Meet the new addition to the **McMullin** Family!!

Well…here HE or SHE is!! We had our first OB appointment today and everything went well! We had to do all the paperwork and initial questions and then we got down to business. I was given an ultrasound!!!! I found out quite early when I was pregnant so they wanted to make sure I wasn't farther along than what I thought so they sent me into the ultrasound room :) This office does this pretty routinely anyway, but because we switched doctors I didn’t know this…my other doctor is closing her office :(
We weren't able to hear the heartbeat today, but the ultrasound was even better to connect to the baby! The heartbeat was 139 BPM today...we'll see if it speeds up or not! Both Johnathon and Karson's heartbeats were always in the 150's-160's so I keep getting told this is a girl...LOL guess we'll find out in May :)

I am sooo excited and blessed to be carrying another child! I do finally feel pregnant!! I’ve never had the morning sickness for any of my children so I always go the first few weeks not really thinking it’s real because I have no “symptoms” of pregnancy, but now that I’ve been to the doctor and now I got to meet my new son or daughter for the first time this has really sunk in!!! I can’t believe in about 7 months we will have another precious child in our lives. This is one of the greatest blessings I have received and I can’t thank God enough for what he has done for my family!!!

Rice Krispies!!!

Tonight we made rice krispy treats with the boYs so that they could take them to their Valentine’s Party! They had a lot of fun stirring the marshmallow mixture and putting together all the ingredients to make the final project! You would think that this would be more of a “girl” project, but J and Karson have TONS of fun doing things like this! This is just helping to shape them into the little helpers that I need around the house! They love to watch what’s going on and J asks to help more often than Karson because of age, but they are such a blast :) I love incorporating cooking and cleaning into their routines so that they will know all of the different things that Mike and I do around the house and that too they will remember some of these little things and appreciate the times we have spent together :)
I LOVE my liFe!!

 
J stirring the marshmallows

 

 

 

 

 

Karson’s turn to help!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adding the food coloring to the mix!

stir those krispies!!

 

 

 

 

 

Trying out the final project :)

 

 

 

 

 

J finishing up the rest!

Final project!!

Expecting Baby #3!!!!

Mike and I found out on January 29th that we are expecting our 3rd child! This is very unexpected to us since we were planning on trying for #3 this summer! For me, I have to have everything planned down to the wire and I think this might be why God decided he would let our 3rd child come early :)

Two days prior to finding out about my pregnancy I went and got my hair colored. I choose an all brown color and for some reason my hair turned half red, half brown!! Weird I know!! Not thinking anything of it, I simply said I would call to have it redone :) The next night we all went to my mother.in.laws house to visit since Karrie was in town with her boYs and because we hadn’t seen Kathy or Ron in awhile. When Karrie looked at my hair she said “you’re not pregnant are you??” I said NO!! We aren’t even trying!! I left that night with that comment pondering in my head to the point of “Oh My Gosh….what if I am??” I went to work the next morning with it still bothering me and told my co-workers about it! They thought that couldn’t be, but if it bothered me so much to go buy a test. Oh yeah…I was on the pill!!

After work that’s exactly what I did! I bought a couple tests and simply thought, “Well, this will come up negative and reassure me that everything’s fine!” What I didn’t expect is that the line was starting to appear to say I was pregnant! Let me tell you what a HUGE SHOCK that was!! Mike thought that since the line was really faint that I wasn’t pregnant, but I told him you can’t have a false positive! I went to the doctor to get confirmation, and they told me without a doubt I was pregnant and that I was early in the pregnancy!!

I am due October 11th, 2009!! This is about 6 months earlier than “planned”, but God wants us to have this baby earlier and for that I am sooo excited and honored to be pregnant! Knowing that I am carrying OUR child is simply aMaZinG and I cannot put into words everything that I am feeling!!

Johnathon understands what’s going on but Karson just gives me the deer in the headlight look :) I still am in shock and I don’t think it will absolutely hit me until we go to the doctor on February 25th!! I just hope that we will be able to hear the heartbeat! Life is going to become quite interesting and that much more busy, but I am sooo ready and excited to have another baby :)

The test that says it all!!!

Couldn’t be anymore ThRiLLeD!!!!

Karson in his BiG BoY bed!!!

A couple days ago we decided that it was time to get Karson is very own BiG BoY bed!! He’s been playing on Johnathon’s bed and laying in it showing huge interest in getting his own! So, we went out and looked for a bed that would be suitable for him :) We found one and spent a whole night putting it together for him! He had fun handing us the tools that we needed to put the bed together. We got it all together and had some fun playing in his new bed!
Here I am standing on my new bed making silly faces!

Checking out the comfort factor…I gotta have that!

 

 

 

 

 

J decided to come join me and test it out with me :)

 
pLaY tImE!!

My first story time in the new bed!! I was paying attention too! 

 

 

 

 

 

alright…time for you to go! I need my sleep!!

