tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89342207423608869492024-03-13T07:52:47.552-07:00The Gordon FamilyThis is our blog and our incredible journey through life...infertility, loss, pregnancy and so much more! Children are true miracles from God. We have one amazing daughter, Katelyn. Three angel babies in heaven - Emma, Kelsey and Lauren. We were blessed with a beautiful son Blake Kel Gordon, December 2008 and are now anxiously awaiting the arrival of Emily Alice, due February 1, 2012!The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-39938569382795342432012-02-21T11:20:00.012-08:002012-02-21T11:49:18.329-08:00We survived ONE month<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I can't believe it has already been one month since little Miss Emily joined our family!! I am not sure where the month has gone and I am now finally catching my breath (a little)! I am having a blast, completely exhausted, adjusting to this new craziness, busier then we have ever been, learning the newborn stage all over, sometimes so tired I can't function and I have NEVER been happier! Emily is a good baby, not as laid back as Blake was but she is doing really well. Her tummy troubles have started but we are all over it this time - seeing as Blake had a milk allergy and Kate had severe lactose intolerance/reflux. Emily is already on medicine for the reflux and we have all the other tricks we know of to use, not wasting our time with guessing anything this time. We checked her for Blake's milk allergy and so far it was negative. We go tomorrow for her one month check up and we will see how big she is getting. She is sleeping better, most nights now I just get up one time around 3 and then we make it till 7 which is perfect. The mornings that we get up to feed around 4am, kill me because I am typically then up for the day with school, getting everyone ready, etc. Blake and Kate are still loving baby Emily, Blake kisses her all the time and just loves her and Kate is completely my big helper, she is amazing with her! To add to our excitement over the past month, Kate got hurt on the trampoline, she chipped two ligaments off the bone in her ankle and is in a boot, we go back a week from tomorrow to check things but OH MY WORD, that day rocked my world and I was immediately thrown into the challenges of life with three - finally and for the first time in maybe forever, I had to call Jeff to come home from work and help me!!! She is healing well but is frustrated and ready to get the boot off, I don't blame her, it's no fun! I don't have much time to update but wanted to get something blogged and add some new pictures!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">One month old 2/20/12</span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YeeTMj16BlQ/T0P0Eyvy-hI/AAAAAAAABA0/mkwzbLKmjy0/s1600/DSC_0408.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YeeTMj16BlQ/T0P0Eyvy-hI/AAAAAAAABA0/mkwzbLKmjy0/s200/DSC_0408.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711677115614820882" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My favorite moments in the morning, snuggling in bed</div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wqf_-r2phzc/T0Pz97MCk5I/AAAAAAAABAo/V3MrrzOgyYs/s1600/DSC_0406.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wqf_-r2phzc/T0Pz97MCk5I/AAAAAAAABAo/V3MrrzOgyYs/s200/DSC_0406.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711676997621683090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Talking to Emily...they love her so much!</div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XeJSBai_8OI/T0Pz28FUmMI/AAAAAAAABAc/KqtACNPLFl4/s1600/DSC_0402.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XeJSBai_8OI/T0Pz28FUmMI/AAAAAAAABAc/KqtACNPLFl4/s200/DSC_0402.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711676877602855106" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A little more alert each day!</div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zu3OTBpVnp8/T0PzmipQbwI/AAAAAAAABAE/DuMK-rmIx1U/s1600/DSC_0392.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zu3OTBpVnp8/T0PzmipQbwI/AAAAAAAABAE/DuMK-rmIx1U/s200/DSC_0392.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711676595896348418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-akFK4VhEsuI/T0PzDy144GI/AAAAAAAAA_g/HlTB6E9fLlE/s1600/DSC_0376.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-akFK4VhEsuI/T0PzDy144GI/AAAAAAAAA_g/HlTB6E9fLlE/s200/DSC_0376.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711675998948876386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy/Daughter Dance, a little princess with her prince...LOVE!</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Su_1AdzoomU/T0Py5xTOccI/AAAAAAAAA_U/VnE2g6M3bts/s1600/DSC_0360.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Su_1AdzoomU/T0Py5xTOccI/AAAAAAAAA_U/VnE2g6M3bts/s200/DSC_0360.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711675826736361922" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nU3soGX_FkU/T0P03GpAGhI/AAAAAAAABBA/Ri-odsXLfks/s200/DSC_0358.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711677979948489234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy's other princess...</div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-43202185688881356762012-01-22T11:27:00.001-08:002012-01-22T11:32:29.374-08:00Emily Alice<div><br />I have so much to update and say but to not leave anyone hanging...Emily Alice Gordon arrived at 2pm Friday, weighing 7lbs 4 oz, 20 1/4in long. She is absolutely perfect and the day was absolutely amazing!! We are SO in love...</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T9ZJBCtxoE4/TxxjgJxpZhI/AAAAAAAAA-w/jAUp4BOxdlg/s200/099.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700540632375322130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EW5KZTYIFio/Txxj3Upy4aI/AAAAAAAAA_I/Cqv8Sb5369E/s1600/150.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 188px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EW5KZTYIFio/Txxj3Upy4aI/AAAAAAAAA_I/Cqv8Sb5369E/s200/150.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700541030432170402" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tQQ5WLC1TBM/TxxjjrZv7pI/AAAAAAAAA-8/hEGaabLu6iY/s1600/162.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tQQ5WLC1TBM/TxxjjrZv7pI/AAAAAAAAA-8/hEGaabLu6iY/s200/162.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5700540692941500050" /></a>Truly there are not words to describe what we are feeling...watching our kids with Emily has been amazing...truly a gift from God! I can't wait to update all about our amazing day and the amazing delivery and all that was to follow but for now, I must soak up these moments that are already going way too fast!!<br /><div><br /></div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-54411493392018539652012-01-20T03:03:00.000-08:002012-01-20T03:08:31.458-08:00THIS is the day the Lord has made...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Baby Emily will be joining us today, praise GOD!! Everything looks and is going perfect so far. I went to my appointment on Wednesday and I had made some progress but there was an area of scar tissue from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">cerclage</span> that wasn't moving out of the way. We decided to move forward with an induction to try and help ease that area away...I was about 2.5 centimeters dilated at the time. Well, Wednesday night/Thursday all day, I knew a lot was happening on it's own, we checked in last night and I was almost to 5 centimeters so we cancelled the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">meds</span> we were going to use to help the scarring and we just tried to get a good night sleep so we could wait for our doctors to get here today. All is looking great, starting some antibiotics I need and then we are getting the party started!! Jeff and I are so excited, so peaceful, at a new hospital which is a breath of fresh air and nice to be somewhere totally different!! We can't wait to meet this new princess and the final completion to our incredible family! </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Please pray for a peaceful day, an easy delivery and above all, a healthy baby Emily Alice to arrive!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Will keep you posted!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Katei</span></span></div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-59685340153465830412012-01-17T12:50:00.000-08:002012-01-17T15:04:11.426-08:0038 weeks & a room fit for another princess!<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I am 38 weeks and still going...I am excited to be this far along but getting really excited to meet this sweet baby girl too! I go to the doctor in the morning so we will see what she says! </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Here are some pictures of her nursery, I love love love the way it has turned out, so different and unique..it is like a breath of fresh air!</span></span><br /><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mP3kDDmdKGQ/TxXf93_LxUI/AAAAAAAAA-A/6Fo4ckw_ewU/s200/DSC_0055.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698707157601207618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></div><div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PW0nPMQOboU/TxXgCq-ZwvI/AAAAAAAAA-M/3FOEIYPlCiY/s200/DSC_0057.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698707240007615218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uLm0aSzqahg/TxXgOnxIWjI/AAAAAAAAA-k/fc_li894Awg/s1600/DSC_0059.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uLm0aSzqahg/TxXgOnxIWjI/AAAAAAAAA-k/fc_li894Awg/s200/DSC_0059.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698707445305072178" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tG_tFJGal3c/TxXgJL1_NuI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/fjaVhdTZNvs/s1600/DSC_0058.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tG_tFJGal3c/TxXgJL1_NuI/AAAAAAAAA-Y/fjaVhdTZNvs/s200/DSC_0058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698707351909906146" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I never thought I would say this but we can now be praying that sweet Emily would come into the world soon...we are all ready for her to arrive:)!</span>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-73062260003017027162012-01-10T10:53:00.000-08:002012-01-10T11:29:50.935-08:00I am a 'normal' pregnant person...<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And loving it!!! Here I am 36 weeks, 2 days and headed to get my cerclage out!</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Dlt2m6EbeQY/TwyJ7kttbgI/AAAAAAAAA8U/FsO7qvDGMfY/s1600/DSC_0018.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Dlt2m6EbeQY/TwyJ7kttbgI/AAAAAAAAA8U/FsO7qvDGMfY/s200/DSC_0018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696079285277519362" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Here are a few of the kiddos making their bears for Miss. Emily</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K04rPGuYmOE/TwyKrnqSzaI/AAAAAAAAA8g/vkPvSMCUIbc/s200/DSC_0009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696080110702218658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jOE717C755s/TwyKxGAgEyI/AAAAAAAAA8s/y_bo7ifxQ6U/s200/DSC_0015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696080204747772706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OqXo5KpAMD8/TwyLLipUNxI/AAAAAAAAA84/lsKFWy04EII/s200/DSC_0016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696080659111753490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></span></div></div><div>I originally had the cerclage removal scheduled for Friday the 13th, for a few reasons but primarily because my sweet neighborhood friends were planning a 'sprinkle' for me to celebrate Emily! My friend Kate, the ultimate party planner and most amazingly talented friend I know has been talking about this since August when we found out we were having a girl (or close to that date:)!) I was so excited for this day for several reasons but mostly because when Tammie was pregnant with Katelyn, I attended showers but was not the pregnant one (so it made things a little different), we had what I know was a beautiful shower for the triplets two days before I delivered them but I can't for the life of me remember any of it, I either have completely blocked it out or was in labor already and can't remember the night. With Blake, I was too scared to do anything and waited till he was born to celebrate him! So not only was I so excited to be pregnant and feeling good at a baby shower, I have never celebrated a pregnancy with this group of girlfriends as we all became so close after the triplets and I was a hermit with Blake. Needless to say, I really wanted my labor to hold off and it DID and HAS!! We had the most amazing time and the details that went into this amazing shower were beyond words. I was not 'sprinkled' but showered with love from all of my friends and family, we received the most beautiful and unique gifts for Emily, it was amazing and SO much fun!! Here are a few pictures! I feel like I should post pictures of the nursery first but I will do that later, the theme was all around Emily's nursery which is all around this photo...</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CF_cFzwQ2MU/TwyOR0_4GMI/AAAAAAAAA9E/sE1SyGlS5o4/s200/DSC_0049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696084065652316354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The amazing cake, the chicks represent our family and notice the three small butterflies, Kate even included the girlies on the cake - amazing!!</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cMze4gGY2x0/TwyOeamMiVI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/TSbhZamJWtU/s200/DSC_0022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696084281903581522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aBpE-KhO-cI/TwyOyk0fV9I/AAAAAAAAA9c/_PvIp0tWjPY/s200/DSC_0023.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696084628245272530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">My awesome girls hosting the shower!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QGuCB81Zqnc/TwyPC5IZqvI/AAAAAAAAA9o/yiuI-qcOuUA/s200/DSC_0029.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696084908575402738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course, the bow station...the guests all made hair bows Emily, what an awesome idea!