Turkey 12 Weeks

Still the baby....

For a little while at least.

Turkey Sono

Here is our Turkey wiggling and jiggling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWYTWtlm8zY

Turkey 10 1/2 weeks

Turkey is upside down facing the camera. You can see hands and feet in this one!
The nurse seems to be amazed at what a lil mover and shaker we have on our hands!
The nurse did mention at this stage the body would appear much longer than the arms/legs....but she obviously hasn't seen Bits! When turkey appeared on the screen his/her arms and legs are almost twice as long as his/her body! The nurse said, "Well, look at Mom & Dad!"
It brought to mind this picture of Bits. It has taken him two years to grow into these legs!
Baby Turkey, Your big brother can't wait to meet you! His kid quote from school last week was, "Cib has a baby in his belly!" Hmmm....maybe not, but we know you'll be the best big brother Bits! Cib's current prediction is that Turkey is a baby girl. We shall see!

Baby Turkey 10 Weeks

Sorry this is sideways. This is our turkey at 9 1/2 weeks. Note the arms and legs!
We wanted to thank everyone again for all the support. I think we are finally coming out of fog a little and owe it to every prayer, phone call, email, blog comment. We can't wait for the world to meet our second miracle baby!

Filling Daddys Shoes

Cib has been amazing ray of sunshine the last two weeks for Austin and I. He told me this morning he was a big boy like Daddy, then I caught him in this cute moment.
Well Cibbers, You still have a ways to go before filling Daddys shoes, you couldn't have picked a better person to model.

Update

Today we got to see our beautiful baby rubbing his/her eyes and kicking wildly. The baby has very long legs!! (Cib, BTW is sure it is a girl) It was amazing salve for our aching hearts to hear and see that our remaining baby is healthy and strong.

Thank you for every call, email, voicemail of comfort. It means so much to have your support.

Below is an awful picture of the sono (the scanner is still down) but it's something for all those Nanas and Grandmas busting at the seams to see that Turkey.

The Same

My fingers cramp as I type. We've lost one our precious babies. This feels entirely too familiar. We are angry, stricken with grief and screaming, "WHY!" It would seem our road to parenthood is partially paved with loss. I personally have never felt more stupid. I knew better. I have been here before. I spent weeks guarding my heart from excitement and acceptance of the news that we would have multiples. Despite my best efforts, I gave in. I had to begin the search for a special OB for the babies. There were mountains of books to read about multiples. And everyone around me had embraced the news. So I went head first into excitement mode, into worry mode, into acceptance. Yet here I am. Feeling stupid for my excitement and having to tell folks that we have lost another baby.

Please pray for Austin and I. We are in shock. This is exactly, almost to the day, when we lost the twins during my pregnancy with Cib. A pattern is emerging. We meet with the doctor this afternoon.

Pray for comfort. Pray for this remaining child to be healthy and strong. That as my body absorbs the other baby that our remaining child will be unaffected. That God will fill our hearts with joy that will over come our sadness. That we can be excited and wait hopefully for our remaining child. And that our hearts will antipate meeting the one we lost in heaven.

Zombie Child

Christmas 2010

We spent Christmas in East Texas this year with Amber's family.
Cib LOVES to visit his Nana, Papa, Grandma & Grandpa.

We ventured out in the very cold weather to see some infamous Christmas Lights. A spectacular maze of themed lights with music on a 10 acre plot of land. With a 1 mile long route of over 3 million lights, including more than 50 different musical scenes and 50 motion controlled lighted scenes in addition to 7 tunnels and 10 arches, each a different color. . Cib absolutely loved it. And after an hour of looking at the lights, he said, "Do it again!"

Cib's sweet smile on Christmas Eve was priceless! He giggled through the church service and was very excited to see Santa the next morning!

Austin, my sweet husband, sat up until midnight with a bottle of Christmas Cheer putting together Cib's Train Set complete with 66 Thomas & Friends Trains.
(Thank you Granny Nanny!)

Santa brought Cib a Cement Mixer Truck, A Garbage Truck and A Tricycle!

In other 'Cib news', Cib asked for Austin to take this pic of him to show momma how handsome he is!

We spent New Year's in New Orleans with some good friends sans Cib (Thank you again Granny Nanny!) Pictures could not be displayed of such rowdy fun.
We hope you all had a peaceful and joyful holiday!