Gabriel in 4D

We went to Look Who's Kickin' today and had our 4D ultrasound, it was amazing! It was incredible to be able to see all his features and everything while he's still in my belly. When she first started he had his foot up in front of his face like he was trying to suck on his toes.

He is making Mommy so unflexible, while he is incredibly flexible himself!! We got to see him sucking his thumb, blinking his eyes, and smiling. His Daddy yelled at him to turn over and everyone started laughing, then Gabe starting smiling. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen! We have the entire thing on a dvd so I will be watching him all the time until he gets here. We think he has my eyes and Michael's lips. He has a sweet little button nose and strong jaw too. We are so ready to meet our son!

Happy Easter!

I hope that everyone's Easter was as nice as our's was. We started our morning out going to church at Lake Morton Community Church, where we have been attending for the past month. Michael and I are really enjoying it, we want to find a church home to raise Gabriel and our future children in. After that we had to run home and grab the fruit salad and corn casserole I

made for lunch at Grammie & Papa's.

It was so nice to have the whole family together Aaron, Angela and Charles came from Orlando for the weekend and Alex, Mandy, and Emma were there too. As well as Uncle Andy, Aunt Angel, Cierra, Cailey, Caleb, Grandma J, and my parents. Lunch was so delicious I cleaned my plate and that rarely happens anymore. After lunch Mom and Dad had to give their grandkids Easter baskets, even Gabe got a Superman Easter basket! It also had baseball booties, bid, hat and socks and other cool stuff. I know next year he will have a blast hunting Easter eggs with his new basket. Emma and Charlie had such a good time with eachother, that was until Emma started beating him on the head. I think she scared him more than she hurt him, she just doesn't realize her own strength. Of course we had an egg hunt for the younger kids and Emma did really well for never having done it, Michael even found some for himself. Grammie also has a candy hunt for all the big kids since we don't want to hunt eggs anymore, I found enough candy to last me the next couple months. It was just a really great day, I can't wait till next year when Gabe is here to enjoy it all with us!!

Our Pool Escapades

When Michael and I bought the house last August the pool did not look like this as most of you know already. I think it was about November probably when during the night someone came into our backyard and opened up our filter and then turned it on so the water was pumping right out of our pool. The pool was completely empty, we decided we weren't going to fill it back up till Spring because we wouldn't be using it again till then anyways. Well since now and then from the rain, water was filling up the deep end along with leaves galore. It was absolutely disgusting!!
Michael and I have been trying to figure out how we were going to get the water out, until someone finally told us about a sump pump. So this past Saturday we went and rented the pump and started to work. My Mom came over and later my Dad as well when he got done working. It was not a fun process but we got all the water out with the pump, then sucked up all the wet leaves with Dad's shop vac. Then the guys pressure washed as much as would come up. After that we poured bleach all over the deep end and the black stain came right off. They pressure washed all the bleach down and then sucked up the water left with the shop vac.

We turned the hoses on at about 4:00 p.m Saturday afternoon and by 6:00 p.m Sunday afternoon the pool was full again. It looks so beautiful! I can't wait for next weekend when it's hot and we can swim again.

Doctor Visit Update

I went to see Dr.Mammel yesterday and everything went good. I have finally put on weight above what I weighed at my first visit, it was a wopping 3 lbs. I have started walking on the treadmill and working out some with Michael, hopefully I can only gain about another 10-12 lbs. Dr. Mammel has put me on Prilosec OTC, hoping that it will prevent my horrible heartburn I have had this entire pregnancy. I had my sugar test as well and it was all fine, no gestational diabetes this time!! I now will be going to the doctor every 2 weeks, I can't believe I am that far along. Gabe is now moving around ALL day long, he is such a busy boy in there. Next weekend we will be going to Tampa to have a 4D ultrasound done and we are so excited!!