I woke up and started having contractions around 7:30. (I've been having Braxton Hicks contractions for weeks but these were more intense and coming more consistently.) I was pretty excited so I started to time them and discovered they were coming every 5-12 minutes. They continued at this pace and even became more consistent (only 7-8 minutes apart) after a couple hours. I called the doctor and they told me to come in. The contractions were continuing to become stronger as well so we thought this was the real deal. We made it to the hospital and after 2.5 hours of monitoring me they told me I wasn't progressing enough to be admitted. So they told us to go eat dinner and that they would probably see us again later that night. We did as we were told and the contractions continued to become more painful all evening. I went to bed at 10:00 and suddenly the contractions stopped! 15 hours of contractions and no baby- Grrrrr!!! It was super disappointing, but we know that this baby will come in God's timing, not ours. So now I'm just 3 days to my due date and we'll see if we make it!
Thursday, April 30, 2015
False Alarm...
This past Sunday marked 39 weeks with Baby #3. Zach and I have been nesting and preparing for the baby for weeks and we both feel very ready to meet this little guy or gal, which we thought was going to happen on Tuesday.
I woke up and started having contractions around 7:30. (I've been having Braxton Hicks contractions for weeks but these were more intense and coming more consistently.) I was pretty excited so I started to time them and discovered they were coming every 5-12 minutes. They continued at this pace and even became more consistent (only 7-8 minutes apart) after a couple hours. I called the doctor and they told me to come in. The contractions were continuing to become stronger as well so we thought this was the real deal. We made it to the hospital and after 2.5 hours of monitoring me they told me I wasn't progressing enough to be admitted. So they told us to go eat dinner and that they would probably see us again later that night. We did as we were told and the contractions continued to become more painful all evening. I went to bed at 10:00 and suddenly the contractions stopped! 15 hours of contractions and no baby- Grrrrr!!! It was super disappointing, but we know that this baby will come in God's timing, not ours. So now I'm just 3 days to my due date and we'll see if we make it!
I woke up and started having contractions around 7:30. (I've been having Braxton Hicks contractions for weeks but these were more intense and coming more consistently.) I was pretty excited so I started to time them and discovered they were coming every 5-12 minutes. They continued at this pace and even became more consistent (only 7-8 minutes apart) after a couple hours. I called the doctor and they told me to come in. The contractions were continuing to become stronger as well so we thought this was the real deal. We made it to the hospital and after 2.5 hours of monitoring me they told me I wasn't progressing enough to be admitted. So they told us to go eat dinner and that they would probably see us again later that night. We did as we were told and the contractions continued to become more painful all evening. I went to bed at 10:00 and suddenly the contractions stopped! 15 hours of contractions and no baby- Grrrrr!!! It was super disappointing, but we know that this baby will come in God's timing, not ours. So now I'm just 3 days to my due date and we'll see if we make it!
We're going to the zoo!
Yeah for warmer Spring weather...finally! We were thrilled to wake up to a beautiful blue sky and sunshine this past week. I called up my parents and asked if they were interested in a morning at the zoo with me and the girls. They gladly agreed which I was very thankful for since I don't have the energy needed for outings without a little help these days.
Below, Grandpa is helping Carrie see the monkeys. :-)
The hit of the zoo every time we go is the tree house play area for the kids. Lydia LOVES it and Carrie got into it this summer too.
Gotta get a picture at the John Ball statue!
Monday, April 27, 2015
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Air Zoo!
We spent a morning at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo with my sister, her boys, and my dad. It was a super-cool place to visit! It had many old war planes on display with interesting information and facts about each one.
Misc. April Pics
Lydia recently found my make-up bag and had a little fun with the eye liner... :-)
Zach's Bread Debut!
Zach was recently asked to provide the bread for a soup supper at a nearby church. He was very eager and excited to spend the day baking and giving his bread away for others to enjoy!
Sunday, April 12, 2015
37 weeks!
Homestretch! So, talk about preggo-brain- the sign says 36 weeks but I am actually 37 weeks along. Still lots to do to prepare for another baby in the home, but we're getting there. We are feeling super excited to meet this little one in just a few weeks!
Happy Birthday Zach!!
Zach turned 34 this month- wow, hard to believe he's in his mid-thirties! His birthday landed on a Sunday so I had to get a picture of him with his little ladies before church.
His birthday was a pretty typical Sunday with church, lunch, rest and evening church. But we did get together with some good friends from Canada earlier in the weekend in Port Huron, which was a lot of fun. And we plan to enjoy a delicious steak dinner on Monday- kind of nice to spread out the birthday festivities. :-)
Happy Birthday Zach! Lydia, Carrie, Baby and I love you so much and feel so grateful to have such dedicated, loving, supportive Daddy/husband!
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