9 Weeks Along :)

So if you are preggo, I totally recommend this website www.babycenter.com. My friend Amanda turned me onto this site when I was preggo with Joey, and I have been hooked ever since. You type in your due date, or even your child's birthday, and it gives you weekly emails about how your child is developing, things other kids their age are doing, and more! Johnny and I are constantly in awe of what our Lord is doing inside of my belly, so I thought I could give you a little insight :) Here is the email I got today from Baby Center...enjoy!

How your baby's growing (9 Weeks):

Your new resident is nearly an inch long — about the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce. She's starting to look more and more human. Her essential body parts are accounted for, though they'll go through plenty of fine-tuning in the coming months. Other changes abound: Your baby's heart finishes dividing into four chambers, and the valves start to form — as do her tiny teeth. The embryonic "tail" is completely gone. Your baby's organs, muscles, and nerves are kicking into gear. The external sex organs are there but won't be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks. Her eyes are fully formed, but her eyelids are fused shut and won't open until 27 weeks. She has tiny earlobes, and her mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The placenta is developed enough now to take over most of the critical job of producing hormones. Now that your baby's basic physiology is in place, she's poised for rapid weight gain.

Joey and Spoon

Joey is all about the spoon these days! Here she goes :)

Halloween

So last night was Joey's 2nd Halloween. Last year she basically sat in a stroller and looked cute in her lady bug costume! This year she was out in full force, trick or treating and all! We started out the night at Aunt Lisa and Uncle Bret's house for some chili and fellowship! Once everyone arrived and was fed, we hit the pavement. Joey only went to a couple of doors, and after a few dud candy houses, Johnny insisted that everyone next year put up a sign saying what kind of candy they were handing out so we don't waste our time on "tootsie roll" houses :) Here are some pics :)

this is Johnny and Joey after the first house we let her go up to..she was so excited!!!

Here's a closeup of her costume....she was a giraffe this year!

.....and another

Our friend Madison had to go potty, so we stopped for a family picture photo op in front of some pumpkins!

Once we got back to Bret and Lisa's house we put Jo in her PJ's and let her hold baby Hannah. Joey loves babies, even though most of them are about her size! Isn't Hannah the cutest bumble bee ever??

At this point she was over holding Hannah :)

Johnny practicing for Stout Seed # 2

These are our great friends the Brandon, and Amanda, and their 2 girls Madison and Baby Hannah. They have come Trick or Treating with us for the past 2 years!

The girls....Joey wanted the baby again at this point!!

The dads handling the situation!

All in all it was a fun night! Joey was so cute walking up to houses! She loved looking in her bucket even though she didn't really understand what was in it. We may give her some candy, but really it's for me and Johnny :) That's right folks, we pimped out our child for candy and we aren't afraid to say it! When we got home at 9p, Joey crashed and so did we!

Well Surprise Surprise!

So today I had my first doctor appointment for Stout Seed #2! I thought it was gonna be the standard pee in a cup, question and answer session then the dreaded pelvic exam. Well, to our surprise, we got to see our little Raspberry! We had a sonogram and got to see the heartbeat of our new baby! Based on the measurements of the baby, he/she is due June 11th. Since I had some complications with Joey (i.e. 17 hours of labor, getting to a 7cm, then regressing, then ending up having her c-section), they said we will just schedule another c-section for Stout Seed #2. So mark your calendars folks....unless he/she comes on his/her own earlier, the scheduled date is June 2nd! We are so excited, and I'm glad Johnny got to come to the appointment since we weren't expecting to have a sono today!

Weird fact: My Great Grandmother was born in April, and her sister was born in June. My grandmother was born in June. My Uncle was born in April, and my Mom was born in June. I was born in April, and my sister was born in June. Joey was born in April, and Stout Seed #2 is due in June! This is CRAZY...all the women in my family on my mom's side have only had babies in April and June...That being said, Stout Seed #2 needs to stay in my belly till my scheduled c-section date!!!! The tradition must live on!

That's the news! I will post a pic soon! I have to scan it in!

Is this really about a dunking booth??

So Johnny has to sit in a dunking booth at his school carnival on Friday. He has done this in the past and doesn't like it because his back always gets torn up. So today at the school staff meeting a few of the female staffers got up in front of the room and it was announced that these particular women wouldn't be able to do the dunking booth, and they also won't be able to drink alcohol at the Christmas party either. They started going over their due dates...they are all preggo!!!!

So Johnny said "Our due date is June 2nd, so do I get out of doing the dunking booth too?"

That's right folks, Johnny and I are expecting number 2!!!! I've had my first appointment and they went over our insurance, and drew blood to test for....well, I'm not sure, but they took a couple viles! We go to the doc on Tuesday for more news, and weren't going to tell anyone till then, but since Johnny let the cat out of the bag, I get to tell the world!!!

By the way, Johnny did not get out of the dunking booth :(

I have also been writing some secret blogs since this journey started. Click on the Stout Seed #2 Label on the right of the blog for those little tidbits!!! Yay!

Pumpkin Painting

So at work we have a pumpkin decorating contest. I could not for the life of me think of what to do, so I bought some paint and let Joey go to town! It was a fun night for the family....here are some pics of our first art project as a family!

Johnny was trying to keep Jo from mixing paint colors :) It was a lost cause!!

Joey painted more than the pumpkin :)

Go Joey go!!!

As you can see, she also painted the garage floor!

Love that little painted arm :)

Yay, hands :)

Wash all the brushes Joey!!

Hi Brayden! He wanted to see what was going on in our garage!

We had so much fun and I can't wait to dive into more painting with Jo Jo!!!

Puddle Jumping

So if you live near Dallas, you know it's rained a whole lot recently! The other day we had a small ray of sunshine peak out, so we headed outdoors!!! Joey promptly kicked her new soccer ball into the only puddle by our house, and ran in after it! Here are a few of the pics!

How fun is it to be 1 and a half?? Such a fun day!!!