1/30/09 - Emotions are soaring!

I went to the dr. today for my 37 week appointment. They were doing the nst an saw I was having contractions every 3 minutes but they were not strong and were not dilating me at all. I'm just tired of being pregnant I guess an want to see Mateo. I can't seem to stop crying. Oh well. I'm going to walk around Walmart to see if that will do anything. I'll keep you all posted.

1/27/09

Well, this last week has been pretty crazy. My dad was in a bad accident on Winchester road but is doing good now. He's still sore but is doing better now. He should be going back to work on Thursday.

Malakhi is saying a ton of words now. He says ball, no, yeah, wow, please, thank you, milk, agua, more, mama, papa, nana, tata, night, ama (grandma), apa (grandpa), baby and a few more. He is growing up so fast. He still has no teeth but I know they are going to break through any day. lol. At least that's what I keep telling myself. I can see them under his gums.

As for Mateo, last night I was having contractions every 10 minutes for about 2 hours. Then I woke up and they stopped. I was so bummed. That's ok. He will come when it is time. Have a good day.

1/24/09

I'm off bedrest and the meds now. Yay! I'm so happy. I thought I was going to be able to just get up and start running but boy was I wrong. Oh well. Things are going good so far. I am having increased contractions but nothing regular enough to go in for. I don't know how much longer it will be but God does. I know he is watching out for us and I will have Mateo in my arms when God is ready for him to come. At the dr. they did a non-stress test and at first Mateo's heart rate was very calm and no variations so Dr. cam in and buzzed him. I thought Mateo was going to jump out of my stomach. Poor baby had a heart attack. Well, that's all I have for now. I'll talk to you later.

1/21/09

Well, Mateo is still baking and things are going good with him. My next appt is on Friday and we shall see what the Dr. says but I should be able to get off bed rest then. I can't wait!

Also this morning I got a call from my mom around 6:20 saying my dad had been in an accident on Winchester. They had to use the Jaws of Life to get him out of the car. They took him by ambulance to the hospital. He had a CT scan and X-Rays and NO broken bones. Thank you Jesus. He is home now and doing well. He is in a lot of pain so if you can please pray for him that would be wonderful. Thanks to you all. :)

1/14/09

Just a quick update. Mateo is still cooking and all seems to be doing well. I had to go out today to run an errand and by the time I got home I was so sore and having contractions about every 5 minutes. I went to lay down and they stopped. YEAH! So here we are back to the old routine.

1/11/09 ~ Don't cry over spilled........soup?

Yeah so last night I only slept about 3 hours from being high from the steroid shot and having a burning hot face all night and all day today. I went to go make an early dinner so we could go to bed and low and behold I spilled Lonnie's soup (yes ALL the soup) all over the counter and the floor and even in the drawer. I started bawling. Lonnie cleaned it up for me. Thank you darling. I just feel so dumb and clumsy right now. How am I going to get through the next few weeks. I'm just so tired. I need to not complain, but if you read this, can you please pray for us? Thanks.

1/10/09

This is our first family photo at home with Malakhi taken by Shaney. Thank you Shaney!

We just got back home again from getting the second steroid shot to mature Mateo's lungs. They kept me for almost 2 hours to monitor me and the baby and all was looking good. No I'm going to bed. Good night.

1//9/09

Well, I just got back from the dr. I have 2 more weeks of bedrest and then it will be pretty safe for Mateo to be born even though they really want him to stay for 3 more weeks. I got a steroid shot today and one more tomorrow to hurry the maturity of his lungs in case he does come sooner. He is such a good baby already and is wanting to make an entrance into the world already. I'll keep you all posted and thank you for all your prayers for me and this "Gift of God."

Beginning the Blog

Well, here we start I suppose. I never thought I would have a blog. Now that I have some time being on bedrest, I figured I might as well have one to keep people posted. Here is a little about our family. I (Becky) am married to Lonnie who is a wonderful man. We started courting after he asked my dad's permission on August 26, 2001. He asked me while we were watching a friend be baptized at the beach. It was so romantic. Then Christmas Eve 2002 he asked me to marry him in front of most of his family and my immediate family and of course I said yes. We were married on June 7, 2003 in a beautiful ceremony. We finally decided to have children in January of 06. We got pregnant with our first baby who I miscarried on February 22nd. We then found out in July we were pregnant again but also miscarried that baby on August 16th. Then in October, I found out we were pregnant again. I got on progesterone medication and carried our precious son Malakhi to full term. He was born on June 20th 2007 at 6:03pm. He weighed in at 6lbs 2oz and 18 inches long. He is such a joy to our lives. Then on May 13, 2008 we discovered we were expecting again were so happy. We found out we are having another boy due on February 21, 2009.

As of right now, I went into preterm labor on Jan 6th. The staff at the hospital were able to stop my labor or at least slow it down so now here I sit on bedrest waiting to see what the dr. says tomorrow.

I'm looking forward to doing this if I can only remember how to get in and update this. HA.