Baby Update and more!

I'm at 21 weeks now and this baby is always on the move! I went to the baby doc last Friday and we heard the heartbeat again - nice and strong. It was just a regular visit and not too much to report. I am now back on the positive from a weight perspective having been sick about four weeks ago and losing weight. So I'm sure there will be no more worries in the weight category! Now I'm just hungry all the time! LOL! I will have another ultrasound - but probably not for bit so we may actually get to find out if it is a boy or a girl prior to it's birth date!

Yesterday as we were leaving for church and I looked down at my stoamch. It really looked my stomach had just popped out! Zach was like your stomach is growing!! Jim thought it looked the same. I'm sure it had to do with the dress I was wearing. It was funny and caught our attention as we were leaving.

Zach and Madi kept us busy again this weekend with baseball and softball - though I think this week is crazy! I know Madi has games on Monday, Friday and Saturday and Zach I think is on the same schedule plus then you add in all the other things they are involved in...Zach has a basketball camp during the day and Madi is in a volleyball camp. Plus Zach's other basketball program, Madi's dance class, etc. It doesn't seem like summer break to me :).

Oh well - they are busy and having fun!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the BEST TWINS!!

HAPPY 9th BIRTHDAY MADI and ZACH!

We cannot believe it's been 9 years since you both surprised us by arriving many, many weeks early...which was one of the best days of our lives! And to look at you both now already so grown up (9 going on 19)...we never would have imagined and no one would guessed that you born so early and ever so tiny. Even the preemie t-shirts and onesie's wouldn't stay on your shoulders! Or when you would want to sleep next to each other tightly so we would place both of you in one car seat so you could snooze together! I think the picture we have of both of you sleeping like this, so tiny in a frame titled "forever young" is the best picture we have. It's priceless.

Well I hope you are having a great day and not giving daddy a hard time shopping with your birthday money! I think this is the first year you all have been already out of school and on summer break on your birthday so there is a present for you both already but definitely more to come tonight...well if you're good! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH... :) your Mom and Dad and baby

PS to everyone else reading this - We did have our ultrasound yesterday and Madi and Zach were able to attend too. It was quite the experience for them. We all had the chance to see baby yawn, show us his/her feet (many times) and mainly sleep with one arm behind it's head (baby is already taking after the twins and daddy).

But, unfortunately, they couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl so I guess we are stuck trying to find gender neutral everything but mainly clothes - do you know how hard that is? Everything is either all boy or girly, girl. We are happy to report that the baby is healthy and growing especially since I have been sick. Baby is already 9 ounces @ 19 weeks (half way point for me). Just think in about 20 more weeks we'll be celebrating baby! Our due date as of now is officially 10/30 - uncle mike's b-day.