Almost 30 weeks...

It's Friday and on Friday's I always get excited. The weekend is here and this pregnancy, weekends always signal a week ending for me. ?? I know, right. Well, Monday, I will be 30 weeks. I can't begin to express how excited I am about that milestone! If Brock were born after 30 weeks, his chances are so much better than they have been up till now. I plan on cooking him the WHOLE 40 weeks. So still hanging out in the bed and still taking my meds. I haven't had to take my Procardia in 4 days, just magnesium. I'm so happy about that. The Procardia makes me feel so sick and gives me awful headaches. I had a doctor appointment yesterday that went really quickly because Dr. Bell had to get to L&D for a c-section. I have never had such a fast appointment. I was only there 20 min from start to finish. The baby is measuring perfect and his heart rate was 170. It was up because I had just had a contraction. Had a pelvic check and the cervix is still closed. Yay!

Abby had to go see Dr. Wilkinson yesterday for asthma issues. We haven't had to deal with those issues for about 3 years. Poor girl just can't stop coughing! Thankfully we have her on her inhalers again and a nasal spray and she will see the allergist in 2 weeks. She feels so much better today and got a good night's sleep.

Today is Avery's 12th birthday! Wow! I have a 12 year old. I can't believe how big and grown up she seems. It is all very bittersweet. I am so thankful to the Lord for the way I see Him working in her life, nurturing her, and growing her. I am also sad to see time passing so quickly. I have to stop and just live in this moment, knowing if I spend too much time focused on how fast it's going, I will miss the present. As a 12 year old privilege, she got to start shaving with a razor. She is so happy and again, I am so sad. My mom came this week to help me on bed rest and took her for coffee at Starbucks. Oh yes, she is 12! Last weekend, she had her movie themed friend sleepover and tonight she is having just one friend over. She basically has gotten a birthday week. She loved her ring that she received from us and Scot said their talk and date went really well and was very sweet.

I was so grateful to have my mom here for a few days. It's so nice because having your mom just makes things simpler. Not to mention the kids only wanted her and were happy all the time because she was here. That is the biggest mental and emotional break ever! Things have been very difficult for her this year and I was so thankful she had a few days to come.

Bed rest lessons I've learned so far:

1. While the word rest is there, it's not the kind of rest you imagine.

2. You can still feel very tired and exhausted, despite all your bed resting.

3. I can get a lot more homeschooling done from the bed. Who knew?

4. If I had a home helper everyday, and was off bed rest, I could accomplish a million things.

5. God doesn't want me to accomplish a million things. : (

6. Trusting Him when times are hard is the true test of faith.

7. He is always faithful, even in the smallest details.

8. Bed rest is HIS plan, not the doctor's plan or the circumstances. (this is a huge lesson for me)

9. He loves me, loves this baby, loves my husband and our other kids.

10. This season is part of a bigger plan.

11. Be in the moment.

12. Don't consider this time wasted.