Hi Gang, this is Chad. Karen was admitted to Williamson Medical Center last night and then promptly transferred to the high risk floor at Centennial Women’s Center last night. It was a scary time, but we got a good report from the high risk dr. this morning. He says that despite the way things look there is very little chance, almost zero, that the babies are coming anytime soon. They need to continue to monitor Karen for now though. We could be there a few more days, weeks, or ever months. We were very encouraged by the news he gave us though.

The Room number is 6208. I believe the phone number is 342-6208.

Keep Karen, me, Izzy, and especially Max and Kate in your prayers.

Here are some newer pics.  I’m going on week three of bed rest right now, but everything looked pretty good on Friday, so I get to sit up a little bit more (which means I can get back to blogging!).  Izzy is in Florida with my family – we were supposed to go, but Chad was a little concerned about me making it that far.  Anyway – I am 23 weeks today according to the latest baby measurements, and they both looked great on Friday.  Max never stops moving and I don’t think he ever sleeps, unless he just moves in his sleep.  Kate so far seems to be just a gentle little thing – she is always moving on the ultrasound, but not flailing like Max.  I don’t feel her as much.  It is really neat to be able to feel them both move so much and to get to see them on ultrasound once a week.  I guess that’s the positive thing about all these doctor’s appointments!

MAX

KATE

She was right. A boy and a girl. She was right when she told me I was pregnant, she was right when she said there were two of them, and once again, she is right about what they are. Too bad she didn’t predict that I would get put back on bed rest today. Hopefully it is temporary – I will be going once a week to have my cervix checked, and after 22 weeks I will be able to have a test performed to see if I really am close to going into labor (fetal fibronectin test). I made it to 38 weeks with Izzy, and my cervix is actually a little better now than it was at this point with her, so my doctor is not too concerned, but just taking a precautionary measure. I’ll keep everyone updated, and I will get these precious little babies pics up as soon as I can get to a scanner.

Anyone that knows Isabella knows that not only does she have this wonderful appreciation and curiosity of God, but she has predicted many things that have really happened, every time saying – “mommy, it’s because God told me so”. She tells me almost every day that God spoke to her when she woke up and told her that He loved her. She told me I was pregnant weeks before I knew I was. She told us that we were having two babies, before we found out we were. Lately, she has been saying that we are having a boy and a girl (because God told her so). She started crying the other day, and when I asked why, she said “because I want two girls, but God is giving us a boy and a girl”. I couldn’t help but laugh at her confidence.

I have never doubted her love for God and Jesus, but I have always been curious as to why she does seem to know so much about life. We try to raise her right and teach her right, but if you ask her, everything she knows, she learned from God. I am somewhat nervous about tomorrow because she is so convinced that God gave us a boy and a girl, and if it isn’t, I fear that she will start to lose that confidence. I guess I’m a little nervous as well that if it is a boy and a girl, that little something special that we know Isabella has, and that she IS, will continue to amaze us all. I think it will either way. Boys, Girls, or both.

I have been so excited about finding out this Friday what these babies are, mainly because I am so excited about getting their nursery done. I was already on bed rest by this point in my pregnancy with Isabella and Chad was so good to just come home and paint the room pink and get it done. But I have been excited about actually designing and decorating a nursery myself! I finally talked my hubby into letting me make the big bonus room into a nursery – it has two dog house windows with built in toy boxes, two matching closets – it’s prefect! Except for the little mold problem we found growing in there this past weekend.

Now after three days of dealing with our insurance company (USAA – they are the greatest!) and home inspectors and mold inspectors, it looks like our perfect little nursery is just going to have to wait until the front wall, windows, and floor are removed and redone by a mold contractor. Seems that our windows that were replaced last year were not installed correctly and have allowed this moisture and mold to seep into every crevice of this room. Now, don’t get me wrong, I was planning on doing the room in green, especially if its a boy and girl like Izzy thinks, just not green MOLD.

I may have to put this nursery on hold, but I will get it done, and I will do it MY way. This is just a little pitfall on the way. I kept hoping that something would come up to keep my mind off of this upcoming appointment, which seems like I have been waiting an eternity for, but this wasn’t quite the thing I was hoping for. I’m hoping after these babies get here in their perfect little nursery, I can chalk this up and laugh about it later – just like I did when I found out a week before my wedding that my bridesmaids dresses never got ordered, and when all my graduate work was stolen out of my car 2 nights before my comps. Guess it could be worse.