Preliminary results are in, and the outcome is......PINK!!!

Well, I went in today and got a new ultrasound from the hospital. The tech from ultrasound said he is about 70% sure that it is a girl (which I was kinda hoping for) so I am excited! I'm afraid Coby is a little disappointed (which he vehemently denies)...I think he is afraid he will never get a boy...but who knows, it is always possible that when we have our next BIG ultrasound a little something may have "sprouted!" I am truly happy either way as long as it is healthy.... Even though this is my second it was so awesome to see this little baby (that even looked like a baby) up on the ultrasound screen. It was crazy to see it wiggling around and not even be able to feel it yet! Going through pregnancy and childbirth with Mae and now with this new baby has been the biggest affirmation to me that there truly IS a higher power (not that I doubted before) but it is just sooooo amazing--there is NO way that somethign like this could just "happen!"

On another little bummer of a note, on my ultrasound it showed that I have what is called "placenta previa-" which is just a fancy name for my placenta covering my uterus. If it does not go away (which it might...keep your fingers crossed) I will have to have a c-section--poo! Anyways, enjoy the new pics...Scary skull baby...but still cute!
Little profile...I can already tell it (she?) will be a looker! It runs in the family...
Little feetsies-this little piggy....

Peek-a-boo!

Yeah for ultrasounds!!! There is a reason I was born in this time--I'm WAY to impatient to have to wait 9 MONTHS to take a look at this cutie! I LOVE technology...(just go ahead and hum the song to yourself...)

More of the Cruisin' Life...

Here are a few more pics from the cruise...

Mae and another towel elephant (? They all looked like elephants to me)

Cabo

Coby and Cheney showing the waves who's boss...Don't worry, they are only playing in the part of the ocean that everyone is warned to avoid because it is very dangerous...smart...

Mae and the only part of the beach that she liked---lunch!

Me and my Mae-Mae girl

Us, looking sexy, and our boat "The Norwegian Star" behind us

Mae hating the sand... (but look at that bikini!!! How cute is she?!!!)

Look at those thighs...no not mine! How cute! And they say she's in the 5%!!! CRAZY!!!

Mae hating the water...and mom!

Mean parents...

How sad...look at that lip!

Aww...a nap! (Notice the shoes!!! Thanks Wend!!!)

Cobes and Joshy...silly boys!

Two lovers (and some crazy bird) on Lover's Beach!

Cabo-- where they filmed part of "Pirates of the Caribbean"

Our friends the sea lions

The "Scooby Doo" rock (because it looks like Scooby Doo, get it?)

Beautiful Cabo!

All tuckered out! Cruisin' is not for the weak!

We had an AMAZING time on the cruise! Thanks Mom and Frank!!!

The Cruisin' Life!

Alright kids...here are the long awaited pics from our cruise to Mexico! We went to Cabo, Mazatlan, and our favorite Puerto Vallarte and had a great time! Real life was a rude awakening (especially since a lot of us came home with the Mexican flu--yuck!)--no one cooking and cleaning for us--how harsh! We took little Mae with us and were amazed at how wonderful she was! No trouble at all and it was so much fun to have her with us! There are a lot, but hey, that's what happens! Well...ENJOY!

All five grandkids...I love this pic: Lily and Mae are freaking out, Brycen is just happy to be there, Jenna is trying to comfort Mae and Ben has that mischevious little grin...how funny!
Our beautiful little girl in her Mexican dress

Mae and the elephant (?)!

Me, Jan and Mae at the Mazatlan Cathedral...let us in!

The Cathedral

El Mazatlan Beacho (that is the extend of my Spanish...be impressed!)

One of our parasailers-- Jan or Capri, who knows! No prego's allowed tho--how rude!

Ben, all crashed out at lunch...cruisin' is rough!

The truly CRAZY cliff divers in Mazatlan. You can't see from the pic, but they are diving into the ocean surrounded by rocks. They are about 1 foot away from hitting them...seriously insane!

Mazatlan...nevermind how burnt we are!

Mae-Mae loves the camera!

Mazatlan

The van ride, either before or after "Ivan the Great" ran into another car...seriously!

Frankie and the Puerto Vallarte waterfall...We went to this awesome place up in the jungle in Puerto Vallarte with this natural waterslide and it was sooo much fun!

Our zipliners in Puerto Vallarte, Mom, Brycen and Frankie...No prego's allowed here either...:(

Puerot Vallarte...this was the restaurant right by the river and waterfall...It was our favorite place...we LOVED it here!

Hanging out in the river with Mae...still fried!

Bath time on the ship (she didn't like the shower)!

All decked out in her cruisin' outfit from Nana and Papa Coonradt...too bad she wouldn't keep the sunglasses on!

Pretty girl...

Me waiting (patiently) for my dinner!

Family photo op

I love this pic of Ben...how studly is he?!!!

Cousins, Ben and Mae

Mae and her "Monkey-Doodles" (yes that is what we call them)

SO after months of deliberation, we finally bit the bullet and forked out the big bucks to get Mae a couple extra monkeys (as I was worried the first one would not last much longer). Here she is in her swing after getting so horribly upset (not that she would do that), that only TWO monkeys would calm her down. Once we gave both of them to her, she settled right into her nap...but look at the relief on that child's face clutching those BELOVED creatures!

Just call me "Fertile Mertle..."

Ok, so in reference to the previous post...yes big sisters do ROCK and yes, Mae will be one come 9/14/09... So that makes me just over two months along. I was going to wait a bit to make the big announcement to everyone, but Coby pasted the pic of Mae on his facebook, so I figured it was as good as out of the bag now. I'm sure your suprisedness (ok, so I might have just made up that word) is nothing compared to the SHOCK me and Coby experienced when we found out (as this was a VERY unplanned thing) and once the initial JOLT set in, we are very excited to welcome this new little one into our family!

When we went into the doctor, we were in for an even bigger surprise. After a 30 second ultrasound (seriously) my doctor showed us the baby and yolk sac, as well as a SECOND yolk sac. He said that we had originally had twins, but he could not see the other baby so we had probably (do I really want to hear probably right now? I don't think so!) lost one. It is called "Vanishing Twin Syndrome" where for some reason one baby doesn't make it and is reabsored. And that was it...No rescheduled ultrasound to make sure, no nothing...he sent us on our merry way. Well, after a couple days full of a whirlwind of emotions, thanks to my friends at radiology for squeezing me in, a second ultrasound confirmed that we had really lost one baby. I have had A LOT of mixed emotions about the whole thing, excitement over a new baby, a little bit of relief (if I truly am honest with myself), but also sadness over the loss of one of our babies. I just have to trust that things happen the way they are supposed to and be grateful and thankful that we have one healthy baby on the way. Just thought you'd like to take a look at the CRAZY ultrasound and our little bean...(I labeled it for you because those things are IMPOSSIBLE to read!)
Don't you think from the last post that Mae just looks SOOOO excited to be a big sister! She will be the best one EVER!!!

Look closely...