Craziness and Blessings!

I can't think of a better word to describe the last few weeks than Craziness!  But then, life with  5 and 3 1/2 years old girls, a super man husband, a class of 22 precious 5 year olds, and one more little girl on the way ... well, it is just full of suprises.

So, I will start with February 31st!  We had a wonderful morning at church, lunch with Hunter's mom and step-dad, and brought Hope home to get ready for a party at Sweet and Sassy (every little girls dream party) and I started bleeding.  After calling the doctor, I was told to get in the car and come to the hospital immediately.  We dropped Hope off at Nano's and took off to Dallas.  After 6 1/2 hours of triage, I was admitted to Presby where I spent the next 3 nights.  I saw the perninatologist, my doctor, several other doctors, fabulous nurses, and numerous tech's.  They determined that my placenta had seperated from my uterine wall but thank God, I did not have tear. I was in shock when Dr. Chapman told me I could go home on Wednesday and they were not putting me on any "formal" restrictions. I was told to take it easy and get off my feet when I could.  I was to watch the lifting, including the girls. He also told me that if it happens again, I am headed right back to that hospital bed for good!  UGH!

 I did not want to get out of bed on Thursday morning. I had my first good nights sleep since Saturday night.  I went back to work on Thursday and came home utterly exhausted!   I was so glad that I only had to work 2 days that week. 

Can I just say that my sweet husband is SUPER DAD!  A regular Rock Star in my eyes!  He has taken care of everything the last weeks and been so wonderul.  He has cooked, cleaned, done ALL the laundry, give baths, brushed hair, kissed tears, gotten the girls ready in the mornings, taken them to school, picked them up,and waited on me hand and foot!  We were talking one night when I was in the hospital and he told me he did not care if I was on bedrest, he just wanted me home.  He could take care of it all but it wasn't the same if I was not there.  It melted my heart!  I know I take him for granted so often and don't tell him enought but I am so thankful that God put him in my life and in my heart.  He is such a good and loving husband and father. He puts all of his "girls" first.  I am so blessed by his love!

We went back to see Dr. Rhinehart (parinatologist) and my OB, Dr. Chapman today.  Dr. Rhinehart said everything looked wonderul.  My placenta had moved up and out of the way of my cervix and he does not think the Accreeta is even an issue anymore.  YEAH!  The thought of the possible hysterectomy was not sitting well with me!  But that is not a factor anymore.  He said Isabella Joy looked beautiful and that she weighs about 1 lb 11 ozs.  WOW!  The best part is that the girls were with us and were fascintated by the sonogram.  They loved it!  Dr. Chapman was so pleased. I have to see him in 3 weeks instead of the normal 4.  He fussed over the girls that he delivered and cracked up with us when he put the dopler on my stomach and we heard the heartbeat.  Grace got excited and knew it was the baby's heartbeat we were hearing. Hope thought it was an airplane.  We had a good laugh over that one!

Needless to say, we left on cloud nine!  It has been a crazy 2 weeks for us but today made it all better.  I had really tried to turn it over to God but there was a huge weight lifted off my shoulders this afternoon.  Hunter kept taking really deep breaths and seemed so much more at ease.  Wboth just felt so much relief knowing that everything looked good with our sweet baby girl.  '

Thank you God for the crazziness of the last 2 weeks.  Thank  you for all our wonderful family and friends that showed us so much love and support and for all their prayers. Thank you for opportunity to see once again just how blessed I am in so many ways.  Thank  you for my precious husband who takes such good care of us.  Thank you Lord, for our 3 beautiful girls!  Thank you for all of the blessings you have given us!