</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rMYgYmnVkPA/TwyPTebGsUI/AAAAAAAAA90/PIxgxte3Rjs/s200/DSC_0032.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696085193463869762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></div><div>There are so many more pictures that Kate took and much better pictures so check them out if you have time... http:andeverythingsweet.blogspot.com Kate is amazing and you will love looking through her blog! </div><div><br /></div><div>I have been overwhelmed since Saturday with all the love and support from all of our friends and family...everyone who has been through all of this with us and the amount of excitement, love and prayers in which they all have towards our family is absolutely amazing. We are so blessed by our support system and how deeply everyone loves and cares for us. </div><div><br /></div><div>Aside from that, I feel pretty good, I can't believe I am still pregnant! Tomorrow I am full term, 37 weeks and on Friday I am officially the most pregnant I have ever been!! Which is crazy exciting! What is exciting is that now I am filled with a calm and a peace that I have never experienced while pregnant. Now the cerclage is out, it is OK for my contractions to pick up and it is OK for labor to start and not stop...all my restrictions are gone, there are no more weekly shots in my bum muscles, there are no more nasty meds to keep things calm...it is just me and living life pregnant. I can pick my kids up for a quick snuggle, I can walk for some exercise, I can just be who I am and have peace and I am soaking it all up! Tomorrow morning I go to Dr G and I can't wait to see what happened since the cerclage has come out, have I dilated more, etc. I go in the morning and we will go from there...</div><div><br /></div><div>Yeah for full term tomorrow!! For all who read this, thank you for your love, support and prayers - the messages, emails, facebook notes, etc. mean so much!</div><div>I can't wait to introduce the newest member of our family very soon!</div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-39318727252531385222012-01-06T07:47:00.000-08:002012-01-06T07:52:45.528-08:00Stitches are out...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Well, we are back home and the waiting game begins:)! I wish I could say it was a piece of cake but the removal was horrendous. I was so proud of myself for enduring what I did and in somewhat of a calm fashion. Dr. K was amazing and while the first stitch was fairly easy, he lost the second stitch and had a time getting to it and getting it out. After the first stitch he talked about doing an epidural and I was thinking no way, I have made it this far let's just get this done. So I squeezed Jeff with all my might and we finally got it out. He couldn't go back to check any dilation, he said it didn't matter at this point where I was, there is some scarring that needs to break away so that will help her not to come as fast. I had to lay there and recover for a little while and then got on the monitor and all looked good. I came home to a hot bath and some tylenol and I am going to lay low today. I am so relieved it is over with and now we can just play the waiting game like any other normal pregnant person! I wonder when she will make her debut...I am SO excited now that that horrific procedure is over with!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Thanks for all the love and prayers this morning, it meant so much to me!! I will keep everyone updated as we go</span></div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-62326482539720397232012-01-06T00:25:00.000-08:002012-01-06T00:49:50.198-08:00A little change in plans...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It is 3:30am and I can't sleep....</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I went to the OB today and they decided to check on my cerclage, turns out I am dilating right through my stitches and they have to come out. I had everything scheduled a week from today (the 13th) but they have moved it to 8am in the morning. I told the doctor I wanted to wait another week to guarantee Emily another week but he said there is no difference in her coming tomorrow or next week. He said at this point the stitches have done their job and now they need to come out so it doesn't become an emergency needing to get them out. He did show me (on my belly!) where her head is and she is still not fully engaged but is head down. They called right from the office and Dr. K is meeting us early before his full day of appointments to get this cerclage out, we have to be there at 8am. I am anxious, scared, excited, ready and a whole lot more...I have no idea what to expect, they said labor could be anywhere from tomorrow to two weeks, there is no way of knowing how my body will respond to the removal. I am most anxious about the actual procedure itself as we are going to attempt this in his office with no epidural, he said if we couldn't do it, we will admit me and do the epidural but I would really like to put on my brave face and get it done in the office so I can be home. I remember thinking when he took it out with Blake that I would have died without my epidural but maybe this will be different. When he removed my cerclage with Blake I dilated to 1cm right away and in two hours I was 4 centimeters. I am already over 1cm now so we will see what happens, I am not even sure if he will check and tell me tomorrow or not. I know once this cerclage is out, I am going to feel so much relief from all the pain it causes and it will be fun to just be 'normal' and know if I start serious labor, it's actually OK. Right now my contractions still scare me as I fear going to long and my stitches tearing my cervix - so while I am anxious about the procedure itself, I know the relief will be sweet in many many ways! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tonight we made a last minute trip to Build a Bear so Blake and Kate could make Emily a bear, they each picked one out and had a lot of fun, we did that with Kate before Blake came and she remembered and didn't want me to forget we had to do that. We thought just incase Miss. Em comes tomorrow we better get that done tonight! It was a fun night with the kids and we really have a fun weekend planned so we will see if our plans can hold up!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I appreciate any prayers tomorrow morning as we get through this procedure, that I am able to put on my game face and get through it unmedicated!! Also, that sweet Emily will come when she is totally ready and not a moment too soon for her!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">AHHHH here we go..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Katie</span></div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-16486616500478568542012-01-03T16:08:00.000-08:002012-01-03T17:59:41.343-08:00We survived the craziness!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of our many trips to see Santa...</div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j6jETnJ-WOk/TwOa0crNCtI/AAAAAAAAA5I/WK4SvDQC-b0/s1600/DSC_0015.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j6jETnJ-WOk/TwOa0crNCtI/AAAAAAAAA5I/WK4SvDQC-b0/s1600/DSC_0015.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2tl8bAACWIs/TwObDetaiwI/AAAAAAAAA5U/_f2wImZiDYQ/s1600/DSC_0044.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 188px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2tl8bAACWIs/TwObDetaiwI/AAAAAAAAA5U/_f2wImZiDYQ/s200/DSC_0044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693564838011898626" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j6jETnJ-WOk/TwOa0crNCtI/AAAAAAAAA5I/WK4SvDQC-b0/s1600/DSC_0015.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-j6jETnJ-WOk/TwOa0crNCtI/AAAAAAAAA5I/WK4SvDQC-b0/s200/DSC_0015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693564579767716562" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Santa again and celebrating Nana's birthday!</span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wZ_uVOduPHk/TwOtsykOUlI/AAAAAAAAA54/5CA8ppKGl_I/s200/DSC_0046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693585338925994578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Kate and Haley celebrating Christmas together!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EIN6hq4wySI/TwOtyiUPo3I/AAAAAAAAA6E/NimDSAhCa0U/s200/DSC_0082.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693585437643219826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">The Christmas Play at Meme and Papa's - love!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qv0I0xk1Lo8/TwOt5BQaDfI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/X-mTLqNSsQc/s200/DSC_0106.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693585549027839474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">Our attempt at a family photo, the boys weren't feeling good!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0F7Lv0DRliQ/TwOt_fgIWLI/AAAAAAAAA6c/pTFzczr7CPk/s200/DSC_0108.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693585660226066610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 141px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IMbOwQXP_uk/TwOuF8nUjEI/AAAAAAAAA6o/cVzMj9_kuvE/s200/DSC_0140.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693585771120069698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Our house Christmas morning, before the kiddos saw what Santa brought, loved being home this year!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TKw_E25SpVA/TwOuM7_LjLI/AAAAAAAAA60/FZDJ4KFNaE8/s200/DSC_0184.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693585891210792114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Waiting patiently!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OoyQwu8ABN0/TwOuTicPAxI/AAAAAAAAA7A/IruUwCyA1Y4/s200/DSC_0187.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693586004612416274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">So excited about his roller coaster</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aGc9JsAuUWw/TwOuZqn4GUI/AAAAAAAAA7M/h92VySmSQh8/s200/DSC_0194.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693586109887945026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Love</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RWyokgqZPjA/TwOufVE1FTI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/NblLvHbG1bg/s200/DSC_0198.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693586207183017266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">Wow the past several weeks have been tons of fun but I am one exhausted mama! We had an amazing Christmas with so many family festivities and the kids had a blast. Our week leading up to Christmas was rough, somehow I came down with strep throat, two days later Kate ended up with it, then Blake and daddy was hit the day before Christmas eve...luckily we all got on meds as fast as possible and it didn't put much of a damper on our holidays! We kicked off Christmas with the Gordon's at our house, we spent the day eating, doing presents together and then heading to church for their Christmas service, we all had a great time. Christmas Eve is with my family, kicked off with a pajama brunch at my sisters and then arriving at moms house around 3pm. At my moms house all 13 grandkids (soon to be 14) perform a Christmas play that they put on with much of Meme and Papa's help - it is always so fun to see their personalities come out when they perform for all of us. Soon after the play, Santa always stops by on his way to deliver toys for the night, the kids love this and wait anxiously to hear him coming down the stairs! Christmas morning is at home with just our family and it was the most fun I have had on Christmas yet - the magic for the kids was amazing and so exciting! I wish I could bottle up these years so they would last forever! Kate and Blake had a sleep over and we heard them about 6:15 whispering to each other wondering if Santa came - precious! Christmas night was at my sisters with my dad and by the time we got in bed, I could hardly see straight! Everything was so much fun, so magical and so perfect! We are truly blessed to have so much wonderful family close by that we can spend these holidays with and while it is always so busy, it is so worth the traditions and the memories we all share! I have loved having Jeff home so much too, we were both nesting so our house is in complete organization and cleaned out to the max...I think we are officially ready for sweet Emily to make her appearance! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">For New Years, we made a last minute decision after our good doctors appointment on Friday to meet our friends at the lake house to celebrate New Years Eve. The kids had a ball and here they all are ready for a movie and bed...they didn't make it till midnight but this preggo made it till 12:15 - yes I paid for it the next day but we had a lot of fun! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H0qO8TeKLYQ/TwOyNI1fTTI/AAAAAAAAA8I/ckeitrw5QdA/s200/DSC_0245.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693590292706315570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-x2rSTAwJDm0/TwOyG1jJO7I/AAAAAAAAA78/UQgGOiwXsRo/s200/DSC_0225.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693590184449883058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P18MCtI5024/TwOurEZX0gI/AAAAAAAAA7w/sTNDrqHrTmQ/s200/DSC_0260.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693586408864207362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">Enjoying the beautiful weather with our friends and excited about 2012!!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ll7wdZEtZRY/TwOulW69mVI/AAAAAAAAA7k/8PQjcOAYoP8/s200/DSC_0230.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693586310757718354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;">Baby Emily Update...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">Update on me and baby Emily - first of all, how awesome it is January and here I am good and pregnant! Tomorrow I am 36 weeks and doing just great. I have had several good appointments over the past week. Dr. Korotkin has decided he is going to try and take my cerclage out in the office as opposed to in the hospital under an epidural, I may totally regret this but it will allow me to come home and try and labor on my own whereas with Blake I had an epidural for 24 hours from the removal and induction. I am getting the cerclage out a week from Friday so on Friday the 13th. There is no way of knowing if I will go into labor right away or if she will take her time making her appearance. I am excited and anxious for how everything will go but most of all, I just want this cerclage out as it hurts like nothing I can explain! I am trying to soak up these last few weeks of being pregnant and enjoy feeling Emily moving, kicking, growing, etc. but there is a part of me that just wants her to be here already! I am so excited to see her sweet face, to introduce the kids to her and just start our life with our family complete...I don't think it is going to hit me that we are going to have another baby here until she gets here - it truly seems amazing and unreal after our journey to get here! I am going to update more as we go in the next few weeks, I see a doctor on Thursday that could potentially deliver me if we choose to do an induction down the road so I am anxious to see/meet him as well as survive the next week and a half till this lock down comes out!! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">So excited!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Katie</span></div></div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-43889445420831055402011-12-09T13:02:00.000-08:002011-12-09T13:47:48.456-08:00My little man turns 3 - and baby update!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N6Jx0bXWP2Q/TuJ5eY0fgXI/AAAAAAAAA30/kcRxBCRyePI/s1600/DSC_0020.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">Friday December 3rd we celebrated Blake's 3rd birthday - seriously, he turned 3!! I can hardly believe it has been 3 years since we brought that little miracle into this world and being so far along pregnant again makes it seem like I just went through this! We had a fun birthday celebration at a little indoor place by our house, Blake loved playing with everyone but his absolute favorite part was his Dump Truck cake made by one of my dear friends Kate! Still a week later when you ask Blake what he got for his birthday he says, a dump truck cake!</span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QIItDoG2Zg4/TuJ4Re558jI/AAAAAAAAA3o/048cDDpk_YM/s1600/DSC_0014.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QIItDoG2Zg4/TuJ4Re558jI/AAAAAAAAA3o/048cDDpk_YM/s200/DSC_0014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684237921444033074" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Isn't that cake amazing, the 'dirt' was crushed oreo's and it tasted so good we ate every bite of it! Blake is crazy about anything that has wheels on it, he loves his cars and trucks! Blake and his cousin Gordon had a blast on these plasma cars!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IV-6WLTTvy0/TuJ5w1yFzFI/AAAAAAAAA4A/pgp44vlU4AA/s200/DSC_0011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684239559672843346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">We also played a little rock band, or pretended to...</div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N6Jx0bXWP2Q/TuJ5eY0fgXI/AAAAAAAAA30/kcRxBCRyePI/s200/DSC_0020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684239242660643186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Gordon and Blake couldn't be separated so we added Gordon to our family photo!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t84JVO79nNw/TuJ6IbExjcI/AAAAAAAAA4M/vYpW4o57tos/s200/DSC_0030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684239964820311490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div></div></div><div>We had a blast celebrating Blake man and all the joy he brings us, what a blessing he is to our lives, his personality has changed so much over the past year, he is still a complete momma's boy but he is more outgoing, confident and personable than he was before. He is actually reminding me a lot more of his sissy as he gets a little older. I think he is still the sweetest little man I have ever met, he is a total lover and will lay with me on the couch all day if he can. All throughout the day he comes up to me or Jeff and says 'I love you mommy' or 'I love you daddy' out of nowhere. He constantly asks if he can kiss baby Emily and if he bumps into me at all, he immediately says "Sorry baby Emily". I just can't wait to see him as a big brother! So...here is to three amazing years with Blake and the blessing he is in our lives! </div><div><br /></div><div>We asked Blake if we could go to the Christmas tree farm on his birthday and he said 'yeah that would be cool'! Kate was so excited and so was mommy, since we weren't in our house last Christmas we were SO excited to get our decorations out and get our tree! Here we are after eating smores, we forgot to get a picture by our tree we picked out! (PS I don't think Blake liked smiling at the stranger who was taking the picture). </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tpQx_vdrQWk/TuJ8LNCYF6I/AAAAAAAAA4Y/QGty7ivs8nU/s200/DSC_0086.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684242211615020962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sissy loved her smore's</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qXK_ZgTfpog/TuJ8mI_5HqI/AAAAAAAAA4k/Lldo0zTXJ1I/s200/DSC_0089.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684242674387328674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></span></div><div>On Sunday we took Kate on a special mommy and daddy date and went to see the Grinch at the Fox, SO much fun and SO fun to see the excitement in Kate's eyes! We are officially in the Christmas spirit! I can't believe I am going to post this picture but I have to, it is so funny because it looks like my belly is going to take Kate right out...I am huge again! But here we are in front of the Fox.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OgMOv57152c/TuJ9OETDB4I/AAAAAAAAA48/WzrxtVdJlQU/s200/DSC_0097.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684243360320259970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">As you can see, we have had a really fun month this far and believe it or not, I have been laying low a lot! After my last post, we were having a lot of trouble, pain and contractions and the doctors finally figured out I had a bad infection adding to the pain and the amount of contractions. I had a bad infection when I had the triplets so I was beyond relieved when they discovered this, this time it wasn't too late. I did a round of different antibiotics and things seemed to be better. This past weekend I did a lot and I felt pretty good. Monday I tried to stop the contraction medicine as it makes my blood pressure drop so low I can't stand it. However by Wednesday I was completely back on it, I had a rough night and Dr. G told me yesterday I have to take it around the clock right now, I do need it and I don't want miss Emily coming before January! I don't know what I think, I feel so much like I did at the end of my pregnancy with the triplets that I just keep thinking I am going to have her soon but my stitches are holding up good and that gives me peace, also I am over 32 weeks now and Emily is measuring two weeks ahead (just like Blake did) so we are going to be OK if heaven forbid I should go into full labor before she is good and ready! I am trying to take it easy but this is a busy season and anyone who has kids can understand that there is too much happening and too much I don't want to miss with Kate and Blake during this magical time with them. Most important, another week has gone by and I am still pregnant and every week now matters SO much! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#333333;">Well, that was a big update so I am off for now. I am going to try and update more as I love reading back of the time right up till I had Blake - he will love that someday!</span></div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-14979684400383600522011-11-25T10:58:00.000-08:002011-11-25T11:40:46.183-08:00A screeching halt...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I am just over 30 weeks pregnant now and while it's hard to believe we are in the homestretch...the homestretch arrived with a vengeance! I have been doing so well during this pregnancy, I have lived every moment of life just as I normally would, a far cry from how I felt with Blake. I have walked, traveled, taken both kids to Disney World at 25 weeks, gone out with friends, worked, shopped, played, etc. so I can't begin to complain about where I am now but last week things came to a screeching halt for me! I wasn't feeling as well as I had been when I went into my routine appointment last week at exactly 29 weeks. I was seeing Dr. G and I mentioned that I have been doing awesome but that just recently I wasn't feeling as well. She decided to check things and I was one centimeter dilated under my stitch so she decided to put me on the contraction monitor for a little while, just to be safe. I laughed and told her I actually wasn't contracting at all but we could do it for a few minutes and see what showed up...I was so wrong, I was contracting every few minutes. After about 20 minutes of this, she sent me over to the perinatal offices. Dr. K wasn't there so I saw someone else who said my stitch was still high in place and looked good so they gave me the contraction medicine and sent me home on complete bed rest through the weekend with orders to call if things didn't slow down or picked up in the meantime. I wasn't totally shocked but I was totally shocked...I mean I know how my body handles pregnancy and I know that I needed to slow down and I knew if I sat down long enough to think about it, I was contracting a lot BUT I didn't want to slow down, I didn't want to be laid up and I didn't want to be scared again, even for a minute. About 24 hours later, I wasn't better, in fact I had a pretty bad morning the next morning and both the number of contractions and the fear had me all worked up. I called the doctor and of course they decided I had to be admitted for observation...so we headed to labor and delivery where we did IV fluids, procardia and shots of terbutiline. The doctor was shockingly the same doctor that was on call when I went in fully in labor with the triplets and who stayed with us that night and the same doctor who was there when I went in with Blake so he was amazing. He reassured us that even if Emily was born that night, she would be OK, she would live...but I couldn't find peace in that, I know she needs many more weeks! The next day the perinatal looked at everything, my stitch still looked great and I felt so much better so he sent us home, letting us know the next 6 weeks are so important and every week really matters now. I was so glad to be going home and able to do the meds at home and I knew I had to take slowing down seriously, they reminded me that the reason I did so well with Blake was that I laid around from 20 weeks on:)! I had a good few days at home but Monday night I started having extreme pressure and pain, very similar to how my labor started with the triplets and at first I was trying to let it go and stay off my feet but Tuesday night I was up all night with this pain and pressure and I felt like something wasn't right so I went right to Dr. K Wednesday morning (I needed to see him anyways as he is my lifeline to my babies:)!). My cervix still looked good but he was concerned about the pressure and pain due to my last early labor starting this same way. He put me back on the monitor to determine if it was the contractions causing the pressure/pain or the baby moving and sure enough every time I contracted I had that intense pain. They gave me another shot of terb and watched things for a little while. He sent me home on a 48 hour dose of a stronger contraction medicine that you can only take for 48 hours along with the Procardia and to increase the procardia when this other medicine is done. Exhausting I know, it has been an exhausting week - both emotionally and physically! I took my last dose of that medicine this morning and I have had so much relief it has been amazing, I pray all stays calm for a few more weeks now! Jeff, my family and my girlfriends have been amazingly helpful so that I have actually been able to stay off my feet as much as possible, it has helped so much! This is such a busy and fun time of the year, I just want to be able to do it all, I am praying if I can lay low as much as possible, things will stay calm and I will still be able to participate and enjoy the Christmas season coming up, my kids are at the best age and I just want to soak up every moment with them. They have been so good, so helpful and so understanding of mommy suddenly laying around...luckily we are in the homestretch and worse case it's less then 5 weeks of this since they let me get off all bed rest, meds and shots at 35 weeks with Blake! Praying sweet Emily stays put and grows strong over the upcoming weeks, we all can't wait to meet her but not too soon!!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">That's my update on the pregnancy, I am laying around all weekend and letting daddy be on duty before we get back into the school, work, activity and Blake's bday busyness of next week! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We did have a wonderful thanksgiving this year, I was exempt from cooking but I sure enjoyed eating all the awesome food! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">My top things I am most thankful for this year:</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">My amazing husband and best friend who has and is taking such care of me, the kids & our life!</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">My babies - Kate and Blake, the girlies for what they have taught me & this amazing blessing growing inside of me!</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">My family, that we are all able to be so close, that my dad and Nancy finally live here and that I have amazing in-laws who add to the closeness we feel with my family!</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">My friends - my neighborhood girls who have brought me meals, come to visit, come to play and made this transition to laying around that much easier!</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">My home - this time last year I was wanting nothing more then to be back in my home, with my family settled!</span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">There are just a few of my top ones...Happy Thanksgiving!