It's a BOY!

We are SO excited to announce that we are expecting a sweet baby boy, Adam Cooper Emerson! He will go by Cooper, I know I know, we're doing the middle name thing again but it was very important to us that since we were going to use those two names that they be placed "ACE" for Nick's brother Alex who's initial are also ACE. Plus, Ace is a really cute Nic name as well!
As I've said, Cameron just knew the baby was a girl baby, so imagine his suprise and confusion when I had to explain to him that it was a boy. Once I told him they'd share rooms and toys he was ALL about it. Everyday I hear, "Mom, you need to go to the Dr. and he needs to take Cooper out of your belly!" haha He's a little anxious. Cameron has got everything figured out too. So much so that you'd swear Cooper was already here! Cameron talks (more like yells) to my belly and tells Cooper that they're going to play with Batman leggos and "Cooper" even responds to Cameron lol Cameron will tell me "Mom! Cooper just told me he wants to play with batmans too! I just heard him!" What an imagination that boy has! We can't go to the store without Cameron wanting to buy some thing for Cooper too. It's really cute how excited he is about it all.
Here is a couple video's for your entertainment :)

This is the video we used to tell our families and friends what we we're expecting!
(This version is slightly quicker than the FB one)

And here is a conversation I had with Cameron about Cooper. It was taken with my phone and since it was night time you can barely see him.



I feel so blessed to have my sweet children and can't wait for Cooper to be here to complete our sweet family!!

2nd Trimester baby!

The second trimester is finally here and at 16 weeks I am feeling a little bit of relief which is pretty amazing! I'll start with my 12 week apt. I got some blood work results back and it showed that my iron is very low but everything else looked great. So I just get to add being super tired to the list ;) Like I'm not already fatigued with two kids, a dog and husband! HA! Like I had assumed, he was unable to pick up the heart beat with the doppler so I had to have another ultrasound to make sure everything was still going well. Due to my mulitple C-sections the scar tissue is hard to get through making it more difficult to find an early heartbeat. It was so nice to see our little Jelly bean on the screen and Cameron was with me at that apt. so he thought it was very very cool too! Heartbeat looked great, and baby E looked prefect! Here is a picture of our 12 week old Jelly belly :)

After I saw our little cutie I had to break the news to my Dr. that we will be moving mid pregnancy. He was very sad for me and hated that I was going to have to switch during my "Sugar testing" time. I was very upset when we found out that we were moving so soon because of how much I like Dr. V. He was terrific with Gracie and has just kept me so calm through out this pregnancy as well. I have recomended him to fellow preggo mommies I know, and one girl listened and absolutely loves him!

I had a 16 week check up today and got to hear that fast, sweet little heart beat for the very first time! Started the day off first with Speech therapy for Cameron, and he was so good for Mrs. Rachel. Right after his class we had to go straight to my apt. I was very nervous to go since it was my first time with both kids by myself. They both were good but it was really difficult getting them around the tight space and through the doors with the stroller. I'm just thankful Cameron will be starting school soon and it will get a little easier to get around. Like I already said, I was finally able to hear our babies heart beat and Dr. V said it was fast like a GIRL! He was right with our Gracie so we will see if he goes 2-0 soon enough. Of course, we don't care either way because there are plus sides to either gender! We just feel so blessed either way. I haven't felt any movement yet and look forward to that moment! I've had a couple maybeees but I'm not counting those yet! Here is the first belly picture I have been brave enough to take! HA, my belly seems to have pop'd pretty quickly with this one, guess that's what happens when you have had two c-sections in as short of time as I've had them! But so far I have only gained 2 lbs total, hopefully the weight gain stays low but healthy! I'm pretty confident that it should considering I gained 30 lbs with Camo, and only 14 with Gracie.