Almost 2!!!

Playing Catch Up

Well... where to start.....
At my 20 week appointment we found out that my cervix was beginning to shorten. At the time I was told to take it really easy. Pretty much when I wasn't working I had to be on the couch. After about 2 weeks my cervix was still shorter than what my doctor wanted to see. So, I had to quit working. Since I quit working, my cervix has lengthened. At this point we have no idea how long I will be off of work. We pretty much play it week to week. I have been going in for weekly ultrasounds to keep an eye on the length. This week we were not able to see the full length of my cervix because there was a shadow over a good portion of it. So, they wanted me to come in and have a FFN Collection Test done. This test checks to see if there is any proteins leaking (which acts as the glue holding everything together). The test came back negative! Which means that there is a 95% chance that I will not go into labor with in the next 2 weeks. If it came back positive, I would have to start having steroid shots to help the baby develop faster. I now have to go every 2 weeks to have the test done. They are not something I look forward to but since I am only 26 weeks I hope to have quite a few more of these.
Over all, things are going really well! Ellyot has been really good about me not being able to hold her. She keeps me pretty busy so the days don't seem very long at all.
Thanks to our families for the meals, helping with Ellyot, and our laundry! We have been very humbled by the ways God is blessing us through this potentially difficult time.
Thank you for all of your prayers!

For Michelle...



















26.5 weeks
This poor little guy has been neglected already! This is the first picture I took of me pregnant with him. With Ellyot I took pictures every 2 weeks. So Sorry little guy!
*NO, there is not more than 1 baby! I have had enough ultrasounds that if there was we would know for sure by now! :)

Kelli, Clayton, and Riley are 1!!!

Today is the triplets birthday! I cannot believe they are 1 yr. old today! They have come so far in the last year and they are the sweetest little miracles!

Kelli- I just love your smile! You are so much fun and are a little dare devil! :) You and Ellyot are going to get into trouble together someday. :)

Clayton- your big blue eyes melt my heart every time I see you! I just love your giggle and how you make your brother and sister laugh.

Riley- You are a sweetheart! They way you find me in a group of people and give me a big smile melts my heart! You are getting so strong!

Riley, Kelli, Clayton

Happy Birthday Kelli, Clayton, and Riley! We are so proud of you and thank God for you everyday! We can't wait to celebrate with you at your party! We love you very much!
Love, Aunt Jenna, Uncle Jer, and Ellyot

It's a....BOY!

First things first.... we (Jer) had to make sure our little guy was fully prepared for football season!

+ BABY

This week Thursday we heard a new precious little heartbeat. Ellyot is going to be a BIG SISTER this May! The babies heartbeat was in the 160's and everything looked great.

Surgery and more surgery

Ellyot had to have a bump removed off the back of her head. It was a minor surgery but it was still scary! Everything turned out great and her bump was a benign cyst. Poppy even came to bring El donuts. Spoiled little girl! She was spoiled by more people later on. You would have thought it was her birthday! She got so many great gifts for being such a big girl with her surgery.


















Ellyot's smile (she was medicated at this time) Haha! LOL!!!



















After surgery, reading Curious George.


















Exactly ONE week later we were back for another surgery. Jeremy had to have emergency Gall Bladder surgery.


















After surgery feeling 10 times better already!













We are so thankful that both surgeries went really well. Ellyot and Jeremy are doing great! It was a crazy 2 weeks though.

Family Vacation at the Cottage.....end of June....