well, i'm at least 35 weeks at this point... i say "at least" because i feel more like 38+. i really do not remember feeling this horrible when i was pregnant with miss emma... i mean, i remember being pretty sick at the beginning, but not near as uncomfortable with about a month to go!
when i was at the end with emerson, i was probably just as busy--just a different busy. two or three months before emma was born, we bought a foreclosure and adopted two pups only 5 months old or so. there was plenty of obedience training and house training to accomplish before the baby came AND there was PLENTY MORE work to be done on the house. i was also coming to the end of my medical transcription training. so i definitely had my fair share of work to take care of. this time around, belle is much easier to care for and i have an active toddler to chase around all day. i also work anywhere from 10 to 15 hours a week doing MT. Oh, AND we're trying to sell the house, pack up, and move to an apartment by mid-October... i hope we don't continue to make it a habit to move with each pregnancy.
so, maybe this pregnancy is different solely because its not my first. maybe its just the fact that my body has been forever changed after having that first child... either way, i'm hurting! i've been getting horribly nauseated again AND i had my first full day of painless Braxton Hicks contractions a couple days ago. then yesterday i experienced the close-to-the-real-thing-but-obviously-not-the-real-thing contractions. lately, i feel like all i've been doing is complaining and apologizing for the complaining.
i don't head to the doc again until next tuesday. that will put me at 36 weeks. hopefully i'll still be measuring big and i can plan on being induced early... yep, that sounds like a GREAT idea to me. my belly can't too much more stretching, and i've definitely got the marks to prove it!
quick house update: the contractor we hired came in and fixed all the minor things that needed fixin' around the house as requested by the buyers. one step closer... now we will await the appraisal and as long as the offer is less than what the house actually appraises for (although,i'm not sure why that should matter), we're good to go. so we're closer to the house being sold, closer to being debt free, and closer to being on our way to china... crazy!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
sick, sick, and more sick...
well, i'm at least 35 weeks at this point... i say "at least" because i feel more like 38+. i really do not remember feeling this horrible when i was pregnant with miss emma... i mean, i remember being pretty sick at the beginning, but not near as uncomfortable with about a month to go!
when i was at the end with emerson, i was probably just as busy--just a different busy. two or three months before emma was born, we bought a foreclosure and adopted two pups only 5 months old or so. there was plenty of obedience training and house training to accomplish before the baby came AND there was PLENTY MORE work to be done on the house. i was also coming to the end of my medical transcription training. so i definitely had my fair share of work to take care of. this time around, belle is much easier to care for and i have an active toddler to chase around all day. i also work anywhere from 10 to 15 hours a week doing MT. Oh, AND we're trying to sell the house, pack up, and move to an apartment by mid-October... i hope we don't continue to make it a habit to move with each pregnancy.
so, maybe this pregnancy is different solely because its not my first. maybe its just the fact that my body has been forever changed after having that first child... either way, i'm hurting! i've been getting horribly nauseated again AND i had my first full day of painless Braxton Hicks contractions a couple days ago. then yesterday i experienced the close-to-the-real-thing-but-obviously-not-the-real-thing contractions. lately, i feel like all i've been doing is complaining and apologizing for the complaining.
i don't head to the doc again until next tuesday. that will put me at 36 weeks. hopefully i'll still be measuring big and i can plan on being induced early... yep, that sounds like a GREAT idea to me. my belly can't too much more stretching, and i've definitely got the marks to prove it!
quick house update: the contractor we hired came in and fixed all the minor things that needed fixin' around the house as requested by the buyers. one step closer... now we will await the appraisal and as long as the offer is less than what the house actually appraises for (although,i'm not sure why that should matter), we're good to go. so we're closer to the house being sold, closer to being debt free, and closer to being on our way to china... crazy!
