It's a...

BOY!! We had our ultrasound on Thursday, and (while it wasn't very clear to me) the ultrasound lady, Stella, said that our baby for sure has boy parts! We're super excited, although a little bit in shock, we really thought Selah would be getting a little sister to play with... But, I guess Selah is just going to be either a major tomboy, or a major princess... So, the Lewis count so far is Boys-4, Girls-2 (counting mommy and daddy of course- there's only one in there!)...

As for names, stay tuned... We have no idea yet what this baby's name will be... Every idea we have does not sound to me like our son... So who knows? Maybe we'll end up waiting until he's born to see who he looks like. It's funny to me, trying to figure out a name, because doesn't the Lord already know his name? I wish he'd tell us...

Prenatal Checkup

I also wanted to share that I had my checkup with one of the midwives yesterday, and the little bean's heartbeat was very strong and fast, I'm measuring exactly where I should be, and I scheduled my ultrasound for 4 weeks from now, on January 29th- that's when we'll get to find out if it's a boy or a girl... And I just have to go on record right now to say that Bobby has already called it as a girl! We'll see!

Lewis Family Update!

So,we just wanted to let anyone know who reads this, that WE ARE EXPECTING LEWIS BABY #4 ON JUNE 23RD!! I am 15 weeks pregnant...
We actually found out in October, but wanted to wait to tell people until we knew that everything was good (since I've had miscarriages in the past...).

The plan right now is to deliver at Best Start Birth Center in Hillcrest, the only state-licensed, nationally accredited freestanding birth center in Southern California. It's a place where I can, as their slogan says, have "my birth my way..." I wanted to have Josiah at this birth center, but he turned out to be 5 weeks early, and they only deliver low-risk babies. I would have wanted to go there for Selah, but I just stayed with Grossmont because I assumed that she would most likely be early as well... Go figure, our third baby would be the only one so far to stay put as long as she was supposed to! So, we thought that it would be worth a shot to try again. The only small pause that I have about it is that at the birth center, unlike the hospital, you go home only hours after the baby is born -a nice thing for actually wanting to get some sleep without getting bugged about my blood pressure all night long, but not for being sibling free and being able to focus on the baby and getting rest... So, that being said, we will most likely be trying to get Brayden and Josiah and Selah out of the house for a couple of days after the baby is born... Any takers??? lol...

Here is the birth center's website if you want to check it out- www.beststartbirthcenter.com

I would recommend them for any mom who wants more freedom in giving birth than being strapped to a bed with monitors on and being treated more like your pregnancy is a diagnosis instead of the miracle and natural wonder that it is... And if you want a caregiver who is actually there to help you, rather than just to "catch..."

Big (and little) Bubba Josiah

Ok, I'm still getting this whole uploading pictures thing down... top, Josiah and Brayden racing down the slide at Jackson Park... 2nd, Josiah about to conquer the twisty slide also at Jackson Park... 3rd, Josiah praying before eating his birthday pancakes on his 2nd birthday (birthday pancakes are a tradition in our house)... the last pic is Josiah at his birthday pool party with his little buddy Noah... I was gonna post a pic of him on the potty since that's our new feat we're tackling, but he's naked in all of them and thought some people might not appreciate them as much as we do lol!!!

Princess Selah Joy... I guess that makes me a queen... hehehe

7 mos. old just being cute

5 mos. old swimming in our backyard

4 mos. old with Big Bubba Brayden

3 mos. old with Daddy in the kitchen

Just wanted to post some pics of the little princess, she is doing so good! Teething and drooling all over the place and getting into everything... It really amazes me, how beautiful she is and how she gets more and more beautiful everyday... Daddy has a big job to do in about 16 years...

Just a random pic

This is not really for any real reason, I just LOVE this picture, and now that I've finally figured out how to upload them (and I've finally gotten our pics off of our camera and onto a disc) I just feel like posting a random picture! So, here you go- this was taken in August, we all went to Ski Beach and Brayden rode his bike all over the place and we played on the playground... It was a lot of fun...

My kids love HORSES!

Last Tuesday my mom, kids, and I went up to Descanso to my friend Gillian's house to take the boys horseback riding... Selah had never even seen a horse before, and she was so brave- she kept reaching out to try and stick her fingers in Robin's (the horse's name) nose! Josiah was fine until the neighbor's horse came up to the fence and breathed on his neck... After that it was all over- anytime the horse came near him, he would scream his head off... But what was weird is that after all that, he still was brave enough to actually get on the horse's back and ride! And of course Brayden had the best time, he's always been my little cowboy... What I didn't get a picture of (I'm so bummed!) is the boys riding in the wheelbarrow filled with hay to feed the horses, and then feeding them hay from their hands... Even Josiah was doing it, because somehow, after he rode Robin, he wasn't afraid at all anymore... We had so much fun! (That's Gillian in the picture with Brayden)