Sometimes I Cry

Sometimes I cry for the little girl I dreamed of. The one all first time moms hope to get. The normal baby that grows into the beautiful little girl, that transforms into the confident woman. I cry for that little girl because I know she is somewhere trapped inside the child that sits before me, waiting to come through. But, as I sit there crying, mourning the loss of that dream child, I feel a little hand rub my back and a small voice ask “mommy are you ok?” And through tear washed eyes I see the child that sits beside me who is so much more than I ever could have dreamed.

Sometimes I cry for the normal life I always thought she’d have. The life we as parents hope are children will someday have. I cry for the friends, that she could have had if only she was ‘normal.’ I feel sorry for the sweet little girl in her that just wants to be loved and accepted by her peers. How her life will go I cannot say, but I do all I can everyday to try to give her that life.

Sometimes I cry for trials she will have to face in this life. I cry for the testing that they do to her. I hope one day she will understand why we do it. I hope that she learns tolerance, for often times people present the hardest trials of all. I cry because I know that she will fail more than she succeeds, at least for the time at hand. But then as I cry I see through my tear washed eyes that she has over come so many trials and doesn’t even know it yet, and how wonderful that is for her.

Sometimes I cry for her and how things must seem to her. How difficult her life must feel to have so much inside and no way to say it. To want to learn it, but not understand how it’s being taught. I cry because I want to help her but I don’t know what else to try. But then as I cry I see through my tear washed eyes that she is happy with her world and the people in it, and that she will continue to try even if she fails.

And sometimes I cry for me. Being the mom of a special needs child is hard, and not what I signed up for when I decided to be a parent. Every day is a struggle to try to understand her, every night an eternal search for sleep for her. So I cry with my head hung down in shame for me and my loss and all the losses she will face in her young life. And every day I will continue the search to figure out what is wrong so that it may be fixed or overcome. And I cry for the bills that keep stacking up while the quest for the truth continues. But though my tear washed eyes I see my husband standing with me and I hear him say it will be alright. I hear him tell me that no expense is too much when it comes to a day where I might not have to cry for her anymore, and I know he is right.

But until then, sometimes I cry.

The break down

It was brought to my attention that not everyone is ultrasound savy. Like, my grandparents who had no idea what they were looking at other than an ultrasound. So, for all you non-sonogram-reading people out there I have broken down the last set for you!

Its A......

So we just got back from the doctors. We had our anatomy scan tonight. Everything looked good, baby measures right on and is much taller than I thought. My ob stated the obvious as baby is head down, and I mean really LOW down he said "wow there's not much more room down there!" I told him he was preaching to the choir.

But, ok ok. First know that at a little over 18 weeks he did a fast u/s for me and told my mom that it looked mostly like a girl, BUT he couldnt say for sure because baby was so small and thin. So today he looked and ITS A........................................................

BABY! lol. Yup thats right not a puppy or a kitty, its a baby. I will continue to call baby SHE until I know otherwise. Sorry to disappoint. But he did tell me that in 6 weeks we would try again, it would be my reward for drinking the glucola.

So we got some really excellent shots of baby praying and talking to us and her chubby cheeks and arms. My ob said everything look great. I will post pictures for you all to see.

left: thigh measurement; right: baby's toes

Left: baby's hands folded in prayer; Right: baby's face with hand folded just under her chin. She was doing this the whole time mouth moving like she was saying her prayer outloud, it was so cute!

Baby Registry and more...

Hi everyone! I hope ya'll have had an awesome start to the new year! I know this is a little premature but I've had some people ask me so....
Baby Soesbe #3 is registered at Wal-Mart. com and BabiesRUs.com. There are some things that are duplicates from one site to the next, my appologies for that! We have a crib, the bedding set, and a diaper bag. We will be getting the basinet and car seat when our taxes come back, I just put those on the list as a reminder to me lol. Preggy brain is not much fun! We will be having two baby showers, dates TBA. But I know that one will be in June after baby and the other will probably be in April before baby comes. For ease, I will post the links to the registries themselves at the end of the post.
I feel her (baby) moving around alot these days. She's really super active. She makes my stomach jump and dance. She still laying VERY low, mostly between my hips still, though I would imagine that she won't be able to fit down there much longer without breaking my hip!
We hope everyone is doing well, and I will post pictures from the upcoming ultrasound as soon as it happens on the 20th at 5!
The resistry links:
http://www.walmart.com/giftregistry/gr_detail.do?registryId=86172619036
http://www.toysrus.com/registry/search/index.jsp;jsessionid=Zyt5LTxGXsBTxh92J1wP6k1pvd160wdyjzKyvJVCWBFchHH2TWk4!1045386950?_flowExecutionKey=_c963AF23E-3AAE-2C50-CB19-EF06BE310D2F_kCA543303-58AD-D208-DD34-0028F31DDE5D

Harley Jean

Happy Holidays everyone! On the 23rd of December we had what my ob (who I love) calles a 'fast free ultrasound' so that my mom, who is here on her Christmas vacation, could see the baby. My ob never came out and told me 'its a...' but he did tell my mom so that she could tell my grandma on Christmas. However he did let me look so that I could make and educated guess. My guess is that we are going to have another girl. So, in May we will more than likely welcome into the world baby Harley Jean. And if you are wondering the spelling will probably change before she is here. We will go back in January on the 20th for the full level 2 anatomy scan and will post more pictures then! But until then...Enjoy!

Legs side by side, potty shot, tail bone to the left legs to the right


head and face, legs pointing left the birght spot between them is her hand



3d profile looking to the right sucking her tumb

Another potty shot legs to the right

2, 25, 25, 18

No not a football hike or game scores. Those are things we have celebrated so far this month. On the 10th Daisy Ann turned 2 and James turned 25, we celebrated the weekend before with a small, but it was still a happy birthday for them!

As of today, I celebrated my 25th birthday and my 18th week of pregnancy! I am officially 5 months pregnant!! Woo hoo, 2 weeks to the half way point and 22 to the finish line!

I wish everyone a happy holiday season and hope you and your loved one are happy, safe and healthy.

Birthday's

Just a note: James' 25th and Daisy's 2nd birthday parties will be on Sunday the 6th at our house at 12:30. I am providing food, cake, and drinks. I wasn't all the ball enough to get invitations sent out in the mail this year. So if you can come we would love to have you. It's at our house. If you can make it please just write a reply to this blog, or if you can call!

Hope to see you all there!!