Baylor Girls

A few years ago when Will interviewed with Baylor we bought the girls Baylor bears and they wanted shirts to match their bears. So, when Will was recently in Texas for school, he bought the girls Baylor t-shirts and Luke an infants hat. Here they are showing off their new t-shirts.

Family Fun

On Sunday Steve and Angela and the kids came up to visit. Parker wanted to see Uncle Will play Guitar Hero. I have to say thanks to Steve and Angela for cooking and feeding my family. Otherwise, they would have just had sandwiches (again)! Here are a few pictures from the day.

The Party

Today we let Isabelle have two of her friends from church come over for her party. Here are some of the pictures. The cake was already posted. They got to swim and eat cake and open presents.

Giraffe Birthday Cake

Here is Isabelle's Giraffe Birthday cake for her party tomorrow. We'll put up more pics tomorrow. This is just the cake that I did.

Can Anyone Find the Hidden Mickey?

Here is a profile of Luke. While doing the ultrasound, I kept seeing little bubble looking things and several times they looked like little hidden mickeys. During the big ultrasound on Friday, the tech told me that that was the three chambers of the umbilical cord. That was a neat ultrasound. We could see Luke moving his mouth and sucking as well has him blinking his eyes. We got to see one of his ears and the peach fuzz floating in the amniotic fluid. He does have a little bit of hair, but not a lot. Anyway, I thought Will would appreciate the hidden mickey in this photo.

This Week

I had to leave Mobile Wednesday to come home for a doctor's appointment/ultrasound/NST. The doctor just wanted to check the size of Luke because I am a gestational diabetic. Well, instead of being big, he measured small (in the 10th percentile). And apparently with gestational diabetics there is a tendency for the placenta to give out and quit feeding and nourishing the baby. So, to be on the safe side, I was sent to a high risk obstetrician at Baptist Hospital named Dr. Maher on Friday, the 10th. After a three hour doctor visit with the longest ultrasound ever (they have a more detailed and advanced machine and their techs take a lot more measurements and check blood flow from me to the baby, in and out of the baby's heart, baby's cerebellum fluid, etc.) the doctor told me that Luke is measuring small but he is perfectly healthy at this point. I don't have to go back to him, but I do have to keep going in and doing the Non-Stress Tests once a week. So, yippee for that. Also, at my Wednesday appt. with my doctor she told me that I am 3 centimeters dialated already. Oh, and Luke is measuring at 5 lbs. 7 oz. right now. The doctor did say that any time after the 15th, Dr. Doyle could decide that she doesn't want to wait any longer and take him early b/c it is safer for him to be in a nursery and monitored than to have the placenta quit working. I have included a picture of Luke's face from my ultrasound on Wednesday. I know I am not as good at taking pictures of a picture as Will, but here it is. That's it on the baby front.
In the midst of all this, I am now sick. I went to the doctor Thursday to see if I had strep throat since the girls had it three times over the last month. I was negative, but the doctor wanted me to take a round of antibiotics since I am so close to delivery just to be on the safe side. Also, Isabelle has a Swimmer's Ear Infection now that she has started swimming underwater ALL of the time. So, Nana got to come nurse us all back to health and run my household for a week.