Dedication & Baptism

Sunday we were proud to join Jen & Nick as they were baptised at the Hidden Valley Church in Richland Center along with Maddie being dedicated. Here are a couple of pictures.
Maddie being dedicated.
Jen's baptism.
Nick's baptism.
Their family picture...Laurance, Jen, Maddie & Nick.

Results from doc visit

So Monday we went in and he checked me and thought that everything was looking good as the miscarriage was descending quite nicely. But still too much pain and throwing up from the pain. Tuesday I went in again and he saw barely anything so the miscarriage is almost over. Monday night I also had my hCG levels taken again and they are down to 52. So that is good from 602. Next Thursday I will go back in for another check and hopefully by then they will be down to 0. Planning on going to work today with a pain level of 6 but better then what it was. I don't know how long it will last but I will go and hopefully get everything down that I need to before needing to leave.

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Other news....Elly's new word is "good girl"! She will walk around repeating herself. Either she is trying to convince herself or us before she about to do something naughty. She is becoming very independent (more so then before - if you can believe that). She likes options and likes to tell you exactly what is on her mind. Maybe that is more head-strong then independent. Either way, I think I am in trouble with Harry stubborn and head-strong and Elly who is independent and head-strong. I think I am outnumbered.

Horse and Colt Show

Horse and Colt Show weekend has came and gone already. Where does the time go? We had lots of fun. Unfortunately, Harry had to work but our Friend Lisa joined us for her 1st Horse and Colt Show. Boy was she in for lots of fun. It was also Laurance's 1st time. We had lots of fun going through the craft barn, seeing the animals and visiting with lots of family and friends. The best part was the parade. Maddie might have thought the rides but Elly fell asleep soon after the parade and missed the rides. Maybe next year. Maddie is sure one little dare devil as she went on a ride called unbrella ride (or that is what she calls it) and then on the tilt-a-wirl with her mommy, Darren and Laurance. Nick, Lisa and I just watched. It turned Lisa and I's stomaches just watching them go that fast around and around. Jerod pulled his tractor and got 2nd place in the 5500 division. I have a video of him...but I don't think that it is the one that he did so well on.


Here are other pictures from the days events...."Elly where we headed?"
"Where ever you and Big Grandma want to go"
Elly hanging out at Grama & Papa's RV
Jerod pulling

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Other pictures from the week....
Elly helping mommy bake cookies for daddy
YUMM-O COOKIES!!!
Elly likes climbing under the stool and being caged in.
Elly talking on the bananna...wonder if she gets good reception...

Lab Results UPDATE

So I got to talk to Dr. Silva to ask some questions. Basically he is considering this a 3rd miscarriage (3rd to him that are confirmed; 4th for me b/c I know my body). He still wants to wait until next Sat. for me to have hCG levels done again to confirm that they are dropping like they need to. We would only intervene if my numbers would stop dropping or plato. Once we know the numbers from next Sat. then we will decide what we need to do from there.

Lab Results

Nurse just called. hCG levels were down to 136. So we are back to the etopic pregnancy from last month. I will need to go in next Sat. for another check on my hCG levels and see how they are doing and will go from there. All other tests that were ran came back good and normal.

Your funny God!

Have you ever sat and laughed at a situation and said "your funny God"? As I went into my appointment this morning I was quite anxious and nervous. When I walked out of my appointment that is how I was feeling..."your funny God!"

When Dr. Silva came into the room he said immediately "your hCG levels are very high...they are around 650". For those of you that don't know the hCG levels continue to increase during your pregnancy. My hCG levels were higher then last month when I was pregnant. This made him wonder if I might be pregnant again. We did an ultrasound and did a lot of measuring which didn't help much b/c if it is an etopic pregnancy from last month then it is small and there. If it is a new pregnancy then it is sooo early that we don't know. So, at this point in time, we are considering this a new pregnancy. As Dr. Silva said "we have to give the little guy or little girl the benefit of doubt". Tomorrow I will go in again to lab for hCG levels, pregnancy test & my kidney and liver functions.

Why all these different tests? Well hCG level to tell if it is an etopic pregnancy from last month or if it is a new pregnancy. If my levels continue to rise we will consider it a new pregnancy. If they plato or if they decline then we will go back to it being an etopic pregnancy from last month. The pregnancy test...well that one is obvious. And the liver/kidney function test...well that one is so that if it is an etopic pregnancy then I can have that chemo shot. He said that he feels that it is too far to try it but at the same time he wants to try that before having surgery.

So again we sit, wait and pray that the Lord will guide us.

