She's OK!!

After a hectic morning we made it to Houston this past Wednesday for our appt with all of the specialists.  We started the morning with an ultrasound and after meeting with the Dr they decided that things looked so great that they didn't feel I needed to have the MRI.  That was awesome news!!  Not only did our sweet little Eden Rose look great and healthy, we didn't have to fork out the money for a very expensive MRI.  The Drs checked with the specialist that sent me to them and he still wanted us to get the echo on her heart.  So after a lunch break it was back to another exam room for an ultrasound of just her heart.  Next we met with the Cardiologist and she said that her heart looked great.  You can imagine our relief after such wonderful news.  They cancelled the rest of our appts we had scheduled and sent us on our merry way. :) 

We did learn a few things about the baby that we didn't know.  They informed us that she doesn't have a nasal bone and that her arms and legs are a little shorter than typical at this stage of gestation.  Her bowels are still "glowing" a little bit but the Dr said that they still looked good so they weren't concerned about them at all.  So basically all of that means that she may or may not have down syndrome.  We are so happy that our baby girl is healthy!  Thanks to all for your prayers.  We are truly blessed and are definitely counting our many blessings this Thanksgiving.

Playing catch up

Wow I didn't realize how long it's been since I've posted anything on here.  Well for those of my followers that I for some reason do not have as friends on Facebook lets catch up.  First things first, the kiddos. 

Ashlyn is 7 and is in the 2nd grade.  She is so super smart is scares me sometimes.  lol.  She is an excellent student and an AWESOME big sister!  Jade will be 5 in January and is in preschool and LOVES it!  Her teachers were so surprised at how easily she went to class without any mommy withdrawal and how social she is.  Oh yeah, she'll be the one I hear from the teachers about for talking too much during class.  hahaha.  Dallin will be 3 in February!!  He was only 4wks old when we moved to Texas.  Crazy how fast that's gone by.  Dallin is a sweet boy that sure does love his mama!  He has a great relationship with Jade and loves Ashlyn.  The girls both dote on him so much.  I will be 30wks pregnant this Thursday with our third little girl.  Her name will be Eden Rose Walter.  We weren't expecting to have another baby at the time but even Heavenly Father enjoys a good surpsrise every now and again.  Things have been emotional with this pregnancy.  We have been seeing a specialist these past few months because they found eco lighting in Eden's bowels in the ultrasound.  Basically it means where her bowels are they are showing up bright on the screen when they should be dark.  We were given six different possibilities of what it could be.  I had a lot of blood work done to narrow the search.  Through that adventure we learned that I am a carrier of Cystic Fibrosis.  Wanna scare yourself about your unborn child?  Read up on CF!  Thankfully Kenneth is not a carrier so it's impossible for any of our children to have CF.  However they could be carriers of it as well which I will inform them of as they get older so they can be prepared when starting their own families.  Since all of the other tests came back negative/normal we were expecting the follow up appt to tell us things were all better and that they cleared up on there own.  Unfortunately we found that her lungs are also now bright in the ultrasound when they too should be dark.  So in two days, Nov 14 we will be in Houston ALL day.  I'll be getting an ultrasound followed by an MRI followed by an eco on the baby's heart, afterwhich we will meet with the cardiologist to go over what was found in the eco and then meet with the surgeon to go over what was found in the MRI and to discuss if the baby needs to be born at Texas Children's Hosp (in Houston) and if she will have to have surgery or not.  The good news is that Texas Children's Hosp is the number 2 hospital in the nation.  So she would be in very capable hands.  My sweet cousin Kirk is a neonatologist and has been very helpful.  If they do find problems that need correcting Kirk will call the Drs we see on Wed to find out the diagnosis and planned procedure(s) and then explain it all to us in lamens terms so we'll know what's really going on.  I'm not afraid of this appoint I'm rather anxious for it.  We have been walking around not knowing what on earth is wrong, or if there even is anything wrong and I'll be the first to admit it's no walk in the park and I have cried...a lot.  Come Wednesday we'll finally know something!  I'm thankfull for the gospel and the priesthood. 

So Kenneth is doing well at work.  They have stayed busy and are expected to be getting super busy once the new year rolls around.  He's training to run a marathon this February.  I know, CRAZY!!  He amazes me everyday. :)  We are really enjoying each other in this journey of life and I'm thankful to have him as my eternal companion. 

If things go well on Wednesday and the Drs are okay with how Eden looks we will be coming home for Thanksgiving and I am very much looking forward to that!! 

Two years ago I was called as the YW President and I am still loving every minute of it.  I have such wonderful girls and love watching them grow in the gospel and watching them become their own.  It's a beautiful thing to see.

Well if I can continue to make time to write on here I'll post again really soon.  I hope I still have friends that follow this even though I haven't written in over a year. :/  Sorry friends!