Ooops, It's a boy!

Yesterday, just before J.D.'s funeral I had a doctor's appointment. After measuring 2 1/2 weeks ahead, the doctor wanted me to come in for another sonogram just to make sure things were going okay with the baby. During the exam and sonogram, I kept referring to the baby as a "he" as I have done for a while now. Not only is it easier to say than she (how lazy is that?) but I was feeling like it was a boy. So I guess when the doctor passes by the boy parts he decided to show me. "And here are his testicles." Both the nurse and I looked at each other. I just smiled and she let the doctor know that we were not intending to find out the sex until birth. My poor doctor felt so so so bad. I was shocked but okay with it. And honestly, it just confirmed what I was feeling.

As many of you know we do not have many boys in our families so this is a blessing. With the recent loss of my cousin, J.D. and the timing of this slip up, I feel that it was God's work. My feelings on both of recent events are still unsettled but I take comfort in knowing that God has a bigger plan for all of us.

Puppies, Puppies, and more Puppies. Oh my!

Yes, that's right. We have more puppies. And of course, a litter of 10! We must have very fertile ground here.
The puppies were born on Thanksgiving night and if you remember, that's when it snowed here. The momma is Maggie, a border collie mix, who is was a stray that I picked up and just so happened to be pregnant too. The puppies appear to be mixed with blue heeler. So if you know anyone who didn't get a puppy for Christmas...

and a Happy New Year!

For this new year, we have a new addition to our family. No, sorry, not me. At least not yet.
On December 29th, a very cold night, Penny (our jenny) finally had her baby. I had just said the other day that maybe she was in fact not pregnant but just getting fat for winter. I think the baby is female but didn't really get a good feel so I could be wrong. Pokeno is a proud papa and brother!

Merry Christmas / Tour of Homes - Christmas Tree

Christmas with a 3 year old and one on the way makes for a very busy time. We did enjoy our Christmas together. This was the first year that we stayed home on Christmas day. We felt bad for Katlynn in the previous years not being able to play with her new things. And I do have to say that most of the toys stayed in the living room floor for about a week (in my defense, it is very hard to bend over to pick things up so we had to wait for Dad to help us).

The night before Christmas morning, at about 2:30am, we had everything ready. All of Santa's gifts were under the tree, he had made his mark and ate all of his milk and pecan pie. For Katlynn's big present this year we got a awesome deal on a bunk bed that needed a little work. It has a twin bed on casters, tons of drawers, a book case, a desk, and of course a ladder that goes up to the top bunk. We have not done anything with the top yet. We are going to make that area a "play"area and maybe later (much later) she will be able to sleep up there. Needless to say that she loves it and requests to sleep in it every night. And for the most part, she does stay in there for the night. {mom dries a tear}

Most of the pictures from the gift opening frenzy were blurry but a few turned out.
Her noticing that Santa ate all of his food.
A gift from her Aunt Audrey all the way from New York.
And finally, her wearing one of her new princess dresses with make-up on and dancing with the new princess dancing DVD.

Whew! Makes me tried all over again just writing about it.