Pay It Forward

Wow... what an amazing day.

Today was the first day Jordan and I have had off together since the very beginning of September. He has been working so many overtime shifts to save money for when I am off work with the baby. Since we finally had time together, we decided to head out to dinner and a movie.

We arrived at dinner and saw one of our awesome pastors having lunch with his family and their newborn baby who is just three weeks old. As we were finishing up the waitress brought us our bill, and it said " Congrats on the baby" and our bill was completely paid for! Jordan and I could not wipe the smile off our faces. In a world that is so ME, ME, ME it was just shocking to have someone pay for our dinner. We were so thankful, and we will always remember this genuine gift. We saved the recipe to put in our baby book!

On the way to the movie, Jordan and I decided to pay it forward and buy two movie tickets for whoever came next in line. It was so exciting to do something for someone else. There is just something special about doing something for someone who won't expect it, and better yet to have them never know who or where it came from. So as we sat in the movie and waited for them to give our free tickets away, I prayed for the people who would get the tickets. It was actually really funny buying the extra tickets, because the cashier thought we were crazy! She just couldn't understand why people who do that. Anyways, a few minutes into the previews the sound was all messed up and our movie showed 15 minutes late. The manager came into the theater and gave us all FREE TICKETS. We just couldn't believe it. It was a FREE date night, and we know that God gave that to us! 

It was such a great feeling to get something unexpected and it was an amazing feeling to give something unexpected. I just challenge you all to pay it forward! Go out of your way to do something nice or buy something for someone who doesn't expect it. It is even more fun if they have no clue who did it! 

Well, what a wonderful day! I will be writing in you less than 5 days to tell you the gender!!!

My class has voted...

Well, I had my class vote on if they thought it would be a boy or a girl. And the results are....

Boy: 18

Girl:9

It was so funny, because EVERY boy in my class voted that it would be a boy and a few girls as well. The boys think there is no way it could be a girl. I can't wait to announce it to them!

Also, last night we were at caregroup and I felt the baby moving SO MUCH! It was amazing, I wish I could feel it all the time. Anyways only 8 more days until we know if it's a boy or girl!!!

Feeling GREAT!

Well, I thought the next time I would blog would be to tell you the gender of our baby, but I just couldn't wait!

God has really blessed this pregnancy, and I have been feeling GREAT. In fact I have been SO energetic it is amazing. On Saturday I detailed and cleaned my car for 2 hours. Then I cleaned and organized the house from about 3pm-10pm! I didn't take any breaks, except to eat... I can't starve our baby. It is just how amazing I have felt this ENTIRE pregnancy, I guess I am lucky... well blessed! According to SOME people my time is coming for me, and it will be HORRIBLE lol I plan to stay optimistic and see what God has in store. I know labor will be HORRIBLE, but so far pregnancy is better than normal life lol!!!!

We have 11 days left until we find out the gender. I can hardly wait! I have been looking at nurseries and deciding what our theme/colors will be. I have them all picked out, but I will share that more once we actually know the gender. Jordan would like to paint the nursery, but I need some volunteers to do the artwork and detailed things... anyone interested?

This weekend Jordan and I are heading to a HUGE baby sale and we just plan on looking around, possible buying some furniture for the baby! After we leave the sale, we will be going to Ikea to see what baby stuff they have. Jordan REFUSES to buy anything from Ikea. He cannot stand the instructions, since they are not in english! He thinks the crib will fall apart on our baby. So I just want to look for the little fun accessories to decorate with. 

Also, I am 99% sure I  have felt the baby twice now! At first I didn't think it was the baby, because I thought I would feel it more often. A friend described to me why you only feel it once in a while at first! It felt like these little bubbles in my lower tummy. It was the weirdest feeling. In fact, the second time I was in the middle of teaching, and I paused for a second just to concentrate on the feeling. :)

I guess I will be writing you in 11 days, and posting pictures of Laney or Carson!!!!

4 month appointment!!!

Well... Today we had our four month appointment and everything went well. 

If you read the previous blog titled "prayer request" you would know I have been having a hard time worrying and giving everything to God. Well, I have been doing MUCH better, BUT today the doctor did not find the heartbeat right away, and I about FREAKED OUT.

 She heard it for a second, but she got the ultrasound machine and did that instead. The reason we had a hard time getting the heartbeat, was the fact that our baby was MOVING SO MUCH! I couldn't believe it... we saw our baby and it has changed SO MUCH since 10 weeks. Also, it had hiccups. It was SO cute.

 So everything is great, and the heart rate was 156. I have a more detailed ultrasound (45 minutes long) where they check everything out, and tell us the gender (hopefully!). There are 22 more days until we find out the gender and Jordan and I just cannot wait.