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-28788511319555109712011-11-06T08:54:00.000-08:002011-11-06T10:38:24.706-08:00Celebrating your lives my sweet girls!I can hardly believe today has been 4 years since I delivered those sweet baby girls, Emma - Kelsey and Lauren! In the past, the week leading up to this day has always been rather emotional and the actual day a little easier...I can actually say this year it has been all around easier. My heart has healed in an amazing way and while I will always miss the little lives of those sweet babies and what could have been with them, I am so blessed I can hardly think of anything else but our blessings and the ways in which God has orchestrated His plan for our lives! I am strangely thankful for the experience, if it had to happen, I thank God that it happened to me, that I can share my story with so many but more importantly that I can be a better of a mom because of it all...that I understand on a completely different level how fast it can all be taken away, that I know never to take one of these babies lives for granted. I look at Blake and think he would not be here with us and now watching my belly grow and so immensely enjoying this pregnancy, I know none of it would be if things hadn't of happened the way they did. Don't misunderstand me, I wish my girls were running around this house adding to the chaos of our lives, I would give many things up for their sweet faces to be here in our home...however, I believe whole hearted that God knew what He was doing and what He wanted our lives to look like! Kate has gotten more of her mommy and daddy then if she had added three sissy's to her life at 18 months, Blake is who he is because of those sweet lives that went before he arrived and sweet Emily would never be - how can I feel sad when His plan always prevails? <div>Today we are just laying around, Kate has been sick for 5 days with a fever, Blake is catching a cold and all of our weekend plans were cancelled - I am extra thankful for these children who are here with us and who change our plans at the drop of a hat! I start my third trimester with Emily this week, we have started putting things together in the nursery and my pregnancy is going so well so far that I can't even believe it is my body carrying this baby! I walk on the treadmill, pick up Blake when I need to and haven't slowed down at all...I am hanging out with friends, living life and not waiting for something to happen, I am just filled with peace about her arrival after the first of the year. We have our three balloons that we will send to heaven this afternoon, pink, green and purple of course and we bought some yummy cupcakes to celebrate and rejoice in our sissy's lives and to celebrate the blessing of our family!!! SO, Happy birthday to my sweet girls, thank you for all you have taught us and for the brief moments we shared with you! </div><div>All our love today and always,</div><div>Mommy, Daddy, Sissy and Brother Bear!!!</div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-1118685206757004182011-09-30T14:20:00.000-07:002011-09-30T17:42:18.567-07:00Almost past my major milestone!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center; ">Here I am at 22 weeks! (yes I am wearing the same shirt as I was</div><div style="text-align: center; ">in a previous picture, no judging)</div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lXM3ZzWDwS8/ToY0bSc89NI/AAAAAAAAA2w/t95Y5AUstPg/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lXM3ZzWDwS8/ToY0bSc89NI/AAAAAAAAA2w/t95Y5AUstPg/s200/DSC_0004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658267625251992786" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></a><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">AHH</span> I am not even sure where the time is going..which is a good thing but what is crazy to me is that I am just over 22 weeks (MY WORST WEEK in my mind) and I just had the busiest week at work and I didn't hardly stop to think - here I am! In two days I will pass the day I lost the girls which is amazing to me, what hides in the back of my mind as 'the' dreaded day is almost here and we are going to get through it with just perfectly! The part I still sometimes stop and really take in is that I know what this sweet baby would feel like in my arms right now, I don't want to feel her right now (in my arms) but it is amazing and mind blowing to me to know that feeling!! I do love feeling Emily moving and each time she does, I stop what I am doing and smile...I can't wait to meet her when it is time! Tomorrow I am actually going to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">UGA</span> football game with my good friend to see a bunch of my sorority sisters and I never thought I would do anything like that during pregnancy! With Blake I was such a hermit and didn't go anywhere or do anything! Last week I saw Dr. K and Dr. G, everything looked wonderful. My cervix was at 4, which is perfect and sweet Emily measured exactly where I am (not 24 days ahead like Blake did at this point)! Everything looked great and we were very excited! Kate and Blake are so excited, they talk to their baby sissy all the time and they ask me every other day how much longer till Christmas because they know she will be coming shortly after Christmas! I love that the kids are aware and old enough to really take part in this pregnancy, I love that Kate can feel so much a part of this and I love that her and Blake will know and probably remember a lot of this (especially Kate)! I love listening to her talk or sing to my belly and to listen to her dream about Emily in the same way that I do only as a child...it's beyond what I ever imagined I would get to experience with her! I love it all and I am immensely enjoying this pregnancy, which is what I asked God to bless us with this time around! I pray the rest of this goes as well as it has to date and that we can continue the overwhelming peace we have over baby Emily and my body being able to carry her to term!</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Here are some awesome new pictures I took of my kids and my impromptu photo shoot! They are looking so much alike these days it takes my breath away!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>I had to zoom on my kids in this group shot, I love their natural looks and the only good one of B smiling!</b></i></div><div><div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MGwkpH-JPSI/ToY2xyl1tiI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/9Nv2RXN8_Qw/s1600/DSC_0459.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MGwkpH-JPSI/ToY2xyl1tiI/AAAAAAAAA3Y/9Nv2RXN8_Qw/s200/DSC_0459.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658270210859578914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Sweetness...</i></b></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ACmKUzPjTxo/ToY2pR4TGcI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/cWDHNJNeuBk/s1600/DSC_0440.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ACmKUzPjTxo/ToY2pR4TGcI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/cWDHNJNeuBk/s200/DSC_0440.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658270064639678914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>They look like they are solving the world together, sometimes I think they are...</i></b></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ezvbYCQt254/ToY2gE0brCI/AAAAAAAAA3I/4nm7U0SSGWU/s1600/DSC_0429.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ezvbYCQt254/ToY2gE0brCI/AAAAAAAAA3I/4nm7U0SSGWU/s200/DSC_0429.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658269906514979874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>My ALL time favorite, Jeff had this put on a canvas for me for my birthday!! Up close their profiles are precious and their sweet noses are touching...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ahh</span> I love!</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DZsZj8NZ_WM/ToY2bHeKfAI/AAAAAAAAA3A/h_uE6XLWe9s/s1600/DSC_0421.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7RyM2pZJYA8/ToZhZiYxkCI/AAAAAAAAA3g/76W8iU6lK-Y/s200/DSC_0421.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658317073192947746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px; " /></div><div><br /></div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-66139832322918740142011-09-19T11:54:00.000-07:002011-09-19T12:08:39.037-07:00Just over half way & sweet baby girl's name...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I have hardly had any time to sit and blog so now I have 15 minutes before the bus arrives and I am determined to write a quick update on things! I am just over 20 weeks now and I am not sure where time is going but it is flying by...it is so funny how different pregnancy is with working and two kids at home. I think with Blake I laid around constantly worrying about everything I felt and didn't feel, with this pregnancy, I can't find five minutes to sit and think about anything! I had one bad day last week when I just didn't feel good, I hurt everywhere (hips, stomach, cramps, cerclage) everywhere, for a little while, it made me very nervous but the next day I felt really good again so maybe I was just having some growing pains! I actually have done a three week span between doctors appointments this time so I don't go till the end of this week which is crazy for me as I was seeing Dr. K every week at this time with Blake! I see Dr. G and Dr. K at the end of this week so I am very anxious to make sure my cervix and cerclage are holding tight, especially since I can't seem to sit down for 10 minutes a day right now! I am doing the weekly shots again for preterm labor and I think they are working, I still have Braxton hicks off and on but I am fully aware and expecting those at this point. I did try and walk a little for exercise last week but it hurt where my stitches are so bad that I could hardly make it home from my walk so I decided maybe I will just hold off on walking for awhile, maybe I will find some Pilate's or yoga where I can sit down and not have the pressure on my cerclage. It is amazing how much more confident I feel in my body being able to carry this baby to term, I even went shopping today and bought her some outfits and I am excited and ready to start putting the nursery together - such a different and wonderful experience this has been for me, I am so thankful for this amazing peace I have!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">OK...The most important reason I wanted to write this post is for those of you who are and will be praying for the safe and healthy arrival of this sweet baby girl, we have a name!! <b>Emily Alice Gordon</b>, we love the name Emily and feel like we are using a part of sweet Emma's name and Alice is after my dear Grandma White who passed almost a year ago, Grandma's name had to be incorporated somehow and we love the combination of Emily Alice!! So Miss. Emily should be making her appearance around the time of Grandma White's birthday in January, wouldn't that be something...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Anyways, that's all I have for now, I will update after my appointment on Friday and post new belly pictures since we are indeed growing around here!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Katie</span></div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-65503161133315174082011-08-22T13:25:00.000-07:002011-08-22T13:47:53.013-07:00Growing...<div style="text-align: center;">Well here I grow...some belly pics to document this baby girl!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">13 weeks</div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HUZThsZk5D8/TlK71FsUZ_I/AAAAAAAAA2o/Tl4JGCbfDMo/s1600/13%2Bweeks.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HUZThsZk5D8/TlK71FsUZ_I/AAAAAAAAA2o/Tl4JGCbfDMo/s200/13%2Bweeks.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643779803784177650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">14 weeks</div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PzSSpZmjzsA/TlK7xmDDt7I/AAAAAAAAA2g/-bXo4QHamis/s1600/14%2Bweeks.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PzSSpZmjzsA/TlK7xmDDt7I/AAAAAAAAA2g/-bXo4QHamis/s200/14%2Bweeks.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643779743750010802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">15 weeks</div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4u4p-V7ZVtg/TlK7uKb6h-I/AAAAAAAAA2Y/rw3BdkhiQjQ/s1600/15%2Bweeks.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4u4p-V7ZVtg/TlK7uKb6h-I/AAAAAAAAA2Y/rw3BdkhiQjQ/s200/15%2Bweeks.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643779684798466018" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">16 weeks</div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VNzZWNj3pKo/TlK7qaIN8QI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/VQZ7seJp0Uc/s1600/16%2Bweeks.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VNzZWNj3pKo/TlK7qaIN8QI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/VQZ7seJp0Uc/s200/16%2Bweeks.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643779620291342594" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span">I am feeling really good, tired but good! I have entered the "scary" time for me in pregnancy, week 16-24 are my weeks that I fear and the weeks that I want to fast forward through. I am already feeling some braxton hicks which as always I HATE but I just keep reminding myself this is my third pregnancy and it is going to be this way! I am hoping and praying that this pregnancy they won't feel as scary as they did with Blake. I was so neurotic with him, rightfully so as losing the girls was all I knew at the time. I do feel SO positive, SO good and much more at ease then I did with Blake so I think that alone will help. With these two beautiful babies at home, I don't have time to sit and stress like I did before! I started the shots this past Friday to help prevent some of the preterm labor and I am trying to find time to rest each day but so far there hasn't been any down time unless daddy is home, having two kids and working with this pregnancy is much different then with just Kate and no job! I go to Dr. Grogan Friday and Dr. K the following Friday so they are all watching things closely! All in all things are going great and I LOVE that we have found out we are having a baby girl, I am having so much fun dreaming about her and planning for her...the kids love praying for her and talking about their new baby sissy who will be joining our family!
<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Kate is doing awesome in kindergarten and tells me everyday that everything is her favorite, she bounces off the bus full of energy and tells me it is her most favorite school...I am SO glad she loves it!
<br />Blake and I are enjoying our time together and he starts preschool a week from today, he will go three days and I am looking forward to him starting - he and mama need it!! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">That's all for today, just wanted to give some updates on me and this sweet baby girl growing inside me!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Katie</span></div><div>
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<br /></u></span></div></div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-90280358723511197712011-08-14T17:57:00.001-07:002011-08-14T18:31:10.211-07:00It's a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<div>
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The cookies Kyleigh made for the big reveal party...and LOOK how many people were guessing BOY...</span></div><div>
<br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZUorsTyXgp0/Tkhwko-QNDI/AAAAAAAAA1w/AeQP2pS_uDg/s1600/DSC_0361.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZUorsTyXgp0/Tkhwko-QNDI/AAAAAAAAA1w/AeQP2pS_uDg/s320/DSC_0361.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640882308057674802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The box Meme and Papa's neighbor put the balloon's in...waiting to open the present!</span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fNmH-kKRLs0/TkhwdfO1IPI/AAAAAAAAA1o/7fDTYeiC8ls/s1600/DSC_0366.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fNmH-kKRLs0/TkhwdfO1IPI/AAAAAAAAA1o/7fDTYeiC8ls/s320/DSC_0366.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640882185183764722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Almost the WHOLE family was there to celebrate!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DnC-BliXez0/TkhwUiIwc_I/AAAAAAAAA1g/yfHo93KQ6OA/s1600/DSC_0371.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DnC-BliXez0/TkhwUiIwc_I/AAAAAAAAA1g/yfHo93KQ6OA/s320/DSC_0371.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640882031344776178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Blake and Kate opening the present (by the way I SO wanted to jump in and rip it open)!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JI5FBEJuM_g/TkhwN0Bq7rI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/S8wOnHYEXmo/s1600/DSC_0376.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JI5FBEJuM_g/TkhwN0Bq7rI/AAAAAAAAA1Y/S8wOnHYEXmo/s320/DSC_0376.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640881915887808178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The moment I saw the PINK balloons!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RQdg-dB4w8M/TkhwAgxEr2I/AAAAAAAAA1Q/UHdjOKa-uHo/s1600/DSC_0387.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RQdg-dB4w8M/TkhwAgxEr2I/AAAAAAAAA1Q/UHdjOKa-uHo/s320/DSC_0387.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640881687379619682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Kristie...</span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h7WSWjYIyy0/Tkhv0wGHYXI/AAAAAAAAA1I/49PP1YNonPE/s1600/DSC_0396.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h7WSWjYIyy0/Tkhv0wGHYXI/AAAAAAAAA1I/49PP1YNonPE/s320/DSC_0396.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640881485335978354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">and Tammie...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">the reason finding out Kate was going to have a sister left me crying with happiness!</span></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qYGnFDP37Qc/TkhvrQhS1MI/AAAAAAAAA1A/p45y6CajlAA/s1600/DSC_0398.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qYGnFDP37Qc/TkhvrQhS1MI/AAAAAAAAA1A/p45y6CajlAA/s320/DSC_0398.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640881322241217730" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">So excited to add another princess to our family!</span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BSDptG36uho/TkhvhaI73aI/AAAAAAAAA04/gKNfYaE5rpw/s1600/DSC_0401.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BSDptG36uho/TkhvhaI73aI/AAAAAAAAA04/gKNfYaE5rpw/s320/DSC_0401.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640881153024712098" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Looking at the picture that was inside the envelope, proving the baby was indeed a GIRL!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sW2VyfjdfQ0/TkhvZcwL1gI/AAAAAAAAA0w/BN70ghR4184/s1600/DSC_0409.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sW2VyfjdfQ0/TkhvZcwL1gI/AAAAAAAAA0w/BN70ghR4184/s320/DSC_0409.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640881016287254018" /></a>
<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fXInrGFg1uA/TkhvPopO46I/AAAAAAAAA0o/RyW2Rvh8E38/s1600/DSC_0411.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fXInrGFg1uA/TkhvPopO46I/AAAAAAAAA0o/RyW2Rvh8E38/s320/DSC_0411.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640880847680627618" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span">What an awesome day and what an awesome way to find out who is going to be joining our family! My emotions over the past 48 hours have been all over the place. First and foremost, I had a great appointment with Dr. K on Friday, the baby looked perfect and my cervix was long and closed (4 for those that remember how obsessed I am with the length of my cervix). I was telling him how great I have been feeling and he said, "you are so much better mentally this time, you are going to be just fine Katie"!! I start the shots to help prevent preterm labor on Friday and other than that, things are looking really good! My sweet sweet nurse who does the ultra sound spent so much time showing me the baby (without showing me the goods) and wrote it all in my card with a picture and sealed it all up! I took the envelope straight to my moms neighbor as I couldn't hold on to it any longer then I had! Knowing that I was about to find out the gender of this baby caused me some slight anxiety, I was feeling scared about the immediate connection I knew I was going to feel by knowing this baby by name and being able to dream on a different level about this baby. Even again today, I thought maybe I shouldn't do this, what if I am jinxing myself, what if I am setting myself up - BUT I had to push those feelings away because NOTHING is going to let my fears ruin this pregnancy, I am determined to enjoy this, I need to and I AM! The other emotion I was scared and excited about was if this baby was a girl...and IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't know how much I would be impacted by the reality that this was a girl but I could not hold it together when those three pink balloons came flying out of the box and although not planned, I noticed that there were three...I feel like I get to experience carrying a girl this time, a sissy for Kate and Blake that prayerfully isn't going to go to heaven but come home with us. This baby will be a fraternal "twin" of the triplets since it was technically fertilized at the same time as the girlies and Blake and I feel like I am once again being blessed and reminded that they are here with us through these sweet babies and through these amazing blessings from God! The other excitement of this being a baby girl is that my sisters are my ENTIRE life, they are the wind beneath my wings, the very best friends I have in this world, they are what complete me in many many ways. Obviously Tammie brought Kate into this world for us and Kristie was right there with her doing all she could to bring a baby into this world for us. We would lay down our lives for each other and I feel so overwhelmed with gratitude that Kate can now have that with a sister here on earth since she wasn't able to have that with sweet Emma, Kelsey and Lauren. I also LOVE that Blake is going to be my only boy, he has his mama's heart like no other and he is the perfect only boy and will be the perfect middle child in our family. I could not have prayed or asked God to orchestrate this any better, His plan once again brings me to my knees in complete awe of the amazing things only HE could do, I am beyond thankful and beyond excited for what this sweet baby girl is going to bring into our lives...I can only imagine!!!</span>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-83139663434864167692011-08-11T17:17:00.001-07:002011-08-11T17:37:32.168-07:00Kindergarten...are you kidding me?<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The night before Kindergarten and Kate wanted to make homemade pizza for dinner, here is the chef all ready for dinner and early bed! </span></div><div>
<br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RcbNz2It4oQ/TkRztqzbEkI/AAAAAAAAA0g/juJOuLHDJqk/s1600/DSC_0359.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RcbNz2It4oQ/TkRztqzbEkI/AAAAAAAAA0g/juJOuLHDJqk/s320/DSC_0359.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639759861795983938" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Well today was officially the first day of school and this mama is exhausted...Kate on the other hand has been bouncing off the walls since she got off the bus, I think she has finally crashed! I was up off and on from 4am till 5:45 then I fell asleep and we all overslept - go figure! We got up and Kate came bouncing in my room all excited for her day. We made cinnamon rolls, got dressed in her new school clothes and woke brother up to head to the bus! Kate was so excited that I was actually just really excited for her! The bus stop was full of excitement and Kate was pretty quiet, you could tell she was a little nervous but mostly excited! When the bus came and she peeked out the window and blew me a kiss, I had to turn around so she didn't see my brief tears! We waved goodbye and headed home. When I pulled Blake's stroller into the garage he said 'k mommy let's get in car and go get sissy now', I laughed so hard, sweet baby was a lost soul without his sissy here all day! I baked some banana bread and pink sprinkle cupcakes for my princesses first day of school, then I paced the house waiting for time to meet the bus. When the bus stopped Kate came bouncing off the bus with the biggest smile on her face and said she had so much fun! I said what was the best part of your day and she said "Everything mommy"!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I love it and I can't believe she goes back tomorrow, this new schedule is going to take some getting used to, these are LONG days without sissy around!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Here are some great pictures of our morning...</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Katelyn 5 years old and all ready for her first day of school!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FgW2t-0-5So/TkRzpwp4qZI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/UsS0D2txV-Y/s1600/DSC_0360.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FgW2t-0-5So/TkRzpwp4qZI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/UsS0D2txV-Y/s320/DSC_0360.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639759794647116178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Her backpack is as big as her!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LkPFe49CkTE/TkRzjvwETbI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/pbvKSuJyo4A/s1600/DSC_0364.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LkPFe49CkTE/TkRzjvwETbI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/pbvKSuJyo4A/s320/DSC_0364.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639759691325394354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Walking to the bus with daddy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JQcd-M5PnEk/TkRzcKvWTqI/AAAAAAAAA0I/YOcaTEDVXN8/s1600/DSC_0368.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JQcd-M5PnEk/TkRzcKvWTqI/AAAAAAAAA0I/YOcaTEDVXN8/s320/DSC_0368.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639759561131183778" /></a>
<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O4pkHUzjBs0/TkRzTMaeUDI/AAAAAAAAA0A/dlsg0Hl3AvY/s1600/DSC_0374.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O4pkHUzjBs0/TkRzTMaeUDI/AAAAAAAAA0A/dlsg0Hl3AvY/s320/DSC_0374.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639759406961676338" /></a>
<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6RiCYX-_mZI/TkRzNUrKXDI/AAAAAAAAAz4/t_nCWSYnL2o/s1600/DSC_0377.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6RiCYX-_mZI/TkRzNUrKXDI/AAAAAAAAAz4/t_nCWSYnL2o/s320/DSC_0377.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639759306099940402" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">No fear, all excitement!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ohGCK-oRyGg/TkRzFcghc_I/AAAAAAAAAzw/PruvZswGd6o/s1600/DSC_0384.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ohGCK-oRyGg/TkRzFcghc_I/AAAAAAAAAzw/PruvZswGd6o/s320/DSC_0384.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639759170763846642" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This is when she blew me the kiss and I had to turn away from her!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Day 2 tomorrow, I am going to miss hanging with this sweet girl everyday, I swear I just brought her home from the hospital!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tomorrow is Dr. K to check the baby and my cerclage and if all goes well tomorrow, Sunday we will reveal baby Gordon's gender:)! Our plan is to have the nurse write down the gender in an envelope and give it to my moms neighbor who will then go get pink or blue helium balloons and wrap them in a large box. At my mom's back to school cookout with all our family, we will have Kate open the box and see which color balloons come out!!I can't wait and I have NO idea what I think...boy or girl??</div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-62684786507506381882011-08-02T18:07:00.000-07:002011-08-02T18:26:57.687-07:00Amelia 2011<div>Our 22nd annual trip to Amelia Island...Picture frenzy and I wanted to post so many more!!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Wes, Blake and Jac - the boys!</b></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NsFJQ5tpYqo/TjiiEOB4ntI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/OZijJR8jUUc/s1600/DSC_0162.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NsFJQ5tpYqo/TjiiEOB4ntI/AAAAAAAAAzQ/OZijJR8jUUc/s320/DSC_0162.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636433127023353554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Kyleigh, Lily and Ellie taking Blake into the waves!</b></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-teMmMD8bWuA/Tjih4oA_quI/AAAAAAAAAzI/ytdL1yDjo-Q/s1600/DSC_0044.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-teMmMD8bWuA/Tjih4oA_quI/AAAAAAAAAzI/ytdL1yDjo-Q/s320/DSC_0044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636432927840512738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Sweet Lily loving on Kate, always loving on someone!</b></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Nut6QuXmKw/Tjihttx8cQI/AAAAAAAAAzA/z-gy4msrH9E/s1600/DSC_0070.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_Nut6QuXmKw/Tjihttx8cQI/AAAAAAAAAzA/z-gy4msrH9E/s320/DSC_0070.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636432740409438466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mama and her beautiful babies!</b></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BmluPPpfD7Q/TjihcVOei3I/AAAAAAAAAy4/zOxqjuGGXKg/s1600/DSC_0177.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BmluPPpfD7Q/TjihcVOei3I/AAAAAAAAAy4/zOxqjuGGXKg/s320/DSC_0177.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636432441760451442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Hanging on the beach!</b></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iudxtODuGJA/TjihKd_V0yI/AAAAAAAAAyw/Fsd7XDl5tjA/s1600/DSC_0153.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iudxtODuGJA/TjihKd_V0yI/AAAAAAAAAyw/Fsd7XDl5tjA/s320/DSC_0153.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636432134875239202" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Kate celebrates her birthday in Amelia every year, our sweet 5 year old!</b></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eVjTdzwUTww/Tjig5txzG4I/AAAAAAAAAyo/JwEy3CWDN14/s1600/DSC_0149.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eVjTdzwUTww/Tjig5txzG4I/AAAAAAAAAyo/JwEy3CWDN14/s320/DSC_0149.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636431847055629186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Riding the waves...no fear!</b></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qfj7p8jfP8Q/TjiglszQrWI/AAAAAAAAAyg/yoYqsUJKKBY/s1600/DSC_0129.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qfj7p8jfP8Q/TjiglszQrWI/AAAAAAAAAyg/yoYqsUJKKBY/s320/DSC_0129.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636431503195942242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Love this little man, so full of himself these days!</b></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1ambVLUG53c/TjigJP8tqcI/AAAAAAAAAyY/xqG_Qxh6cL0/s1600/DSC_0061.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1ambVLUG53c/TjigJP8tqcI/AAAAAAAAAyY/xqG_Qxh6cL0/s320/DSC_0061.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636431014414625218" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Daddy and his princess!</b></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PKGr2FgpVYw/TjigBbbl3OI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/DPK_SvdGT00/s1600/DSC_0059.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PKGr2FgpVYw/TjigBbbl3OI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/DPK_SvdGT00/s320/DSC_0059.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636430880057973986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The sisters!</b></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GIIAm3Hiruc/Tjif5FqNyII/AAAAAAAAAyI/mx7yCBVveAc/s1600/DSC_0054.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GIIAm3Hiruc/Tjif5FqNyII/AAAAAAAAAyI/mx7yCBVveAc/s320/DSC_0054.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636430736774776962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Hollywood...</b></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rSnlL9-mwas/Tjifu_VtnQI/AAAAAAAAAyA/yr06AlhA5Y0/s1600/DSC_0040.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rSnlL9-mwas/Tjifu_VtnQI/AAAAAAAAAyA/yr06AlhA5Y0/s320/DSC_0040.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636430563279478018" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Kate, Jenna and Ellie, three peas in a pod!!</b></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pPuZIWGUM-c/TjiflZnpYzI/AAAAAAAAAx4/weo7TPgUmgY/s1600/DSC_0031.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pPuZIWGUM-c/TjiflZnpYzI/AAAAAAAAAx4/weo7TPgUmgY/s320/DSC_0031.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636430398535328562" /></a>We had another amazing trip and thankfully it was right before my surgery so I enjoyed lots of swimming, walks on the beach and playing with the kids before baby lock down! I can't believe next year we will have another baby with us!!<div><br />I am feeling better, much better actually. It was a long week and I have been very sore from the cerclage but I am starting to feel better! I go back next week to Dr. K to check everything out and I will be 15 weeks...still debating if I want to find out who is in there:)!</div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-88131531154073494222011-07-26T11:44:00.000-07:002011-07-26T11:59:21.113-07:00A long day but we made it!Wow yesterday was a long day! Jeff and I arrived at the hospital at 8:30am to have our nuchal scan (this is the scan that shows any chances of something significant being wrong with the baby), the baby looked great and my chances are 1 in 10,000 of anything major being wrong. After that, I had a quick preop, went to register at the surgery center and got the party started. Once I had my IV and was laying in the surgery center, Jeff and I just hung out. Around 11:50 they came to do my epidural, I was thinking this was really last minute as I knew Dr. K was going to be ready at 12:00 sharp and sure enough...they said it was time to go back and I was like seriously I am not numb at all! They kept telling me I would be by the time we got back to the operating room. Well, I was able to move myself from the bed to the operating table so I was like hello I am clearly not numb, they said they needed to give me another dose of the epidural (thank you)! Then they started getting everything ready to get started and I screamed as I could feel everything. Dr. K said she is not ready, put the mask on her...they said they had just given me another huge dose to give it a minute but the next thing I knew I was waking up and it was over. So I guess they decided to let me go to sleep for a little while and really it was so much better, I HATED laying there so conscious while they did it all last time. Right when it was over they gave me some great stuff so I wouldn't throw up, with Blake I threw up after the cerclage for about 7 hours straight. SO, all was going really well. About two hours into recovery the epidural still wasn't wearing off at all and I couldn't wiggle my toes so they had to send me to extended recovery and they told us it could take up to 6 hours. So Jeff and I were moved upstairs and about 5 hours later, I could finally start moving my toes. When I was good enough to get up and walk to the bathroom, they said I could go home. When I got up, I was really lightheaded so they made me wait 20 more minutes. I felt better and walked again and was fine (I wasn't going to tell them if I wasn't as I was dying to get home). They said I could get dressed, they would listen to the baby and I could go home, as they were about to discharge me, I started throwing up - so they made me get back on the IV and wait another hour - it was becoming comical at this point! So finally at 10pm last night, we got home and I got settled in my own bed! I am resting and doing well. The cerclage went great and the baby did great, as of last night the heartbeat was around 154 and strong movements so we couldn't ask for more! I am SO happy this is behind us, the first of our important milestones! The baby is officially on lock-down prayerfully till mid January! I follow up with Dr. G on Thursday and Dr.K on the 8th!<div><br /></div><div>Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers!</div><div>Katie</div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-18297771292889700282011-07-24T18:24:00.000-07:002011-07-24T18:28:51.703-07:00Prayers for tomorrow pleaseSo tomorrow is a big day for us and for the baby! I have my nuchal scan at 9am and as long as all looks well with the baby, my surgery is scheduled for 12:00pm. Luckily we just got home from an awesome week at the beach so I haven't had a lot of time to think and process through it all but tonight, I am really nervous. Please pray specifically that the nuchal scan shows a healthy baby, that Dr. K will be well rested and peaceful as he goes in to perform the surgery, that the baby is a fighter and stays strong through the surgery and recovery and that my body handles everything as it should! I have help all week and should be able to be up and about by Friday! Last time I spent one night in the hospital but I am coming home tomorrow night which will be much nicer and much more peaceful! <div><br /></div><div>I will update when I can and will post awesome pictures from our beach trip!</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks for the love and prayers for this baby!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-46712385318312869242011-07-12T16:52:00.000-07:002011-07-12T17:19:49.341-07:00Some exciting news to share...<span class="Apple-style-span" >Well, I never thought I would say this but here we go again!!!!! I have been bursting with excitement and itching to blog about this exciting time in our lives but I needed to wait till it felt completely right and it finally does! We are 10 weeks and 5 days pregnant and everything looks absolutely perfect so far! We have had 6 ultra sounds and the baby and everything with me looks great, one beautiful baby and one strong heartbeat! I still think it is so surreal that I am pregnant and that Jeff and I may actually end up with three living children here, it just seems so amazing and so beyond what I can comprehend! I knew about 6 months after Blake was born that I wasn't done, that I really wanted to have another baby. Maybe it was the added fact that we had 9 embryos left over and waiting for us but I just couldn't shake that strong maternal instinct in me that really wanted to do this again. Jeff on the other hand, he wasn't quite there when Blake was 6 months old:)! I tried to talk him into it, I tried to tell him how great it would be but then a good friend said to me, "Stop talking to Jeff about it, pray about it and pray for Jeff's heart to change" she said if it changed then it was from God and supposed to be for our family. SO, I did just that and on our anniversary this past February, at the end of our crazy adventure of a year, Jeff told me he was ready and he wanted to have another baby! I was so excited and so sure we were doing the right thing. The weeks leading up, going back to the doctors and the reality of all we had to face sometimes felt daunting to me but I couldn't look at that, I had to focus on the end result (looking at these two beautiful babies I have) and I knew there was NO way I was letting those embryos go without giving it my all to bring another baby into this world. We did, however decide together that we could only do one more round of In-vitro both financially and emotionally, so in talking with our doctor we decided to thaw out all 9 embryos and put the very best back, praying that God would make it really obvious and that there