Stephen update

Stephen recently had his third birthday and is doing very well. He had his checkup this week (his first visit to the dr. since his 2-year checkup!) and is 38.75 in. tall and 37 lbs. Since September, for two mornings a week, Stephen has been attending a little preschool affiliated with a local church. I've been very pleased with that experience as has Stephen. I'm glad that he has part of his routine that will be the same during these days of adjustment.
He is adjusting well, we think. Lee went back to work today, which was a little difficult since Stephen had gotten used to having Daddy around. He has regularly been more clingy with Lee, so this was expected...
It has been so fun watching him grow and learn. I'm still amazed at how much he notices and shows interest in!



Stephen at one of his three birthday parties...



Stephen on his actual birthday.

Lydia Pictures!

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Baby Is Here!!!!

Please welcome Lydia Grace Nickles, a child of the Covenant, into this world.

Some stats:

• born at 12:13 pm
• 8 lbs. 1 oz.
• 20.5 inches
• dark hair
• very beautiful

Kristy is fine, baby is fine. I'm not doing so bad myself.

Stephen had a big smile on his face at seeing his baby sister. When asked what he thought of her, he said: "She's pretty."

I agree.

Pictures are forthcoming - one thing at a time (such as a shower for me!).

We appreciate and continue to desire your prayers for us and Lydia.

On the Way!!

We're on the way to the hospital!!!!!!!!!

We would appreciate your prayers for Kristy and daughter.

News after ultrasound

I had an ultrasound last Thursday - according to that (I know there's some error involved), baby girl weighed 7 lbs at 36.5 weeks, and I have a lot of amniotic fluid. With all that, the doctor suggested that I be induced on Nov. 8, by which point baby girl would be around 8 lbs if she stays on the same growth scale.
Nov. 8 is the day after Lee's busy time at work, so that works out. Unless she decides to come on her own before then!

If we manage to get the printouts scanned before the 8th, we'll post them. If not, we'll have better pictures!

Pregnancy Update

I'm now in my ninth month of pregnancy - yay! Because Stephen was so big (and my body had major problems with that), my doctor wants to do an ultrasound in 2 weeks to check her size. I have been measuring a little ahead of schedule. She offered (but thankfully is not encouraging) a c-section to avoid potential problems later in life (I'll leave out the details). That is not the path I want to take...
Another option is a gradual induction (since it would be prior to 40 wks), pending the results of the ultrasound of course. The doctor also wants to confer with the other drs in the practice. Several things are different this time around so maybe that won't be necessary either - I'm having a girl instead of a boy (girls are usually smaller), and I've gained much less weight.
So whatever happens later on, in two weeks, Lord willing, I'll have more ultrasound pictures of our little girl.