It's Official

According to the ultrasound, I am 9 weeks today....about a week off from what we thought. So, the due date has changed to August 31, 2011. Everything looks good! I love my new OBGYN doc in MS. Her clinic is one hall over from Chris' clinic (one reason we chose her) so he just had to walk across the hall to see the ultrasound - AWESOME! We are so thankful to God for this little baby growing in my belly. It feels more real now after seeing the sonogram pic :)
btw... cravings have ceased for now :)

Surprise Christmas Gift

Big Sister and "Big" Brother

Yes, we found out Christmas Day we were pregnant with Baby Lee #3. We should not have been surprised as we were not preventing, but also not exactly trying. However, I had taken 3 pregnancy tests from the Dollar Tree that showed negative. Christmas morning (really late at this point), I took my last Dollar Tree test. It showed a very faint pink line which left me confused. So, on our way to lunch at my mom's, we stopped at Walgreen's to get a REAL test. It showed a bright pink line immediately. So, hence the 4 negative/unreliable tests, I was shocked. I surprised Chris by wrapping the stick in a gift bag for him to open later that day with a note "Test #5 worked. Merry Christmas!"

I go for my first doctor appointment in about a week, but I think I'm currently about 8.5 weeks along and due ~ August 24, 2011. I feel good, just a bit more tired and very hungry. Having major cravings for olives, pickles, avocados, spicy food, salsa, etc.... I even craved fried food last week - crazy as I hardly ever eat fried stuff. Ironically, I have been craving jalepeno chedder poppers which I had only had like maybe 3 times in my life until this pregnancy. I've learned that Kroger sells them 15 to a box and they were on sale last week so I stocked up with 3 boxes. One is already gone! Oh yeah, and within a week of finding out I was pregnant, my clothes just didn't fit the same. I guess my body is adjusting much quicker this 3rd time around. My selection of clothes right now is slim and I refuse to pull out maternity clothes right now!!! ;)

Moral of the story #1: Don't trust a test from the Dollar Tree.
#2: Celebrate with us the new life that God has blessed us with! We are so thankful!!!
We are moving from man to man to zone defense :)))

Christmas 2010

A Christmas tradition we started before bedtime in December was singing carols and reading Christmas stories by the fireplace almost every night. So special :)

Dressed as a wiseman at MMO

We hosted Christmas with Chris' family at our house the weekend before Christmas.
Present time! Excuse my backside...we had few pics from the weekend.

Oh, how Alex loves cousin Kelly!
We missed you Amy and Andy.

Mimi and Great Grandaddy

The Men: Chris, Great Grandaddy, Uncle Craig and Grandaddy
Too bad Hunter and David are not in this pic to show the 4 generations of men. Next time :)

Kelly and Aunt Tammy

Cousins having fun

Grandaddy supervising monkey David

Day Day

Aunt Cathy helping supervise finger painting while Hunter shows off his artistic ability :)
Thanks Mimi for the easel and paint sets. I see some fun, messy days ahead!

Helping make Jesus' chocolate birthday cake

Christmas morning at our house :)

The first thing Alex said when she saw her dollhouse was, "I have always wanted a dollhouse and all of a sudden, I got one." It was so sweet.

David LOVES his train table and trains!!!
Thank you cousin Hunter for all the hand me down trains and table. It rocks and is perfect for David! A special gift :)

Focusing to keep the trains on the track. However, the tracks were destroyed in no time. We've learned a track on the table and not lifted up works best for David at this stage as he kept knocking it down and wanting it fixed every 2 minutes!

Stocking time....Ringing their mini cowbells in practice for their next MSU game :)))
Another tradition I started with the fam on Christmas morning is homemade cinnamon rolls...thanks to Mrs. Bette's recipe, my Bible study leader from Little Rock
This was the first time I worked with live yeast and let dough rise from scratch and then punch it down. So fun :) Prep was done the day before and just had to get up an hour early to let rise on Christmas morn....so worth it - YUMMY!!!

We drove one hour to Grandmother's house for Christmas lunch and spent a couple of nights visiting with family there. Here, the kiddos are on a train with Grandmother :)

Grandmother and her grandbabies :)

David LOVES balls.
He got a trio set of a mini basketball, soccer ball and football via a gift card from Nana and Papaw.

Alex practicing on her new princess scooter from Grandmother

Sporting her new apron

"Let me on the bed, too!"

Well, Christmas gifting lasted 3 weeks as Mimi could not transport all her gifts to our house initially. So, we traveled to Hattiesburg New Year's weekend to continue and celebrate New Years with the Mississippi State win over Michigan. Go Dawgs!!!

Loving her new giraffe

Cousin Fun