2 More Appointments

Good morning, little one. I sure do love you and hope you are having lots of fun up there with all of your friends. I’m sure you have a blast with all of them. I wonder though, does God ever have to put any of you in time out? I would doubt it considering heaven is perfect but it sure would be funny to see you little ones sitting on a cloud over in the corner somewhere! Lol!

I have still been doing pretty well this week. There have been some downs, like thinking about some of your friends’ mommies who are struggling with different events that are coming up. One of them is preparing for the date her baby was supposed to be born, one just miscarried for the second time after losing her little one and is having a D&C today, and so many others are still walking down the same road I am right now and are expecting their rainbow babies. There is so much happening in the world around me that requires prayers and I’m doing my best to pray like crazy for them.

I have some more good…well not good…it’s great news! We had our NST and ultrasound yesterday and your little sister looks perfect. She’s growing just like she should. She’s still moving around like a crazy girl and while the doctor did the ultrasound he pointed out that she was breathing in there. She’s practicing to come out into this world. How awesome. You could see her heart beating and her chest rising and falling as she breathed. What a blessing. Oh yeah, and she's already measuring at 5lbs. 10 ozs. She's definitely going to be a healthy sized baby! (My prediction is 7lbs. 3 ozs. at delivery)

Then, when we were leaving the doctor’s office I had to make my appointment for next week and it turns out that next week and the following week are my last two appointments. WOW. We’ve almost made it. I’m still trying not thinking about it too much BUT I did pack my hospital bag last night and got everything ready for me and your little sister. The only major things that are left to be done are shopping for your little sister’s baby book, buying your big sister a present or two and your daddy needs to pack his things.

Oh yeah, and last weekend we had some pictures taken of your big sister and of our family. When I first got pregnant with your little sister I scheduled this appointment because I knew that no matter what happened, I wanted to be sure I had pictures of our family (minus you of course) while I was still pregnant. You see, I don’t really have many pictures of myself pregnant with you because I was self conscious and I hate to admit I was just sick of being pregnant. So, this time around I am doing my best not to take anything for granted. I am SOOOOOOO grateful for the pictures she posted on her blog and can’t wait to see the rest of them. She’s such a talented photographer and it turns out she’s pretty awesome at volleyball too (that’s how we originally met – on a volleyball team. It was SO fun!)

Well Carter, I suppose I should get going. I think about you all the time and there are some things cooking between me and a friend at church that will/should be totally awesome and are all because of you. I’ll do my best to keep you in the loop when official plans have been made. It’s going to be awesome though, I can tell you that much! I love you little boy. Take care and stay out of time out will ya? ;-)