79% sure...what?!

Peter and I went to the doctor on Tuesday for the 22 week check up. If you read my blog, you may remember the post about our last doctor's appointment when Dr. Clark said he was 80% sure that we will be having a boy. He wasn't able to tell for sure because the umbilical cord was running through his crossed legs. In conversation on Tuesday, Dr. Clark asked us if we are having a boy or girl, and I reminded him of the percentage he gave us. I also told him that I was past the denial that there was a 20% chance that it could really be a girl. At that comment, he said that we could take a look again and did a sonogram for us. I was very surprised because previously he said that we wouldn't be able to have another sonogram for a while. So far, we have had 4 doctors visits and 4 sonograms...I am loving seeing our sweet baby so much!

As he was looking at the screen, he seemed even more perplexed than last time. He said that the baby was in such a bad position and it was impossible to tell either way...boy or girl. I just kind of laughed because a month ago that answer was not good enough for me. For some reason, I was okay with that answer on Tuesday. But Dr. Clark was determined to make the baby change positions so he could tell for sure...it was a challenge for him. He spent what seemed like a minute pushing on my stomach to try to get him to spread his legs open wide. He thought that he saw something, so he declared that he was 79% sure that it is indeed a boy....but then again, the umbilical cord was in the way of any boy parts.

Peter and I left that appointment agreeing that Dr. Clark seemed even more unsure about the sex of the baby than last time. Luckily, he is allowing us to do another sono next month. He did say that it will get harder to tell as time goes on because the baby won't be able to move around if he's not in a good position. I will try not to obsess about this over the next month, but I am not one to want a surprise at birth! Just thought I would update you about the 1% change :)

Updates

I couldn't even think of a creative title for this post...I have been so bad about not posting lately, that I just wanted to get some cute pictures of our sweet boy on the blog. Here is what he has been up to:

We went to the tennis match of some of our students at church. Joshua had a great time borrowing Ashley's racket and ball. These pictures are of Christian and Ashley with our little tennis player.




Joshua has had an obsession with the lunch kit that he received from his Great Uncle Tim and Aunt Diane for his birthday. He insists on carrying it from the time I am done putting food in it until we make it to the car...and then from the car to the office...then the office to his room in the nursery...and then reverse that process in the afternoon. At first, if I tried to carry the lunch kit for him, a terrrible fit would ensue. It has slowly gotten better, but he definitely loves carrying his lunch kit! It is usually too heavy for him, so he drags it behind him as he walks.

He even tries to carry it while maneuvering the stairs...

One day in Kid's Care the teachers gave each child their very own blow up letter to play with...it was very sweet! Here is Joshua with his "J"!


Last Friday during Kid's Day Out, Joshua took an unusually long 3 hour nap. His teacher knew that I would want this moment captured so she took the picture of him falling halfway off his cot and staying asleep!


Last Thursday we had an Apartment Life event...we all watched the season premiere of Survivor: China and we ordered in great Chinese food. It was lots of fun and Joshua enjoyed wearing one of the Chinese hats that were used as decoration.


His new friend, Molly, helped him put his hat back on when he took it off.

Loving Life with Our Big Boy!

Just in the last couple of weeks Joshua has been seeming like he's no longer a baby...he has been saying lots of words, following some directions, going to sleep without a fight, and entering into the stage where he throws fits. I'm sure that with every knew stage I will think that he is getting so much bigger and older, and this is one of those times for me. Here are some cutie pie pictures of him in the last week, just enjoying life.


He painted last week with the help of his Kid's Care teacher, Kendra. Peter and I laughed at his sumo wrestler cover up that they put on him so he wouldn't get paint on his clothes.




The finished product was a beautiful rainbow!

One of the fun things about Peter's job is getting to go to the students' sports games, band and choir concerts, and plays. Last Thursday night was the opening game for one of the Irving high schools. Joshua had fun looking at all of the action, and playing with some of the students and families that we know.

Mrs. Margie, a sweet church member that gave us some of her extra tickets, let Joshua borrow her cowbell to ring. He didn't quite know when the correct times were to ring it, but he sure enjoyed it!




Joshua has been carrying Peter's belt around any chance he gets. It is really funny...he'll put it around his neck and walk around with it or he will just drag it and let the belt buckle make noise on the tile. When Peter was hunting last weekend, for about 30 minutes on Friday and Saturday, Joshua carried around his belt saying "dada".






The Murrells came up on Sunday to spend some time with us for Labor Day weekend. On Monday we took Joshua to get his first professional haircut. It went much smoother than our other attempts and he was completely entertained the entire time. This is the before shot with Joshua's long hair in back and over his ears.





He sat in a cute fire car for the haircut...





Before she cut the top, the hairdresser put his hair in a mohawk...if you look really close, there were several pieces that were about 4 inches tall...definitely time for a cut!




Here is the after picture. He got his first gel/spike look after his haircut. This picture was taken at REI, a sporting good store. We were checking out things that Peter might need for his mission trip to Nicaragua. While there, Joshua sat in a kayak, played in the tents, rode a tricycle, and almost fell asleep on one of the camping cots.


Speaking of Peter's trip to Nicaragua...they leave on October 5th. I'm sure I will post more information about it as the time grows closer, but please be praying for that region as Hurricane Felix has caused a lot of damage and most likely loss of life. Right now, I haven't heard too many reports, but the ones I have seen have talked specifically about the Miskito people, the people group they will be ministering to in Puerto Cabezas. John Durham spoke with the missionaries they will be serving with yesterday before the storm hit. They were going to be weathering the storm in their concrete home, along with a visiting team from Florida. They were anticipating loss of electricity (possibly even for a few months), mudslides, and flooding that would be horrible for that region. A few months ago, the trip that was originally supposed to go to Guatemala, was changed to Nicaragua. Each of the team members felt that was the direction God was leading them. Helping in rebuilding, encouraging the missionaries, and possible medical help will be much needed after today's storm. God is good and I'm so glad that they team was obedient.