Some people have been asking... I have made a Baby Registry at Babies R' Us - if you want to look at it you can see it online (babiesrus.com) or in a store but be sure to choose the registry from 2009 or you'll be looking at the registry we did last year for Ryan!
Thanks!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
26 weeks pregnant and other miscellanous updates
I had a appointment with my OB on Wednesday and the baby sounded good. We bombarded the doctor with all kinds of questions about what may or may not happen over the next couple of months, questions about her philosophy on things, how she normally performs procedures, and all kinds of things. Poor thing should have cleared her morning schedule to talk to us - we took up so much of her time. I have so much time to just research all kinds of things on the internet - I probably read TOO much and then ask too many questions! Ha! She answered everything (with a smile), added an iron pill to my regiment, and sent us on our way.
Today I did the gestational diabetes testing (they test everyone these days) and should find out the results on Monday. We have an appointment with the high-risk pregnancy doctor in 2 weeks and then a follow-up with my OB the following week.
Grandpa got the results from the chest x-ray and the CT scan and both came back normal so the cancer has not spread to his lungs or lymph nodes respectively. This was a proactive measure to make sure we were not dealing with something even more complex so we are considering it good news. Radiation will begin two weeks from next Thursday (or thereabout).
Ryan got his first tooth yesterday (yahoo!) and definitely has the drool to show for it! He has learned to clap and also learned his part of peek-a-boo if there is an available blanket lying around. He's not walking quite yet but tests his balance without holding on to anything - he lasts about half a second and then succumbs to wobbly gravity. It's pretty fun to watch him!
Thank you to all the kind people that have helped out this week - on Monday Brooks, Kristen, and Brooklyn came over for a visit and brought yummy food, Stephanie came over with fruit and entertainment, and Letty brought communion. Grandma was sick on Tuesday (hey - who's taking care of whom?) and Amy and the kids brought dinner over and Sarah helped with Ryan in the evening. Wednesday Grandma and Grandpa went to Houston so Shane stayed home and took Ryan and I both to our doctor appointments (Ryan has thrush - yuck!) and Sarah helped us with Ryan again in the evening. Then on Thursday (Grandma and Grandpa still in Houston) my cousin Mishial came in the morning, my friend Emily came for the bulk of the day with lunch and made dinner, and then Aunt Mary took the late afternoon! Whew! So many kind people thinking of us and helping us get through this incredibly trying and humbling time. Thank you Thank you. The food has been SO DELICIOUS and takes so much off our plate (hahahha - kind of a backwards pun I think)! And thanks Sarah, in advance, for helping with Ryan tomorrow. You are truly a blessing and you are going to make a great Aunt!! We can't wait!
That's all I have for now. This is longer than I thought it would be but sometimes its just like that I guess! I'm looking forward to the weekend - that means another week has passed without us being in the hospital! :)
Talk to you all soon - feel free to comment on any of our blogs - we'd love to hear from the people keeping up with us!
Lots of love,
Becca and family
Today I did the gestational diabetes testing (they test everyone these days) and should find out the results on Monday. We have an appointment with the high-risk pregnancy doctor in 2 weeks and then a follow-up with my OB the following week.
Grandpa got the results from the chest x-ray and the CT scan and both came back normal so the cancer has not spread to his lungs or lymph nodes respectively. This was a proactive measure to make sure we were not dealing with something even more complex so we are considering it good news. Radiation will begin two weeks from next Thursday (or thereabout).
Ryan got his first tooth yesterday (yahoo!) and definitely has the drool to show for it! He has learned to clap and also learned his part of peek-a-boo if there is an available blanket lying around. He's not walking quite yet but tests his balance without holding on to anything - he lasts about half a second and then succumbs to wobbly gravity. It's pretty fun to watch him!
Thank you to all the kind people that have helped out this week - on Monday Brooks, Kristen, and Brooklyn came over for a visit and brought yummy food, Stephanie came over with fruit and entertainment, and Letty brought communion. Grandma was sick on Tuesday (hey - who's taking care of whom?) and Amy and the kids brought dinner over and Sarah helped with Ryan in the evening. Wednesday Grandma and Grandpa went to Houston so Shane stayed home and took Ryan and I both to our doctor appointments (Ryan has thrush - yuck!) and Sarah helped us with Ryan again in the evening. Then on Thursday (Grandma and Grandpa still in Houston) my cousin Mishial came in the morning, my friend Emily came for the bulk of the day with lunch and made dinner, and then Aunt Mary took the late afternoon! Whew! So many kind people thinking of us and helping us get through this incredibly trying and humbling time. Thank you Thank you. The food has been SO DELICIOUS and takes so much off our plate (hahahha - kind of a backwards pun I think)! And thanks Sarah, in advance, for helping with Ryan tomorrow. You are truly a blessing and you are going to make a great Aunt!! We can't wait!
