So, I am 9 weeks pregnant as of Wednesday. The doctor says my due date is May 2nd rather than May 3rd but as Peter says- the baby is going to be born in April so it doesnt really matter! I went to my OB/GYN for the first time (well I saw him last year for my annual physical but for the first time for this pregnancy) and we discussed my incompetent cervix diagnosis. He has referred me to a perinatologist, Dr. David Berry, for a consultation. I have an appointment scheduled with him next Tuesday. He will do a sonogram and then see us for the consultation to decide if the cerclage is appropriate in my case- although I cant imagine it not being appropriate. So, thats the only update for now. Feeling pretty good other than being tired and cranky- but that is pregnancy for you!

We discovered the Drew is afraid of balloons when they are being blown up but he saw this balloon at HEB and just kept saying “ba-ba”, “ba-ba”! (Most things are ba-ba that start with a “b” but we can usually tell what he is wanting by the context in which he is saying it) So the checker gave him this balloon and he has had the BEST time with it today! Here are some pictures of him playing with it!

Here is another picture of Drew the day his hand-foot-mouth infection was really bad. He had fallen asleep on the couch and I was just taking a cute picture of him without realizing you could see how bad it was on his leg too. He is definitely better now and most sores have crusted over or just gone away!

Here is the picture from the sonogram on Friday- still a white blob but we got to hear and see the heartbeat again and that is just too cool! Or “coo” as Drew says!

So we had another sonogram today and everything still looks good. You could immediately see the heartbeat even before he got a clear picture on the screen. The heartbeat was 155 bpm which is great! Normal is 100-160! So I’ve been released from the fertility doctor and have an appt with my regular OB/GYN next week which Im sure I will get a referral to a perinatologist at that time and will be having the cerclage done sometime between 12-14 weeks. Im really nervous about that but it is what has to be done to make sure this baby gets here safely! Will get the sonogram picture scanned in and posted tomorrow sometime!

Here are some pictures of the bottom of his feet which are the worst of his hands and mouth. It looks really nasty.

His left foot is milder than the right.

And this is his right foot. He has got some really nasty blisters and alot of raised red bumps.

Drew has his second bout with hand-foot-mouth disease. Poor guy has got huge blisters and bumps on the bottom of his feet, on his hands, and some in his mouth. He has been cranky for the past couple of days but he is also cutting 2 teeth at the same time. I was concerned about me being exposed to him since Im pregnant but I called my OB and they said that I am fine to be around him. They will test me when I go in next week to see if I have immunity to the virus and if I dont then I will get a couple of extra sonograms during the pregnancy and then after the baby is born they can do treatment for me so hopefully I dont get it. Its just frustrating that he has this again because it doesnt look fun.

1 baby! 1 heartbeat! I am so relieved that its only 1 baby. I really thought that I would cry and be sad if we found out it wasn’t twins again but when the doctor said 1 baby I was so happy! We got to see the heartbeat and hear the heartbeat too! And Peter asked Drew if he saw his baby sister on the screen!!!

ETA: of course, its too soon to know the sex of the baby but Peter and I are both wanting a girl! Think pink, think pink, think pink!!!!!

Yes, you are seeing that right. He is in the TOILET!!!!! Once again he was off playing and it got way too quiet in the house so I called out to him. Next thing I heard was him crying so I ran into our bathroom and he looked up and me and just smiled this cheesy smile! I told him to stay there and I ran and got my camera! How pathetic is that??? And of course, he immediately went into the bathtub to get rid of the toilet germies!

I was in the living room watching TV and noticed that it was WAY TOO QUIET and I didn’t know where Drew was. I went into my bedroom and he had pulled out the bottom drawer of my dresser and was standing on the edge of it and had pulled my jewelry box close to him and was taking out all of my jewelry. No picture- I was too mad at him to go get the camera.

One of his favorite things to do when Im doing laundry is climbing into the dryer now! Don’t worry- I keep the door to the laundry room closed when we are not in there so he can’t do this by himself!

Cute picture from Sunday morning on our way to church

He tried to go out the kitty door- BACKWARDS! I saw him putting one leg through the door and when he couldnt fit, then the other leg would go in. When that didnt work, he tried putting his butt through!

Yes- you read that right! I’m pregnant!!!!! I found out last week on Wednesday. I took a home pg test because I was trying to get mentally prepared for a negative result from my blood work the next day. I figured that if I got the negative at home then when I got the news from the doctor that it was negative I wouldn’t be a blubbering idiot. Well, I took the test and 5 minutes later nothing showed up so it was just as I thought- Negative. So I left it and came to do some stuff with Drew and about 30 minutes later went back in to brush my teeth and looked at the test and saw a very faint line. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing! So I called Leigh and asked her what she thought. I took a picture:

And she said that it looked positive to her but since it was like 45 minutes after I took the test maybe to take another one that afternoon. Well, I took another one around lunch time and when I got out of the shower this is what I saw:

It was definitely a line!!! and only 10 minutes after I took it! So I was starting to get excited but also really freaked out thinking what if I took the bloodtest the next day and it came back negative. So on Thursday I took the test and waited and made myself crazy. I told Peter he needed to call for the results but when he tried the nurse said they couldn’t give him the news over the phone but to tell me to call since she had a bunch of stuff to go over with me. So we pretty much knew what the results were but I called in and it was confirmed- IT WAS POSITIVE! I’m still pretty shocked considering it only took us one month of fertility treatments for this to happen. But Im really excited. Of course, Im scared out of my mind and Im also sad that Colin is not here with us. I know that this new baby will not replaced Colin- he will forever have a special place in my heart that nobody can fill. But Im hoping this new baby will help heal my heart. Im hoping a normal pregnancy will help heal my heart as well. I have a beautiful baby boy as a result of my last pregnancy but I also have heartache as well. And I know that I will never forget the events surrounding their birth- I can still remember it like it was yesterday and the emotions are still so raw. So hopefully this pregnancy will go smoothly and will result in a wonderful birth and beautiful baby to bring home with out all of the complications and grief surrounding my last birth. Please keep us in your prayers. This is going to be a long and rough road for us but I know that God will not give me more than I can handle and with the loving support of family and friends I know I can make it through this!