At 28 weeks, everything seems to be stable. Even though I’ve got more on my daily “to do
list” than anticipated, all is well in the womb. The doctors are not as concerned with my
short cervix anymore, whew! It’s been
stable for the last 4 weeks, so my pessary must be doing its job. I get to see Dr. Merrill at this week’s visit,
and he tells me it’s very important that I get a Flu shot. Ugh, really?
(insert whiny voice here). I’ve
never had the Flu (or a Flu shot) before.
And I’m concerned about any possible side-effects on my passengers. But Dr. Merrill tells me that getting the flu
while pregnant can be dangerous to all of us, so being the good little patient
that I am, I listen to the doctor and agree to get the dreaded shot. When the nurse arrives, I ask “Can you give
it to me in my butt? It’s still numb from all my other shots!” She says: “I don’t care. Wherever you want it is okay with me.” So add this to my list of future “payback”chores
for these boys. Oh yes, Holly is keeping
tabs on how many car washes I’ll need, foot rubs, etc…
Later that week, Tom and I met Holly and Darren at Panera for
dinner. We all sat down to eat our yummy
food, mine low carb of course. At the
end, Holly passes me a little gift bag with a card. I open the card to read it, and I at first
was a little confused. It mentioned
something about the baby names. You see,
after the Multnomah Falls family reveal, we learned Holly and Darren’s name
choices for the boys. Baby A would be
named Noah Jude. Baby B would be named
Jace Beckom. Baby B’s middle name is a
combination of my name (BECKy) and Tom’s name (tOM). But the card I am reading now says that Baby
B’s name will be Beckom Samuel. So what
happened? It turns out that Holly,
Darren, and their families liked the name Beckom so much that they decided to
make it his first name! We were stunned,
but in a good way. It is such an honor to
have one of the babies named after me and Tom.
Now this “project” seems more special than ever, if that is even
possible.
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| Beckom Samuel <B |
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| August 20th - 28 weeks |
Kaela painted a picture for Holly to hang in the boys bedroom. It was of a book Holly holds dear to her heart.
