Ellie's 3!

Ellie's 3rd birthday was June 21. She thinks she is so big now that she is three! For her party we had her Grandmas, Aunts and Uncles, and Cousins come over for a BBQ. Then we played some games and she got to open up her presents. She got a box of dress ups that she loves! I can't believe what a girly girl she is turning out to be. She had to have a princess party with all the princess' not just one. I keep thinking she is only 3 and already so obsessed! After wards we had cake and ice cream and then we all went swimming, Ellie's favorite thing to do. I can't believe how big she is getting. She definitely is our little princess and we are having so much fun watching her grow up and change every day! I wouldn't change her sassy little attitude for the world! HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY ELLIE!

Catching Crawdads

The Honey clan decided to go crawdad catching a couple of weekends ago and the kids had so much fun. We caught 76 of them and the plan was to have a shrimp boil the next night and eat them. Well, by the next afternoon 55 were dead so we only had 21 to cook. I refused to eat them but I heard they taste like lobster (something I'll never know). Everyone had a really good time hanging out and catching crawdads for the day.

Our Little Girl

Here is another 3D picture of our baby. The doctor was making another attempt to see how severe the cleft is but of course she has her arm up covering right where it is. The good news is that we know it doesn't go to the other side of her lip! I didn't think we could really tell who she looked like until Cole was looking at the picture and oh my gosh she looks just like him! Her eyes, nose and chin all look like Cole's! It's amazing to know what your baby looks like before she is even born! I think her eyes are open in this picture. Isn't she cute!!!

The Dr. spilled the beans!!!

So, I got a call from the perinatologist with my amniocentesis results. They said that the baby's chromosomes are all normal! It was such a relief to hear. That means that all we will be dealing with after the baby is born is the cleft. They went on to say that the baby is a healthy developed female! I replied with, "Oh! I'm having a girl?" I think they got the hint that we had no clue what we were having. I'm kind of upset that I found out what my baby was over the phone, and not by choice with my husband there during an ultrasound. Oh well, now I can get things prepared before the baby gets here. The kids are really excited to have a sister. Ellie knew all along that the baby was a girl, she would never say it was a boy. I think we all had a feeling it was girl too. I'm just so relieved that her chromosomes are normal, and we are going to have a healthy, beautiful little girl to make our family complete!

Cole's Preschool Graduation

Cole was.....well Cole for his preschool graduation this year, as usual. As you can see from the pictures his whole class was up front and doing their performance but not Cole. He had to sit on his teacher's lap the entire time. At least he didn't cry this time! The class came walking out and lining up and I realized there was no Cole! I informed his teacher who ran out and found him and brought him back. Such a Cole thing to do. He hates having the attention on him but he doesn't realize that by not participating he brings more attention to himself. I just hope high school graduation will be better!! lol! I can't believe he is done with preschool and is going to be a kindergartner! Where does time go?

Our NOT so great news.

We had an appt. with the Perinatoligist today who confirmed that our baby does have a cleft lip. It has been really hard for me to digest the news because I didn't think anything would really be wrong with my baby. I feel so lucky to have such supportive family and friends though. Everyone has been so sweet and supportive and I don't know what I would do without any of you, Thank You!

I also had an amniocentesis done to make sure the babies chromosomes are not affected. The heart is also of concern when there is a cleft lip but for now the heart looks really good. We are hopeful that everything else will come back fine and we will only have to worry about the lip. I'm not sure how much longer we will not know what we are having because of the problems. I have to have another ultrasound in 4 wks and with the amnio it will be hard to not know. But now knowing the sex of the baby is the least of our worries. It was fun not knowing while it was a perfect pregnancy but it might be helpful to know now, so that we can get things prepared before the baby is born. We will be to involved with the baby and the surgeries after it is born to worry about what color of clothes we need to wash. I will keep all of you updated as we get new info.

The top picture is a 3D of the baby totally blocking its face with its arms. It didn't want anyone looking at its face!

The second picture reminds me of a mask but it is of the baby yawning. You can kind of see a black line that goes up to the nose and I believe (but am not positive) that that is the cleft lip.

No matter what problems we face we think we have a cute baby, and can't wait to have it in our arms to take care of.