Nursery

In response to Amy's comment.....we will not be redoing the nursery. Jameson will move into the existing nursery and Bennett will move into a new bedroom with "big girl furniture." I ordered this bedding from Pottery Barn for Bennett. It is on back order until the end of April but I hope to have Bennett in her new room by the end of May so she does not think we are booting her out of her room because of the new baby.

It's a GIRL!!!!!

We are having another beautiful little girl! Miss Jameson Gail Collins looks perfect so far and is right on target with a due date of August 13th! Chris is currently looking for night shift work if anyone is hiring! :) He is a little frightened at being outnumbered and more hairbows and shoes but is very excited, even if he did say he was going to the pound to find him another male dog on the way home! I will post ultrasound pictures soon!

Much needed update

Bennett had tubes put in her ears February 4th after a long horrible battle with ear infections since August! She is doing fabulous and is like a different child! She moved up from the toddler class to the "Busy Bees" class last week. I was told it was because she is so "advanced" but only got a laugh from the teacher when I asked if that was the nice way of telling me she was beating up on the other kids. Bennett is very rough and gave a kid a goose egg on his forehead not too long ago while in the nursery at church. I don't think she means to play so rough though, she loves to give hugs and kisses and can be really sweet. I just think she gets the roughness from her daddy (Chris tears flesh off while trying to give massages). My mom lovingly refers to him as "a bull in a china shop." God love him! Anyway, you can now ask, "Bennett, you got your license?" and she will shake her head and say "no, no!" A teacher at the day care taught her this and you have to see it to appreciate how cute it is but it is soooo super adorable to see her do it. She also knows what a duck, dog, and cow says. When we ask her to say Pepper, one of our dog's names, it comes out "Bobby" every time. Not sure what the mix up is there. :) She loves being outside and riding her four wheeler and got a new pair of baby pink cowboy boots this weekend and was all about showing them off to the people in Hobby Lobby, she even had to wear them out of the store with her jogging suit! Fashion statement I must say! I could just eat her up! Here is a picture of her admiring the snow back in February.


And one of her and my dad Sunday before church with her new boots!

NIne Weeks

I had an appointment with the doctor this morning and he said everything is measuring right on target and all my lab work came back fine. I have my next appointment February 4th and he said we will be able to hear the heartbeat with the doppler at that visit. The appointment after that in March is the ultrasound appointment. YAY!!!!

Update

So I had my first "doctor appointment" today which was really just a health question appointment with the nurse......not too exciting. I kept a "Belly Book" journal with Bennett and had written in there that at the nurse appointment we also had an ultrasound. I was disappointed to find out this morning that I was not getting an ultrasound done and the nurse explained that they did the ultrasound with Bennett because I had been spotting and since I have had no complications with this pregnancy they would not do an ultrasound until around 17 weeks when we find out the sex. Now I am VERY grateful that I have had no complications but would still have liked to take a peek inside and see what has been going on! :) My next appointment is January 7th at 8:30.

As I have said many times before in my blog I am a planner so......I have decided on both a boy and girl name, for now.....I mean I am allowed to change my mind. For now we have decided on Jameson Gail for a girl (after Chris aka James Christopher and my grandmother Judith Gail who passed away in May) and if a boy the name will be Bayne Christopher (my maiden name is Bayne).

Merry Christmas!

Bennett is.......

Going to be a BIG SISTER!!!! I have had three positive pregnancy tests and it was confirmed at the doctor's office today! I am about four weeks along and the due date is approximately August 10, 2010. We knew we wanted Bennett and her sibling to be about two years apart so decided we better get off BC and start preparing. Little did we know that I am fertile Myrtle and Chris has super sperm! We are very excited and will update as we find out more. Our first appointment is December 21st at 8:30 am.

I'm a FLOWER! (Halloween 2009)

This one if for Uncle GOAT....(Greatest of all time)....AKA Michael....Bennett is going to be so confused with a Monkey for a grandpa and a Goat for an uncle!