Updates and News

Nora - continuing to do great and up to 17lbs. She is a wonderful eater, eating (or at least trying) pretty much anything we give her. Hopefully someday she will be able to sit in a forward facing car seat, haha. She had her first birthday on Feb. 13th, we went to the Children's Museum in Factoria and she absolutely loved it. She is a little copy cat, watching other kids to see what they do, then copying as best she can. She says a few words, mostly "kitty" and "dog", but she also just started saying "all done".

Harper - her colonoscopy in January showed ulcers and inflammation throughout her colon, but so far it doesn't look like it's affecting her small intestine. In other circumstances they would have diagnosed her with colitis, but because of Nora's diagnosis they compared the two girls' tissue slides and the inflammation is almost identical. Both girls now have a diagnosis of Crohn's, although it is so rare and shocking that their doctor (and the doc down in San Francisco) is still somewhat questioning it. But all other blood work and tests seem to point in the same direction. Harper hasn't responded as well to the medication, but I've seen some improvement just this last week, so I'm hopeful.

Last month I got a much needed break and spent a week in Costa Rica with my two sisters. It was beautiful and relaxing and so much fun! The day after I got home I got the shock of my life when I found out I was pregnant! I was shocked and terrified and worried all at the same time. It took a few days, but soon I couldn't help but be excited.

I've had a couple ultra sounds and all looks well. I'm about 10 weeks along and due Oct. 4th - although if I continue with my current pattern, he/she will be born on my sister's birthday, Oct. 3rd. Because I thought I was a little farther along then what I'm actually measuring, it seems like it's going by super slow, which really sucks. The "morning" sickness is really getting old, but I'm hoping it will end at 14 weeks like it did with the last two. I had been working out a lot before I got pregnant, so I've been trying to keep it up (in between the puke), but last night as I was doing sit ups I could feel where my ab muscles are separating (to let my uterus expand) and it was really sick. I got really freaked out and had to stop, haha. Which is weird because it hasn't bothered me with the last two pregnancies, in fact I used to trick Tom into feeling it to freak him out, hahaha.

It's early yet, but I'm predicting it's a boy. With my other two I craved meat, especially cheeseburgers. With Harper I couldn't drive by a McDonald's without getting a quarter pounder and with Nora I was really lucky to be in CA twice and get several In N Out's. With both of them I thought it was a boy because I figured I was eating like a boy. With this one the very thought of a burger literally makes me gag* (except for In N Out, which I will always love no matter what). In fact, any kind of meat makes me sick, I just want veggies. So since I'm eating like a girl, I guess that means it's a boy? Nine more weeks to know for sure.

And along with my exciting news my sister has some of her own. She is getting married! We had planned on going down in May for her grad school graduation, so instead we are now going down for a wedding. She is so happy and in love, I'm ecstatic for her. The best part is that his name is Eric - Eric & Erica, hahaha.

*Seriously, just typing this paragraph was a huge risk. There was lots of dry heaving involved.