Answer to prayer

We heard the heart beat, saw the baby squirm around and saw the heart beat today! What an awesome experience! We got a few pictures too. This is such a huge answer to prayer! GOD IS SO GOOD! I was so overjoyed and started to tear up when I heard the heart beat. All I kept saying was thank you God, thank you God, thank you God! My doctor was completely shocked and really thought that the appointment would about telling us to a d&c because of the ultrasound 2 weeks ago not showing a baby and the blood test results not being so positive. We told him that we had a bunch of people praying. Thank you all for praying for us and our baby. Please continue to do so. I'm right on schedule as we first thought-9 weeks and have a due date of October 19th. Thanks again for your prayers, please keep us there. We boldy ask God for one more day! Until next time......God is good! All the time!

Mom visits for weekend

My mom is going to be in the Richmond area this weekend visiting a family friend. She'll arrive around midday Saturday and leave Sunday. She's attending a craft show during the day and then meet Candy and me for dinner this evening. I don't know if she'll be here to attend church tomorrow since she brought her two dogs with her. Pray for traveling mercies to Richmond and back home this weekend.

It's been since mid-December since we've seen Mom. However, she will be visiting again Easter weekend. Two weekends in a row and we're very excited to be able to spend time with her.

Until next time.....

Sick AGAIN!!!

For the THIRD time in 35 days, Candy is sick. This time, the feelings are similar to the first time of feeling ill; body aches, sore throat, cough. We don't know if this is contributed to her being pregnant but Candy is "getting sick of feeling sick". She had her first official bout of morning sickness today. She made it through the day at work without leaving early, though she had convinced me that she was coming home.

All in all, pray that she begins to feel better.

Until next time.......

Pray for us

We found out on Valentine's Day that I am pregnant with our first child. It's been an exciting but nervous time for us both. I had my first ultrasound on the 4th and the doctor was concerned with what he didn't see. I thought I was further along than what the ultrasound actually showed. Either it was too early to see anything or the baby has stopped growing. I had bloodwork done on that same day and two days later to see if my levels were rising like they should. We got news on Friday that my levels are increasing but not doubling completely like they should. With those results, the doctor said that there is a small chance of this being a normal pregnancy. I have another ultrasound scheduled for the 18th. We know that God is in complete control and we are trusting in His grace and power during this unsure time. Please pray for us and our baby. We would greatly appreciate it! Until next time....God is good! All the time!

Some good news amongst the sickness

What a week! As Mark mentioned already, we had to cancel our trip to my parents again because of me getting sick. I've missed a lot of work this week because of the upper respiratory infection. The antibiotics have caused me some discomfort too. It's been miserable but Mark has been taking good care of me. I'm definitely blessed with a caring and compassionate husband! Please continue to pray that I get better quickly and completely. Now for the good news.....Mark got the job at Kroger!!!! He finally got the call this afternoon and actually has training from 3-9 tonight. I'm so proud of him for not giving up on this! It's been a rough few months with the lack of hours for him. I see a light at the end of the tunnel now! Thank you God for your provisions. You're always right on time! Thank you to everyone who has prayed for us. Please continue to do so. Until next time....God is good! All the time!

Diagnosis

I drove Candy to the local Patient First and she was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection. After the nurse attempted twice to take blood from her arms, finally the finger did the trick. She's on Amoxicillin.

We really appreciate Angie's continued help with us. Without her and her wisdom, we might not know what to do! Thanks Angie!

Until next time.......

Another trip to NC planned, another trip not taken

Just as nightfall came on Thursday night, we were planning our second trip to NC to visit Candy's family. However, sniffles and stomach aches had better ideas. After spending much of the night awake with various ailments, Candy decided to be a trooper and brave the yucky feeling and ride down to Kernersville. Once we got to Colonial Heights, her headache worsened, sniffles turned into continuous coughing, and thoughts of spending a relaxing weekend away turned into doubts of whether to drive another mile. After much debate, we decided to call her parents to postpone the trip. At the time, we didn't know what the reasons were as to why she was feeling so nasty; later that day, we found out. Apparently, she has come down with another case of a cold/flu in a month. The same reason for postponing the trip at the beginning of the month has reared its head again and chose Candy as its victim. Hopefully she will begin to feel better very soon and we can make the trip to NC! As for now though, Candy will stay put and continue to sleep, drink, and blow her nose until it decides to move onward.

Until next time......

Midweek Update

So far, I haven't heard from Kroger yet. I called today to see if the recruiter-lady was there but she wasn't. She'd be back at work on Friday morning. We're both praying that I will hear something before the weekend is over.

We're heading to the Winston-Salem metro area this weekend to visit Candy's parents for a few days. It should be a lot of fun! We haven't been there to visit since January '07. We are traveling down to Charlotte to visit Candy's brother's family too. All in all, it should be a very fun weekend!

I found out today that I am going to be "trained" tomorrow on how to load the UPS trucks. I don't know what they mean by being trained because I have loaded sporatically before. In fact, I loaded three trucks last Friday but I haven't been assigned to any this week. Hopefully now I will be weened off working on the slide and do something more worthwhile in loading the trucks. Working on the slide (a.k.a. sorting packages) is fast-paced. My supervisor is constantly barking at us to speed up the pace of our sorting and doesn't like "lolly-gagging around". He can get annoying, quite frankly, with his continuous heckling of us to do better. With my potential move to loading, it allows me to work at my own pace in a quieter environment. I have assisted with loading trucks during my brief time there, but nothing as much as last Friday. Hopefully, this will be a permanent move. I'm looking forward to exceeding expectations my supervisors have in me!

Either Candy or I will post something later this week.

Until next time........