That's all I have for now. This is longer than I thought it would be but sometimes its just like that I guess! I'm looking forward to the weekend - that means another week has passed without us being in the hospital! :)
Talk to you all soon - feel free to comment on any of our blogs - we'd love to hear from the people keeping up with us!
Lots of love,
Becca and family
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Update on Grandpa at MDAnderson
Dad had his first couple of appointments at MDAnderson yesterday and today. Yesterday he met with the Head and Neck Oncologist who sent him for some testing. He had a chest x-ray to see if the cancer had spread into his lungs and also a CT scan to see if the cancer had spread into his lymph nodes. Both of these are unlikely because the cancer that was removed from his salivary gland a few weeks ago was "totally encapsulated" and had "no positive margins" but we don't want to assume anything. We will find out the results from those tests next week. Today he met with the oral surgeon to see if he needs to have any teeth pulled (the radiation can cause some problems to the jaw bone). He will have to have one tooth pulled. He will meet with the radiologist next Wednesday and have the tooth pulled next Thursday. After pulling the tooth he will have to wait 2 weeks and then start radiation. Radiation will last for 6 weeks, will be administered at MDAnderson in Houston, and will only take about 15 minutes a day.
I will update this as we learn more...
I will update this as we learn more...
Monday, February 23, 2009
Grandpa going to MDAnderson
Dad has an appointment at the Head and Neck Center at MDAnderson in Houston Wednesday morning. I'll keep you posted.
Becca
Becca
Friday, February 20, 2009
I'm home
Well, I was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday with the agreement that I would no longer be left unsupervised at home (in case of emergency). It has been SO GREAT to be home and away from all of the hospital germs. I was kind of a germ freak before but now I'm really a germ freak. We already ask people to remove their shoes before coming in the house, is it too much to ask them to bathe in antibacterial hand sanitizer? Hahhaha... J/K (sort of)
Shane's mom was here this week - helping out around the house, helping with Ryan in the middle of the night, etc, etc and Shane was able to get a little sleep this week. (Thanks, Grandma!) Ryan was able to stay home from daycare yesterday so I could at least see him for a while and play with him a little on our inflatable air mattress in the middle of the living room. It was so fun! Grandma Belle left today to go back to Georgia (somebody has to teach those kids how to read!) and we will definitely miss her.
That being said, Shane had to come home from work to "supervise me" and make sure I'm not doing anything I'm not supposed to be doing. My parents are coming in for the weekend (Mom will stay indefinitely - at least until Dad goes to MD Anderson or has some kind of radiation treatment in Midland) so I'm excited to see them. I'm sure Ryan is excited too! He loves company!
The doctor thinks it is inevitable that I will be back in the hospital prior to delivery. She said that would be a great time to arrange a "Painting Party" to have the kids' rooms painted - any volunteers?!?!? :) We are just trying our best to stretch my time at home - I really don't want to be at the hospital for 3 months even if they do bring me unlimited Honeydew or Strawberries or whatever. (I love fruit!) So we'll take it day by dad and see how everything goes... of course I'll keep this blog updated - what else have I to do?? :)
Love ya,
Becca
Shane's mom was here this week - helping out around the house, helping with Ryan in the middle of the night, etc, etc and Shane was able to get a little sleep this week. (Thanks, Grandma!) Ryan was able to stay home from daycare yesterday so I could at least see him for a while and play with him a little on our inflatable air mattress in the middle of the living room. It was so fun! Grandma Belle left today to go back to Georgia (somebody has to teach those kids how to read!) and we will definitely miss her.
That being said, Shane had to come home from work to "supervise me" and make sure I'm not doing anything I'm not supposed to be doing. My parents are coming in for the weekend (Mom will stay indefinitely - at least until Dad goes to MD Anderson or has some kind of radiation treatment in Midland) so I'm excited to see them. I'm sure Ryan is excited too! He loves company!
