4D with Little Sister

Little Sister Steiner's 4D ultrasound was this afternoon.  I am 28 1/2 weeks today and she weighed 2 lbs 13 oz.  Everything checked out and she was described as "perfectly healthy!"  Yeah!  Her heart has all 4 chambers looking good and her heartbeat was at 146.  She is still a girl.  :)

I brought my 4D pictures from when we did this with Lauren and I think they look a lot alike!  Both have big cheeks, full lips, and a very round face.

She is sitting VERY low and decided she was going to be a bit stubborn today.  She didn't move around a whole lot, so most of the pictures she is facing the same way.

Here are some pictures of Little Sister:

Her name is Catherine. 

(middle name is still pending discussions...

but it will begin with the letter E.  She will have Trey's initials.  He's a 3rd.)

Vanessa - In Loving Memory

March 21, 1979 - January 20, 2011

I can't fathom the reasoning God has to take away a brand new mother from her 5 month old baby boy, but I am clinging to the fact that His ways are not our ways.  Vanessa was one of my very best friends in high school.  We had lost touch in recent years, but had reconnected through our blogs and on Facebook. 

She fought cancer (Lymphoma/Luekemia) hard and won the fight the first go round.  God blessed her with a miracle baby boy that doctors said was impossible for her to have.  But then the cancer came back at the end of her pregnancy.  She had a bone marrow transplant back in December and things were hopeful.  But things quickly deteriated after Christmas.  Yesterday her lungs began to fail and she was put on a respirator.  But she went to be with Jesus last night, as her husband says, with a smile on her face.  He believes she saw Jesus as she left this earth and entered Heaven.

She was an amazing woman, with strength beyond belief.  She was also a tremendously loyal friend.  I have so many great memories of her that I will treasure forever.  May God give comfort and peace to her family.

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 

Romans 8:28

I love you Vanessa.

Snow!

I think we ended up with about 6 inches or maybe more.  I haven't seen this much snow since I was a kid!  Lauren LOVED it!

Note to self:  Next year buy some snow pants just in case!  We had to wrap her legs in platic bags with duck tape to keep them dry.  Soooooo redneck, bless her heart.  :)

Little eyes are watching

Last night Lauren tried to roll her eyes at me.  Oh my goodness!  I had asked her to do something and she just gave me this look and then I knew she was trying to roll her eyes.

I told her not to give me that look and don't even think about rolling her eyes at me.

You know what she said?

"But Mama, you do it."

Crap.

(Random pictures of playing in the leaves a few weekends ago... )

Trying to take it in stride (but failing)

When I was pregnant with Lauren I got huge... really big.  I gained 40 pounds.  So... NO, I don't make the cutest pregnant person you've ever seen.  I'm not one of those women that just gets that cute little pooch.  I gain weight all over.  My arms, legs, butt, face... etc.

BUT.

I do not need to be reminded that I'm getting "bigger and bigger!" EVERY.SINGLE.DAY from my co-workers.  Do they think I don't notice?  Yes, I do notice, thankyouverymuch.   And I also realize that I am growing a baby.  I'm also almost 26 weeks pregnant.  I wouldn't expect to get smaller.  And, I'm only 5 feet and 3 inches tall.  With basically no torso.  Where else is this baby supposed to go, but out?

I shouldn't let things like that bother me, but when it happens every single day and often multiple times a day it starts to wear on a person.  I realize they aren't trying to be mean, but it would be nice if sometimes they would keep their comments to themselves. 

I'm big.  I know it.  I don't need the reminder.