Behind again...

I know I haven't been keeping up very well lately on the blog, sorry about that. This pregnancy has definitely been a lot tougher on me than the other ones...wonder if it's because I'm getting older?! I had trouble with nausea early on (well into the third month) with this one, I don't remember feeling that bad with any of the others. I definitely don't have all the energy I used to, I tire out way faster than usual. Usually by the time we get all the kids down to bed at night I'm ready to go to bed myself and during the day I'm going back and forth dropping and picking kids up from school. So to sit down and find a time to write down everything that has been going on takes some doing! Alright, enough of my whining!

Things (obviously) have been busy as usual. So lets see if I can hit the bigger points and get everyone caught up. Jayde had surgery a couple weeks ago to get her other tube out of her ear (her other one pretty much came out on it's own, the doctor was able to pull it the rest of the way out in the office at one of her appointments). It was a quick and easy procedure and she was in and out in no time. Her tummy didn't really appreciate the meds that much (they had to put her under) so she was feeling kind of sick for the first half of the day before she started feeling like her old ornery self again.

Doogie, Jayde and Ryann are having fun playing soccer. They end the season on Halloween. Doogie scored a goal in their last game! He was pretty excited about it and it kept a smile on his face for the rest of the game. Next Saturday we will have 5 games (which means we will pretty much be at the soccer fields all day). Both Ryann and Jayde have double headers and Doogie just has one game to play in. I'm hoping the weather will be nice for it!

Jaxon and CJ are enjoying preschool. CJ has absolutely no problem going to class and me leaving (though it probably helps that Grandma has been helping out in his class most days!) Jaxon loves going to school too, though I guess he hasn't been liking going to music class (which is strange since he really likes music). Hopefully that will pass and he'll start to enjoy it again. I get many people asking me if Jaxon and CJ are twins...probably because they are pretty close to the same size (CJ's a big boy!) They pretty much wear the same size, which is kind of nice that they can share clothes!

Baby girl is doing good. I go in tomorrow for another check-up with the specialist. When we were in the car one day after I picked up the kids from school we were talking about the baby in my tummy, when Jaxon all of a sudden turned and looked at me and yelled "Mommy, stop eating babies!!" I have to say I got a pretty good laugh at that! We were all laughing and giggling in the car. So now every once in a while one of the kids will tell me "no more eating babies!"

Anyways, the kids are getting excited for Halloween. CJ talks about getting candy in his bucket and saying "trick or treat". It's pretty darn cute when he says it, I have a feeling he will get plenty of candy! I will be sure to take lots of pictures of the kids in their Halloween costumes.

Well, can't think of anything else super exciting that has been happening...if I do I'll make sure to update the blog. I know I need to get some more pictures up as well. So I will try to do that soon.

Two Year Pics

I finally got around to snapping some more pictures of CJ for his two year photo shoot this afternoon. It wasn't easy...he is very easily distracted by everything! Guess that's what I get with having a very busy and curious two year old boy!

CJ's first day of school and soccer pics

Sorry for the delay everyone. Still recovering from being sick all last week. I'm finally starting to feel better but I wear out really fast and don't have alot of energy. I hate feeling this way so hopefully I'll be back to normal soon! The pictures are from CJ's first day of school a couple weeks ago and the soccer pictures are from last weekend, I didn't make it to this weekend's games was still feeling pretty weak. Ryann didn't have a game that week. Oh and I forgot to mention that Doogie scored a goal in the games last weekend, I wish I had gotten a picture of it. He was so excited.

They all did pretty well at their games this week according to Doug. I don't think any of them won this time, but they all just improve so much from game to game and atleast we aren't just getting blown out of the water anymore!

So....who wants to know???

I had my appointment with my specialist today. The baby is looking good. We were able to find out the sex of the baby as well...but I'll hold you all in suspense until later! Doug's blood results came back as having Ee which means there is a 50% chance that he'll pass the E on to the baby. My titer revealed that right now I don't have high doses of antibody E in my blood at the moment but he said that could always change. So we are going to just monitor right now with ultrasounds, I go in again in two weeks.

