hold his nose and go under the water which is HUGE for him, so I'll consider this round of lessons a success! It's just hilarious to me to watch him with all the other kids...he seriously looks like a little albino...sorry Timothy!! You definitely got that from mommy! He made a friend the first day and you would think they had known each other their whole lives, every day since then, they both have to give big huge hugs and when we're leaving they yell goodbye at each other across the parking lot...cute stuff...anyway, here are a few pictures I managed to snap on the first day!