New Blog and Baby Update

No time like being on bed rest to finally work on the family blog that I set up over a year and a half ago! I also set up a caring bridge website I will update, but I'll be able to post more family and Stella related things here. Now, it's nothing fancy, but I do have something in the works to make it spiffier. Good thing I have friends who are so web design savvy. One MORE thing for you to follow... Well, I know that I need to embrace the new world of blogging, if anything, it's a great personal documentation of life. And, since I'm so terrible with scrapbooks, baby books, etc, maybe this will stick! Those of you who know me well are saying, "Ha, we'll see!" Well, thanks for your confidence in me! ;-)

I am 21 1/2 weeks today. Bed rest is... well... frustrating, but as I keep saying, I'm so thankful for every new day. I have continued to loose fluid, and the concern over it plagued me last night in the middle of the night. But, it seems like in the times that I feel most fearful, I will receive a message or word of encouragement that truly helps. This morning I came across the story of a mother in almost my exact predicament! She had the same early on subchorionic hemorrhage that I had and extremely low fluid levels. She was put on bed rest like me at 20 wks, admitted to the hospital at 24 wks(our next goal), and delivered her baby girl at 30 wks. Her baby is still in the hospital and now just over a month old. ***If you'd like to read about her story and keep her baby in your prayers as well, this is her site:

http://www.carepages.com/carepages/NeVeahLea

Our Caring Bridge site where you can follow just baby updates is:

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/babyboyschweain

Just type babyboyschweain in the box "Visit a Website"

As they said in the movie "The Road" Ryan and I watched the other night...
Carrying the fire,
Kristin