Bailey would like to announce that she is going to be a big sister "hopefully" this August and not anytime sooner than that.
I found out I was expecting Dec. 22. I got the idea to take this pic, about an hour before Keenan got home. Notice Bailey's crazy hair, and messed up shirt! :) I got it printed and wrapped in a box. When I said we didn't get each other a gift this year, I fibbed. This was our gift. :) The best gift. My mom and Wendell were coming to stay with us Christmas Eve, so I gave Keenan his present to open when he got home on the 22nd. We told our parents Christmas morning. The first time we have ever been able to tell them to their face and they were all here at the house at the same time. It was great!
Baby Hape's due date is 9/3/10. We went to my first doctor's appointment today and I was thrilled when he got me in for an ultrasound. He normally doesn't do that this early. I had told Keenan NOT to come to the appointment because it was just going to be blood work and chatting with the doc. When he said I would go for a U/S...I was instantly texting Keenan, he flew out of work and got there in the middle of the ultrasound. As soon as he looked at the screen she sounded the heart beat. I am SOOO happy he was there to hear it with me for the first time. We absolutely LOVE that sound. Amazing how a baby so so very tiny can have such a strong heart beat of 178 bpm.
My doc in Chicago had a phone conference with my doc here last week so everyone is up to speed with how to handle my care since I've had the surgery. My doc has never had a patient with a TAC...not too much different than caring for a patient with a regular cerclage like the one I had in with Bailey, apparently.
I really wish I could "enjoy" my entire pregnancy like "most" people I know. No worries, doing whatever they want, going on trips..... Not all, I know many people who have gone through the loss of a baby, preterm babies, months of bedrest. months and months of worrry as well........Really Really hoping this go around is different. Really hoping for an "uneventful" FULL TERM pregnancy! I just really hope that I can continue to take care of my little Bailey throughout this time and not have to enlist the services of my mom or Keenan's mom to help out the further along I get. But, we all know, I will do what I have to do to get this little baby here safe and healthy!
