Dr. Visit - 30 Weeks

I went to the doctor for a check up on Tuesday. All went well. My belly is measuring right on track and the baby's heartbeat sounded great. I did sadly gain 8 pounds, but I didn't get in trouble this time since I haven't been able to walk like I had been. :)

I'll start going to see him every 2 weeks now! Crazy! We're in the home stretch. He said that we will do another ultrasound in a month to check on the baby. He seems to also be concerned about me trying to deliver a big baby. That was the concern last time too, so evidently it could pose a problem.

Hopefully I can figure out how to post the ultrasound pictures when we get them.

Jackson's Birthday Party

Cooper went to a big ol' birthday part this past Saturday. It was a ton of fun and so impressive! It was a firehouse theme with a pretend fire in the front yard, a visit from a friendly fireman and a little ride-through firehouse. The kids also got to go on a hay ride! Cooper was a little unhappy about that at first, but quickly decided he loved it! Jenn made two cakes that were impressive also. One was a fire truck...3-D and all! And the other was a sheet cake with a fire hydrant on it. (Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of them.)

Cooper absolutely loved being around all the kids. At one point he walked up to the arm of the couch and rested his head on it, looked around at all the kids playing, smiled really big and just sighed. It was like he was so thankful to be there with everyone and was soaking it up. Too cute! He did a really good job of keeping up with the kids and would have done better if mom hadn't had to be a foot from him at all times while he was on the concrete. I had to watch for any scary falls, but I know I looked like a crazy mom.

The evening was so much fun and we are so blessed to have had the opportunity to get to know the Sullivan's!

Hay ride!

Looking out the fire house window!

Mommy and Cooper on the hay ride.

What's been going on...

So I just thought I'd put a little post up to fill y'all in on what's been going on around our home the past few weeks.

My poor son has been in and out of the doctor 6-7 times in the past 6 weeks, the ER twice, and now has three doctor appointments lined up in the near future. First he had a viral sore throat that ended up clearing up pretty quickly. The week after that we had to take him to the ER with what we thought were severe abdominal pains - there ended up being no official diagnosis with that one, but they did give him a big dose of an antibiotic. He quickly recovered and then relapsed two days later, which put us at the doctor's office again. Still no diagnosis, but they decided to give him a big antibiotic for 10 days since he responded so well to the one he received in the hospital. Again, he quickly returned to his normal self; finished his 10 days; and on day 11 started to get sick again. This time it led to very labored breathing and another trip to the doctor to receive a nebulizer and a 30-day prescription of breathing medication. This medicine again quickly benefited him, and he quickly learned that he would be allowed to watch cartoons if he sat still and let the nebulizer do it's thing (picture in a previous post).

Then last week he fell and hit his head pretty hard. He had a normal "good" reaction and no signs of a concussion or anything, but the next morning I noticed his eyes were crossing (mainly the right one). So I had a small moment of panic and then called the doctor who referred us to the ER, yet again. They were worried that he had injured his brain and wanted to verify that there wasn't any swelling. We went to the ER where they did a CATSCAN and found a small skull fracture on the back of his head. They admitted him for observation and a repeat scan the next morning. No changes were found in the second scan and they determined that his brain was not causing his eyes to cross. So we left with no explanation for his eye situation and the very valuable knowledge of a skull fracture. The fracture will heal on it's own, but we have to be very careful with him for three months. He is seeing an opthamologist at the end of the month about his eyes and has a follow up with the neurosurgeon in two weeks.

And then, on Wednesday he woke up with a runny nose and a fever! I feel so bad for the little dude. Today his fever is down, but he's still very snotty and his eyes are so puffy.

In between the ER and the new fever, I found out that I have a stress fracture in my right foot. They put me in a soft cast and a "post op" shoe for at least a week. (I had been walking around in pain for like 12 days, so this little injury is taking up a lot of time.) This pregnancy is becoming more and more uncomfortable and with my little hobble it's hard to get things done and be very active.

Amazingly, and by grace, the mood is still very joyful and peaceful around here. I'm thankful for the pains this little baby is causing in my belly because that just tells me how strong "he" is. T has yet again proven his "amazing-ness" and is constantly helping me here at home and is doing such a good job at work. He doesn't complain about how much more I need his help, but instead constantly offers support with love and encouragement and understanding. Cooper is continuing to make amazing improvements in all areas of his therapy and we are so encouraged and proud of that. He is walking better and better every day with more strength and balance. He loves to go up and down the slides at the park and is in love with walking in the grass now. He's also filling the shoes of a two year old little boy very quickly. He's constantly climbing on things and testing his physical limits...and his parent's limits. We are looking forward to his big birthday party coming up and can't wait to celebrate another year of his sweet, joyful, precious, exciting and amazing life. And most of all, we are so honored and thankful that we get to be his parents.

The Lord has blessed us in so many ways and has done such great things in our family!

Glucose Test Update

The doctor called today about my 3-hour glucose test...

They said my numbers were NORMAL! I passed! Woo Hoo! It's amazing and a miracle. Thank you for the prayers. I'm so pumped about this situation!