The Eidsons

Life with two!

2010-09-18T20:41:00.000-07:00

So, I'm going to just say that its funny I haven't posted in almost a year...instead of sad...cause it makes me feel better if its funny. But, it is pretty sad its almost been a year and my poor Luke doesn't have his first seven months chronicled like William's every week was. So lets all agree not to tell him, k thanks. Let's also agree not to tell my mom, the English teacher, that my grammar and sentence structure is practically nonexistent.

Moving on to the fun stuff. A LOT has happened in a year so I'm just going to go ahead and try to sum it up really fast. February 19, 2010 we had our second beautiful baby boy Luke. He is precious and happy and loves to laugh. He, praise the Lord is a super easy baby...just like William. I don't know why the Lord blessed me with two easy babies, but I'm not going to question Him! When Luke was about 3 months old we moved, and then about a month ago William started Mother's Day Out and just last week my firstborn turned two.

I'll just go ahead and post pictures and I'm going to promise to update more....unless I don't, but I'll try, unless I can't, then I won't....but I'm going to.

I'll also fix the red eye next time :) I have to run, so this is as good as its going to get right now. Such is the life with two boys...but its a wonderful life!

1 year ago....

2009-10-12T11:11:00.001-07:00

So crazy how much changes in a year...William you are such a blessing

He's 1 year! (well 13 months now cause I'm a horrible blogger)

2009-10-12T10:00:00.000-07:00

Wow...we have been busy! September 8th William turned one, September 13-25 we visited Edna because Lee was in The Netherlands for work, we're in the process of selling our house and looking for a new one, and Oct 7th we found out we're having ANOTHER BOY!

Celebrating William's birthday was a blast....we may have overdone it a bit with three parties but he had such a good time. We celebrated in August with Hudson Bettis who is 3 weeks older than William, then we had a party at our house with some of William's best friends from Houston then a small family gathering on his actual birthday. He did not get tired of the cake! He was hilarious...pics to follow of course.

He is so much fun...I'm going to tell you what he's doing right now so I can go back later and reminisce. He was in the 95th % for height at his one year and 85th for weight. He started walking at 10 1/2 months and got really good at it at 11...now he's practically running. Kinda scary. He thinks mocking me is the most hilarious thing in the world. He copies my sneezes, coughs, laughs and everytime I say "Hey William!" he says "Heeyyy." His favorite words are cat, hi, ball, bye bye, dada, oh wow, woah, only mama when he's upset, and some weird phrases that I don't understand like "Oh gawa" and "Cha Sta" Anybody got any guesses? Oh, he has also become obsessed with his books and will point and say "huh" until you find the exact one he wants you to read to him. He's so precious and so much fun. We love him so much.

Here are some pics!

Opening some presents in Edna
Hangin out with his new friend Tessa
The cakes
Ha! The aftermath of his bday cake in Houston...he showed that cake who was boss.
About to sing happy birthday
Uncle Clay stealing William's toys....typical
Sharin some cake with mama
He loved that sprinkler!
Birthdays are soo much fun!
Chillin with Emory and Mr. Coon (courtesy of Uncle Jake of course)
Hudson: "She said what? Uh UH!"
Wait...I'm supposed to pet that thing?
Oh, you meant that thing
All snazzy for church
Talkin on the phone with Dada while he was away

My best friend Mr Cat.

We're Alive!

2009-07-30T13:40:00.000-07:00

So, it has been quite a while since my last post! Needless to say, a LOT has been going on around here. We traveled around the hill country during the last part of June and early part of July, visiting family, going on a mini vacay, and hitting up the Whitley family reunion. We had a great time and William had a BLAST hanging out with all the family. We have a ton of pics to post, but of course I can't find them right now and on top of that we've misplaced our camera battery. Not good timing since our little guy is learning to walk. Thats right, my 10 1/2 mo. old is almost officially not a baby anymore. He's been taking 3-5 steps for a few weeks now and then yesterday he took ten. He's still predominantly a crawler, but I think he's on his way. OH, yeah...and I'm pregnant again! What's that? Wasn't I just pregnant? That was pretty much my reaction when I found out...."What? No way...I just had a baby!" But then 5 seconds later I was super excited and immediately started looking at baby clothes. I also did a better job of telling Lee this time. Last time, if you remember I called him and told him at work...(pretty lame) but I actually waited and put the test in an envelope and told him I had forgotten to give him one of his Father's Day gifts. He was very suprised.

