God's Plan

As most of you have probably heard by now, our lil girl is going to be born on Sunday, August 12, 2012 at 8:00 am via c-section at St. Lukes in Sioux City.

Here's a little background on our situation. 

Yesterday (Thursday) Mark & I came to SC for our normal routine 33 week check up with Dr. Hunt.  They did an ultrasound to see the how the growth of our lil girl was coming along.  During that ultrasound they found a buldge in her umbilical cord & above that buldge there was a "pocket".  There was immediate concern that there wasn't enough or possibly no blood flow at all getting through the cord.  After they did some testing they couldn't for sure determine how the good/bad the blood flow was.  Dr. Hunt consulted with a Perinatologist, Dr. Fleming & they both decided that they thought it was in my best interest to be admitted to St. Lukes & monitored for a couple of days with a c-section to take the baby immediately after. 

So that brings you to all up to date.  Currently the heart rate of the baby is staying stable at 140-150 & I am also remaining stable.  They are giving me a steroid shot every 24 hours to strengthen the lungs.  As long as the heart rate of the baby stays the same & doesn't go below 100 or above 200, the plan will remain the same to have the baby via c-section on Sunday at 8 a.m., if however the heart rate drops there will be an immediate c-section performed. 

The baby girl is weighing in at 3 lbs. 5 oz. at 33 weeks, which is about 3 weeks behind.  Dr. Hunt & Fleming feel that our baby will do much better in the outside world than on the inside world.  At the present time they feel that she will be in the NICU @ St. Lukes for approx. 7 weeks, it could be less than that.

Please pray for us that all goes smoothly.  Thanks & we will do our best to keep you all updated via this blog, so be sure to check back frequently!

Swimming

Owen loves to swim, in fact, he's become quite the lil fish, especially with all this HOT weather we have been having.  Now only in the Country can you let your lil Monkey swim naked!  HA!

 Splash!

Fourth of July 2012

July 4, 2012 was a very bittersweet day for my family.  We had the visitation for my grandfather from 1-3 p.m. today, but after that we joined in on the Battle Creek Parade.  Here are a couple of shots from the parade.

 Gomaco Trolley Car with all the Veterans

 Battle Creek Fire Dept. NEW attack truck.

 Owen & Daddy catching candy

 Tractor (Owen's FAVORITE thing these days)

Grandma Sue helping Owen get some candy.

Honoring a GREAT MAN, my Grandfather....

On Sunday, July1, the Lord took a VERY special man from us.  As hard as it is, we all know that he is in a much better place.  Until we meet again......

 Mark, Owen & I with my Granny!

 My Family!

 My cousin Alyssa & I with my granny!

 Mark Owen & I.

The Pallbearers.

Sprinkler Fun

This summer has been exceptionally hot!!!  To keep cool these days we've been letting Owen run through the sprinkler & swim.  Here are a couple of photos from "sprinkler" fun!

Baby Girl Forbes

Wanted to share the latest ultrasound image of our lil girl. 

It's a "GIRL"

I'm a lil late in posting this, but wanted everyone to know that our ultrasound revealed to us that we are going to be having a lil GIRL in September. 

I never thought in a million years that Mark & I would have a girl.  God is good!