Baby in 3D and updates

Not much has changed as far as updates really. The clot is getting harder to see in the ultra- sounds since the baby's head is on it most of the time- but it is still there, and pretty much the same size. The doctor still thinks I should be able to deliver him just fine though.
Baby's head is measuring 3 weeks earlier than the original due date- so now it's a real mystery as to when he'll come! My mom has made me swear not to take Castor oil this time (yes I have for the last 2 deliveries and it worked great!) We'll see how desperate I am when the time comes though!
Anyway- enjoy some of these pictures of our baby in 3D---he actually let us get a pretty good look at his face! And yes- he looks like he'll fit right in! :) This was one of the last shots she took and he just snuggled up against his arm, and it looked like he was putting himself to sleep! So cute!

Look at those cheeks already! And I think it looks like he'll have Adam's dimple in his chin. Hard to tell though. But I thought I had caught a glimpse of it.

OK- not in 3D obviously, but he was being so cute and putting his fist and thumb in his mouth. He's always got his hands by his face.

Look how bleached her hair has gotten!!

I love this picture!! Those are our girls! Best of friends.

Summer pictures from my phone :)

I love summer! Even with having a stressful pregnancy, we've still been able to have so much fun this summer. We've been just staying around town, but taking advantage of all parks, and places that have water. :) So enjoy these random pictures of our summer so far. I can always get them to smile at the park!

Ella is such a good big sis to Livia. She takes her down every slide and stays right by her side.

Liv LOVES to swing!!

Aaron is our little monkey on the monkey bars!

Ashton even learned how to do the monkey bars this summer. He was quite proud of himself.

At the reservoir. I think next time I'll put my chair right in the water!

Playing in the sand! (When did that stop being fun for me?)- oh, when I realized what a nasty mess sand makes. :)

I thought this was just a classic little boy shot! They were both digging in the sand as fast as they could- upside- down of course!

Exploring the shore. Ella had a party to go to that day, so she wasn't in her suit. But she still couldn't stay far from the water!

Cool boys!

It has been really nice to just relax and enjoy watching my kids be kids.

Cancel all good news from the last post......

So.....where to begin.....
I had my "follow up" with my doctor today and he scheduled another ultra sound just to make sure the clot was all gone, and.....they found another clot. :(
Some good news....hmm.....the baby is doing great and for that I am the most grateful. The placenta is attached and looks good, and the clot they found isn't directly over the cervix this time, it's to the side. It's a little smaller than the other one, so that's good. The doctor said I could continue what I've been doing, just nothing more.
The ultrasound lady did an extra long session in 3D to make up for the bad news though...so we got some cool pictures. Enjoy. :) He's already got some chunk! You can just barely see where the chord is over his eye.

Look at that cute hand!

More hands....he was moving around constantly! It was cool to see our little man in the 3D image. It will be even nicer when we can hold him for real. (But not yet!)

It's gone!! It's gone!!! It's gone!!!

I went to the Dr. today and the blood clot is completely gone!!!!!!!!!! (I don't think I can put enough exclamation marks!!!!) Everything looks amazing, and it looks like I'll be able to finish out this pregnancy without being on any kind of bed rest, or have any limitations!
I go back to the Dr. on Thursday for a follow up- so hopefully everything still looks good...We are just so excited. What an amazing blessing this is. Here's our little boy at 28 weeks. That is is foot by his face!! Flexible!

Some summer, some 4th of July Weekend.....

Last week on Monday for Family Night we took the kids to the local hot springs pool and we all had a ton of fun. Even Adam had fun- who hates public swimming pools!! Ella and Ashton and Adam's head. :)

Adam and Livia- Love the farmer's tan Adam! And Liv didn't know what to think at first, but she ended up having a great time. (As long as we held her, and she wasn't in her little float thing.)

The boys stayed in the shallow end thankfully!

Aaron having fun!

Ella was a little fish- she's getting to be a pretty good swimmer.

It actually felt really good to swim- I told Adam it didn't feel like I was pregnant in the water- and then I got out.... and I remembered. :)

Over the weekend we FINALLY planted flowers out front! Hopefully these perennials will survive. We haven't had the best of luck.

Mid swing- I thought this picture was hilarious!! Love the hair!

The kids camped out on Friday night in our backyard. (Until about 1:00 in the morning and we had tornado like winds, and I was getting worried, so we brought them in. )

Adam built the kids a rope ladder on the swing set. It was a big hit! And of course he had to try it out first. :)

Ashton is ready to climb!

Ella made it to the top!

They had so much fun with this new toy!