my doctor's appointment

Well I had my first real doctor's visit today. Mommy and baby are doing good. I don't know if you can see anything in the picture below or not but there it is.

In the middle of the picture you can a black almost moon shaped thing with a white blob in the middle. Well that white blob is the baby. It is about a cm long today. I am 6 weeks and 6 days today (sept. 23). My due date is May 13. I just talked to the doctor breifly today. Today's visit was mostly to get a due date make sure baby's heart is still beating. I am no longer on bed rest YAY!! I do however need to 'take it easy' for two more weeks at least. He also mentioned he wants to send me to Dr. Jones. He is oh ummm I forget what my doctor called him. Basically he specializes in high risk pregnancy. They want to discuss my options of things to try to get me as close to my due date as possible. But anyway it sounds like it is going to a long pregnancy with many many trips to the doctor's.

The were very well behaved and very helpfully while mommy was 'not feeling well'. Sarah esunderstood what was happening. She asked a million question. She asked so many questions that she now knows how a baby is made. Well for the most part. I didn't go into detail on how the daddy part gets inside the mommy part. She doesn't need to know those details just yet. I just told her that it is something special God created for husband and wife to do together when they are alone. Then she proceded to ask then why do some people get pregnant without being married. Then I had to explain that some men and women do it with out being married but God doesn't want us to. So as you can see she is very inquisitive. She had many questions most I answered some I had to tell that I would explain better when she was older. I am not sure she understood most of what i was telling her anyway. But for our first 'how are babies made' talk I think the mommy did very well. She is growing up so very fast. She needs to stay eight and innocent forever.

Albert on the other hand still denys thoroughly that mommy has a baby in her tummy. He wants to hear none of that. He says "no you don't mommy" and "I don't to have a baby". I think he will understand maybe when I go and get my sonogram when you can actually tell it's a baby. I plan on taking the kids to that one. Sarah said she wanted to go. I asked Albert if he wanted to go when I get to see the baby in my tummy and said "you have no baby tummy".

One more time

Well I think everyone knows now that we are expecting again. It was kind of a surprise to us. I say kind of because we knew it was a chance but didn't think it would really happen. I had an IUD for a few years. I had that removed in June. I had planned on getting put on something else but just didn't right away. At first I wanted to try for another one but then after a few weeks we decided it probably wasn't a good idea. So we decided not to try again. I was going to make a doctor's appointment but I decided to take the home pregnancy test Albert got for me sometime in August. Well I called the medical clinic but not for the reason first intended. I truelly didn't think I would get pregnant so fast. I figured I had time. All I can say is God has plans for us that didn't really match ours.

Albert went to New Jersey this week. He is going 'camping'. He left on Wednesday. You know everything happens when Albert leaves. That day I started bleeding some this is natural early in pregnancy so I wasn't concerned. Well Friday (yesterday) I started bleeding a good bit and started getting cramps. Well I went to the ER. I called friends of ours to come get the kids. I am convinced that Friday night is not the time to go to the ER. Anyway I got a sonagram done and the doctor said the baby was fine. The heartbeat is strong and looks good. My due date is May 13. I am a little over 7 weeks along. The doctor also said I have to stay on bed rest at least until I see my regular doctor hopefully on Monday. Bed rest not words I was wanting to hear so early in pregnancy. The doctor also said he couldn't tell me for sure I wasn't going to lose the baby. So I guess for right now I am ok but only time will tell and I should know more when I see my OB. I need an appointment on Monday but I don't know if I can. I have to go to an off base doctor so I have to wait for a referal letter. I am supose to get it in the mail and can't see the doctor until I get one. So I guess if it doesn't come today I will go to the office Monday and see if I can get one printed.

It is frustrating everything happens while Albert is gone. It never fails as soon as Albert leaves something happens. He is only going to be gone a week and I end up in the ER. Oh well I guess for now things are ok. For now I stay in bed and well just sit here.

Finally Pictures!!!!

Well I finally got some pictures on the computer from the first day of school for Albert. I really haven't taken any other pictures lately. I guess I should do that more often but you know I don't always have my camera.

This first picture is Albert waiting for time to leave. I took him to school the first day. What is he watching? Well don't ask me because I have not a clue.

This is a very excited Albert. As you can see he totally isn't paying attention to Mom. He wants to go play. Albert all settled in and doesn't care that Mom is about to leave. I took this picture then said "O.K. Albert I am leaving now." He looked at me (barely he was into that puzzle) and said "ok bye". That is it no Mom don't go or I don't want to stay. Nope just a ok bye. Then on the first day he rode the bus home. This was the most exciting part of the day. Yes Sarah is wearing jeans. They are allowed to wear jeans and a spirit shirt on fridays. Albert doesn't have a red shirt like Sarah's and plus he would rather wear his uniform because they are shorts. Sarah likes to wear something differnt on Fridays. I guess wearing the same outfit everyday would get boring.
I just added this picture because she's cute and her lips are blue. That is the shirt she won
from when you all bought the magazines from her last year.This is Emily and Boose (short for Caboose). No we didn't get a rabbit Well we did but only for the weekend. It is Sarah's class pet. She got to bring him home for the weekend. So now of course the kids want a rabbit. NO WAY! we have to many animals now.

This video was taken at Albert's grandfather's house. It is a G.I. Joe war basically between Sarah and her Dad. Little Albert was there but he watched more than anything really. That's why he isn't seen in the video plus mom is a terrible video taker.

The Hurricane's a cumin'

Well this will be our first hurricane experience. We are really not expecting a lot here. We are supose to get a lot of rain and there is the possibility of torandos. The worst will be south and west of us. We could possibily get up to 15 inches of rain through Friday. We are ready though. I cleaned out the backyard of anything can could possibily blow around. I took up everything off the floor in the workshop that I don't want to get wet. I made sure the sump pump is working this time. Last time we had flooding our pump wasn't working so it didn't clean out the back yard of water. I am hoping this time it will work and the workshop won't get to wet inside. The city is as full as it can get with evacuees. So for the next few days I will have to keep the doors locked and the kids close. We were told the crime rate goes way up when things like this happen and our city fills. We should be ok here though. We are not really expecting much more than rain really. I just hope our electricity doesn't go out because that would be a bummer. Plus Sarah gets a little upset when the power goes. She gets really scared pretty easy. The whole talk of huricane has her already upset enough. I told her this is a test of our faith. We have to have faith that God will protect us and that whatever happens is what He wants to happen and he will take care of us. That seemed to help a little but she is still a little worried. I guess she will be alright once she realizes all that is going to happen is rain. A good thing about this incoming storm it will be cooler the next few days. So that will help with the electric bill. The highs are only in the 80's for the next few days. That is the coolest it has been all summer I think.

Living here for about a year and half now I am conviced of one thing. They never get nice weather here. It is either very hot, hot and humid, humid, or cold and miserable. Cold here being like in the 50's. I know you say well that's not really that cold. Well look at from our point of view our summers are over 95 about everyday and in the 100's and 110's on the hotter days. So that's 60 degrees cooler than our hottest day that's a big jump. Then here we don't get fall until like November. Last halloween I took the kids trick or treating and we didn't need a coat it was so warm out side. No I am conviced there are no nice weather days here. Louisiana is NOT the place for me.