Celebrations

Yesterday was a great day! We had a doctor's appointment, spent time with family, got to eat birthday cake, and I celebrated an important anniversary: 6 years since the day I met Dan.

First, the appointment where we saw our sons and daughter! They were measured and here's what we have:
Baby Boy A - 4lbs. 6 oz.
Baby Girl B - 4 lbs. 5 oz.
Baby Boy C - 5 lbs. 2 oz.

That's almost 14 pounds of baby!!! I told Dan as I was getting out of the van to go in to the doctors office that they were getting heavy. I wasn't imagining things! The doc seemed really pleased at the weights. I don't have to keep going in twice a week anymore. We were told that if I go into labor, they won't stop it anymore. The babies will just be delivered! I hope we have a little warning! We'll try and get notice to our parents in time. Now the most exciting time starts: the waiting for labor! I could actually have something normal happen during this pregnancy!! Could it happen tomorrow? or next week? Only the Lord knows. We don't have another appointment until Friday and it would be two weeks until the next growth check. I mentioned to Dan during the ultrasound that this could be the last time we have a growth ultrasound. Yikes! The babies looked so healthy and squished! Baby C’s head was under my left ribs and Baby B regularly kicks my right ribs. It has made typing hard because I sit most of the day with my right fist protecting my rib cage. I have a theme song for this time in my life. It goes to the tune of the Chili’s babyback rib song. Here are my words, “I want my body back, body back, body back, and my ribs!” It’s much better when it is sung. Big healthy babies was all I really wanted for my birthday and I got it. I’ve decided the Nebelsick babies theme song right now is “I Like to Move It, Move It” – you know…. from the movie “Madagascar”?


Yesterday was my birthday. I kept thinking about how I’ve been so blessed in my life through an event 6 years ago on May 16th. Daniel Nebelsick came into my life. I met him on my 21st birthday. That night I sent an email to my best friend called “I met a boy…” It was filled with many details of the evening, but this is how it started.

Kenzie,
Wouldn't it be interesting to someday be able to say that my husband was the best birthday present I ever got? Okay, that may be jumping to conclusions and way over-dreaming this thing... but I think it's funny.
I also just thought that would be an appropriately shocking way to start this letter.


Obviously I thought a lot of the man I had just and was very interested in getting to know him. That was the perfect start to this ongoing adventure which is our relationship. My prediction turned out to be right. And all my dreams came true. If you were me, that’s what you’d be celebrating on May 16th also. He is now the father of my three children and a thoughtful caretaker of me. I’ve heard that the most important decision you will ever make is your spouse… and I did good! (I I thank God every day for bringing Dan into my life and answering all my prayers. The Lord wrote a beautiful love story for us and it gets better every day. I cannot wait to meet Dan’s children and watch him be a dad.


Okay, enough with the gooey stuff about Dan. The rest of my b-day was very nice. We had tacos and cake at my aunt Donna’s house and then I watched Dan and my brother trim trees and pull our bushes from Donna’s landscaping. We had gotten some more baby shopping done that afternoon also. All in all, a very nice day.

There was something else I was going to type about on here, but I’ll have to come back when I think of it… So for now, I will sign off.

Love, Elizabeth