Well..... we had our 20 week ultrasound this afternoon (which was actually our 21 week ultrasound OR 22 week ultrasound- more on that later) and we had decided we weren't going to find out the gender. And well..... we stood strong! I must say it was awfully tempting, but in the end the ultrasound tech didn't even know (good sign maybe?) and our doctor who just happened to be in the room for pretty much the whole ultrasound (that had never happened before) might be the only one who knows who sweet baby 4 really is! Of course he was joking and told Asher to be expecting a sister, brother, brother, sister! I really don't think he saw anything either!
The tech said the baby was breech and all hunched up, but was able to check out everything that she needed and everything looked perfect! What a blessing and answer to prayer. I decided just today that I wanted Asher to go since this would be the last opportunity he would have and he was SO excited! We did have to wait in the waiting room for 40 minutes before they called us back, but he made it without us killing him :) He wasn't too into watching the baby on the screen. Must have been the gummi life savers I brought along to keep him quiet! The one exciting piece of news was that they said the baby was measuring 22 weeks instead of 21 so I might be a week farther along than we thought! It actually makes more sense that I would be, as this baby's dates were definitely unknown to us and they actually told us we were pregnant like 10 days after we conceived! So being a week further adds up. And who doesn't want one less week of being prego at the end! Now we might be looking at the day before Thanksgiving for a due date, but hey... if it's out of the month of December I'll take it! All in all, it was a great appointment and so fun to see our little one all snuggled up and doing great!
Sweet Number 4
Asher and Daddy in the waiting room
This is a picture of Asher with our favorite doctor (Dr. Zimmerman). He was actually the one that delivered Asher back in the day! Ha... seems like forever ago and we never actually got Asher in a picture with him. Probably due to the crazy C-section we ended up having that was not planned! We just love Dr. Z and I thought it would be neat for Asher to get to meet the doctor that as Asher says "got me out of your tummy".
This was taken after my C- section with Asher in June of 2004. Blake was posing with Dr. Z since Asher was being detained in the hospital nursery (which they are standing in front of!) This was the best we could do for getting a picture of Asher with the doctor who delivered him. Funny that now they don't even take them to the nursery right away anymore, but do everything right in the delivery room! How times have changed!
So I have tried and tried all week long from the moment I discovered that Nate had finally cut his first tooth, to get a picture of him and the new found chomper, but no such luck! So instead of some pictures of the tooth, here are some sweet ones I managed to get during our many photo sessions this week. I cannot even believe that he is going to be one year old in just two weeks!!! Blake and I have had to keep reminding ourselves that just one year ago he wasn't even here yet! Nate had a bit of a rough week last week with a fever for the first part of the week. It was a little high to just be teething related, but I'm thinking that was a contributing factor. He is still such a happy baby. He's cruising everywhere and has started standing by himself not holding on to anything, but refuses to take that first step! We are in NO hurry :) We're just so glad that he actually does have teeth! His middle bottom on the left has cut through first and the other one is not far behind. I think we're about to start getting a new tooth every week as his gums look like they are ready for more to pop through. Now we are just so excited for that..... haha!
standing alone
chewing is what I do best these days
We've been having lots of fun lately hanging out with the Roarks. Last Monday, Allison and I took the boys to the mall and Chic- Fil- A since it was steaming outside. The play place at the mall was jammed... usually it has like two other kids! The boys played on all the rides. Of course without us putting any money in them... at least they haven't gotten TOO smart yet! Then Thursday night our wonderful hubbies kept the kiddos and Allison and I went out for dinner, a little shopping, and some ice cream from Cold Stone. We sat outside and just talked for as long as we wanted. (or until the man came and put down the umbrella at the table we were sitting at because they were closing!) It was so fun. Then last night we all met at Goodberrys for an after dinner treat! Blake and Nick were there too, I just didn't get them in any pictures. Sorry guys! We had a great time and are so thankful for such wonderful friends.
