We are growing nearer and nearer to the point that Gunner was delivered. I know the next month + will be nerve-racking on both of us. As Michele put it, "I feel like a time bomb, just waiting to go off". The question is.... will she make it as long as she was with Gunner (25 wks), a more safe point of 28 wks, or the optimum of 36 weeks??? Each week we face is another milestone we've reached, with sights set on another week. The next medical update we will have will be in a week. Another u/s is scheduled for precautionary monitoring and then have the regular appt. with the ob. We are now starting to go every 2 weeks.....keeping the Mountain Parkway busy and miles. Appointments are starting to become normal enough now that we look forward to going, it's just another chance for us to gain more reassurance that everything is going good. Keep the prayers coming our way for both health and traveling mercies!
Something that has been particularly interesting and a joy to do is listening to our little boy. We have an at-home heart monitor (not sure the technical term), similar to the one the nurse uses during our visits. We are able to listen to sound of his heartbeat and get a reading of his heart rate. It's not something that is necessary for us to do, but it is nice to keep check on him and feel that much closer to him. He certainly is the active one....sometimes he is pretty hard to track down with the monitor.
The naming process has really stumped us. Being teachers makes it hard, always relating it to another child. We want a name that isn't commonly used, possibly a G name, and to have a strong meaning. ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Continued prayers for all 3 of us!
Graham:
ReplyDeleteThinking of the impact Rev. William Franklin Graham, Jr.'s teaching of the Word has had on this Earth. Billy Graham, American Christian evangelist, is best known for his worldwide evangelistic crusades preaching the message of Christianity to more people than anyone in history. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association reports, "nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries" have been reached through his ministry. In his lifetime, he has led many thousands to make a decision to receive Jesus as personal Savior and to live for Christ. Graham has been an adviser to many American presidents and according to Gallup Polls is regularly listed as one of the "Ten Most Admired Men in the World."
Do you think he would get the mocking of "GRAHAM CRACKER"? lol
ReplyDeleteI like it though
Oh I like Graham too!! Garrett means "powerful with a sword". Gavin.
ReplyDeleteI heard a story of a family that lost all three of their children in a terrible car accident. They ended up having triplets after that and gave them the same middle names of their brothers and sisters who had passed away. I thought that was very touching and a way to connect them.
I really like Grant. I'm not sure about the meaning. But, I like it a lot.
ReplyDeleteLisa (Pig)