October

At our most recent OB visit we heard the sweet wooshing of a strong heartbeat. We will go for the "big" ultrasound in 18 days (not that I'm anxious or anything!). I have been feeling flutters for a week or two now. Even in a 4th pregnancy it's still amazing to feel the little life moving around. So sweet!

A little over a week ago we got the results back from the specialist's ultrascreen tests. Results: abnormal. Lovely. The NT test results (see previous post) made our results come back abnormal. I wasn't surprised, but it still stinks. We were told that trisomy 13 and 18 were ruled out. That is good. Really good. We were also told that our chances of having a baby with Down's Syndrome is 1 in 67, the same as that of a 42 year old. Nice. Although every other marker in the testing was completely normal besides the NT marker, it has been stressful to get the test results.

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In our next ultrasound we can try and look for other markers indicating something isn't "normal". Other than that, the only other thing we can do to find out for sure if the baby has Down's is to have an amnio. My first thought on that was "No thanks, we'll pass on that" but then I started thinking about the relief it would bring to just know one way or the other. Of course finding out results wouldn't change anything. We'll love little quatro no matter what. Right now I think I am back to no amnio. I am praying for peace in that decision. I know that God will lead us to the right decision on this.

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Other than that, I am excited to get a glimpse of the baby again in our next ultrasound and can't wait to get started on a nursery! I never got to do that for Olivia and it was odd being pregnant and going to term, yet never preparing a room for her. It wasn't just odd, it was heartbreaking. Sooo, after 9 months of pregnancy with Olivia, 1 year waiting to try again and 20 more weeks of pregnancy with quatro, I finally get to do what every mother should get to do for her new little one. I think I am still hesitant to hope, but I'm getting there!

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On to Halloween...

We had a great time at our church Trunk or Treat. I call it "our" church now because we finally placed membership this past Sunday. We can officially change our name tags from the red stickers to the blue stickers. Everyone at Argyle C of C has been WONDERFUL to us. It is a growing congregation of about 350 members. They are very involved in community outreach and have a growing small group program. The worship time is very heartfelt and genuine and the preacher is great. Bailey opts to stay in the auditorium instead of going to "Wee Worship" because she likes to fill in his sermon outline. If a preacher can keep a 7 year old interested and engaged in a sermon, he's won me over! Sometimes he breaks out into a CCR tune and it cracks us up.

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Anyway, back to Hween. Bailey was a doctor and Beckham was a boxer. Good times. Beckham asked me what I was going to dress up as and I said that I was going to go as a mommy. He said, "A scary mommy?". Hmm....what's he trying to say? Maybe I should up my meds.

You should see the other guy!

I took this picture for the Land family. Too bad about the game Saturday.

Is this what JH looked like after the game?

Bailey and I went to see High School Musical 3 the night it opened. It was great to have a girl's only night! The atmosphere in the theater was fun because it was full of chatty girls. They cheered and oohed and aahed in all the predictable places.

Before we went on our "date". Beckham crashed the photo!

After we ditched Beck.

My favorite part of the night was when the girls screamed as Zac Efron was on the screen without a shirt on. Bailey became confused. She thought she had missed something. "Why did they scream?" she asked me. It warmed my heart to know that she is still so innocent that she didn't understand why a boy without a shirt on would elicit that response from a group of girls. Stay that way for as long as possible little one! Bailey also became extremely embarrassed and pinched my arm the entire time that Troy and Gabriella shared an onscreen kiss. She could have totally done without seeing that. Again, I am so thankful for her innocence! About 1/2 way into the movie she got out of her seat and came and sat on my lap. I think one of my legs went to sleep, but you couldn't have paid me a million dollars to get her off my lap. Such sweet moments are sometimes few and far between with a 7 year old! I savored every moment. After the movie we went to Barnes and Noble and treated ourselves to Starbucks and book browsing. Don't worry, Bailey gets the hot chocolate!

A few weeks ago, Bailey's class hosted an Italian dinner. Here are a few pics. They did a great job coming up with a menu, cooking the food, serving it, keeping the bread baskets full and refilling our drinks.

The weather here has been beautiful. Last week it was slightly chilly in the mornings before school, but by afternoon it was warm again. Although I didn't think it was THAT cold last week, locals here said that usually it was January before they had weather that cold. So strange, but I can def. get used to it! We might freeze when we come back to Arkansas for Thanksgiving!

Have a great November!