It's going to be a........

BOY! Yea, we are so excited! I would have liked a girl and my family would have really liked a girl but we are so happy that it is a boy. We have the first name of Zachary (don't know about the spelling yet) picked out but not sure on the middle name. Andrew did really well at the sonogram. He sure becomes even more of a chatter box when doctors and nurses are trying to talk. Zachary had a strong heartbeat at 151 and moved around a lot! The sono tech coded the gender for us so we could be the ones to tell Andrew whether he was getting a brother or sister. When she was viewing the gender she circled one thing and said "This is the umbilical cord" and then she circled another thing and said "and this is NOT an umbilical cord". That had me laughing so hard. It was fun taking Andrew with us to find out and he was really excited when he found out it was a boy. I think he would have been just as excited had it been a girl too though. He is so ready to be a big brother, he can hardly wait.

When we went in to see the doctor we found out that the placenta is covering my cervix and also my old c-section scar. This can become quite a serious problem if the placenta does not move. We are praying, and ask you to do the same, that the placenta moves and does not grow into the old scar tissue.

Well, that's all for now. I can't think of any better news to share! Have a great day!

Stephany

Well...Lots of changes here...

The big news is WE ARE EXPECTING a baby in November, yea! We are all so excited and still don't know if we are having a boy or girl. Andrew seems really excited to be getting a new brother or sister but he is acting really cranky lately. Very whiney and generally grumpy. I don't really know what to do. Eric and I are trying to do everything we can to let Andrew know that he is still #1 in our books. We love him so much. We moved his room to the bigger of the two guest rooms and got him new bedroom furniture and room decor. He now has a Disney Cars themed room. It looks really cool.

School is out as of this Thursday for Andrew and this starts summer for us. I don't really have a lot planned for us except to hit our wonderful friends up for some swim time. He is learning really well how to swim when he focuses but those moments are few it seems. We are going to try our best to stay cool!

That's all I can think of right now even though I am sure there has been other going ons. I am still trying to scrap our Disney trip from December but that is a super slow process. For almost two months I have not done much on the computer except check email. I do feel better enough to start again on some scrapping though.

Love, Stephany

Blog Changes

Pardon the mess. I am trying to change up my background and header. Things are going well for us and we are looking forward to the changes ahead of us this year.
Stephany

We are now without training wheels...

Woo-hoo. Andy no longer needs training wheels and he is super fast. Friday we spent at the school he is starting in the fall and just let him ride in the grass. He just took right off and only had a couple of frustrating moments. I got some pictures of him that I can't wait to scrap but lately I haven't felt like being on the computer. I did finish Day two of Disney though and hopefully this week I will be able to post them and start on Day Three as well. We are so very proud of Andy for not giving up on the whole bike thing. It is hard to get him off his bike now unless you mention dessert, lol. Anyway, that is all from the Stratton's for now.

Stephany

Still Here...

I am still here even though I have not blogged in a little while. I am working on finishing up Day 2 from our Disney trip. Also, there have just been a lot of things going on in our lives and I don't have the time right now to share. Hope you are all well!

Love,

Stephany

My Husband is the GREATEST...

On Wednesday of last week I was downloading some freebies and got caught with a horrible virus. We realized that even though we thought the computer was protected with antivirus software, it actually was not. Needless to say after doing so many things to try and rid the computer of the virus and being unsuccessful he had to use our recovery disks which were not updated from march of '07. Ooh well, it really made me realize that this stuff is just that, stuff. My husband did not just stop with restoring the computer to it 2007 settings, he got most all of my programs back on and running for me. I am supposed to be scrapping right now but I just had to brag on my man. Anyway, watch out for Spyware Protect 2009. That is the bug that got into our computer and totally messed up our computer registry.

Have a great night and happy scrapping,

Stephany

Disney Vacation LO's for Day One - Done

At least until my photo cd gets here from our photo pass.

LO's 1 & 2. Template by Andrea Gold
Kit - Dreamin by Nicole of Digi-Designs
Font: Complete In Him

2.

LO's 3 & 4. Templates by Andrea Gold
Kit: A Space Story  by Lisa Minor
Font: Smiley Monster

4.

LO's 5 & 6. Template for 5 by Andrea Gold and no template for 6
Kit Ella in Blue by Lisa Minor
Font: Complete In Him

6.

LO's 7 & 8. Templates and Kit - A Space Story by Lisa Minor
Font: Tracy

8.

LO's 9 & 10. Templates by Lisa Minor
Papers by Seebees Freebies
Mickey Sticker Head by Andrea (Clubhouse Mini)
Font: My Own Topher and Andy

10.

LO's 11 & 12.  Template for 11 by Lisa Minor and Template for 12 by Mandagirl
Kit by Andrea (Clubhouse Mini) (Colored buttons by me)
Font: Complete In Him

12.

13. Template by mandagirl
Say Cheese Frame and Souven-Ears WA from Seebee’s Freebies
Papers and elements from Lisa Minor’s The Big Cheese Kit
Font: Brianne’s Hand

 

If I have left anyone out of the credits so far I am sorry and I thank you for your wonderful designs.

Today Andy and I are playing school. Right now I have him doing worksheets. He is on his third and saying he is done.  He really has done a great job of listening to me while we play school. I got him ready to take to preschool this morning and when we got there we were told that we would probably be getting a call in one hour to come and pick him up for early school closing. There is the possibility of ice on the roads and since we Texans do not know how to drive on ice than they prefer people to stay off of them. So, we are trying to stay warm inside our home but I really need to get some groceries. That will be an errand here soon before getting dinner started.

That's all I have for now so have a great day and God bless each and every one of you!

Stephany