Team Beaker Head Count

Check back for full information Friday! (Our appointment is at 9:30)

See!

(perhaps) an Ultrasound picture!

Hear!

How many there are in there!

Read!

Our thoughts on how many we're having!

Go Team Beaker!

Absenteeism

I'm sorry I've been absent! I've been at school. How's that for an excuse?! 

I'm trying to talk Brett into writing once a week, you know, to give you people a break from my thoughts and to give you his perspective. I think it'd be fun! Otherwise, here's the scoop: I'm feeling good and pregnant. The baby/ies are making me have to go tee-tee a lot. I mean a LOT. I haven't slept through the night in a week, and I normally never wake up. I'm so swollen that Brett has to buckle my shoes for me if I've already put on pants. The swell is from the hormone shots. Remember they told me that I wouldn't get better if I got pregnant? They weren't kidding! 

There are three things that I'm really enjoying, though:

1. I can eat whatever I feel like, and what I feel like is normally good like fruit and protein (or fried chicken and chili rilenos)

2. My hair isn't falling out!

3. My fingernails are fantastic - strong, healthy and long! 

I am not unpleased with anything so far except the constant hunger and ookiness, but I'm not really even unpleased about that! 

We're getting pumped about Friday. That's when we'll discover how many stuck! I am fairly certain that there are those of you who are rooting for twins and there are a few more out there who are secretly hoping for Triplets. TRIPLETS! Who on EARTH would wish that on us? You know who you are.

As to school: it's fine. I'm not always certain that I'm smart enough to do this. I feel quite overwhelmed because it's so foreign and no one seems to back up and explain it better! I just keep hoping it'll come to me. I can't keep up with blogging so much because of school, but I'm trying to juggle it better. I sleep so stinking much now because the baby/ies are wearing me out! Speaking of which.... Good night! Sweet Dreams! I love you! God Bless you! Don't forget to say your prayers! (Right, Andre???)

Sundays of Grace #4

1. The judge on B.'s case awarded them summary judgement on Friday! Huge because he was going to be out of town this week and would have missed the first ultrasound. We're SO grateful for the blessing of time that we've been given!

2. Today is Father's Day. We're grateful for our fathers - who in their ways teach us so many things. We're thankful that today Brett is a Father-in-Waiting. JOY!

3. School is going great for me! I am really glad I'm doing it, even though it's really tough. I've gotten through two of the six weeks and I have a big presentation tomorrow! Wish me luck!

4. I'm so glad to be feeling "pregnant" finally. I know that sounds funny, but I've waited a really long time to have morning sickness and food aversions and uncontrollable sleepiness. I'm still in between clothes, and I'm fine with that. I got the Bella Band to hold my regular clothes up & that's wonderful. 

How are you?

Is this what it's like?

So far today, I've done nothing but sleep and eat. I guess that means that I'm pregnant. I'm feeling particularly "good" today - I've been totally and completely nauseous through the day, which I can assuage by eating something good for me and I've been so stinkin' tired! Oh, wow tired! Like, I slept a ton last night & then fell back asleep from about noon until 3:30. Good stuff!

We're getting pretty excited about our ultrasound on Friday. We got pretty lucky (read: BLESSED!) that Brett et al. won their trial in summary judgement on Friday so he doesn't have to go to Jacksonville all week next week! That means that he can go to the u/s with me on Friday. That's wonderful news! 

I'm so glad that I'm starting to feel something. I hope what I feel is pregnant and not just ookey. I'm luck to have a friend in the neighborhood who's also pregnant right now and therefore has a more vivid memory of early pregnancy. She's been making me feel a lot better about things about which I'm nervous.

Momma said that she's disappointed that I'm not writing more, so here you go! Sorry I've not been writing - I figure you don't want to hear about school, you want to hear about BABIES!

I think we'll know how many on Friday!!

Go Team Beaker!!!

Sundays of Grace #3

1. Our biggest Sunday of Grace and it's only the third! So grateful, so blessed to be Pregnant with Confidence! As Sheila said when she called me, "Team Beaker Rocks!"

2. My first week of school went well. I had a cold through most of it, but I'm not going to complain too much. Graduate school is much harder than undergrad - more reading, more writing, less playing! And I have obligations outside of being a student. But, I'm doing it, I'm there & I love learning!

A great week with two great Graces. Thanks for continuing to pray for whatever Beans might be in there - one or two or three (!). It's so exciting to be on this side of the shots!

Go Team Beaker!

Inquiring Minds want to know, apparently

We did it!!! Go Team Beaker! 

I'm officially pregnant. We don't know how many, though apparently there are a bunch of people rooting for twins! Yesterday was tough holding it in, but thankfully I had to go to school & couldn't tell anyone there. 

I'll write the whole story sometime when I'm not getting ready for school.

Thanks everyone for your prayers! KEEP PRAYING! We have to keep the hormone levels going up up up!

Go Team Beaker!

Hurry Up & Wait!

My bloodwork is done. There's nothing else I can do for now but wait! What a big day for us! Starting back to school in a little while & waiting for answers. I'm very curious, obviously, and I know you are too. 

HOWEVER, you, Dearest, will have to wait until we tell our families how it worked out. I'm not telling Brett until I can tell him face to face. I feel like that's the right thing for me to do. Then we'll tell our families. Then I'll post it.

Keep praying for us! It's a big day!

GO TEAM BEAKER!!