Swim Lessons

Sophia has started swim lessons this week. She is taking them at Fishers High School at the recommendations of Beck. So far I really like it. It is a really nice facility and I don't have to get in the water with Sophia. The problem is that Sophia doesn't really like the lessons...actually she likes them as long as she doesn't have to get her hair or face wet. She says she keeps getting water in her nose. I have come to the conclusion that she likes the fashion better then the swimming. When she met her instructor Matt, she said rather quickly, "Hi. I'm Sophia. I have flowers on my bathing suit. I have a new bathing suit too. It's blue with flowers on it. I'll wear it for you on Thursday." It was really cute but I hope that she doesn't want to try all these new sports just for the clothing. She is really excited for ballet, which starts in a month and she already has her outfits for it. I am wondering if she is excited for ballet because of the pink shoes with the pink leotard with the pink tights. Oh well, she is my mini-me after all.

Jim surprised me this week by saying that he doesn't think that the baby looks like a Joseph. For those of you who don't know this...we have always said that our second boy would be named Joseph Andrew. When Christian was born we decided not to go with Joseph because Christian seemed like a better fit. So I assumed that when we found out this next baby was a boy, we would then name him Joseph Andrew. Well, Jim said when he saw the ultrasound he said it didn't look like a Joseph and he decided that he didn't like the name Joe. He said when he is coaching his basketball team, he was trying to envision himself saying, "Go Joe" and he didn't like the way it sounded. So now we are looking through our family histories for a new name. We are also looking through the Bible and at the meanings of names. So far most names Jim likes, I do not and names I like, Jim does not. I know we have some time before we actually need a baby name but I like to get things done now so finding a baby name has been added to the high priority list.

And Baby Beeson #4 is...

A BOY!! We were both surprised and happy. Many people thought the baby was going to be a girl so we kind of were expecting that but the first thing to pop up on the screen was a penis. Surprise! Sophia was quiet about it for the first 5 minutes but now she is on board. James doesn't really care...for right now anyway. I didn't really care as long as the baby was healthy. Everything on the ultrasound looks fantastic. They couldn't see the four chambers of the heart because my belly button was in the way so in 4 weeks I get another ultrasound just to make sure. They are also watching a fibroid which keeps getting bigger with every child and now resembles an orange. Other than that everything looked great. The brain was the correct size and the lips and nose looked normal. The bones looked good and everything measured great! 11 oz., height in 52%, and heart rate 140. Right on schedule. Here are some pictures:

The Foot

The Face with his mouth open:

An Arm:

More proof that it really is a boy:

This is what I REALLY want

Sophia has a new request for her birthday. She told me that this is what she REALLY wants. She came up to me and said, "Mom, I want a Mini." I asked her a mini-what? She said, "A Mini Cooper Mom. They are so cute and little. I want one really badly."

I thought she is starting young asking for a car already. I told her when she is 16 or 18 and she has all A's, she might get one then. I have a feeling she won't forget that I told her that.

Birthday Wish List

In the car on the way to get haircuts (It was Sophia's first haircut by the way. I will post pictures of it later. She got an inch or less cut off but James got 3-4 inches cut off. He had really long hair.), I asked Sophia what she wanted for her birthday. It went something like this:

Karen: Sophia, what would you like for your birthday besides an American Girl Doll?

Sophia: A Tiana Barbie and a Barbie doll....Barbie stuff....Princesses....Mmmm...a race car...a beauty salon...Oh and a pink TV for my room with a pink DVD player with a pink remote with brown buttons, NOT pink buttons Mom, BROWN buttons and a red button on top. That's what I really want.

Very cute conversation but Sophia can keep dreaming. She is NEVER getting a TV for her room. Sorry! I thought some of the other ideas were pretty funny too, especially the race car. She wants one that you can actually drive. I can tell already what she is going to want for her 16th birthday...Daddy's Porsche!

Picks from Christmas Time...just a little late

Pure pleasure with the new Geo Trax.

This is supposed the be his big and happy smile but it looks hilarious!

Grandma and Grandpa Tempel with Sophia and James.

One of Sophia's many, many, many new dress-up clothes.

Santa brought a roller coaster. Fun Fun Fun! Too bad there is a weight limit...I have been wanting to try.

Baby Check-Up

We had our 17 week check-up on Tues. Everything looks great and sounds great. The heartbeat was found quickly....I only gained 2 pounds over the Holidays....all new symptoms are normal...3 weeks until we find out if it is a boy or a girl! I can't wait!

On another note...James had his first accident on Tuesday evening. His head hit the corner of a doorway....while he was running....and then being pushed. It was not pretty. Thankfully Dr. Jim was home and the corner of the door has crown molding around it so the corner was rounded. He acted confused though for about 20 minutes and his head looks REALLY bad! Jim got concerned, which if you know Jim, he doesn't get excited about medical things that easily. We had to wake James up every hour for several hours to make sure he was OK. Not fun to do in the middle of the night but James was a trooper. He will probably get a big black eye out of it once the swelling goes down and gravity takes over the bruise. Even today the bump on hid forehead is still huge.