The doctor said for your first baby you will probably start feeling baby at 18-20 weeks, well I swear today like 3 times i felt the baby! I am probably wrong, 15 1/2 weeks seems to early, but I I really thought that is what it was. 

Well I guess our next post will be telling you the gender of our baby!!!!

Prayer Request

Yesterday I found out that one of my best friends from high school lost her baby. She was only 2 weeks farther along then me. When she lost her baby she was 15 weeks pregnant, and I will be 15 weeks this Wednesday. 

While I don't know the specific details, I do know that they did lose the baby (a little boy), and they almost lost my friend. My heart goes out to her and her family, and I can't even begin to imagine what they are going through. I would love to support her in anyway possible, so if you have any ideas please let me know. 

I am not only heart broken and mourning with her at the loss of their son, but it has struck a fear inside of me. I know that I have NO control over my child's future. Worrying will do no good, and will not change God's plan. I also know that I need to trust God, but ever since I found out I am struggling with putting all my faith in him. I ask that you would pray for my friend, Terra, A LOT and just say a prayer that I would put my faith and trust in God. 

Thank you. 

And the baby names are.......

It was an easy decision for a boy, but man it took a LONG time to agree on a girl's name. Jordan has wanted Laney the entire time, but I just wasn't quite sure. After creating many poles for others to vote and asking many people I decided that Jordan and I have to make the decision, because we can't have the same taste as everyone!

 I also prayed about it, and I have been praying that our baby will be on fire for God and will be a shining light to all those around him/her.  Well when I saw the meaning of Laney... it was perfect. I really think God named her for us!!!

For a boy we have...

Carson Miles Bailey

Carson meaning "son of carr" .. get it son of CARRie :)

Miles meaning "peaceful"

For a girl we have....

Laney Brianne Bailey

Laney meaning "bright light" 

Brianne meaning "noble and strong"

Interesting Facts:

Miles was the name of my invisible friend as a child :)

Brianne was my sister's name who is in heaven. As a young child I always knew that I wanted to name my daughter after her someday.

I bet you have never heard a story like this!

Well... do I have a story for you!!!! I will ONLY tell you this one in 4 million (according to my dr) story if you PROMISE to read the whole thing. :) Here it goes....

So Jordan and I went in for our 2nd appointment and they did all these womanly test just to check everything out. It was also the same day I had an ultrasound. Well the very next day we got a phone call from a nurse... "Carrie, we got some test results back." I was SO worried. My stomach sank I thought something was wrong with the baby. She then assured me the baby is just fine, but that I tested positive for Chlamydia an STD. (they were WRONG by the way)

So I spent 5 minutes telling her there is NO way I have it. Jordan and I both saved ourselves for marriage, and we both trust each other 100%. I repeatedly asked her to retest me, but she said there is NO WAY they made an error and she refused to schedule me another appointment. I did not need to be retested. Ok... this was mistake #1 denying they could ever make mistakes. Last I checked Jesus is the only sinless one!!! 

The nurse then spent 15 minutes telling me Jordan was having an affair (he obviously did not). YEP.. can you believe it. She spent that long telling me he had to be cheating on me. She even said, honey I know this is hard for you and this is a really bad time, but that is what is happening. So yah... Jordan wanted to kill this lady.

That same day Jordan and I traveled to 3 clinics trying to get tested just to prove what we knew was true. We couldn't find a place that took both our insurances and tested men as well as a pregnant lady. So I think about 15-20 actually heard our story, and just think about all the people who they told that day!!! It was SO embarrassing getting tested. Jordan and I KNEW they would come back negative, but everyone was looking at Jordan like he was cheating on me and everyone was looking at me like some poor naive girl who is pregnant and just found out her hubby is cheating. Anyways it was so embarrassing telling the story... one of the rewards of saving yourself for marriage is that you don't have to deal with that kinda stuff.

So... it was a LONG 3 days waiting for the results. Guess what... they both came back NEGATIVE!!! What do you know! So I called my OB office, and told my OB. She apologized again, but I still don't think the nurse got in big trouble. Jordan and I plan on filing a complaint. We have been told to hire a lawyer from a few friends just to threaten them. The reason for that... my OB office turned my name into the heath dept and the guy won't leave me alone until I fax the negative results. Now my name is in the database as having an STD. Soo... a lawsuit would be sufficient for Defamation of Character and Public Embarrassment. So if you know a lawyer.... j/k. I just want to do the God honoring thing, which is probably not filing a law suit. We will be filing a formal complaint, and we are hoping to meet with a big wig from Multicare.  I hope you enjoyed our crazy story!!!