I am sick as a dog again. So that's been fun... I had what we call around here an "incident" in the Target parking lot in front of poor, unsuspecting customers. Lee said the guy parked next to us didn't see, he was texting. I hope he didn't..ugh.

This pregnancy feels exactly the same as the first one, so does that mean I'm having another boy? Hmmm? Guess we'll see. I'll be 10 weeks on Monday, so only 8 until we find out.

Oh, (I keep forgetting stuff) I'm due March 1st and they'll be 18 months apart!

I should tell you what else William is up to. He has some words now....he says Mama, Dada, bull, ball, dog, lawa (for aunt Laura), Nana,Papa, vroom vroom (for car) and his favorite word is cat. He says it ALL the time. Sounds more like "at" though. He is hilarious, he's always laughing and smiling. And he just started this thing where he takes all of his toys out of the bin and throws them over his left shoulder (for good luck maybe?) and then he takes them and puts them back in.

And last but not least, we've put our house on the market. We're looking to stay in the Pearland area, but find a house we could see ourselves raising the kiddos in. So, we're praying that we stay in God's will and that the house sells in a timely manner and that we find one we love. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

Here are a few pics!

Telling Nana about the new baby.
Sunday school crazy hat game night. I won best warm weather hat...ha!
Will and Hudson P. chillin in the bathtub
Telling Weesie about the baby...another classic video on the way
Dad and William enjoying an Astros game. Kenny being cool and taking a picture of me taking a picture.
Gettin a good cleanin in the kitchen sink at Weesie and Papa's.

Ahh! Spaghetti Face!

Just Because?

2009-06-02T19:50:00.000-07:00

So, my mom and I found some old pics and I decided I should post these for the benefit of all mankind. The initial reason was to find some of me that resembled William...and then, well we just got sidetracked. So...please enjoy!

I'll also post some from the past few weeks of W. He of course is still huge (might as well stop putting that because its a given), he is crawling everywhere, up the stairs even (Lord help us), is pulling up and cruising (a term I just learned which means he walks holding on to stuff), and just yesterday he tried to climb into his pack n play by standing on a basket that was next to it. Yes, he is eight months old. We took him to the zoo for the first time, swam in a BIG pool for the first time and we dedicated him at church....actually we committed ourselves to do our best to raise him in a Godly home. It was a wonderful service...thanks fam for being there to support us!

Resemblance? Anyone? I kinda think so...wishful thinking maybe?

Sleeping position I referred to in previous bloggings.
Me, as the gigantoid. Can you pick me out? Hint:gigantoid
This pic cracks me up. I hated Jake until I was about three...you can just see me hating him in this pic. Sorry bro. My cousin Lauren is holding him...hey Lauren!
And classic...Clay choking Jake. Lovingly of course.
Family pic at the dedication ceremony.
Love this pic. Are they not smiling the same? Hilarious.
William telling his toy how much he loves it...so cute!

Us at the zoo...whew that boy is heavy.
Uncle Clay and William bonding.

Mother's Day and Updates

2009-05-13T11:46:00.000-07:00

Well, Mr. William (as we like to call him) just turned 8 months old. It is blowing my mind that I need to start thinking about his 1st birthday! He has changed so much in the past few weeks...he started crawling early april and then got really good at it around the 17th. He loves to go "exploring" with his daddy. Lee will say...come on William...lets go exploring and then they crawl together all over the house. He gets really excited and starts laughing...William, that is. Its hilarious. And he also started pulling up about a week after that, so of course he's getting into everything and gone are the days I can put him in one spot on the floor and let him play for a few minutes.

He also, poor thing, had his first ear infection. Although i never would have known anything was wrong with him until he started running a fever. He was a trooper. Hopefully he won't have too many more. But we did find out he weighed 22lbs. 8 oz at 7 months.

We had a wonderful Mother's Day weekend in Edna. My dad and brothers and Robert Clay of course were working cattle so William got to go check out the cows for the first time. He stared for about 5 minutes and then he started having a conversation with them. He also "swam" in his little baby pool for the first time. He loved it so much we tried it the next day with Hudson. I got a coupon book from William for a free foot rub, car wash and kitchen cleaning...I'm not sure if that was Lee's genius way of making me wait about 10 years until I can redeem them..hmmm. I also got a pottery barn gift card and some super mushy emotional cards from my brothers. They said things like you stink...you're a dorky mom...etc.

All in all it was a good weekend...sorry for the long wait on updates..things are getting crazy around here! How on earth does anyone with multiple children get anything done....you are my heroes.

Here are some pics from the past few weeks!
Sleeping like I did when I was a baby...apparently its genetic
Not sure where on earth this came from. He falls asleep while he's playing and will just stay there in the splits...hilarious!
Big boy standing up!
Get me outta here mom!
Chillin in the pool
Amy and Hudson
Cracks me up...he looks like a little man with his hat on.

Gettin some shade at the pens.
Nice shades William
He's in awe of the cows
Still in awe
What the heck is that thing?
Gettin spoiled by Weesie...of course!

Easter!!

2009-04-17T09:01:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful Easter! The Eidsons and the Whitleys combined to create an explosion of fun, craziness, and great food. We all went to Lee's parents' b-e-a-utiful new home in Dripping Springs. We had such a great time relaxing and playing with William. While we were there he learned to go from a crawling position to sitting, so that was fun that all of the grandparents got to witness his latest development. On Sunday we spent the morning greeting each other with "He is Risen" and then replying "He is Risen indeed!" We went to a little country Baptist church called Sunset Canyon. They had a beautiful service and it was fun to drop in on a new church and be reminded that the Gospel is the same no matter where you worship. William was perfect, he got all of his "talking" out during the singing and then fell asleep just as the sermon was starting...just like his Papa (just kiddin dad). I was kind of nervous about how he would do because lately he just gets too excited during church to stay in. I think he was just so exhausted from the weekend. He doesn't like to take naps when the whole family is together, I think he's afraid he'll miss out on the fun.

This weekend is going to be pretty busy for us. Today we're hoping to go see my cousin Rob's little boy play baseball (weather permitting) ,then tomorrow we're helping out Amy , Cameron and Hudson at their mega garage sale, then on to our sunday school's crazy hat game night..should make for a fun evening!

Here are some pics of our weekend. Oh, and William took three steps forward crawling yesterday. I call them steps because I don't know what else to call them? Anybody know? Three knees, three hands...so confusing.

William's new favorite thing....aerobics and stretching :)
Easter duds
Playin on great grandpa Walt's sweet corvette
Cutie...
Sharin his bunny with Papa
Lee..mature as always
William checkin out the iphone with Uncle Craig and Techman. This is kinda scary.

Quick post

2009-03-25T19:37:00.000-07:00

I HAD to take pictures of William in his boots before he outgrows them...so here are some of the best from our "photo shoot." And then last night I found him in his crib using the bear on the end of his blanket as a pillow...genius and cute!

6 month update

2009-03-24T17:43:00.000-07:00

Well, William is now 6 1/2 months old (can't believe that by the way) and growing like a weed. We had his checkup on the ninth and he is, to quote the doc, "off the charts" on height (28 1/2") and 85th percentile for weight (19lbs 2 oz.).
He is hilarious. We laugh all the time. One of the funniest things about him is that instead of laughing he just screams really loud when he thinks something is funny with a little laugh at the end. And he doesn't know a stranger...he LOVES people and always has to see what is goin on. When I push him in his stroller he has to sit up all the way so he can look around and check everybody out. I think he has his daddy's personality....he likes to know how things work, he loves the remote, he watches tv with his mouth open, and he talks a lot :) love you Lee!

And...I think he is getting ready to crawl! Ahhh, I am NOT ready. Last week he started pushing up on all fours and rocking back and forth and this week he is getting really good at it. We'll keep you posted!

Weesie came last week to visit during her spring break. We had a great time playing with William, shopping and eating way too much food. Its fun to see how much William loves her and gets excited about her. William also got to spend time with Lee's family. We celebrated aunt Laura's belated birthday. Yeah for Wii and TGI Fridays!

Here are some pics....oh, and we're having a major garage sale the first weekend in April, come on out and buy stuff! Or just pray for us...its gonna be CRAZY!!!

Look out world! Here I come!

William and Dad...
I think we're all slightly obsessed with hats....hmmmm
Cutest picture ever...I'm pretty sure...
Sportin his Roboman digital master shirt...compliments of Aunt Laura

Toofies

2009-03-05T09:35:00.001-08:00

William has gotten his two bottom teeth in! He's looking more like a little boy everyday, and not like a baby...sniff, sniff. I didn't think I would be sad about it, because I can't wait for him to walk and talk , but I surprised myself ( I know my mom is saying I told you so right now!). He has outgrown his car seat and all of his clothes! I got some twelve month clothes just in case....well, he's wearing it. I don't know why this surprises me either. I was a gigantoid of a child and so was Lee. All of my preschool pics through jr. high are hilarious (maybe I'll post some someday!)

On a funny note I thought I would share some of the things Lee and I do now that we're parents. The other day we all went out as a family to Bass Pro and I said to Lee..."you'll never guess what I just did. I just put a booger in my pocket." And no, it was not mine :) No wipes, or trash can in sight...you gotta do what you gotta do right? Lee also likes to sing songs to William. He changes the words of any song to fit...for example..
1. You ask what his name is, yes you do. His name is William now I told you his name.

Just recently he Williamized the Ting Ting song That's not my name.

2. They call me baby, they call me Bill, they call me sockhands, they call me Hank. That's not my name, That's not my name, That's not my name, My name is William.
There are many many more and William LOVES to be sung to..sang to..sung to?

Oh (I know I'm rambling) and W sleeps like a maniac. Last night I was watching the monitor (you know Techman has a crazy video monitor set up, 22"inch screen, I call it Babyvision) and William had rolled over on to his stomach and had one arm on the bumper and was using it to climb up the length of the crib...in his sleep! He also talks in his sleep and smiles in his sleep....silly boy.

On a serious note, please pray for the Martin family. This past Saturday their ranch caught fire outside of Edna and apprx. 2000 acres were burned. Through all of the chaos and uncertainty (lots of family members and friends out fighting the biggest fire you can imagine) God showed himself in numerous, mighty ways. All of the houses were spared and no one was hurt, but the process of getting things back to normal will be a long one.

Now of course, here are some pics.
Kinda hard to see, but there are two little bottom teeth.
Yay for bath time!
My mom took this, she loves to put blankets on him and say he's baby Jesus...totally normal right??

5 Month Update

2009-02-22T12:45:00.000-08:00

So William is about 5 1/2 months old now. According to our bathroom scale he was about 19lbs but we'll get the official measurements at his 6 mo appt. on March 9th. Time sure has flown by. He does so many new things now. He sits up (topples over every now and then :), holds his own bottle, and my favorite..plays peekaboo. I have always played it with him and the other day I noticed he kept putting his bib over his face and then finally I figured out what he was doing. He'll wait for me to say "Where's William?" and then he pulls it down real fast and makes a surprise face. He's so much fun, there is never a dull moment. This past weekend we celebrated Lee's 27th birthday. On Friday we went to the park, Lee fished and William and I went for a walk. Then we played with William under some trees..he loved looking at everything around him. Then we had dinner with Amy, Cameron and Hudson and got some great pics of Hudson and William playing together. It went pretty well until William decided to kiss Hudson which means he grabbed his face pulled it to him and licked him. I don't think Hudson enjoyed it very much! Then we spent all day Saturday with Lee's fam and had a great time relaxing and playing Wii.

William playing peekaboo

Hudson and William "holding feet"
Just hangin out
Helping Dad blow out his candles
Playin at the park
What a cute boy!
Look! I'm sitting up all by myself!

Yum

2009-01-26T09:13:00.000-08:00

We've decided to start calling William "Yum" after my good friend Ruth told us a hilarious story about a lady who named her son Liam but pronouced it Yum because that's how you pronouce the second half of William. Pretty creative we thought! Anywho, Yum started rolling over both ways this past week! He's so funny..he can't decide which way he likes best, on his tummy or on his back so he switches over all the time. He has also started grabbing your face and putting his mouth on your cheek like he's trying to kiss you...so sweet...slobbery, but sweet. He had his 4mo. checkup on the 14th. He weighed 16.8lbs and was 26" long. He was in the 80th percentile for weight and 90th for height. He took his shots like a champ...cried for 30 secs and then was laughing by the time I picked him up thank goodness. You feel so horrible when they're lying there so happy and you know your about to make them cry, even though the nurse does it. You still feel like its your fault! He also has started putting his hand on the side of his head like you do when you act like you're gonna give someone a high five and then you psyche them out. I will post a pic so you can visualize, its hilarious though. Well, I think that's all the news for now. Lee had a good trip to The Netherlands for work, ate a lot of weird food. Apparently everything is served with mayo or some sort of mayo sauce..mmmm. He has posted some pics on his blog.

He looks like my baby pictures only when he's sleeping :)
Sleeping through the inauguration. Guess he got tired of Charlie and Diane saying how in love they are with Obama. I agree William, got a little redundant.
Up high..ohhh...too slow

I LOVE my puppy dog rattle! I LOVE my daddy! And standing up...
I LOVE the awesome hats my mom makes me wear!
And I LOVE my choo choo jammies and so does my mom.

Oh, yeah...and I LOVE kissing my weesie.

Green Bean Delight

2009-01-19T16:25:00.000-08:00

William tries green beans for the first time....

Our boy is growing up...

2009-01-05T18:10:00.000-08:00

Its amazing how fast babies change. Its mind blowing really. You can literally watch them learn something new each day. William is now 17 weeks old. He loves to play in his exersaucer, read books and try to turn the pages, do sit ups in his bouncer and his newest feat is eating solids. He LOVES it. It is hilarious. I was warned not to be surprised when he spits everything out and barely gets any down. He was a pro eater from the start. I think he gets that from me.

We had a wonderful Christmas visiting with both families. William even got to spend several days hanging out with his great Granny. Lots of fun memories. Lee and I spent our first night away from William. His Weesie and Papa watched him while we went to the Omni's New Years celebration. We had a great time and lots of laughs (i.e. 70 year olds drinking too much and making out on the dance floor and at our table...yeah,awesome) but we really missed Sir William.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and we hope to catch up with all of you soon!

When I took the tray off I discovered he had propped his foot up...just kickin back, eatin some potatoes..you know how it is
Umm...mom...I think I got this one.

What?! No more?

Christmas Videos

2008-12-30T11:17:00.000-08:00

First with the Whitley's...

And then with the Eidson's...

Snow

2008-12-27T06:33:00.001-08:00

William's first snow! And some other random pics...

Fashion Show

2008-12-05T06:28:00.000-08:00

William put on a fashion show for me with his new hats - I think the one in the sock hat is my new favorite...

Talking?

2008-11-24T08:34:00.001-08:00

Here's some video of William getting his talk on....

My new favorite picture

2008-11-12T08:17:00.000-08:00

Of course this will change every week...but I just had to post our latest favorite pic of William. This was just before going for a walk in the "chilly" Houston air. I think I just wanted an excuse for him to wear it. :) He ate it at first, but then he loved it!

Before the walk....
After the walk...

Mr. Bumblebee

2008-11-06T08:38:00.000-08:00

William was a bumblebee for Halloween. We celebrated in Edna (basically we put him in his costume and laughed at him for about 30 mins) as much as you can celebrate Halloween with a newborn! William had his 2 month check up on Monday. He was 24 1/4" in length and 12lbs 1oz. He is in the 90th percentile for height and 75th for weight.

Hangin with Uncle Jake

Laughin with Weesie, Uncle Clay and Spanky

7 week update

2008-10-26T13:09:00.000-07:00

Well, I can't believe that William is almost 2 months old. He changes so much everyday! He has started smiling and laughing and "talking." Its so cute, I definitely spend hours out of the day just staring at him. He is now wearing 3-6 month clothing because he's so long. He can't wear his 0-3 footed jammies anymore...tear....sniff. Here are some recent pics. Weesie and Papa came to visit this last weekend. William's smirk
William's laugh
Pumpkin jammies are awesome...look at that curly hair!?

We thought it was funny that he had his fingers interlocked...very advanced
hand holding.

Wearing my cool new shades!

All Dressed up for church.

Taking a nap with Papa.

Chillin with G-Wizzle
Taking a nap with Weesie...I see a pattern here :)

Now, you should all go to fullthinktank.com and read Lee's take on parenthood.

Video - 5 Weeks

2008-10-15T17:34:00.000-07:00

Pics - 5 Weeks

2008-10-15T13:28:00.000-07:00

William Rolls Over

2008-09-26T12:19:00.000-07:00

Drumroll please.....

He's Here!

2008-09-24T12:10:00.000-07:00

Wow...the past few weeks have been such a crazy, amazing, scary adventure for us! William arrived at 7:01 am September 8th weighing 7lbs 12oz. (quite a bit lighter than expected :) and measuring 21 1/4". He is beautiful and perfect and we still can't believe he's here! My recovery has been wonderful...praise the Lord and I am feeling close to normal.

So, we realized Wednesday afternoon that Ike was coming right for us. Lee drove down to our house late that night and packed us all up to get ready to evacuate to his parents house in Jersey Village. We had to stay in the hospital three days and were finally released at noon on Thursday the 11th....that is when the craziness ensued! William and I were being wheeled out of the hospital when I realized I wasn't feeling quite right. I was a little nauseous but was so excited to leave the hospital I decided to ignore it..plus traffic was getting really bad with people evacuating and if we didn't leave right away we would be stuck for hours. Well, we got about two blocks before I "lost my lunch" in a bag and traffic was so bad that there would have been no point trying to pull over anywhere...fun times. So I spent our first afternoon sick in bed, we think it was from the pain medicine I was on combined with motion sickness. But, after that I felt much better.

We rode out the storm and two nights without power in JV before heading on to Edna for a week. William has had a busy little life already! We got to come home on Saturday and found our house with little damage...lost some shingles, our fence and had a little bit of water leaked in through the windows and attic.

We are thankful that William is here and that he's safe and healthy. God has answered our prayers and blessed us immensely. We got to spend some great time with both of our families and didn't have to give birth during the hurricane! Thank you all for your messages and prayers, we appreciate it so much.

Just born! Long arms, legs, hand and feet!!

Hey Dad!

Bath time!

My coming home outfit is way too big :)

Hanging out with my best bud Hudson.

Precious...

My first trip to Academy

William and Dad

Just chillin...

Touchdown!

D Day - 9.8.08 (aka Delivery Day!)

2008-08-28T10:17:00.000-07:00

So my suspicions that William has gotten a lot bigger over the last two weeks have been confirmed! At our last appointment three weeks ago (34 weeks) William was estimated to weigh 5 lbs 12oz and his head was the size of a full term baby and overall body length was three weeks ahead. On Tuesday, (37 weeks) we got another ultrasound...Lee and I took bets going in on what he was going to weigh. Lee guessed 7lbs 1oz and I guessed 7lbs 6 oz...we thought it was impossible to grow much bigger than that. Well, William is weighing in at a whopping 8 lbs 1 oz. with three weeks left of packing on the pounds. We've heard that these weight guesses can be really off...but the dr. feels very confident of William's size because his length measurements are so ahead (not to mention I am quite large right now)especially his head..as I've mentioned before :)

So...all that to say we will be going in for a c section on September 8th at 6:30 in the morning. Our dr. feels that the chances of me being induced and then going through hours of labor only to end up having a c section are really high and that the risks involved (i.e. baby breaking a bone, baby breaking one of my bones, baby getting stuck..etc.)are not worth it.

That is the plan, unless God decides that's not best and I go into labor early! We will keep you all updated here as soon as William arrives. Can't believe he'll be here in a little over a week...ahhh! Lee and I really appreciate all of your prayers...keep em coming!

Pregnancy=Fun, Weird, Swollen, Sweaty and Joy

2008-08-11T10:48:00.000-07:00

Well, we're definitely in the home stretch now (nine months pregnant) and I'm feeling a little nostalgic today as I think back over the past 35 weeks. It is hard to describe my experience...so many emotions...and maybe its from watching hours upon hours of Olympic coverage, but I feel like this whole pregnancy journey has been a lot like running the 400 meters. You feel incredibly nervous and excited and start out strong for the first 100, you relax a little on the back stretch thinking you have plenty of time, then all of a sudden you hit the curve and think there is no way you're going to make another 100 (especially if you hit the curve in the middle of summer!), and before you know it you're in the home stretch...so uncomfortable you think you might die, incredibly exhausted, but you can't wait for the prize at the end of the finish line. :) And they say the 400 is the toughest race after the 800..which I guess would be like having twins.

I also have discovered that not only does your belly expand with every week...but so does everything else. I wasn't quite prepared for the proportional expansion of my nose and the shapeless form my face has taken on...? Who knew? I also felt a little guilty the other night (after turning the air down and turning the fan on) as I looked over to see Lee bundled up in a blanket on the couch as I sweat away in a tank top while we watched a movie. BUT, despite all of the negative comments I really should not complain at all. Lee and I feel so blessed to even have the opportunity to become parents and to have experienced an uneventful pregnancy. God has truly blessed us and we pray everyday that we would be the parents that he wills us to be and that William would grow up with a heart that desires to follow Christ.

So, here's the latest update on William...we went to the doctor this past Thursday and discovered that he is quite a big boy. No suprise...I was 9 lbs 14oz. and Lee was 8 lbs+. But, you know he must be pretty big when the dr. measures the baby's skull...laughs, and then says "Alright, who has the big head in the family?" Just how big is his head you ask? It is 9.2 cm ( the size of a full term baby) with 5 weeks worth of growth left. Not only that, but the rest of his body is measuring 3 weeks ahead. So, the dr. suggested that we start warming up to the fact that I will probably have to have a c section. So please pray for us as William continues to grow and we have to decide here in the next few weeks what is best for all of us and most of all the best for the baby.

Here are some pics documenting our adventure...enjoy!

Pregnant and didn't know it...

Four months preggers

Lee, obviously ready for fatherhood

Me and Lee in front of the casa

Me and mi madre after the Pearland shower

William at 34 weeks...what a sweet big head :)

More like Chuck Norris

2008-06-26T15:50:00.000-07:00

Sorry its been so long! I have no excuse...but, I do think that maybe Chuck Norris is more appropriate than Daniel Son. Let me explain. The other night Lee had just come home and he wanted to tell William hello....so, he leans down and goes "Hey William, whatcha doin?" and then puts his ear to my belly... and then BAM gets a roundhouse kick to the temple! I think it may have hurt Lee's feelings that his son would kick him in the head, but I think William is a comedic genius.

I finally uploaded all of my pictures from my camera from forever ago and decided even though they have nothing to do with William, I HAVE to post the pic of Lee and I dressed up as Dwight and Angela from The Office for Halloween. I also have some pics of William's room. We're not finished yet, so its kinda bare but the walls are painted (thanks to my lovely parents)and I'll try to be better about updating them!

Pregnancy update: I'll be 29 weeks pregnant on Monday...Ahhh! Oh, and I passed my gestational diabetes test (I failed the first one).

Daniel Son

2008-05-20T10:53:00.000-07:00

So, I'm thinking maybe we should have named William the more fitting name of Daniel Son aka The Karate Kid. He has started kicking REALLY hard, its been pretty funny to see how much stronger he has gotten over the past two weeks. It went from "I think he may have just kicked" to "Oh my gosh, my entire stomach is moving." No one told me how weird it feels when they do that. Everyone said its like sweet little butterflies fluttering around. Definitely not true, but it is incredible all the same and so much fun to see him kick!

So lately we've been working on getting the baby's room together. I'm really excited to finally see it all come together. We're going with a western theme which Lee thinks is a good financial move since we'll be converting a "Texas" room into a "western" nursery and will get to use some of the same decor :)We're also about to experience our first parenting class at the hospital and tackle the job of registering for baby stuff. Which honestly, can be a little nerve racking. You want to make sure you're getting the absolute safest, durable, and practical items out there. There's so much!! But thankfully God has blessed us with many friends who are going through the same thing and have done a lot of research and who are generous enough to let us copy their registry!

No new pictures of William, but all of our appointments have gone well. Strong heartbeat, good growth etc. Hopefully we'll get some more soon. Time has flown by and I can't believe we'll get to meet him in four months!

It's a .......

2008-04-16T19:29:00.000-07:00

BOY! Baby Eidson is a officially a boy, and will be named William Henry Eidson. If anyone names their new pet dog "William" in the next 4 months, I will personally come to your house, take your dog, and rename it.

Check out the pics from the latest ultrasound below, and no, the 3D picture/video is not abstract art. William refused to uncoil himself from what is apparently called the "fetal" position for the photo-op. Already causing trouble. Sweet.

18 Week Videos

2008-04-16T19:14:00.000-07:00

18 Week Ultrasound Pics

2008-04-16T19:10:00.000-07:00

12 week Ultrasounds

2008-03-12T18:52:00.000-07:00

12 week ultrasounds are here! Or for those of us now on the Julian calendar, or just used to counting time in increments larger than 7 day periods, that is 3 months. Check out the hands! Little dude is saying "what's up" - the tech took it upon herself to place the words "Hi!" next the baby's hands. I feel "what's up" more accurately portrays our baby's disposition.

Week 10 Ultrasounds

2008-02-19T19:14:00.001-08:00

8 week hearbeat!

2008-02-05T19:07:00.000-08:00

Here's the 8 week ultrasound, and the baby is doing great! We even got to see the heart pumping and fluttering about which is incredible. Still amazing that there's a baby in there. Still not sure how that happened. Wikipedia was not helpful at all.

Next appointment coming...

2008-01-31T19:03:00.000-08:00

We are getting close to the 8-week appointment, and we have to say our mindsets are changing about the whole baby thing. Gone are the thoughts of "we want a boy/girl", now it's just prayers for a healthy baby and for us to become the parents God is preparing us to be.

Susan has really been feeling ill over the past couple weeks, but gladly she is now on some meds that sooth her nausea, however her ability to do dishes has not yet been restored. The last statement may or may not have been fabricated. I hope she doesn't read her own blog....

Telling the Whitleys...

2008-01-22T19:56:00.000-08:00

Here is a video of us telling Susan's parents about the baby. We lured them to a restaurant and Susan gave them shirts she had made. The shirts both say "Baby Eidson Coming September 2008"...

Here's the first ultrasound!

2008-01-21T18:33:00.000-08:00

Susan is 6 weeks pregnant - due September 16th! The baby is in the dark spot, marked with an "X", much like treasure, but alive...