He is Here!

Announcing Spencer Jacob Watkins. I just got home today from the hospital. After I catch up on some much needed sleep I will post more. For now, here are a few pictures. He is a champ. Everything went well and we feel so blessed. Spencer was 8 lbs 11.2 ounces and 20 1/4 long. He was born at 7:32pm on Sunday November 16 2008. I had a slow start with the induction, but the labor was from 2:30 till 7:30pm...so not too bad.

Baby on the way

So I am heading to the hospital tomorrow at 8am to be induced. Wish me luck. Anyone want to guess how big the baby is? or What time he will be born? Better yet....What will we name him? Leave your comments and get a prize for being right. To be fair, the real induction doesn't start until after 4 hours of antibiotics...so factor that in your guess. The middle name will probably be Jacob.

Baby Car Seat Cover

My friend Misty had made a custom car seat cover for her daughter that I just loved. So with this new baby...I felt he deserved the same new, refreshed idea. So with countless hours (we had no idea what we were doing) and lots of Dr. Pepper, (we stayed up till midnight.) It is done. I wish you could see it better, but it turned out so cute. I guess I should have shown the before. Anyway. Thanks so much Misty....you really deserve all the credit.

Here it is: 32 1/2 weeks along.

Sorry this is such a strange picture of me. I went outside, because our flash doesn't work...then it was so sunny I couldn't even open my eyes. Notice the flats. I literally couldn't fit into my Sunday shoes. I have never swollen before this pregnancy, and I definitely hope I never do again. Yucky! Oh well, with any luck I only have 6 weeks to go. By the way...I also know I need a hair cut.

Pregnant belly

So here is fun picture I took of myself while Jake was digging trenches in our back yard. I wasn't trying to look all posey or anything. My arm is just up to hide the camera. It shows my belly none the less....and this way you don't have to look at my swollen face or ankles!

It has been another month.

Yahoo! This was the first month that actually went by quickly. I wasn't sick, I was bored (which means I wasn't sick and actually wanted to do something) and I am not horribly large yet. Well you can be the judge. I don't look cute in this picture...but I didn't know it until later... and I want to keep posting every 4 weeks on the dot. So here I am at 24 weeks.
On another note: We went in for our second ultrasound on the baby. This was to see if he still had a hole in his heart or a VSD...and the great news is he doesn't! Baby looks great. Thanks for all of your prayers and support. We feel really blessed. With the hole gone, as well as my blood work back with good results...we are also no longer at a high risk for down sydrome. Great news!

Here I am at 20 weeks.

I guess this should be fun to see how much I change every month or so. I am nervous this may get embarressing by the end though.

Drum-roll please..........

We are having a .....

can you tell? We are having a little boy. Honestly for some reason I was sure it was a girl...so obviously I was wrong. We are so happy. Weston thinks it is the coolest and Aubrey never cared too much whether it was a boy or a girl - she just wanted a baby.

The ultrasound was a little stressful. They found a small white spec (can't remember the technical name) that is a small marker for down syndrome. Weston had this same thing...and he is just fine, so not too worried. The Dr. also noticed a small VSD or vetricular septal defect. This is not uncommon, but combined with the other heart defect and our past history we of course weren't happy with the news. This also makes our chance for downs a little higher. We are scheduled for another ultrasound in 6 weeks where hopefully the VSD is gone or getting smaller. It is an actual hole between the right and left ventrical. Anyway, Jake is very optimistic...I am on the fence and would love every one's prayers. We feel we can handle just about anything...and if you research VSD's they are the most common heart defect and with surgery...there are rarely complications. You can have a happy full life with a VSD....so that is what is most important. Keep in mind...we still have time for things to look better and we know that with a little prayer and faith the Lord wants to bless our family.

I will keep everyone posted. We are happy to have a boy and hope to see him safe and healthy in a few months.