The News

Well of course our family and friends know, but we are excited and blessed to be expecting a baby this summer. For those whom we spend lots of time with we shared the news early, but because of past experiences we waited for the "special" week 13 marker set by our Dr. to share with everyone our news. Not long after the anniversary of our last miscarriage we were blessed with a new life. In true form of all of my pregnancies nothing has come without incident, with a couple of trips to the hospital under our belts already and appointments with our OB every two weeks we are well on our way to feeling further along, but in reality we are 14-15 weeks. High risk pregnancy is our way of life and right now I am currently serving the 3rd day of my 4 day "bed rest" that my Dr. has asked for after the latest trip to the Dr/hospital this weekend. The results of everything this weekend are all fine with both baby and I, but our Dr. said I needed to give myself some rest. For those that know me very well as you can imagine this is hard. I am not to lift much or even move much so this has taken away some of my household loves of cleaning and laundry. For those that do not know me as well, this is very difficult and not a joke, I described this to my mom as feeling useless. Logically I know that there is nothing more important than listening to the Dr. to protect myself and our child, but for the type A that I am it is difficult. For our Bel learning the news of being a big sister with a new baby joining our family she is over the moon excited... though we will see what happens when the new baby joins us. DH and I are filled with joy and anticipation and taking this new journey one day at a time.