Marginal Cord Insertion

According to our ultrasound I have (or the baby has) what is called Marginal Cord Insertion, which means that the cord is inserted in the side of the placenta, rather than the middle. It means there is a risk of the baby not getting the nutrients she needs. There is risk of being put on bed rest or induced early if growth is not adequate. Anyway, so I'm having more ultrasounds to monitor growth, and the development of the umbilical cord. So please just keep us in your prayers that everything develops appropriately.

Baby Girl Hirschi

Just thought I'd post some pictures of our ultrasounds. We haven't decided on any names, thanks to everyone for asking. It took a very long time for us to even agree on a single boy name when I was pregnant with Jeremiah, so I'm sure we won't decide on a name for quite a while. We will gladly accept your suggestions.

The first picture is of her profile (obviously) the second is a picture of her sucking on her hand. At one point she even had her foot up there playing with both her foot and her mouth at the same time. And the third picture is of her skinny little fingers. Enjoy!

Baby

It's a Girl!

My Favorite Things

Just thought I'd share some of my favorite things about life right now:

1. Chocolate Milk (YUM!)
2. Date Nights
3. Finding stuffed animals in my closet from Jeremiah playing in there
4. Jeremiah kisses
5. Sleeping in
6. Family Dance Night
7. Tickle Fights
8. Orange Juice
9. Flowers blooming on all the trees
10. Stretchy maternity pants!

I know it's not very exciting, but all those things just make life wonderful!! By way of update, Jeremiah has been helping me cook and wash dishes every day. It makes for a much longer day, and more messes to clean up, but it's so fun. He really likes putting on the rubber gloves when he washes dishes. It's so cute. I'll try to get a picture of it soon. Those are the cutest things Jeremiah does these days. By the way, we find out whether it's a boy or girl tomorrow!!! Yay!

Strange Death

Okay, so many of you know that I manage our apartment complex here in Boise. I've been doing it since last June. I've encountered some strange things, but none as strange as today.

On our way out of our parking lot a cop car was pulling in. That was strange, since we usually don't have any problems with our tenants. Oh well, we were in a hurry to get Greg to the airport before his flight to Denver. So I drop Greg off at the airport and get a phone call as Jeremiah and I are pulling away from our cleaner, Linda, saying that the police are there and need me to let them in to the apartment next to the one she was cleaning. I drive back home to talk to the cops, now two cop cars are there. They explain they got a call from a friend of this tenant saying that he was really depressed and that they were worried he might be suicidal. They were there to check to make sure he was okay. So I unlock the door and they suggest that I not be near the door when they open it. They opened it and called in to this tenant. There was no answer but they couldn't go in because there was a chain on the door. So I went back to my apartment and put on Finding Nemo for Jeremiah so that I could deal with the police business. The cops managed to pry off the chain from the molding. They came to the office to inform me that the tenant was in fact deceased. AHH! In his apartment??? Yes. So, I gave them all the information I had on the tenant, called the owner to inform him of the situation and went to my friend Sarah's house for dinner. I needed to get out of there. So, the body was removed, etc., etc., his next of kin is being given the keys and will be responsible for removing his belongings. I don't know how he died, but I REALLY hope there isn't anything that we will need to clean up. This is unfamiliar territory for me, and I hope that it continues to be. So strange, I talked to him yesterday afternoon.... really weird. Sorry this is kind of a morbid post, just thought I'd share my weird life with you all.

More photos

I keep finding more funny pictures that I've taken in the last couple months that I haven't put on the blog. So here they are!

I'm sure all mothers experience this sometime in their child's upbringing.... breaking and entering... the makeup bag. Yes, Jeremiah found my makeup bag, got out the eye liner and proceeded to draw all over his face which, unfortunately, you can't see the extent of in this picture. But you can imagine, cheeks, chin, ears, arms, etc.

This is when it snowed every day for three weeks strait. Jeremiah had a great time seeing his footprints in the snow, and making snowballs. It was hard with his mittins, but he managed.

Oh Yeah,

It's a.... Baby! No known gender yet, but we will know in a couple weeks. You can vote at the top what you think we're having. The due date is September 27th, but my Dr. thinks I'm more likely to be early again, putting it around the beginning of September.

Sharing Time

Jeremiah helps me fold clothes. He's a good mommies helper. He takes the clothes out of the basket and shakes them, like we do to get the wrinkles out before we fold them. But he skips the folding stage, he just takes them, shakes them around for a minute and then throws them on the couch. Pretty funny. At least it keeps him occupied when I'm trying to get laundry done!

Winter And Spring

One of our family projects this winter was making a family home evening chart. So after about a month, here it is!

For one of our dates, Greg and I painted pictures! They aren't masterpieces, but we had fun. Despite being colorblind, Greg's color choice of Yellow for the sky was much better than my regular blue sky. Oh well.

Greg's boss, Doug, has a great big house up in the hills of Boise. He invited everyone up for a sledding day with roasted hotdogs, smores, hot chocolate and this VERY steep sled run that he made down the hill by his house. He even gave everyone rides back up on his four wheeler after they went down. We had to teach Jeremiah not to roam too close to the bonfire, luckily he knows what "HOT" means. He also had fun sliding around on a sled on a safer, more kid-friendly run.

One of his favorite things: sitting on the basketball. He just recently realized that he can pin the basketball between the chair and the table and sit up even higher. After taking this picture because I thought it was funny, I made him get down because the ball was about to roll off the chair, with him on it.

We babysat our friends little baby, Blake, last week and we put together ye-ole bouncy chair... I think Jeremiah liked it better than Blake did. He didn't quite fit, but he had fun.

This entertained Jeremiah for about 20 minutes after our walk last week: climbing in and out of the stroller. Of course he got a little upset when he tried sliding out the bottom and his head got stuck.. :(

Another Favorite Thing: his new "fort" with a blanket covering his table. He loves hauling toys and books in there and playing peek-a-boo with me.

This is just evidence that he REALLY needed a haircut. Sometimes it was cute, but it got really messy really quickly and he looked like a homeless child whose mother didn't own a hairbrush. It was even curlier in the back!

This is post-haircut. It took a while and a lot of M&M's because it was so scared of the buzzer, but we made it happen. I had to cut it while he was sitting on my lap... that was a task. But it looks very put together now.

Greg's new coat! In March Greg got a brand new bike which he has loved, and has been riding to work several days a week. But because he has to ride through town I was a little concerned. For his birthday, though, Mom and Dad Curzon bought him this awesome riding jacket. Just what he had wanted. He looks stellar.

Jeremiah LOVES airplanes. He sees airplanes that I can't even see until I look for a minute or two. This is him looking at an airplane flying overhead. Good thing we have an airport in Boise!