The Life of the Marty Party: 2 of Each

Sunday, January 9, 2011

2 of Each

We found out January 5th that we are having another boy. We are all so excited, especially big brother, Truman! He wanted a boy so badly. I've never "found out" from an ultrasound before...and I must say, it was quite a different experience. I'm an overly emotional person as it is, so I suppose that influenced my expectations to some degree, but I fully anticipated the full-blown big emotion- filled "announcement" with all the excitement any ultra-sound tech could muster. Well, this is a "family" blog so I don't feel it would be appropriate to type the exact words of the lady conducting the ultrasound, but I assure you it wasn't, "drumroll please...IT'S A...BOY!!!" (cue noisemakers, balloons, and fireworks) It was just there on the screen and it may as well have been his kidney or his bladder. As she simply stated the mini body parts we were looking at...I literally stopped her from quickly flipping to the next screen to show the chambers of his heart [OR WHATEVER] and said emphatically, "SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS... 'IT'S A BOY'!!!!????!!!!!!" I was all but begging her to please use that phrase! nope. her response? (with a smile) "They're the ones with the __________." Could she have given me a moment to let it all sink in? I wanted to gaze into Quenton's eyes and well up with tears together and celebrate. but instead, I was lying there on my back with my huge bare belly all covered in slime...come to think of it, that part wasn't that much different...but the point is there was one huge part missing! The baby! was still inside me! and he still is! I had this overwhelming feeling of like, you just told me it's a boy...now hand him to me so I can hold him and look at him and love him. Well, needless to say, she went on counting the baby's chromosomes and measuring his tiny unborn baby bones...as I just lay there wondering if I should laugh or cry, talk about it or just be quiet.
Well, he's perfect. Of the 33 tests they did, he passed every one of them as perfectly normal and healthy.

These are the pictures from the 3D ultrasound that day (18 weeks)...

face

profile

profile and little fist

back, leg/knee, arm/elbow, umbilical cord

We couldn't wait to tell Eden, Truman, and Briar the news but we wanted to do it in some special way. So we stopped at Party City on our way home and got a big bouquet of blue balloons with one that said "it's a boy". Then when they got home from school, we had them all close their eyes and guess if they thought it was a boy or a girl...they all guessed BOY! Then I snuck in the room with the balloons while their eyes were still closed...when they opened their eyes to discover the blue balloons they knew right away...well, Eden knew right away, Truman knew when Eden said it, and Briar was just kinda like, "what's up with the balloons? is it a boy or a girl?" I was bawling when Truman found out...and he was soon talking about the Vikings and how he couldn't wait to have a Viking's fan brother.

It was a special, special day.

3 comments:

Just a little something from Judy said...: I am so happy for you all! What fun news to be having a little boy to join your clan. So thankful for your blog. I love following your pregnancy and look so forward to meeting your little guy.; April 10, 2011 at 1:49 PM
Lauren said...: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh I CANNOT WAIT for baby Marty. WOW. Totally wish I could BE there to visit you in the hopital. You always say that Linds came to visit you when you had Briar and I didn;t even know you. I always thought it would be FUN to come and see you! SO SO SO excited! MORE PICS PLEASE! Much love from PA!; April 12, 2011 at 1:09 PM
Dawn said...: I loved this story -- I can totally picture you laying there wanting to cry! :-)
Now that I know what it's like to be with you at the hospital, I am dying that I won't be there this time!!!!
I LOVE HIM already too!!!!!; April 13, 2011 at 6:23 AM