The doctor thinks it is inevitable that I will be back in the hospital prior to delivery. She said that would be a great time to arrange a "Painting Party" to have the kids' rooms painted - any volunteers?!?!? :) We are just trying our best to stretch my time at home - I really don't want to be at the hospital for 3 months even if they do bring me unlimited Honeydew or Strawberries or whatever. (I love fruit!) So we'll take it day by dad and see how everything goes... of course I'll keep this blog updated - what else have I to do?? :)
Love ya,
Becca
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Hospital Trip #2 OVER!
I'm being discharged as we speak, waiting for my nurse to remove my saline block (IV entrance), and waiting for Shane to pick me up. Hallelujah. Until next time...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Baby Girl Update
As you see at the top of this page, we had an ultrasound last night and we have a new picture of our baby girl! She is 24 weeks, 4 days old in this picture - we can't believe how clear the picture is! Shane thinks she has Ryan's nose!
We met with the high-risk pregnancy doctor, Dr. Gordon, last night. He did the ultrasound and answered all of our questions. Basically, this baby is facing the most important month in her life right now. It is imperative that we get to 28 weeks. If we had to deliver today (very rare and not very likely at this point), she has about a 50% chance of survival. The further we get along in the pregnancy, the higher her chance of survival. It would take a lot of uncontrollable bleeding at this point for them to make the life-saving decision for me, in order to make them deliver the baby at this point. It would only be to save my life. Dr. Gordon feels confident that my body will stop bleeding (in fact, we haven't seen any blood since about 2 pm yesterday afternoon) and I will be able to go home soon. With the complete previa (he confirmed that on the ultrasound), it is likely that I will bleed again before the baby is born. I need to be on bed rest and really take it easy from here on out. Yes, I've been on bed rest for a little more than 3 weeks now, but he is pretty strict about the bed rest and it doesn't sound like they will be lifting any restrictions. (Quite the opposite, in fact.)
I posted something yesterday about the steroid shot they gave me to help the development of the baby's lungs. I misunderstood and said the wrong thing in my blog. The steroid will help the baby if we had to deliver in the next 2 weeks or so. I don't think this is going to happen, it would be pretty rare, and it is not usually recommended or helpful to repeat the steroid shot later. There is something that the Neo-Natal Doctor could recommend called a Rescue Steroid but usually those are not administered. It is an option and if we had to do it, I guess we could. I don't know too much about it - we'll cross that bridge later. Or hopefully we won't have to. :)
I feel good about going home. I know everyone would think that I'm just dying to go home and be in my own bed - yes, in some ways that's true. But, I know that I'm safer in the hospital, the baby is safer in the hospital. The food is terrible, the TV has only about 4 channels that I would watch, I don't have all of my "stuff" from home, I miss Shane and Ryan immensely, but I do have constant care and that is reassuring. It's hard to say what I would prefer but I feel stable enough to try being at home again.
It's important to note that this trip to the hospital was not as a result of my bleeding. I came in with some kind of GI bug - apparently it's going around - and the vomiting, etc caused the bleed. It would be more concerning if it had been a spontaneous bleed that didn't have anything to do with doing something strenuous (like throwing up).
Anyway, long story short - baby is fine at this point, mommy is fine (and will be better every day that we go without bleeding) and we just have to wait and see. My doctor still has a 3-strikes-and-you're-out policy. The next bleed will constitute a long-term hospital stay.
I'm not very good at asking for it, but if you're looking for a way to help... :) At first I thought I wanted phone calls or company. I don't NEED that. What we need are extra hands around the house. We could use food or prepared meals (makes it easier when Shane gets home from work), we could use basic household help, you know, vacuuming, dusting, unloading the dishwasher, laundry, etc so Shane doesn't have to do it in the few precious hours he has at home. It is very strange to have someone clean your home or do work around you but we realize that people want to help and these are things that we need help with. Extra hands with Ryan would help as well - Shane is still trying to maintain his philanthropic work at The Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity, and is going to work at The Special Olympics this weekend. (We have a lot of support from our future sister-in-law Sarah in regards to taking care of Ryan but we don't want to wear her thin - she works full-time and is getting her Master's Degree and is planning her wedding!) I will work on having a list of things that would help us out on our refrigerator - if you call and ask I'll probably tell you we don't need anything. :)
Of course we know not everyone can help physically. Prayers are so helpful and we appreciate all of the thoughts and cards and everything that so many of you have sent. It really helps in keeping our spirits up and our hopes high. The other thing you can do is support your local March of Dimes chapter. They do research on and are "dedicated to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality." (marchofdimes.org) Of course this has become a priority in our minds at this time.
