"Numero Dos" - Week 14

We had our second doctor's visit today...and got a great report. I was a little anxious about this visit because this week has just seemed like a week of "bad news" as well as lots of stories of baby "issues". I don't know why when you are pregnant people like to think up and tell you (or tell someone else in front of you) every bad baby scenario that their cousin's husband's sister's dog has had, but that's the way it is I guess.

Our sweet friends Darrin and Jenny kept Logan for us while we went to the doctor. Well, Darrin mostly since Jenny left shortly after we did----THANKS so much Darrin--you're a trooper keeping 3 boys by yourself!


God blessed our day with hearing the heartbeat again (146 for those of you in doubt that this baby is a boy...I think I'll fall off of the table if they say this is a girl.) We will go in 4-6 weeks to have the level 2 ultrasound and hopefully determine what this little munchkin will be. All of my labs came back great and much to my happiness, I have not gained an ounce. I had lost about 6 pounds at my last visit and so far, so good. NOT that I'm hoping to lose weight during this pregnancy, but I am hoping that since I started a lot heavier than I was when I got pregnant with Logan, that I will be able to manage the weight gain closely.


The doctor also confirmed that I will definitely be having another c-section about a week before my due date (so, the week of August 23rd.) The hospital that I will deliver at requires the doctor to be at the hospital during the entire labor in case of uterine rupture. Of course with a doctor in private practice this prevents me from being able to do a vbac. Since I had such a horrible experience with my first c-section, I was having a difficult time deciding what route to go so I started praying several weeks ago that God would just give me the answer and today he blessed me by doing just that. I'm actually extremely relieved that this decision was removed from my hands and I feel so at peace with it. Please just pray that I will continue to feel this peace as we draw closer to August--I get so worried that I will have a panic attack on the way to the hospital!


Logan still assures us that there are two babies in my belly. As much as we try to talk him out of it, he gets more and more adamant that we are just "wrong." I hope he isn't too disappointed. When I tried to talk him out of this mindset again tonight, this is the conversation we had:

Me: "Well, maybe once we get this baby out of diapers, God will give us another baby"
L: "Then when that baby is out of diapers, He will give us another baby. Then when that one is out of diapers, He will give us another baby. Then when that one is out of diapers, He will give us another baby. Then when that one is out of diapers, He will give us another one." (yes, 4 additional babies)
Me: "Oh dear. I don't think that he will give us that many babies. I think he might just give us one more after this one."
L: "No, I want lots of babies. I think He will give us lots of babies."


Where in the world does he come up with this stuff?????

Logan Tid Bits

Lately Logan has been cracking us up! Here are some of the funniest things he's said in the past few days:

*" 'anna piece a me?" as he bats balloons or runs to tackle Jarrod
*"Of Course" as in...Logan is Daddy going to put you to bed? "Of course, he isn't"
*"Mommy's going to have one baby, then two babies, then three babies, then four babies, then five babies. I want a lot of babies." Oh dear!
*Our neighbor's dog spends 23 of 24 hours with our dog, so last week Logan decided that he just needed to name him. He decided "Harry" was a good name.
*"Mommy, you should take a drink of the other water tomorrow, then you will feel better."
*Jarrod: "Logan, what's in your pocket?" L: "Ummm....I suppose.....its money"
*"My grandfather misses me. My favorite Gumpy"
*"Nearly about to" as in "I was nearly about to fall off of the bed."
* Me: "Logan why don't you like my hair in a ponytail" (btw: he HATES it when I wear my hair in a ponytail) Logan: "Because it's rough"
*Jarrod's personal favorite: "Mommy, if you do a somersault you might break the house."

Random Thoughts & Pictures

Well, its a Thursday...a school day where I get to talk to 3 year olds for 6 hours and today Jarrod is in meetings and has a dinner...so 3 year old talk will also encompass my evening. Don't get me wrong...I love my kids at school and I cherish the alone time with Logan...however, I decided I had better relieve some of the vocabulary. Today it has consisted of "Do you think that was a good choice?" "Please don't tattle unless you are bleeding or hurt" "Good job guys, I'm so proud of you!" "Do you have to potty?" "Please keep your hands to yourself" Today's personal favorite: "No, we didn't make God, God made us." So, here goes my randomness:

Food:

So, when I am pregnant I have weird issues with food. Not just the typical cravings, aversions, etc. When I was pregnant with Logan (and didn't realize I was), I was skiing in Colorado with some dear friends over Spring Break. I went to go get chicken tenders at lunch the last day that we were there, bit into them and they were RAW! I didn't eat chicken again until I was about 7 months pregnant, and then it was out of necessity. Never before or after have I gotten raw meat at a restaurant. Well, Tuesday morning I was eating a bagel at school and out crawled a baby roach...yes, it did....I'm not sure that I'll ever be able to bring myself to eat another Einstein Bros. bagel. Never before have I encountered a bug in my food and I've eaten at some pretty shady places (Mexico, Thailand, Malaysia, the Phillipines...come on...)

Rodeo:

I LOVE the rodeo. Ever since I moved to Texas, I've loved the atmosphere, the smells, the rumble and mostly just that wildness that surrounds the rodeo. When we lived in Houston, we were able to attend a lot of Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo performances. Logan was 3 months old when he went to his first rodeo...but due to the craziness of our lives over the past two years that was his last rodeo until this year. Jarrod grew up going to the Ft. Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. His dad competed in the stock show growing up, so it holds some pretty sentimental value as well. So, this year, we loaded up and met Pops and Mimi at the stock show and went on the the rodeo that night. Logan was 100% enthralled. He loved it. He loved all of the animals, but he especially loved the rodeo part. My favorite event is barrel racing--and Logan knows this. I explained the event, then told him what was going on with each girl during the event. So, the next night and every night since he has been setting up barrels and "racing" on his stick horse. He has to add some drama at the end because his favorite part was the steer wrestling (because the men "fell off" of their horses.) So, at the end of his ride, he has to fall off of his horse--its HILARIOUS!!!

Here is a rodeo picture:

People:
I have been blessed--abundantly! I have a husband who is more than I ever knew or thought to pray for...who is not just an amazing husband or father, but just an incredible man of character, of integrity and my hero of heros. I have a son that is my miracle, my God-send and the true definition of joy. I have two of the most amazing parents anyone could hope for--they've faced tough, tough lives and they have triumphed amazingly over them. I have a mother-in-law that loves me like I'm her own, who has faced her own share of toughness lately and who is still smiling and encouraging despite it. I have a father-in-law and his wife who love us, who love our child and who have challenged us in ways that we didn't know we needed to be challenged. I have a sister-in-law and her husband who have been such an integral part of our family and who love Logan as much as if he were theirs. I have 6 of the most different, fabulous, wacky, precious siblings that I just adore. I have a precious baby niece, 2 wonderful nephews and 2 of the most amazing teenage nieces that I can only complain about not getting to see nearly enough. I have wonderful extended family and in-laws that encourage me and my family in ways that no one else can. I have a fabulous group of friends that are in so many categories...friends that are pre-college that I still connect with often, college friends that we still celebrate with several times a year, Houston friends that we've known since we were married and amazing new friends that I feel like God has just set in my life to make me so much better.
Thank you to all of you...you are such a blessing!

Here are some more pictures:

Logan with cousins Hannah and Evan

Logan with cousin Whitney

My Family Christmas:

Jarrod's Mom's Family:

Jarrod's Dad and Debbie:

Logan and Nanny

Little Helper

I love days like today...Logan has been so happy and so helpful. Some days when I need to get a million things done all Logan wants me to do is "play" with him...this means a lot of whining, some time out time and less done than a normal day. Today was opposite of this. He was in FULL blown helper mode. I needed to change his drawers around because he is (finally) into getting himself dressed and he couldn't reach his underwear or shirts and pjs. So, I moved everything down to the bottom where he can easily open the drawers and find what he needs. He was completely into moving all of the "too big" and "too small" clothes that did inhabit the bottom two drawers into a pile in his closet where I can later box them up in hopes that they will work for "Dos" as Jarrod calls kiddo #2 (which Jarrod assures me is another boy.) Well, later I needed to change out laundry. Many of you know that last week our washer finally gave out and this weekend we got a new one--a front loader. Due to a week of the flu and then a week without a washer...I've been doing non-stop loads. Today I thought to say "Hey Logan do you want to watch the washer?" Of course, he did and then he was all set to change it out. So, I was able to go cook lunch while he completely changed the laundry over into the dryer...with the exception of the jeans as they were "too heavy and big". This is going to be the best purchase we've made!!! In addition to all of these, which were pretty major to me, he also cleaned his room, carried clean clothes to the living room, helped me hang a picture and then used the dustbuster to "vacuum his room." Hopefully I'll be able to look back on this when he's a teenager and be thankful for "once upon a time."

"To Infeminity And Beyond"

Let me start by saying that I am one of those moms that lets my little one jump on the bed. Now before you gasp too loudly, I do set limits such as an adult has to be in the room and he can't get too close to the edge, etc. Plus, he can only jump on our bed or the guest bed seeing as he's got bunk beds. Any way that you look at it, we all have our "things" that we just don't mind and this is one of mine. I actually LOVE it...some of our best memories happen on my bed jumping around, feet flying out from under, diving headfirst or wrestling. For the past few months, Logan has been pretending to be Buzz Lightyear off of Toy Story. He cannot remember the word "infinity" so he yells "To Infeminity and Beyond" then jumps/dives. Last night, we finally thought to take pictures of the action.

As a side note, Jarrod also took video of this and told Logan that he was going to show his girlfriend when he got older. To which Jarrod got this response:

L: "I already have a girlfriend"
J: "You do? Who is it?"

L: "She's right there in the pink shirt"

J: "Where?"

L: pointing to me, "Mrs. Sarah", "Sarah", "Mommy"

Have I mentioned that I LOVE having a little boy?!!!

Happy Valentines Day!!!

We had our class parties at school today. Since I teach, I didn't get to go to Logan's party (or take pictures of his party), but his Daddy surprised him and made his day by coming! I'm posting a few Valentine's Day Pictures, including my kiddos at school...I teach 10 of the most adorable kids! Notice Logan's "football shoes" in his outside picture!

Date Night

Well, today Jarrod is out of town on business so Logan and I decided we could finally take our long-awaited trip to Olive Garden. Of course, after we ordered he laid out the "Mommy, I have to go to the bathroom." Since it was just the two of us, I found the waiter and told him that we would be right back. So, we go to the bathroom, get finished and come back to find a bus boy clearing our table and resetting it. While this is perfectly understandable, it created mass confusion for the little man. The rest of our evening, we discussed why we couldn't drink our drinks, why that man had touched our straws with dirty hands, how that water with lemon was SOOO much better than this new one, and mostly about why we forgot to ask them to bring us "another book and two crayons." So, we got through the evening, Logan insists on "paying" (aka signing his name to my credit card) and he won't let me carry him so that he can carry the leftovers all by himself. Too cute, but back to my story...we get to the car and he wants to call Daddy to tell him that we had gone on a "what's it called, Mommy," "yeah a date." He didn't get ahold of Jarrod, but here is the conversation that ensued:
L: "If I find a friend that has my book and two crayons, I'm just going to take it from him'
Me: 'I don't know if that's a good way to handle it, wouldn't it be better to find an adult to ask for help?"
L: "Like you?"
M: "Yes, I could probably help you out."
L: "Then you would say, 'Is that your book' and the friend would say 'yes, it is my book' and then you would say, 'okay'. Then you would ask again 'are you sure that is your book and two crayons' and the friend would say, 'it is my book, I really need that book' and you would say, 'but I don't think that is your book, can we please have it back?' and then they would be really sad."

The best part was that his voice inflections were very "whiny" when it was his 'friend' but right on when he was imitating me. I love the imaginations of 3 year olds...they crack me up!