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Q and I have been married for 16 years. We've been through so much together from traveling the world and living overseas to the births of each of our 4 children and everything in between. Our marriage is stronger than ever and for that we are very grateful. We do not take it for granted and we're always working on staying close and improving our relationship. Marriage definitely has it's ups and downs just like every part of life, but we've chosen to relish the good and to learn from the bad and grow through it. In 1996, we started our life together in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where Q was an associate pastor for 5 1/2 years. Our life changed forever in 1999 when we had our first baby...a girl. In 2001 we had a boy.
In 2003, Q began working for HOPE International. We moved our little family of four to Kiev, Ukraine for the first 15 months and then transferred to Lancaster, PA where the HOPE headquarters is located. We lived in Lancaster for 4 years. During that time we happily welcomed our sweet baby #3, another girl.
Then, in January 2009, Q resigned from his position with HOPE and we moved our family overseas to Krakow, Poland to join Q's parents and siblings in a family business. The business was called "More Than A Cookie". We baked and sold gourmet cookies and brownies, ice cream, and specialty coffee drinks. Our passion has always been to further the Kingdom and support ministries close to our hearts so the idea was to give a portion of every purchase to support children's ministry.
In December 2009, we moved back to the states yet again. This time to the home we know and love *Minnesota*. [We have since sold the rights to our family business in Europe]. It has been a great experience to reconnect with family and friends after being gone for 6 1/2 years. I was able to start up my cleaning business again and I still love it. Q is back with HOPE International working as the development representative doing fundraising work here in the twin cities and Chicago as well. We feel so blessed to be part of such a great organization.
In May 2010, We bought a house on a lake...which is so fitting for Minnesota...and we have really enjoyed getting settled into our life here. Have you heard the saying "new house new baby"? Well, we found out baby #4 was on the way only 4 months after we moved in!*SURPRISE*
We evened the score with another boy and our party of five became six last May. We know each one of them is a special gift from God and we are enjoying this incredible journey of parenting together. It's not always easy but we can't imagine our life without any of them. We feel so blessed.

Eden is 12 years old. She is a beautiful, sweet, fun and very creative girl. Eden enjoys sewing, drawing, painting and any kind of art project. She is also very talented in singing. She's played fall soccer for the past 2 seasons and this year her team even won the championship. It has been such a joy to watch her grow into a young lady {preteen}...it could not be more true "the years go by so fast" we have enjoyed every stage so far. What a great big sister and help to Mommy and Daddy she is! She is very responsible and is always watching out for her little brothers and sister.

Truman is 10. He loves sports. His most favorite is football...any version...He plays on a city league team, he plays on the Playstation, he plays with his friends at school and with just himself in the backyard while narrating the play by play (this version is especially fun to watch out my kitchen window) and then of course there's his favorite NFL team, the Vikings, he loves to watch on Sundays...he even collects football cards. He also plays on the traveling basketball team and he is very good. He was on the track team in the spring and he won several blue ribbons in that as well. He's just one of those athletic kinda guys.
He also really loves fishing! His biggest catch was on a guys' weekend with Daddy when he caught a 24 inch Northern.
Although Math is his favorite subject in school, like his sisters, he is also very good in art and he even has his own little creative side.
He has such a great sense of humor. He's always making all of us laugh. He is a total entertainer. But, he is also one of the most thoughtful, sweet and sensitive boys you'll ever meet. We love this about our Truman. Most of all he is so happy to finally have a brother! It's been so fun to watch him with Jude.

Briar is 5. She started Kindergarten this year and so far she loves it. She goes for half days. In the morning she rides to school with Truman and then she comes home on the bus at noon. I love getting her dressed in the morning and doing her hair in fun braids or piggy tails, buns or curly buns. I want to take a picture of her every day because she is so stinkin' cute! Briar also played soccer for the first time this fall. She did a great job. She's not terribly aggressive or anything but it was still really fun to watch her.
She is such a fun little girly girl! She loves to play kitchen, babies, Barbies, Polly Pockets, dress-up, make-up...I guess "girly girl" would suffice! She even has her own little sense of humor. I wish I could video tape every moment right now because she is so adorable and she says the cutest things in her sweet tiny voice.
Briar is my best helper in the kitchen. I love that she doesn't just get bored with it half way through and quit. She always helps until everything is completely done.
She has been loving her new role as "big sister". She is definitely Mommy's little helper. Briar always helps me with bathtime for Jude and she loves to change his diapers and even burp him. I have loved watching her with him. It is truly precious. Every day when she gets off the bus she runs to give Jude a big hug and kiss!

Jude Blaser Marty baby number 4. Arrived on May 21st at 10:27am via C-section.
Weight: 7 lbs 6 oz
Length: 21 inches.
We didn't know we would ever have a 4th baby, yet here we are...completely in love with this little boy. He has completed our family. We are all crazy about him.
Jude is such a perfect "baby of the family". He is so laid back. He is very patient...it's like he knows there are 3 siblings to compete with for our time and he's totally okay with it. He's such a little love nugget speaking of which he already has so many nick names including but not limited to:
Ju.d.ju
juju.b
jude dude
lovey love
the man
the one
total munch
munchabunch
love munch
kicky bubbles
honey love