It's a Boy! It's a Girl!

You read it right...Brandon and I are doubly blessed to be adding a sweet boy and a precious girl to our family! We are very excited to round our family out to 2 boys and a girl...it feels a little weird to say that! Peppy (my mom) bought Jackson a set of boy/girl twin baby dolls, which he has been taking care of...he feeds them their bottles, hugs & kisses them and helps them go night-night. Usually he's pretty gentle with them, though at times the 2 year old boy in him comes out and he'll fling one of the dolls across the room by their leg. Obviously, we've got some work to do in the "gentle" department :)

My last appointment with the OB went very well (last Wednesday). I was 15 weeks, 2 days at that point. Since I'm pregnant with twins the doctor didn't even attempt to hear their heartbeats with a doppler because she was afraid she wouldn't be able to differentiate between the two heartbeats. Instead I was very excited to be sent down the hall to have an ultrasound. The babies are so big and both look great! Both babies were laying horizontal across by belly at the time of the ultrasound. Baby A (boy) is laying low near my hips and Baby B (girl) is higher up around my belly button. We have some great pictures which we will try to get uploaded tonight. I go back on April 30th for my "big" ultrasound. That's the appointment where people usually find out what sex they're having, so we shouldn't have any news in that department unless something changes between now and then :) At that ultrasound the technician will spend a lot of time looking at each baby's anatomy. They will measure bones, check organ development, etc. Please pray that everything goes well...we, thankfully, have no reason to expect a problem.

Jackson spent the last week in Dothan with Brandon's family at Mimi & Doff's house. It was a little rough for me saying bye to him in Montgomery (read: sobbing), but he was oblivious. Mimi didn't let us talk to him all week because she didn't want to him to get homesick :) We talked to her everyday to check up on him. He had a BLAST! They played at Mimi's house, in the playroom with trains & keyboard, outside with his popper toy and at the park. He got to go to Coleman's ball game one night and Tonya/Cassidy watched him. He adores older boys and I know he had the best time watching them play ball. Jackson had a ringpop for the first time and ended up with a blue mouth/face...pretty funny. Jackson adores his cousins, Cassidy and Coleman, and they are so good with him.

Brandon and I made it to Dothan at 2:30 a.m. (our time) Thursday night. We pushed to get down there because we wanted to be there when Jackson woke up the next morning. The trip was exhausting, but totally worth it to wake up on Friday morning with our precious boy climbing into bed to snuggle with us.

We had a great Easter weekend in Dothan visiting with family and spending time at the baby store getting idea's :) We loaded up the Tahoe after lunch on Sunday and made the drive back to Atlanta. Jackson and George were both asleep before we pulled out of the neighborhood! Thanks again, Mimi, for taking care of Jackson for a week!

Last Friday I had a message from Jackson's pediatrician that the culture on his head came back normal, so it looks like the spot of hair loss is not a fungal infection. We're bummed, but are still waiting for the dermatologist to get his report back. Jackson's next appointment with the dermatologist is 4/23 and we appreciate any prayers. If he does have Alopecia, we pray that the hair loss will not continue and that the hair will return. We'll keep you updated.

Guess that's it for now. I will try to update this site pretty often, so keep checking back.