Unexpected surprise

It's not a girl! It's a BOY!!! 

Our hearts are exploding with joy all over again! And shock! And excitement!

Starting from the beginning... due to A being over 40 and high risk... we made to choice to do genetic testing early for both of our pregnancies.  This was more so for preparedness than anything else. At 11 weeks, we had blood work done and within a couple of weeks were told everything looked normal and that we were having a little girl. Knowing these tests were 99.7%  accurate we announced to the world that we were "tickled pink". 

Imagine our surprise when a bit over two weeks ago we went in for an anatomy scan only to find little boy parts on the ultrasound.  At first they didn't want to go against the blood work but then tons of concerns started coming up...  So we decided to do another round of genetic testing to verify. 

Our genetic counselor called us this week and we are very thankful to announce that all the tests came back normal and that we are having a little BOY.

This little guy is also showing a kidney issue like Dillion had in utero. We are praying it resolves before birth as it did in D. We appreciate your thoughts and prayers!

12 months... 1 year already

November 24th, 2019

We are in the last month of the first year of this little guys life. What a year it has been! He is now a whopping 26 lbs and over 30 inches long. Way to grow little guy!

 Unless he is sleeping, he is on the move. His favorite place to sleep is snuggled up with momma and to be fair there will come a day in the near future that he won't be able to do this so I am enjoying every moment.

 He is at the point of exploring everything so my early ed background is starting to come into play.

 Halloween with this little dragon was fun. We did go trick or treating in our neighborhood and it was cold enough to get away with this outfit.

D loves music and has rhythm.  

 There is nothing this kid won't eat. We are thrilled that he eats what we eat and enjoys mealtime with us. Favorites right now are strawberries and lima beans!

He still gets up at least one time at night but he takes 2 decent naps during the day.

He is my sensory child where everything goes in the mouth. Finger paint is colored yogurt! As you can tell ... he loved it.

He still loves his books!

Grandma and grandpa Calhoun came out for D's 1st birthday... we drove to Joshua tree and spent the afternoon exploring.

It was a fun