Testing and Soccer

Finally made it 4 wheeling! Abby even got to be forward facing for the adventure.

The kids were all so excited to be in the Jimmy.

Sorry it has been so long since I have written. I always plan on doing it at night once the kids are in bed. Well, my lovely morning sickness does start in the morning and progressively gets worse as the day goes on. By the time the kids are in bed the only thing I can do is lay on the couch. We had our first ultrasound last week. Dave is a little disappointed that there is only one baby in there. But it is doing great. Had a great heartbeat and is measuring exactly what we had thought. So our due date is 11-8-11, which puts me at 8 weeks along. I saw the Dr. yesterday as well and he is going to call in a prescription for the nausea. I am excited and hope it works.

Couldn't resist sharing this pic. Abigail loves blackberries and had a fun time painting as well.

 Abigail had a rough day on Wednesday. Her urine test from last week came back clear so we had all her testing done on Wednesday. She first had an ultrasound of her bladder and kidneys. She did well and for the most part laid there happily as Mommy sang "Patty Cake Patty Cake" over and over... Then came the rough part. We went over to another room to do the catheter test that I before didn't really understand. The test required a catheter to inject fluid into her bladder then they did a radiological scan to watch the fluid to make sure it flows right and there isn't a physical problem that caused the UTI. Well, since I am pregnant it isn't safe for me to be present during the scan. I was there to strap her down; arms strapped above her head. Then I had to leave. I waited and prayed in a sitting room right next to Abby and could hear her screaming the whole 15-20 min. of the procedure. Needless to say it was traumatic for both of us and we are so glad it is over. We haven't gotten the results yet, but pray they are all clear and we can be done with all of this. Abigail is back to her spunky self. She isn't happy being laid down to be changed, but isn't fighting it as much any more. It still brings tears to my eyes that Abigail had to go through the test without me and how scary that must have been for her. But I know without a doubt that God had her in His Hands the whole time and gave her the love and comfort I couldn't.

 On a happy note Abigail is a walking little girl! For about a month now she would take a few steps get excited and fall. Yesterday Dave was working with her and she did her normal walking and falling. She was just so cute and so giggly we didn't pick her up right away as we were laughing with her. Abigail just looked at us pushed herself up to standing and walked some more. She has been able to push herself up to standing for about a month now, but hadn't ever put the two together. The rest of the afternoon she walked between the couches so excited and proud of herself that when she fell she could get up and keep going.

 Davey and Cassia had their first soccer game last Saturday. They both had a lot of fun. Davey had so much confidence and was determined to get a goal. He stayed with the ball and kicked it quite a bit, but he still struggled a little getting in the middle of the crowd of kids to take the ball. However, he had no problem taking the ball away from Cassia. They take turns for which child gets to kick the ball when it goes out of bounds. It was Cassia's turn, but brother got to the ball and kicked it before Cassia had a chance. Cassia on the other hand had fun, but didn't fully understand it all. She didn't always know where the ball was and didn't realize it was probably with the crowd of kids. They both played hard and had fun, so we celebrated by going to McDonalds and getting ice cream.

WE WON!!