Happy Birthday Hannah Nicolle!

A year has past and gone. Your 1 years old today. Looking back I can't believe it's been a year. The days and weeks were long but the months flew by like nothing else. Your 16 lbs 2 oz and 27 inches long. Your the smallest of my babies at this age. maybe that has something to do with you starting at at 5 lb 14 oz and 18 inches long. By far the smallest! Your not quite ready to walk yet. But your dang fast crawling all over the house! Walking with some help is about all you can/will do. But when you don't think too hard about it you stand all by yourself all the time. For the last month you've had a little stomach bug and have only wanted to cuddle and snuggle a lot. Just in the last two days your taking off around the house to make up for lost time I guess. Favorite thing right now is to "help" me with the laundry by emptying out the basket as fast as you can! I'm so very grateful your a part of our lives. I've learned a bit how to sit back and enjoy life, take each day one day at a time. You've helped me grow and learn this last year. I look forward to what this next year can bring for you on your journey through life. I love you my littlest baby girl. May you continue to grow and learn.

~Love, 

Mama

8 weeks!

This isn't my first baby but I love her just the same! Hannah is such a blessing in our lives. I am so glad she is here safe, sound and growing! With each baby I learn more and more how special these little ones are. I'm trying to count my blessing more instead of counting the hours of missed sleep. Yesterday we were able to bless Hannah at church. I am so thankful for the priesthood in my family and a wonderful husband that holds and honors it. Hannah's daddy gave her a beautiful blessing that came from her Father in Heaven. I hope as her mother I came teach and guild her through this life so she can growing into a wonderful young lady that loves God and has a strong faith in the gospel of Christ. Hannah we love you!

The Good, Bad and Ugly

I just had another ultrasound yesterday. 30 week mark. We were checking baby's heart,   placenta placement (was too low 10 weeks ago which would mean a c-section) measuring growth and double checking on girl or boy. Good news: Baby's heart looks great, and baby is moving/breathing great. Ugly news: placenta has moved up (good but come on kind of gross!) The bad news: Baby is about 2 weeks behind in growth. If Baby hadn't been moving around and doing well other wise we would be having a baby now! She is in the 3% for growth, which means out of 100 women our little one would be one of the littlest. Doctors don't like to see anything below the 10%. Problem yes and no. Not a problem right this minute but in 4 weeks when I have another ultrasound if she is still not growing as she should we will be having a baby early. There are many reasons she is behind, as simple as she just is going to be small, to placenta isn't working as it should, and everything in between. As much as I would love to hold her we need/want her to stay put as long as possible. 

I also failed the 1 hour glucose test (BIG TIME) and now have to take the 3 hour one, but chances are with how high my reading was I will not be passing that one ether). Gestational Diabetes can be controlled with diet and exercise or with medicine. One of the big problems with GD is bigger babies so.... yeah that one doesn't quite make sense to me.

Needless to say it's been a day! No wonder I am starting to get more and more gray hairs!

Girl??? or Boy???

We've hit the 20 week mark and should be able to find out soon if this new little one is a boy or girl. Still not sure about telling all the family. Might have a little bit of fun teasing everyone for a while longer! Kendyl says she will steal the ultrasound pictures and find out herself (um yeah good luck with that one Kendyl!) LOL Anyways cast your vote and maybe, just maybe we'll let secret out before baby comes.

Baby Update

We're starting to look at houses again as they come on the market. Keeping our fingers crossed but not holding our breath just yet. Nathaniel is loving his job and work is taking care of us during this move. So nice to have a job that works for our family.

I had an ultrasound on Friday. Baby is measuring right on 14 weeks 2 days. Was hoping for a sneak peek but baby decided to be a "frog" everything is looking good though. I don't have anymore killer morning sickness (thank goodness and knock on wood!) Still pretty tried. Ethan sure loves to take care of me it's so cute. Kendyl keeps asking when we can find out if it's a girl or boy. Not until April (so long away!) 

 Baby says "RAWR" Kids sure got a kick out of this pic. It totally looks like baby has hands up by face a growling at us. Yep it's a Higham already!

Great picture of baby just chillin. It's amazing it see the difference just a few weeks make. Baby went from being a "gummy bear" to an "alien" LOL