Big News!

For anyone who hasn't already heard...

Yup, that's right. We are expecting baby #4! It was definitely a surprise and not planned, but we are excited for the addition and change in plans. The official due date is July 1, 2012 but knowing my track record of big babies, the doctor will probably want to induce early again. We'll see. I'm just glad I don't have to be nine months pregnant in August (like we originally thought). Yuck. Pregnancy, the dog days of summer, and I do not mix well. We're not sure yet if we want to find out the gender when possible or wait until he or she is born. One more surprise would be fun, don't you think?! What do you think? Boy or a girl?

Welcome Aubrey!

Okay, okay I know I'm about 3 months behind schedule announcing this...The Palmer family is proud to announce the arrival of Aubrey Elisabeth! She was 7 lbs. and 15 oz. (small for our family) and was about 20 inches long. She seems to be a mellow, and happy baby and we are so glad to add her to our family. These pictures are of her on her blessing day, just before church. She was so peaceful and content watching me as I took her picture. She was so beautiful in her pretty blessing gown. I made the bracelet on her wrist. I saw the idea online for this "blessing bracelet." (I still need to get the poem that goes with it.) Basically, you save the bracelet and then when she gets married, she can use the bracelet as her "something old." You know from the saying "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue." Plus it's something she can use for her own daughter's blessing. And who can resist a tiny little bracelet next to cute tiny little hands...simply irresistable!

Wrapped Around Her Finger

I'm slowly beginning to realize that our daughter might be spoiled. The other day we were at Target and walked by a nursery furniture display. I commented that I liked the bedding set (comforter,sheets,etc.). Aaron commented that he really liked the furniture set and was very tempted to buy it. I just laughed because Aaron hates buying furniture, we couldn't really afford it, and we already had a perfectly fine set at home. But, he was seriously wanting to buy this $600 set, and I had to talk him out of it.
Then, a couple weeks later, Aaron woke up one morning and told me he wanted to paint the baby's room. My jaw dropped. NEVER has Aaron volunteered to paint anything, in fact he has often refused to even let me paint! So, I ran with the idea and agreed. He is even letting me pick the color! Then, a few mornings later, he woke up and told me that we needed to switch the baby's room with the boys' room and move all of our office stuff to our bedroom. I reminded him that this would require us to move around about 50% of our house and that I wouldn't be much help being pregnant. He was okay with it. He wanted his baby girl's room to be closer to us. So he spent that entire morning (a Saturday) moving everything, which ended up being a lot more than we thought.
Then, the following week when I was looking at baby bedding online, Aaron told me that he wants our daughter's room to be cute and themed and that I should work my "magic" to make it happen. I just had to chuckle. It's all I could do just to get him to be okay with me decorating other parts of the house when we moved in. I can clearly see that Aaron is wrapped around our daughter's finger and she isn't even born yet. Oh dear, I just might have to intervene to keep her from being spoiled rotten. I'll start right after I've gotten everything I need out of the deal...

It's a GIRL!

We went to the doctor today to find out the sex of the baby. I thought for sure that we were probably having another boy, for a number of reasons: Josh is extremely whiny and clingy, the pregnancy has been fairly similar to the others (except for being more tired), the baby is carrying kind of low, plus I just felt like it was another boy. However, everyone else was determined that it was little girl. Well, Aaron and the boys came with me to the appointment to find out. The ultrasound must have taken at least 20 minutes. The tech pushed this way and that. I rolled over this way and that, and we weren't sure we would be able to find out (the baby had her legs crossed and folded). After turning and holding my breath just so, we were able to get some evidence of a ...GIRL. The tech pointed out some body parts and declared it to be a girl. She wasn't 100% sure because we couldn't get a good clear view, but there was definitely no evidence of boy parts. So, we're having a girl!
We went immediately to Wal-Mart and bought some cute baby girl clothes. I wish the digital camera was working so that I could post the pictures. We each picked one outfit. Aaron picked a pink onesie that says "Daddy is my hero." Josh picked a pink camo onesie that says "Major Cutie." Seth picked a white onesie with a pink/white striped jumper dress with black and white polka dot trim and accents. Totally cute. Finally, I picked a cute hot pink dress with white ribbon trim and bow and white embroidered flowers all over. If you can't tell we are excited. Earlier this morning, Joshua was looking at a book and was pointing out the people. It went something like this, "boy, boy, sister, boy, sister, sister, boy..." and so on. I thought it was so cute that he was saying that all the girls were "sisters." I think the boys will really enjoy finally having a little sister.

Due Date

So, after my first OB appointment this pregnancy, we were left with a little surprise. This entire time we thought I was 8-10 weeks pregnant. After an ultrasound, the doc decided I'm closer to 12 weeks pregnant. Hence my due date is July 23, 2009 instead of the middle of August. That means I'm 3 months pregnant! Only 7 more to go! That's a pleasant surprise. The less time pregnant during a Texas summer the better! So, hurray for ultrasounds!

Baby!

Just a quick post to let everyone know, we're having another baby! We found out I was pregnant just a few weeks ago. My first OB appointment isn't for another 2 weeks, so we don't have an official due date yet. However, if our estimates are right, I'll be due in August (2009). All of the boys think it is girl. I would love to have a girl, but I have an inkling that it might be another boy. We'll just have to wait and see. Seth has already started picking out names, his favorite is Sari (from Transformers Animated). Well, just wanted to let everyone know. We'll keep you updated.