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I am so incredibly tired. It has been a heck of a week that is for sure! The kids are cranky, I am going on little sleep, family tragedy was really shocking...

but...

I did feel the baby kick last night :) and there was no question this time. So at 17 weeks and 1 day...first "real" kick. I am sure now the baby appreciates me poking my belly trying to feel it again HA HA

May 5th is the big ultra sounds day!! whooo hooo

#4 is on the way!

I had an ultrasound yesterday that revealed I was 11 weeks pregnant with our 4th child. Surprise!!! Again!!!

This will however be the last as this time..the tubes will be tied.

We are very excited and Justice took the ultrasound picture to school and to the walk in clinic last night (more on that later...) to tell everyone about his new baby :)

Here is our little bean. The weeks listed is incorrect as that was the Dr.'s guess upon examination...

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Thank you everyone!!!

The kids had a FABULOUS Christmas this year. Thank you EVERYONE that made it possible.

Enjoy :)

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She is holding diaper rash cream :)

Justice: Justice has been officially diagnosed with ADHD. This is his 3rd week on medications and all I can say is WOW! He is sleeping again...yay...his handwriting and coloring has improved GREATLY and he sat down and watched an ENTIRE movie...fabulous. I sat and watched him watch the movie it was amazing...mouth open staring into TV space...never has that happened...every kid should be able to do that every once in a while!

Savannah: Savannah has GREATLY improved. She is still in feeding, speech and occupational therapy. As well as being seen by an Early Interventionist at the house. She is really starting to talk a lot! She is a HAM! She has lots of crazy quirks about her...sensory related mostly...she has to have her shoes on..the wrong feet...all the time. She does not want to eat hardly ANYTHING that isn't crunchy, white, and well...bread. She has this strange thing with her feet...she drops to the floor saying oweeee oweeee...and takes her shoes and socks (IF she has them on) off..rubs her feet and puts her shoes on...repeat...
She is now aware of her urinating ... oh fun...but...she SCREAMS when she pees and yells...ow ow ow ow like it is hurting...no there is nothing medically wrong...she just is interpreting uncomfortableness with pain. Long long potty training road ahead....

Marcus: Marcus is FINALLY gaining some weight :) At his 1 year appt. today he weighed in at 18 lbs 11 oz. and 28 3/4 inches short...I mean..tall... :D He is eating a little now and will drink from a sippy cup. Although you have to watch him because he will unscrew the lid and spill it EVERYWHERE!!! His iron levels are up a little but still nt where they should be. Baby steps..as long as they are forward moving I am GOOD!

Momma and Dadda are all fine...completely exhausted...but good.

I know it has been 10 days since the birthday party for the babies...and I do have pictures I just have to sit down long enough to post them....I will...I promise!

It was lots of fun and seeing everyone was amazing :)

Why the name Jethro??

Well...because it's cool!

Here is the meaning which was actually looked up after the name stuck :)

Noun

1.

eminence - high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence" preeminence, distinction, note high status - a position of superior status king - preeminence in a particular category or group or field; "the lion is the king of beasts"

Fits perfectly!

To give you a better idea of his size here is a picture of his paw by my standard size cell phone :)


Here are the boys crawling around together minutes after we arrived home from picking up our new baby.


We brought Jethro inside for a few minutes after the kids went to bed and he ended up wedged under the coffee table asleep :D Cute huh?




Jethro is our outdoor baby to watch over and protect us and our mini farm we have started :) The kids love him...well..except for Savannah who is having a difficult time adjusting due to some sensory issues. (not a fan of fur) It will be good for her in the end. Right now is tough though...desensitization is the best therapy and well he definitely is EXACTLY what she doesn't like..LOTS of fluff!

Here is Officer Justice on Halloween :)

Handsome isn't he? I personally do not know anyone that has a more fitting name to wear this costume!

The babies haven't been feeling well and got shots the day before so the 2 big boys went out and had a blast!!! Thank you everyone that gave him tootsie rolls YUMMMMM.... :D

Savannah turned 2 on Saturday!!!
We are having a big combo party with the babies on Nov. 8th in Atlanta but we always celebrate the ACTUAL day :)

Here are some pics!

This is the incredibly gorgeous cake made by Julie. She will soon be opening a cake business here in Cleveland TN!!! Trust me...if you want a GREAT cake that is EXACTLY what you are looking for you need to contact her!

I know...typically it is a dog but lately our faithfully fat cat Tigger has become very attached to our son, Justice. She sleeps on his bed during the day when he is at school and yesterday here was what I saw :) Watching TV together :) Cute aren't they?

We went over to a friends house yesterday and Justice made a Haunted Ginger bread house!!! Cute HUH???? Here are some pics :)






If you need a GREAT cake beautifully decorated in Cleveland TN contact me and I will give you info to contact her!

We are getting CHICKENS!!!!!

Follow our adventure at the Crazy Clucker! See the link in the blogs I follow :D :D

My 23 month old daughter decided she could count. She can count to 7. So proud. I have NO idea where she learned this. I asked everyone...she doesn't watch TV. So not there...must be listening to Justice when he does his homework!

Hard to believe she is in Early Intervention, OT/Feeding/Speech and "group" therapy!!!!

We lost a friend today. Max. He wasn't feeling well on Saturday. Monday was Labor Day and the Vet was closed. Tuesday he was going to go to the vet around noon.

9 am. I went to the basement to do some laundry. Max looked sad. I went over to him and petted his head. I noticed something was very wrong. He was laying in his own urine. I RAN to the phone called my husband. No answer. I grabbed my husbands shirt and a towel I went down stairs, covered him and put his head on my husbands shirt.

He must have been waiting on me. He died. Right there in front of me. TERRIBLE.

I called my husband again. This was "his" dog. 13 years. Great friend. He will be missed.

My kiddos...
I always said that I hate to be bored...
Well...
I'm not!!!

Justice is having lots of non-stop behavior that of course is getting him in trouble and...already evaluated for ADHD. No...not surprised really AT ALL! I have also requested he get an independent eval...in case there are other issues..which personally I do believe there are...

Savannah is improving in most areas but the feeding...terrible!! She is so sensitive to any texture....it is becoming taxing to say the least! She is now talking... :D It is really cute ha ha finally!!! Her new thing is "GO AWAY!" Doesn't sound very nice but to hear her communicate is so amazing its hilarious! Even if she is being ugly...I love it :)

Marcus...he went for his 9 month check up and we found he is severely anemic :( They are pretty sure it is coming from his feeding issues...he is also...delayed. Once again we are looking at more therapy...ugh! Early Intervention has already been contacted...well actually...at Savannah's 12 month review I talked to our coordinator...and signed the papers this past Monday...now we wait on an eval. At the very minimum he will be in feeding therapy but PT is looking pretty evident as he isn't crawling...or trying to pull up etc...just sits...

3 kids...
all in therapy???

SERIOUSLY????

OK well not really but this was just TOO funny...

I made the mistake last night of making Justice's "Mohawk" into an actual more realistic "Mohawk"...well...

he had to to to bed. Woke up...gone... so he BEGGED me to PLEASE PLEASE "fix" his hair...it ... "broke".

So I did....after he stopped jumping around playing air guitar (as he did last night) he then wanted me to take a picture...so here ya go!

:D

Here it is in color :)