Thoughts

Do you remember the old saying "God will not give you more then you can handle"? God must think I am pretty strong...because I don't. I am very nervious this morning as my pain level is higher and not feeling the best. I am afraid because of this he is going to be more concerned. 9:30 can't come soon enough. I am very worried about how Elly will do if I do need surgery. I have never had surgery before with her around. It has always been just me taking care of myself. Now I will have her to think about. At this time it is hard for me to pick her up let alone if I would have a huge hole in my belly. I guess these are things that we will have to discuss if the time arises. Like I said...God must think I am pretty strong...

Unexpected Doc Report

Here goes the fun and games once again....I have been having some abnormal bleeding and cramping and so today I called into the doctor. Of course, what I figured he would say is to come in and be checked. Well sometimes it is better to be safe then sorry. What our miscarriage looked to be now is looking like an etopic pregnancy. How do we know that....well b/c it is still there. What does mean? This means that it will either discharge from my body naturally within one to two months and or I will have complications and need to have emergency surgery. Tomorrow I will go in and have an ultrasound done to make sure that the eternal bleeding is under control and he will measure it as well. Also, today I had labs done for my hCG, RBC, and TSH levels.

There are a couple of different etopic pregnancies that you can have...mine is where the hCG levels are like the stock market...they go up and then down and continue in that pattern. I am too late in the cycle to have the chemo shot to get rid of the pregnancy. The thing that is concerning to the doctor right now is why I quit bleeding and then started back up with a pause in there. And what to do next. Hopefully will have more answers tomorrow for you.

What to do?!?!

So here I sit at 7:13 AM at the computer. All I hear is the TV in the other room. That is because Little Missy went to Blair with her daddy this morning to visit Becky and Vicki in the cheese room. So what do I do with myself? I hate cleaning this early in the morning even though I really should be. Sleep is an option but since I would have to get up within 45 minutes to go to work what is the point. You should have seen Elly this morning though getting ready to go with her dad. Very cute. I asked her if she was going with daddy in the truck and it was a very big YEAH! So we will see how it goes. Thankfully on the way back Harry will only have one farm to pick up before dropping her off at daycare. She doesn't like it so much when he leaves the truck. She starts crying when the parking break comes on. It is not like he is gone forever but I am sure in her mind it is an eternity. There was no special reason for her to go today but just that I think Harry misses taking her every once in a while. It will be good for both of them. But back to my question....what do I do? I am so not use to not having Elly underfoot and trying to help me and/or on hip. Too bad today wasn't my day off from work. Maybe some of my longer projects that I would like to get done I could start on but I don't want to start and then let it sit until I have another free moment. That could be months from now.

Elly does have the sniffles and a really bad cough. Poor thing. I don't think that she slept very good last night because of her coughing so maybe she will sleep in the truck.

Elly and her beads

As you might recall from the post titled "Steppin' Out in Pink" we received bead necklaces for each mile that we did and they also gave them to Elly. Well I am finally getting around to showing you the video of her putting her beads on and off. It is quite cute, if I do say so myself. Elly is quite fond of her beads.
Pretty girl wearing pretty beads. Look at me wearing my pretty beads.

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Yesterday was Harry's 28th birthday. One of these days I will not be revealing ages. I gave him his options of wanting to go out to eat or when I got home from work I would cook him his choice meal. He decided he was going to grill tenderloins. Fine by me if I don't have to cook. They were great! It sounds like he had a good day. He said that it was just another day but hopefully Elly and I made it a little special. Today I baked him a blackberry pie so that when he gets home he has a special pie. You ask why it wasn't done on his birthday well because Tuesday I was running errands all day and then yesterday I was working all day. So today was the earliest I could get to it. Hopefully he forgives me for being late. :) It looks so good that I want to dig in and start eating it but that wouldn't be very nice if he came home and there was only one slice left for him.

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I don't think that it was a good thing to go to Elly's 15 month checkup because ever since her checkup we have went down to one nap a day versus two like we were getting. I think my doctor jinxed us. Oh well as long as we are getting at least one nap in a day I guess I can't complain. I will start when we don't take naps at all anymore. :)

Ellaree's 15 month checkup

Well today was Ellaree's 15 month checkup. She isn't suppose to be that big already. Here are her statistics...

Weight - 18.3 # 15% (yes her weight is down from her 12 month checkup but they were not concerned with this as they know how active she is). I wasn't worried either.

Height - 30 1/2 inches 50%

Head circumference - 18 1/2 inches 75%

So all is looking good. She warned me that between now and 18 months is usually when I will loose the morning nap. Well while I am listening to the monitor I am wondering if I am loosing ALL naps all together. This is not looking good for mommy!