I know I'm really behind on updating and posting pics and I promise I will get to that soon. I've had some sort of flu bug this week and have been feeling horrible, feel a bit better today but after doing all the running around, getting kids ready for school, dropping and picking them up and about ready to pass out again. Think it will be another early night for me so I can kick this stuff out of my system.

CJ had a great first day of school last week (I'll try to get some pics up soon). He didn't make any protest with me leaving at all. He is pretty comfortable there though considering he is used to dropping off Ryann and Jaxon there all the time!

Soccer has been going well, the kids really improve every time they play. We did have problems with bad sportsmanship from one team last week, but our kids still played hard even though they got slaughtered by a much more experienced team. I have some pictures to share of the games as well. We have another full weekend of soccer this Saturday as well. I just hope I am feeling better by than so I can go and enjoy their games.

Okay, I guess I've held you all in suspense for long enough. Let's just say we now will have an even number of boys and girls! Yes, that's right....we are having a baby girl! Jayde and Ryann were pretty excited to hear that and it makes me right once again at knowing the sex of our baby (I am now 6 for 6). Now we need to start thinking about names!

Anyways, that's about all for the Crowe family. We hope everyone is doing well and we will continue to keep everyone posted. I promise to try and get some pictures up soon!

Jaxon's first day of preschool

Jaxon finally had his first day of preschool today (he's been looking forward to this day since the other kids started going!) He loved it! I had no problem dropping him off and leaving him. The only one who threw a fit was CJ! He was not happy about not being able to stay! I just kept telling him that on Wednesday he will get to come. Hopefully he will be as enthusiastic to stay in his class as he is in Jaxon's!

On other news, I had my doctor appointment today (with my reg OB) and everything is looking good. I go in next week to see the specialist again. I go back to my reg OB in 3 weeks for another ultrasound...we'll see if the baby cooperates and lets us know if we are having a he or she!

First Soccer Games

What a crazy day yesterday was. Doogie, Jayde and Ryann all had soccer games right on top of eachother. So I only got to watch about half of Doogie's game before I had to take Ryann over to her game. Then I got to watch most of Ryann's before I had to take Jayde over to hers. Since Doug is couching Doogie's team he missed most of Ryann's and then he only got to see around 15 minutes or so of Jayde's (he actually ended up being the ref for a bit until the coach showed up) then he had to take Doogie over to a cub scout activity that they were doing (he helped me by taking Jaxon with him). Which reminds me if you want to buy some popcorn (flavored, plain, etc...) let me know since this is what Doogie is selling right now. Back to soccer though...they did pretty well considering it was their first game and Doogie and Jayde hadn't played for a couple years (not since we were in NJ) and Ryann hadn't really played at all. Doogie's team had all new players on it (the kids had never played together before), so I think this showed them the things they need to work on and to get them to play better together as a team. On Jayde's team the girls had already played together for atleast one season (Jayde was the new player). I think they would give Doogie's team a run for their money! Ryann's team of course was brand new, but some of them definitely have alot of raw talent! The biggest thing all of them need to improve on is to get more aggressive in there and go after that ball more. But otherwise I think they all did a great job. Jayde played goalie a couple times in her game and she did a pretty good job, she missed a few but then she also stopped a few. Ryann's team doesn't have goalies this year, but I think Ryann would make a great goalie! Sometimes when we are practicing in the backyard she will play goalie against Doogie and Jayde and she is not afraid of that ball at all and will dive all over the place for them! Next weekend will be another crazy Saturday and Doogie also has a double header, so instead of 3 games we will have 4! Only problem is one of Doogie's games is at the same time as Jayde's! Good thing they all play at the same complex though, that way I'm not driving them all over the place. I'll just have to race between the fields and catch as much of both games as possible!

Pictures

Some pictures of Ryann's first day of school and some of our new puppy "Athena".