Big News

Are you eager to find out the special news? Well, Christina is pregnant. Her due date is October 18th, which puts her at 12 1/2 weeks along.

We are very excited but the last six weeks have been very trying. Christina has been very sick just like when she carried Dillon. She was hospitalized once for dehydration. After her overnight stay in the hospital, her doctor ordered a take home IV for her. This was a huge help in keeping fluids in her system. She also had to be given medicine through shots because medicine taken orally was not staying down. (Yes, I got to administer the shots.)

Her sickness has taught me two important lessons:

1. I could not be a single parent. Working all day then coming home to take care of a toddler, making dinner, and cleaning up was hard work. I now have a greater appreciation of my spouse. There is no way I could do all that over an extended basis, which leads to...
2. Our families are awesome. Christina and Dillon have been staying at Mike and Ginni's house during the week while I am at work so someone is watching Dillon and bringing food to Christina. My mom, grandma, sister, and aunt have all come up to Sonora to also pitch in to relieve Mike and Ginni. A thank you from the bottom of our hearts goes out to everyone that has helped.

We are praying that Christina is about to turn a corner with her extreme sickness. About this time in her pregnancy with Dillon, she was able to return to work because the constant vomiting let up. She still had some "normal" morning sickness but the all day sickness went away.

All of her doctor appointments have gone well. We had an early sonogram a few weeks ago to confirm the date of conception and last week we listened to the heartbeat. More updates on Dillon's new sibling will be posted as they develop.