The 23rd Psalm...The Sailor's Version

I just found the program from my Grandpa Bob's Memorial Service, and this was in it.

The Lord is my Pilot - I shall not drift.
He leadeth me across dark waters.
He steereth me in the deep channels.
He keepeth my log; He guideth me by the star of His Holiness for His name's sake.
Yea, though I sail amid the thunders
and tempests of life, I shall fear no danger, for Thou art near me.
Thy love and Thy care, they shelter me.
Though prepareth a harbor before me in the the land of eternity.
Thou anointed the waves with oil.
My ship rideth calmly.
Surely sunlight and starlight shall favor me in the voyage I take.
Then I shall rest in the port of my God forever.

I just thought that I would share as I know many sailors, not just my Grandpa who retired from the Navy.

Pray for my mom please

I found out tonight after talking to my mom that the mass that they removed along with a portion of her kidney on Monday was definately cancerous. She is home from the hospital, and they have to do tests and such to make sure that it has not spread anywhere else. If that is the case then she for the next 5 years has to have chest x-rays, MRIs and CAT scans, and blood work to make sure that it has not surfaced anywhere else.

So please pray that it has not spread anywhere else, and that they caught it early enough that it won't be an issue.

29 week ultrasound

Well today I had my weekly ultrasound. I have determined that I have a very stubborn son. Thaddeus would move when the Ultrasound Tech needed him to be still, like when she was trying to get a recording of the heartbeat in the umbilical chord. Then when she needed him to move around he would not. She tapped on my belly with the wand and he still would not move, she finally had me move over onto my left side and that got him moving again.

Then it was off to the OB office. I was told for being 29.5 weeks, the echo stress test on the baby was great, my lab work I had done on Friday was at least normal. My proteins on the 24 hour urine where a little above normal. Normal being 300 or lower, mine was 318. Which is ok, considering I do have the beginnings of Kidney disease. The doctor just wanted to get where I am at now so they know when to freak out later on.

I will post the ultrasound pictures and maybe a belly picture a little later, but right now Jeremy and I are off to have dinner at Applebee's!!

safe again

Well yesterday I got a letter in the mail from work, I missed being layed off, due to the fact that I am on short term disability due to my pregnancy. Praise God, because I wouldn't be able to go out and get a job now, and I still need those paychecks. But on my expected date of return I should expect to get layed off, due to an extremely slow time at work. With the hopes of being recalled in September when things are supposed to get busy again. This is the second layoff at work that I have missed. Was told that if I had been working and not out on short term disability I would have been layed off this last Thursday. This is just another way for God to confirm that He definately takes care of us. When I should expect to get layed off is ok, because Jeremy and I have been seriously talking about me not going back to work, so I can go out to Washington while he is away at boot camp and AIT, which is 7 months long total. So am definately thankful for all of this.

Just thought I would share how things are going. Oh and we were able to get the downstairs rented out quickly and to a very sweet young married couple, who are quiet!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you all have a great day.

I never want to make fudge again!!!!!!!!!!!

Why do I always say I am going to make something for a group get together that I tend to get so pissy while I am making it. I wish I thought that store bought tasted so much better, because then it would be so much easier to just go and buy it!!

Sorry about the venting, I just got done making fudge, it isn't so bad, but my back is already sore from being pregnant, and to have to stand there for 20 min or so stirring the concoction makes it even worse.

Baby movements

I think I have been feeling Thaddeus moving around for about a month now, but was doubting it, because I have had such severe constipation. Well yesterday and this morning, I definately know that it is him stretching out or hiccupping. He is most active when I first wake up in the morning and again when I go to bed at night. But I also don't think that he likes when I sit with proper posture either. I think when I sit that way I can wake him up and get him moving.

I am so excited!! I am now 28 and half weeks pregnant. One of these days I will actually get some prego belly pictures. Since I am high risk, I start going in every week for an ultrasound, and at 32 weeks I go in twice a week for an ultrasound.

I have been doing well in monitoring my diabetes, but am finding that it is hard to keep my blood sugars down. I was told this would happen, and actually had the doctor up at Maine Medical in Portland explain why. The placenta produces a hormone that inhibits the Insulins ability to do it's job. The only thing with my being diabetic is Thaddeus doesn't know that I don't need that to happen, and the doctor said even in the womb a baby doesn't know that to much of a good thing is a bad thing.

On another note...

Jeremy's ex-wife has finally moved out, and we are in the process of finding a tenant to move in.
So please pray that we will find the right tenant, and not jump to move in the first person who is available to move in now.

Michelle

Some Wedding pictures

Jeremy's uncle had some cool features on his camera, he wanted to get a silhoute of us with the river behind us.

Our first kiss and Mr. and Mrs. Saunders

Another cool picture his uncle took.

Us before the ceremony

The sign for the restaurant we were married at. If you ever happen to find yourself in Portsmouth, NH you should go and eat there. It is really good food, and down in the center of the historical part of Portsmouth.

P.S. I know the pictures are backwards, but I didn't realize I was uploading them in that order.

I'm Married

Jeremy and I were married on Saturday February 21, 2009 at 11 am at the Stockpot in Portsmouth, NH. The restraunt was great, they allowed us to come in have a very simple ceremony and then lunch with no extra charge. Marry Berry was the Justice of the Peace and she was great. We had some of Jeremy's family there and a couple of friends.


I will add some pictures later.

Michelle

Funny Valentine's day story...

Well Jeremy took me out to dinner at the Old Salt Restaurant at Lammie's Inn in Hampton, NH for Valentines Day. He ordered a haddock (white fish out here that they cook instead of Halibut), and I ordered boiled lobster. Now I am thinking of getting lobster at Red Lobster, it is a lobster tail with no little legs still attached and split open. Not what I got. Our wonderful waitress Judy brings me two plates, one with my mashed potatoes and carrots on it, the other with a whole lobster with all little legs attached and anntenae and eyeballs attached. I started to cry, I was thinking lobster tail. Jeremy tried to help me get into it, I didn't want it staring at me while I took it appart or while I was eating it. Judy came back to check on us, and took pity on me and broke the front claws off, and took the tail off, then she took the body away so I wouldn't have to look at it. After that was all said and done, the lobster was great, and Jeremy had all the lobster guts all over him, instead of me!!

Baby Update

Well Tuesday I went up to Maine Medical for the second set of Ultrasounds. Was told that he looked healthy and everything looks healthy. He is approximated to weigh 1 lb 7oz right now. Definately is a boy, and he likes to sleep with one hand under his head. Then Wednesday I went to my OB in Rochester, and he told me that everything looked good. He wants me to go back to Maine Medical for one more set of Ultrasounds then I can do the rest in Rochester. They want me to go once a month until I am 28 weeks, then at 28 weeks I have to go every 2 weeks, and then at 32 weeks I have to twice a week for ultrasounds. My OB said that now the goal is to keep me pregnant as long as possible, because that is one less day that the baby will spend in the hospital after he is born. He told me that the baby would probably survive at this point if he decided he wanted to be born. Which makes me happy to know that I am doing what I am supposed to I guess. But definately want to make it to full term if possible.

Just thought I would share,
Michelle