Still here....

I haven't posted in a while and just wanted to let everyone know that I am still here. Feeling pretty sick quite often but thankful for that sickness as it is to be expected and a good sign. My blood pressure has not been the best, but is holding stable. I am very closely watching my diet and have started back to riding the bike and walking a bit. More riding the bike.......as I enjoy reading while riding. I have had quite a bit of spotting this pregnancy..nothing abnormal for my pregnancies. I have had it with all of them. I had another ultrasound at 7w1d and baby was measuring right on and heartbeat was great. They are saying the spotting is most likely not coming directly from the uterus.....don't want to share too detailed info here. I have just been told to not lift much and take it easier than normal. But other than that, I am not limited in what I can do unless I notice my blood pressure going out of whack...I can almost always feel it. Then I just have to lie down for a bit and it goes right back to normal. But obviously baby is growing and growing. I often just sit amazed at the way the Lord has created us. God is simply amazing. To be able to HEAR our baby's heartbeat on ultrasound at only 6 weeks along was just amazing. Then night before last which would have put me at 7weeks5days...I decided to pull out my doppler...I have one like they use in the doctors offices. I was just going to try and see if I could hear anything. Most of the time it is around 10-12 weeks that they find the HB. But......we found it!!! Beating right around 160-164 bpm. It was surreal and amazing. This baby is not even quite an inch long and already the heartbeat is beating strong and audible. Our kids always enjoy listening. If anyone of you ever want to borrow it when you are pregnant...you are very welcome to. It is a neat thing for the family to hear. I am doing my best not to lift the babies any more than I have to and take it easy....doing no major tasks until this spotting phase ends. It is never fun...but it is so very worth it. And although it seems long right now...it is for such a short time. My husband works quite a bit..which leaves me limited in what I can do and where I can go..because I can not lift both of the babies right now. When he is not home I don't go anywhere. But I am so very thankful for his job and that he is such a great provider for our family.

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I have to tell you all what our little Isaac did tonight. I was getting ready to take a shower. I had everything ready and Isaac proceeded to come right in after I started taking a shower. My husband is at work so it is not like I could call him in and I could not call the bigger boys in to get him. The shower is frosted glass so he could not see anything. But he kept telling me I was making a mess...the steam and such. Or so I thought. He was wiping the outside of the shower with toilet paper. He kept telling me "mommy make a mess". Ok Isaac...no big deal son. Well I finish up my shower and I proceed to get out. When I got out......I about fell over. Isaac had taken all the clothes (from everyone baths)in the bathroom and put them in the toilet. And then he took them back out!! He left the underwear in the toilet....that's it. The floor was soaked...and there was nasty wet toilet washed clothes everywhere. I couldn't help but stand there and laugh. One time one of the boys had had a little (or medium) smear in their underwear. I was gonna just throw them out..but my mom was here and she said no...that she would rinse them out in the toilet. Ok mom..you do it because I am not going to. Well, Isaac watched her that night. So tonight, I am sure he thought he was just washing the clothes as my mom did that one evening. My husband got a great laugh out of it all...he was laughing so hard when I called him. Because it is something only Isaac would do.