Introducing....

Baby Jack has made his arrival...more details to come soon!

33 weeks and counting...

Jamie starting to get the nursery ready...nothing like waiting until the last minute right!?!

I can't believe I still have 6 weeks to go!

Dance recital 2009

Tonight was the 2nd and last night of recital...as I type I am trying to upload some video that I took during the performance, sorry Kristi! They all did a beautiful job but I am definitely glad, as I am sure Jamie the super dance dad is, to have some time off this summer from dance. It gets to be a lot being there 3 nights a week, not including extra practices when competitions come around. Luckily I have a husband that doesn't mind taking the kids to dance...and so I let him...probably more often than I should! :)


I called Grandpa today just to check in on him and see how he was doing. I was cracking up as I hung up the phone, mainly because he rushed me off the phone so that he could get out of the house to get his day started! He told me he had a doctor's appt today but that first he was going to go to the church, find something to eat over in Cape, kill some time, and then head to his 2pm appt...this was as I was talking to him at 9am!! I called my mom and told him what he was up to...giggling the whole time...and she started laughing too. My aunt says he is going to start volunteering at the senior citizen building in Jackson or something and has been spending some time over there along with going to visit the firehouses in Cape. I am glad he is keeping himself busy. It makes me wonder how much his "Alzheimer's" really affects him...

Ok...well the video won't upload. I guess I'll have to play with it a little more and see if I can get it to work.

Memorial Day Weekend

Mom went down and got Grandpa this weekend. He spent the weekend at her house, but lots of time with Jamie and the girls since she was on call. I was supposed to work Friday night and happened to get the night off so we ordered pizza and sat around talking while the girls swam...yes they have already hit the pool! Saturday they all went to the Cardinals game with Jamie's sister and brother-in-law and then spent the evening back at mom's. Jamie said they had pretty good seats and that everyone enjoyed the game...of course they did...the Cards won!! Sunday Charlie and Sue went to church with mom and Grandpa and then to lunch, and by this time Grandpa was about ready to head for home. Mom, Jamie, and the girls took him home Monday morning and I got to stay home sleeping the day away! I'm glad he had a good weekend. It sounds like he really enjoyed himself!

Audrey FINALLY lost her first tooth Saturday night. She had her Nana pull it and now walks up to you with a really goofy grin just so you can see the hole! I am just glad it finally happened...she's been trying to tell me she has a loose tooth for a year now!

Tomorrow I go for a growth ultrasound to see just how big mister Jack is these days. Mom is going to go with me because she hasn't seen any this time around. The girls will also be there so they are excited to get to see their little brother! A girl at work last night asked me what I will call the three of them as a group since I can't say "the girls" anymore!?! I hadn't really thought about it until then but am sure it will slip out a few times before I get used to the change!

Recital is coming up June 1st and 2nd. I am glad then to only have to worry about Summer school for Shelby...well and keeping them occupied all summer! :) Other than that it seems that the birthday parties have started which keeps our (Jamie's) weekends pretty busy! We seem to have a lot of friends with summer kids...I can't complain since I too will have 3 of those now. Don't worry people...it's called a Birk Birthday BBQ, no gifts needed!

I hope everyone has enjoyed their day off and has thanked a service man or woman for their contributions! Thanks Ryan...

Long time...no blog

So it's been quite a while since anyone in our family has used the blog...I think almost all of us have moved to Facebook and seem to be doing the same type of communicating there which is great! I decided then to change this blog to the Birk Family blog if that's okay with everyone else.

For those of you not in our family that follow this blog...a few things have been going on in the Baker clan. First and foremost, we lost Grandma Baker 2 weeks ago today. Grandpa says it was very sudden which is relief for me. I wouldn't have wanted her to suffer, but it was also very hard since we didn't get to say our goodbyes. We knew she had a heart condition but she had just been released from the hospital the day before so we thought she was cleared and doing better, but if you knew Anna Belle she had to be in control! She wasn't taking all of her medications properly and we think she ended up with a blood clot. To be honest, it still doesn't seem real. Maybe it's just that I am so busy with the kids and getting ready for #3 that I haven't had time to wrap my mind around it, but I don't think I have finished dealing with it. I am afraid when Jack is born it might hit me that he will never get to meet his great grandma, and what a GREAT grandma she was!

That leads me in to the next portion, JACK. I am 32 weeks today and am going to the doctor weekly. I have gestational diabetes, which stinks, but am learning to deal with it. I just have to keep telling myself that it is only for 7 more weeks and that it his health I am caring for too!

The girls are great! They have finished their competitions for the season and are getting geared up for the recital. Shelby will be attending summer school again, which she is really excited about, no REALLY. She loves school so another 5 weeks is ok with her! I am pumped about all the cool things we are going to do this summer...Science Center, movies, Magic House, Zoo, pool, Six Flags. etc. I am probably getting ahead of myself considering my feet are swelling just talking about it all, but luckily my mom is a big help and loves to do fun stuff with them too!

Hopefully I will be able to keep up with this even after the baby...it does make it easier than individual emails! :)

What a yucky day...

I have to say that I was very sad I couldn't sit and conversate with the fam on Thanksgiving. It stunk having to go in to work...especially when I didn't deliver one baby that night. Others did, just not me! Speaking of those things...nice job keeping my "predicament" on the low down that day. The girls still know nothing, even though Audrey is convinced I am just because she has prayed about it!!

I talked with grandma tonight and she says they had "a nice lunch at Delmonico's" on Thursday. I hate that they didn't want to come but they are homebodies and stuck in their way, right?

Haven't heard from anyone on here in a while...update us and let everyone know you're still doing well!

Reva

It's me. Jo-D@att.net

It's true, I have joined the world of High Speed Internet! My e-mail address is changing to Jo-D@att.net. Tom and I will be leaving next tuesday for Texas. So I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Ryan has to work, so we will be having Thanksgiving Dinner with hundreds of soldiers. We're excited.
Cheri toke Philip to the doctor yesterday, and guess what, he has a testical that has not decended. Just like his Daddy.
Thanks Gail for getting Dad's liscense renewed.
Jo-D