when i was at the end with emerson, i was probably just as busy--just a different busy. two or three months before emma was born, we bought a foreclosure and adopted two pups only 5 months old or so. there was plenty of obedience training and house training to accomplish before the baby came AND there was PLENTY MORE work to be done on the house. i was also coming to the end of my medical transcription training. so i definitely had my fair share of work to take care of. this time around, belle is much easier to care for and i have an active toddler to chase around all day. i also work anywhere from 10 to 15 hours a week doing MT. Oh, AND we're trying to sell the house, pack up, and move to an apartment by mid-October... i hope we don't continue to make it a habit to move with each pregnancy.
so, maybe this pregnancy is different solely because its not my first. maybe its just the fact that my body has been forever changed after having that first child... either way, i'm hurting! i've been getting horribly nauseated again AND i had my first full day of painless Braxton Hicks contractions a couple days ago. then yesterday i experienced the close-to-the-real-thing-but-obviously-not-the-real-thing contractions. lately, i feel like all i've been doing is complaining and apologizing for the complaining.
i don't head to the doc again until next tuesday. that will put me at 36 weeks. hopefully i'll still be measuring big and i can plan on being induced early... yep, that sounds like a GREAT idea to me. my belly can't too much more stretching, and i've definitely got the marks to prove it!
quick house update: the contractor we hired came in and fixed all the minor things that needed fixin' around the house as requested by the buyers. one step closer... now we will await the appraisal and as long as the offer is less than what the house actually appraises for (although,i'm not sure why that should matter), we're good to go. so we're closer to the house being sold, closer to being debt free, and closer to being on our way to china... crazy!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
remembering
during my absence from blogworld, john and i hit a very big milestone in our lives. september 9, 2009 marked the one year anniversary if you will of Jordan's homegoing to be with the Lord. visiting the gravesite of your child whom you've never met is a very surreal experience. if i were to have carried her to term, we would have just celebrated her six-month birthday. instead, i am 8 months pregnant with her brother, Malachi--very bittersweet.
i started this blog a little over a year ago. at the time, i definitely was NOT expecting my first post to be entitled All things are possible with God--including surviving a miscarriage. a year later, we KNOW that this is true. it was hard, and at times it still is, but with His strength we find comfort. there were many lessons learned and blessings received through this experience, lessons which i'm ashamed to say that i don't keep in the forefront of my mind near enough.
i'll end this post with a great verse of Scripture aimed at those who are true followers of Christ:
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28)
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Friday, September 25, 2009
been a while
considering my last blog update was Aug. 20, i think i can safely say "it's been a while." so here goes:
i've had all these grand ideas of things i wanted to blog about--and some things not so grand, just wanted to get out there or even just record for the sake of remembering emma's cuteness b/c let's face it it's been about a year since i've added anything to her baby book... oops.
well, this is where we are, for now...
john is still working at Belcan Engineering, a job we've definitely appreciated over the past 5 months or so. it's so nice that he comes home from work smelling like office rather than moldy nastiness :)... and did i mention that he generally is home by 4 most days??? Four o'clock, people!! Amazing! I have officially been employed with McGood Medical as a medical transcriptionist for a year now! I'm tempted to ask for a raise--even just a half a cent (in the MT world, that can add up!)--but i've been super happy with the company and the flexibility that they've allowed me while still being considered a statutory employee (they withhold state/fed taxes). when i first started, i was making roughly minimum wage, but now i consistently make over $13/hr... a few days this week i even made $17/hr... so i'm getting better!
emerson is now 20, almost 21, months and getting cuter and cuter EVERYDAY! she is catching on to and repeating so many phrases its ridiculous. the other day i sneezed a couple times and she looked at me with a super concerned face and said while nodding, "ya, ok?" she likes to ride her bike around the house, draw, count to 9 (apparently 10 doesn't exist anymore), we're working on ABCs, she can do some signs along with songs like 'Jesus loves me', putting on daddy's dirty socks, after bathtime she asks to be wrapped like a baby and rocked (which is quite the task trying to hold her up over my belly to accomplish!) and then when she has had enough of the rocking, she says "nakey?" and proceeds to run around the second floor of our house in the buff. you know, the usual. ;)
we are set to close on the sale of our home on Oct 16. for some reason, our realtor didn't allow/advise us to include in the contract giving us a few days after the official sale to transition out of our house and into an apartment. this means that we are required to arrive at closing with an empty home for the buyers to do with what they please. this set up is great for the buyer, but not super ideal for the seller b/c if something falls through with the paperwork and the sale doesn't officially happen, then we are kind of stuck with all of our things sitting in a moving truck in the driveway. needless to say, we're praying everything goes smoothly!