Thanks for reading. I'm also on facebook if you have a facebook account or our email addresses are becca8780@sbcglobal.net or shanes.me01@gtalumni.org.
Talk to you soon,
Becca
We met with the high-risk pregnancy doctor, Dr. Gordon, last night. He did the ultrasound and answered all of our questions. Basically, this baby is facing the most important month in her life right now. It is imperative that we get to 28 weeks. If we had to deliver today (very rare and not very likely at this point), she has about a 50% chance of survival. The further we get along in the pregnancy, the higher her chance of survival. It would take a lot of uncontrollable bleeding at this point for them to make the life-saving decision for me, in order to make them deliver the baby at this point. It would only be to save my life. Dr. Gordon feels confident that my body will stop bleeding (in fact, we haven't seen any blood since about 2 pm yesterday afternoon) and I will be able to go home soon. With the complete previa (he confirmed that on the ultrasound), it is likely that I will bleed again before the baby is born. I need to be on bed rest and really take it easy from here on out. Yes, I've been on bed rest for a little more than 3 weeks now, but he is pretty strict about the bed rest and it doesn't sound like they will be lifting any restrictions. (Quite the opposite, in fact.)
I posted something yesterday about the steroid shot they gave me to help the development of the baby's lungs. I misunderstood and said the wrong thing in my blog. The steroid will help the baby if we had to deliver in the next 2 weeks or so. I don't think this is going to happen, it would be pretty rare, and it is not usually recommended or helpful to repeat the steroid shot later. There is something that the Neo-Natal Doctor could recommend called a Rescue Steroid but usually those are not administered. It is an option and if we had to do it, I guess we could. I don't know too much about it - we'll cross that bridge later. Or hopefully we won't have to. :)
I feel good about going home. I know everyone would think that I'm just dying to go home and be in my own bed - yes, in some ways that's true. But, I know that I'm safer in the hospital, the baby is safer in the hospital. The food is terrible, the TV has only about 4 channels that I would watch, I don't have all of my "stuff" from home, I miss Shane and Ryan immensely, but I do have constant care and that is reassuring. It's hard to say what I would prefer but I feel stable enough to try being at home again.
It's important to note that this trip to the hospital was not as a result of my bleeding. I came in with some kind of GI bug - apparently it's going around - and the vomiting, etc caused the bleed. It would be more concerning if it had been a spontaneous bleed that didn't have anything to do with doing something strenuous (like throwing up).
Anyway, long story short - baby is fine at this point, mommy is fine (and will be better every day that we go without bleeding) and we just have to wait and see. My doctor still has a 3-strikes-and-you're-out policy. The next bleed will constitute a long-term hospital stay.
I'm not very good at asking for it, but if you're looking for a way to help... :) At first I thought I wanted phone calls or company. I don't NEED that. What we need are extra hands around the house. We could use food or prepared meals (makes it easier when Shane gets home from work), we could use basic household help, you know, vacuuming, dusting, unloading the dishwasher, laundry, etc so Shane doesn't have to do it in the few precious hours he has at home. It is very strange to have someone clean your home or do work around you but we realize that people want to help and these are things that we need help with. Extra hands with Ryan would help as well - Shane is still trying to maintain his philanthropic work at The Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity, and is going to work at The Special Olympics this weekend. (We have a lot of support from our future sister-in-law Sarah in regards to taking care of Ryan but we don't want to wear her thin - she works full-time and is getting her Master's Degree and is planning her wedding!) I will work on having a list of things that would help us out on our refrigerator - if you call and ask I'll probably tell you we don't need anything. :)
Of course we know not everyone can help physically. Prayers are so helpful and we appreciate all of the thoughts and cards and everything that so many of you have sent. It really helps in keeping our spirits up and our hopes high. The other thing you can do is support your local March of Dimes chapter. They do research on and are "dedicated to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality." (marchofdimes.org) Of course this has become a priority in our minds at this time.
Thanks for reading. I'm also on facebook if you have a facebook account or our email addresses are becca8780@sbcglobal.net or shanes.me01@gtalumni.org.
Talk to you soon,
Becca
Grandfather Sir (Becca's Daddy)
I should have written about this sooner but I just realized how many people don't know yet. 2 years ago in April, my dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer. They did a radical prostatectomy (basically means they removed the entire prostate) and thus far has had very good results from the checkups and blood tests.
