Baby 5 Announcement

Leighton said his lines perfectly every take of this video.  In fact he knew everyones lines and directed between takes.  He lacked enthusiasm during his lines but I can assure you he is thrilled about the baby.

McCabe said his lines every take of the video.  He also lacked enthusiasm during the video!

Brooks messed up his line, actually his word, the first 9 times, but nailed it this 10th take!

Wynnlee was perfect all but one take in which she was sitting backwards and didn't see her cue.

All in all, we are excited about our news!  The kids go back and forth about which gender they would like to have.  And I go back and forth about how the room arrangements will work out.  But that is a ways away.  For now, we will just enjoy the growing baby and keep praying for it's health!

Number Four

Luke and I are eager to share that we are expecting Hukee Baby #4 to arrive at the end of June!

Leighton is so excited. He smirks whenever we talk about it. The other evening when we got home from bible study hangout, Leighton said, "I love you Mommy (and gave me a hug), I love you Daddy (and gave him a hug), I love you McCabe (and he kissed him), I love you Baby Brooks (and he kissed him), I love you New Baby (and put his head and hands on my stomach)." It was so precious so and wonderful to know that Leighton was excited just like we are. When you ask him if he wants it to be a boy or a girl, he either says, "We need to have 1 more boy before we can have a girl," or , "Let's have 10 more boys!"

When I talked to McCabe about it later that evening, I told him we were having another baby and he responded, "for Brooks?" He thought Brooks needed a baby, since everyone else
in the family has a baby. He is the only brother without a younger brother. When you ask McCabe if he wants it to be a boy or a girl, he says, "a girl!"

We love this baby so much already and talk about him/her all the time. The boys like to pray for this baby too!

Happy Birthday Baby Brooks David

Yesterday morning my water broke at 5:15 am. We went to the hospital and got to welcome Brooks David into the world at 9:13 am. I was only dialted to a 2 at 7:00 and by 9:00 I was pushing ... literally a couple minutes after the midwife arrived.

I know it was my third delivery in 2 and half years so many could call it a coincidence that it all went that fast but I must tell this story because it highlights God's goodness in our lives. I have been struggling a lot with the fear of Labor so I have been praying in general that God would prepare me for it. In the last couple of weeks some Mothers and I have been meeting before 6 am once a week to memorize scripture with one another before the kids wake up. I have been so blessed by those women and profoundly impacted by the verses that I have tried to meditate on, claim and abide in daily. The first verse we memorized was John 15:4-8.

5 “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. 6 Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned. 7 But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! 8 When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.

It was a challenge for me to put this into practice daily in my life. During labor, God really pressed it upon my heart to remain in him, let his words remain in me, and to in faith, ask him for anything I wanted. Though some of the contractions got the best of me, I tried hard to say portions of this passage and then pray the same thing over and over again. What did I pray? Here is a sample: "Lord, you say that if I remain in you and your words remain in me that I can ask for anything I want and it will be granted to me. Lord please help my cervix line up quickly, help me dialate with each and every contraction and Lord please allow me to have this baby by 9 am." I prayed this from about 6:30 until 8:45. At 8:45 I lost faith, I stoped claiming the verse and saying that prayer because the pain was so intense and I mentally and spiritually lost control. There was a distinct change in my contractions and the pain level at 8:45. I felt defeated. My midwife arrived just before 9 and decided to check my dialtion. At about 9 oclock, she said, "Girl, you are ready to push, lets get this baby out!" Wow. I know he wasn't born until 9:13, but I totally believe that God did not fail. I believe he listened to my prayers, and I believe that he got me ready to deliver the baby 13 minutes before and that the only reason he was born after 9 was because I didn't know I was dialated to a 10, didn't ask to be checked, didn't say I felt I needed to push and because the midwife literally wasn't in the room yet! God is sooooooo good. He is so personal, gracious, and available. He is so loving. And not only did God listen to my prayer and meet me there in that hospital, but I also got a beautiful, healthy baby boy. What a morning of blessings and what a sweet opportunity to know more about the Lord in an experiential type of way. To intellectually know God's character is important, something to strive after, something to meditate and something able to transform me, but to truely expereince his character is quiet an awesome thing that leaves you humbled, challenged and grateful.

We are so excited about Brooks and love him soooooo much. He is such a precious gift!

Pround parents after delivering him ...
Footprints ...

A warm bath to get clean and show off his long hair .....

The whole family! Leighton and McCabe came to visit a few hours later. Leighton was pretty skeptical, sad, reserved and quiet. I got a very sweet kiss from him before he left so I know we will get through it! McCabe was totally clueless, thought the room was just another playground, and even hit his brother for the first time treating him like a new toy! Uh oh!

On the second visit up to see us that evening, Leighton was a little more open to the idea. He held Brooks for about 4 seconds and he pushed his crib around the room!McCabe finally showing some emotion about the potential new baby in mommies world!On their third trip up to see us this morning, they brought a huge balloon. Oh course, Leighton took it right back home with him since it was really more for him than Brooks.

And finally that afternoon, we decided to come home. The quiet was great, the food service was great, and the care was great but I miss my boys way to much to stay away from home. Luke, Brooks and I, checked out at 3 in the afternoon.

Now, all three of the little ones are sleeping and precious and sweet. I am trying to enjoy this time to clean up, unpack and blog, but I really just want to go wake up my babes and enjoy them.

Home Sweet Home ...



God is so great!

Baby 3 is a BOY

Luke and I got to have an ultrasound today to check on the progess of our third baby. Despite my stomach measuring small, the baby was measuring right on time. In fact, the little 9 ounces blessing was flexing his arms for much of the ultrasound and we got a good look at his strong biceps.

It is incredible to watch an ultrasound and see how amazing God is. Only 9 ounces, but our boy is quiet developed. Here is a precious video of our three amazing blessings. More details of the ultrasound are below.

Ultrasound Details:

I was measuring a week and a half small but our little boy was measuring right on schedule. He was 9 ounces and his head and stomach were all perfect. We learned that the little guy was breech. There is plently of time for the babies potition to change so it isn't concerning that he is breech ... yet. Hopefully he flips the right way soon though. We also learned that my placenta was anterior. Traditionally the placenta is towards the top of the uterus. My placenta, being anterior, explains why I haven't felt much movement with this baby. She said that it is like trying to feel a kick though a pillow because there is so much placenta to cushion the area that is usually just uterus to skin. This isn't a problem ... it is just different. I can't think of any other specifics except that the baby is a BOY!

I am so overjoyed to know that we get to welcome another little one into our family. We are excited he is a boy because the more boys we have before having a girl, the more protected she will be, and the more examples of Godly men she will have to learn from. And if we end up with a baseball team of boys, we will still be extactic. Plus, I will make sure they know how to treat a lady! We already practice with lots of talking and lots of kisses! Leighton even tells me that I look pretty when I get dressed up!

Praise God for little babies!

Blessing #3

“From the fullness of grace we have received one blessing after another”

John 1:16

Baby Hukee #3 is 9 weeks old and is due October 11, 2010. Luke and I are so excited for another little one around here.

Please join us in praying that the Lord would knit this precious one together perfectly and that God would Perfect us, Prepare us, Provide for us, and Protect us!