Happy News

So, we have some happy news to share...

Baby #3 on the way

10 1/2 weeks along

Due 1/31/10

Please pray for healthy pregnancy, healthy baby, a dr that will deliver VBAC, and a fast and easy delivery

I apologize for the lack of updates lately, seems like the days just fly by these days. We just returned from our trip to Houston for tio Walter's wedding. It was an awesome, fun trip. The wedding was beautiful, the reception was fun, and our stay with family unforgettable. My cousins from Europe were able to fly in for the wedding as well, so we were able to spend a week with them and share fun memories. I will have to upload pics later, I have too many to go through :). Katherine was a beautiful little flower girl!! She did wonderfully and walked down the aisle, both during the rehearsal and during the actual ceremony. She was so excited to be participating in tio Walter's wedding, she talked about it a lot. Of course, I'm sure it helped that I had promised her a LOLLIPOP if she made it to the end of the aisle and sat quietly during the ceremony. She totally impressed me!! Both Dan and I were a bit worried about how she was going to do during the ceremony, when we realized during rehearsal that she would not sit with us, but with the bridesmaids, rows and rows in front of us. She was amazing. I could see her from where we were sitting and she sat there like a big girl. I did hear her "whispering" once or twice to one of the girls, but for the most part she sat quietly!! Then after the wedding she was excited that she now had a new TIA!! Welcome to the family Tia Martha!!

I'll update more on the wedding on our family blog, so stay tuned: http://marshy-corner.blogspot.com/

Now to update you about Katherine!! She has been doing very well. Treatment is going well and staying on track. Everyone except daddy weathered a cold not too long ago, and it lingered just too long with Kateli that I took her to the pediatrician before we left for Houston last week. Turned she had a sinus infection, so she had to take antibiotics for 7 days. We are done with the antibiotics, but the sinusiting caused her numbers to plummet just a bit. This morning her count was down to 420, so we are holding her chemo at home. We will be going into clinic again next week to see if she's back up. Chemo will resume as soon as her counts are back up to 750 or higher. She's still in good spirits, and happy as can be. Looking at her, you would never guess that her counts were low. However, the nurse said that based on Katherine's labs, her bone marrow is working hard to put out the good cells, so she wouldn't be surprised if her numbers were back where they needed to be next week. Nevertheless, please pray that they pick back up so that we can resume treatment and stay on track. Her numbers had not been low since November of last year, which has been a huge blessing. Thanks again for visiting our page, and keeping up with our family!