Madison Jane Mileur AKA "Mady Jane"

Here are the pictures of our baby girl! We are so excited to know for sure that a little girl will be joining our family. I am so glad my instinct was right and I didn't have to apologize to my son for thinking he was a girl! I have had the name Madison Jane picked out since I was pregnant with Cannon. I thought about changing the name but I just couldn't. I love the name Madison Jane. It has been the name I have pictured our little girl with from the beginning. I don't know why I picked Madison, but I just think it is a beautiful name. Jane however has special meaning. Jane is my grandmother's name as well as part of my first name. My Jane-Jane (which is what we call her) has been sick with cancer for a while now. We are so blessed to have her with us still but I know time is precious and we never know when God will decided to bring her home. I am so glad that she now knows she will have a great granddaughter named after her. She was thrilled when I told her I was having a Mady Jane! I hope my Jane-Jane knows how much she means to me and that Jane is not just a cute middle name, it is because of her that our precious daughter will carry such special name. I am honored to be named after her and I hope my daughter will one day understand the special name she holds.

Cannon was really excited to find out he is having a sister as well! He loves to listen to her "harp beep" aka heart beat on our heart monitor. Every time she kicks he says "Mooom! she kicked me!" Great! I guess that is already starting! :) He tells me that he can't wait to hold the baby and rock the baby. Then he proceeds to jiggle my belly in a rocking motion and says "sweet baby. I love you." He still says he wants to punch the baby, so we haven't quite mastered the whole idea of you only do sweet things to the baby. Hopefully he will grasp that concept before she is out of the safety of my womb! I know he will be a great big brother. I have already trained him to say "Hey boys, stay away from my sister!"

ITS A GIRL!!!!

HOOORAYYY! My maternal instict is not wrong! We will be welcoming a baby girl in May!! I am so excited and can't wait to bring her into this world. Cannon is excited to have a sister too! Today anyway! We will see what he says the next time someone asks him. He changes his mind quite frequently! I have to load the pictures tomorrow so you can see her sweet little profile, but just a quick update tonight!

Tomorrow is the day!!!

Tomorrow we find out if we are welcoming a boy or a girl into our family! I am so excited!! I really can't wait to know. I want to know the first minute I am pregnant. I wish I could be one of those women who wait until the baby is born to find out, but that would be so hard! I like to take advantage of technology and use it to its full extent! So tomorrow when they peek between the legs I hope we get a definite answer! I hope the little one will cooperate so that we will know without a doubt what the baby's sex is.

I have started feeling the baby move some. It is usually at night when I am laying still that I will notice movement. I also noticed if I sit in a certain postion and my belly is squished too much they baby doesn't like it! I can't wait to just see that baby tomorrow too. It is neat to watch the baby moving around, kicking, sucking its thumb, etc. So I am so excited about tomorrow! Stay tuned for the big announcement!

A Possible Move in the Future

Well I have learned some very stressful news....Andrew may be transferred to Houston. Sad, but true. His company has been laying people off by the handful every month. It all started earlier this year when projects weren't coming in due to the economy. By the grace of God Andrew has made it through several rounds of layoffs. Now they are to the point where if he wants to keep his job his only option may be moving to the Houston office. Which means starting all over again for us. The good thing is we have an opportunity to get closer to family with this. Andrew decided to put out new job applications in Oklahoma and in Longview,TX (where his parents live). So I really hope that something comes from one of those places to avoid the move to Houston. I want to get closer to family, not further away!



In the past year we have bought our first home, joined a wonderful church, and made some great friends. We have lived in the area for about two years and it took us that long to get where we are now. I don't look forward to going through that process again. Now we have to worry about selling our house too! That does not sound like a fun process. I have a hard time keeping my house nice and tidy on a day to day basis. I don't even want to think about getting an unexpected call from the realtor saying hey I want to show your house in an hour! Yikes!



Another added stress is the fact that we are having a baby! I have no idea when the move would take place or where I will be in my pregnancy. Hopefully everything will work out and I won't have to worry about have a home birth or anything like that! :) I need my epidural! I think the thing I am most sad about is I won't be able to decorate the baby's nursery exactly the way I want. If our house is going to be on the market we need to keep the walls as neutral as possible. I have the cutest idea for a little girls room that I guess I won't get to do anytime soon. :(

I absolutely HATE not knowing what is going to happen. I like to plan and have details worked out. It is impossible to do when we have no idea where we will end up and when. I know that God is in control. He knows our needs and will provide for us. He loves us and doesn't want us to worry about these details He already has worked out. I just have to put my trust in Him and let Him lead us where HE wants us!