The kids started swimming lessons this week. They love the water & love swimming, but I want them to be able to do more than just tread water...so, swimming lessons! It was a rocky start with Sonny deciding he didn't want to do it on the 1st day, right after he got in the water and all the kids started kicking...he got out and wouldn't go back in the rest of the class. So today was day 2 and went much smoother. I love watching them go under water...since I have to plug my nose, I'm impressed that my kids don't have that problem!
We also have an annoucement: We are going to be adding another kid to our family and he/she is due on Christmas Eve!
We've been trying for so long after Francisco, that we finally decided it wasn't meant to be and just talked about it not going to happen. We moved on and were just focusing on our kids we do have and not thinking about a baby anymore when...surprise! So, we had to change gears and get over the shock and then we were very happy. At the same time we were very worried that anything can go wrong, as we learned last time, so both Robert and I didn't want to tell anyone.
We asked the doctor if we could have our 18 wk big ultrasound sooner, so that we could just make sure everything is there and working right sooner. They let us have it at 14 weeks and everything is fine! There are kidneys and they work and everything else is there...what a relief. We (well mostly me) couldn't stop crying in the doctor office once they told us, I was just so relieved. It's amazing the things you take for granted until something bad happens.
Anyway, we are at 16 wks now and they still want to do the 18 wk ultrasound so that's another milestone we can look forward to. At that apt they should be able to tell if it's a boy or girl so I'll keep you posted.
All the morning sickness is gone! Thank God! It was horrible this time! So I'm feeling much better and able to run around with the kids and work and enjoy this pregnancy at the same time. We know this is the last one, so we want to enjoy every day of it as much as possible.
Alexya and Sonny are very excited to be getting a little brother or sister and have the best suggestions for names. The only one I can remember right now is: Tony Stark (Iron Man).
Alexya also asked me, very seriously, "Mom. I think we need to have a talk. What do you want us to do once the baby comes? Like what can we do to help?" She then told me she would feed the baby, but wouldn't change any stinky poopoo diapers. LOL! This is going to be fun :)
Also, a big THANK YOU to Andrea & Caleb for loaning us more baby gear than we could have imagined! Not only is it going to make our lives easier having so much stuff we don't have to go buy, it's really top the line stuff! Stuff I would never spend the money on! So thank you very much & we'll give it back as soon as we're done with it! ;)
Also, thank you to Erica for giving us even more baby gear! We are all set and very happy you kept your stuff :) Thank you! And we can't wait to see what you and your mom come up with for the baby's room!
Now, Please enjoy some fun hairstyles...brought to you by: Alexya and Santino's Salon:
