We wish you ...

A MERRY CHRISTMAS !!! and a Happy New You ! (that is Emma's version !!!)

Brief updates -
Tim is at work today so we aren't doing any celebrating, but we are doing some house cleaning and the kids are thrilled - ok maybe not, but I like to think they are.

We had an ultrasound on 12/9 to check on the pirate since my doctor could not locate a heartbeat at our 12/6 appointment - no panicking - everything was fine. It was neat since the three little girls got to come and see the baby. I have to get my fasting blood sugar done, but have been putting it off. (I know I shouldn't but...) Our next appointment is 12/29. The morning sickness has passed, thankfully, and I am starting to regain my energy (the kids are thrilled about that since it means the laundry will get done faster!) We won't find out the sex of the baby until February so we are still bickering about names - although we agree on a boy's name - Timothy Aidan Paul Cunningham (Timothy is my concession to Tim since he insists this is family tradition ??? Family - help me with this one ??) I have always loved Aidan for a boys name, and it will probably be what the baby is called. Paul is a memorial to 2 important people. My Uncle Paul passed away at a young age and his only child, Destiny, passed before him. And of course, Paul is Sean's middle name - so we get a two for one.

A girl name ( a more likely choice with our current trend!) is up in the air ... Tim likes Molly ... I like Miranda. Go figure.

Happy Holidays - we love you all.

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Photos

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Announcements

Things have been really crazy around here with rehearsals and activities and I apologize to everyone for not mailing out Christmas cards yet - I promise to get them out by Friday, complete with photos. Of course, I am sure that I am missing address so if you could please email your to hopeleigh@att.net so I can make sure I have your address.

https://www.greatamericanphotocontest.com/voter1/index.aspx?referid=EmailFriends&p=928183&x=.jpg

Can you take a minute to go to the above link and vote for Riley's photo in this baby photo contest?

Thanks a ton !

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Emma Leigh said ...

" What dat in you pants Daddy?"

I don't think that this statement requires any explanation. It had me laughing hysterically !! What is funny is that none of the other kids has ever made this "discovery".

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Cover Me

This is a video of a performance that Mic was involved in at church.The quality isn't great but you get the picture. Mic is in the center of the stage just to the left (of your view) in the back of the "V". .. Enjoy !!

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Outside Fun

We bought this outside play/slide contraption for the girls from my neighbor's garage sale. After a bit of fixing up - it was good. They love to play outside on the slides and climbing up and down is sure to result in a broken arm for someone soon. As much fun as the plaything is a tall pot -- will do fine too. 

Isn't this the coolest looking picture ?? You can do really neat things to your photos without changing the original if you use photobucket.

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June 23, 2009

I saw the doctor yesterday and got to see the little peanut on the ultrasound. We are not as far along as we thought (only 7 weeks not 9), but the baby is where it is supposed to be and everything looks ok.  They are treating this baby has high risk and we will be having a level 2 ultrasound at Winnie Palmer Hospital (children's hopsital) in late January. 

 For those of you that don't know, Riley has been complaining of headaches for some time now. When they finally started waking her at night - I took her to  the doctor - we were never sure if her head actually hurt or not since many times she would tell us after being told to do something. We went through an MRI and an echocardiogram. The MRI revealed nothing unusual, but the echo showed she has an innocent heart murmur (no biggie) and her aorta is more narrow then it should be. The doctor said that if the aorta grows with her then there is nothing to worry about but if it does not then we will have to consider other options. We won't know anything until sometime next year when we have another echo, so I put it out of my mind. 

I learned from the OB that Riley's heart is considered a congenital defect so, they want to take a closer look at this baby to make sure that development is normal.  I feel good overall - just regular nausea and fatigue. 

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