Life With Three

I love every minute of it!! It is sometimes stressful, but for the most part I am enjoying it more than I ever have. I realize that we are truly blessed to be able to have these three healthy children. I am finding a way to juggle school, homework, laundry, being a mom, etc. It is a juggle to say the least, but we are adjusting. :)

This blog I am going to play catch up. I have not blogged since he got here, and that was a short one. We have been out and about doing all kinds of things. People say, "You're so good (to get out)." I say, no, I'm just really stupid, but have no choice. Ha! :) So, here we go:

The week after we brought Grant home my mom and Nathan's mom took the girls to see Mary Poppins the musical. They absolutely LOVED it!! They took their umbrellas that Mims brought them from New York. It was a very special treat to get to go. :)

That Friday night we had our annual Sunday School Halloween party. There was a bonfire, hayride, pumpkin decorating, making candy apples, and lots of food!! It was quite a good time!! Then, the next week Kennedy had her very first school field trip. I was not able to chaperon (due to the fact of Grant :)), but I did meet them at the pumpkin patch. This year the pumpkin patch had a maze, they got to pick a pumpkin, there was a story teller, a "pumpkin theatre", and snacks. Our church does an annual Family Fall Festival. We have been going ever since the girls were little, little. :) So, we got Nathan's sister Cobie and we headed off. I say every year that we should skip the Texas State Fair, save our money, and just go ride the rides (which are the State Fair rides) for $5. :) Maybe next year. They even have State Fair food out there. How good is that for $5?!?!? School Fundraiser...enough said!! :) Every year Regan's school have one annual fundraiser. It is their Walk-A-Thon. It is so neat. They open the morning with a parade. The high school drum line came and so did some of the drill team. It was so cool. Then, after the parade they do a school-wide picture. Then, throughout the day there are many activities (walk, games, talks about nutrition and exercise, lunch in the hallway!!) :) It was so fun!!

Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggidy dog!!! :) That is what I will always sing in my head every time I think about this Halloween. We went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood, and then all of our family came over and hung out. It was quite fun. Regan was an angel, Kennedy was Snow White, and Grant was a hot dog. They were all so precious. (Grant only lasted in his costume long enough for me to take a picture.) Good times!!

Grant Canon Purnell

Grant arrived on Friday, October 9th at 10:37am. He weighed 6lbs. 14oz. and was 20 inches long. He has a full head of blond hair!! He is absolutely adorable!! Here are just a few pictures of him and his proud sisters.

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I had my last dr. appointment yesterday. Yay!! Everything looks good!! I am dilated to a 4. He weighs 7.0lbs!! :)

We have to be at the hospital at 6am. My dr. that when I get there I am going to get everything hooked up, including my epidural. :) Then, around 8am she is going to come in and break my water. It won't be long after that and he'll be here. I can't wait!!

Please continue to pray for everything to go smoothly (epidural, delivery, both of us after delivery).

Thank you to everyone who has thought/prayed about us this week! I have felt it all. My stress level has not been as bad as I thought. (That might be different tonight when I'm trying to go to sleep.) :)

Have a great day! I'll post pictures when I can!

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Well, it's been a crazy few days. I was in class on Tuesday and thought my water had broken. It stopped once I got home, so I didn't think anything of it. A friend of mine suggested that I call my dr. (this was Wednesday night). So, Thursday I called my dr. and she sent me to the hospital to get checked out. No water breakage, but I was dilated to a 3. I had my actual doctor appointment on Friday. She did an exam and I was still a 3. She was on call for the weekend, so that made me feel better. She didn't want to send me to the hospital then because she wanted to make sure his lungs were developed. I agreed because I don't want him out of my sight once he gets here. :) So, we went to the football game on Friday night, came home, and about 10:50 my contractions started. They were 10 minutes apart. I called my dr. at 1:30 in the am. She said when they become 5 minutes apart call her back. So, at 3:30am they got to where they were only 5 minutes apart. I called her and she told me to go on down to the hospital. We get down there and I have about two more contractions and they STOP!!!!! I was so mad. I had been up ALL NIGHT LONG! They have me walk around for an hour and recheck me. No progress, so they sent me home! :( Nice false alarm. I was so pumped to see him!

We get home and Regan is saying her ear hurts. Nathan (after being up since 3:30am) takes her to the dr. She has tonsillitis!! Great! Just what we all need the week before we have a baby!

So, Friday is the day! I have to be there at 6am on Friday morning! I am so ready! Y'all just say lots of prayers to get me through the week (pray specifically that the week will fly by) and Friday (for a healthy baby boy, healthy mom, and an easy delivery).

Girls' Night

On Friday several girls from high school got together to just catch up and have a jewelry show. It was so fun!! We had a great time and lots of great laughs!! We will have to do it again really soon!

2 WEEKS!!!

Praise Jesus! We only have two weeks until we get to meet this little guy. :) Just please say a lot of prayers for my sanity, and tell Satan to get out of my head with horrible thoughts!

I had a dr. appt. today. Grant weighs 5.9lbs. Yea!! I think he will be the smallest actually. We'll see. Everything looks great!

The girls are so ready to see him. They don't understand too much of the whole "2 weeks" thing, so we have to tell them according to something that is going to happen. So, now it is "it will be after we go to the State Fair". What a way to mark the birthday! :)

Grandparent's Week

Last week at Regan's school was Grandparent's Week. Regan got to have several visitors. My grandparents (Mema and Papa) came up to see her and eat lunch with her. Then, on Friday my dad (Sug) and Nana came up there along with Nathan's mom (Nana). She loved every minute of it!! Thank you all for coming!

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I had a doctor's appointment this morning. Everything went very good. He weighs 5.6 lbs. He gained just a little bit from last week, but gaining indeed. I am not dilated yet, but my cervix is soft. His heart rate was good (147bpm). She (my dr.) said everything looks good. His hands are HUGE!!! He definitely got that from his daddy. He was sticking his tongue out, rolling his eyes, and opening and closing his eyes. His little leg was bent and I could see how plump his little leg was. So precious!!

So, we are scheduled to induce on October 9th at 6:00am. Yea!!!! I am so pumped. I am quite sure that even though I have a MILLION things going on, that this will be the longest three weeks of my life!!

Watch Dog Dad

At Regan's school they have a program called Watch D.O.G.S. (Dad's Of Great Students) It is where Dad's sign up to go to the school for the whole day and do different things. Well, Monday was Nathan's Watch Dog day. Regan was so excited!! Nathan was excited because she was. :) They each got a Watch Dog shirt. Nathan had an actual schedule. He would go in classrooms all day to help kids with some leftover assignments, read to kids, walk throughout the halls and around the building to make sure that everything was safe and secure. He went into Regan's class several times. One time was during their recess time and he got to play Candyland with three other little girls and Regan. He got to eat lunch with Regan. She loved every minute of it. Nathan was blessed as well.

We went to gymnastics on Wednesday and Nathan recognized several kiddos whose classes he had gone into. One girl was in Regan's gymnastics class. He looked at me and said, "She's going to tell Regan here in a minute that your daddy doesn't know how to read." I cracked up laughing!!

Kennedy is now wanting to know when her day is. I told him I should sign him up for next semester too. He said he would do a day for each child. Maybe I can talk him into doing a day for each child each year. Am I pushing my luck? :) We'll see.

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That is the number of weeks we have left until Grant gets here. We had a dr. appt. today. Everything looks good. His Non Stress Test was GREAT!!!! They couldn't have been prouder. He now weighs 5.4lbs!!!!!! Crazy since he just weighed 4.2 last week!!! 4 WEEKS TO GO!! Yeah!!