Keeping a secret

The blogs have been few and far between. It isn't that life has been dull with little to share. It has actually been quite the whirlwind of activity! So why haven't I blogged? I've been sitting on a secret! Some of you know this news, but about 4 weeks ago, we were given a huge shock in discovering that we are expecting our 3rd child! It was quite a surprise. I am currently about 8+ weeks along and these 4 weeks of knowing haven't been without incident either. For the first time in a pregnancy I have had morning sickness. This has been an adjustment. The other two times were "golden" with feeling good. I guess I can't expect that 3 times! That would just be unfair to so many other women. I would surely be loathed. Now I can have true fellowship. On top of all this, I got hit hard about a week ago with some sort of food poisoning. All I can say is that horrible doesn't come close to discribing it. This bout of food poisoning required a day and a half in hospital hooked up to an IV. Fun stuff, but it made me feel better. The next day I was released from the hospital and the day after that I had to rush back with a pregnancy complication! The doctor discovered that I had a tear inside that required treatments with hormones. I had the same thing with Gracyn so I was pretty calm over all and quite used to the treatments. I actually had the same treatments with Aidan but for different causes. I know how to assume "the position" for my weekly shots. The next day our team flew south to Khao Lak for a team retreat. My doctor told me that I deserved to go after the week I had! He was right. I was ordered to take it easy though and rest as much as possible. It was refreshing to get away so that meals and housekeeping could be someone else's problem for a few days. We had a great time even though I couldn't be as active as I would have liked. Small price to pay though. I will be on treatments for the next few weeks, but the baby is doing fine and looking like any other 8 week old fetus should. Here is a picture of what we have, though this is not our baby! We give God great praise for His blessings and mercies.