10 weeks

Today I am officially 10 weeks pregnant!! August 14th is still very far off. But reaching this milestone and actually being able to enjoy it is a blessing. This past month has been by far the hardest trial I have been through. Yet despite how awfully sick I was, and had many discouraging days, the Lord's faithfulness covered it all. There would be days that I would realize I hadn't prayed at all, and then I would remember how many friends and family were praying on our behalf and I would find much comfort in that.

Having the hypermesis was not anything we had anticipated. But we have been blessed through it all. Because of how sick I was we were given an ultra sound both stays in the hospital at week 6 and week 9. Seeing our little one's heart beat brought so much relief to our worries. Jeremy got to be there for the first ultra sound and Kathleen was able to be there for the second one. Also, at the second one I asked for a picture and she gave it to me even though she wasn't suppose to. I will always treasure that picture, it was taken on my worst day of the entire sickness and it was such a piece of joy and hope that the Lord gave me to hold onto. We've also just been so blessed through countless doctors and nurses that we met during my hospital stay. One of my nurses Faith who was my nurse on the worst day was a christian and just used her time with me to speak truth to me about the Lord. How kind of God in the midst of barely being able to open my eyes to have someone I didn't even know reminding me of who was sovereign over me and my baby. Kathleen and I even ran into Faith in the hall way as we were leaving the hospital and I was actually walking! Faith hugged me the whole way out of the building. We were specifically blessed through the GI doctor who was consulted on my last stay. He took me off the three meds that weren't working and put me on two new meds and within 12 hours I was a totally different person, was able to eat my first meal of 2010! I thank God for him often.

One of the biggest blessings have been our family and friends. We've received countless emails and texts that have brought much encouragement to us. Knowing that so many people were behind us and praying for us was one of our biggest comforts. We've had a team of ladies making some amazing meals filled with meat for my man! What a blessing it was not to worry about cooking and his belly. Our pastor sent some books our way that the Lord is already using to feed my soul, there is one by Tripp that I would recommend to anyone, it is 52 little daily readings on Psalm 27. The lovely Elise came arms filled with goodies and spent sometime with me in the hospital, it was so good to hear about the outside world. Aunt Weens, who is a nurse, came and made sure they were taking good care of me at the hospital, we called her with every question we had. Josie brought me my first pregnancy magazine!Jer's parents have gone above and beyond taking care of us, borderline spoiled rotten. They bought us whatever we needed from groceries to a scale when I had to weigh myself daily to a microwave that Jer now uses daily to 7-11 giftcard for any emergency slurpee needs. To top it off Kathleen spent most of the time with me in the hospital the last time I was in, waiting on me hand and foot when I was definitely not my best. And she took me back to her place and got all my scripts filled when Jer ended up getting sick and we had to stay apart. The Lord blessed us with memories from the hospital that I will never forget- including the clown operation moving from one room to another that took over an hour AND the night we cried from laughing so hard at the "fold out bed fiasco of 2010".

Now we are home. And I'm eating, going on mini trips to the grocery store, got my hair cut and even walked around the mall. It still feels so surreal. The turn around from not being able to get out of bed to fairly normal activity is such a shock to the system. As long as I continue to do well over the next couple of days my picc line will be removed. When the doctor wrote the script for its removal and left the room I held it up and told Jer it was like getting the golden ticket on American Idol. :) Tomorrow I am going to church for the first time in over a month. And we are planning on making a trip to Philly in February if all continues to go well. It is so nice to see people again.

So, baby name suggestions???