Round Number 3!

Here we go again!  I’m going to pretend that I just lost the blogs I wrote for Gage, and ignore the fact that I just failed miserably in documenting the middle child.

But, recently a co-worker was proof reading one my old posts for a submission I am considering and it made me smile listening to her laugh.  I remembered how much I enjoyed writing, and I remembered how much I enjoyed getting replies from the three of you that read them.  So, without further ado…..

Here we go again!  I’m sitting here in the same room and about the same time of day in which we showed up completely scared out of our minds to have Gracie.  We had no idea what were about to experience and we had no idea what the next 5 plus years were going to bring.  Boy, have we figured it out though!

This pregnancy has been a fun and challenging experience.  Number three, or Sophie as we plan on calling her, has already had her run of experiences.  Emilee was in the hospital on two separate occasions for kidney problems and has been an absolute dream to be around for the past 3 months.  Something about pain and hormones that brings out the sweetheart in her.  She had to have a stent placed so that her kidney could function properly, and next week will have to go for lithotripsy for her 14mm stone (we named it Pebbles because that what it will turn in too after the lithotripsy).  She still has something else to deliver after the baby comes!

Maybe if I was smart I would be scared again.  I mean it’s not like I’m Trevor and have number four already, but we will be officially outnumbered.  Gracie at least is pretty self-reliant.  She can do things like; get up and turn on the TV at full volume so her brother wakes up, let the dogs out of their crates but not outside so they poop all over the house, and she can open the fridge to get something to drink and then not close it all the way.

But, Gage is the fun one. He has a great arm!  He can throw anything, and I mean stuff like phones, plates, and coffee cups, a long way.  And he has proven that nothing we have set up to protect Sophie is going to work.  I think he has been in training.  He’s got to know at some level that his life is about to completely change, and I don’t think he likes it.  He’s like a little assassin just waiting for his opportunity; our little ninja Gage.

But, provided we can keep Sophie from projectile induced trauma, we will soon be outnumbered.  And then the battle will begin…..

Emilee is already talking about number four!

Pictures to Follow,

Rob