I can feel the baby

OK I thought this was way too early, I am about 13 1/2 to 14 weeks now, but when I lay really still on my back I can feel the baby moving around. I can't wait till Lewis can feel it. I though it was so funny, when the boys were in my tummy and I would lay on my side pressed up against Lewis at night they would kick him. I guess they did not like him in their already cramped space. HEE HEE I can't wait to see if this one is going to do this as well.

We were also talking about how lop sided my belly was with the boys, and some time you could see the whole thing move from one side to the other, it was crazy to see them both move the way they did. Lewis would say it looks like you have an alien in there.

I just wonder how this one will be. Time will come to fast and we will see.

I just thought I would post and say I am now in my 2nd trimester and feeling better.

Thanks,
Tracie

Thank you Tropical Storm Edouard

Well, the boys sure had fun today and I thought I would share and let you see how much fun they had. These are after the rain this morning. I said to them at 9:00 do you want to play in the mud, oh boy they got really excited. I put dirty clothes on them and sent them out. They had so much fun and posed for some pictures for me to share.

This one is my favorite one. Man this is going to be fun to clean.



This one lets you see all the mud at its glory.



Kyle Getting Kenneth



Kenneth Getting Kyle



The last picture.




Now mom's off to clean the up with the water hose and feed them some lunch and then it will be nap time. :)

Thanks for looking, hope you stayed clean. :)

12 week check up on #3

Well, we went in today thinking we would just get to hear the heart beat but we were surprise we were asked if we wanted an ultrasound I said yes, please. So we are so happy that we have some new pictures that you can see some more of the baby in. The big ultrasound (boy/girl) is Sept 23, 2008. More to come on that later. She told me that all my labs were perfect and everything looked great.

OK OK here is the first picture.

In this picture you will see the hand, I wish I could circle it but its there.



In this next picture, you can see the arm and the baby was actually waving. It was amazing to see this tiny thing move the way it did. You can also see the baby's legs and bottom. Isn't cute!!!!




This next one you can see the baby's face and most of the body.




Ok this is the last one, this is where she took the measurement and the baby is reading 13 weeks and 1 day. I am by my due date and conception date 12 weeks and 5 days, so its almost right on. You can see the bottom, face and legs.





The baby did give us a big kick but I did not feel it. If we could have recorded it, like we did with the boys I would have, but :( oh well. The baby was moving around a lot and the heart beat was strong.

Thanks, more updates to come in a couple weeks. We are just too excited to bring another life into this world.

Lewis and Tracie Travels

The month of July was very busy for us and we did a lot of traveling. We ended up spending 4th of July with Mimi and Papa and had some wonderful Ice cream and fireworks. I did not feel that well but made it thought.

Then Lewis found out that he was selected to go to Phoenix AZ. for 4 days for training for the military. It was cool, he went to a Hotel, we ended up getting a plane ticket for me and I went with him. We did not do very much but the rest was really good for me and this baby. Here are some pictures we took from there.





Then we got to go to another conference in Portland, Or. We had childcare set up for months and the tickets bought. We used this time to Celebrate our 10 year anniversary just a little late. Dad keep the boys and they even bought a big pool for them to swim in, they loved it. Still talking about going swimming at Grams and Gramps house. We traveled all day to get there. As soon as we landed it was cold and wonderful. I LOVED it there, Really I did not want to come home. I keep saying go get my kids and we can just move here. It was so nice. The plant life, oh the trees. I was in Heaven. I told Lewis this is what I want my Heaven to look like. :) We got a rental car and put 1000 miles on it in 3 days. We went every where. We went down the Gorge, then seen Mt. Hood, then to Mt. St. Helen's and last the Coast. We really did have a great time. The hotel room that we were in you could see Mt. hood and Mt. St. Helen's in the windows. It was a wonderful room . We loved being there. I missed the boys like crazy and called everyday (a couple of times) but they were having too much fun to talk to us. Well, here are some pictures that we took.





Well that was our busy month, we are so glad we got this time together before this baby comes. I know we will not be doing any more traveling for the next two years with breastfeeding. Or at least I will not be going anywhere. :) AGAIN, I am so glad we got this time together, we really missed our babies, but love the time together. :)

12 week update

Well, not much has happened with the baby this month. I have now hit 12 weeks and will have a full check up on Tue, Aug 5th. At this apt. we will get to hear the heart beat. If I am smart enough and remember I will take my MP3 player and record the heart beat and post it on here for you all to hear. We are getting closer to finding out what the sex of this child is and we are still hoping for a girl even though every one lately has been telling me how great having just boys is. I will (hee hee, try) to be happy with what every God blesses with. I am not going to lie I want a baby girl, so does the rest of the family, but if its healthy we will be good. Kenneth and Kyle are the only ones that want a brother. Its so funny. :)

AS far as my health. I am finding it hard to take my vitamins, a secret they make my tummy hurt so I have been taking the boys chew ables. They say for adults also and I believe at least getting something is better than nothing. I am eating cereal and drinking milk in the morning as well so that is adding to it. My not wanting to get off the couch is getting much better, my tummy is not hurting as much and I am able to eat some more at times. Still noting tastes that great. My tummy seems to be getting bigger slowly.

That is about it, I cant wait to hear the heart beat on Tue. :)