Lots Of Updates!

Its update time…so settle in…this may take a while!!!

My baby is ONE. My goodness how the time has flown! It’s very bittersweet. I was really looking forward to this, but now that it’s here…it makes me a little sad that my baby isn’t a baby anymore. I know she will always be “my baby” but you moms know what I mean. I’m already getting emails about my toddler and that really makes me sad! She’s growing and learning so much. She is running and walking all over the place (she doesn’t crawl anywhere anymore). And she talks all the time…some of her favorite words/sayings are “uh oh” “belly” “baby” “tickle, tickle” “hey” "sponge bob" and of course “mama” and “dada” (we are working on mommy and daddy) and this week she’s started asking for “more”. We successfully made the transition from formula to cow’s milk the day after her birthday and we haven’t looked back since…thank God…that crap is expensive!!! However, I can’t get her off the bottle…she will occasionally take the milk from a sippy cup but only if she really, really wants it and just refuses to take anything but the bottle at bedtime. Any advice would be appreciated!!! That’s about it for Raegan…for now!

Jeremy’s mom was admitted to the hospital on September 2nd and sent directly to ICU with an ecoli infection that started in her kidneys and quickly moved into her blood stream. She spent more than a week in ICU. For most of that time she was on life support and 24 hour dialysis. The doctors really weren’t sure what to expect and actually prepared the family for the worst. There have been several setbacks (bleeding ulcers and blood clots), but as of now she is set to come home tomorrow. We are all still praying for her continued recovery and thanking God for the awesome progress made so far.

In light of Jeremy’s mom being in such critical condition and us being so far away, we have decided that living out here just isn’t for us. I am so glad to say that we will be moving back to Cobb County when our lease is over in February. As of right now the plan is for us to move in with my mom (she lives alone). We are going to help fix up her house (it needs updates and some fixes) then sell it and buy something with an in-law suite for her to live with us. And for the foreseeable future I plan to stay at home (thank you Jeremy for making this possible)!

And last, but certainly not least…I’m so hesitant to say this…but I am expecting again!!! I am almost 12 weeks and have already heard the baby’s heartbeat (which was 167-so I’m calling GIRL now). I’ve been so scared for the last 12 weeks...with every trip to the bathroom I get nervous that it’s going to happen again (the picture below is the baby at 11 weeks and 1 day). But this time I’ve had other pregnancy symptoms that I didn’t have last time and the doc says that’s a good thing! He also says my chances of miscarrying after hearing the heartbeat are down from 20% to almost 10%. I like those odds. My prayer every night is that God put his hands on my womb and allow me to carry this baby to term and deliver a healthy baby boy or girl (whichever he wants for us). Needless to say, I’ve been much more emotional this time around. I cry with the mention of any miscarriage as well as any healthy baby delivered. I’m pretty sure Jeremy thinks I’m losing my mind. My little sister is also pregnant (she already knows it’s a GIRL). Her due date is February 22nd and mine is April 26th. I’m super stoked that our babies will be so close!

I guess that’s it for now. I’ll try not to wait so long between updates next time.