Baby Sarah Update

Hello Friends! Just wanted to say a huge Thank You to all that have been praying for baby Sarah. We went for another ultrasound yesterday and it looks like the placenta has completely moved away from the cervix so the doctor said that I can try for a normal delivary!! Praise God!!! He said that she is already weighing about 4 pounds and she is very healthy!! So, we are now getting all of the baby things out and getting ready for our new arrival. Alex is so excited to see her. Callum is not sure what to expect, but hopefully he will adjust. :-) There is still some risk factors with doing normal delivary after my Cesarean with Callum, but we will take one thing at a time. Again, thank you to all that have been praying. Blessings Amanda

I hope everyone had a beautiful Easter... just wanted to share about our day...

Our day was really "crazy" as usuall. Alex and Callum were up at 4:45AM telling us the Easter bunny had come......WAYYYYYYYY TOOOOO EARLLY.....but I was the same way growing up, so I just had to laugh. Tom was about to shoot them. I told them it was too early, but they wouldn't go back to bed, so they crawled in bed with us. So technically, there were 5 people in a queen size bed. Needless to say...Tom and I didn't get any more sleep. The boys drifted off for about 1/2 hour, but I had a boy in each arm, laying on my back...and I'm not suppose to be on my back,,,, so I had to get up after about 1/2 hour. Well, both of the boys woke up again and there wasn't any convincing them of going back to sleep....so we got up and did Easter baskets and eggs. They were soooo cute. We went over to my Aunt's house for Easter dinner. I was suppose to bring rolls, so I bought the easiest fresh rolls I could find. Basically, they are ready, you just have to put them in the oven for 7 minutes. I warmed the oven up, put them in and sat down to wait. The timer went off, I went around the corner and smoke was pouring out of my oven...when I opened it, smoke filled my kitchen and the smoke alarm went off. Well I had told the boys that if the smoke alarm every goes off to go outside....so they opened the back door....but it was raining outside, and I told them to close the door, that there wasn't a fire. So they came back in. I told them they did the right thing. Well, in all of the chaos, I didn't realize that PeeWee had also gone out the back door and when we got into the car to leave, we realized that PeeWee was gone. He had jumped the fence. Like I said, it was rainy and cold yesterday....so I called my Aunt, told her that we were going to be late and we went driving around our neighborhood looking for the dog. We found him after about 20 minutes and showed up at my Aunt's late with burnt rolls and a wet dog....:-) But it was really good to visit with everyone. So life continues to be "crazy" here at the Hoskins household. But when you look back, it makes you laugh, so I wouldn't have it any other way. Okay, so now that I've written a book, I'd better get back to cleaning my house.

Hello Friends, time for another update. :-)

I hope that this Easter season finds us all reflecting on the wonderful Hope that we have in our Lord and Saviour. I know that many of us are hurting right now in this fallen world, not knowing why or what the future is going to look like. Well, I'm in that boat as well. I don't know what our future looks like, but I have a God who does. He loves me and ultimately when I stand in that love, the world becomes a little dimmer and the worries become more manageable. I have soooooooooo many things to be thankful for. Tom is working steadily!! The boys are very healthy and growing and make my heart so full everyday. Baby Sarah is very healthy and we are all waiting (for me very impatiently, :-) ) for her to be born. There is still some question about the placenta and if I will have to have another Cesarean and your prayers are greatly appreciated!!

So I do have to say that I am the worst mom when it comes to potty training! I think that it is the worse job as a mom!! I can handle when they throw up in your lap, I can handle when I have to send them to time out 10 times/day for hitting, I can handle green nose gunk. But, having the patience to "train" a child to go in the potty, not me. So Callum is working on going in the potty.....But I haven't pushed too hard. :-) Anyway, the other day, he took off his diaper and started singing "boom chicka wow wow, chicka wow wow..." and swinging his hips around. Absolutely hilarious!!!

Alex continues to amaze us. He loves to play chess and is starting to read. He recently befriended a boy across the street about his same age, and they love to ride scooters together. He is so excited for a new baby sister and loves to feel my tummy when she is moving around.

I'll try to post again after our next ultrasound. Here are some recent pics and you can see more on Facebook.

Have a beautiful Easter!

Amanda