Surprise!

So we thought we were finished with making babies, but God had a surprise for us! In March, after returning from our Missouri trip, something just didn't feel right to me so I took a pregnancy test....never expecting a positive result! We were shocked, floored and scared to death to find out that we had baby #3 coming when we had just given birth 6 months ago!

Once we let it sink in, we were excited and began preparations. The first task was to clear out the playroom to make room for baby #3, so Makenzie had to downsize her queen sized bed and move toys to her room. Here is her big girl bed with new bedding--she was super excited!

We didn't repaint the playroom to make the nursery, we decided we liked the bright color. We bargain shopped and found a great deal on the furniture on Craigslist and then found the perfect bedding to match!

Months 8 and 9

These have been the most exciting months yet! You are crawling, cruising and sooo close to walking! You have 2 bottom teeth. I must say, you are not a good teether like Big Sis! You get all the classic symptoms.....fussiness, fever, sleeplessness, runny nose, diarrhea. Although you are still very tall, your growth has slowed a bit. At your 9 month check up, you were 22.12 pounds.

We made the trek to Midland to see Dani graduate highschool in May and you lived up to your reputation of being a terrible traveler. You certainly have a big personality. You charmed everyone at my company picnic--2 of the physicians carried you around most of the day and you loved the attention. You do not cope well with NOT getting ALL of the attention in a room, and you certainly let everyone know when you're unhappy!