23 weeks

Quick update for everyone since they have been asking. I was 23 weeks on Sunday, getting to be big as a whale but it is well worth it and I am loving every minutes of this pregnancy. We go back to the doctor next week for our 24 week appt. then after that we will go at 28/29 weeks then we start every two weeks until 36 weeks then every week until Brooklynn comes. Amy and Adam have finally felt some pretty strong kicks out of Brooklynn. I can't wait for them to hold her. My back hurts pretty much all the time now but Brooklynn has dropped already and plus carrying around my own babies doesn't help. Thats all for now I will update next week I promise. I will also include belly picture and baby pictures.

Almost...

HALF way there. So yes I know I have not been doing a good job about posting updates like I said I would be I was enjoying the last couple of weeks of summer with the children before they went to public schools. I will be 20 weeks on Sunday which means we are half way to meeting the baby. Amy and Adam did find out that they will be adding a baby GIRL to their family. They are very excited about the new addition to their family as I am sure you are too. Amy and Adam will be naming the baby Brooklynn Faith. Since they have found out what the baby was Amy and myself have spent many days shopping for clothes and everything Brooklynn will need to come home to. Brooklynn is a very active baby and keeps me up some nights with all her kicking, I joke around with Amy that she is going to be a soccer player not a cheerleader. I will try my best to update at least every two weeks if not every week.

Here is a picture of baby Brooklynn growing.

Update

Ok so I have been bad about updating every week like I promised but right now baby bean and the kids are draining just about all the energy I have right out of me. Anyways everything is going great with the baby. We go to the doctor on Thursday to see how big the baby had got since the last u/s which was at 9 weeks. I will update after out appt on Thursday. We are leaving Saturday for the beach. 13 weeks pregnant with baby bean. FYI- my hips are not that big either.

11 weeks!!!

So I am 11 weeks pregnant with baby bean. I am feeling great, not getting sick as much as I was before. My belly is growing very fast as you can tell by the picture. We are still at Mickey's house but will be back in a week. I am posting some pictures too of that but will have many more to post when we get back. Hope everyone had a great 4th. See you all in a week.

10 Weeks

10 Weeks pregnant with baby bean,
Baby Bean at 9 weeks 3 days.

Parents-To-Be

Let's start with some background information for everyone. My name is Heather. I have been married to my wonderful husband for four years now. My husband was formly a firefighter but left that job after our twins were born. Also about that time our youth pastor at our church was moving into the role as senior pastor. Cody was asked if he would like to be our new youth pastor and of course he agreed. I am a stay-at-home-mommy to our children. We have nine beautiful children who we love very much and thank God each day for. The four oldest one are not our biological children, Cody's aunt and uncle were killed in a wreck two years ago in August, before their death they asked us if anything was to happen to them if we would take the children in and love them just like they would, well of course we agreed not knowing this would happen so soon. The other five are our biological children. I will give you a run down of who everyone is starting with the oldest. Jake, Natalye, Chase, Jillian, Hannah, Benjamin, David, Avery and Emily. Hannah and Benjamin and Avery and Emily are our twins, yes that is right we have two sets of twins. All of our children are very close in age and we love it that way. We live on our family farm with my parents and younger siblings, my sister and her family and my grandmother. That is my life in a nutshell.

So what is the blog for you may ask. I am blog about our most recent pregnancy journey. Cody and I were asked my some very close friends if we would be willing to carry a child for them, since they are unable to have children. This family has been trying for several years and many miscarriage later they still have no children. We told them that we would pray about it and let them know at the end of the week. I would have said yes right then and there but wanted to talk to Cody about it first. I just prayed we had made the right choice. Well Saturday rolls around and we invite them over for supper. I was feeling every emotion possible that day. Six o'clock comes and the doorbell rings, I knew just who it was. All the kids run to the door to greet Aunt Amy and Uncle Adam with hugs and kisses. We all sat down to eat supper, which I could not eat much of because of all the butterflies in my stomach. Finally the time has arrived to tell them our decision. After Cody and I made our choice I wanted a special way to share the news with them so I went to pick my sister's brain to see what she could think of. So I used her idea of how to tell them. I had made them a gift basket that had two bibs in it that said "I love my mommy" and "I love my daddy". I had also made them a special card which said " Over the past several years we have shared in your joy and pain, tears and smiles, laughter and sorrow but on this day we would like to share with you both the joy of having a bundle of joy in the house."

So here we are ten weeks pregnant with baby bean. I will blog every week or so of new things happening with the pregnancy, how I am feeling, all that good jazz. This blog is also to keep family members of baby bean how s/he is doing and how big s/he is growing. I will also be post u/s pictures, belly pictures and all that good stuff at Amy's request for their families. All in all I am very excited to be carrying this precious baby for them.