our apartment search is pretty much coming to an end. the actual apartment and complex we like the best is actually like 1 mile up the road from where we currently live--that's the only downside. we were hoping that with the move we would be able to find a more convenient location in relation to church, work, and john's parents. but, alas, this may not be the case. at least we're familiar with the area!
well, the last two doc appointments i've had (32 and 34 weeks) i have been measuring 2 weeks ahead of schedule. granted, this can easily be off, but the doctor has mentioned talk of inducing around 39 weeks if the baby hasn't come at that point. frankly, this would be FINE with me as the past week or so i have felt absolutely horrible. i'm constantly nauseated and it's WORSE if i lie on my back for even a second. i pretty much wake up every hour of the night (at least for the first 4 or 5 hours of trying to sleep) due to having to go to the bathroom or just pain in my hips or back. eating doesn't seem to help or hinder, so i can never make a decision about IF i'm going to eat something, then if i do decide to eat, i never know WHAT i want... and did i mention i'm HUGE??? at least i feel that way. sometimes john will just look at my abdominal region and just chuckle. eh, what can ya do? for the past couple weeks i've gotten quite a few comments about how i must be ready to deliver "any day now".... *sigh* if only... i think i make the ushers at church nervous when i get up to use the restroom or get a drink during the service... i'm not sure if they would know what to do in the even that i ACTUALLY went in to labor at the church. let's hope that they don't have to figure it out.
we've also been members at Calvary Baptist Church for almost 2 years and really feel like this is our home church. for a LONG time, it was hard for John and i (especially me) to get used to the idea that we didn't go to Willow Creek Baptist Church in West Des Moines anymore. sometimes i still shed a few tears about the fact that we aren't actively engaged with that ministry, but at the same time we know that, for now, Indiana is where God would have us. we know that He will use the people and leadership at Calvary to shape us into the people we need to be in order to have an effective ministry while in China. we have started getting more involved with things like missions committee and the youth group--very excited about both. we are still living with the aim to get to China--at least for a short term (2 yr) mission trip. at that point, we will see where God is leading us.
i'm sure that there is plenty more that i could catch you up on, but for now this is where my brain stops working as the nausea has completely taken over and i NEED to head to bed... hopefully my posts will be updated a little more frequently, although no promises with the little one on the way!
i've had all these grand ideas of things i wanted to blog about--and some things not so grand, just wanted to get out there or even just record for the sake of remembering emma's cuteness b/c let's face it it's been about a year since i've added anything to her baby book... oops.
well, this is where we are, for now...
john is still working at Belcan Engineering, a job we've definitely appreciated over the past 5 months or so. it's so nice that he comes home from work smelling like office rather than moldy nastiness :)... and did i mention that he generally is home by 4 most days??? Four o'clock, people!! Amazing! I have officially been employed with McGood Medical as a medical transcriptionist for a year now! I'm tempted to ask for a raise--even just a half a cent (in the MT world, that can add up!)--but i've been super happy with the company and the flexibility that they've allowed me while still being considered a statutory employee (they withhold state/fed taxes). when i first started, i was making roughly minimum wage, but now i consistently make over $13/hr... a few days this week i even made $17/hr... so i'm getting better!
