God is so Good to Me sung by A Bear and her class

Thanksgiving Feast

This was A Bear last year at her Thanksgiving Feast. This was right before all her health problems began. In fact we took her home early from the feast because she just was not herself. She did not sing, do any of the movements or any of the feast. Needless to say she had a double ear infection at the time and was about to be diagnosed with pnuemonia as well as a collapsed lung. We are so thankful for her health this year and God's healing for her little body and spirit.

What a difference a year makes...

Addie as "Laughing Sun"

Addie is saying her prayer "God is Good to Me". She is right on about that one!

Beat on your tom tom!
Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Our Little Turkey

Baby E has already been labeled our "little turkey". She had me visit L&D yesterday yet for another time. This weekend I was having trouble breathing. I was just having to work to hard to breath normally. On Sunday, it got better in the evening so we went ahead and went to home church. I was feeling okay but had a rough night. Yesterday morning when dropping off MM at school, I decided that A Bear and I would go into the OB's office to make sure that Baby E was not being effected by this. After sitting in the office for 30 minutes, the staff then decided to tell me that Dr. A was out of the office and so was her nurse. So needless to say I was a little upset because I could have used that time to have someone get A Bear and take her to MOPS for me instead of having her head to L&D with me.
It all worked out though. She just went with me and she was an angel. I decided to call B because I thought if Baby E did decide to come today, I wanted him there. They checked me and got me hooked up to the monitors and we heard Baby E's heart right away. She sounded good. They were a bit concerned because over the period of about an hour, both her heartrate and mine were elevated along with my difficultly breathing. So Dr. D (on call doc) decided to have them run some blood work, as well as an EKG and and a catscan due to the history of bloodclots in our family. He said the worst case scenario was a possible blood clot in my lungs. I was scared to get the catscan because of the radiation and iodine exposure. But Dr. D said that if Baby E would have been born yesterday, she would immediately be getting xrays anyway so he felt that was a risk worth taking. I still was freaked out about the iodine. But B and I decided we needed to know if I had a pulmonary embalism (sp?) because consequently this is what my grandfather died from.
So the tech performed the catscan after wrapping me up like a burrito in a lead vest. She also used only 50 ML of iodine instead of about 125ML and was able to get the picture they needed.
So after waiting what seemed like an eternity, Dr. D finally came in and said that all the tests were clear and he was still unsure of the cause of my labored breathing. Good news but still frustrating. He attributes it to the size of the baby (probably larger than the girls), indigestion, and possible anxiety attacks.
I respect Dr. D and his opinion but I can rule out the indigestion right away. I had not had anything to eat at all and was having a hard time and I also think once you hit your thirties, you know what indigestion is the first time you try to eat the crap you ate as a twenty year old again. So I am anxious to see how big Baby E is and how much biggershe might be then the girls if at all. Also, I probably did have a panic attack or anxiety attack - I am not sure what I would have to be anxious about at this moment!
So after getting off all the monitors and the ivs out, we headed home for some more rest. I am still having trouble breathing but am trying to sit in a position where I can stretch out as much as possible and give her room.

But the best possible news came as we were leaving the hospital!!! B got a call from A Bear's pulmonologist in Austin. We were waiting since last Tuesday for the reading of her xray to see if the cyst from last Fall was still present or not. When we finally got a good report last Fall, they told us that we still needed to watch out for the cyst in her lung that it could either be a pocket for infection to collect in or it could be reabsorbed into her lung. IT IS GONE!!! IT DISAPPEARED!!! God is good!

So now we are just going to sit tight and hope that Baby E makes it at least until December....although Podge thinks she might make her debut on Thanksgiving - that would be fitting for our "little turkey!"

Thanks for the prayers, emails, txts and such.

Trying to get Christmas card pics...

I am just a little on the sassy side!!!

I am scared way up here mom!

Oh No!!! We got white stone all over our clothes....is she going to freak out?

(Aunt Jenni - would you freak out???)

I can beat you to the top of the stones!!!

Dr. appt update

I had my 34 week appt. this morning and everything went well. I am measuring on track and her heartbeat sounds good. I made my last 2 week appt. this morning and 2 one week appts. That is right - I only have three more appts. until my induction date. I will be induced on December 11th if I do not have the baby before then. I packed Baby E's bag this afternoon and I guess I am going to start thinking about packing my bag soon too! A Bear is super excited about Baby E's arrival - she asks how many more days until she gets here every morning :) MM is excited too but doesn't bring it up every day. She is just ready to hold Baby E and love on her!
We await your blessed arrival Baby E!

Top 10 Predictions No Matter Who Wins the Election

Today is Election Day. Today our nation is going to be thrust into a different direction no matter who is elected. But there is also reassurance in the following:

1. The Bible will still have all the answers.
2. Prayer will still work.
3. The Holy Spirit will still move.
4. God will still inhabit the praises of His people.
5. There will still be God-anointed preaching.
6. There will still be singing of praises to God.
7. God will still pour out blessings upon His people.
8. There will still be room at the Cross for you.
9. Jesus will still love you.
10. Jesus will still save the lost if they turn to Him.

Dr. P's office on Halloween

A Bear colored this fish when she was at the office for her testing and they added it to the wall.

A Bear thought that was really special!

The girls are both seeing an allergist and yesterday their office was completely decked out with the themes from Dr. Suess books. Of course the girls both loved the One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. A Bear was a brave girl for her very first allergy shot (a few tears and a fear weird noises later) but she got candy and lots of love! Molly was excited to see all the books she has read come alive....we saw the Cat in the Hat, The Grinch, Cindy Lou Who, Thing 1 and Thing 2 and many more. Thanks for making it so fun Dr. P!

Halloween Night

We had so much fun last night! We took the girls out for pizza and then headed to a local church for "Trunk or Treat!" They got to participate in the cake walk, trick or treating, pumpkin bowling, bouncy house jumping, face painting and more. Then we headed back home and visited several of our neighbors' homes. B was a hockey player...although I did not get any pics of him. My costume was the cheapest of them all and the girls just giggled ever time they looked at my stomach!