Think on Such Things

I fully realize that by breaking the surprise in my title, you may not be interested in reading the rest of this entry...but oh well. So, we found out on Thursday afternoon. It really is amazing how the ultrasound techs can look at a picture and see if it's a girl or a boy. Well... I guess that it's not quite as hard to see if it's a boy, but looking for a girl is amazing. My sister in law told me the most hysterical way of seeing whether it's a boy or a girl on an ultrasound. If you see a hotdog shape, it's a boy. If you see a hamburger, it's a girl. We definitely saw the hamburger shape! We are just beaming with excitement about this little girl! I knew it. I knew for about the last month that we were having a girl. Just by the way that I'm carrying and by a few other indicators that will remain nameless. So... when the 4 foot tall Native American lady who was doing our ultrasound told us that we were having a girl, I wasn't surprised. Funny though. Yo...

Today was Lincoln's birthday! He made it through the surgery, but he's not out of the woods yet. He is a whopping 6.5lbs, with some of that weight being the fluid that he was retaining. Even still, he's a good sized little boy which is working in his favor. He has a good heartbeat, but not a great heartbeat. What you can be praying for right now is his lungs. His lungs still have some fluid in them and are not working at the capacity that they need to be. Every report that we hear continues to be good, so we are thanking God for the healing that he's breathing into Lincoln's life. What really is amazing is the reports that we hear about the hospital staff. God's glory is already being displayed in the hospital! Apparently, the staff told Mike and Rebecca that they are amazed to see how they have been handling this whole thing. Rebecca has constantly been in the Word and sharing their peace with every staff member of the hospital. Mike is reassuring us that God i...

What a week! That's what I've been telling so many people for the past several days. I think that it would be fair to say that this week has been the most emotionally charged week of my life thus far. I don't doubt that as I write this entry, tears will start and stop. They've been starting and stopping for the past several days. "What's going on?" you ask. Well, last week we found out that my great aunt was not doing very well. She lives here in Phoenix. She was the aunt that mom and dad would take us over to their house every once in a while. What I remember of that house is the little adventures that Sonny and I would go on in their garden outside their trailer home. We would romp around that garden that hung on the side of a cliff, or what seemed to us like a cliff at the ripe age of 10. We also loved going over their because they had a kumkwat tree. Whenever I eat a kumkwat, for the rest of my life I will think of Floren and Maryella. Floren would als...

Here are those long awaited ultrasound pictures. These pictures are when I was 13 weeks. On Thursday, I'll be 16 weeks. So, our little one has grown quite a bit since these pictures. Although we couldn't tell from these pictures, if we had an ultrasound now we could see if it is a boy or a girl. My favorite pic is the one at the very top. The baby is either rubbing his/her eyes or sucking their thumb. How amazing is that! I just can't even wait to see this little one.

So, I haven't put any of the ultrasound pics yet because I can't figure out my scanner. One of these days, you'll get to see some pics. First, I'll tell you about the visit to the doctor last week and ultrasound. Then, I'll tell you about the visit to the emergency room. The doctor's visit was so great! I just love that little one so much already. Our appointment was at 11:30 and I was so anxious the whole morning. Dan was really hoping to find out if it was a boy or a girl, but we were about 2 weeks early for that type of news. Some people say that you can tell the sex of the baby around 15 weeks and I was only 13 weeks when we went. The doctors told me that I needed to have a full bladder when I went for the ultrasound, so they suggest drinking a quart of water an hour before the appointment. The worst part is, I wasn't allowed to pee for that whole hour!! Talk about painful, but I made it. For some reason, the Phoenix Indian Medical Center doesn't all...

Well, I haven't written in a while because my pregnancy has been fairly uneventful. No morning sickness except for being really picky about food. No substantial belly growth yet. No weird cravings. No feeling the baby yet. As far as I've been told, I have a pretty easy pregnancy so far. I guess you could say that the only really abnormality is that I can't eat meat. Just thinking about meat makes me a little nauseated. So, it's starting to get interesting to try and find my protein in other ways. About the only foods that I don't have to be picky about is cereal and an occassional chocolate shake. If it's going to be like this everytime, then I could see having 5 of the 12 kids that Dan wants. On Thursday, I'll be 13 weeks. We also have our first ultrasound on Thursday!! I am so excited to meet our little one on Thursday! I'm halfway expecting the doctor to say that we are 12 weeks instead of 13, but we'll see tomorrow. We won't be able to find ...

Well, didn't get an ultrasound, but we have our first one scheduled for the 27th of March. We'll get to hear the heartbeat then! Dr. said that everything looks fine and oh yes, I am really pregnant. That fact hit a little more today with the doctor confirming it. I feel like we have a little more freedom to celebrate. Well, it's late and I have a Pampered Chef show in the morning. Got to get my beauty rest.