A Day I Won't Soon Forget

Today was a little intense. The morning started off so well. We got up on time, I fixed my hair and actually wore make up and one of my new outfits- feeling great! Words cannot describe how proud I was of Emma and her contribution to the play today at RLS. We got it all on tape and I hope to be able to put at least part of it on blogger/facebook. Her focus, knowledge and overall maturity this morning took my breath away. David is saying more and more lately, "She's getting too big." I know we're thinking the same thing. Not only did the Butterfly class perform their play but they also led the service, sang three songs etc. We took a few last pictures, gave big hugs and told her how proud we were and then had to head off to my Dr's appointment.

Let me back up. Monday I got a phone call from my Dr's office saying that my Dr's schedule had changed for this week and we would need to reschedule unless we wanted to see another Dr. I had some concerns that I wanted to speak to her and only her about so initially we rescheduled for next week. I decided since I wasn't going to see her for another week, that I shouldn't put off my 'concern' that long and called back to speak to a nurse and they recommended that I come in immediately. It was the end of the day so that meant first thing Tuesday.

Ever since my movie-date with Emma on 10/30 I've noticed some vision changes. As we drove home that night the highway signs were totally blurry. I thought I was just exhausted or still affected from the 3-D movie. Unfortunately, the blurry vision has continued. I read in my What to Expect book that it can be totally hormonal. While I was online reading my 27-week updates, I decided to search for blurry vision and some pretty scary stuff popped up. I start to talk to my mom about preeclampsia and as it turns out, she experienced it when she was pregnant with my brother. Great, it runs in the family. HOWEVER, Dr. Hansen assured me I show no signs whatsoever of anything to be concerned about. My blood pressure is and always has been excellent and I've had absolutely no swelling to speak of *knock on wood*. She said that just as our hands/feet can swell during pregnancy, tissue surrounding our eyes can do the same thing and cause temporary vision issues that go away as soon as the baby is born. Since I had an OB check with her, I asked her if she'd mind us keeping our sonogram for the next day and seeing another Dr. She said, sure no problem, I'll see you in two weeks. TWO WEEKS, already! Ahh! We're going every two weeks now and my next appointment is the day before Thanksgiving.

So back to today. First we went to the lab so I could drink the orange crap for the glucola test and then off to the sonogram! We're only having this 'extra' sonogram because last time the sonographer couldn't see all of the anatomy that she needed to. Cody was relaxed and cooperative today. He's weighing in at 2lbs 5oz. which is in the 52-percentile. We first got to see a femur, and then the chambers of his heart (all accounted for!) and then an amazing shot of his foot- it's big! Five fingers and five toes, praise God! Everything looks good and he 'passed' with flying colors. His heart rate was 140 yesterday and 140 today. He's definitely still a boy but was a little less showy with himself today. He had his ankles crossed. Towards the end we got some great shots of his face- it's soooo sweet. He looks like David. His cheeks are already filling out and chubby; can't wait to kiss them! From his nose to his eyes he looks like David, but I think he has Shoenfelt cheekbones. ;) Ahh, a great way to end the sonogram! See you soon son!

Blah, then back to the lab...to the vampires. Edward (Twilight reference) and I wouldn't make it, I do NOT do blood. Now I'm starving. Since I was fasting I hadn't had anything to eat in over 14 hours. We headed to Dan's for a little breakfast before I needed to get to work. After we ordered things went downhill fast. I remember telling David I needed to lie down, that I was going to pass out. All of a sudden I couldn't keep my eyes open or my head up and everything was swirling and I got hot all over. De ja vu from high school when I passed out four times after giving blood. I think this time though it was my blood sugar. Wonder what that will mean for my glucose results? Oh well. David helped me to the car where I immediately laid back and put my feet up on the dash. I started to feel better instantly. David took me home so I could eat and rest. He put me in bed, checked on me until I fell asleep and in bed I stayed until 4PMish.

Life has been crazy lately. It seems like we are just running non-stop. Last week we didn't get home before 7PM one night! Gotta stop. David can help with Christmas shopping when his schedule gets back to normal and I'm not going to stress about it, or anything else. I'm going to rest, continue to pay attention to my body and try to make myself as comfortable as possible.

Emma's teacher called me tonight to tell me how impressed she was with Emma throughout the whole process of them learning and performing this play. Other children wanted to be Jonah and they tried them all out and Emma had done the best job! She told me that the second time they did the play, which we were not there for today, that Emma led the whole way. When other children broke down because their parents were in the audience or were tired, Emma stayed focused and led the group. My Emma? Who talks and wants to socialize? So proud of how she is growing up! So blessed to have spent time with both of my children today.

I hope today was a good Veteran's Day for David. Today is his only day off in 7 days and he'll work almost 80 hours this week.

Scary things going on in our world, in our country, in our back yards. Scary to think about my children and what they will see in their lifetime, just have to do the best we can to raise them, let them know how much we love them and pray for God's grace in our lives.