Update on Baby E

We had our 20 week ultrasound yesterday and got to see baby E!  And in case you are wondering, we did not find out the gender but we will  know in October :)  For the most part, everything looks great.  Baby E is measuring slightly ahead and is extremely active - you don't have to tell me that but the technicians are always amazed at how much our babies move.  We were told some news that could be concerning or could not be - the things parents don't really want to hear.  They found Choroid plexus cysts on the baby's brain.  Okay, before you freak out let me tell you what that is because I was pretty much freaking out.  As google tells me

The choroid plexuses are structures in the ventricles (spaces) of the brain that produce the cerebrospinal fluid. Each plexus is made up of a network of capillary blood vessels covered by transporting epithelial cells.
Occasionally fluid becomes trapped and forms pockets in the choroid plexus. These pockets of fluid are called  choroid plexus cysts (CPC). Choroid plexus cysts are seen during 1% to 3% of all mid-trimester prenatal ultrasound examinations. The cysts may be seen in one or both sides of the brain, and generally have no effect on fetal development. However, choroid plexus cysts do have a weak association with fetal chromosome abnormalities.


So there you go.  About 1% of ultrasounds show these and then my doctor tells me that about 98% of these cases will resolve themselves without any issues whatsoever.  We have an ultrasound in another month to see what is happening.  I am looking forward to seeing the baby again!  If you would join me in prayer for our little one I would appreciate it. 

Sneak peak of Baby E

Happy Birthday C!

C turned 4 on Sunday and we had a football party for him.  It was super fun - thanks to everyone who was able to make it and celebrate him and for all the gifts and well wishes from those that couldn't!

 

David made an awesome football cake!  C asked his Dad if he was going to be able to throw his cake across the room!!  Uh, not this time bud.

C about to blow out his candles.

Ike going after the football pinata.

Little Debbie Cloud Cake House Party

I had so much fun getting together with friends and hosting a Little Debbie House Party.  We even made a commercial!  We had tons of great ideas but without the proper equipment and time we ended up just making one.  I don't know about the other ladies but that was fun for me!

The table

A close up of the cloud cakes!

And of course, a few shots of us enjoying them :)

 

My first cloud cake!  I was so proud of myself.  I did not touch them until the party.  This was slightly hard for a pregnant woman.

 David and his first bite.

 Wendy and her cloud cake.  Also one of the stars of the commercial - look out Little Debbie - here she comes!

 And Maura - the inspiration behind the commercial and a star herself :)

Wedding Cake for Breakfast?

Oh, today I had wedding cake for breakfast and it was wonderful.  I also felt a bit like a hobbit having first breakfast and then second breakfast, maybe I should do that more often!  I chose not to get sleep and hang out with some of my family and watch the royal wedding (from 2:45am-6:45am).  Much fun was had.

 Our royal wedding cake

 We started with tea and crumpets prior to the cake.

 The cutting of the cake...

The royal family!

He is Risen

Sunday, today and every day!  I was disappointed I didn't get to post on Easter and then I thought it applies to every day really :)  For breakfast we made ressurection rolls together.  It was so much fun.  You take a marshmallow, which represents Jesus, and dip it into melted butter.  Then you roll it around in a cinnamon/sugar mixture and place it into a pillsbury crescent roll triangle.  Seal the marshmallow in the roll tight and dip the top into melted better and roll in cinnamon/sugar and bake. 

 

Hot out of the oven!

Inside of the rolls.  No marshmallow - just the empty tomb.

The kids loved this visual and tasty treat!

For Easter our church has a tradition of flowering the cross.  You bring flowers for each member of your family and tie them to the cross during worship - I love doing this.

 

 Me with our flowers.  This is also a good 16 week pregnancy shot :)

Sunday night we got to celebrate with good friends over a lovely Easter dinner.  David made an empty tomb cake.  I thought it was so creative.

 David's cake!

That's some of what we did.  Hope you had a good one and were able to celebrate the one who paid the price!

Coloring Eggs

Today we had so much fun letting the kids dye Easter eggs.  I was surprised how interested my kiddos were in the hard boiling process but they were!  I ended up giving C a mini Science lesson on the phases of water!

 

Batch #1

Preparing the dye, we used vinegar

Daddy helping D.

D showing she can do it!

 

A making an egg two colors.

 

 C having lots of fun :)

 Some of our eggs.

 

This picture made me do a double take.  I have always thought that B and C favored each other but you can really see that in this photo.

Hard to Believe...

It is hard to believe that over 7 years ago A was born and then spend 10/11 days in the NICU at the hospital.  This past weekend we were able to go to her annual Neonatal Reunion Picnic!  This is always so fun because it celebrates life and all the little ones who make it out of the NICU (some born super early) and it is also a chance to remember those who were never able to make it home.

 Here is A in the hospital NICU.

Here are the girls climbing a tree at the party!

 B enjoying her butterfly face paint!

 D loved the duckie game.

 They had a train ride.

And the kiddos favorite thing was probably the bounce houses!