At least we know WHO is in control...

and we really glad it isn't us! I often get amazed at how many times we can think we have the 'perfect plan' or the 'perfect idea' only to find out we really don't know anything. Take Jody's bedrest for example (no really, please, TAKE IT, she is getting sick of it and we would love for someone to take it!). We knew this pregnancy, as with the two others, would be high risk, but yet God decided to show us that we really don't know as much as we think.

Then there is the situation with my job, that just in the past 12 hours has gotten even more obtuse to us. At this point I will not go into any details, but we are really asking for your prayers, as God is putting our faith in Him to what we feel is an "ultimate test". No, it is nothing that is unmanageable, but God has just allowed enough out of the ordinary things to take place that really have us on our knees right now.

In the end of it all, I sure am glad that I have the great I AM to depend on, because if I were in control, we would ALL be in trouble!

Brian

Through another week

We are so thankful for all of our family and friends that have been helping us through this time! We have people that are at our house from basically 8AM - 5PM taking care of the boys, helping Jody, and doing a myriad of other things: cooking, washing, vacuuming, dusting, cleaning (one individual even got on her hands and knees yesterday and hand scrubbed our wood floors!), all of which really makes it easier for all of us.

Jody has had an average week. Some days she does really well, other times the contractions take over. She did mention to me last night that her back is getting sore from having to stay in the bed all the time, so if anyone has any suggestions, prior experiences or any other ideas, we are all ears.

Thank you for your prayers, and we will keep you posted on the status of Jody and our not yet born baby girl.

This could be a long one!

Well, we all made it through the weekend. Jody is getting pretty restless already, and we still want to make it at least another 8 weeks before our baby is born. Jody told me that the idea of bed rest really sounds good for about two days, then after that it just feels like some kind of unpleasant confinement! I can only imagine.

The boys are getting more and more excited. Jackson can't wait to be the "big big brother" and Jefferson to be the "big brother". Jackson is getting to be such a big help. He enjoys helping out around the house and feeling like he is being important. Jefferson is getting to the stage of saying extremely funny things. His sayings now are "its delicious" (to everything he eats) and then all day yesterday he was walking around the house saying "no money, no ticket". Not really sure where he picked that one up, but still very cute.

Other than that, it was nice and cold here over the weekend. The average temp on Saturday and Sunday was -11. With windchill at one point got down to -31. So much fun!

Family update

Well, all the tests have come back and for now Jody gets to do her bed rest at home! The doctors will be doing this test they ran today called a "fetal fibro nectin" (I think that is how it is spelled) which is done on higher-risk mothers. As long as the results keep coming back negative, then Jody can stay at home for her bed rest. If the test at any time goes positive, then she will most likely spend the remainder of her pregnancy in the hospital.

Thank you for your prayers.

Please Pray!

This is just a quick post asking you to pray for our family at this time - especially my wife Jody and our unborn daughter.

As you can see from the top of the blog, Jody is not even to 25 weeks yet, and this has been a very difficult week for her. She is having anywhere from 15 to 25 contractions a day, and yesterday (Thursday) her Ob/Gyn put her on bedrest. This morning we are going to see her perinatologist (they specialize in premature/high risk pregnancies) and today we will find out if her bedrest can be at home, or if she will have to go to the hospital, which would be very hard on her and on our two very active boys at home!

We are praying that she can make it to at least March 17 (33 weeks) which was the timing of our youngest son's birth.

One blessing and positive note is that Jody still feels the baby alot, so for that we are very grateful.

Thank you for your prayers, and I will post an update later.