Family of 5 and counting..... 10 weeks to go!

Okay, this picture is for those who are just so anxious to see what I really look like pregnant. Not much different in the past 5 years as this is what I've normally looked like. Skinny isn't an option until this kid pops out. Then I can try to regain that "old" body I used to have. Before Lauren, before Lexie, before Bella. Sigh! I don't even want to think about diet!

We have less than 10 weeks to go. It's not that bad being hot out here in California. I'm usually in the house or in the pool. However, wearing a bra is almost impossible. It's along the lines of tennis players wearing those bands on their heads and wrists - the bra for me is just a sweat catcher. Seriously!


JUNE 2007
Now for the cute stuff. I've been pretty bad at taking the camera out and snapping loads of pictures of the girls. Milenko's been better at it but it's with the camera phone and the pictures suck. Here are a few ADORABLE pictures of the girls in June when the weather just started to heat up.

You can click on any of the pictures and a larger one will pop up. Easier to see the cute little rascals!

Lauren above in pink. She's now 18 months old.

Lexie above with the crystal blue eyes. She's 3-1/2 now.

Bella above with the infectious smile. She will be 5 in November and starting Kindergarten in just a few weeks!

JULY 2007
We stayed home for 4th of July. It was pretty hot out here. At 9pm at night we were all in our shorts and sandals with the temperature being in the 80's. It didn't cool down much more that night but we had to sleep with the windows shut to avoid all the loud fireworks. Bella is comforting Lauren in the picture above. Both of them were scared to death of the loud fireworks. I think this is Bella's "fake" smile as she was pretty scared!

Lexie couldn't care how big the fireworks were, how loud they were or how small they were. She was just into the moment of dancing all over the place and doing her patriotic cheerleading. She was pretty much glue with her head held high as the fireworks shot out. We had a great view from our front lawn of everything as Dublin is one of the towns that will allow fireworks. It doesn't allow most everything that was shot off but there was so much of that stuff in Dublin that there was no way to go after everyone doing illegal stuff.

Here's one that was just over the house.

Lauren was okay with the lights and even the softer sounding fireworks. As long as Mommy or Daddy was nearby to hold her close.

As most of you know, Donna's been my best friend since we were 15 years old. We were pregnant with our first born daughters at the same time too. Donna's now only a week away from giving birth to little Ryan Matthew. Here's a cute picture of Donna holding Alyssa (almsot 4-1/2) and me gleaming above at her baby shower. It was so HOT and we were outside on the patio of Casa Orozco. Talk about heat wave. We both went home after the shower and jumped in our pools to cool off. I think it was 96 degrees at 2pm when I left the shower.

Daddy's teaching Lauren to eat ribs. I don't know but I think she likes them!

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Finally!)

No news could be better than the news we heard this morning when we went in for our 20 week ultrasound.

The first bit of good news is the obvious - IT'S A BOY!
The 2nd bit of good news is that the baby looks 100% healthy in every aspect.
The 3rd bit of good news is - IT'S A BOY!!!!

Milenko and I went into the doctor's office knowing that for sure, we would hear those words - Congratulations on ANOTHER girl. The ultrasound taker just smiled and asked us if we had seen a previous ultrasound and that's how we knew. We told her it was a gut feeling. She then tells us that 90% of woman are right. We didn't expect to be the 10%. When she played the heartbeat for us (which was 170/bpm about a month ago) we were surprised at the 134/bpm count. Milenko and I both had the same thought - there may be hope after all. As she finishes up the measurements and all the things she needs to do she shows us the picture below and used the mouse pointer to show us the two legs and the "PENIS" in between. Of course I started bawling my head off and I think Milenko just went into shock!

Here's another angle but proof that the little nub is definitely a boy!

She printed out lots of pictures for us to take home for the scrapbook but we're only showing a few of the really obvious ones. The picture below is a profile of Baby Boy. He has the same exact profile as Lexie and Lauren. Already we can see it's a true Dugorepec. :)
Due date is September 26th!

STARTING OFF 2007 WITH A BANG!!!

Okay, this Blog is going to be fun. For the most part, you don’t know this news already so this is going to be a MAJOR shock to you. We have lots of new things going on in the Dugorepec household. 2007 is definitely starting out with a bang.

Lexie just celebrated her 3^rd birthday on January 5th. Out of the terrible twos and into the TORENTIAL threes. Boy are we looking forward to that aspect this year. She is blowing us away with her knowledge of the alphabet. Not only does she know all the letters but she knows all the sounds too. She's even at a point where she can do the alphabet quizes at home faster than Bella. She's going to be the brains in the house.

Lauren turns 1 year old on Wednesday, 02/14. Happy Valentines Day too! Who would have ever guessed we’d end up giving birth on a holiday. Lauren now has 8 teeth and is becoming the biggest Daddy's girl. She started walking the first week in February and she's just the funniest Frankenbaby you've ever seen.

Bella has become an artist. Her favorite thing to do in life is draw. Here she drew a pirate map and a big "X" that marks where the treasure is. She's doing well on her writing too. She's starting to actually put sounds to words and was ables to read the word HUGGIES off the diaper box with a little help.

Milenko was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes – Adult onset. We just found out about this last week and although we’ve changed his diet (and the rest of the family’s too), he still needs to monitor his blood levels and control it with diet and exercise. He’s already losing weight on the new diet so that’s a great thing. He’ll meet with the Nutritionist at the end of the month to find out the real in’s and out’s of eating healthy. We’re excited to attend that meeting so we can actually eat again.

Debbie took a pregnancy test the first week in January and it was NEGATIVE. Wahoo!! Even had a period just after that. Wahoo again! I know, you’re thinking that’s GREAT news! 3 kids are enough. Milenko and I were only “together” on New Years’ Eve and so having a period and getting a NEGATIVE reading are certainly signs of not being pregnant. NOT!!!!!!! Don’t ever let anyone ever tell you that birth control pills are 100% effective. Don’t ever let anyone tell you that if you take a pregnancy test and its negative that you’re not pregnant. DON’T EVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU THAT IF YOU HAVE A PERIOD THERE’S NOT A CHANCE IN HELL YOU’RE PREGNANT. Guess what!???? Yup, we’re 8 weeks pregnant! 3 kids aren’t quite enough for this family. We’re going for 4 kids in our humble little house. Do you think we’ll end up with a little boy this time? Yeah, neither do we. Milenko can’t make boys. He just makes girls. The cutest damn things in the world – but always girls. We want a boy too badly to get one. It’s like Milenko’s theory on the lottery. If we could play lottery and win like we do with getting pregnant, life would be so much easier. If we want a boy that badly, we won’t get it – just like the lottery.

Well we’re due around September 27^th and I’ll try (just like I did with Lauren’s pregnancy) to update the blog as often as possible with all the fun news on Baby #4… It was really fun seeing the baby’s heart beat this afternoon on the ultrasound. Seeing an ultrasound just makes the reality really sink in. Yes, we’re very nervous about a family of 6 but if we can do it with 5 and be as happy as we are, 6 shouldn’t be too hard. (Knock on wood) For those of you who are thinking this: YES, THIS IS THE LAST CHILD WE ARE HAVING!!!!!! Can you say VASECTOMY? We’re thinking of planning one of those while I’m still pregnant. With our luck, Milenko’s little boogers have these red capes with a big “S” on them. I’ll end up getting pregnant the day I get out of the hospital. You think I’m kidding? Boy, you should know how our reproductive systems work by now!

Anyway, I think that’s all the news that I can handle dishing out for the time being. I’ll give another update in a few weeks when we go back to the doctor to do some more ultrasounds.

Have a great February and don’t get pregnant!