Psalm 127: 3-5

You are ALL right...
Troy & I are expecting our third baby!!!

Thank you so much for all of your sweet comments!

Here we are on the day before Mother's Day

which is the day we found out!

How cool is that?!?

Best Mother's Day gift EVER ever EVER!!!

This was a TOTAL and COMPLETE shock to

my main squeeze and me.

A wonderful shock, but YES indeed a SHOCK!!!
Somebody has to be in the 1% club as far

as birth control pills go,

and we gladly accept the honors!!!

For a few days that week, I was just not

feeling like myself. It was a feeling I had

experienced before...sure enough, three

name brand tests and two generic tests

later, we were SURE!!!

CRAZY us immediately told our little family...

you know the WalkMan and the Haddie Pattie.

They were over the moon excited!

Walker almost gave daddy another heart attack

when he & Haddie couldn't decide if they wanted

a boy or girl, so Walker said it might be TWINS!!!

That weekend the Big Brother & the Big Sister

just happened to be playing around in their

Spiderman suits. Troy mentioned his worry

over not having enough Spiderman suits.

Thankfully, I was able to put his mind at ease...

there is still one more suit left in Walker's closet.

Now money for the third one's college?

...Couldn't help Big Daddy out on that one!!!

Guys, I'm going to tell you...we were in some serious shock that day. ALL good shock, but SHOCK nonetheless. We didn't know what else to do but call upon the Hoodies ~ specifically our best buds, The Reeds. They invited us down and took care of us in a way that only your dearest, best friends can. Check out the snacks Robin provided for us that very night...gotta love me some pickles and ice cream!!!Later that night, I found Troy leaning over the fence telling our next door hoodies...The following day was Mother's Day...seriously, could there be a better gift?!? I think not. If you're worried about the Little Bambino reading about what a shock he/she was, no worries! Shocks in life can be VERY, VERY good. I was known as "Oops" in my family since I was a shock for my parents. My next sister is TEN years older than me and the other is thirteen years older! I have no lasting effects of being known as "Oops." I kinda like it, in fact. I'm certainly glad that oops happened so I could be experiencing my own oops now!!!We took my mother her Mother's Day gifts that afternoon with this card...and after a while she finally caught on!!!After a little lesson with Walker on how to spell 'baby', we presented Troy's mom with this card. Ours moms, dads, aunts, uncles, god mommy, aunties, & friends were all so super excited and happy and supportive. Blessed are we! Blessed Blessed Blessed!!!

We went to the doctor a couple of weeks ago to learn that I was six weeks and one day along with a due date of January 19, 2010!!! That's the day we took this picture and the day we saw and fell in love with the sweet little heart beat you saw on the picture in my previous post.

Go ahead and think it...WOW, she is already showing at six weeks. You'd be correct in that assumption. In fact, I had two moms at Walker's school ask me out of the blue if I was expecting. This was during week seven. I proudly said YES, but quickly informed them that they should NOT be able to tell as I was only seven weeks along!!! Don't worry, I embrace it!

Troy couldn't resist taking this picture. Trust me...you'll understand why soon enough. I'll just say this, I enjoy eating when I'm NOT pregnant as well as when I AM pregnant. To the tune of about 50 pounds of enjoyment...with KANKLES to boot. Sit back and enjoy the transformation.

Now, that we are all caught up...I'll show you a picture that Big Brother Walker took last night. This is Big Mama at eight weeks and four days...
(Right before going out to eat at my fave place!)

I am feeling okay...not great like I did with Walker's pregnancy and not utterly sick every second like I was with Hadlee's pregnancy. That being said, I'm going out on a limb to say that it's either a boy or girl!!! And you know what the best part is, doesn't matter to us one slight little bit.

We are praying our hearts out for a healthy baby. I'd be forever grateful if you could spare a prayer or two or more for our little miracle baby.

I have always prayed that if it were meant to be, that God would give us a third baby (without really trying). God always answers our prayers in some way or another.

A few days after we found out, I saw this verse that I've seen many times before. It almost brought me to my knees right then and there in the gift shop where I was standing.

"Behold. Children are a gift from the Lord."
I couldn't be more thankful for the two gifts I already have and for the precious, little one I already love so very much and can't wait to meet!!!