I can’t believe how big he is getting! It seems seriously like yesterday that he was just about to be born and that he was the smallest thing ever! Now he’s running around and doing his own thing being Mr. Independent. It makes me sooo sad!! I want to cherish everyone of these single moments and never take for granted what God has given me!! I am truly blessed!!

5 Years Ago Today!!!

I became Mrs. Amber Marie McMullin 5 years ago today! I look back to this day and think where did the time go? I have accomplished soo much since then and continue to do so! In the time that has past, I have become of mother (of 2 AMAZING INCREDIBLE BOYS) and have finished my bacholers degree in education. I have also went back to school to attain my ZA endoresement for Early Childhood Education, and have also become a preschool teacher!! I have also become an aunt to 1 beautiful niece, and to 2 super fun nephews!! My life continues to get better and better.

I often think back to my wedding day and all the feelings come rushing back to me! I literally married my best friend!! That sounds cliche' I know, but I really have. He is my absolute soul-mate that GOD picked out just for me and no one else! He knew before the two of us were even born that we would be together and shaped our lives into the people he wanted us to be when we got married. That is sooo humbling to think about. His hand has been and always will be in our marriage. He is at the forefront of our marriage, even at times when it doesn't seem so. He enabled us to become parents and be the role models for Johnathon and Karson and our little one that will become later on!

Michael is so supportive and is always there for the small things that have come up in our marriage and of course for the life changing and tough situations! I never imagine having anyone else for me to grow old with. The two of us are inseperable!! We do mostly everything together except when I need time out with my friends, or when I just need "me" time! No one could ever compare to the support, compassion, belief, integrity, honesty, and the many more things I have found in Michael. He is truly my angel from God.

I love you more than you know and I thank God everyday for you Michael.

Thank you for your love, and unconditional support in everything I do!!
Here's to the next 5 years and beyond!! I love you more than you know! The words I have written here cannot possibly compare to the immense passion and emotions I really feel for you!!!!

Christmas Tree!!

We put up the tree tonight and decided that we’d have the boys help us hang the ornaments…I was a little scared a first since some of them are breakable and wasn’t sure how well the boys would do since well…they’re BOYS!! But, they had A LOT of fun and turned out pretty good!! The picture of the tree doesn’t give it justice…it’s WAY prettier in person :) I’m really excited for Christmas this year…we have a lot to be thankful for and for family that will be home!!! Can’t wait!!!!

Karson’s Surgery!

Karson is just about 20 months now and isn’t talking where he should be :( I’ve always wondered if he had fluid wrapped around his little ear drums where everything sounds muffled to him. I’ve talked to my doctor on many occasions about this, but he wanted to wait until he was a certain age to make sure we weren’t pushing it or anything, so I finally got my wish! Karson was referred to Dr. Spoto when he reached 18 months because he still wasn’t talking and making much conversation. Karson is filled with frustration because he can’t vocalize what he wants and often is whiny and overcome with anger because mommy and daddy don’t know what he needs or wants so he’s constantly pulling at us to go somewhere to show us what he wants :(

At Dr. Spoto’s office, they gave Karson a hearing test to see if he could pass a hearing test. I explained that I know he can hear since he follows our directions and does things we ask him and comes to us when we call him from the other room. They basically explained that the test would let us know if there was fluid way in the back of his ears where it could possibly hinder his hearing because everything was not as loud and things could sound muffled. That relieved me A  LOT because my thoughts and feelings were beginning to feel validated! When they ran the test, they explained that the normal range of hearing is between a +50 to a –150. When the results came back, Karson’s right ear was a –250 and his left ear didn’t even register!! That is crazy to me!! So, because of this, they recommended tubes so that they can drain out that fluid and keep his ears clean and clear of fluid so that he may be able to finally “hear” at the range he should be. This all happened about a week and a half a part…VERY FAST!

We went into the hospital at 6:15 this morning and he was brought into surgery at 7:30. The procedure was fast and efficient, but since he was put under during that time, we had to wait after the surgery for him to recover and feel back to normal. He did really good except that he didn’t wake up from the anesthesia very well. He was very cranky and out of sorts when he woke up and needed much comfort! I felt bad for him and was upset because I couldn’t comfort him!! After we were in the recovery room for awhile, he woke up more and was able to eat some grahmmy’s and drank some juice so that the nurses knew he was well enough to leave. We packed up our things and left to go to grandma’s house to get Johnathon. There he put down some oatmeal and chocolate milk and became our Karson again.

I hope and pray that these tubes will help him gain the hearing he needs to start vocalizing and making conversations! You’re not supposed to compare children, but I can’t help but look at other children his age that are talking in full sentences and that are able to express their wants and needs…it pains me that Karson is not there yet, but we will see what is in store for him! Karson is also receiving speech therapy and Julie is not concerned with him. He is trying to imitate sounds and try to get his voice heard so that is a good sign! We’ll just have to wait and see how these tubes will do and we will continue to do everything we can to help our precious Karson!!