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Sunday we went to Family Day in Black River Falls for the Guards. Even though Jerod made it clear many, many times that he didn't think it was necessary that we come; I think secretively he really enjoyed us coming. But that is between you and me.

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I am sorry but no pictures as of this time. Not to tease you like a candy bar in front of a little baby but I do have really cute pictures and video for you but don't have time today to upload. Hopefully either later tonight or tomorrow.

Steppin' Out in Pink

Elly did her first charity walk today. Steppin' Out in Pink is sponsored by Gundersen Lutheran for Breast Cancer. Lisa, Elly and I walked 5 miles (well ok so Elly got to ride in her stroller while Lisa and I walked). It was a great day and weather was very nice for it. At each mile marker we got a different bead necklace and sticker and free water bottles and things like that. It was lots of fun and afterwards they had tents set up with different vendors.

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Here is a video of Elly wearing mommy's new shoes. It is our new thing to do around the house is to wear other people's shoes.

Happy Birthday To Me!

Ok so I am a couple days late but that just means that I have been having so much fun with my birthday. I did have a good day even with having to work. When I got to work some of the girls had decorated my cube with confetti all over my desk and in my files, a banner, balloons all over that I could barely get to my desk and yes they saran wrapped my keyboard and phone and taped the bottom of my mouse so that I couldn't use it. WOW what a great surprise. Oh and I almost forgot the best part - CAKE! When I got home that night I had the sweetest card ready for me from Harry and Elly about mother's and being the best. And they took me out to eat at The Stockyard. WOW - I couldn't ask for more.

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So I think we have finally figured out Elly's rash that comes and goes. I finally got her into the Dermatology and he thinks that it is caused from dryer sheets. So I had to switch to fabric softener in the washer and he told me to start with Downy. And he gave us a prescription for cream to help get rid of the rash faster. So hopefully with the two she will be doing better soon.

Other then that not much happening. We have lots of fun planned for this weekend and I am sure I will have lots more videos and pictures for you!

Labor Day Celebration

Oh how much fun we had at my parents for the Labor Day Celebration/birthday and anniversary celebrations. We got to finally meet Laurence (Jen & Nick's foreign exchange student) and Maddie's big sister! She is so sweet. We had lots of fun during the parade as it was Laurence's 1st parade but also you should have seen the loot the girls came home with of candy. WOW!!! Also, the fun started when Elly and Maddie started running through the sprinkler. Even Uncle Nick joined in the fun. Of course, not only do I have pictures for you but I also got the best video ever of Elly.
Aunt Jen, Elly, Maddie and Laurence Elly and daddy hanging out
Elly and Maddie had their picture taken for Grandparents Day. Grama & Papa really liked their picture. For those that have forgotten it is September 7th!
Elly and Uncle Nick eating ice cream cake. YUMM-O!
Elly and Uncle Nick playing in the sprinkler!Elly and Uncle Nick playing in the sprinkler!!!
Elly, Maddie and Uncle Nick having lots of fun!
Elly, Maddie and Uncle Nick hanging out.What a cute bugaboo!!!!

Elly's a big girl!!!

In a couple past posts, I had mentioned how Elly now sits at the island on the stool and eats her snacks. Well we have graduated to breakfast time sitting at the island with daddy. She sits on her own stool without any help and does a very good job. Of course, eating cereal by herself is a big accomplishment too. So, I have videoed her eating Cheerios by herself. There were a couple times I thought she was going to lift the bowl up to her mouth and spill it all over but she didn't. She actually did a very good job and no real bloopers to show.Elly eating Cheerios for breakfast all by herself.

Friday night we went to my parents house for an appreciation steak dinner for all those that helped with the roof. It was lots of fun and got to see many people that I hadn't seen in a long time. Elly was so tired when we left as she was playing hard with her cousin Maddie.

Saturday Harry had off and we didn't do much which was nice. We just hung out as a family all day. Wow that doesn't happen very often.

And Sunday Elly and I stayed at home and cleaned house so that it looked presentable for when Grandpa Harry and Nana came. I went in the milk truck with Harry up to Blair while Grandpa Harry and Nana took Elly out to Culver's for dinner. We took the 2nd load up so that Harry would be done early today so that we can go back to my parents for a Labor Day celebration/birthdays and anniversary celebration that they have every year. We are taking our swimsuit (ours as in Elly) so that her and Maddie can run through the sprinkler. I will definitely need my camera for that. :)

So I have been requested by my cousin Erica to show this mother's ring that my wonderful husband gave me for my birthday gift. This is a 10kt white gold cushion checkerboard cut lab-created Alexandrite ring with diamond accents.