Work Baby Shower

This shower actually occurred on Tuesday, January 10, but these are the first pictures that I got from it. They had decorated the employee kitchen with green and brown balloons. This is the gift table. It must have been an earlier picture because there were more gifts than this.

Ladies from both of the departments that I worked in helped plan this shower. My current boss Mary Kiethley is on the left side of the picture and led the time out with prayer and a really neat poem that one of my co-workers wrote.

Here's a view of the group -- there were more ladies as the time went on.
Here are the hostesses and me! (L to R) Jody, Mary, me, Beverly, Mary, Allison, & Stephanie
One other thing that they did during the party was share little bits of wisdom that they asked for in advance. They had them on a big poster with a cute stroller on it and called it the Stroller Lot. They gave me a copy of all the advice so that I could share it with Barry.

We are so blessed!

Our miracle

Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim His greatness. Let the whole world know what He has done. Sing to Him; yes, sing His praises. Tell everyone about His miracles. Exult in His holy name; O worshippers of the Lord, rejoice! Psalm 105:1-3

The psalmist goes on to recount the many things that God did for the people of Israel - leading them in Canaan, providing Joseph as a leader & protector, taking them out of slavery in Egypt, providing for them in the wilderness, etc.

This reminded me of the greatest miracle that has happened for Barry & I -- little Scooter. The doctor said we'd never have a child. Then we had 3 miscarriages. Each time it was a miracle -- because it wasn't supposed to happen, but each time it also was a loss. This miracle of life is more than we deserve and yet God chose to bless us with him. Sure it's been tough the last week as we try and decide what should be done for his delivery, but no matter what - this is our miracle! God has blessed us with a miracle!

Happy Anniversary!

It's my parents' 36th anniversary on Tuesday. I made this card for them. I used 5 papers, but tried to use the circle theme while making it. The R is a chipboard diecut that I painted white. I wrote Happy Anniversary! on the front.

We're excited to celebrate in person once Scooter makes his appearance!

Trip to OB Triage

Well, Wednesday afternoon/night I had difficulties with getting my blood pressure down. I rested while waiting for Barry to come get me from work and my blood pressure just wasn't going down. We came home and I rested more, but it still was high. I called the doctor on call (who just happened to be my doctor!) and was told to come in to OB Triage at the hospital on Thursday.

They checked me all out and monitored Scooter and all was well. But, my doctor put me on bed rest. I have 1 week to go till my due date and I have to sit at home. :(

UPDATE: Monday when I went to the doctor, she sent me again to OB Triage. She's concerned that I may develop pre-eclampsia & lab work is the most accurate way to know. We're still hoping to make it to his due date so more relaxing on the couch for me :(. Thursday I'll go again.

Baby Love

I've wanted to do a picture like this for a while because 1) you can see that Scooter has basically eaten my belly button and 2) it's just fun!

It's hard to believe that we're almost to the end... A little baby boy could be here any day!

Blood Pressure, Yikes!

When I went to my regularly scheduled doctors appointment on Monday, I found out that my blood pressure is a bit high. The doctor wants me to check it 3-4 times a day at various times during this next week. Instead of having to buy a cuff, my co-worker is letting me borrow hers.

Come on, Scooter! Less than 2 weeks to go!

Diaper Cake

Today I got this pretty cool gift! It's a diaper cake. Two girls from my office made it. As well I got a package of diapers from an anonymous gifter.

The doctor's appointment today was a little challenging. Although Scooter is doing good and staying in the right position, he is still pretty high in the birth canal which can mean that labor will be long. Today I had a higher blood pressure reading than normal so now she wants me to take it 3-4 times a day and report back to her next Monday. I really think that there had just been some stressful events that had occurred that morning, but the doctor wouldn't listen to me. So, we'll keep praying that God will work things out and Scooter will come when he's ready.