Checkin In on Baby

I had a regular doc appointment today to check on baby. I was hoping she might cooperate. I think Dr. Molland loves that this baby is not letting me know what she is. He teases me because I was so spoiled with the boys. I knew what I was having around 14 weeks. Not so much here. I think I will have to wait until the twenty week sono like most people. Oh well, as long as we're healthy, I will wait. (What's my other choice, right?)

In the top picture, the bottom is on the left side and the tiny little "X" is showing me that it doesn't look like anything is there, but as Dr. Molland explains, there COULD be something there and it's just not showing. The bottom pic, he labeled it "the Halloween face".

Let's Go Show Dad What Mom's Up To

Today Todd and I went to see Dr. Molland's sonographer. Todd has not been to an appointment yet so this was his first glimpse at our little baby. Plus, I was so positive with her 3D and 4D machine we would be able to find out what this baby is...

NOPE!

No such luck. We tried for thirty minutes to get this little bug to cooperate. The sonographer thinks it is a little girl but only 80%. The pictures on the left are 4D and kinda strange looking. In the top one, baby has it's left arm up over the head as if blocking their eyes. and the one below it is a full body side shot. You can see the arms and legs and bumpy thing is the umbilical cord. The pictures on the left are 3D. The top one is a profile shot of the head and body. Good shot of the spine. The bottom right picture is so precious. Just a tiny right foot.

We are so blessed with this healthy child!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

Brody was quite the "Heart Stopper"

Owen, of course, a "Chick Magnet"

Daddy sent Mommy beautiful red roses and much to the boys' surprise, it had BALLOONS!

Hours of entertainment. Yes, they are wearing Christmas pajamas.

SO FUN!

Mickey Mouse Live

Friday we headed to Lubbock (the whole family) to see Mickey Mouse Roadshow Live!

Woo-hoo!

Look what Daddy got us!

How do you turn this thing on

Boys will be boys!

Look at my little triplets. (I always claim Lillian to other people so they think I'm a really amazing triplet mom.)

Owen was so ready for the show to begin

Loving every minute of it

Guess who?

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We did not last very long at this show. Elmo went so well, little did I know it was because Brody was asleep. Brody was interested in the first few minutes and then it was over. He loved the ramp more than Mickey. He ran up and down while all the hundreds of other children enjoyed the show. Once Owen realized B and I were gone, he had to know what we were doing. Boom, two boys with two parents running up and down the ramp. Money well spent for sure!

The Big News!

Guess What????

Baby Rogers #3!

Here is the latest photo of the newest member of the Rogers Family.

We are expecting a new bundle of joy at the end of July.

I am nearing the end of my first trimester and all is great!

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(the dotted line is measuring the baby from head to rump. The head is down.)

Getting Tubes

We started our day off bright (very dark) and early. We were at Midland Memorial Hospital at 6:15. Todd and I were very nervous for today. We really didn't think the boys would handle waking up so early very well, but they proved us wrong. We had the car loaded and warmed up and they slid right into their seat to enjoy a movie on the ride. We checked in and were in our room in under five minutes. Still no tears! Doing great guys!

Tears!

Shot? Medicine? Scary Doctor? Nope.

The hospital bracelet around the ankle was our undoing.

Really?

Owen didn't handle the bracelets well either, but the bag of tricks perked him up quickly

Daddy saved the day by turning on "Up" for their viewing pleasure

Daddy is SOOO funny. He was showing B-boy how easy it was to put the monitor on his finger. Still doing great!

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Next we were rolled down to the waiting docks. Literally "we" were rolled down. I rode with Owen and Daddy and Brody came down to join us about 5 minutes later. The boys were so funny because they received a "cocktail" before the ride and it made them wobbly and goofy. When Todd and Brody rolled in next to me and Owen he let out a loud, slurred "Hi, Momma". We were quite the family affair. They wrapped up Owen and took him off so I got to visit with Brody, and before I knew it, they were rolling Owen in and taking Brody back. Both boys did great and the doc said there wasn't lots of scarring and he sees nothing but healthy little boys in our future!

Back in the room, Owen chugged his milk and was back to the toys. Brody did not like the waking up part of this day, so there are no pics of his very sad face.

Is this the cutest thing you have ever seen?

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Thanks for all the prayers, phone calls, emails, texts, get-well-baskets, dinner, and other yummies! We really appreciate our great friends! Both boys came home and slept all day off-and-on and ate a huge dinner and went off the dream land very easy. Overall...very successful day!

Christmas with the McD Family

Nana, Papa D, Uncle Jody, Aunt Kathy and Jacob and Liam came to Midland for Christmas this year. We had a great (and wild) time

Opening gifts. Notice Owen in the middle of it trying to find stuff to open.

Nana and Papa D gave us Mickey Mouse laptops. Wow! We love to type like mommy on her laptop. (Maybe they can start blogging for me since I've gotten so bad)

I wish this was a video. This little "laser" gun Jacob got lit up and made noises. It absolutely mesmerized Brody. We were all visiting and opening gifts and I look up to find this. Brody was completely hypnotized.

Our attempt at a pic of Nana and Papa D with all the grandsons.

How cute are we in our jammies

Sweet Liam

Owen loved having someone to rough-house with since Brody is usually not receptive to this activity.

Christmas Morning

Christmas is HERE!

Heading down stairs...

SOOOO excited!

Our only family picture from Christmas! I was trying to get my new shoes in the pic. Thanks Dad!

Before the craziness began...

YEA!!! Trampoline!

Brody is our little budding artist?

What are these amazing sock-things that have wonderful treasures in them?

"Wanna trade?"

Owen opened every single present he could. Luckily, Brody had no interest so Owen got to open double time!

Dad showing the boys how to work their new toys

Christmas with Grammie

We had Grammie, Aunt JJ and Uncle Scott over for Christmas Eve dinner and they came back by Christmas morning to exchange goodies and have a wonderful breakfast.

Aunt JJ took claim of Buzz Lightyear, but Brody wasn't giving up Turner without a fight. Clearly, she thought she could talk him out of it.

Grammie with her kiddos and grandbabies

The boys Christmas morning enjoying their deck chairs from Great Ma and Great Pa

Nice outfit Dad!

Dad, Grammie and Uncle Scott went to see Avatar and just couldn't pass up a photo op in their totally awesome 3D glasses. This looks like an ad for Goodwill. Steph is in her pajamas (in her defense)

Mine and Todd's Big Surprise

This post will not appear until after Christmas. SHHHHHHH!

Let's try this Santa thing again

We tried Santa one more time.

I think Mrs. Clause made it not quite as scary

Still not totally okay

Mickey saves the day

"Nose"

Brody clearly wasn't leaving without his new friend. Great!

Breakfast with Santa

The Earls joined us at Greentree to have breakfast with Santa. Sounds like a good idea, three two-year-olds and a one-year-old, sitting through brunch, and then sitting on the big guys lap. It actually went very well. We had a great time and the kiddos did great!

Jackson and Lillian couldn't wait. They made their way to Santa before we ate. They were pros. I think this was visit number three for them. Maybe the Rogers need to try out different locations next year.

Owen had a plat of yummy food and he insisted on eating raisins. Will we ever eat?

Jackson just loved hanging out with the big kids.

Brody tried some food, I think?

Here's our table with four high chairs.

Brody didn't mind the big guy...

Owen did!