{ it's a......... }

we're having a baby BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we took rowan to our appointment this morning (left greer with aunt lindsay) and they took the three of us right back to the ultrasound room. i was just excited to find out, jord really wanted a baby boy and rowan definitely wanted a baby brother. \\\\ funny story... yesterday as we were driving, rowan was talking about her baby brother, and i said "but you know this could be a baby sister too, right?" and she immediately flew off the handle and was claiming that this was a baby brother! and it dawned on me that all the conversations that jord and i, and everyone else, have had with her about the baby have been "do you want a baby brother, or a baby sister? and it hit me that she probably thought that when she was asked this question so many times, that she got to choose! and of course she decided that she wanted a baby brother, so this baby was a boy! it never occurred to me that we were confusing her so much. i felt so bad! //// anyways. the ultrasound tech put the wand on my tummy and immediately went to the money shot, and that baby's legs were WIDE open! now..... i knew what i saw. there was a half of another leg right there in the middle. but given our previous 'reveal' that was incorrect, i wanted to be 10000% sure that were right. so i told her to point out all the parts to me. jord was like "okay, so you are POSITIVE that this is a boy?" and she said "i've done hundreds and hundreds of ultrasounds, and i've never been wrong." and that gave me all the confidence i needed. WE ARE HAVING A BOY! i don't think that i had allowed myself to hope or think either way, but man, i was SO surprised and so happy. rowan was being her usual shy self and wouldn't say anything, but i could tell she was excited, and jord was on cloud 9. we went and picked up greer girl, and some balloons, and my sister Taryn took these pics for us for our big "reveal" to send to our families.
and although the girls weren't showing it for one of these pics (rowan wasn't feeling well and greer was g.r.u.m.p.y) , we're soooooooooooooooooo excited!!!

{oh baby....}

well.... surprise!

we're havin' another baby. and surprise, yes! it definitely was ;) i am currently 14 weeks and due november 22nd. we talked about when we another baby would be good for our family and this definitely wasn't when it was supposed to happen, ha ha. at the time, we were actually having alot of house drama (almost ready to walk away from it, it got really bad), my girls were really sick, jord was about to leave town for a week and we got this little surprise. i actually was in denial for a couple weeks (i was a couple weeks late) because we had to try really hard for both of our girls, and being late wasn't completely out of the ordinary for me, when all of a sudden the feeling of "morning sickness" hit me like a ton of bricks. and i knew exactly what it was. so i made jord go pick up a couple tests and sure enough.... not even 15 seconds after i did my thing, the crazy positive sign showed up. AHHHHHHHH!!!!! i freaked out, jord freaked out, we both laughed, then i cried... for a long time.... maybe a few weeks... and now we are finally getting used to the fact that we're havin' another babe! ;)

i haven't been feeling too great. nausea, tired, no energy, tired, no energy. all the normal pregnancy stuff. i really am trying to see the positive side of it all, however. there is alot to be grateful for. and as one of my friends so eloquently put, a surprise baby makes you realize who is really in charge. it's humbling! so now that we aren't in denial... we are excited! we told rowan a few days ago, and she got the really excited/shy smile on her face and just stared at my belly. she is super happy and also has a lot of questions (insert awkward face). but now she tells everyone that her momma is having a baby (thank you for that) and that she really wants a baby brother ;) greer.... well ya know, she doesn't understand one bit. and we will let her live in her own world for the next six months until it's completely rocked by another sibling in the picture.

so, yay! baby staple's numero three coming your way. (3? ahhhh!)