here we go again...

So many of you know that I'm back in the hosptial. This morning while getting ready to go to my ultrasound I had some slight bleeding and when the did the ultrasound they could tell my cerclage stitch (think circlular like on a drawstring handbag) was pulling thru which caused the bleeding. The bleeding has stopped but when they were looking to get a cervical length... well baby girl was trying to kick her way out and her foot was thisclose to the stitch a couple of times.

So... they are preping me for surgery starting at midnight and then decide tomorrow morning if they are doing the surgery. The issue with regards to the surgery is that if I'm already cramping slightly (since my cervix is trying to dilate and the stitch will hopefully fix that), is it worth the risk to mess with my cervix trying to tie it off which can stimulate the cervix/uterus and put me in labor also which would probably make me contract enough to bust open the stitch.

So that's the decision my Doc gets to make although he is an agressive OB so there is a good chance he'll do it.

However.... GREAT NEWS!!! For the 1st time ever... NO INFECTIONS!!!! This is huge because both my girls have had to battle infections along with trying to survive outside the womb so early. If I do end up delivering soon, that is on MAJOR hurdle out of the way. YEA for small victories!!!! (or really big in this case).

Thank you everyone for their thoughts and prayers I really appreciate them.

It's 98% official!

I went back to the OB today. I have weekly monitoring now, exciting I know. But good news is they looked again and the nurse was 98% sure that we're having a girl! Baby is still in a funky position and being difficult but she got a pretty good shot of, well, her and we are really excited! So now that wait is over.... not just to hoping I can make it to the middle of September and hit 30 weeks. If today was any indication, my body is going to try and make that a bit difficult and bed rest will probably be in the next week or two. I will be a stellar bed rest patient... can't wait.... :)



Great picture of the little fingers....

quickie....

Just wanted to let everyone know what the results were from my ultrasound.....
any guesses????
Boy, girl, anyone...




Yea they couldn't tell.... baby was curled up and didn't want to get out of it's comfy place. I'll be heading back the next two weeks for some follow up ultrasounds anyways so hopefully we'll see on one of those!

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Michael Buble

So last weekend we got together with Ryan and Lacey to go to this awesome concert. We met for dinner which was a bit of a fiasco, Ryan and Lacey's babysitter was 30 min late, so we had to pick up the tickets at 7:25 at will call. They got to the restaurant at 6:30 after which the boys promptly left to get the tickets then come back and eat. Wellllll... Lacey and I ate without them (side note: if you live in STL go to Katie's Pizzeria, best gourmet pizza, vegan options and the most A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. toasted rav filled with spinach and gorgonzola cheese! YUM!!!!) we found out when they got there the tickets were not at will call... I should mention that a friend got us all FREE tickets! They guys ran back and got us and we sped to the Savis Center, Ryan and Mike eating in the car, then were lead by a guy who works with the opening act with his all access pass to the sound area on the floor.




Naturally 7


We sat with they sound guys during the Naturally 7 performance, if you haven't heard these guys you have to check them out. They were with Buble when we saw him 2 years ago and we love them! So since we didn't have tickets we couldn't leave the floor to go the bathroom or anything so a sound guy went and grabbed us some back stage passes. Needless to say the rest of the concert was awesome, we ended up by the stage singing and dancing for a few hrs. Lacey is 29 weeks pregnant and there were these, um...slightly intoxicated girls, talking, telling their stories of being pregnant when they saw him and how their kids love music... oh and one of the girls had caught a sweat towel from Buble and she was rubbing it on Lacey's belly for some kind of good luck or something. After the concert we walked around back stage and while we didn't get to meet Buble... we did get our picture taken with his 'closet'. :)




Michael's Closet

We had a great date that night and were so grateful for the free tickets, gift certificate for dinner and our babysitters even wanted to babysit for us for free so we could have some date nights before I end up on bed rest. It was fabulous!

apologies and rest of trip

Grandpa and Izzy


Grandma and Izzy... G'ma can't look at the camera and smile and keep her eyes open so we just take the best shot!

Ok so I just reread my last post. All I can say is wow... we all know I am not the most proficient writer, but man that was bad! I guess when you're at a friends house and you don't want to take to much time that's what happens. For those that don't know my parents only have dial up and can't get DSL or Cable out where they live so it can take up to 15 min for 1 page to load. Needless to say, I don't try the internet there!

So on to the rest of the trip. We got home this past Sunday and all I can say is I now have 1 more reason (as if I needed it) why I should NEVER move to UT. One word... Turbulence. Flying in from the West over the mountains when you're pregnant, can't take anything and are easily motion sick anyways was not the best combination. At least I was able to wait until we landed.

We had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa. Isabel was outside helping to feed the horses morning and night. She only missed 3 feedings the whole time we were there. My little girl LOVES horses. Saturday night we were able to get Isabel on Sam to ride. She went faster then last time and was loving it. Unfortunately it rained the whole time we were there... oh wait the sun was out Friday and that's it. I've never had a vacation out there like that before!

As you saw in the previous post we had dinner with some great friends who are celebrating 2 years together this August, hung out with Niki and Keegan (and some of Ray when he wasn't sick) and of course Ms. Kate. Kate was in town doing another wedding and Mike and I were able to go and help her assemble the center pieces. It was great so see all three of my closest friends from high school and not feel rushed as all.

Below are some pictures (I never got any with Kate, why does that always happen!) with the Bonnells, lots with horses and family. Oh and the day we left happened to be Father's Day and my sister called to wish a happy day to my dad and we got to talk to her! It was so fun to speak with her although she had been at the hospital, finally caught a bacterial infection over there but she sounded in good spirits.



The cats ran from Isabel the whole time she was there... until Saturday night. They are not used to loud, excitable children!



Grandpa was trying to teach Izzy how to do some lat pull downs



helping Grandma load hay for a nightly feeding



on the phone with Auntie Leslie



She was trying to look like a farmer with the hay in her mouth.

Seattle trip so far

We came to Seattle (ok, Kent really), last weekend and are leaving tomorrow.. here are some pictures of Isabel helping with the horses, trying to put the hay in the gator. She got some new cute cowboy boots and jeans because its FREEZING here and I didn't pack correctly. I packed for high 60's low 70's and it's been in the 50's here. Needless to say Isabel has been so cold in her shorts!

We're hanging out at Niki's house.. a great friend from back in JH all thru now and had yummy cinnamon rolls and the kids are playing. We're about to head home so Isabel can ride the horses if the rain hold off.

enjoy!

oh wait I just realized that the pictures we have downloaded are from our trip to the Museum of Flight in Seattle.. So the other pictures will be shown when we get back! So here is pictures of us with lots of planes and me in a wheelchair since walking became a bit difficult.







We also had dinner with some good friends that we married two years ago when we were up there. Eric and Amy. Isabel and Carly had fun playing too! Dinner at Red Robin.
Oh and the last picture is Isabel and her dad by his FAVORITE plane.. the one that he really wants to buy.