Pictures and Finally Ultra Sound Pictures!

 I know these pictures are a little late is getting put up!  Here is Hayden Ezra's foot at 19 &1/2 weeks. I am now 31 weeks!  There you have it the official post naming our son.  With Jaris we had the name picked out before the ultrasound, however with Hayden we were still tossing a few names around and actually Hayden was not even on the original list.  Last summer we had liked the name Silas Asher when I was pregnant before our little one went to be with Jesus, and that name was the front runner this time around.  While Jeral was working on the car he is restoring for his uncle late one night i was looking at names and really like the sound of Hayden Ezra.  Then I found out the meaning of Hayden and was not to sure about it, yet as I sat with Jesus and pondered the meaning I came to realize that there is more to the meaning of the name Hayden than just what we have deemed it to be.  Hayden in German means infidel or heathen.  The truth is that many Christian men and women through out the course of history were considered to be infidels and heathens and were persecuted for their beliefs, beliefs that many of us today fully believe.  They were men and women who did not just go with the status-quo.  They were pioneers and founders of the very blocks of truth we many of us hold.   As I raise my children my desire is that they will choose to follow Jesus, and my desire is that they will not blindly flow, yet instead that they will ask questions, dig deep, and not always go with the status-quo because that is the easier path.  So I am more than okay with the German meaning of my soon to be born son's name.  Jeral and I are so very excited for our third child to be born, and we are also anxious as to how we will parent three children.  Yet we know others have before us and so we will navigate these waters too!

 Cute side profile picture.  I still am in awe everyday that I get to be pregnant with this little miracle!

 Kenzie dressed her self on day for going to hang out with Grandma J.

 Jeral took this picture at his sisters house in Vancouver.  She sure is a beautiful girl!

 Oh sand!  Sand is so fun to play in!  Jeral built the kids a large yet amazing sand box that has been a huge hit with both kids!

 Talk about personality!

 Mommy I do not want my picture taken right now!  I love Jaris' curly hair! Okay who am I kidding i love this boy period!!!!!!!

Father's day at IHOP for dinner.  Yes Jeral picked IHOP as the place he wanted to go.  And hey who I am to complain, he picked a child friendly restaurant so great!!!!!

28 Weeks

Wow I am in the third trimester already.  When and how did that happen?  In some ways I feel this pregnancy has gone by so very fast and in other ways not fast enough!

I saw my OBGYN this past week and I went from measuring small to now measuring 3 weeks a head.  Oh well Jaris was that way too except I measured big the whole way through with him!  Every thing is going well so far with this pregnancy.  I did not get really sick with Jaris until I hit 32 weeks so we are hoping though that this time round will be different.  However I was informed that due to the potential risk complications, even if I do not get sick I will not be allowed to go over due with Hayden. So that means if Hayden has not made an appearance before August 25th, he will be appearing that day!  I will admit the control freak in me likes knowing that I have an end date, that does not include going 10 days over due!!!!!  While I know that many of my friends who have been induced thought it was hell on earth, and I will say it hurt a lot.  Hey labour hurts and that is that!  For me the induction itself was not the hard part.  It was all the stuff after!!!!!  So in 12 weeks max we will have our son in our arms!  12 weeks really is that all I have left?  Yepppppp and then we are officially out numbered by our great kids.