Yup, There's a Baby!

I had a surprise call from my doctor yesterday requesting that I come in today for a quick ultra sound just to see how everything is. I went in this morning and everything is GREAT! We saw the baby, and a heart beat and everything looks perfectly normal! Praise God!!! My due date is April 16th, which ironically is the same due date that I had with Carter. So, he may end up getting a baby for his birthday next year. Thanks for all your prayers and support and we will keep you all updated on all the progress!

Baby Girl, Growing Up

Well, it is official. Rylynn is growing up and passing milestones like they're nothing. She started kindergarten last week and is already WAY ahead, so we ended up doing two weeks of work in one week. We'll probably end up doing that again for the next couple of weeks to get her to a place where she is actually having to learn everything that we're doing. She's SO smart! And then, last night she lost her first tooth! She has had two loose teeth for about a month and yesterday she was determined that it was going to be the day to lose a tooth. She worked on it all afternoon using celery to wiggle it real good. And finally she convinced Jesse that it was time and we got the dental floss. Jesse was extremely apprehensive about pulling the tooth because of past memories of his childhood. But Rylynn was ready and there was no stopping her! We tied he dental floss on to the front door and then to her tooth. Jesse ended up not feeling up to doing the slamming, so he made me do it. I wasn't afraid because I knew it was ready and she was so ready that I knew it would be okay. I slammed the door really hard and actually got hit with her tooth! She screamed in excitement, gave a big bloody smile and just started yelling, "I can't believe it, I can't believe it! I just lost my first tooth!" She is going to do very well in drama...She was visited by the tooth fairy last night and woke me up very early to tell me all about it! And now she has informed me that tonight we are going to pull the other tooth out...so we may have more pictures to put up after tonight. We shall see!

big, Big, BIG UPDATES!

Well it certainly has been awhile, and for that I'm so sorry. I kinda knew there were going to be spurts like this with me being the one in charge of blogging. Oh well!


First of all, the painting is done, hallelujah! (well, minus the downstairs bathroom/laundry room) But, 98% of it is done and what a job! I tend to do that normally where I get so fired up for something and dive head first with complete abandon and then after A LOT of really hard work I am pooped and have to force myself through the rest. Despite how much work it was, it was totally worth it. I love being in our home and feeling the warmth of the colors. It feels so much more like home. I also love looking at all the walls and feeling a sense of accomplishment and a reminder that hard work pays off even when the results aren't quite as obvious as a stark white wall going to chocolate brown...the benefits are there.

Next, Jesse went to San Jose, California and played in the Nationals for his semi pro soccer team and they did very well. They did not end up winning the thing, but they took 3rd and made Colorado proud. Jesse is currently playing with a recreational team and will begin training in a couple weeks for his semi pro/pro team. They will have tryouts and actually be drafting people to either be on the ColoSprings team or Ft Collins. We are praying he'll be on the COSprings team of course, otherwise he will most likely have to turn down the opportunity.

Also, Rylynn starts Kindergarten on Monday at La Casa de Negros (aka our house). I will be homeschooling her for this year and maybe years to come as well. We are incredibly excited and I'm not sure who is more me or Rylynn...We got all of her curriculum and lots of other goodies and fun things to do! She is also enrolled at New Life for some enrichment classes such as Ballet and Drama. I am really looking forward to watching her learn and grow everyday and being able to spend such a precious time in her life with her is completely invaluable to me.

And lastly, we are pregnant!!! We were very surprised as we weren't technically trying. We are very excited and I am feeling totally prego. I am SOOO tired and that to be honest is an understatement. I am having pretty much ALL the pregnancy symptoms including morning sickness which has been more indigestion but I have NEVER had that with any pregnancy, so that is a great sign. Jesse keeps saying that maybe because I have never had that, it means there are twins...but we'll just keep thinkin it's one. We have our first doc appt on Sept 2nd and will post baby pics after that. Keep us in your prayers and we thank you for all your love and support and we look forward to continuing to share our lives with you!