Three!

Nathan turned three on August 11th. A day that was much like the 11th this year. I remember watching the sunrise from our L&D room thinking about the unthinkable change that was soon to happen. And truly it's amazing to think about how much has changed and yet how much has stayed the same. Especially the joy that I have being married to Jason and experiencing all of life together.

Nathan's Birthday

His very green parents taking him home in the carseat with the base attached... Hmmm- I remember thinking it was super heavy.

Nathan's Third Birthday Day

Nathan's Third Birthday Party





















































Nathan's Third Birthday Cake

Nathan is thoroughly convinced that he loves birthdays. Everyone's birthdays! Though the presents are nice, what really makes a birthday is the cake and ice cream. Not just any cake- "cocate cake". He asked after devouring a large piece with ice cream if he could just have one more piece and THEN save the rest for later.

It was also very special to have lots of phone calls with well wishes for a special day. Nathan loved all the air time.

And if you're wondering why it has taken almost a month to get this posted... More on that soon.

The Tables Turn

We're excited to share with you all that our newest addition is a little girl, healthy and content as far as ultrasound can reveal. We are incredibly grateful. Jason is already wondering how the female majority is going to change the home. :-) And Nathan is content to have sisters, it's all he knows.

I asked him today what he thought we should name his new baby sister and he said "Theodore." Right. He has a bear (compliments of Granddaddy and Mia - my folks) named Theodore James Berrytales that tells him stories. That's where he got the name. Though we're still undecided on a name as well, Theodore was not on the list.

Nathan is full of questions these days. When we went to the doctor last week, he asked if the baby was going to come out now. No, not yet (we hope). Well, he said, can we bring home the baby that we get to listen to? I had told him we were going to listen to the baby at the doctor's. He thought we should just bring that baby home.

He also asked a couple weeks ago if we were going to have a brown baby. Precious. Isn't it amazing how children view the world through such different eyes? I told him that maybe someday we'll have a brown baby, but not one that comes out of mom's "tummy".

The only other tidbit to share at the moment is that we're praying the little one decides to rotate to the head down orientation since at the moment she is breech. Still early at 31 weeks, plenty of time, but definitely not desirous of a c-section right before the international move.

Yes, I'm really pregnant even though - no, we don't have any good belly pictures. I realized just recently it's time to start taking pictures and now our camera is officially broken. Until that is rectified, here's the best we have.