Baby 'C' at 10 weeks (three weeks ago now)
So James and I have decided to try our best NOT to find out the gender of this baby (until s/he is born). Whether s/he is a boy or girl won't really change much for us as most of our baby stuff is gender nuetral anyway and what is not gender nuetral we already have for a girl and a boy. We have picked out two sets of names (one set for a girl, one set for a boy). People have been having strange reactions to our decision so far, but I mean it is our decision and I don't honestly care if people think I am weird. Also, I also want to know what color his/her eyes are and what his/her voice will sound like and when his/her birthday will be, but I am becoming more patient in my old age:) I am entering my second trimester (well the baby is, anyway) and at my appointment on Wednesday we were measuring just fine, and his/her heart rate was 178 beats per minute. The doctor called her/him "Speedy Gonzalez" (sp?) as the heart rate is high and the baby was moving away from her everytime she tried to get a reading on him/her. Jake asked what we call the new baby, we decided on "Baby C". The "C" is for Carr and it is also the third letter int he alphabet, so it just kinda fits for now. I go in for another appointment the week before labor day and then three weeks after that we will have another ultrasound (around 18 weeks) to check for anatomical issues and at that point hopefully I will removed from high risk at that point. I am including an ultrasound picture from our last ultrasound at 10 weeks (I have been so tired since then to scan it in and post it). I am working on my fourteenth week now!
Jake is on the left, the third row from the front.
Although he sang in every practice, he did not actually sing when he got up there. He did smile and looked very please that all eyes were on him and the other cherub. He told me he likes being in the big people church because it is pretty and that is why God likes to live there (so I guess he is sort of learning something in Sunday School). Oh well, we will sort out his theology when he is older.
Jake loved riding this renovated golf cart! You can't see to well in the picture but I promise "Mr. Safety" is hanging on to the bar behind his seat!
Joan has coy (I think) in this pond that will actually come to the surface and "kiss" (nibble/suck) on your fingers if you touch the surface of the water.
At one stage or another we have referred to Jake and Mari as "kicky squirmies" this is kicky squirminess in action.
These shots of the kids in action show why I am so tired after the reunion!
The hosts of the reunion where James' dad's first cousin Joan and her husband Danny. It was at their photography studio between Water Valley, Oxford and Batesville.
Jake playing with the table centerpiece.
Here are pictures from the Carr family reunion a few weeks ago. The Carr family motto translates to mean "late but in earnest" which is the most appropriate family motto I have ever heard. Of all those attending the reunion, James, Jake, Mari and I were the only people with the last name Carr to show up on time (and we ended up accidently being early because we were told the wrong time). Everybody else with the last name Carr was late:) The kids seemed to have a good time. They wanted to play outside most of the time and it was just to hot for me. It took me a few days to recover, but hopefully it will be the last family reunion I will ever attend while pregnant.
