I don't know if there is anyone even checking our blog anymore. I know it has been almost 2 months since we have posted, our longest lapse ever. I hope to become an active blogger again. It's not that our life is THAT boring, quite the contrary, it seems endlessly filled, and when it is not filled, I just want to sleep! How it happens that I feel like writing tonight, I don't know. I am exhausted from a very busy, long day, Greg still isn't home, and I have some sort of head cold or allergies, but .... the thought came to me that I should blog, so here I am.
Instead of starting 2 months ago and filling you in, I will start by letting you know what is going on in the here and now, and then maybe in subsequent posts I can fill you in on the past 2 months.
About a week and a half ago (that's close to here and now isn't it?) we went to Iowa City (about and hour away) to see the specialists at the U of Iowa hospital because they will be monitoring our pregnancy closely (you all did remember we are expecting didn't you?). It was great to have an ultrasound done and be able to see the baby. As always, we wanted to know the gender of the baby. Drum roll please....... we are having another boy! So far he is doing very well. He was moving around quite a lot, but our amazing ultrasound tech was still able to see everything the docs wanted to. To date, he is healthy. The only discouraging thing was they did some blood work on me, and my titer levels (how they measure the amount of antibody in my blood) had gone up, so instead of waiting four weeks to go back, we have to go back in 2 weeks, which is this coming Monday. I think the baby should be well at least for several more weeks, but they just want to be sure. The hardest thing about these appointments is that they are not something you want to bring children to, so I have to leave the kids for 4 or more hours. Not to mention that Greg is essentially taking off a half day for each one that we go to. It's frustrating, but I am glad that it is only an hour away for us, and that Greg's boss, at least right now, seems to be pretty understanding. I really like having him there. Having experienced this with Ben, you just never know when they are going to keep you there and want to do an amniocentesis, and that is NOT something I would want to be alone for. Anyway we will keep you posted. I was SURE the baby was going to be a girl, so we don't have a boy name picked out yet. Any suggestions?
Well I think that is about all I will do for tonight. It is a start anyways. Don't give up on us just yet, we will try to keep on blogging.
3 comments:
We're always faithful in checking the blog and would never give up! I sure wish we were already in Iowa City so that you could leave the kids with us during your appointments. And we will definitely pray that things go really well at this upcoming appointment so that you don't have to continue to go back at 2 week intervals. I can only imagine how difficult that would be!
We've been thinking about you a lot and are praying for you!
Thanks for the update! We too always check your blog.
Like Deanna, I hope your appointment goes well. Will you always be going to Iowa City?
We love you
I can't say anything about people who don't blog. Thanks for the update. We will pray this pregnancy goes as well as Ben's. At least D and Todd won't be too lonesome when they first get to Iowa, and the cousins will get to see each other. OK, I'm reaching here, but you gotta try.
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