Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Best Surprise

We decided not to find out the gender of the baby at the time of the ultrasound. We had the ultrasound technician put the pictures of the baby's gender with "girl" or "boy" written on the back in a sealed envelope. We had a party later that night where Jeb and I fed eachother cupcakes with either pink or blue icing in the middle in order to find out the gender. I kept the envelope in my purse all day and wasn't even tempted to peek. I had in my heart all along that the baby was a boy so I wanted to savor the hope that it might be a girl for just a little while longer. On the way home from the doctor, I was look at a ultrasound picture of the baby's legs and trying to see if I saw anything in between them. I kept saying that it might be a girl because I didn't see any distict boy parts like there was on Reid's ultrasound picture. This was making Jeb really nervous because he'd already been calling the baby a "he." Finally he said, "Give me the dang envelope. I can't take it anymore!" But I didn't give in and finally at 7:30 that night Suzanne brought over the cupcakes. Suzanne was the only person besides the ultrasound technician and Dr. Ryan that knew if the baby was a boy or a girl.
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Team Blue getting ready to eat their cupcakes
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Reid had a Team Blue shirt on but I think he secretly wanted a baby sister!
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The two teams...who will win?
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Some of Kassidy's friends and my friend Angie Franklin and her girls, Teegan and Kaylin, came to be part of Team Pink.
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Right before we took a bite...I was SOOOOO nervous!
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Unwrapping
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Taking a bite (right at this moment my dad said, "I see a little bit of blue coming out of the side of that one," then my mom said, "I do too," so I was sure it was another precious little boy.)
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PINK icing in the middle! I started crying!
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Jeb and I were both in SHOCK!
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Look at the PINK
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TEAM PINK WINS!!!
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The Cupcake

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Yay!
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I give this 2 thumbs up!
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After we found out it was a "she" Jeb took his Team Blue shirt off to celebrate our little girl. He sat in the rocking chair and watched baseball to ponder the thought of having a little girl. The he sent me a text message at work the next day that said, "We're having a girl! Get excited!!!!!"
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Papa Kelbo excited about having a grand-daughter. He had said all day that he was just sure it was a girl, "no question about it."
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Two of my most wonderful friends, Kari and Stacey - they wouldn't miss it for the world!
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One day we'll get a good picture of him and Kari!
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Mom and Uncle Kass pumped up about having a girl!
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Nana Karen showing off her PINK
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The brains behind it all, Mrs. Creative, "the secret revealer," one of my most favorite people - Suzanne Brown
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I'm going to have a GIRL and a BOY, just like Kass and I
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So exited and So blessed - Thank you Lord for filling our lives full of so many wonderful blessings. We give all the glory to you and lift you up in all we do.

It's a Girl!

We had an ultrasound on Monday and we're very excited to announce that It's a Girl!
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The ultrasound was all normal and our baby girl is doing great. After the ultrasound we had an appointment with Dr. Ryan. My due date is April 16, and since I'll be having a repeat c-section the tentative birth date is around April 9 (unless my water breaks sooner!). I've gained a total of 6 pounds with this pregnancy and my blood pressure was 112/74. The baby is about the size of a baked potato (about 5 inches long) and her heart rate was 150 bpm.
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I'm getting so excited about shopping for a little girl! There are so many cute things for girls and I can't wait to dress her up in precious little pink onesies, tutus, and hair bows. I know Reid is going to be an amazing big brother. Jeb's mom has a life-sized baby doll and we've been telling Reid it's his baby sister. He'll hug and kiss the doll one minute, and the next minute he'll be hitting it and throwing it off the couch. I hope he doesn't try this with his real baby sister!
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Reid and I at the ultrasound to find out if he's going to have a baby brother or a baby sister.
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Looking back...These are the pictures from 2007 when Jeb and I were finding out if Reid was a boy or a girl!

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We had a "gender revealing" party Monday night after the ultrasound. It was so exciting and we had so much fun! I'll post pictures soon.

-- Kell
Posted from my iPhone

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Happy Halloween 2009

The weekend before Halloween we had our 2nd annual Rollins Halloween Party!
This year we decided to "clown around" a little bit. ..........
Looking back... Rollins Halloween Party 2008
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We had lots of yummy food including sausage balls, caramel apples, spinach dip, "mummies"-in-a-blanket, Armadillo eggs, pumkin bread, sandwiches, cupcakes, and a meat and cheese tray!
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One of my brother's friends made the cutest Halloween cupakes for us!
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Emily even came down for the party!
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Aunt Tammy's costume was perfect for her - #1 OSU Fan!
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Jett the mailman (just like his daddy!)
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Grayson the punk rocker
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The Simpsons even showed up! (A.K.A. The Brown Family)
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Reid's not a very happy clown...we could never get him to smile.
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Rocked out Nana (her shirt says "I've just never been the same since that house fell on my sister.)
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Granny Carol even dressed up.
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Cadence Oliver was such a cute little monkey. She even brought Reid a banana!
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Uncle Kass was "too cool" to dress up.
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Grandma Lucy enjoying some of my amazing caramel apple cider!
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Baylen didn't stay in his boxer suit long.

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Uncle Josh (and no, this isn't his costume!)
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Mica and Cason
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Reid with his Papa Glenn
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Another cute little monkey, Riley Cadenhead
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Brotherly Love, as always
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Troy, Logan, and Kari hiding out in the "man room"
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Reid with his Gam-Ma Missy
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Cutest Clown Around!
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Clown Couple
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The Pinata was a HUGE hit with all the little ones!
























































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On Halloween day Grayson came over to play and go Trick-or-Treating with us. It was a beautiful day and the boys had fun bouncing in the inflatable in the backyard.
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Reid wanted both candy buckets!
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Daddy was on bicycle patrol in our neighborhood on Halloween so he stopped by to see us.
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Reid LOVED his bicycle helmet.

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Ready to go Trick-or-Treating! He would say "Trick Treat!"
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This clown didn't look too happy when he came to my door to Trick-or-Treat. He must've gotten some bad candy!
Actually, Reid had hand, foot, and mouth virus that started on Wednesday before Halloween. He was feeling much better by Saturday but still hadn't eaten much. He wouldn't even eat the yummy Halloween candy!
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Mom, finally sitting down to enjoy her bowl of delicious cheeseburger potato soup.
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Lovely Aunt Johnna (who cleaned my entire house that day!)
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4 months pregnant with Baby #2
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Granny Carol eating some tasty chicken and dumplings
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Giving me "the look"
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Trick-or-Treating with my baby boy
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Trick-or-Treating with my baby boy 1 year ago - 2008
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Watching baseball with Papa
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He finally got his appetite back and wanted ALL the Dum Dums!
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I've always loved celebrating fall and dressing up for Halloween (I think because my birthday is in October so I love this time of year). We had a blast this year, even though Reid was a little sick on Halloween, and enjoyed having all our friends and family over for the party! Hope to see you next year all dressed up in your costumes at the 3rd annual Rollins Halloween Party!