good news minute

Pretend like I am shouting from the roof tops - jumping up and down!

1. I am going to be a grandmother again!!!

Really I don't have to say more, but I will, just for journal purposes. (Kristen finally made the announcement on her blog yesterday, so I felt like I could today.) Back in November our family fasted that Mike and Kristen might be blessed with another child, and Kristen (at least) was praying for twins. I was very honest with her, and told her I couldn't pray for two, but I would be happy with whatever the Lord sent. Her in-vitro implantation was the week we were in Cancun (really helpful mother award!) and we have been waiting ever since. They implanted two embryos, and after the initial tests, the hormone levels were high enough that it could indicate twins. Friday was the day of the ultrasound that could show one or two heartbeats. I have been nervous all along about twins, but kept telling myself that everything would be ok, and her three sisters and I could be a big help.

Heidi you should probably stop reading now...(too many memories)

I called her Thursday to tell her some stuff and when I finally got around to asking how she was feeling, she told me , "not very good." I asked, "how many weeks are you?" When she told me six, I could hear the despair in her voice. (34 more to go) With Lauren she hadn't gotten sick until she was seven weeks and she really never felt good again until right after Lauren was born. That one conversation with her completely changed my heart and the nervousness I was feeling about twins, and I felt we would be very blessed to be able to get two babies with one pregnancy. Later Mike told me she hadn't kept anything down for a couple of days, and by the time she got to the doctor Friday she was in a bad way. He immediately prescribed some medicine and then they found out there was only one heartbeat. Isn't it interesting that the Lord had prepared me to be relieved and disappointed at the same time? Oh well, we feel completely grateful and blessed!!!

2. The warm, spring like weather has the blossoms out on the plum trees! The first sign of spring that I see in my yard. I love those blossoms and they survived the 100 mph winds that we had Saturday night. A MIRACLE!