Another week down!

Life as I know it has slowed down-way down-I would say to a crawl these days, but we have made through another week of bed rest and still hanging in there. I haven't posted anything since last week because frankly nothing has happened worthy of writing. I am completely caught up on all/any shows on TV that I have ever remotely been interested in and would love to some days throw it out. I have enjoyed reading magazines/books that so many people have brought by for me. With that being said, I must take a minute to say THANK YOU to all of you who call, send cards, email, text, and come by to check on me and are praying for our little one. The amount of love that I feel for me and my family is overwhelming. I really appreciate it all. I have had a lot of visitors this week which is so nice. It does make the day go by faster when you have someone to talk to for a while.

Jack is doing pretty good. The last 2 days I have kept him home with me just because I miss him so bad when he's gone visiting, but today he is with his Nana and loving life. As soon as he woke up this morning, I asked him if he wanted to go to Nana's house today and he said, "I'll go get my shoes!" He was not happy that it took us a while to get ready. He is adjusting well to the little things that I can't really do for him now. He is not asking me to pick him up anymore when I am up. He will follow me to the chair and back up to me now. I feel like this is such a great time for just me and him to hang out before the baby gets here. It will be our last time just the two of us for a LONG time. I am hoping that is the lesson I am needing to learn in all of this. I am sure there is a lesson in here somewhere, right?

Will and I went back to the dr. today. It is so funny how excited I have been about going to the dr. 1. I have not left the house since Sun. night for a quick trip for ice cream (I didn't even get out of the car). The idea of getting to go to Huntsville is the best thing going right now in my life. I not only got to go to the dr. I got to eat out for lunch and I convinced Will to run in Babies R Us just to look around. I know...EXCITING!!! 2.I get to check in on our sweet bun in the oven. The comfort I feel after hearing his heartbeat and making sure everything is ok is worth it all. I had progressed a little more not much just a little, but the dr. wasn't that surprised. It is still slowing down the process so we are doing good. I am still able to control my contractions with just half the dosage of medicine most of the time. I am now having to set an alarm during the night so I don't miss a dosage so if you're up at 12:30am and 4:30am give me a shot. I will be up. Usually, my evening medicine is the only one that I have to increase to a full dosage. I am sure it's because we all get more tired in the evenings. Well, I go back next week and hopefully all will stay the same. The dr. thinks the baby is about 3 1/2 pounds now, which is great- a little tiny for me, but with each day/week that we keep him cooking he is growing and gaining. Thanks again and if anything changes I will let you know.