Updates!

It's been a stormy start to the summer in Ohio and our modem was one of the casualties. We are back online this morning and I have updates!

First the bad news ... things did not work out with my house and we will be working with a realtor to rent it.

Now the good news ... baby Handy is looking healthy! We had a wonderful ultrasound on Friday. The tech was encouraged at how healthy he looks and saw no signs of CF. We are so thankful! We won't know for sure until he's born and they do a blood test but it's a start. And he is one BIG boy! Last week he should have been about 2-1/2 lbs and they estimate he is already over 4 lbs. I am awaiting a call from my OB this morning with the results from my second glucose challenge (I failed the first one) which we, and my high risk doctor, expect to indicate gestational diabetes. The size of our little boy coupled with my first failed glucose challenge lend itself well to that possibility. This post wouldn't be complete without sharing a picture of his positively adorable chubby cheeks! (And as usual, he has a hand over part of his face.)



Father's Day has come and gone and for the first time in my life I was relieved it was over. Not being a man/father, Father's Day has always just been about my dad. It was a tough day. I planned to visit the cemetery but wanted yesterday to be something more than just feeling sad. I prayed yesterday morning and asked God to help me figure out what I could do for Father's Day each year that would make it special and surround me with something that reminds me of my dad. And it came to me. I spent my afternoon at the Air Force Museum, one of my dad's favorite places to visit. And I took time to actually read the signs this time, as he always did. OK, so I didn't read every word like he did, but I read a lot more than I usually do! I like to think of it as time spent with my dad in a place he loved, and as I look back on yesterday, it was without a doubt the most at peace I felt all day. I hope to make this a tradition I can share with Steve and our son each year. I have to say a special thank you to my husband and his family for just letting me cope how I needed to yesterday. And another special thank you to my friends and my big brother, Jamie, for thinking of me and checking on me yesterday.

Baby Handy's very first USAF t-shirt.



What post about the museum would be complete without a photo of a plane ...
The Mustang



Thank you for the prayers.
Have a blessed week!