The first week of February my dad had a tumor removed from his cheek (right in front of his ear) that appeared to be benign. The surgeon said it was benign and the pathologist said it was benign. The surgeon did a great job of preserving his nerves and despite some excess fluid drainage for a couple of days post-surgery, it was a successful operation. He had a tumor removed from the same spot about 35 years ago that was also labeled as benign and because of that, as a precautionary measure, they sent the most recent tumor to the Mayo Clinic. Upon dissecting it, the good people of the Mayo Clinic found some cancer in the middle of the tumor.
It appears as though they have removed all of it (the cancer was only in the center of the tumor and they removed the entire tumor) but the surgeon believes that radiation of the tumor bed is still in order. My parents will be seeing an oncologist soon to get his or her recommendation. Radiation is not an option until the surgery he had has healed (about 30 days) so there's not a lot to do until then.
I will update this post after we hear from the oncologist. Thank you for your concerns and prayers. I will let you know what happens.
Love,
Becca
The first week of February my dad had a tumor removed from his cheek (right in front of his ear) that appeared to be benign. The surgeon said it was benign and the pathologist said it was benign. The surgeon did a great job of preserving his nerves and despite some excess fluid drainage for a couple of days post-surgery, it was a successful operation. He had a tumor removed from the same spot about 35 years ago that was also labeled as benign and because of that, as a precautionary measure, they sent the most recent tumor to the Mayo Clinic. Upon dissecting it, the good people of the Mayo Clinic found some cancer in the middle of the tumor.
It appears as though they have removed all of it (the cancer was only in the center of the tumor and they removed the entire tumor) but the surgeon believes that radiation of the tumor bed is still in order. My parents will be seeing an oncologist soon to get his or her recommendation. Radiation is not an option until the surgery he had has healed (about 30 days) so there's not a lot to do until then.
I will update this post after we hear from the oncologist. Thank you for your concerns and prayers. I will let you know what happens.
Love,
Becca
Monday, February 16, 2009
Hospital Trip #2 - pregnancy is 24 weeks, 4 days old
Well, I'm back at the hospital. I came in late late last Thursday night/Friday morning with some kind of stomach virus or food poisoning or something and got to hang out for a while with all of those WONDERFUL symptoms and then lo and behold when they were about ready to send me home, my placenta previa started acting up again. (That's bleeding episode #2 - the last time my doctor said that 3 strikes and I'll be in the hospital on bedrest for the rest of the pregnancy. The doctor that visited me today said sometimes they have a 2-strike policy.) So, with that said, I'll be here in the hospital for an undetermined amount of time at this point. My doc has been out of town so all of this has come from "on call" doctors and I will get to see my doctor tomorrow morning. The high-risk pregnancy doctor (never met him) has suggested that I get a steroid shot today and tomorrow in case the baby needs to be delivered in the next 24-48 hours. I'm not ready for that mentally, the Lord knows we are not ready for that as a family, but we'll do the best we can. Hopefully the baby will get to stay put for a while longer. Like 12 more weeks. The steroid would help develop the baby's lungs which at this point (from what I understand) have just started developing. Pretty scary stuff. Hopefully all of this is just precautionary and we will hear some good news in the next day or two and the news will not involve the delivery of this baby girl. That's what we're praying for.
Ryan is still doing great. He went to daycare today while Grandma Belle is cleaning the house and doing laundry (thank you thank you). I hope to see him tonight - after all, I did wipe down almost my entire room with disinfecting wipes in preparation that he would be back to see me! :) I have a much nicer room now at Methodist - I have a window that actually looks out at something other than a brick wall and lots of party space if anyone wants to come over and play. :) Ha!
The nurses have been great - they keep me company most of the day and definitely most of the night (I mean seriously, do you have to WEIGH ME at 4 IN THE MORNING?!?! Can't that wait?!!)
Letty and her husband Norm (from our church) brought me communion today. They are so sweet. Apparently Norm just got over the stomach bug too. Something is definitely going around. In any case, I won't be having any chinese food any time soon. How sad for me... it's my favorite.
Anyway, I'll keep you posted on what happens in the next couple of days. No news would be good news. Keep my husband in your prayers, it's really hard for him to not be able to "fix" this and to be acting as a "single parent" in the interim.
Remember, life is precious. Every day I feel even stronger in my sentiments AGAINST FOCA - every single life is precious - the unborn are innocent little beings with tiny beating hearts - they need someone to protect them. Write your congressman. Sign a FIGHT FOCA petition - these little ones need your help. (There, there's my soapbox for today.)
Lots of love to you all...