wouldn't be 5 or some crazy number that looked good. Thankfully, God proved His control once again, we arrived for our transfer on May 17th and two perfect embryos were the only ones ready to be put back. We put them back and prayed like crazy that the strongest would stay...9 days later, we got our first positive test (after three negative tests, but who is counting)! So here we are!!! I still can hardly believe we are pregnant again! We told the kids and they are so excited, Kate is just beside herself and has been so sweet. I never knew how much she understood about her sisters until the first night after we told her, I was putting her to bed and she asked if she could sing a song to the baby. Of course I told her yes so she gets down by my tummy and sings "please sweet baby don't come out too soon, please eat a lot of food and grow really big but please don't come out until you are ready to live here with me instead of with Jesus, I love you baby" - YES I cried my eyes out listening to her, amazing heart that little angel has! Blake, well, he just thinks the baby is in his tummy! Love their hearts and personalities right now! </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">As far as our plan, we will follow everything we did with Blake. We have met with Dr. K, twice now and he said why mess with success. My surgery to have my cerclage put in is July 25th, a week from Monday. When we get through that, I will feel a huge relief as with anything there are risks involved...clearly we all feel the risks outweigh the alternative. Again, I have the best peri in Atlanta and I feel 100% confident in his care for me and for us. From there, it is one week at a time and each week and each milestone will be a blessing. We are so excited and so much more peaceful as of today then we were at this point with Blake. I think we both feel more confident in my body being able to carry a singleton, we also know God is in control and all we can do is what we can do and from there it is out of our hands!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; ">I hope to blog about this as I did with Blake, I read back during his pregnancy and what an amazing journal this is for him to read someday! We would appreciate all your prayers for this baby and that he/she makes it full term and able to come home with us and live with us, we know how incredibly blessed we are with our two angels here and the thought of adding another little miracle to our home is beyond amazing! God is so good!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; "><br /></span></div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-45194683632593814742011-05-29T10:33:00.000-07:002011-05-29T10:53:16.214-07:00A busy spring!<div><br /></div><div>Before I get started let me tell you that my cousins had their kidney transplant. Sara gave Molly her kidney and all went so perfectly! You can read the whole story at mollyvincent.blogspot.com thanks for all your prayers!<div><br /></div><div>We have had such an awesome and busy spring, we are back home settled and SO happy, I can't put into words how 'misplaced' I felt during our little adventure. It was a sweet relief to get back home. We replaced all the floors and it feels like a new home again...our renter also took immaculate care of the house so I can't complain! We didn't tell Katelyn we were coming home that weekend so my girlfriend just brought her over and she was SO excited!! Her room is all back to the way it was with all new girly furniture and of course a princess canopy over her bed. Blake was moved to a different room and we did his big boy room, it turned out adorable, I need to take some pictures to post but I love it! He loves his big boy bunk beds and sleeps so well in his big bed. It was interesting besides little changes to come into a house and know where everything goes...much easier to move in! We of course had a ton of help from our friends and family.</div><div><br /></div><div>Since we have moved back, Kate played her first softball season, graduated from Pre-K and has been registered for kindergarten - how does it go so fast? Blake is talking non-stop and has become quite the social little man in comparison to a few months ago. We have joined the YMCA and he loves it there, he goes into the childcare and begs me to go everyday...this is the same kid who threw himself on the floor when I took him to MMO in the fall, the same one who I called the pediatrician and said 'something is wrong, Blake can't talk at all'...we now beg for a moment of silence from him:) !</div><div><br /></div><div>Jeff and I are so relaxed and thrilled to be back home and settled with our family again, we have learned a lot and grown a lot in the past year so we have no regrets on our adventure and we know it was all a part of God's plan but we are happy to be home again. We celebrated Easter with Jeff's family at our house and loved entertaining here again! We also just got back from a trip to Boston and had the best time together, loved being in a completely unfamiliar city together with no kiddos and no agenda. We loved Boston and all the history there, I could have spent another full day there but I was maxed out on my time away from the kids. I have tons of exciting stuff to update but for now I wanted to post some new pictures!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Home Again!</b></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0qC3_78Wqw4/TeKHdofY_6I/AAAAAAAAAxs/zQfY6pulsqQ/s1600/Easter%2B2011%2B042%2B%25288%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0qC3_78Wqw4/TeKHdofY_6I/AAAAAAAAAxs/zQfY6pulsqQ/s320/Easter%2B2011%2B042%2B%25288%2529.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612197028812095394" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Graduation from Pre-K!</b></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FjgmVstb7TQ/TeKG7FDIsFI/AAAAAAAAAxk/446wmfJ_o8c/s1600/DSC_0546.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FjgmVstb7TQ/TeKG7FDIsFI/AAAAAAAAAxk/446wmfJ_o8c/s320/DSC_0546.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612196435182792786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Playing in the backyard!</b></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DMHSOfqaSOI/TeKGwSGBmVI/AAAAAAAAAxc/arL11LFz66k/s1600/DSC_0339.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DMHSOfqaSOI/TeKGwSGBmVI/AAAAAAAAAxc/arL11LFz66k/s320/DSC_0339.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612196249706010962" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Our Softball Star!</b></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yRKxXtbCNZA/TeKGk_Mu2ZI/AAAAAAAAAxU/2qjKSjIL9SU/s1600/DSC_0496.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yRKxXtbCNZA/TeKGk_Mu2ZI/AAAAAAAAAxU/2qjKSjIL9SU/s320/DSC_0496.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612196055655307666" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s54zh6EKWvs/TeKGbH2WY8I/AAAAAAAAAxM/MA9Do9yewX4/s1600/CSC_0504.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s54zh6EKWvs/TeKGbH2WY8I/AAAAAAAAAxM/MA9Do9yewX4/s320/CSC_0504.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612195886178657218" /></a><br />Ok, I will be back soon with lots more exciting things from the Gordon family!The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-23418883446089305822011-03-10T14:17:00.000-08:002011-03-10T14:20:02.062-08:00Prayers Needed!!!For all who read my blog, please add my cousin Molly to your prayer list immediately! Molly has a horrible kidney disease and is waiting to see if her sister can give her a kidney, in the meantime her kidneys are completely shutting down, she has been admitted to the hospital and needs to be strong while they finish testing my other cousin...Molly has two young girls and needs to make it through this and get better as soon as possible for those sweet girls, please pray for her and her family!<br /><br /><div>Molly's story is at:<div>http://mollyvincent.blogspot.com<div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-80678939417887831992011-02-28T18:56:00.000-08:002011-02-28T19:15:10.059-08:00Part 2 Disney!<div style="text-align: center;">Really there are too many pictures, I wanted to post them all...here are some more of my favorites!</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1dwbSDjRHQs/TWxjwYJvkhI/AAAAAAAAAwg/vWQm9grV__M/s1600/DSC_0107.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1dwbSDjRHQs/TWxjwYJvkhI/AAAAAAAAAwg/vWQm9grV__M/s320/DSC_0107.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578943721173389842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Hollywood Studios Day 1</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rRJeUCbl-J4/TWxjW5oEiQI/AAAAAAAAAwY/dTh1tAUgfrk/s1600/DSC_0127.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rRJeUCbl-J4/TWxjW5oEiQI/AAAAAAAAAwY/dTh1tAUgfrk/s320/DSC_0127.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578943283482364162" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Waiting for bus to head to Magic Kingdom for the first time ever!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TR7NJ85HyJM/TWxjAC8Ah4I/AAAAAAAAAwQ/z3Apr3CFWH8/s1600/DSC_0133.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TR7NJ85HyJM/TWxjAC8Ah4I/AAAAAAAAAwQ/z3Apr3CFWH8/s320/DSC_0133.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578942890844915586" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mommy and Kate's favorite ride, we rode it over and over again and I am not sure who laughed harder!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1TREX4fR8Mw/TWxitHhJHOI/AAAAAAAAAwI/F2iUVxVplV8/s1600/DSC_0150.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1TREX4fR8Mw/TWxitHhJHOI/AAAAAAAAAwI/F2iUVxVplV8/s320/DSC_0150.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578942565656894690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The girls dancing with Donald, everyone thought they were twins (I don't know why)!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3LutDK630dU/TWxiKR33ARI/AAAAAAAAAwA/0ipXFWLy6G4/s1600/DSC_0173.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3LutDK630dU/TWxiKR33ARI/AAAAAAAAAwA/0ipXFWLy6G4/s320/DSC_0173.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578941967141110034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Marry Poppins</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vl3ICwj2hrI/TWxhzZ8vC-I/AAAAAAAAAv4/xuXbjI63doU/s1600/DSC_0168.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vl3ICwj2hrI/TWxhzZ8vC-I/AAAAAAAAAv4/xuXbjI63doU/s320/DSC_0168.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578941574172052450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The dudes, too cool in their Mickey shirts!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W6uXalkT2qA/TWxhaRbVL6I/AAAAAAAAAvw/BXCNwKE_ENk/s1600/Blake%2Band%2BGordon%2BMickey.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W6uXalkT2qA/TWxhaRbVL6I/AAAAAAAAAvw/BXCNwKE_ENk/s320/Blake%2Band%2BGordon%2BMickey.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578941142387732386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Watching the parade together</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xblkYcKeP6A/TWxhNmqfRLI/AAAAAAAAAvo/LSQfBWeIO68/s1600/DSC_0187.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xblkYcKeP6A/TWxhNmqfRLI/AAAAAAAAAvo/LSQfBWeIO68/s320/DSC_0187.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578940924750152882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yCytUWESJ24/TWxg2qy-xxI/AAAAAAAAAvg/9sqyWs4aHDc/s1600/DSC_0214.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yCytUWESJ24/TWxg2qy-xxI/AAAAAAAAAvg/9sqyWs4aHDc/s320/DSC_0214.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578940530722522898" /></a>Oh what an amazing trip!! I can't wait to do it all again...in a few years!The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-53363372248265825062011-02-10T04:07:00.000-08:002011-02-10T14:18:29.917-08:00Disney World Part 1...<div align="center">Bippity Boppity Boop - Getting ready for the breakfast at Cindarella's castle</div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FW03a5wP8-8/TVRdXYe6IeI/AAAAAAAAAvY/AsWh4QYbsS0/s1600/DSC_0271.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572181295254610402" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FW03a5wP8-8/TVRdXYe6IeI/AAAAAAAAAvY/AsWh4QYbsS0/s320/DSC_0271.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FW96SQERDrM/TVRdD4vHaJI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/uK8CzgspSBo/s1600/DSC_0296.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572180960315140242" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FW96SQERDrM/TVRdD4vHaJI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/uK8CzgspSBo/s320/DSC_0296.JPG" /></a> Kate and Haley - the princesses!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXrpa6d2yag/TVRcvLMQhEI/AAAAAAAAAvI/axkXvZwscOU/s1600/DSC_0312.