What we need

I have recieved a few emails from people asking what we still need for the arrival of Brooke so here is what we need:

Burp Cloths
Bibs
Bassinet Sheets
Crib Sheets
A Crib Mattress
Brooke's Crib Set (If anyone can find it...It is being discontinued) It is called Patchwork Pooh and is located at Babies R US.
Ideally a new rocker
An ottoman

Gift Cards for Babies R US or Wal MArt are also great.

That's about it...right now she has a lot of clothes that I have to finish sorting through so for now no clothes...I will update this post later if this changes and let you know what clothes she needs.

The Brooke Update

On Friday I went to see the OB for my 2 week routine check up. We were a little anxious about this visit because on the previous visit my blood pressure was up and if it continued to stay up there were only 2 options BED REST (yeah right me sit all day with my feet up...hahahaha) or medication (NO WAY...I am not taking pills!!!). Lucky for me it was down enough that my DR. was not too concerned for the mean time, but said he would watch it because of my history of Hypertension in the 3rd trimester of my pregnancy. The other concern we had was the contratctions and pelvic pressure I have been having. Again DR. was not super concerned because they are not quite frequent enough at this point, again he said just to watch them and if I am getting more frequent or significantly more painful then to call him. What we did get from him is that we are probably not going to make it to our due date. There are pros and cons with this. Our due date is 8 weeks away. The concern right now is first to make it to next week because then the fetal lung development is complete, the next step is to make it to 35 weeks, here is why...Pullman Regional Hospital does not have a neonatal unit, so if you go into labor prior to 35 weeks then you are medi flighted to Spokane, I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO DO THIS!!!!
So right now we have 3 prayers...1) That I make it to next week without going into labor....2) That I make it to 35-36 weeks (or the end of July) without going into labor and 3) that I have everything ready for Brooke by the time I do go into labor, right now I do not feel very ready for Brooke!!!

A Dead End....

So, back in May Garratt and I decided we needed to obtain funds to help us pay a few things off and get through the summer since I am not working....THANK YOU STATE OF WASHINGTON!!! We got the loan...or so we were to understand...well we were sort of wrong. The loan was a student loan similar to the one we got last year...the problem is this time it is being dispursed to the school not to us...that is not good on so many levels...

Now I am tring to figure out exactly what the next step needs to be...the money we were waiting for is not actually going to make it to us until the end of August...but that only works if we pay off what we owe the school currently... except that we were suppose to do that with the loan...which we will not be recieving now...

So, as I monitor my blood pressure...monitor the pre term contractions...ward off collection calls...and keep a toddler happy all while tring to figure out how to get through the next 2 months...please keep us in your prayers....

Running out the Resources

When do you know that your resources are just about used up? Easy when you are looking in the panrty to decide dinner and you are thinking...what can I make using cornbread mix...or cereal...or how about egg noodles with no sauce? Yeah...that is a sure sign that your resources are used up...you are hanging on to every ounce of milk and every gallon of gas... praying that you will make it until the money you are expecting, that is taking A LOT longer to process and recieve, will make it to you in time. Oh well...I guess this is where life gets intresting and you just have to wait out each day patiently. Here's to getting through.

Happy Father's Day Garratt!!!

Happy Father's Day to the Best Father for My Children!!!!

I tell My Husband all the time that He is the Best Father a Mother could ask for, for her children!!! He plays with Faith and loves her. THey make eachother smile and they have there Momments of pain and anger too...but all in all they are "Best Friends"!!! The sight of my husband coming home after work and getting on the ground to "attack" Faith with kisses while she giggles or Faith yelling "DADDDDDDYYYYY" when she wants to get his attention. I love you Garratt, Happy Father's Day!!!!!

Glucose Test...ewwwwww

OK so last week when we got home from Cali I went in to have my standard pregnancy glucose test done. I drank the syrup waited 30 minutes, went to the hospital had my blood drawn and I was done!! No problem. I got a phone call the next day from the Dr. He said that I had failed my glucose test. Apparently the cut off is 140 and my score came back at 145. I failed by 5 points...really? Yes!!! So because that means I am on the boarder line with that score they made me do the full 3 hour panel. The only thing was that it actually took 4 hours. So Wednesday night I stopped eating at 8:30 and fasted...Garratt had to work the opening 5:30-9 shift yesterday so by the time I got to the hospital for my test it was like 9:30 ( so I am already at 13 hours of fasting and I am pregnant). I get in and the girl tells me that it will take like 4 hours not 3 because they have to test my fasing blood draw first to make sure I am under the 110 mark because if I am not then I cannot even do the test. So they draw my blood and I wait for the results. lucky for me it only took like 20 mins for them to run my blood and find out I was plenty under, then I got the yucky drink. I then got a timer and was told that when the timer got to 5 mins to ring the door bell and ket them know...1 hour later I went in for my blood draw...they handed me back my time and I waited another hour...draw again...and wait another hour. Now I kept myself occupied with suduko puzzles and Garratt's IPod, but the problem was this the Hospital cafeteria is right next to the lab, and I had to sit there and smell them cooking lunch while I waited and waited and waited. My final blood draw was at 1:30 and then I was done. I ran to the post office to pick up something and then ran home to eat I was SOOO hungry. I had been fasting for 18 hours by the time I finally ate at 2:30 pm. OH MY GOSH THAT SUCKED!!!!
The good news is the Dr had put a STAT on the results and so I got a phone call from the nurse yesterday around 4 telling me that my test came back negative for Diabeties. I passed!!! Yeah ME!!!!

