Post 2: Now for the real good stuff!!!

We had another appointment with Dr. Killeen today. Laura set down to take her vitals and one of Dr. Killeen's nurses gave her a really funny look. She asked Laura if she was aware of how swollen her ankles were. Laura said she was but hasn't thought too much about it. Dr. Killeen's nurse then took Laura's blood pressure and went back and got the head nurse. Apparently, Laura's blood pressure was high and the head nurse said that there was quite a bit of protein in Laura's system. This combo means she's got preclempsia. So, they whisked us to one of the rooms and we waited for Dr. Killeen. As we waited, the head nurse kept poking her head in periodically and asking us questions about out pediatrician and what our schedule was like this week. Finally, I asked her what was going on and she told us that we would be having Katelyn this Friday. Dr. Killeen finally came in and advised us that because of Laura's condition and because some of the things in her body aren't quite prepared for a natural childbirth he would be scheduling a C-section for this Friday.

So, here we are. It looks like tomorrow will be Laura and I's last day as a childless couple. Friday, we become parents. It was a little shocking for us because we were expecting next week sometime, but we're ready! We will be going to the hospital at 10:45 a.m. on Friday and we'll welcome Katelyn into the world at around 1:30 p.m.

On another note, our good friend June Musick painted us some absolutely AMAZING pictures for the nursery. She took scenes from the pattern of our bedding and made a GREAT three picture set.

Here are some of our latest pictures (what do you think is missing from these first few?):


Here's the pattern that June painted from:

And here are June's paintings (not hung yet...and these small pics really don't do them justice):Stay tuned! More posts will be coming in the next few weeks. Keep praying for us everyone! We know that we've got this far because of HIS presence in our life and we know that we'll keep going because of HIM.