Our Weekend

This weekend was pretty fun. My mom came and stayed two nights with us. Friday night we had "girls' night" while Justin worked. I made a pasta salad, bbq'd chicken and then we had cake and ice cream for dessert. Saturday morning we went out and did some garage-sale-ing and then we stopped to watch the Newport Rodeo Parade. It was more fun this year now that Kate is older. She really loved watching all the horses and catching the candy that was thrown to us. It was cute watching her wave and say: "hi buddy", to the people in the parade. I forgot to take my camera with me, of course, so no pictures, sorry. Justin got to help direct traffic again. Yay, his favorite!

Saturday night Justin had to work overtime so my mom, Kate and I went for a drive up to Bonners Ferry, ID. My sister Tammy was up there to help one of her friends open her new restaurant...or "bistro". We got there just in time to have some free pizza, which was delicious! Then we got attacked by mosquitoes before heading home. Bonners Ferry is actually really pretty, I think I have only been through there once on our way to Canada. And it was a really nice day and even nicer evening so it was a great drive.

Sunday we went down to Spokane and had family pictures with my family-always a fun time to be had...31 people in the hot afternoon, there are bound to be some cranky-babies, and I'm not just talking about the toddlers :) After pictures it was back to my mom's for a pot luck bbq. It was fun getting together with everyone and there was lots of good food to be had. Again, no pictures...darn it!

So, the reason my mom came to stay with us was to help me out. Here's the story. Justin and I have been trying for baby #2 for over a year now, and two weeks ago I found out I was pregnant. Finally! Well, I started to have light spotting pretty much the day I found out and it continued for the next several days. It seemed like it had gotten a little heavier, so I called my OB and they wanted me to go in for blood work to check my hCG level. It came back ok and put me at around 4 weeks or so, which would have been right. Then they had me go back two days later to check it again. The number is supposed to double every 48 hours. I was pretty upset by that morning and nervous and anxious, so I had Dale and my brother in law give me a healing blessing. My lower back had started to hurt me and had gotten worse that morning and that worried me. Anyway, I did feel a lot more calm after the blessing and a little bit later went in for my blood draw. I went in super early in the morning so I could find out ASAP what the results were, but it still took until 3:30 in the afternoon for me to get a call back from my OB office. I was really frustrated about that. So, it turns out that my hCG level had gone down. They set me up for an appointment with them in a week to check it again. I have lost so much blood and "other stuff" (don't want to gross anyone out) that I am sure I have miscarried. I never wanted this to happen to me, but I can honestly say that I am 100% OK with it now. I was expecting it to be horribly painful, but it hasn't been at all. The good thing is that I got pregnant, so now I know it will happen again. I mean, I knew it would, but now I don't have to wonder as much if there is something "wrong". I have faith in God's plan for our family and I am sure that before the end of the year we will be able to say "we're having another baby!" So I am excited for that.