Sunday, July 29, 2007

My Three Sons

We had our ultrasound yesterday, and it looks like there will be three boys in our house! Boys are very popular in our family. My mom and I were trying to count up how many boys there were just on her side and we came up with eight boys compared to only three girls. If we ever have a family reunion, there will be plenty of people to play with!

We took Matthew with us to the ultrasound. I asked him if he wanted a boy or a girl, and he said a girl. When I asked him why, he said, "So I can marry her when I grow up!" I told him he doesn't get to marry his sister. On the way out, though, he told me he wanted 20 brothers. I said he may have to see about getting a new mom. I'm not up for 20!!

All in all, everything else looked good. The baby is the right size, and looks healthy. We even got to see it wave at us!

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Children and the Aquarium


I took the boys to the Georgia Aquarium yesterday. If you ever come to Atlanta, I would highly recommend the aquarium. It's one of the largest ones in the country, but it doesn't feel like you have to walk for miles to see everything. The best characteristic about the aquarium is that they have large tanks with a variety of species. The best tank is the Ocean Voyager. I can't even describe how huge it is. It has four whale sharks in it that average about 20 - 30 feet in length. The big viewing room has a huge floor to ceiling window that is about 20 feet high and 40 or so feet long. You can sit right in front of the window and watch the fish swim by you. It is absolutely awesome.

So, the boys and I decided to go yesterday. They had been begging to go for awhile. We have yearly passes, so it only costs us the price of parking. Since it's summer, it was unbelieveably busy. Nathan did well for a while, but he always gets a little upset around large crowds. We had to wait in a long line to get some lunch, and just as we were going through the line to pay, he decided it was just too much, and he started to just wail. Of course, I'm holding a tray with all our food, so it's impossible for me to hold him. He wasn't throwing a temper tantrum or running around or flailing on the floor, he was just crying. To make it even worse, there is this older lady in front of me who kept giving me dirty looks. I'm not sure what exactly she expected me to do. I mean, come on, it could have been a lot worse. All he was doing was standing beside me, crying. Why is that total strangers feel the need to judge you when your children are not being the perfect little angels. I'm sure she could tell from the look on my face that I was a little stressed, but there was absolutely no compassion on her face. She's probably one of those people who gets upset when she sees a family walk into a family restaurant like Applebee's too.


In the end, we had a good time, but I'll probably wait until a day when it's not so busy to take the boys back.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Doctor's Visits and Swimming Lessons

I had another doctor's visit yesterday. It only lasted about 15 minutes, since everything is going well. The baby's heartbeat sounds good, and my blood pressure is perfect. (Amazing, since sometimes the boys can make anyone's blood pressure rise!) I gained about two pounds, but I'm still three pounds lower than my initial weight. (Awesome!) My ultrasound is a week from today, so hopefully we'll have news about whether it's a boy or a girl.

Here are some pictures from the boys' last day of swimming lessons. Matthew's really taken to the water. Nathan likes splashing around, but he takes things on his own terms. He still does not like to go underwater. They only had five kids in their class with two instructors, so there was a lot of hands-on instruction. Both instructors were very supportive, especially of Nathan. They never forced him to do anything he didn't want to, and he couldn't wait to go each day! I'm so glad it was a positive experience for him.

This is Matthew swimming along the lazy river at the pool.

Monday, July 16, 2007

One year in Georgia

Yesterday marked our first year in Georgia. It's hard to believe that it's been a year. It seemed like just yesterday we were packing the moving truck to come here. While there have been times when I doubted the wisdom of moving here, especially when Jeremy was struggling with his job search, it has been a good move. Everything worked out to get us here, and Nathan did get to spend a year at home with his dad.

We heard an awesome speaker at church yesterday. Our pastor is in Iran, and George Verwer spoke at our church. If you've never heard of him, he's the founder of Operation Mobilization and he's also considered the founder of short term missions. While he was funny and I spent most of the sermon laughing, he also made you really think. What can I do? Where can I help?

Saturday, July 14, 2007

First Post!

Here it is, my very first post! Unfortunately, I really don't have anything that interesting to say. For those of you who have been wondering, Jeremy has gotten a full time job! He's working as a reservation agent for a tour company in Norcross. His hours right now are 11 am to 7 pm, which is really nice because it gives me a chance to sleep in a little in the mornings. I definitely need that right now. He's also not working on the weekend at all anymore. We're actually going to go to church in the morning tomorrow! (Now, since you're wondering, we've been going to our church's 5:15 service since September.) It's nice to be back to a normal schedule.

My next doctor's visit is on Friday, and in two weeks we go in for our ultrasound. Hopefully, we'll be able to find out if it's another boy or a little girl. A girl will definitely shake up the boys' lives!