Natalie conversation of the night: "I need more medicine. I have a frog in my mouth. I can't tell him to get out. He's mean. He's black, and I don't like black because it isn't my favorite color. I only like colors of the rainbow. I wanted to see a rainbow."

No more cough medicine for this girl!

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Longest. Day. E.V.E.R.

For those who read the last post, I have an update. Yesterday I had my 11 week appointment at the doctor's office. Both the doctor and the Med tech did ultrasounds and unfortunately came to the conclusion that our baby's heartbeat had stopped and he or she had passed away at 8 1/2-9 weeks.

This morning I had a d&c to finish a process that my body didn't start on its own. For those that don't know, it is an out patient procedure but requires being put under general anesthesia, and although I had the procedure with no complications, pre op and recovery were both time consuming and took the better part of the morning and early afternoon.

All that to say, to add insult to injury, both girls ended up getting pretty sick while I was at the hospital (they were somewhat ill the night before, but took a turn for the worse; Colby had been sick enough to stay home one day earlier in the week, so we know where the germs came from). So when Ryan and I came to my parents' house to check on them, we ended up taking both to the doctor. Guess whose house has a case of the flu. Thankfully it has been caught early and seems mild, both girls have started perking up a bit, and while they have some of the same symptoms neither has ALL of them. So we take what tiny blessings we can get today.

This has been our day. Prayers are appreciated ")

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New Addition

To anyone that has been on this blog the last day or two, this may come as no surprise. To the rest of you, this will probably come as no surprise to you also. This September, we are cautiously expecting a new little Sewell to make his or her appearance! We are very happy and excited to welcome another little one. Ryan and I both believe that children are a gift and a blessing sent down from the Father of Lights (James 1:17) and while we are usually surprised by any new additions (really. The best laid plans of mice and men, right?), we are always willing to accept any gift from the Father whenever He sees fit to bless us ")

Of course most people can't look at an ultrasound picture and distinguish up from down, I'll give you a head's up; there's not really much to see in these pictures, even in real life, so don't sweat it. Regardless, here is the proof. The bottom picture has a reading of our Little Jiaozi's heartbeat (Jiaozi is a Chinese dumpling, more commonly known as a pot sticker, but authentic Chinese dumplings were the first thing I craved during this pregnancy, hence one reason for the nickname. Oh, and it's pronounced jou-suh), 182 beats per minute.