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So, I have been told that I haven't been very good at updating my blog :) Whoops, as you know life with an infant and being pregnant with another can be a little crazy, but I am going to try and get back on the horse.

I am currently 31 weeks pregnant right now and Isaac is 11 and 1/2 months old! Things are very crazy for us right now and to be honest a little scary. I visited the doctor last week and found out that the blood was not flowing quite correctly to our little boy in my tummy through the umbilical cord. I was told they wanted to start watching me very very closely coming into the office for testing every Monday and Thursday. I went in this last Monday and things seemed to get worse so they admitted me to the hospital and were monitoring me even closer. I was getting Non stress tests 4 times a day and "Doppler" tests once a day to monitor the blood flow. Things seemed to improve slightly from me relaxing so they allowed me to go home and be on complete bed rest. I am only allowed to go to the bathroom, take a shower and go to my doctors appointments. They still expect me to go early but are hoping our little boy grows a little more before he has to be born. As of last week Thursday he was only measuring at 2 lbs 12 ozs, which is about what half what Isaac was at birth. So, yes we want him to get bigger! We were able to visit the NICU at Spectrum to see where our little boy will most likely go after he is born so we could be prepared for what to expect. It was really hard to see all those babies, there are 81 babies in NICU right now, but good to prepare us as well. There is really no better place for our baby to be born, they deal with this everyday!

I had an appointment this morning and things have not changed from Wednesday so they want me to be on continued bed rest and come back in every Monday and Thursday's for checkups. This was a an image from this morning, isn't he cute :)

Please keep us in your prayers, looks like it is just a waiting game for right now but we want to have this guy get as big as possible before he does.

Also, Isaac is getting big. It seems like he is getting taller and taller everyday and learning new things all the time. It is so exciting to see what he catches on to.

This is the picture I took for his 1 year birthday invite, we are planning on having a cowboy birthday party for him the weekend after his birthday. Things may change depending on when the baby comes, but we are excited to celebrate our little guys 1 year birthday! Wow how time flys!

Keep tuned into the blog, I will try and keep it updated more regularly :)