McReavy update

Onto baby number two! A girl! We're stoked!

I am now 25 weeks pregnant and feeling pretty good. These last few nights have been miserable though, my lower back on the left side is painful when I lay down at night or lay down too long at one time during the day. No position I move to seems to help except sitting up. So these last few night I have slept sitting up! Not the best way I would recommend sleeping.

At my last doctor appointment I had an ultra sound and we discovered that I have a partial placenta previa. It is where the placenta is partially over my cervix. We are hoping by the time I am full term the placenta will have grown away from cervix so I can finally have a natural birth. Another worry my doctor has is that the placenta is grown into my c-section scar tissue. Which could inhibit the placenta from growing away from my cervix.

Maternal instincts are interesting I rode horses when I was pregnant with Wyatt up until the day I gave birth to him. But with this one from the beginning I have felt a little more cautious. I did ride my three yr. old filly a few weekends ago. She is pretty docile as it is and it was an easy enough trail but I still felt wary of being out on her. Then when I found out that I had a partial placenta previa I was grateful for having the feeling of being cautious. Sometime with placenta previa you can spot or worse bleed pints of blood from your placenta resulting in a hospital stay or a still born baby. Not worth it! So I just need to listen to by body and my Mommy instincts.

I am still planning on a natural birth until told otherwise and praying that my placenta moves out of the way.

So far this year Josh has been gone more than he has been home. He has flown all over to Texas, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Arizona and I am sure I am forgetting other places. He is busy at work and I hope it will slow down sooner rather than later. I believe I have a taste of what it would be like to be a single mother and I have a deeper respect for all those women who are doing it solo.

Wyatt so far today has fallen and hit his head on our brick fireplace which put a fairly nice bump on his forehead. I put some doterra oils on it and it seemed to help rather quickly. About a half hour later he was head banging to some music and got too close to our bed frame and smacked his mouth on the wood and now has a swollen upper lip. 14 months is a rough age I have decided. I have considered a hockey helmet but perhaps that's too drastic.

We are moving the first weekend of June to our new house down the road. House hunting was quite the experience!

We had made an offer and had it excepted the beginning of April (I believe) on a house in Eagle Mountain.
We put our home up FOR SALE by owner shortly after. We had a few showings but nothing promising. After three weeks of no showings Josh and I counseled together that perhaps the Eagle Mountain house wasn't where the Lord wanted us to be. So we fasted and prayed about it on a fast Sunday and at the end of the day felt that we should look at other houses. That Monday we had three phone calls to come see our home. Tuesday we had an offer from a cute couple about our age with horses. We excepted the offer and the pressure was on to find our new house! After a week of looking at probably 10-15 houses we were discouraged we weren't going to find a home in time of our move out date. It was a Saturday and we had just looked at two beautiful homes but they were too far away from the airport and where Josh works.

Our Real Estate agent suggested we walk through the Eagle Mountain house to see how we felt about it. We were tired and stressed and told our Realtor to schedule a time we could walk through it. We drove home thinking maybe we misinterpreted the revelation we had felt a few Sundays ago.

Josh dropped me off at home with a tired and cranky son while he went and grabbed us some dinner. While he was gone Wyatt and I lay on the bed and I thought I'd check KSL home listings one more time. There was a house I had not seen the day before. It looked like it might be promising. When Josh got home I showed it to him and he called the owner and asked if we could come look at it. She said that we could and told us to give her a half hour to pick up the house.

She showed us the horse property first! (Smart lady) It was a nice four stall barn with a breezeway and hay storage. It had a small covered riding arena and a large paddock. It was a beautiful set up for training horses and that was a big plus in my book.

Josh was in love with the place and kept giving me "this is the house" looks and tapping my ribs, trying to conceal his excitement although you could hardly misunderstand the excitement in his voice. The house was open and large with a separate office which Josh thought was really awesome considering he works from home when he isn't traveling. The master bedroom had its own bathroom, which we do not have in our current home. The landscaping was beautiful, the home recently re carpeted. Josh I believe would have made a verbal offer right on the spot but I on the other hand was still not 100% sure. I wanted to be where the Lord wanted us to be and I had not had that conformation yet.

Josh and I decided to attend the Sacrament meeting of the ward we would be in if we moved into that home the next day being Sunday.

We noticed younger couples about our age with small children. A good sign. The people around us were very nice and responded happily to Wyatt's very enthusiastic "Hi!"

During the passing of the Sacrament I prayed that the Lord would allow me to receive the confirmation I was looking for. I thought perhaps one of the speakers could mention horses or dressage or something. It was more of a passing thought than anything else.

The Lord I am sure had a big smile on his face. The first speaker was a woman probably a little older than me stood up and introduced herself. They had only recently moved into the ward and they had an eight month old daughter. She went on to say she and her husband had two horses and she rode dressage and western pleasure.

I chuckled and shook my head. Giving a short prayer of gratitude to my Heavenly Father we walked out after the meeting knowing that is where the Lord wanted our family to be. I think Josh knew the whole time we needed to be in that house but the Lord took my need for an answer and decided to let me know He knew me and what I needed to hear. One of the tender mercies of our Father in Heaven.

We made an offer and the owner of the home who is also a Real Estate agent told us she was afraid if she did not sell us the home the universe would not deal with her very nicely.

Now we are set to close on our house at the end of the month and our new house at the beginning of the month! When we allow the Lord His hand in our lives for the most part things run smoothly. Our faith and patience were tested and stretched. I am grateful the Lord has a plan for my family!