emerson is now 20, almost 21, months and getting cuter and cuter EVERYDAY! she is catching on to and repeating so many phrases its ridiculous. the other day i sneezed a couple times and she looked at me with a super concerned face and said while nodding, "ya, ok?" she likes to ride her bike around the house, draw, count to 9 (apparently 10 doesn't exist anymore), we're working on ABCs, she can do some signs along with songs like 'Jesus loves me', putting on daddy's dirty socks, after bathtime she asks to be wrapped like a baby and rocked (which is quite the task trying to hold her up over my belly to accomplish!) and then when she has had enough of the rocking, she says "nakey?" and proceeds to run around the second floor of our house in the buff. you know, the usual. ;)
we are set to close on the sale of our home on Oct 16. for some reason, our realtor didn't allow/advise us to include in the contract giving us a few days after the official sale to transition out of our house and into an apartment. this means that we are required to arrive at closing with an empty home for the buyers to do with what they please. this set up is great for the buyer, but not super ideal for the seller b/c if something falls through with the paperwork and the sale doesn't officially happen, then we are kind of stuck with all of our things sitting in a moving truck in the driveway. needless to say, we're praying everything goes smoothly!
our apartment search is pretty much coming to an end. the actual apartment and complex we like the best is actually like 1 mile up the road from where we currently live--that's the only downside. we were hoping that with the move we would be able to find a more convenient location in relation to church, work, and john's parents. but, alas, this may not be the case. at least we're familiar with the area!
well, the last two doc appointments i've had (32 and 34 weeks) i have been measuring 2 weeks ahead of schedule. granted, this can easily be off, but the doctor has mentioned talk of inducing around 39 weeks if the baby hasn't come at that point. frankly, this would be FINE with me as the past week or so i have felt absolutely horrible. i'm constantly nauseated and it's WORSE if i lie on my back for even a second. i pretty much wake up every hour of the night (at least for the first 4 or 5 hours of trying to sleep) due to having to go to the bathroom or just pain in my hips or back. eating doesn't seem to help or hinder, so i can never make a decision about IF i'm going to eat something, then if i do decide to eat, i never know WHAT i want... and did i mention i'm HUGE??? at least i feel that way. sometimes john will just look at my abdominal region and just chuckle. eh, what can ya do? for the past couple weeks i've gotten quite a few comments about how i must be ready to deliver "any day now".... *sigh* if only... i think i make the ushers at church nervous when i get up to use the restroom or get a drink during the service... i'm not sure if they would know what to do in the even that i ACTUALLY went in to labor at the church. let's hope that they don't have to figure it out.
we've also been members at Calvary Baptist Church for almost 2 years and really feel like this is our home church. for a LONG time, it was hard for John and i (especially me) to get used to the idea that we didn't go to Willow Creek Baptist Church in West Des Moines anymore. sometimes i still shed a few tears about the fact that we aren't actively engaged with that ministry, but at the same time we know that, for now, Indiana is where God would have us. we know that He will use the people and leadership at Calvary to shape us into the people we need to be in order to have an effective ministry while in China. we have started getting more involved with things like missions committee and the youth group--very excited about both. we are still living with the aim to get to China--at least for a short term (2 yr) mission trip. at that point, we will see where God is leading us.
i'm sure that there is plenty more that i could catch you up on, but for now this is where my brain stops working as the nausea has completely taken over and i NEED to head to bed... hopefully my posts will be updated a little more frequently, although no promises with the little one on the way!
been a while
considering my last blog update was Aug. 20, i think i can safely say "it's been a while." so here goes:
i've had all these grand ideas of things i wanted to blog about--and some things not so grand, just wanted to get out there or even just record for the sake of remembering emma's cuteness b/c let's face it it's been about a year since i've added anything to her baby book... oops.
well, this is where we are, for now...
john is still working at Belcan Engineering, a job we've definitely appreciated over the past 5 months or so. it's so nice that he comes home from work smelling like office rather than moldy nastiness :)... and did i mention that he generally is home by 4 most days??? Four o'clock, people!! Amazing! I have officially been employed with McGood Medical as a medical transcriptionist for a year now! I'm tempted to ask for a raise--even just a half a cent (in the MT world, that can add up!)--but i've been super happy with the company and the flexibility that they've allowed me while still being considered a statutory employee (they withhold state/fed taxes). when i first started, i was making roughly minimum wage, but now i consistently make over $13/hr... a few days this week i even made $17/hr... so i'm getting better!
