Baby boy #2

Baby boy number two is officially named.

Drum roll please.......

Shepherd Sanborn Krum

will be joining us late July. Oh, who am I kidding I am sure he will hold on until August.

more updates to follow :)

#5

The Krum's are excited to announce that we are expecting our 5th child.  Not only are we having another baby BUT Samuel will have a baby Brother! YEAH!!!! We are all very excited! Cant you tell. 

Baby boy #2 is due July 19th .  Which actually means that I will have him probably sometime around mid August.  NO, just kidding, but I would be willing to beat that I will go past, several days past, my due date. 

The kids were with us at the appointment on Wednesday and got to see their new baby brother on the ultra-sound.  It was neat to watch their reactions to the images on the screen. The girls wanted another boy, so they were excited :)

Today Hannah wanted to play "baby Doctor".  She was definitely paying attention at the visit.  She even tucked a cloth into my pants so that I did not get the gel on my clothes and told me, "Have a good week!" at the end of my check up :) SO precious!

Baby boy #2 has not been named yet, there are a few ideas floating around.  I told Abigail, do not say Brudus... I will NOT name him Brudus! No offense if your name or someone that you love has that lovely name. 

I will try and keep you updated on name and all the baby preparation that will be going on around these parts.  Happy Baby making everyone :)

Daddy's Little Helper

These pictures are several weeks old now but thought they were too cute not to share.  

The last week in September, before we drove down to Corpus. Trey mowed the grass at our place.  After our yard he walked down to the neighbors to mow for them and a little helper followed right behind him.  It was ADORABLE :) I sure do love my boys! They are both such hard workers :)

 

 

Little man of few words.

Me: "Samuel are you playing in the mud?" Samuel: "Yes!" Me: "Is that fun?" Samuel: "Yes!" and those of you who know Samuel well know that his "Yes" is adorable. I am still not used to this man of few words thing. Although I will say, his few words have LOTS of meaning and emotion. He definitely gets his point across.

This is just another way the Lord has shown me how wonderful and different He has made each of my children. Abigail's response would have been very matter of fact but she would have told me what she was doing with the mud. Hannah's response would have been a "story" about what she was doing with the mud and would have without a doubt included her imaginary Grandma, that we now know lives in Germany. Also her hands would be used at all times to tell the story and there may or may not have been some dancing involved.

Wow, Kids are great! Well I guess I should not speak for everyone... WOW, MY KIDS ARE GREAT!!!

p.s. If you dont think your kids are great, contact me. I would love to help you make your kids great.

Snake bite

Samuel had his first, I would say and last but I am also realistic, ER visit. On Monday July 19th mid morning he came running to the house screaming. I ran out to him and immediately saw the marks on his arm. I was not sure but did think...SNAKE! So, I called Trey at the office and thankfully he, well he and a man we will affectionately call "Nice Olde Timmer" was able to come straight over. Samuel doesn't always verbalize very clearly but Both Trey and Nice old Timmer identified it as a bite. Trey rushed him off to the ER. Have I mentioned that I was terrified but trying to stay calm so the girls did not freak out. I quickly became very aware of my words as I saw panic in their little eyes when hospital was mentioned. I guess, understandably, after all that went on with Rebekah, they are not very fond of people they know and love going to the hospital. The 3 of us prayed for brother and I used the word "doctor" for the rest of the day.

Trey and Samuel spent the the day in the ER waiting on test results but thankfully everything turned out fine. Appears to have been a dry bite. Praise the LORD our Big Boy is okay but not so sure this Mama is cut out for county life after all.

BIG brother

Samuel took on his roll as big brother for the first time the other day. He pulled his chair right up next to Rebekah as she was sitting in her bouncer. And by right next to I mean they had to be touching. Here are some shots of him "helping her"





We took the side off Samuel's crib the other night.


Here he is asleep in his "big boy bed".



And this is how I found him the next morning during breakfast. He stayed up until about 11:30pm and got out of bed at around 5am


He also asked to hold Rebekah for the first time yesterday. Here are some pics of him holding his little sister.
So precious!
picture perfect

pucker up Rebekah


I think he has fallen in love like the rest of us.

Wild Mushroom

We had our first encounter with Poison Control today.

Saturday afternoon/evening Samuel decided to pick a wild mushroom and chew on it a little. As soon as I noticed it in his hand I rushed over and cleaned all that I could out of his mouth and threw the remaining on the ground, "No sir Samuel, No sir!!" We watched him for the rest of the evening and he seemed completely fine. Trey and the kids, Samuel included, took a quick walk over to the neighbors before dinner. Baths, dinner with movie night, then bed.

Sunday when we got him out of bed for Church he sad thrown up all over his bed and had diarrhea. The mushroom ingestion did not cross my mind, I just thought maybe he ate too much pizza. About half way through church the light bulb went off. He was not interested in breakfast or lunch but still got had diarrhea in the afternoon. He did finally eat half a PBJ sandwich and a banana when we got home from running our errands last night.

This morning when I went to get him out of bed there was throw up and diarrhea again. He was not running fever and acted like he felt fine, except for the not eating part. I decided to take him to the doctor anyway just to be safe. After 2 hours in the Dr. Office that included talks with poison control, mushroom specialist and pooping through all the diapers that i brought, the decision was blood work and wait for the mushroom to be identified. Trey took a picture of one and harvested 4 ,that he found in the wooded area across from the house, and put them in a zip lock in the fridge. I was hoping we would get the all clear and I could saute them up for dinner with our shrimp. I emailed the "specialist" the picture from my phone before we left the parking lot of the Dr. and before we got home she responded.

"This is a Russula species. I can't tell the exact species name, but they are not generally very toxic. It is enough to make a small child sick,but they will make a full recovery. After this much time, I'd send the kid home, with orders to watch him and let you know if the symptoms persist. The diarrhea should clear up shortly. "

So Thankfully Samuel will be fine! He will just have to endure a raw bottom for a little while longer. The rest of us will have to endure the stench and I will probably be washing lots of sheets. Oh, and we DID NOT have mushrooms with dinner tonight :)

A Mother's love

This evening I am overwhelmed with my love and adoration for my handsome son Samuel. I mean seriously, he could not be any cuter if he tried, and I think he knows it! I absolutely love everything about him! I love the way he says "Mama". Yes, he is finally saying my name. I have been waiting to hear that precious name come from his mouth! I love his giggle and the way he LAUGHS out loud when we smooch his neck or rub his tummy. And Yes, sorry dentist, I love the way he sucks those two fingers. I love that he rubs on his ear when he gets sleepy and I love watching him cuddled up in his bed with his blankie. But most of all I LOVE the gift that the Lord gave to me in the life of my "Smiling Samuel" I look forward to watching him grow and seeing what my Lord has in store for his life.


*Here are just a few pictures, so that those of you who don't know him can
grasp the magnitude of his cuteness :)