March - Kate comes 5 weeks early!

Strike two landed me in the hospital for the weekend with orders for strict bedrest when I got home. Unfortunately for Tom, it was the same weekend as his annual trip to Vegas with the boys and he had to miss it. It's very hard to be on bedrest when you have a toddler in the house. Once I got home I did very little other than caring for Alex.

Strike three landed me in the hospital "until the baby comes..." Praise God for my mother who dropped everything, took time off from work, and flew immediately out to take care of Alex while I was in the hospital. I'm here to tell you that I am probably one of the most laid back people on earth so I thought bedrest would be a piece of cake for me. I had a couple of books to read, my Bible study to do, cable t.v. and a few netflix. After 48 hours - I was completely stir crazy! My Doctor and I were hoping that Kate would have made it to 37 or 38 weeks but, you know what they say, "If you want to hear God laugh, just tell him your plans!" Kate came at 35 weeks. Once again, praise God for my mama or else Tom would have missed the birth! Kate arrived on March 31st and weighed 4 lbs. 15.5 ozs - so almost 5 lbs.!

Alex was not too interested in the thing that took his mommy away for so long but, at the same time he was not mean to her either. She did come bearing gifts so he couldn't be too mad at her. She brought him a guitar!


A couple of days after we brought Kate home from the NICU there was a "changing of the guard" as my mom went home and Babcia and Dziadek came in to help out for a month.

April, May. and June went by in a blur of baby....