30 Week Update

Ok, so it's been another interesting week! The last two weeks have been the most demanding and challenging weeks of our lives, but I guess it's all preparation for the rest of our time with children!

Last Saturday (Nov. 1) I was playing in a flag football game at the seminary when I came down hard after a catch and hit my head on the ground. The "screen flashed" and I went cross-eyed for a few seconds while feeling dazed, but felt okay enough to finish the game. Had a headache the rest of the day but the fun began that night. I woke up at about 3am and felt like I was on a carnival ride spinning so fast, I couldn't even stand to lay down. Woke up again a little later doing the same thing then felt like I was seconds away from throwing up. Laid around all day and felt a little better but all week I have had those dizzy spells at night and just a touch hazy during the day. The doctor on Friday didn't seem worried and this weekend it has been getting slowly better. Please pray for that!

Emily hit 30 weeks on Tuesday (Nov. 4) and has still been having regular contractions. They increase in the evenings but they are not consistent/severe enough to cause concern. Some of them hurt, but she is more frustrated with the fact that she has to lay around all day and feels like she can't prepare herself for the delivery. Everything else seems to be going smoothly with Noah, he is still moving a lot and nothing appears to be progressing too early. Emily actually went to work for four hours on Friday morning (Nov. 7) and did okay but was pretty worn out and had a few abnormal contractions. Please pray for her encouragement, strength, and healing. God is good and we are so blessed to be saved first of all, and also to have the love of friends and family that He has given us.

We are praying for you as well, and we love you. We hope to both make it up to Stillwater this coming weekend for our baby shower up there, but it may just be me. We'll see how Emily feels.