Sonogram

Here she/he is!! A whole inch long! :)
The heartbeat was quick and strong, and Dr. said everything looked "perfect."

just an update...

Yeah, it's getting a little better. The new medicine (Zofran) does not make me sleepy and has helped alot with the nausea. It took about a week to kick in. Either that, or my hormones are leveling out a bit. Who knows. :)
I graduated from crackers, oatmeal and string cheese to chicken, cereal and soup. Yay! I miss fajitas so much. I am used to eating them AT LEAST twice a week. I mean, that is MY FOOD. So...I figure, give me another week or two and maybe I will have a beautiful plate of sizzling beef fajitas with sour cream, guacamole, cheese and SALSA in front of me. I will be drooling. Haha...I am drooling now!!!
OK, enough about food. Today I really enjoyed the service today at church. I love worship so much. I long to just break free and dance around the room like no one is watching. His presence is so sweet. We sang one of my favorite songs that I haven't sung in FOREVER! I think the title is "When I think about the Lord." The words are so simple and pure...but speak such gratitude.


when i think about the Lord
how He saved me, how He raised me
how He filled me with the Holy Ghost
how He healed me to the uttermost
when i think about the Lord
how he picked me up
turned me around
how He set my feet
on solid ground

it makes me want to shout
hallelujah! thank you, Jesus!
Lord, you're worthy
of all the glory, and all the honor
and all the praise!
Hallelujah! thank you, Jesus!
Lord, you're worthy
of all the glory, and all the honor
and all the praise!

Love it. My husband preached the message this morning about hope. I am always so proud to watch him speak. He has so much wisdom and speaks in front of people with such EASE! He constantly amazes me....and he looks pretty hot with a microphone. ;)
Thomas also spoke briefly of not being complacent of where you are at in your walk with the Lord. I'm not content. I want to go deeper! I want to be used. I want people to look at Amity and see Jesus. Another favorite song of mine has these words that clearly define how I feel.

"Open up my eyes to the things unseen,
Show me how to love like YOU have loved me!
Break my heart for what breaks Yours...."

That's about it for now...I'm looking forward to a New Year! I'm so excited to see what is in store for the Humphries' family in 2009.

Grilled Cheese and Heartbeats

Today I ate a grilled cheese. It tasted AMAZING.
Grilled Cheeses always strike up the same conversation between my husband and I. One of the greatest husband/wife debates of all time.

Is it better to butter the PAN or butter the BREAD for a perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich?

I say PAN, hands down!!! It just tastes better!

...as you can guess, my husband says BREAD.

Something we may never agree on. Oh well.



I also had a Dr. Appt today! He did a sonogram and I got to see our sweet little teeny baby's heartbeat. It was such a relief to me. As much as I have been claiming perfect growth and development over our precious baby, I was getting concerned about it not getting enough nutrition. I really HAVE tried to eat...but nothing seems to set right. (Until this wonderful grilled cheese miracle!)
So, it was sweet to see that steady heartbeat....
Dr. changed my pills. We'll see how these work better. :)

August seems so far away.....

So....we were going to wait until after Christmas to break the news, but after the whole hospital-stay thing, news travels fast! WE'RE PREGNANT! Yay!
Due date is August 4th, but we will probably have a scheduled C-Section end of July.
We found out the day before Thanksgiving and when we told Aaron that "Mommy has a baby in her tummy", he lifted my shirt and said, "Not here!". :) Then, we asked him if he wanted a brother or sister....he thought for a second and answered firmly, "A friend!" Oh so sweet...

I have a Dr. appt on Thursday to do another sonogram. I've been sick as a dog for several weeks now. December 4th was the last day that I actually kept a meal down. Since then, I have lost 11 pounds, upchucked 500 gazillion times and chugged two 6-packs of purple gatorade. I had a REALLY good day yesterday (Sunday) and ate two crackers with chicken salad on them! (and kept it down) Today was OK. I woke up feeling a bit queezy, but refrained from taking my meds. (They knock me out all morning and don't really help) I took advantage of my sudden burst of energy and caught up with the laundry, dishes, etc....all that stuff that piles up when Mommy is sick. Anyways, I took my meds (Don't remember how it's spelled, but it sounds like "fenigrin") and took a nap this afternoon while Aaron slept. That was nice. Tonight I'm back to puking and telling my husband to lay off the cologne again. Everything SMELLS!!! I mean...STRONG! ugh. I wasn't sick one day in the 40 weeks of pregnancy with Aaron, so I'm betting on this one being a sweet little girl. Who know, though.

But speaking of Thomas, I must say this: He has been my knight in shining armor these past few weeks. He has worked tirelessly to change dirty diapers (potty traing is on hold...haha), get Aaron dinner, give Aaron a bath, put Aaron to bed, run out to the store for Ginger Ale, Ginger Tea, Ginger Snaps, Lemon chillers, etc... He has been AMAZING. He even insisted on staying with me at the hospital when they stuck me in there for bad dehydration. Yes...he slept on those dreaded blue hospital chair/bed thingys. He was a trooper. AND!! Didn't even ask to watch sports while we were there! LOVE YOU T!

Anyways, we are really excited and blessed to have another little one on the way. Like I said in the title, August seems SO far away...but hopefully will be here soon. :)

Thanks for your prayers and your encouragement!