One - kind of...

We had our appointment with our doctor early this afternoon and we have one little baby with a very tiny little heartbeat. Everything looks good with the baby so far and our due date is April 22. There was another baby but there was no visible heartbeat (which should be there by now). So, we are very excited about having one but it would have been great to have had 2! Our doctor said there is about a 5 % chance that the other baby might still be okay. We go back in 2 weeks so we should know for sure.

Postponed...

I got a call from the doctor's office this morning and my appointment that was supposed to be tomorrow is postponed until Sunday morning. So, we have a few more days of waiting. We still have not told the girls yet - we wanted to make sure everything looks normal before we tell them...we'll know more Sunday.

Oh, and I finally got a new camera - it was going to cost more to send in our old one to get fixed than it is to buy a better camera - so, the battery is being charged and maybe we can start taking pictues again - truthfully, on our little vacation last week it was really nice to not have to even worry about taking pictures but it will be nice to be able to have pictues of Raleigh's first day of school next week.

Pregnant for number 5!!

I just heard from the doctor's office and my second set of bloodwork numbers came back fine - so...we are pregnant with baby number 5. My numbers were 77 on Tuesday and 197 today - they want the numbers to double so that is good. We will have an ultrasound in a couple of weeks and hopefully see a little heartbeat. My doctor is putting me on antibiotics 3 times a day - this is a different antibiotic than I was on for Sydney and Hudson. The one I will be on is the same one they gave me after Hudson was born in order to take care of the peptostreptococcus that they cultured from my blood. Hopefully this will take care of any problems before they become big problems. We are praying for:
1) A healthy pregnancy with NO INFECTIONS
2) Wisdom for my doctors (our infertility doctor, my OB, & the high-risk doctor) so they will be able to prevent infections and treat infections quickly if they come.
3) Peace for us - this pregnancy will be a constant worry that something may go wrong

Thank you for your prayers - We are sure God has a plan for our family even after all that we have been through.

LaBarge Party

We spent yesterday afternoon and evening at the annual LaBarge beach party at Uncle Jim's cottage on Lake Michigan. The water was super warm and the girls had a great time. James remembered to bring the kites - it was a perfect day for that too...

Raleigh and Sydney took turns jumping in the waves with Daddy - Raleigh said the big ones were the best.
The girls had so much sand in their hair - even after their baths!

The water was so warm that Raleigh said she was "so cold" when she got out of the water.
It was fun day - Becky was in town too so Raleigh got to hold Melodie - one of her favorite things to do!