Tulip Girl

Okay, so I have a few minutes now. Really, I have a lot of minutes. I have purposefully been resting a lot. I try to be pretty up beat about things on my blog, but every once in a while a little less sunny realness has got to come through. I'm putting myself on self imposed bed rest. With my last two pregnancies, when I started having any spotting, I could just take a good nap and it stopped. So I'm finally realizing that means I need to be on somewhat bed rest so I don't do that at all. Then I talked to my mom today. She is concerned because I did have some spotting on Friday morning. I went and took a nap directly after Dan left I slept from eight-thirty to one in the afternoon. I've never done that in my life. When I talked to my mom today, she explained to me that she was on complete bed rest her entire pregnancy because of spotting. I either didn't know that or I think most likely forgot that info. She was also on bed rest for two weeks with my bro...

Next Thursday is our next ultra sound. We should be seven weeks. I admit during this particular time, I am really trying my hardest to keep my mind distracted while still resting. I've got a few Bible verses I am depending on. I will write them later. I just wanted to write a quick post to let you all know that I'm still here. My sis, Michelle called and noticed I hadn't blogged in a while. It does look like we will be moving to Raleigh so we have a lot to do coming up. I'm not looking to packing, but I don't mind adventure. I will sure miss all my friends and church here. More later.

Today we had our first ultra sound. Our baby is actually six weeks tomorrow. So every Tuesday I can post the next weeks picture or Monday night..anyway, I am excited to know that we are one week ahead of schedule. We also have a heart beat already! I am so excited! We are scheduled for another ultra sound again next Thursday, July 3 and again on July 10. The next two ultra sounds will tell us more. Our babies have not yet made it past the six week marker. They get that big and stop growing. So of course, this is going to be on my mind all week. This will be a great opportunity to work on making my requests known to the Lord and in all my ways trust Him and not lean on my own understanding. :) I am just so excited. I can't believe we saw that barely there heart beat. The baby is just so little. I can't believe how fast they grow at this stage. Whoow! Okay, thanks for all your prayer. I'll be keeping the pregnancy updated on the blog of course.

Like many others, I've always wondered what I would do if I had an island and made it my own country. Well a man living on a 2.5 acre island of of Scotland declared his little island independent from the crown citing some 15th century dowry, agreement thing. To read article, click here . What would you do if you had your own island and could declare it and independent country?

So far during my pregnancy I find it hard to stay awake in the afternoon but if I do sleep, then it is hard to sleep at night. I'm a particular light sleeper and pregnancy makes me even more so. I'm afraid I will spend the whole pregnancy in the guest bedroom (Dan would go, but I like the firmer mattress). I don't like naps either. I never feel better when I wake up. I feel drugged and cranky afterwards. Mmmh. One thing I love to do is go on pregnancy websites so if you have any other than babycenter (which generally has had the same article for the last two years, okay some new) I would love them. Having already been through this stage twice, I'm looking for a fresh site to browse. I've yawned enough through this, I think I will go outside.

One thing I left out of my weekend was that I gave Dan probably the coolest present for Father's Day. I am four weeks pregnant! I went to the doctor today and they confirmed it with there own test. I had so prayed that I would be pregnant for Father's Day. I was so excited to give Dan the test that said pregnant. Of course I had my blood drawn for tests today. I will go back again on Thursday to get my beta levels tested again to make sure the are progressing at a good rate. We will have our first ultra sound Monday and another one on July 10 which will put us at seven weeks. I am looking forward to that. Dan will be able to be at both ultra sounds scheduled so far. We are choosing to be excited and optimistic as my sister Michelle said. I don't want to dwell on worry stuff. Anxious, bad. Excitement good. The only symptoms I have are light cramping and tired a little more than normal. I am taking enough folic acid, calcium and a bunch of other stuff to give an ele...

This has been a very good weekend. A friend of ours, Steven, came over Saturday and helped Dan transfer the rest of our mulch pile to our church. It appeared that they really enjoyed themselves. I went out to Sonic with them during their break. It was a really good time and I am very happy to have the mulch along with the debris they hauled off the the dump all gone. Thanks Steven! Sunday morning, Dan and I helped make breakfast for the early service. That was a lot of fun. It was rather rewarding to see all those people enjoying the breakfast after helping to make it. I sat in on another Bible study today that I will be facilitating the next two weeks. I really like those ladies. I can't wait to lead their next two Sunday Schools. All the babies in the Baby dedication today were just too cute. Matt and Jacqueline's daughter Adellyne (sp?) was very curious and looking all over. I got the impression she won't be to shy. Cody's little brown eyes are just capt...