Home!

We've been adjusting to having three kids at home for the past few weeks. It's hard to believe that tomorrow Asher will be 2 weeks old. He's been doing really well, gaining weight, sleeping a lot...and overall being the easiest baby we've ever had. The kids can be making a racket and he peacefully sleeps through it. He kind of had no choice in the matter, being the third child. He's so different than Calvin and Mia were, for one, he actually sleeps in his crib. Calvin and Mia took months to sleeping in their cribs, Mia because we held her so much in the hospital (at least that's my theory) and Calvin would only sleep propped up because I'm fairly confident he had a reflux issue...but Asher, he's a trooper, which is a blessing. The kids love their little brother, which is another blessing...they've done a great job adjusting. Calvin has reached a major milestone this week, he no longer needs a pacifier. With Mia, she stopped using hers right before she turned two...Calvin, on the other hand, was much more attached to it and finally no longer needs it. Praise the Lord! I've been getting as much sleep as possible with a newborn. Asher goes for about 3 hour stretches at night, every now and then I'll get a four hour stretch which feels amazing. I'm trying to really appreciate those late night feedings because I know they won't last forever. Thursday we celebrated Daddy's birthday, the kids had fun decorating and making him Lego brownies. They also really enjoyed opening all of his gifts. Calvin wants to know "who's birthday is next." :) Here are some pictures...

Asher Bradley

We are home and doing great.  Asher is a wonderful little baby, he's very mellow and the kids adore him already.  They are our big helpers and are very happy to help out however.  It's overdue, but here are some pictures of the new little man (we can thank grampapa for them!)

New Baby Brother

New baby brother is here!  Born at 8:45am, he is 10 pounds , 4 oz.  21 and a half inches long, lots of blond hair.  Mom and baby are doing great!  Picture and name coming soon!

Tomorrow, Tomorrow...

I can't believe that he will be here tomorrow!  We are excited to meet the little guy.  Thank you to all those who are praying for us, we really appreciate that!  So, I finally let Brad take some belly pictures of me these past few weeks...here they are..one a few weeks ago before I cut all my hair off and then tonight...at a couple days short of 40 weeks.  

When's that baby due?

What baby?  At least that's what Brad wants me to answer all the time.  :)

Feb 2nd, if he's not here on his own before then, then that's when he's coming out.  It appears like he might be on the larger side from my ultrasound today, but then again there is a margin of error with those, however he's big enough that holding out another week is probably not in my best interest.  So that's where we are.  Pray for a safe delivery for he and I.

It's been so nice here the last couple of days that we've been trying to get in our outside time as much as possible.  The kids are playing basketball, baseball, catch...it's been nice!

We still haven't completely decided on a name, but the list has narrowed down.  One of our choices is Jett.  When I told Calvin the list and asked him if we should name the baby Jett, he responded, "no, airplane."  :)

Pray that the kids would easily adjust to a new brother, Calvin has quite a few ideas of how he's going to play ball and Legos with this baby, but he might be disappointed for awhile.