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!
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!!!
Me and Ash just hanging out with Millsap! We look gastly pale next to these boys!
And oh, who could this be....Don't you worry...It's just KYLE FREAKIN' KORVER!!!! I totally felt like a 12 year-old girl all giddy, but I just couldn't help myself. I know I have a goofy smile, but apparently this is my excited smile...you'll see it later on also! Kyle wanted me and Ash to hang out some more with him, but the game was getting ready to start and we were with our husbands and all, so we had to pass. He didn't say the words exactly, but we knew what he meant....Man, he looked pretty from down there! And let me just explain how big this boy is to you...We are standing on a VERY tall bench and don't even come up to his shoulders...I knew he was tall, but he is one BIG (and sexy) boy! k, I will move on from Kyle now...
Coby and a little someone he likes to call "The Dark Knight..." Coby had the greatest time chattin' it up with all his boys...Nevermind he looked sickly pale...
D Will....He was pretty serious getting ready for the big game and all so we didn't really interact with him much.
Coby and Ronnie P...yes, he is making a funny face (big surprise)! Again, notice the paleness...he is like my very own Edward!
Coby and Ronnie B....Coby was in HEAVEN!!!
Just look at Coby's face...he is soooo happy! I can't tell who loves him more, me or my husband...He will admit he has a man-crush on Kyle. We think he looks like Kyle's 10 year-old little brother in this pic...
Kosta and Coby (eyes shut of course), one of our favorites that night...he is one FUNNY kid!
Yep, there's the face again....this was one of my first autographs that night from Fesenko...I got pretty much all of them on my shirt! YAY!!!
...and here I am doing a little dance for the camera...I know you are all thinking "Wow! She is SEXY!" (and notice the face AGAIN!...I really gotta work on that...)
And last of all, but certainly not least, here we are with our with our pal Jerry! We were a little scared to ask him for a pic or anything because you know how Jerry can be, but he came right over to us and was so nice we just couldn't pass up the chance to have our picture taken with JERRY SLOAN!!!!
I stole this picture from Ho because she is a better parent than me and captured the moment. This is how Mae sleeps all the time, seriously ALL the time. She shoves a hand, foot, or tail of her monkey in her mouth and falls asleep. I have to keep constantly washing it because it gets all crusty and gross. I am getting a little worried about what we are going to do when this one wears out, or we lose it, as they don't make them anymore (why do they do that?!!! Don't they know kids become attached to certain toys and parents NEED them?!!!). I have found one UNUSED one on ebay (I will not buy a used one for my daughter to suck on), but it is $25, when it originally sold for about $5...what a rip off! I guess I will have to bite the bullet and pay 5 times what I should have to for my sanity!
While we were in O-Town, my amazingly talented friend, Lindsay, was kind enough to brave the cold (and boy was it cold) to take some family pictures of us... and they turned out SOOOOOO good! Here are just a few of our favorites! Thanks El....You rock! I will get the originals on a disc for your portfolio for when you become famous!