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 314px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572180604491957314" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXrpa6d2yag/TVRcvLMQhEI/AAAAAAAAAvI/axkXvZwscOU/s320/DSC_0312.JPG" /></a><br />With Rapunzel and Flynn Rider<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tdGOsfabACo/TVRbw9ythXI/AAAAAAAAAvA/5YASenUAqM0/s1600/DSC_0345.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 219px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572179535743255922" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tdGOsfabACo/TVRbw9ythXI/AAAAAAAAAvA/5YASenUAqM0/s320/DSC_0345.JPG" /></a>Meeting Cindarella<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oSZsvm-KaJQ/TVRbhdogd1I/AAAAAAAAAu4/slqALU1djmI/s1600/DSC_0354.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572179269412484946" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oSZsvm-KaJQ/TVRbhdogd1I/AAAAAAAAAu4/slqALU1djmI/s320/DSC_0354.JPG" /></a><br />Blake wouldn't even look at Snow White<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XB5WMHOyoUA/TVRbMFPf7kI/AAAAAAAAAuw/lXcKDN58OLM/s1600/DSC_0371.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572178902087888450" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XB5WMHOyoUA/TVRbMFPf7kI/AAAAAAAAAuw/lXcKDN58OLM/s320/DSC_0371.JPG" /></a> Dancing with Snow White at the breakfast!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-12KL7Y8bTn0/TVRa3PoMZiI/AAAAAAAAAuo/O8BMXoq-Te8/s1600/DSC_0366.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572178544098567714" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-12KL7Y8bTn0/TVRa3PoMZiI/AAAAAAAAAuo/O8BMXoq-Te8/s320/DSC_0366.JPG" /></a><br />Ariel with the girls!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PZfkegBilqo/TVRaeiKcVUI/AAAAAAAAAug/fJhf3fDciI8/s1600/DSC_0387.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572178119577326914" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PZfkegBilqo/TVRaeiKcVUI/AAAAAAAAAug/fJhf3fDciI8/s320/DSC_0387.JPG" /></a><br />Trouble...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q5j2iJ9M-6c/TVRaJcfj8fI/AAAAAAAAAuY/5dWz79Xgugg/s1600/DSC_0444.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572177757278040562" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q5j2iJ9M-6c/TVRaJcfj8fI/AAAAAAAAAuY/5dWz79Xgugg/s320/DSC_0444.JPG" /></a> The Fairy Godmother<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9RAdafsPPB4/TVRZsfp3LmI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/N5K8AHOLcLs/s1600/DSC_0402.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572177259910344290" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9RAdafsPPB4/TVRZsfp3LmI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/N5K8AHOLcLs/s320/DSC_0402.JPG" /></a> Mickey and Minnie with the fam<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9Sa_n5fFJAE/TVRZdViKdiI/AAAAAAAAAuI/8W9QqD-DE1Y/s1600/DSC_0412.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 242px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572176999495661090" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9Sa_n5fFJAE/TVRZdViKdiI/AAAAAAAAAuI/8W9QqD-DE1Y/s320/DSC_0412.JPG" /></a><br />The boys on the magic carpet ride<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bB3IWaFQLl0/TVRZDVvil3I/AAAAAAAAAuA/wOPNv9iKTes/s1600/DSC_0464.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572176552875169650" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bB3IWaFQLl0/TVRZDVvil3I/AAAAAAAAAuA/wOPNv9iKTes/s320/DSC_0464.JPG" /></a><br />Me and Kate on the ride<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QuZQd65rs_g/TVRYp0WzALI/AAAAAAAAAt4/c0a_jqGuFMc/s1600/DSC_0465.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572176114416287922" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QuZQd65rs_g/TVRYp0WzALI/AAAAAAAAAt4/c0a_jqGuFMc/s320/DSC_0465.JPG" /></a> The castle at night!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QQzOP6XPj0I/TVRYPsFyOPI/AAAAAAAAAtw/lhA6gfW9sBE/s1600/DSC_0466.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572175665520851186" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QQzOP6XPj0I/TVRYPsFyOPI/AAAAAAAAAtw/lhA6gfW9sBE/s320/DSC_0466.JPG" /></a><br />Waiting for the fireworks with the boys!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mEAUENUfTLM/TVPWIwRA1aI/AAAAAAAAAto/F4Puzt3NmcY/s1600/DSC_0476.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572032609870992802" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mEAUENUfTLM/TVPWIwRA1aI/AAAAAAAAAto/F4Puzt3NmcY/s320/DSC_0476.JPG" /></a><br />Epcot on the last day!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cKsAuspIBIY/TVPV33C-lnI/AAAAAAAAAtg/52MpAFrGplc/s1600/DSC_0516.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 192px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572032319633397362" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cKsAuspIBIY/TVPV33C-lnI/AAAAAAAAAtg/52MpAFrGplc/s320/DSC_0516.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Ok more pictures to come but here was the first round...bippity boppity and the breakfast at the castle was my favorite day and of course Kate's favorite day! During the breakfast Kate looked at me and said "mommy I can't believe this day is here, this is the best day of my life"!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934220742360886949.post-48838753674005136622011-02-06T08:05:00.000-08:002011-02-06T11:54:02.645-08:00To catch up or not to catch up...<div><br />I have been starting posts over and over for the past few days trying to decide where to start from and where to begin again...I decided to make it a brief catch up and start from today! Jeff and my world has been somewhat upside down for the past 7 months as we took on an adventure to move into an apartment in the city back in July. In brief, we become a Cares team for the company I work for and moved closer to Jeff's work. We were placed to build community in an apartment complex in the city. Where Jeff and I thought, what better timing to go and do this, our kids are young, not in "real" school, we can save some money, rent out our home and try a different life style for awhile - we couldn't have been more wrong! We lived in a beautiful community, met lots of great people and tried some thing new and different for us and for that I am proud of us. However, living in a high rise with two dogs, two kids, a cat and a husband who travels ALL the time is NOT a good idea, especially when the community is all young professionals and you are the only one's with children, young children at that!! I became so busy with my real job, my role as a Cares team at the apartment and everything else we had going on that I could hardly see straight - I felt I was no longer a good mom, a good wife, a good friend, or even a good person to myself - nothing, I was drained beyond words and I couldn't function. The day I felt my kids suffering from my insane schedule I realized we had to stop, Lord knows we worked WAY too hard for these babies for me to be in this position where I can't put my family first! Needless to say, we stepped down from that role and are currently staying with my parents until our renter finds a new home and we can FINALLY go back home where we need to be right now! There is so much I would like to say about this adventure, so much we learned, so much we grew and so much we gained but I am going to leave it at that for now! Maybe more as time goes on...for now, we anxiously await for our renter to accept our 'incentive' to leave early and pray she finds a new home FAST!<div>In spite of that crazy 'adventure' life has been really going well, we are absolutely in love with our stage in life right now! Our kids, their ages, their personalities and the complete joy and happiness they bring to our lives right now are beyond even the best words I can think of. Katelyn turned 4 over the summer and I am watching her grow into this confident, strong willed, beautiful, full of life, smart and happy little girl. She is the light of my life, a glimpse of an angel that I am in awe of...her questions, the way she challenges me, the spunk in her and her intelligence are just a few of the qualities I am so in awe of. I am totally in love with this age and can't believe she is wrapping up her preschool life this year and will go on to kindergarten in the fall! Kate loved the first month of our adventure in the apartment, she thought we lived in a hotel but as time went on, she missed her friends, her school, her cousins being over all the time, our kid centered life basically. Kate loves living with Meme and Papa but asks me and Jeff everyday when we can just go home and while it is completely breaking my heart, I know she will be Ok as soon as we get home and settled again. Blake man just turned 2 and I still don't know where the past two years have gone. Blake is completely opposite of Kate, he is slower at everything, shy, quiet, cautious to an extreme and not as social as our little princess. I love how different these two are and love experiencing life with two completely different personalities! I had Blake in Mothers Morning Out when we lived at the apartment, the experience was tough on him, he cried so hard everyday we thought they were going to make me pull him out but he did come around and I think liked it there a little bit. We did pull him out when we decided to move Kate back to her school and come back to my parents. Blake had a really hard adjustment with the apartment and we really believe it was because his mama was so stressed and overwhelmed. The day we moved into my parents and my stress level went down, Blake became a new child and has really blossomed being 'home' again. He is back with his old babysitter while I work and he is SO in love and SO happy there. I think this is exactly what he needed as much as we did! Blake is still not talking very well, we are working on this and trying to determine if he needs additional help with his speech but I think it is more that he is all boy, much more quiet then his sissy and trying to figure out our crazy lives!</div><div>Anyways, that is about all I can do for updating/catching up and since I love this blog for my own 'scrapbooking' reasons, I had to add all that for an update! Here are some pictures to catch up...a brief view of the past 9 months.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Katelyn's Pinkalicious 4th Birthday!</b></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2m2qHf9GWg/TU77kdvV8LI/AAAAAAAAAs4/8drd_qHPDlg/s1600/DSC_0358.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2m2qHf9GWg/TU77kdvV8LI/AAAAAAAAAs4/8drd_qHPDlg/s320/DSC_0358.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570666392980943026" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Kid's First Day at New School Fall 2010</b></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2m2qHf9GWg/TU77O291UdI/AAAAAAAAAsw/RGqgWNrAp3E/s1600/Apartment%2B-%2BSummer%2B2010%2B143.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2m2qHf9GWg/TU77O291UdI/AAAAAAAAAsw/RGqgWNrAp3E/s320/Apartment%2B-%2BSummer%2B2010%2B143.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570666021795484114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Watching the UGA Game and Nana and Bunka's</b></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2m2qHf9GWg/TU77EmGFCsI/AAAAAAAAAso/frkkMAKd6js/s1600/DSC_0081.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2m2qHf9GWg/TU77EmGFCsI/AAAAAAAAAso/frkkMAKd6js/s320/DSC_0081.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570665845467974338" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Blake's 2nd Birthday at Play</b></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2m2qHf9GWg/TU7661gMfhI/AAAAAAAAAsg/2H1aC8fJbVA/s1600/DSC_0325.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_F2m2qHf9GWg/TU7661gMfhI/AAAAAAAAAsg/2H1aC8fJbVA/s320/DSC_0325.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570665677805354514" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>At the Pink Pig with my two favorites</b></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2m2qHf9GWg/TU75wGtm-oI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/LrHDz1tpO0c/s1600/DSC_0507.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_F2m2qHf9GWg/TU75wGtm-oI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/LrHDz1tpO0c/s320/DSC_0507.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570664393934830210" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Christmas Morning at Meme and Papa's waiting to see if Santa came</b></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F2m2qHf9GWg/TU75ggKDkJI/AAAAAAAAAsI/QfkPVPSJPms/s1600/DSC_0685.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F2m2qHf9GWg/TU75ggKDkJI/AAAAAAAAAsI/QfkPVPSJPms/s320/DSC_0685.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570664125887123602" /></a><br /><div>Ok now I feel somewhat up to date...my next post is all about Disney World since we just got home and I know (Erin) many of you are waiting for the photos!!</div><div><br /></div><div>So good to be back to blogging!</div>The Gordon Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17375748575732892690noreply@blogger.com4