A Snowy Tax Day
Hello to you all.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
Rebecca slept well last night with the aid of 5mg of a sleeping aid. She had to take Lena (our dog) to the vet to get stitches, but made it home before it began snowing heavily. Rebecca drove the dog while I went to an interview in south Denver where there was blue sky for a while and no snow. Lena is doing well and sleeping peaceably.
While waiting for Lena to get stitched up, I met Rebecca for lunch, then we strolled through a nearby Super Target. We found a body pillow and bought it as Rebecca is in need of it. We also looked at Target's selection of baby cloths. That was a lot of fun.
Xavier has been active today, particularly this morning. We think he is growing and hope to see evidence of this tomorrow. Tuesday's doctor's visit is a prenatal exam like last Tuesday (which also had a lot of snow), but we might be able to gauge some things. Friday's doctor visit will look at Xavier's growth in detail.
That is all there is to report today.
This is our new maternity toy (a body pillow). We bought it with the agreement that Rebecca will not draw eyes on it (that's a reference to the movie "The Backup Plan", which I suggest no one watch as it is not an entertaining story)
Our Garden Begins
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Today was an busy day for Rebecca. She did not get to sleep until 3:30 AM and up before 8:00. We headed to church stopping at Einstein's Bagels first. We caught up with several friends after service, some of whom prayed over Rebecca and Xavier.
By the time we left church, the pumpernickel bagel Rebecca ate had run its course, so off to find lunch. I hankered for a burger so I introduced Rebecca to Juicy Burger: one of the best burgers in Denver. (my taste buds are still reliving the experience). Rebecca agrees, the burger was top-notch (especially since they offer their burgers on a pumpernickel bun)
On the way home we stopped off at O'Tooles to see what plants and seeds they had available. The wind was too cold to walk the yard, so we shopped for seeds. Rebecca now has a few plants to get started this week. This is good, as being bed-ridden has started bothering Rebecca more this weekend.
Too further get out of the house, we took in a movie. ("Admission"; we thought it was going to be a stock romantic comedy, but turned out to be a better movie than that). Though active, Rebecca did not get tired out.
During all of this, Xavier has been active (he also really liked Juicy Burger). I was able to feel him flutter or kick a few times this afternoon; this is a rare event, but one I hope to soon grow less rare.
Always, thank you for your prayers. We are feeling them and so is Xavier.Hello to you all.
Our booty from O'Tooles.
First Day Out Unsupervised
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Today has little news to report. Rebecca is doing well. We started the morning trying to listen to Xavier's heartbeat with our stethoscope. After not hearing anything we thought was his heart, I decided to read the instructions. Definitely better results, though we still may not have heard Xavier's heart. He may still be too small for our twenty dollar device, or he was on to us and moved around (he did move around shortly after we started looking for his heartbeat ).
Rebecca went out this afternoon on her first "unsupervised" outing to attend a seminar at a local church. She held up nicely and had a nice time. She could feel Xavier moving about today quite a lot as she sat.
Always, thank you for your prayers
Rebecca wanted to cook dinner last night. After finding my "bachelor bottle" of lemon juice, she informed me brown is not a good color for lemon juice.