emerson is now 20, almost 21, months and getting cuter and cuter EVERYDAY! she is catching on to and repeating so many phrases its ridiculous. the other day i sneezed a couple times and she looked at me with a super concerned face and said while nodding, "ya, ok?" she likes to ride her bike around the house, draw, count to 9 (apparently 10 doesn't exist anymore), we're working on ABCs, she can do some signs along with songs like 'Jesus loves me', putting on daddy's dirty socks, after bathtime she asks to be wrapped like a baby and rocked (which is quite the task trying to hold her up over my belly to accomplish!) and then when she has had enough of the rocking, she says "nakey?" and proceeds to run around the second floor of our house in the buff. you know, the usual. ;)
we are set to close on the sale of our home on Oct 16. for some reason, our realtor didn't allow/advise us to include in the contract giving us a few days after the official sale to transition out of our house and into an apartment. this means that we are required to arrive at closing with an empty home for the buyers to do with what they please. this set up is great for the buyer, but not super ideal for the seller b/c if something falls through with the paperwork and the sale doesn't officially happen, then we are kind of stuck with all of our things sitting in a moving truck in the driveway. needless to say, we're praying everything goes smoothly!
our apartment search is pretty much coming to an end. the actual apartment and complex we like the best is actually like 1 mile up the road from where we currently live--that's the only downside. we were hoping that with the move we would be able to find a more convenient location in relation to church, work, and john's parents. but, alas, this may not be the case. at least we're familiar with the area!
well, the last two doc appointments i've had (32 and 34 weeks) i have been measuring 2 weeks ahead of schedule. granted, this can easily be off, but the doctor has mentioned talk of inducing around 39 weeks if the baby hasn't come at that point. frankly, this would be FINE with me as the past week or so i have felt absolutely horrible. i'm constantly nauseated and it's WORSE if i lie on my back for even a second. i pretty much wake up every hour of the night (at least for the first 4 or 5 hours of trying to sleep) due to having to go to the bathroom or just pain in my hips or back. eating doesn't seem to help or hinder, so i can never make a decision about IF i'm going to eat something, then if i do decide to eat, i never know WHAT i want... and did i mention i'm HUGE??? at least i feel that way. sometimes john will just look at my abdominal region and just chuckle. eh, what can ya do? for the past couple weeks i've gotten quite a few comments about how i must be ready to deliver "any day now".... *sigh* if only... i think i make the ushers at church nervous when i get up to use the restroom or get a drink during the service... i'm not sure if they would know what to do in the even that i ACTUALLY went in to labor at the church. let's hope that they don't have to figure it out.
we've also been members at Calvary Baptist Church for almost 2 years and really feel like this is our home church. for a LONG time, it was hard for John and i (especially me) to get used to the idea that we didn't go to Willow Creek Baptist Church in West Des Moines anymore. sometimes i still shed a few tears about the fact that we aren't actively engaged with that ministry, but at the same time we know that, for now, Indiana is where God would have us. we know that He will use the people and leadership at Calvary to shape us into the people we need to be in order to have an effective ministry while in China. we have started getting more involved with things like missions committee and the youth group--very excited about both. we are still living with the aim to get to China--at least for a short term (2 yr) mission trip. at that point, we will see where God is leading us.
i'm sure that there is plenty more that i could catch you up on, but for now this is where my brain stops working as the nausea has completely taken over and i NEED to head to bed... hopefully my posts will be updated a little more frequently, although no promises with the little one on the way!
i've had all these grand ideas of things i wanted to blog about--and some things not so grand, just wanted to get out there or even just record for the sake of remembering emma's cuteness b/c let's face it it's been about a year since i've added anything to her baby book... oops.
well, this is where we are, for now...
