Just a few things I have been knitting in my spare time.

So many people have asked what I have been up to since I am on modified bedrest again and having to take it easy. Here are a few things that I have done. There are two pairs of booties and a hat for our little girl. I also found a super cute pattern for the Teddy Bear in a book that I have and decided that I would knit a bear for each of our kids. I am going to knit each one its own outfit too so that they will know which one is theirs. This one is for Gabe. I am working on knitting a sweater for it to wear. I also just made a huge online order for yarn that should be coming in the mail anyday now. So that should keep my busy for a little while at least.

Jon is NOT a Cystic Fibrosis Carrier!

We got Jon's test results today and he is not a carrier of CF! We are so happy! This means that our baby does not have CF! Woo Hoo!

What do I do?

So I haven't even known that I am having a girl for a full 24 hours and already I am freaking out! Last night I couldn't sleep so I made Jon go outside in the garage and get all of the boxes of baby items so I could sort through and get the stuff out that I would need for a girl. After soritng through all of the clothes I discovered that my little girl is going to look a lot like a little boy! Everything is BLUE! Jon is convinced that we can stick a bow in her hair and everyone will know she is a girl regardless of what she is wearing. I also discovered that I have waaaay too many boy clothes! What was a thinking? As I sat and pondered all of this I repeatedly beat myself up for giving away all of the cute girl clothes that I had bought on clearance etc. Especially all of those baby tights that I got for $0.10 a piece!

I guess that since I had Gabe I just figured that I would have boys. I just thought that that was they way it is going to be. I dont think that I ever really thought of having girls after having a boy. I was talking with Jon and asked, "What do we do with a girl?" He looked at me like I was crazy and said, "All she is going to do is eat, sleep, cry, and poop for the first few months you will figure it out." I continued to worry about what she will wear. Jon reminded me that we still have 5 months to figure that all out. 5 months doesn't seem like very long.

The other problem is the room situation. We have 2 rooms upstairs. One is Gabe's and the other is currently a guest room. Do I paint the guest room pink and turn it into a little girl room? Or do I leave it a guest room and keep the baby in our room until she is sleeping throught the night and have them share a room? Does anyone have any suggestions?

(I am sorry that my last three posts have been all writing and no pictures. I hate it when people do that, now I am a guilty party.)

IT"S A GIRL!!!

We went to the Dr. today and found out that we are having a girl!!! I was sure that it was another boy, boy was I wrong! I thought that Gabe was a girl though so now I am 0-2. Jon and I made a little bet. If it was a boy I was going to name him Zeke. If it was a girl he would get to name her Lydia. We wont know for sure until we see her but for now she is Lydia. Everything else is going really well too! The area that was bleeding has gotten a lot smaller than the last time we went in. The placenta also looks like it is moving away from my cervix so I should be able to go for a VBAC. We are still waiting for Jon's test results. They thought that they would have them by this last Tuesday. They said that it can take up to two weeks sometimes to get the results. But the baby looks good and is growing really well. We got to see her cute little feet. We havent seen a profile of her yet but I am sure she is adorable! I cant believe I get to decorate and dress this baby in Pink! We are so excited!

I am a Cystic Fibrosis Carrier!

Ok, so, I will start from the beginning. A little over a week ago I went to one of my many OB appts. I arrived at the office hoping to discover if the little alien growing in me is a boy or a girl. Unfortunately our baby is stubborn, (I dont know where he/she gets that from!) and, likes to sit Indian style. So, hoping for good news we left with a lot of bad news or potentially bad news. First, the Dr. said that I might have a slight placenta previa which would take away almost any chance of trying to have a VBAC. Then he told us that the placenta could also be, or could in the future be, over the area where my scar is from my previous C-Section. Then he said that we needed a plan in place so that if I do have to be hospitalized for my last trimester or stuck on strict bedrest we had support and help with Gabe. Finally he told us that there is a possibility that there was some stuff showing up on the ultrasound that could mean our little peanut has Cystic Fibrosis. WOW! As you all can imagine I had a little BREAK DOWN!
I wasnt really concerned as much about the possibility of Cystic Fibrosis as there is no family history on either side. For those of you who dont know it is a genetic defect that causes the disease. Cystic Fibrosis affects that lung and bowel. It causes thickened secretions in both. There are treatments, but no cure. The average person with CF lives to be 36 or 37. Depending on how severe there case is. So Jon went yesterday to get tested. We both have to be carriers to pass it on to our kids. Our children can be carriers though since I am. We should get his results back this next week sometime and if he is a carrier too they will do an amniocentesis at my next appt. I am feeling a lot better about things now that I have done research and know what having a baby with CF can entail. If anyone has information about any of this that they want to share please feel free. We would love to hear about it! I have to also say that I am so grateful for the gospel and for priesthood blessings. They are helping me see the eternal perspective on all of this and I know that everything will work out no matter what.

GABE AND THE COUSINS

Last week Jon's mom was kind enough to watch all three of her grandkids. When I came to pick Gabe up they were all sitting eating lunch.

Sand Box

Warning!!! This Post Contains Pictures of a Naked Baby!!!
Some of my sister's neighbors had a old Turtle sandbox that they didn't want anymore. They gave it to us for Gabe and it has been a big hit! We still need to buy sand for it. Since it is still warm out we filled it with water. What a great entertainer!