7th Heaven: 5

20wks (5m): The baby has grown about 9.”



21wks: The baby’s skin is red and wrinkled. The lanugo is beginning to be replaced by thicker hair. The baby weights just under one pound. Others can feel the baby kicking now.

22wks: Baby is about 10” long now.

We are a little over half way there. And the name game begins! Do you have any suggestions? Put your thoughts in the comments.

Logan the Hunter

This is our dog: Logan.
We did not name her. She came from the humane society named. Otherwise she would have a girl name. :)
She is a very proper dog. She lies with her front legs crossed.
Fairly well trained. She has a free spirit and gets this itch to run sometimes.
She prances like a deer when she is having a real good day.
A good dog.



You'd never know that she was a hunter. :)
She gets lizards, squirrels and rabbits. A few bugs here and there too.
(Maybe we don't feed her enough.)

This is her latest catch. A rabbit.
The story was just so funny to me that I had to blog it.
The kids went outside to play, a normal day, normal play. Hannah comes running inside, "Mommy, Mommy, we have another rabbit! Come look, come look." I'm thinking to myself, 'ok...'
She runs outside and then runs back in, "Mommy come quickely." I go out to see this rabbit. (Keep in mind that we have rabbits around our house and see them often.)
I see Logan over our child fence and the kids all looking at her. As I get closer I see that Logan has got the rabbit. Yeah, it's gone. Hannah then looks at me and asks, "It's eyes are open, is it ok?" Heart breaking, yes. What did I say? I can't even remember. Probably something like, 'um, I don't know.'
It was then that I say how proud Logan looked sitting by her catch. I ran inside to get the camera. I took these pictures of her.



Then I had to dispose of the rabbit. Joshua was not home... so I was not able to call on my super hero to rescue me. So, it was up to me. What was I going to pick this thing up with? Do I really need to bag it? The kids are all watching me... I took a deep breath and got a shovel from the garage. If you know me at all, you know that I am very squeamish around dead things and live bugs too. I proceeded to pick up the rabbit and Caleb calls out, "What are you going to do?" I say very calmly, 'I'm going to put the rabbit in the creek. Hannah then says, "So that his mommy can find him?" Oh man! And then the rabbit wouldn't stay on the shovel and kept falling off. I finally got it to the creek and went to put the shovel back.
Well, that was over thankfully. So I thought. :)
It wasn't but a couple minutes later that Logan comes trotting up the hill from the creek with the rabbit in her mouth. She obviously wasn't so happy about me taking it away. So I got the shovel again and put it back in the creek and then brought the kids inside.
When Joshua came home we told him about the rabbit and asked him to properly dispose of it. We went outside to show him where I had put it, and Logan had brought it back into our yard, over our fence. Joshua got rid of it and we haven't seen in reappear.

Just another day in the life of the Crispin's.

Hannah in Awana's

Hannah is in the Awana's program at church.
It is so much fun seeing her memorize God's word. And she loves it.
When she earned the vest, she wore it around the house for several days. She has earned 2 patches so far all because she is memorizing the WORD.



What great brains little kids have. I have trouble remembering the past verses and Hannah can help me out.
She has also memorized the Lord's Prayer.
She has got a great memory!
And what better stuff to be putting into her pretty head?!?!

Birthday: Sarah's 2

Happy Birthday to Sarah!
We did something very special for Sarah's birthday; we went to the Texas Teddy Bear Factory. It's a "remake" of the Build-a-bears that you may have seen in the malls. Very fun place to bring a girl that just loves bears!

We all went along for the ride but only Mom and Sarah went into the store. Here is Sarah in the car on the way to our special birthday event.




We walked into the store and Sarah's eyes let up and she said, "A bear, a bear, a noth bear..." as she pointed to all the bears. I steered her to the bins of unstuffed bears for her to choose one and she took one out and said, "a bear," then put it back and grabbed another one and did the same. She did that for all the bins in the first section.


Pink seemed to be the choice color. She had two pink ones for awhile.


Then I asked her to choose the one she would like to take home. She grabbed two pink ones and a purple one. :)


When she finally picked the ONE the she would take home, we listened to the sound chips to add in the bear. She danced to the ones that had songs and then choose the lullaby tune. Then we took the bear to get it stuffed. This was funny because she wasn't sure about giving the bear, that she just picked out and mommy said she could take home, to a stranger. And the machine that blows the cotton into the bear was loud. She stood back a bit.


She got the bear back for a hug test. If there wasn't enough cotton I'm sure that Sarah wouldn't give it back. :)


Time to pick out clothes. We spent some time there. Sarah saw a bow that she loved and shoes, but for some reason she went with the plain t-shirt and a skirt. Thrifty girl!



After our time at the Bear Factory we went to a chocolate store next door. I got all the kids chocolate suckers.


A good time with just Sarah. I truly enjoyed it! She is such a joy to be around (when she is not upset!) and she just sings and dances so much, you can't help but have a merry heart with her.

When we got home we had cake. Sarah didn't put her new bear down.


Present time! Hannah made Sarah a necklace. When she opened it she put it right on. And tapping her hands on the necklace she said, "my neck, my neck." Hannah has such a good time making things for other. She just smiled as she watched Sarah enjoy the necklace. I had made her a necklace for her bear.


Another birthday. We have a 2 month break until the next one. But Thanksgiving and Christmas are on the way. I love the holiday season!

7th Heaven: 4

It's been a while since I've updated on our babies growth...

15wks: Lanugo, soft downy hair, is beginning to grow and cover the baby’s body. Bones and muscles are starting to grow to surround and support the baby’s tiny organs. The baby’s legs and arms are long enough to bend at the elbows and knees. Vocal cords appear. I am able to feel the baby kick now!

16wks (4m): Baby is about 6” and weighs about 4oz. Hair begins to grow on baby’s head and the eyebrows and eyelashes are emerging. All of the joints can move and the baby’s sex is evident.



17wks: The baby will continue to grow and refine its features. Baby has fingernails and toenails and its own set of fingerprints.

18wks: Baby can be seen sucking his thumb and swallowing small amounts of the amniotic fluid. Baby is about 8” and 6oz.

19wks: A cheesy coating, called vernix, will begin forming to protect the baby’s skin from the amniotic fluid.

Now that we are up to date, would you like to know what the gender is?

It's a boy!

Hannah was with me at the doctor’s office. (My mom came too. Neat for her!) I told the Sono lady that she just had to say that it was a boy because Hannah is just sure that it is a boy. (I've thought the same and wanted so badly to not be wrong!) When our baby flipped over and we could see between the legs... there was no doubt! :) I had said in the first blog of this series that we would have sono footage as well as pictures. Joshua informed me that we don't have the equipment to turn VHS to DVD anymore. Very bummed about that. But you can enjoy some photos! Now I've been told by some people that they can not see the baby... so I've labeled for you. And if Hannah can tell me what she is looking at... well. :)

This view is so weird to me. It's so alien like, but very cool to see his face bone structure. Hannah says that in this picture he has a "huge" belly. He is weighting at 10oz. right now, so it can't be that big! :)




His feet are not completely clear here. I had a better shot with Caleb. But it’s a sonogram, not an actual picture!


I hope that you have enjoyed seeing our baby as much as I enjoy showing!