Baby Lime

Here we are - 11 1/2 weeks and counting. I was starting to feel so much better until the last few days. Now, I can barely keep my dinner down most nights. Baby Lime, we start agreeing! We go into the doctor this week and if things aren't looking better (meaning my stomach) the doctor will for sure know about it. Especially since I'm losing weight, not gaining any.

I am exited we got to go hunting this Fall. Daddy got a deer! Yay! Normally the dead animal wouldn't bother me, but for some reason, I'm more queezy than normal. Silly baby.

Well, I'm keeping this short, busy night. I get to hear your beautiful heartbeat in 3 days :) I love you so very much. (I also love hot chocolate)

Love, Momma

Baby Cherry

Good morning Cherry,

You can suck your thumb this week. I think that's pretty amazing. Daddy is telling me I should talk to you about that and ask you to stop now, then maybe you won't be a thumb sucker. I told him no :) I think it's quite adorable you can suck your thumb.

I'm feeling slightly better this week. But I'm still getting sick every morning after I shower. But at least most days I can stand up to teach. That's always very helpful. I'm telling my class on Halloween that you are coming into this world. I thought it would be better to wait until just before conferences to tell the rest of the world. My belly is getting very, very bloated. I know I'm the only one who notices, but by the end of the day, all I want is a pair of sweats. You make my tummy make very funny noises. Silly baby.

You have all your fingers and toes. AND fun for you...(because you care) you either have testicles or ovaries. Fun right?!?! Well, I'm kind of excited about it.

Well, I'm feeling pretty good today, so Momma needs to go get some stuff done around the house, it's been very neglected since you decided to make me very, very sleepy, and sick most days. But, happily, we're starting to feel better.

I love you!

Love, Mommy

Dear Raspberry

Hello My Darling Raspberry,

We went to the doctor last week to find out that you are bigger than we thought. I will be blessed to see you one week earlier than I thought (and please, don't come any earlier than that).

If you don't want to know what my body is going through, please stop reading now, I'm not going to edit this for graphic material...just FYI.

You still make me sick every morning, but I'm just getting used to it. It's the afternoons I'd like to feel good. I have bad days and good days. Yesterday was a good day, this morning and this afternoon, were bad. I really wish I could keep things down.

I got a call from the doctor telling me that I have a bacterial infection. Uh oh, that can't be good for either of us. This can lead to a bladder infection so they put us on penicillin. I don't think the penicillin is liking either of us much.

But, I did get some very very good news. My CF results came back, and they were negative. That means we never ever have to worry about passing Cystic Fibrosis to you. And that makes me very very happy. It was a huge sigh of relief for your dad and I.

I'm hoping to start feeling better soon, I'm hoping you and I can start agreeing on food and sleep :)

We go back in on Halloween for our next visit. I'm so super excited to find out if you, little raspberry, are a boy or a girl on Christmas Eve. The most amazing part of my life was seeing you and hearing your super fast heartbeat. It was 154 beats per minute. It blew me away to see your heart pulse and know that you are alive inside me.

I love you dearly!

Love - Mom