The Siskey's

new blog

2010-08-09T19:39:00.001-07:00

obviously I don't write in this blog much at all anymore, but i've started a new art blog..

http://brookesiskeypapercuts.blogspot.com/

I'm going to try to post something every week, at least!

Abraham is One

2010-07-06T06:24:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my baby is one now! He is growing so fast. He used to just lay there and then he started rolling over, then he started sitting up, then when we moved to the new house he was crawling around like crazy. Now he has started to pull up on his own and stand! Pretty soon he'll be walking!!! He's got teeth now! Crazy!! He is so smart too! He pretty much knows the names of all of his toys and things around the house. He says dada, mama, dog and duck. He loves to go through the dvds and look at them, especially the disney dvds and charlotte's web! He loves books and will just flip through his mini Father Abraham book while we are in the car! He can't wait to start using his new car seat because he is always sitting in it even though it's in our living room! ha! He is such a sweetheart and loves stuffed animals, loves to hug and kiss them! When we ask him for a kiss, he comes at us, open mouthed saying AAAAH and lays a big wet one on us. He loves when me and dustin hug or kiss- he thinks it is AMAZING and then wants to get some love himself! I am so thankful for my little boy!!

summer time

2010-06-12T18:53:00.001-07:00

Well, Summer here has been underway for a while now, it's HOT and HUMID. Summer here means fireflys, lemonade, wild blackberries, sitting on the front porch relaxing, swimming, baseball, flowers, popsicles, sidewalk chalk, the ice cream truck and fun!

videos

2009-08-12T08:12:00.001-07:00

there are LOTS of videos of Abe on our youtube. plus lots of other videos too.

http://www.youtube.com/dustinsiskey

pics

2009-07-31T08:45:00.000-07:00

this blog will never let me upload pics anymore, i've tried a bunch of times and it never works.. so if you want to see new pics of Abe, go to our myspace www.myspace.com/brookejs

love you

one month old!

2009-07-24T07:59:00.000-07:00

Abe is one month old today! I weighed him and he was exactly 10 lbs, then I changed his diaper, it was full, and took off his shorts and weighed him and he was 9lbs 11.5oz. so I guess that is more accurate. He was 8lbs 15oz at his 2 week checkup so he's gained quite a bit in two weeks. anyway. he is doing really well. smiling more and looking at stuff more b/c i think his vision is better now. the only problem he's had is baby acne. I called the dr. about it and they said it should clear up but it could last for months! hopefully not though. otherwise, he is perfect and healthy, thank God!

abe lifting his head up

2009-07-22T07:17:00.000-07:00

Abe n Ava!

2009-07-20T13:05:00.003-07:00

Ava came over for a visit this weekend, she is 6 months older than Abe, but he's almost the same size as her! She really liked him but I think he was too little to notice her yet. I know they will be good friends though!

Abraham

2009-07-11T08:53:00.000-07:00

here's us on 4th of july and then abe and his gramma!

Abraham's Sears Pics!

2009-07-05T08:59:00.000-07:00

We took Abe to sears when he was 6 days old to get his pics taken, here they are!

Abe 9 days old!

2009-07-04T12:06:00.000-07:00

Well, Grama left the other day and Abe really misses her! So do I! Here is a pic of him in his bassinet on his boppy pillow and a little video. he's just so cute! Thank God for this new camera!! A new baby + A new camera= LOTS of pictures!!!!

video of Abe - 8 days old

2009-07-03T09:26:00.000-07:00

here is a little video of Abe!

6 days old!!

2009-06-30T09:47:00.000-07:00

Here's a pic of Abraham with his Grama!

Also some of his hands and feet. We are going to get some professional pics taken of him today too! Not much else new.. just hangin w/ Grama.

4 & 5 days old!

2009-06-29T10:41:00.000-07:00

Well, Abe had his first doctor's check up today. He now weighs 8 lbs 2 oz. He was born at 8 lbs 5.6 oz and left the hospital at 8 lbs 7 oz.. the nurse said that was one of the firsts she had heard that they'd gained weight! It's normal for them to lose weight. Here are some pics of him!

new baby!!

2009-06-27T11:26:00.000-07:00

Well, Abraham Elijah Siskey was born on June 24th at 6:14pm. The day before Dustin's birthday! I went into the hospital that morning at 12:30am to be induced. I started pitocin at 5:30 and then got my epidural at about 6:30am. The whole experience was very, very awful and PAINFUL, except, of course, the end result, which was having my baby boy!! The epidural sucked so bad, I hated getting it, but I would definitly recomend it over the pain of contractions. I was feeling contractions even before they induced me, so I was acctually already going into labor on my own. The first ones are nothing compared with what I felt at the end. I was dialating regularly but my epidural kept "wearing off" or something??? for some reason!!! I mean, it worked great at first, I was completely numb.. then I would start to feel the contractions and by the time I was dialated to a 9 (10 is the end) they were HORRIBLE> I was saying "I can't handle this!" Plus I was so mad that it had worn off for like the 5th time... I still don't know what was up with that, but for all of you who are pregnant out there and counting on an epidural, don't count on it! You may end up feeling the pain!! So anyway, I was dialated to a 9 for 2 and a half hours but would never get to a 10 so my doctor recomended a c section. I was very horrified at this, after being in labor all day! Also, Abe's heart rate was a little slow at first, so after they broke my water, they acctually ADDED more water back in, to keep him comforted... but towards the end there, it was high, around 180 the whole time.... I went into the operating room screaming about being in pain and thinking holy crap they are going to cut me open and i'm going to feel it! Well, I didn't feel that part.. but you do feel tugging and pulling a lot and it's a very scary thing b/c you are wide awake. Then I heard my doctor say "We have a baby" Of course I was asking all of the nurses if he was okay and they all said yes, but I didn't hear crying. Dustin was there with me and I could see him crying, thinking they were tears of happiness, I was relieved. I lay there for a while longer while they stitched me all up and then Dustin walked the baby over to me so I could see him. I didn't get to touch him for another 8 hours! His initial Apgar score was a 0. He came out blue and not breathing. Dustin said they suctioned him out and did cpr on him and he finally came through. He had to stay in the nursery all night under oxygen and a heat lamp though and I was terrified. I was all excited to breast feed right away, within the 1st hour, like all of the experts say.. but I didn't even get to touch my baby until 2:30am and that's because I insisted!! The nurses did initially wheel my bed to the nursery window so I could see him again, which was really nice of them. He was the only baby in the hospital that night and all of our visitors crowded the hallway looking at him. Dustin got to go in and feed him a bottle of sugar water, which was a relief to me that Dustin got to be with him. I, however, could not get up until the nurse said at 2 or 2:30am she would get me and walk me around and I asked her if I could at that time go to the nursery and feed Abe and get to touch him! So I lay in bed wide awake patiently waiting for the nurse to come in that morning. We got to go see him and I tried to feed him. We went back to the room and then went back to see him again at 5am. Thank God, to our suprise, the nurse brought him into our room to "room-in" with us at aroune 7am! I was so relieved. He had a clean bill of health. The pediatrician said he was a normal healthy baby. At first they thought he had swallowed meconium, which is a bowel movement in the womb. They thought that was why he came out the way he did.. but he x rayed his lungs and said they were fine and that it may just have been b/c the baby was under so much stress. No matter what happened, it was the scariest, most tramatic thing that has ever happened to me or dustin and poor Abe! I think of how much pain I was in, and how thirsty I was and how, at one point I thought "I am going to die".. and think of how horrible he must have been feeling too! It makes my heart break. But he is doing to great now!! He has picked up on the whole breast feeding thing and he is so freaking cute!! He calms down right away when he's upset and he is just the best baby ever! I am so thankful to have him and to have a wonderful husband who has helped so much, especially with my stitches, it has been hard to even get up and down. So far, our first full day at home has been great (we got to come home last night). I am so happy but I can tell you this will be our ONLY child! Love you all!!

Brooke

baby news

2009-06-23T08:37:00.001-07:00

looks like i'm going to end up being induced tomorrow really early in the morning unless I go into labor sometimes today... they'll induce me at 5a.m. Alabama time! Pray for me!

flowers

2009-06-21T09:58:00.000-07:00

oh, and here is a pic of my hydrangeas and puma and gwen with dustin and me and my dad when he came to visit in May!

40 weeks and 2 days..

2009-06-21T09:47:00.000-07:00

Well, I am now 40 weeks and 2 days! Here is a pic of me taken yesterday. It is very hard to sleep w/ this big belly and Abe is moving around a lot! He is probably over 7 1/2 lbs at this point so it's crazy!! Here are some more pics of his room too, I added some new wall art from a Martha Stewart magazine, I loved the bird pics. Also, you can see his little Brave's hat! My mom is flying into Atlanta tonight so it looks like she will be able to make it to the birth since I haven't gone into labor yet. Hopefully it will be tomorrow or tuesday but if not, i'll be getting induced wed. morning really early. yay! Happy Father's day to Dustin! It is his first one! :)

pregnancy pics

2009-06-18T11:35:00.000-07:00

hey, well tomorrow is my due date! I will officially be 40 weeks pregnant! yay! I'm going to the doc tonight so we'll see what he says..

until then, here are some pics of me pregnant..

i'm not dead

2009-05-19T10:25:00.000-07:00

hey, i haven't posted in a while b/c we have no internet! But I will be posting new pics soon! I am 35 and a half weeks now. 37 weeks is full term but i am due at 40 weeks, which is june 19th (one month from today) so we have anywhere from 2-5 weeks left (or more?) hopefully not more!

Abe in 4D!!

2009-04-16T11:24:00.000-07:00

foot in the eye!

getting cranky!

open eye!!

he has dustin's nose! and lips!

We got Abraham's 4-D ultrasound pics yesteray, i am 30.5 weeks along. he is so cute!!! :)

the video is cool too but we have to convert it from VHS so it will be a few days before we can post it.

Senior Show

2009-04-14T12:04:00.000-07:00

My Senior Show art exhibit is tonight, here are some rough pics, I will post more later. My project was a book of fairy tales. I made the book and then matted some spreads from the book and did some paper cuttings of the designs for the book.

baby shower!

2009-04-02T08:27:00.001-07:00

My mom came to visit.. on the way her airplane got struck by lightning! she's okay though.. then dustin got shocked at work the next day! aah! he's okay too.. so anyway, we had a nice visit..her and scott bought us a new stroller and car seat! :) it's cute. thank you! We also got tons of stuff at the shower, i think Abe has like 30 blankets now! :) Also a nice high chair from dustin's mom and husband. I think we have EVERYTHING we need! Only 11 weeks to go! Mom is coming back in June when I'm having the baby. In other news, I'm graduating this month! (Well, not really, I have one more class in May, but this month is my senior art exhibit- it opens on April 14th-i'll post pics later).

Happy Birthday to the dogs!!

2009-03-25T11:53:00.001-07:00

Well, our doggies turned two years old on St. Patricks Day, March 17th. We took them to their park to run around and they each got a new toy and a lemon angelfood cake!

belly pics!

2009-03-11T12:24:00.000-07:00

Me at 25 and a half weeks along and a pic of dustin, gwen and emery loungin!

hey!

2009-03-11T07:20:00.001-07:00

I haven't posted in a while... guess I'll talk about the weather, lol. On March 1st it snowed here for the only time this year! wow! And now for the past week it's been in the high 70's. It's been soooo nice! I think it is supposed to cool off and rain this weekend but I'll be waiting for the nice weather to come back!

In other news.. I'll be 26 weeks along on Saturday:

The baby now weighs a full two pounds and measures nine-plus inches. And this week, his eyes, which until now were developing under fused eyelids, start to open. Of course, there's not much to see in there, but if your baby spots a bright light (or hears a loud noise) near your belly, you may notice an increase in fetal activity.

What eye color will my baby have?

2009-02-20T09:17:00.001-08:00

Once again, Sarah's blog got me thinking.. What color eyes will my baby have? Dustin and I both have green eyes. Dustin's dad had blue and mom has green, resulting in his being green (according to the chart he had a 50% chance of them being green and 50% chance of them being blue) My dad has blue eyes and my mom has green eyes, the very same thing.. and mine are green. Although, Dustin's eyes are a more blue green I think... so anyway.. with both of us having green eyes, we have a 75 % chance of the baby having green eyes, and a 25% chance for blue. With a less than 1 % chance for brown. Did you know green is the rarest eye color?

Some Fun Facts about Eye Color

You probably knew that brown is the most common eye color worldwide, but did you know that green is by far the rarest? In fact, less than 2 percent of the global population possesses green eyes. As a country, Turkey has the highest percentage of citizens who have green eyes, at 20 percent. There are a number of countries – generally located in Asia, South America, and the Middle East – where green eyes are almost completely absent among the population.
Did you know that blue eyes are the most common eye color for Caucasians, over amber, hazel, grey, and green? In fact, over 80 percent of the population of Iceland has either blue or green eyes.
A not-so-common, but very noticeable condition called heterochromia can result in people having eyes of different colors. Actress Mila Kunis, of That 70’s Show and Family Guy fame, for instance, has one blue eye and one green eye. Kate Bosworth, from Blue Crush and the new Superman, has blue eyes, with a hazel blotch at the bottom of her right eye. David Bowie, of Ziggy Stardust and Labyrinth lore, is perhaps the most well-known celebrity with mismatched eye colors. Most people don’t know that Bowie’s condition is the result of a traumatic soccer injury suffered as a teenager, and not heterochromia.

more flowers! (and a tornado)

2009-02-19T14:02:00.000-08:00

Dustin and I took Bart for a walk today around the neighborhood and found some more flowers, here are some pics of them! I'm about 23 weeks pregnant now and the baby is moving around a lot, it's very strange to feel it! Also my ribs have been hurting, guess cause I'm getting bigger...

Oh! and here is a pic of some hail we had yesterday! We had a severe thunderstorm and some tornados in the area-Me and dustin and the three dogs and a few of the cats sat it out in the hallway. It hailed really hard for about five minutes and flooded a little bit, but we live on a hill so the water just ran down. It was scary!

Spring!

2009-02-17T11:48:00.000-08:00

Sarah's blog got me thinking about flowers and Spring! The first day of spring is about a month away, but we've already had a bunch of daffodils in the garden and around the neighborhood and parks! Here is a pic of them.. also some pics of my roses from last year... the red one is a Fourth of July rose and the yellow one is a golden shower I think. Also a white Iris, they come in all colors!

Janney Furnace

2009-02-14T07:57:00.001-08:00

Dustin and I went to Janney Furnace, it's near our town and we were bored last weekend, so here's some pics and some background on WHAT it acctually is.

Janney Furnace
Ohatchee's location on the bank of the Coosa River led to a minor role in the Civil War, The confederates hoped to use Janney Furnace, built just north of Ohatchee, to provide pig iron for the south. But a 2,300 man Calvary force under Union Gen. Lovell H. Rosseau advanced to Calhoun County in July 1864 and knocked the furnace out of commission.
Janney furnace had been built by Montgomery manufacturer, Alfred Janney, in mid-1863. He was in the area buying iron ore for another of his furnaces when he noticed brown ore on the ground under a ridge about a mile north of Ohatchee. There is much speculation as to whether Janney Furnace was ever operational. None of the sandstone lining the circular chimney is blackened from smoke, which should be the case of a functional furnace. The furnace was constructed with the labor of about 200 slaves, with sandstone for construction quarried in the area. Janney shipped equipment and machinery from his furnace in Montgomery to be used at the site. After Union soldiers burned workers' shacks and demolished about 25 feet of the brick chimney that capped the stone furnace, construction was resumed, but was not completed by the end of the Civil War. Janney sold the land and returned to Montgomery, and the machinery that remained rusting around the furnace was sold for scrap.

baby stuff

2009-02-14T07:36:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics of the start of the baby room, I still have to decide what to hang on the walls. Maybe some modern paintings - prints of them - in frames. Or something that I come up with on my own.. ?? Also, here's a pic of the bassinett that is in OUR room!

It's a boy!

2009-02-04T18:28:00.001-08:00

Well, we found out today that it's a boy!! Now we need to think of a name!!!

half way there!

2009-01-30T13:07:00.000-08:00

Well, I am now 20 weeks along, so I have hit the half way mark! woo-hoo! We go in for an ultrasound on Wednesday to determine the sex! Can't wait!

18 weeks pregnant

2009-01-16T09:13:00.000-08:00

On Feb 4th we get to go for our 20 week ultrasound and find out if it's a girl or a boy! woo-hoo!

But for now, I'm 18 weeks, here's what's going on:

At 18 weeks pregnant, your baby is hitting the height chart at five and a half inches long (remember, that's crown to rump) and weighs about five ounces (the weight of that boneless chicken breast you're making for dinner). And now for the skill of the week (drum roll please…): The art of the yawn has been mastered by your baby (someone's sleepy!). In fact, you might catch a glimpse of that adorable yawn if you're getting an ultrasound this month. You'll also catch a glimpse of all the fetal movement your baby's doing — twists, rolls, kicks, and punches. And would you believe your baby is finally big enough for you to start feeling those movements now (or anytime in the next few weeks). So get ready!
Something you won't see on the ultrasound, but you'll know is in working order, is your baby's nervous system, which is maturing rapidly at this time. Nerves, now covered with a substance called myelin (which speeds messages from nerve cell to nerve cell), are forming more complex connections. And those in the brain are further specializing into the ones that serve the senses of touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing. Talking about hearing, your baby's is growing more acute, making your little one more conscious of sounds that come from inside your body (which means you could both be listening to each other hiccup — a skill that your baby has by now).

movies

2009-01-11T13:22:00.000-08:00

Dustin and I went to see "The Curious Case of Benjamain Button" yesterday. Holy crap was that movie a tear jerker, but it was good! You should definitly go see it! It is a little long but you don't really notice. I love the previews and one that we saw that I am definitly going to see is EARTH - it comes out on earth day and is done by National Geographic. The footage looks awesome!

See Veggies Differently

2009-01-11T13:05:00.000-08:00

So far, Dustin and I have been vegetarians for a year and four months. We have experimented w/ all sorts of veggie meat substitutes, and here is my opinion on some of them...

We buy mostly morningstar products, but also Boca burgers, the flame grilled kind are yummy and taste just like real burgers, if you don't believe me, try them! Also I swear by the morningstar veggie dogs, they taste JUST LIKE real hot dogs! We grill them on our george foreman. Dustin loves the chicken patties and makes chicken sandwiches at work (not real chicken) They are very good with mustard and pickles! Also we use the crumbles for hard shell tacos, we just mix the fake meat with taco seasoning (we use the Taco Bell kind) and then you just make like a regular old taco. One other great snack are the chicken nuggets (with BBQ sauce). Make them in the oven! And also the Buffalo Wing flavor ones! Spicey! Great with ranch! It's really not hard at all the be a vegetarian anymore because you can eat pretty much the same stuff.. There is only one meat substitute I've tried that I haven't liked, the bacon. Oh, and dustin likes the breakfast sausage, but I wasn't a fan. Everything else is awesome though! I feel like I've been eating healthier, making sure I eat a lot of fruits and veggies and whole grains.. plus one other thing we absolutely LOVE is soy milk! We buy the Original and the Chocolate! One thing we haven't tried yet are the new steak strips, we plan on getting them and making some philly cheese steak sandwiches! So next time you are in the mood for tacos or hot dogs, burgers or chicken nuggets, just try these! You'll love them and they are a lot healthier and you are not killing an animal plus you are helping the earth!

BumGenius!

2009-01-07T12:49:00.000-08:00

Well, after a lot of research we have decided we are going to use cloth diapers instead of the disposables. It will save us hundreds of dollars in the end, even with the cost of laundry detergent and the extra loads of laundry - and it's better for the environment. Plus, I think these diapers are so freaking cute! They are not just the normal cloth prefold diapers our grandmother's used, with the diaper pins, etc.. they are very up-to-date. The ones I've chosen are called BumGenius 3.0. We'll still buy a pack of disposables just in case and also probably use them on long trips.. but from all the reviews I've read, these diapers are awesome and don't leak at all! They are one size so they fit anywhere from 7-35 lbs.. so the idea is that they fit up until they are potty trained.. (the average 2 year old weighs 27-28 lbs) Plus, with cloth diapers, most babies potty train quicker! yay! Oh and they come with FREE babylegs which are so cute! They are like little leg warmers that match the diapers.. They are an all-in-one diaper, so the cover is acctually on the diaper instead of having to buy it seperately.

Here are some facts about diapers:

Eighty percent of the diaperings in this nation are done with disposables. That comes to 18 BILLION diapers a year. Each one has an outer layer of waterproof polypropylene and an inner layer of fluff made from wood pulp plus super-slurper sodium polyacrylate that can hold a hundred times its weight in water.
Those 18 billion diapers add up to 82,000 tons of plastic a year and 1.3 million tons of wood pulp -- 250,000 trees. After a few hours of active service these materials are trucked away, primarily to landfills, where they sit, neatly wrapped packages of excrement, entombed undegraded for several hundred years.
It is illegal in most states to dump human waste in landfills. That law is simply unenforced when it comes to diapers. Theoretically they could infest the water leaching out of the dump with bacteria and viruses (polio, hepatitis, dysentery), though that has never been known to happen.

Anyway, the health impact is not the most serious indictment against disposable diapers. The main problem is the filling of landfills. The average baby goes through 5,000 diapers before being potty-trained. Because 95 percent of these diaper changes are disposable diapers, most of them end up in landfills. On the face of it, cloth diapers appear to be the best way to avoid additional waste dump in landfills. But laundering cloth diapers does appear to suck up a lot of water, which could present a problem in drought-afflicted areas. Although, it only uses the same amount of water as if there was another person living in your house, flushing the toilet.

One of the main reasons we're going to use cloth though is because it's way cheaper!

16 weeks pregnant

2009-01-02T07:06:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!!!

Well, I am now 16 weeks, (4 months) But a pregnancy is acctually 40 weeks, which is really 10 months! So I still have 6 months to go!

Here is some info on the baby at 16 weeks:

Listen up: Tiny bones in your fetus's ears are in place this week, making it likely that the baby can hear your voice when you're speaking (or singing in the shower)at 16 weeks pregnant. In fact, studies have found that babies who are sung to while they're in the womb recognize the same tune when it's sung to them after they are born (so choose your baby Muzak with that in mind…). And baby's busily boning up in other ways. For one, the backbone (along with the back muscles) is stronger now — strong enough, in fact, to enable your baby to work on straightening his or her head and neck even more. Baby's crown-to-rump measurement is between four and five inches in length, and weight is hovering around three ounces.
This little one's a looker — with a face that has both eyebrows and eyelashes — but a skinny looker since there's no baby fat yet. And here's the skinny on baby skin: It's practically translucent now, so if you took a peek inside your uterus, you'd be able to see your baby's blood vessels under that thin skin.

Get ready for a growth spurt. In the next few weeks, your baby will double his weight and add inches to his length. Right now, he's about the size of an avocado: 4 1/2 inches long (head to rump) and 3 1/2 ounces.

Soon you'll experience one of the most wonderful moments of pregnancy — feeling your baby move. While some women notice "quickening" as early as 16 weeks, many don't feel their baby move until about 18 weeks or more. (And if this is your first baby, don't be too impatient — you may not be aware of your baby's movements until 20 weeks or so.) The earliest movements may feel like little flutters, gas bubbles, or even like popcorn popping. Over the following weeks they'll grow stronger and you'll be able to feel them much more frequently.

Christmas Eve 2008

2008-12-24T18:33:00.000-08:00

baby room before

Bunny!

baby room before

me and dustin

brett and dustin- merry christmas eve

dustin and brett

bart and ollie playing

my charlie brown xmas tree

my christmas cards

nativity scene my dad carved

poinsetta dustin got for me

robert the duck i got for dustin

new ornaments, cute huh?

from when we lived there when i was 2-4

puma

squeekers ornament 1995 (my guinea pig) Abadu

from mine and kim's ice skating days

dustin's favorite ornament

Hey well it's 8:30 at night and almost 60 degrees in Alabama and raining. We had a severe thunderstorm warning earlier. The sirens went off and all the dogs in the neighborhood were howling "Merry Christmas!" Here are some pics of some of my favorite ornaments and of me, dustin and brett and bart and ollie(doggies) playing on Christmas eve. I just washed their blankies so they were happy! Also some pics of the babies room BEFORE!

Boy Nursery Ideas

2008-12-22T15:32:00.000-08:00

I already posted my ideas for a girl's nursery. Here are some for a boy. Mostly just thinking of adding some blues and greens and we really like the hot air balloons hanging from the ceiling in this pic! I found them for sale online too!

Girl Nursery Ideas

2008-12-22T15:24:00.001-08:00

This is some bedding at Target that I like

Here are some nursery ideas for a girls room. I like the shabby chic look. We already have a white crib, changing table and dresser and the walls are a chocolate brown.. we don't really want to change the walls but I think this stuff will work. What do you think?

14 weeks

2008-12-18T10:10:00.000-08:00

I won't be 14 weeks till Saturday, Dec 20th, but here is an update:

If you could peek inside yourself now, you'd see a baby the size of your clenched fist (and come to think of it, at 14 weeks of fetal development, your little one can clench his or her own fist!). As fetal development continues, your baby also has the coordination, strength, and smarts to wiggle his or her fingers and toes and even suck a thumb (how cute is that?).

At 14 weeks your baby is a regular wiggler, but because of his small size you probably won't feel it yet. Your baby-to-be's face is becoming more distinguishable as his eyes move closer together and his ears move closer to their final positions. He's also growing soft baby hair all over his body, which is thought to help anchor developing skin, as well as forming hair on his eyebrows and scalp. He may hiccup too, even though his lungs are filled with fluid, not air.

some good websites for this kind of stuff are:

http://www.whattoexpect.com/

http://www.babyzone.com/

http://www.babycenter.com/

You can log in and personalize everything on these sites, with to-do lists, journals, calendars, baby names, etc.

Names we like- let me know what you think!!

Evelyn Aurora Siskey
and
Knight Wolfgang Siskey
or Knight Ocean Siskey
or just Knight Siskey???

Oh! And my friends Shannon and Eric should have had her baby in the last few minutes, she was scheduled for a c-section at 12p. Her name is Ava Lane.

Congrats!!

Helen, Georgia

2008-12-17T09:56:00.000-08:00

Well, we took a little trip to Helen, Georgia this weekend for a one-night getaway. It's about a three hour drive. It was fun! We stayed at Motel 6 like we did last time, very cheap but nice and clean and all we needed. We started out walking around the little german-like town and then I had to go take a nap, guess I'm not over being tired yet. Then we headed to the Troll Tavern, named so because it is under a bridge. We got a seat by the window where we could see the Chattahoochee (spelling??) River, you know the one.. from the song .. "Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee, never knew how much that muddy water meant to me.." (with a twang). Dustin got a veggie burger! It's very rare that we see those on the menu, and I got fettucinni alfredo. Oh, dustin also drank a beer but I couldn't :( Oh well... I had hot chocolate, but it was really gross! Anyway, we walked around some more and then went and watched "It's a Wonderful Life" on TV.. The next day we hiked to Anna Ruby Falls, only half a mile but I was worn out! It was really cold but really pretty. Of course our bear Johnny Dylan came with us. There are two falls, one is 150 feet and the other is 50 feet. Then we stopped and got some more candy and made our way home to see our doggies. Overall it was a nice little getaway.

