This baby is kicking my behind. I have been so so sick and nothing seems to help meds, eating, not eating, certain candy, sea bands, you name it I have tried it. Everyone says remember it is a good thing but it sure doesn't feel good. I really can not stand throwing up.
We have had a long few weeks with lots going on, Maddie Grace lost her first tooth which she could not have been more excited about, she was the last in her class to lose one and it was driving her crazy. Although she doesn’t realize that she is almost a full year younger than most of the kids in her class because of the date her birthday falls. Apparently the cost of the tooth fairy has gone up in years past due to inflation and she got $10, she spent it when we went to papa and dedes for Thanksgiving. She is doing great and can not be anymore excited about the baby. She still has lots of questions and you can tell is a little scared herself just like we are but we are trying to be reassuring to her as much as we can.
We had a great Thanksgiving with the family , although it seemed to be a little tougher this year missing Zach I think my pregnancy hormones have a lot to do with that, not that I don’t miss him anyway but the hormones make it harder to deal with the emotions.
I have started to show and have a bump, we went last week for an ultrasound with the perinatologist (high risk pregnancy doctor) and the baby looked great he is growing well and seemed to be quite feisty already. And yes I said him, the dr said although he would not say 100% he was about 90% sure it is a boy. And although that is wonderful news it brings in a whole new set of emotions that we have to deal with, fears, guilt etc.. We really just want a healthy baby, you hear people say this all the time but we really mean it , like more could not even imagine or want to imagine. A healthy baby is our goal. My doctors goal is a minimum of 34 weeks, which puts the baby in a much better position than Zach was being on 23.5 weeks. I think also actually seeing him and knowing he is there makes it that much more real, as Dr. R would push in to try and get him to rollover for measurement, he would swat at the intruding thing from my belly and then promptly go back to sucking his hand.
We have so much going on with the holiday season here and makes me so very grateful for the gifts that God has given us, and there are so many this year who are struggling so much. We all need to remember that this is a season of giving and if you have the opportunity to give to another family and are able to do so please do, we adopted a child from Maddie Graces school and I think she has enjoyed finding them gifts as much as she has looking for things she would like from Santa. Keep us in your prayers and this growing baby boy, God will teach is something with this too we know.