17 Weeks Picture and Update

Okay, so here is the 17 week photo. I am still fighting sickness and had just returned home from a basketball game we lost that we should have won. So, disregard the sickie/cranky look on my face. :)

This last week has just been a week of trying to survive. I'm still fighting this cold and still longing for Nyquil, but staying away from it for the good of the babies. Jonathan has improved immensely, so that helps. I feel like I'm finally starting to come out of it.

Today I had another dr.'s appointment and it looks like they will have me coming in weekly from here on out. The ultrasound technician was surprised to see me back again, but the dr. ordered, so I got another quick look at the babies. I just can't hear enough "all three look great and their heartbeats are strong." I find myself grinning each and every time I hear a heartbeat. Next week I will have another quick appointment to check heartbeats and make sure nobody is trying to escape just yet. On February 14th we will have the big 19 week ultrasound that measures all of their organs.

We continue on. :) The heartburn has mostly gone away for now. The nausea too (with only a few exceptions each week). Mainly I just feel stretching, but I don't really see that changing anytime soon.

Thanks for the continued prayers. We realize that God is in control of this pregnancy from start to finish. We trust Him and pray that He allows us to rear these little ones for Him.

To quote a song we used to sing in Sunday School when I was little: "My God is so BIG, so strong and so mighty, there's nothing my God cannot do. My God is so BIG, so strong and so mighty, there's nothing my God cannot do. The mountains are His, the valleys are His, the stars are His handiwork too. My God is so BIG, so strong and so mighty, there's nothing my God cannot do."

We have seen His hand in allowing me to carry these babies, in providing for us financially and in so many areas. Our God is faithful.