Pregnancy Week 13

2008-12-12T08:12:00.000-08:00

You deserve a huge pat on the back! You are now entering your second trimester. Pregnancy week 13 is definitely a time to cheer. By pregnancy at 13 weeks your risk for miscarriage drops significantly. Most women who carry to 13 weeks pregnant will continue to carry their baby to term.

yay!

By 13 weeks pregnant while too small for maternity clothes, you are probably ready to move into a pair of sweat pants for a short time.

Yes, I bought some sweat pants at old navy and I'm wearing them right now - they are a life-saver!

Your Baby:

By pregnancy week 13 your tiny baby may be over 3 inches long and weigh almost ¾ of an ounce! There is still plenty of growing your baby will undergo as you continue your pregnancy week by week.
Though your baby is much larger than he was when he started 12 weeks ago, by 13 weeks pregnant your little munchkin is still pretty tiny. Despite that your baby looks fully formed, with a head, arms, legs and complete torso. Your baby's head won't look quite as disproportionate to the rest of his body by pregnancy week 13. By this time your baby's liver will start producing insulin, a life saving hormone that will help your baby regulate his blood sugar as he grows and develops.

Fingerprints have formed on your baby's tiny fingertips, her veins and organs are clearly visible through her still-thin skin, and her body is starting to catch up with her head — which makes up just a third of her body size now. If you're having a girl, she now has more than 2 million eggs in her ovaries.

2008-12-07T15:25:00.000-08:00

here's a little collage i made, the baby pic is my mom! and the drawing is one i did in class, also got the leaves this september and the baby in the belly is my ultrasound pic :)

nursery ideas

2008-12-06T17:51:00.000-08:00

hey, just wanted to post a few pics of nurseries I like.. If I have a girl I want to do brown/ green/ cream and make it really nature-ey with owls and birds.. if it's a boy, i like teddy bears, trains and vintage toys... don't know for sure yet, but here are a few ideas.. I want to make my own mobile like a couple of these... oh, but I'm definitly not writing my babies name on the wall or anything, everyone does that now! Oh and I love this pink bunny from FAO Schwartz, it's only 13.oo so I'm ordering it if I have a girl!

2008-12-05T14:02:00.001-08:00

This is what our baby looks like now, I'm 12 weeks, it's amazing! It's about 3 inches long.

Love ya!

Happy Thanksgiving

2008-11-28T14:58:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! We ate at the house and then went over to Dustin's grama's house. We also took the dogs to the park- it was acctually warm here, in the mid 60's.. probably one of the last nice days we'll have. Gwen even got in the water! Today I made Christmas cookies so here are some pics of those, yum! Also a pic of my new hair, it's a little darker!

Walt Disney's Bolt

2008-11-24T07:33:00.000-08:00

We went to see "Bolt" in 3D yesterday. Dustin wanted to see a 3D movie and I had never seen one before, plus we were very bored- so we went. The movie was acctually really cute and it was fun to watch it in 3D- the glasses are so goofy looking! I can't wait to have a kid to bring along! :)

Cravings and Christmas

2008-11-22T19:19:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I had to post a pic of me and one of my many cravings for the day! My chocolate sprinkle donut from Lamar's! Yum! Also, I've really been wanting some sour belts, we used to call them tongues.. but cannot find them anywhere! Dustin and I decorated the house for Christmas today so here are some pics of the house.. kind of boring but I don't live by anyone so can't just have anyone over! Also threw in a pic of scruffy Max on the front porch! Love ya, Brooke

Our baby is on the way!

2008-11-21T07:40:00.000-08:00

Well, we are having a baby! We are due June 19th '09 but I'm hoping for Father's Day, the 21st because it is the first day of Summer and I also think it would be a wonderful Father's Day gift for Dustin! I was born on the first day of Fall and we were married on the first day of Spring, so it would be neat. Either way the baby will be born right in between my dad's birthday - June 15th - and Dustin's birthday - June 25th - does this mean that the baby too, will be a boy? We won't know until possibly February. I am 10 weeks now so I will have to wait until 16-20 weeks to know that. Some names we are toying with are Evelyn for a girl and Knight for a boy. What do you think?