john is still working at Belcan Engineering, a job we've definitely appreciated over the past 5 months or so. it's so nice that he comes home from work smelling like office rather than moldy nastiness :)... and did i mention that he generally is home by 4 most days??? Four o'clock, people!! Amazing! I have officially been employed with McGood Medical as a medical transcriptionist for a year now! I'm tempted to ask for a raise--even just a half a cent (in the MT world, that can add up!)--but i've been super happy with the company and the flexibility that they've allowed me while still being considered a statutory employee (they withhold state/fed taxes). when i first started, i was making roughly minimum wage, but now i consistently make over $13/hr... a few days this week i even made $17/hr... so i'm getting better!
emerson is now 20, almost 21, months and getting cuter and cuter EVERYDAY! she is catching on to and repeating so many phrases its ridiculous. the other day i sneezed a couple times and she looked at me with a super concerned face and said while nodding, "ya, ok?" she likes to ride her bike around the house, draw, count to 9 (apparently 10 doesn't exist anymore), we're working on ABCs, she can do some signs along with songs like 'Jesus loves me', putting on daddy's dirty socks, after bathtime she asks to be wrapped like a baby and rocked (which is quite the task trying to hold her up over my belly to accomplish!) and then when she has had enough of the rocking, she says "nakey?" and proceeds to run around the second floor of our house in the buff. you know, the usual. ;)
we are set to close on the sale of our home on Oct 16. for some reason, our realtor didn't allow/advise us to include in the contract giving us a few days after the official sale to transition out of our house and into an apartment. this means that we are required to arrive at closing with an empty home for the buyers to do with what they please. this set up is great for the buyer, but not super ideal for the seller b/c if something falls through with the paperwork and the sale doesn't officially happen, then we are kind of stuck with all of our things sitting in a moving truck in the driveway. needless to say, we're praying everything goes smoothly!
our apartment search is pretty much coming to an end. the actual apartment and complex we like the best is actually like 1 mile up the road from where we currently live--that's the only downside. we were hoping that with the move we would be able to find a more convenient location in relation to church, work, and john's parents. but, alas, this may not be the case. at least we're familiar with the area!
well, the last two doc appointments i've had (32 and 34 weeks) i have been measuring 2 weeks ahead of schedule. granted, this can easily be off, but the doctor has mentioned talk of inducing around 39 weeks if the baby hasn't come at that point. frankly, this would be FINE with me as the past week or so i have felt absolutely horrible. i'm constantly nauseated and it's WORSE if i lie on my back for even a second. i pretty much wake up every hour of the night (at least for the first 4 or 5 hours of trying to sleep) due to having to go to the bathroom or just pain in my hips or back. eating doesn't seem to help or hinder, so i can never make a decision about IF i'm going to eat something, then if i do decide to eat, i never know WHAT i want... and did i mention i'm HUGE??? at least i feel that way. sometimes john will just look at my abdominal region and just chuckle. eh, what can ya do? for the past couple weeks i've gotten quite a few comments about how i must be ready to deliver "any day now".... *sigh* if only... i think i make the ushers at church nervous when i get up to use the restroom or get a drink during the service... i'm not sure if they would know what to do in the even that i ACTUALLY went in to labor at the church. let's hope that they don't have to figure it out.
we've also been members at Calvary Baptist Church for almost 2 years and really feel like this is our home church. for a LONG time, it was hard for John and i (especially me) to get used to the idea that we didn't go to Willow Creek Baptist Church in West Des Moines anymore. sometimes i still shed a few tears about the fact that we aren't actively engaged with that ministry, but at the same time we know that, for now, Indiana is where God would have us. we know that He will use the people and leadership at Calvary to shape us into the people we need to be in order to have an effective ministry while in China. we have started getting more involved with things like missions committee and the youth group--very excited about both. we are still living with the aim to get to China--at least for a short term (2 yr) mission trip. at that point, we will see where God is leading us.
i'm sure that there is plenty more that i could catch you up on, but for now this is where my brain stops working as the nausea has completely taken over and i NEED to head to bed... hopefully my posts will be updated a little more frequently, although no promises with the little one on the way!
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