i normally don’t show off my uncovered 4xpregnant-stretchmarked-belly, but what a great pic! (this is the exact reason widebody has the “oprah” disclaimer by my link!)
i had my regular ob visit yesterday. i’m 30 weeks 2 days now. less than 10 weeks to go! still not quite time to pack bags or clean car seats (not that we have a van yet to put it in!) or wash clothes or set up the pack-n-play, still just time to wait!
his heart rate was 155 and ridiculously loud and clear! he has flipped head down now. my blood pressure’s still great – 90 something over 60 something. my bloodwork from last visit was good. glucose test went great and my iron level is great as well. and now for the big one….drum roll please… I ONLY GAINED 2 POUNDS! considering i’m supposed to gain a pound a week and it’s been 3 weeks, i did good this time. and considering the last 2 visits i nearly doubled the amount i was supposed to gain each time – i did great! (however, my mom brought over these chocolate covered fruit things that are awesome and i’ve had 6 this morning already – if i blow it next time i’m blaming you!!!!! just kidding! ;) )
so as doc said, “well, you look great on paper, now we’ll see how you hold up spiritually for the rest of the downhill slide!” i couldn’t have said it better myself, dear sir!
in other news, we’ve been fighting down my girl’s 104.8 fever since last night – she’s doing much better this morning. my 5 year old lost that second tooth and the gap is already almost filled in with two new big boy teeth. and when i asked the kids to pray with me at the time joel’s dad was going into the meeting at the courthouse the other day, as soon as we got down on the floor my 3 year old started praying for him. talk about heartmelting. when he finished he said, “i prayed for little joel morris.” and, boy, did God hear him.
i’m making calls about a new loan for a house. please pray for us for this. as you probably know, this is really stressful and it would (hopefully) put us moving within the the next month and a half if it happens. for those of you keeping count, that means just prior to baby’s appearance. and we still have a mini-van to buy. but if we can find a house and manage to pull off the buying part – this new loan could save us almost half of what we’re paying in rent, we’d have a little more room, hopefully a yard for the kids to play in, and not to mention the minor detail of a home of our own for the first time. so please, please, please pray for us. i have to make phone calls in just a minute – and this is SO easy to do with the busy kiddos running around. i think this either happens now, or doesn’t happen for months to come. and we could really use the half a rent right now.
i’m off to kid wrangle, make phone calls to buy a house, see why medicaid has mysteriously dropped my whole family without telling us before we showed up at the doctor, fight my daughter’s fever and fits, fix breakfast and teach my 2 older children to read, you know, the norm…. :)
and, p.s., don’t feel too bad for my husband - i did manage to get him a birthday milkshake yesterday! right after having a pregnant woman meltdown about needing a break or something!
