It's all good, baby!!

I went to the ob today and saw my little one's heartbeat and was very relieved. I swear, my blood pressure gets so high during my appointment, they have to take it twice. "Oh, I am just a tad nervous!" I say. I am pretty sure they don't know my chart by heart, or my history so they must think I am cooky. Oh well. I pretty much am, I think.

I am 18 weeks, and baby is growing well. Ya, and I about died when I looked at the scale, by the way. I should just NOT look. His scale is 9 pounds off cause I did not weigh THAT when I weighed myself this morning. I know, why would someone like me care about that; you would think I wouldn't with my baby-losing history. But, I am human, and I gotta stop eating cookies for breakfast............bummer.

The baby was not in a good position to tell if it was a boy or not. But, he said he still would say it is a boy. Sweet baby boy. I still wonder if I will make it all the way with him. With Audrey I was seriously nervous at each and every appointment; even up until the end. So sad I just can't relax and stop thinking, "What if.....". But, I am grateful to have made it this far. Now if "other things" would fall into place that would be super-dooper. My glass seems half-empty lately. But, I am truly grateful our garage door broke when we were both OUT of the garage. The spring is broken and we can't lift if manually. So, we can park in our driveway, no problem, until we get it fixed. I am glad our cars weren't stuck in there until we got it fixed. That would be a big fat bummer!!

The End

Yay!

I can't find the cord to our camera to upload pictures. Yay!

Guess I have to buy a new one. Yay!

Our garage door won't open. Yay!

I find out soon how much the bid is to fix it! Yay!

Audrey still won't sleep through the night! Yay!

Seth is doing better at his Jr. Jazz games and hasn't

sat on the court and cried for various reasons for a game

or two! Yay!

Sasha loves playing basketball, too and has lots for "pointers" for Seth.

He loves that........not really! YAY!

Addie loves to watch Indiana Jones movies. Yay! I suppose. I hate the

Temple of Doom one. We don't watch that one. Yikes.

It is almost March! Yay! I want spring to come now!

I go see my ob on Monday to see if little one is doing

ok. Yay! I still feel the yucky pregnant feeling, so Yay!

Hope you have lots that make you say "Yay!", too!

I knew he was special

Once upon a time, about 12 1\2 years ago, I was having a conversation with my equally tenderhearted friend Heather. We both have soft spots for the elderly, and shy, nerdy teenage boys, to name a few things. Both of which we came across often in the clinic we worked at. We are quite a pair. So anyway, one day at work we were talking about how hard it must be to be blind, for many reasons. We were saying that we walk around on campus during the day and say "hi" many times to friends we see along our way. And blind people, are not able to greet their friends as they pass, if their friends don't say "hi" first. They could easily go an entire day without being talked to. We both thought that was just so sad...... Tenderhearted, I tell ya!

So fast forward to a few weeks later. Will and I had chatted a time or two in our early morning Institute class and one day he asked if he could walk to the gym, as I was headed that way. Off we went, talking and suddenly he put his hand on my arm and said "Just a second". He stopped and called out to a blind friend of his, saying "Hey!! It's Will!! How are you doing today?". I got a lump in my throat as I watched him go out of his way to be a friend to someone that would not have even known they had passed. I knew Will was special. I hoped he would ask me out. He did. And 10 days after that he proposed to me. Happy 12 year anniversary, Will. I love you!!!