Happy Birthday Mom

Today is My Mother-In-Laws birthday and I cannot even describe in words how I feel about her. She is more than a Mother in Law to me, she is my second Mother. She is strong, beautiful, patient, understanding, loving, and a prayer warrior. Garratt and I could not have made it through the last year without her support, prayers and love. We love you Mom!!! Have a great Birthday!!! Below is a little poem to try and show how we feel!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There are times when only a Mother's love

Can understand our tears,

And soothe our disappointments

And calm away our fears.

There are times when only a Mother's love

Can share the joy we feel

When something we have dreamed aboutSuddenly is real.

There are times when only a Mother's love

Can help us on life's way

And inspire in us, the confidence We need from day to day.

Mother, thank you for your heart, faith and hope

And all your steadfast loveYou were fashioned by the Angels

And sent from God above...
Happy Birthday Mom

Happy Birthday Papa

So, I know that this is a day late (I did call him and talk to him yesturday!!) but HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA!!! I am so blessed to have such an amazing Grandfather!!! He has always been supportive and encouraging and generous. He has always been My PAPA and he always will be, and now he is also Faith's PAPA!! She calls him and talks to him and loves being around him, this was proven ever so more during our trip to California in May! Every Morning she woke up and crawled out to the Family Room and sat on Papa's lap with Blankie, and Bannana Nut Cherrios, Milk and PLayhouse Disney on the TV!! She was in 7th heaven!! So here is hoping and praying that you had a super birthday and have a terrific year. Happy Birthday Papa!! We all Love You!!!

Baby Brooke Update

So yesterday was my OB appointment. That went well. My amniotic fluid is completly back to normal...YEAH!!! They checked my cervix as a result of the many and painful contractions I have been having and everything looks ok for now. The OB wants me to go into the hospital for a Non-Stress Test the next time I have a contraction "episode" just to see what we are dealing with. We are also off and running with the 3rd trimester. As with Faith my blood pressure is up. So I am suppose to see the OB again in 2 weeks, yeah me!! If we do not get the blood pressure under control they may put me on medication...yuck!! They do not want me to deliver prematurly, so they are being very cautious and thourough, for this I am thankful!!!

We are Back

We are back home in Washington! We will miss everyone in Cali but it is good to be home. I also prefer my 60-70 degree weather over the 90-100 degree weather down there. We took 2 days to get home and decided to drive 95 home and that took us through Oregon. We spent the night in Bend, OR that was nice. The second day was a shorter driving distance but being 29 weeks pregnant it seemed MUCH longer and the 2nd day was harder for me. We got home on Monday afternoon and then needed to recover. Now we seem to be getting back into routine! Yeah for Routines!! I will post some pictures here and on Faith's sight over the next few days from our trip to Cali.

Ok...the phone works both ways!!!

I have always been very open and honest,about what is going on in our lives and how I am feeling,on this blog, so I am going to continue that trend because I do not feel like I am going to offend anyone becuase of my honesty and because I just could care less anymore if someone gets mad at me because of my opinion or my feelings.



So we arrived in California 4 weeks ago. Most of our immediate family knew that we were here almost instantly and most everyone else know within a week because either they read my blog where I posted that we were in California and willing to get together with people if they contacted us, or becuase they had talked to other people and found out the same information. I said in my blog that we are available, I do not know what anyones schedules are so I would like them tocontact us to work around their schedules. So why is it that when it comes down to the last 8-10 days we are getting phone calls asking us why we have not contacted them to get together. THE PHONE WORKS TWO WAYS PEOPLE!!!!



I am not the type of personality that just stops by someones house randomly (except like 3 households, My Parents, My Mother-in-Laws, and My Nana and Papa's). I also do not invite myself over. If you want to get together I will make time as best as I can but I am not going to ASSUME you want to see us. I am of the personality and mind frame that you get together with people because they want to see you so they have contacted you to come see them or meet somewhere.



So, we leave in 4 days and we have not seen everyone. There are people we probably will not see because there will not be anytime left. I have some time slots still open so if you want to see us give me a call or leave me a comment on here and I will contact you but I am not going to assume that you wnat to see us nor am I going to just "STOP BY." That is not me. Sorry!!!