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Here are a few pictures of what is to be Addison's room!

I know you cant tell too much but I thought it would be fun to show you! Plus I need to practice my posting.

I want to point out one piece, it is the round one on the wall! It says, "I found my prince, his name is daddy" Oh isnt that sweet!

Sorry for the picture of me agian, I can not figure out how to take it out..........And I know I need to iron the bedding but I could not wait to put it in the crib.

A quick update.........

Hi Everyone,

I am sorry that we have not updated the baby ultrasound pictures, but I do not know how and Jon is crazy busy! So you will have to settle for what I can do and that is really only operating the camera and computer, the scanner is out of my league.....sorry.

We are so excited about having a baby girl, we can not wait to meet her! I was so relieved to hear and see that she was developing normally. The doctor said that she is right on target with her growth, so my due date is the same.

And her name is going to be: Addison Claire Matlock

Here's what happened through out the doctors appointment.....

We waited forever to get back there to the ultrasound room, this was not helping my nerves! I tried to pass the time by talking to Jon but he just sat there......(we deal with our nerves much differently, he sits, I talk.) So finally we got back there and Jon asked the ultrasound tech not to tell him but to let him look and see if he could tell! So that was the first picture she got us to. ( I had done some major surfing on the web, so I had already made my guess...) But Jon kept waiting, so finally I said honey please tell me I am dying here!!! So he hesitated and said girl, she said you are correct! Jon relaxed so much after that, which was nice I needed him too! Jon's knowledge was great, he was able to ask the important questions while she took pictures and measurements of our little butter bean! So afterwards the tech also had questions for him about Medical school and her application process. ( She wants to go where he is attending) It was an exciting day that only got more exciting, when we went to babies r us, I think that store wants to confuse new moms to be....that is another post for another day!

We hope you are all doing well, we love you!


Also, here is a picture of me at 21 weeks. Several of you have asked how "big"  I am, which I feel like I am as big as a house! I have had several friends tell me that I look small for almost 6 months, which is wonderful, but I think they are sparing me the harshness of reality!

It's a GIRL!

Hannah and I are very pleased to announce that our little rascal is a GIRL!  We had the ultrasound done and they let me guess what the baby was - it is pretty clear - we're going to be blessed with a little girl!  The ultrasound tech checked all of the major organs in our little girl and they said everything looked normal and she is developing perfectly!  We can't thank everyone enough for all of your prayers.  I will try to update this post tonight and put up all the ultrasound pictures they gave us.  It takes quite awhile to scan them in and post them but hopefully I'll have it all done tonight.

Take care,

Jonathan

Get ready for Monday!

Ok everyone... Monday is when we'll find out (hopefully) if our little rascal is a boy or girl.  We do not have a true preference we just hope the little rascal is healthy!  So come back on Monday to see if we'll have a little Mr. Matlock or a little Miss Matlock.

By the way, we were able to find a bushel of purple hull peas and so Hannah is happier than ever. 

My first rotation has been in a pediatric clinic. I am about to start my third week of it.  There are eight docs in the clinic and they round at three local hospitals.  It's been really awesome to actually be caring for people and learning in the field versus learning and memorizing slideshows in a classroom!!  I have been learning how to care for kidos all the way from newborns to teenagers.  This has really been helpful and I feel like I won't be freaking out like most parents over little stuff now.  This rotation couldn't have been at a better time for us.  The cool thing too is that with working with this group we've now found our little rascal's pediatrician.  So anyway, that's what I've been dong the past few weeks.

We'll post on Monday!

Jonathan

Hannah Is Awesome... (so is Craigslist.com)

Ok so if you were to come into our house you'd probably think we have some serious money. Not true. Yeah, completely not true! I just have a serious deal-finding wife! We have a ton of stuff that's nice, but we've gotten it all by either trading or selling what we have and using that money to buy something better. Usually we don't end up spending any extra!! And Hannah is the best at finding deals like this. Take what happened this past week as a typical example, but first let me give you some background info.

A year ago we were given a free 27 inch (old) TV. With this TV we needed a TV stand so we found a really nice solid oak entertainment center on Craigslist.com (an online selling/trading site) for $40 bucks. This worked great for awhile; you can see pictures of that setup below.

So now last week one of our friends told Hannah they wantied to get a "hang-on-the-wall" HDTV and needed to sell their 32" flat screen HDTV. Hannah said, "Oh really. How much are you asking?" They told Hannah that if she wanted the HDTV and the stand it comes on then she could have it all for $150.00. She said ok and that she'd have to talk to me. SO Hannah comes home and tells me all about it and I told her (almost immediately) to call them and tell them we want it! Hannah and I both knew that we could sell our old freebie 27" tv and the entertainment center on Craigslist and could make more than $150.00 dollars to pay for the new one. So that's what we did. We sold the 27" old tv for $60.00 and we sold the entertainment center for $100.00!!! So that means we sold our old stuff for 160.00 and the new, better HDTV and stand only cost $150.00 so we pocketed $10.00. This is a typical exchange for Hannah! She's has done this EXACT same thing for our couch and loveseat, bookshelf, portable dishwasher, christmas tree, etc., etc. We have not lost money with our deals yet. SO when you come and visit us and our place looks nice, you'll know it's because of my virtuous wife who buys and sells for the family (reminds me of Proverbs 31:especially verse 16 ).

I better be good, if not I might be put up on Craigslist next!!!!!!

Take care, Jonathan

My New Eating Habits

Jon informed me that I had to post today, since I have posted the last three weeks.........

So I thought I would tell everyone about the things that Jon and I are having to deal with, my eating habits.

The first few months, I could not eat anything. I remember at one point telling Jon, that if I hear one person tell me I should enjoy food now, that I would scream!!!!! Needless to say food and I are not getting along. However, I have finally started having cravings. Those include three things: fruit, chicken and veggies.

Our meals lately might be a piece of chicken and fresh pineapple. I am so lucky that Jon doesn't mind it, he eats anything as long as he doesn't have to fix it! Which is great, that means I can fix what I am craving and he will be so sweet and still love it. I have tried a few sweets, but what usually happens is I take one bite and give Jon the rest. (He doesnt mind that either.........)

My biggest craving though has been peas. And I mean fresh peas! I have been to every produce stand I can find. NO PEAS! I ask people where I can find them and there are a couple of responses: "at the grocery store," "in a can," and finally my all time favorite is when a farmer told me that "they don't grow peas because all the women went to work and stopped cooking." I gave up gracefully after that one. The only tough thing about it, is that I still want them!!!! I think about peas all the time. WHAT DO YOU DO? You call your mom and sis in law! They actually get together and figure out a way to get me some, isn't that wonderful! So I should be able to get over that horrible craving soon..........

Here are a couple of pictures: two are of Frank in the tank, this picture is for Lily and Andrea. And the other is to show everyone what I look like at 15 weeks and 4 days pregnant.

Love

Hannah

Baby Room

I know, it is early! But, with our schedules you have to plan ahead.... I have been feeling like myself lately, which has made our living space take on many changes. I dont think that I have had this amount of free time since we have been married! So I am cleaning closests out, organizing our offices, and putting things together.

I thought that if I went ahead and put the baby room together, that would free up time later to be creative with it, and add the finishing touches.......Jon has been studying really hard, which is good! We both want him to be ready for his boards, this truely is one of the most important things of his career. Which, makes doing some things hard, but not impossible! Since, I am not suppossed to lift heavy things, I called my friend Mackenzie to help me move everything from the basement to the baby's room. It was so easy, and fast! We hung up what little decorations I had, (Andrea, picked them up for me a year ago, she said they looked like me!) So the room is cute I have to say, since we only used what we had! I am sure there will be more.......

I think, by doing all of that it has made the whole thing real! I think for Jon too, he talks about it all the time now.

Oh, I have to tell you all about the chair! When we bought our dresser, (in front of the window) We could pick out a little chair to go with it, and Jon got to pick it out. He thought that a girl or boy could use this, he however did not think that the "princess" one would work for both....