Changing

Yesterday we had our regular ob appointment and the Biophysical Profile. We started off with doing the sonogram, which we actually got in for right away because my doctor needed to go deliver a baby and he said that he needed to see me that day, so he told the technician to -hurry and get Kendra in for BP and get her back here! Which was nice because my appointment with the doctor wasn't scheduled until 3:50 and we got back in the room at 3:15! Usually we are waiting extra time not having time to spare!

Anyway, we had the BP and the limited sono to check on things. Everything checked out fine as far as how the baby was doing. But the tumor/mass had actually changed quite a bit from last week. It had grown about 0.65cm and it now looked like it may have some sort of pocket of fluid inside it, which we have never seen before. Even to our untrained eyes, it looked significantly different so we are very curious what the specialist is going to say about it.

The sono technician was going to get it sent over right away to the specialist and our ob was going to call her and let her know that it was coming and that things seemed to look quite different so maybe she should take a look at it as soon as she can. Which probably won't be until today. So we are anxiously awaiting a phone call to tell us what she thinks of it. I know she is busy so it may not be until the end of the work day.

It could be good news, that now, with the way it is looking/behaving it seems more like a bleed or cyst or something else less scary than cancer.

Or it could be bad news, and she could say, hey as soon as this baby is "term" (which is 37 weeks and I will be that next week) we need to get this baby delivered because we don't want to wait another 3 weeks for this thing to keep changing in utero. But so far since the baby is doing well, we are not anticipating a C-section. We should just be able to induce a natural delivery.

But our ob said, that the last thing we want to do if the baby needs to have surgery right away is to have him be born prematurely. Of course he said a lot of premie babies have to have surgery so it is obviously done if need be. And we are talking about a week before the baby is term, not 6 weeks, so it wouldn't be as big of a deal.

Our ob admittedly does not know much at all to tell us about the mass though. He said he is probably the least knowledgable about what this thing could be. He joked and said that when this is all said and done, if it turns out that it was a good thing we found this on the sonogram then our family doctor can definitely be credited but if it turns out it just caused a bunch of worry for nothing, we should remember that he (the ob) wasn't the one who ordered the sono!

But like I said, we just don't know what to think right now and are just waiting to hear!

And here is a picture from yesterday. Little guy had his foot stuck up at his face!! You can see where she labeled the the foot and the head! I just can not wait to meet this little guy!!!

Long Ears

Daddy recently came home with a new addition to our farm animals! He surprised the kids with a bunny!! Actually, I think he may have been just as surprised as they were that he brought a bunny home =)

He mowed a lawn for someone who was not able to and she graciously gave him this rabbit to bring home to the kids! They were so so excited when they saw it! 

And we already had a rabbit hutch and everything for it since we have had rabbits in the past!

They take great care of it and love to show it off to anyone who comes over! They even freeze water bottles and put them in the cage for the bunny to lay next to on these smoking hot days!

Lillie

Lillie is just turning into quite the little lady. Matt and I were just talking about how much she is growing up and maturing and how we need to be making sure to cultivate and bring out all the good, Godly characteristics He has placed in her.

She has been so kind and helpful lately. She is very perceptive to pick up on the different vibes that are going on in our house. She seems to realize that maybe a little extra help here and there is greatly appreciated. She willingly will jump up and get a heating pad or ice pack for her Daddy's back or run out and turn off the cattle tank water if need be. Or search high and low for her little brother's blankie when it is lost.

She absolutely loves our family prayer time and to be completely honest, if it weren't for her prompting, we would probably not be having it as regularly as we have been. She very much has a child like faith and her prayers are so blunt and straight forward.

She will be starting 2nd grade this year and will be going back to regular school instead of homeschool. Even before all of this came about with the new baby, we thought that it would be best to have her back in a school setting. I can definitely tell a difference in her attitude towards me as we have been in "summer" mode and not "home school" mode. It had been at the point where it was just not even fun and we seemed to constantly be at odds.

She is creative and crafty. She just talked me into letting her make some earrings after I had been at a crafting party with some friends and came home with some that I had made. She was very excited about getting to create her own!

She is also very giving. She loves to make or draw things for people she loves. She has been working on friendship bracelets and has enjoyed giving those out!

We are blessed to have her as our daughter and are excited to see what all God is going to use her for!