february 09 so far...

hello everyone!

here are some fun pix of the kiddos. eli dressing up in myah's girly stuff. ethan's first bath, the "Gordon Guys" in their beanie hats, eli's first hair cut, the flight suit salutes, etc.

things are going pretty well, altho ethan seems to want to be awake (and not happy) for several hours during the nite lately...hmmm.

myah and eli are playing REALLY well together, it's so sweet AND helpful!

kevin turned 35. and no, he didn't GO bald, he started shaving it in december. myah and i think he is SOOOOOO handsome!

i'm now one of those mothers who puts their kids on a leash...i just bought it, so i haven't used it for real. but with three-and eli being all boy and yet too young to understand the danger that could happen if he wasn't on his 'leash' -i decided i'd rather have my son SAFE, rather than care about how i/he looks 'in' it! we let myah and eli play with it today in the house; they both loved it. and if i EVER dare to venture out and about with the three by myself, then hopefully eli will still think his monkey 'leash' is fun!

enjoy the pix; sorry not much time to post much text.

Baby Ethan is here! EARLY, yea!!

in the car, on the way...
we got there and they immediately rushed us into the delivery room; we at first thought we may have to do a C-section b/c the nurse checked me and then said, "i'll be right back..." the next nurse quickly came in and said, "did you think you were going to have this baby before you got in the door? you're an EIGHT!" holy cow! i still can't believe it!

we checked in at 4pm, started pushing at 5:30 and the little man came out at 6. praise God; this delivery was GREAT!

one pix below is of myah and eli-pushing each other to be the first one at the video monitor to watch ethan asleep, cute!

eli is actually very gentle with him; i was concerned that he'd be rough. yesterday, as ethan was asleep in the bouncy seat, eli walked by, waved at him, and then went on his way. ha!

myah is a little overboard on being helpful, so i have remind her that only mommy and daddy can do certain things with ethan. oh boy, this is going to be interesting!

friends, i am SO sorry that i'm just now getting some pix of sweet baby ethan on here, but man!

finding any 'free' time with three little kids is almost impossible, and then if there are a few extra minutes, i'd rather spend them with my eyes closed!

ETHAN SHEPPARD GORDON made his quick way into our world on friday, Jan 23rd at 6pm.

he weighs 8lbs 12oz (which is ALL in his cheeks!) and is 21 inches. big boy! he looks just like eli did as a newborn, although much bigger. so far, he's pretty low maintenance-except he's picky about eating; and would rather eat from a bottle. anyway, he, like our other two is truly a miracle, and we are so blessed and thankful.

it must be the 'third child' thing, cuz we don't have too many pix of him yet-so here's what we have for now...thanks for being patient!

maternity pictures

here are my maternity pix, taken at week 33, from the friend who takes all of our family/kiddos pix. unfortunately, she's moving to korea next week...anyway, i had PLANNED on taking maternity pix w/ eli, but since he came early, it didn't happen. so glad i did it this time, cuz THIS IS MY LAST PREGNANCY! :)

fun w/ the grandparents

well, still no baby. 37 weeks and MISERABLE! well, not really; overall, i'm great. just uncomfortable and READY! anyway, my parents came down for a few days just to help out during the week, THANK YOU GUYS! i'd forgotten what stainless steel appliances looked like without little fingerprints all over the place! :)
the kids enjoyed the play time w/ them and i enjoyed the rest! here are a few pix of them w/ the bubble machine. i'll have to add a video of them soon; right now myah and eli are dancing like crazy, and cracking each other up-it's hilarious! hope january is going well for all of you!