Baby Update

Well for those that don't know, we are haivng a baby........................GIRL!

This means pink, bows, dresses, purple, lace, and all that goes along with it.  I am in a bit of shock, but so excited too!

As of right now I am 21 weeks along, approximately.  I am finally over all of my sickness (oh it was BAD this time around) and still my only craving is Mexican food.  I loved it before I was pregnant too, so not sure it's really a craving.

Some prayer requests:
- Baby girl is measuring small by 7-9 days.  This could mean several things, but we will have to see a high risk doctor on Monday, the 11th, to see what is going on.  I am hoping and praying they just got our original due date wrong.  I have thought it was off by a week since day one, but they (the sonographer) seems more confident in their original sonogram than in my reasoning/feeling that they were wrong.  They dates just didn't add up to me by a week.  It could be she has not hit her growth spurt yet, could be that she is just a small baby, or it could be something else causing it that we will need to figure out.  Praying that she is just small or that I was right about the due date.

- My blood pressure.  My doctor has hinted around that we may have a repeat of my last pregnancy...preeclampsia, early birth, NICU, all that stuff I have been worried about.  So far, my blood pressure has been steady, but we are at 21 weeks.  Still have a very long way to go.  My orginal goal was to get to 36 weeks...I still want to make that for sure.  After talks with my doctor though, I am losing hope in that.  At this point I just PLEASE want to make it past 30 weeks.  Every. Single. DAY after that point makes a huge difference.  It is amazing the difference in a 30 weeker and a 31 or 32 week preemie.  So, just pray I can make it further than last time and being optimistic that I can make it to full term or close to it.  I know God can work miracles.  :)

Anyway, that is what is going on at the moment.  Mason is super excited to have a baby sister (after really wanting a brother).  Every store we go in he wants to get something for his sister.  It's just about the sweetest thing ever!