Week 29

29 Weeks

Not much has changed since I wrote last, other than I am still getting bigger and I am starting to notice swelling in my ankles a little more often. No surprise there really. I went to see my OBGYN last week and everything checked out okay. I took the glucose test and that turned out okay too, other than I tested a little anemic. So no diabetes which is good! The last thing I need is to have something go wrong with me to make things more complicated for baby. And so far, knock on wood, things have been really quite good! I have been asked a couple times this week if I am having twins. I guess I look kind of big for how far along I am. People think I'm due like this month. I try not to take these comments personally, but when you hear it from a few different people you can't help but feel just  a little self conscious. The doctor I talked to didn't seem to extremely worried about my weight gain, which was kind of a big jump in the last couple months. I told her I was a little concerned since I still have a ways to go. And she was really understanding, saying that I have had a stressful couple months, which I agreed with. Still though, I feel like I can do better.

This Thursday Malone and I are going down to Salt Lake City for more dr. appointments. We'll be finding out what the plan is going to be as far as when the delivery will be and what to expect with surgery on the baby after he's delivered. So I will be giving an update later this week probably. I pray everyday that our baby will continue to grow healthy and strong for a miracle that he will come out of all this with a healthy body and no serious complications. This defect is so varied depending on the person, so there is no telling what to expect really. So why not hope for a miracle? It could happen, right? Whatever happens, I know that it will be God's will, and that Malone and I will be strengthened and capable to handle whatever comes. I recently read this talk by Elder Bednar. And it really made me think. Something he said was that we have faith that we can be healed, but we need to have faith that we may not be healed too. We just need to have faith in God's will, whatever it may be, and know that it'll be alright.

On a side note, Malone has been done with school for a week or so now and he's loving the free time! He's been diligently looking for a job and doing interviews often. Lately he's been talking to Kiewitt out of Vancouver, WA, and another company in Texas. Malone is a lot more interested in Kiewitt right now. He's hoping for a job in the northwest OR/WA area. So we'll just see where all that leads us. While I am excited about Malone finding a job, thinking about him finding a job and then trying to figure out moving with everything else going on with me and baby I admit, stresses me out more. I just hope Heavenly Father knows what timing will be best for us and things will work out.

The other day I captured a pic of Malone snuggling with Kayto on the couch. I couldn't help but share. Kayto LOVES it. He's such a snuggly dog. Kayto makes me laugh a lot, he's such a funny dog, even though he sometimes drives me nuts.