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10 weeks and I'm definitely into maternity clothes. I'm gonna be a house by the end of this!

Mom went back into the hospital last weekend and had us all scared last weekend but is doing better now. We don't know when she will get out but they are taking good care of her. I went "public" with the pregnancy because I had to praise God for performing miracles to keep my mom here so she can take part in our miracle baby!

Personalized baby book

Katie really may have a future in writing and illustration! Check this out:

 

The girls are very excited about the reveal party we are planning after we find out the sex:

Katie's depiction of us in Washington, D.C. over the past weekend:

Shopping for new baby things: 

After the baby actually comes (gee, thanks!):

Plans for the next book in the series: 

I have an app that tells me the general size of the baby as it grows. It's been a blueberry, raspberry and most recently a green olive. I guess Katie's next guess is a mushroom!

This baby sure is lucky to have sweet cousins!

Crazy week

My poor mom has been in the hospital all week. She had a blood which destroyed half her kidney. Her other kidney took over, so that part is ok but the scary thing is that these clots are usually a result of a bad heart problem. Luckily the doctors could not find anything wrong with her heart. But that was scary! She was just discharged today and it's going to be a couple of weeks before her pain goes away and she's moving around like normal. We are all so thankful that there is nothing more serious going on.

This baby needs Grandma! Please pray for my mom to heal well and for my dad to remember to take care of himself while he's caring for her.

Gotta travel while we can...

We are in DC this weekend for Justin's spring break. Putting him in the middle of all this history is like bringing a kid to Disney World! I'm wearing out but he feeds me and gives me breaks often.

Also- really good news. They finally took me off of the progesterone at my last appt & I really think that has helped my nausea subside. Praise the Lord! I'm also better at feeding myself things that don't gross me out.

I've started reading the little one books. I don't know when the baby will start to hear us but I just like the routine for now. Any good books out there? Let me know your favorites!

Here's a pic of us out & about today.

Ultrasound #2

Our baby is sprouting feet! And everything is looking good. We have been released from Carolina Conceptions and I'm waiting on a call back from Atrium OBGYN for our next appt. It's looking more and more like a regular pregnancy now!

Documenting symptoms

Boring post alert - just for my documentation but read along as long as you're not uncomfortable with details.

*I pee at least every 45 minutes
*If I don't eat every 2 hours, I wanna puke- joined the club tonight with actually getting sick for the first time.
*I've grown a whole cup size since the beginning of this. They don't hurt as bad as they did a couple of weeks ago.
*pretty emotional, but that's also my baseline so I don't think much has changed there.
*I live to sleep.

It may sound like I'm complaining and maybe sometimes I am but most of the time I remember to praise God for all of this because this is what I've been praying for for 3 years - even the yucky stuff. I know it will be so worth it. :-)

Katie

For the last couple of weeks, my niece Katie has been keeping herself busy during church with drawings like these. Cute, huh?