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

Quick Update

No house, we are still in our rental. Thank goodness for that! Kids are dong well with school. Samantha sure is growing up the last few weeks. Turning into a big help with Taylor. I even can grab a shower by myself! Taylor is no longer the baby. She still isn't talking but picks up each new sign we show her. Most of the time she signs back to us. Just the over day she walked up to Daddy and signed "cheese" "please" is was cool. And of course we ran to the kitchen and got her some cheese. Kendyl is 9 and going on 15 and driving me INSANE!!! This to shall pass, right? Ashley is getting excited for turning 8 in April. From her baptism to her trip to Disney Land she is going to be one busy little girl. Ethan is starting to calm down a bit. Less fits and more obeying. Can't complain about that! He's learning a ton in school. Still comes home with a tale 10 miles long about his day (sure is a good story teller).

We are adding another member to our family this summer. Baby Higham should be arriving right before school starts. It's going to be a bust summer. With living in Dayton we have decided to drive back to Kadlec to have baby. So I'm making quite a few trips there for doctor's appointments. Because of my fast labors doctor said I better plan on staying with family the week before baby is due because of the 1.5 hour drive (don't need to have baby in the van!) I just pray every day baby will be safe and come when he/she is good and ready (and please in the hospital) We haven't told many people outside of family because I don't need/want to hear peoples bad advice/opinions. Yes I do know what causes a baby, yes we did choose to have another, yes I love each and everyone of my children, yes I know I will be VERY busy, yes I know we need a bigger van. I'm not dumb! I don't get how some persons feel it is their duty to make me feel bad about our choice to expand our family. If you can't be happy and sure in our joy then do this "if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all" huh? do what? oh you mean don't open my big mouth when my words might hurt another.