Ultrasound 4

Ok so on Monday, the 12th of December I went to get an ultrasound to determine the gender of the baby and of course to see where the baby was in size and health during the second trimester. I'm currently in my second trimester of pregnancy and next week it'll be 5 months. 2/3 of the way there, YAY! So the two pictures below are all we could get, since the baby wasn't cooperating for picture taking. Didn't want to show a profile, for a cute picture and didn't want to show us what his/her gender was. Nevertheless the technician made a guess, but she couldn't be certain so I show you the picture below, and you tell me what you think it is.This next picture is the baby's head facing us: the big skull, the eyes and nose beneath it and according to the tech he/she had his/her hand in the way of the mouth.
So good luck figuring out my pics, and please do let me know what you think the gender is.

Month 3

So here it is! Ultrasound number 3. Done on October 25, 2011. Somehow they decided now that I'm over 35 years old, I need to have tests galore!! This one was to measure the thickness of the baby's neck. It appears everything is great. I had to gently decline the kind offer for an amniosynthesis three times. This was of course after I was told two times that the person that would be doing this test was very qualified to do it and has been doing it for a long time.So it seems the baby is now due on April 27th. So I'm approximately 14 weeks along...this is turning out to be a speedy pregnancy!

MONTH 2

Ok, so here we are month 2. They told me last month I was 5 weeks along, and 4 weeks later, I'm suddenly 10 weeks and 2 days. She said the baby is bigger than she thought. So now the due date is April 28th. I was all excited thinking this baby was going to have the same birthday as his/her big cousin, but no, looks like he/she will be born a week earlier. It'll be an early birthday present Gabby!

So here it is, we can actually see a head and a body and 2 little stumps for arms. Looks like it's for real folks!

3rd Madelon child!

Ok, so I haven't posted in a long time...again, but here it is, our life has been busy. We had a summer full of friends and fun.

But I'm writing to announce that we're having a third!! According to the doctor I'm 5 weeks pregnant, but their calculations make no sense. But here's a little picture to prove it. We even saw the heart beating.

This is the first out loud announcement I'm making, so please comment so I know you're checking this crazy and inconsistent blog.

Holidays

As we do every year, we spent the holidays with family in cold Massachusetts. Below are just a few of the many pictures we took during our Christmas vacation. Enjoy!

An afternoon in the city!
The boys with uncle Terrence. Otherwise known as "TMunny"...don't ask.
The boys with his Vedrine cousins. Isaiah, Kendal, Ricardo, Elijah, Adrien
Some play in the snow. The background is area around my parents condo building. There's a brook behind them, Beaver Brook. I love Dracut!

My men with Grandma Sonia.
Every year I have to find a picture that shows how alike they look. This is the one!

Ricky's Bday and more

Ricky had his Birthday party this week. My baby turned 7 on Tuesday the 7th. We had his party at our place for the first time ever!! And I think we had the best weather ever...go figure.

This first picture is from the House of Blues Gospel Brunch on Sunday morning. I went with the youth group, then rushed home to meet my family so we could head to a friend's birthday party. Busy weekend:

The kids coming down the stairs, for more cookies???
Ricky wearing his present from Oliver: a Lego Flashlight for his head, pretty cool.
The boys watching tv
Cake time:

Last but not least, I took this picture on Sunday. This personifies my 7 year old! Happy Birthday baby.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Below are a few more pictures of my sick boys. This was our Friday Night! The boys (including Daddy) had a stomach bug. So they were all tired, and sicky...

We had the first day of our Advent Market this Sunday at church and I caught some good friends chatting on the patio!
Christmas is coming and we put our tree up on Wednesday night!
And our wall is all decorated as well!