Ryan is still doing great. He went to daycare today while Grandma Belle is cleaning the house and doing laundry (thank you thank you). I hope to see him tonight - after all, I did wipe down almost my entire room with disinfecting wipes in preparation that he would be back to see me! :) I have a much nicer room now at Methodist - I have a window that actually looks out at something other than a brick wall and lots of party space if anyone wants to come over and play. :) Ha!
The nurses have been great - they keep me company most of the day and definitely most of the night (I mean seriously, do you have to WEIGH ME at 4 IN THE MORNING?!?! Can't that wait?!!)
Letty and her husband Norm (from our church) brought me communion today. They are so sweet. Apparently Norm just got over the stomach bug too. Something is definitely going around. In any case, I won't be having any chinese food any time soon. How sad for me... it's my favorite.
Anyway, I'll keep you posted on what happens in the next couple of days. No news would be good news. Keep my husband in your prayers, it's really hard for him to not be able to "fix" this and to be acting as a "single parent" in the interim.
Remember, life is precious. Every day I feel even stronger in my sentiments AGAINST FOCA - every single life is precious - the unborn are innocent little beings with tiny beating hearts - they need someone to protect them. Write your congressman. Sign a FIGHT FOCA petition - these little ones need your help. (There, there's my soapbox for today.)
Lots of love to you all...
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Baby and Bedrest
Wow! I can't believe it's been since August since I've posted on this blog. I'm so sorry! What a slacker! If you haven't heard already, we are expecting Baby #2 - a baby girl! She is due in June (June 5th actually) but she will probably be delivered via c-section at the beginning or middle of May. If you're counting, that would make the babies about 13 months apart. Because of some "complications" with the pregnancy, the doctor has put me on bedrest (started about 2 weeks ago in the hospital). I'm getting used to being alone during the day and then getting to play with Ryan and Shane at night. We have received cards and well wishes (thanks to all of you - you know who you are) and my good friend Tia brought over some of my favorite people - the 6 Franciscan nuns as well as food and entertainment on Friday. That was definitely the highlight of the week! Imagine what the neighbors thought when they saw 6 nuns (in their full habits) come to the door! It was such a treat.
I contacted our church, St. Francis of Assisi, asking about receiving communion here at home - a kind lady named Letty should be bringing it tomorrow. The coordinator, Agnes, told me, "You're going to need the Lord through all of this, and we'll see about getting Him to you." I thought that was so perfect.
Shane bought me a laptop! Yahoo! Now I can stay connected with the outside world whenever I want! It came in yesterday and I am so excited about it. We have wireless connection here at home, so I'm literally laying down to write this blog! (Not breaking the doctor's rules!) I'll try to be better about updating this blog, I promise.
Ryan is doing GREAT! He is tall and thin for his age (we're excited about the tall part!) and is eating finger foods. He likes everything we've tried except green beans - go figure. He is crawling SUPER fast and cruises along the furniture (he stands and walks along the furniture as long as he has something to hold on to). His favorite thing is bath time - he splashes water all over the place and laughs the whole time. We can't wait for the summertime so he can play in a kiddie pool in the backyard.
Ryan is getting excited to see his Grandma Belle - she is coming on Saturday and will be staying for a whole week! I'm sure we will have more pictures and stories to share before the week is done!
Thanks for your prayers and well wishes. Our best to all of you.
Love,
The Siebenalers
I contacted our church, St. Francis of Assisi, asking about receiving communion here at home - a kind lady named Letty should be bringing it tomorrow. The coordinator, Agnes, told me, "You're going to need the Lord through all of this, and we'll see about getting Him to you." I thought that was so perfect.
Shane bought me a laptop! Yahoo! Now I can stay connected with the outside world whenever I want! It came in yesterday and I am so excited about it. We have wireless connection here at home, so I'm literally laying down to write this blog! (Not breaking the doctor's rules!) I'll try to be better about updating this blog, I promise.
Ryan is doing GREAT! He is tall and thin for his age (we're excited about the tall part!) and is eating finger foods. He likes everything we've tried except green beans - go figure. He is crawling SUPER fast and cruises along the furniture (he stands and walks along the furniture as long as he has something to hold on to). His favorite thing is bath time - he splashes water all over the place and laughs the whole time. We can't wait for the summertime so he can play in a kiddie pool in the backyard.
Ryan is getting excited to see his Grandma Belle - she is coming on Saturday and will be staying for a whole week! I'm sure we will have more pictures and stories to share before the week is done!
Thanks for your prayers and well wishes. Our best to all of you.
Love,
The Siebenalers
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