A New Due Date

So my last ultrasound visit on Christmas Eve wasn't that great. I hoped I'd get the nice lady-tech Kym, who I had on Dec. 3rd, but it was someone different. Unfortunately, she wasn't too friendly or talkative and didn't have me in a position to see everything that she was seeing on the ultrasound monitor. At the end of her measuring and picture-taking, I got to see my baby boy moving around & his little feet kickin away. Oh yeah, according to the ultrasound tech's measurement's of the baby, my due date isn't April 29th...it's April 20th. Hmmm...

Well, about a week from Thursday I began to get pain in my lower right abdomen & my Dr. said the pain is from my fibroid. It got worse over the weekend to where I could barely walk normal and it hurts to change position in bed. According to my Dr. and from what I've read, if a fibroid doesn't get enough blood circulating to it, then it's as if the fibroid is having a 'heart-attack' & therefore causes pain. But in the last few days, it seems that the pain has been lessened. Thank God!

At least I'll get to rest a little this next week 'cause I took off from work!

Christmas for Leon & I seemed to breeze by so quickly this year! On Christmas Eve, we only had one little cousin around to enjoy watching her open her gifts. On Christmas Day, eating & family time just seemed to pass by way too soon. It's just not the same as it used to be when we were younger. It seems like family used to get along better, stick around longer, and enjoy swapping old stories & fun times together...not so much anymore...times are a'changin' I guess.

Leon & I are looking forward to spending some time with our friends Danny & Sonja in Albuquerque for New Year's. Not sure whats's in store yet though. So until next time, HAPPY NEW YEAR Everyone!

21 weeks!

Wow, I can't believe I'm half-way there! Or the baby's half-way there, I should say. I am now a proud owner of stretch marks that are beginning to show! I'm not quite ready for a belly-shot though. *sigh* Maybe in a few days....
Next Wednesday, I get to see my baby again! There were a few pictures that the ultrasound tech didn't get to capture on December 3rd, so I'll be there again. Yaay!
This week, I have to be especially careful with the snow so I don't slip & fall & break something. But I do love the snow! Lately, I've been in pain with my tail-bone whenever I sit down, it's getting harder to bend down to pick things up, and the ligaments on my right leg were overstretched so there's some pain there. I've also been more clumsy than I was to begin with...dropping almost everything I try to pick up or hang on to. Other than that, I've been feeling great.
My next Dr. appt is Friday morning...so we'll see how that goes.

It's a BOY!!!!!!

How awesome GOD is... He has answered our prayers not only now but in Sonya getting pregnant and to be having the baby in the spring as we had prayed for. He has blessed us so much that all Glory goes to him. Our little one has been kicking a lot lately, well that's what Sonya always clues me in on and she's been so awesome in dealing with all the changes going on with her emotionally and physically. I am totally blessed and all glory goes to God.

Yesterday we were once again blessed to see our little miracle. We went to a different imaging center to see how the baby is now developing. The baby would not stop moving enough for the technician to get good images of his little profile. We got to see the baby's heart, brain, spine and bones...I can keep going on and on. We had a very friendly technician who let my wife see everything and we got several pics. We did get to see the baby's little "parts" confirming it's a boy... We won't embarass him yet by showing his picture here.

Seeing our baby's images yesterday reminded me of

Psalm 139:13-18...

13 For you formed my inward parts;you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works;my soul knows it very well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you,when I was being made in secret,intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;in your book were written, every one of them,the days that were formed for me,when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!How vast is the sum of them!

18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand.I awake, and I am still with you