The State of Affairs Around Here

Just popping in for a little 'ol update since it's been a month since my update.  Geez Louise!  Time flies.  I have so many times I think about putting up a post and topics that I want to process through in this online format, but clearly as you can tell, that's not happening these days.  But what is happening?

House
Our little "replace 2 toilets and get 2 programmable thermostats installed" project turned into replace all 3 toilets, 2 thermostats....oh, and get a new bathroom floor. Lovely, huh?  We discovered lots of problems when our handyman was replacing the toilet in our master bath, so we decided to just replace the tile on the floor.  It was in bad shape anyway, but still wasn't on our top list of household projects for the year.  It's nice to have the work done, the floor looks amazing, and we got rid of tons of black mold spots and hope our ant problem is gone now too.  The handyman did such a precise job and was so considerate of R's nap schedule, so we'll definitely be calling him again.  That was a lot of work to have someone do that we hadn't used before (though he did come highly recommended from our neighbors).

News
Once again I'm sucked into the news stories with the latest airline crash.  I don't know if it's my love of travel, my time visiting and living overseas, or what, but I got pulled into the news for weeks with the stories and details of the other Malaysia Airlines crash (MH370).  I feel the same thing happening again with MH17.  Part of it is shock and disbelief over the events, I suppose.  

Progesterone
Zone 2 for the 3rd time in a row....yippee!  My progesterone levels have been much more constant this time around.  Last pregnancy they zig-zagged all over the place, as did my PIO dosages.  This time we've been on "just" 100mg shots twice a week, and since I have the compounded oil this time around, it means on 1cc for a shot each time.  My bum is definitely happy with that, which is good because we had a major issue with one of the shots about 2 months ago where I think DH hit a blood vessel.  I got a huge, fist-size welt, bruise, hematoma...something on one side that still is not totally healed.  That means we've been doing all the shots on the same side.  Definitely thankful for the 100mg compounded meds.  Not sure I could stand 2 or 4ccs in the same spot twice a week as was the case last pregnancy.  It's the little things.

Pregnancy
I haven't written about this much, but it's definitely on my mind constantly...both DH and I have had this ominous feeling of death surrounding this pregnancy.  It's hard to explain in such a short update, but it's been a pretty constant feeling since early on when we found out we were expecting.  DH and I have had lots of conversations and prayers surrounding these thoughts and feelings, and I've shed lots of tears even talking about the things we have, but still the sense remains.  I don't know if it's Satan trying to steal our joy or God preparing us for something that lies ahead.  I should really process through some of these strong emotions in a blog post soon, but if you could spare an extra prayer or two for the health and safety of the 4 in our family, especially Baby Sprout and I, I know I'd appreciate it.

Celebration week
Tomorrow kicks off a big week for us....we have our big ultrasound, and we will be finding out and sharing the gender of this baby.  DH and I sort of know already from the fetal DNA test, but it will be so good to see and confirm everything on u/s.  I'm anxious to make sure everything else checks out with the baby too health wise.  So hard to believe we are almost at the 20 week mark already.  Then we celebrate our 9th anniversary mid-week and end the week with my 36th (gasp) birthday.  I'm taking full advantage and insisting we have little celebrations every day (free Chick-fil-A milkshake, free smoothie at Starbucks, dinner with a giftcard someone gave us, etc.).  Should be fun!  I'll try to let you know how it all goes soon.  Promise it won't be in another month!