For Edena

We found out about a month ago, that we were expecting a new little one! We were planning on telling everyone after we had our 7 week sonogram, just to make sure everything was okay. Well, on Tuesday, we couldn't find the baby on the sonogram. We thought I might not be as far along as we thought and had plans to repeat the sonogram in a couple of weeks.

On Tuesday night, I was getting ready for bed and was suddenly hit with extreme pain. I thought it might be a gluten contamination issue, but it was way worse than anything before. I "just knew" something was wrong and I had Ryan take me into the ER.

After being there for hours of observation, getting pain meds (with no relief) and having another sonogram that still couldn't see the baby, I was admitted into the hospital. As the early hours of the morning passed, we waited to see the OB doc.

During our waiting time, the pain was getting worse and I no longer could lay down without going into a panic attack and feeling like I couldn't breath. When the OB doc witnessed this, he decided that we couldn't wait any longer and that I needed to go into surgery immediately. Come to find out, I was internally hemorrhaging from a rupturing ectopic pregnancy.

As the Lord planned, on Wednesday morning, we said goodbye to our little one, Edena, as her Maker called her back to Himself.

As you know, I'm still grieving the loss of our little Edena, but I have the hope that one day, I will get to hold her, along with her siblings, Shiloh and Blessed Hope. Until that day comes, I get to look at my three wonderful little boys God has given me here on earth, and I am overwhelmingly blessed and grateful.

I share this with you, not to gain your sympathy, but to ask you to pray for spiritual and emotional healing. My body heals quickly, but my heart does not. Pray that in my grief and weakness, God will be glorified and I will rest in His strength and comfort.

And The Score Is...

Boys: 3 Girls: 0

10 weeks!

Our little one is 1.3 inches and is right on track for an August 19th due date!

Best Birthday Surprise Ever!

So this was my b-day gift this year...I am totally ecstatic!!!!!

We're 6 weeks and due August 19th! I know Baby Dowdey only looks like a blob, but I am SO excited, I had to share!

Pics from October

Here are a few pics of Evan from October...when I get the chance I'll post some recent ones.

This one is my favorite!

More Pictures

Evan was sitting on the couch the other day and I thought he looked to cute! The future's so bright you gotta wear shades! Evan's favorite "pacifier"...his thumb! Evan tried sweet potatoes for the first time and he loved them!
Our flying baby!

Our Cutie Patutie!

Evan has been so cute lately that I had to add these new pictures.

Usually Evan thinks tummy time is sleep time so I was glad I got a couple of pics with him doing a push-up.

"Why do you do this to me, Mom?" My cutie this morning.

Evan experienced his first "swimming pool"...he actually enjoyed it for about 15 minutes.

More Pictures

Here are a few of my favorite Evan pictures...sorry for the sloppy layout...it won't let me do what I wanted to do.

Quickly leaving...

Well, my due date officially arrived this morning and as you've guessed I'm not in labor right now. I find it kind of funny that pregnant women all look forward to their due dates thinking "Great! I'll be able to meet my baby on that day!" yet very few babies are born on their actual due dates. I think it's even more ironic in my case since we've had preterm contractions since 28 weeks...I guess our little one likes his or her home a little too much now :) Oh well...our baby will arrive exactly when the Lord has ordained them to arrive and not a moment sooner!
If you think of me, please pray that I will be able to get enough rest to safely deliver this little one and be patient until he or she arrives. Thanks!

39.5 Weeks

Hey Everyone! Mom just took this picture last night so I thought I'd post it. As you can imagine, I'm completely ready to meet our little one.

Baby Shower

Grandma sent me a few pics from the family/work baby shower and I thought I'd share one. As you probably guessed, I'm ready for this little one's arrival. I feel like a time-bomb in which you can't see when it's going to explode! Anyway, hope all the moms ready this had a wonderful and relaxing Mother's Day! Oh, for those of you who don't know, this is my mother-in-law Noreen.

Painting

Here are a couple of things I've been working on for the baby's room. The stool took me a couple of weeks to paint...but I think it was worth it. It was challenging yet fun getting the letters to look like the ones on the real emblem...I don't think the baby will mind that it's not perfect.
This was a lot of fun to paint. I got the motorcycle cut-outs at Michaels and found the coolest paint additive. They have this stuff called Sparkles that can be added to any paint color so that it's no longer a flat color. That way, the motorcycles look more authentic.

I am currently working on painting more of the motorcycles in order to make a mobile that Erin inspired me to make. Thanks Erin! Once it's done I'll add some photos.

Our Nursery!

Well, I finally decorated the baby's room. As some of you know, I love Harley-Davidson motorcycles, so we decided to decorate the nursery with some of the things I've collected over the past few years.

I used an old day-by-day calendar to create a non-permanent boarder. It was a little challenging with the walls being out of square, but it looks okay from a distance. By the way, GlueDots are awesome! They're completely removable without leaving any marks but strong enough to hold everything in place. I love them!

Anyway, we thought if the baby is a boy, we'll leave the room as it is. If the baby is a girl we'll incorporate a few "girly" things into the motif.

Here are a few pics of the room: