Over 6 1/2 pounds!!!!

Today was my 36 week (and 2 day) check up with the doctor. All looks great!!! MacKenna continues to have a strong heartbeat, measures well, and the doctor thinks she is over 6.5 pounds. I continue to have contractions, feel huge, and feel pains all the time, however NONE of this has affected my cervix (no dilation and no more effacement) so I am great too!! The doctor joked that by the way things are right now he thinks I'll be in there to be induced at 41 weeks (I hope she comes before that!!). So, they have released me from bedrest - his words were "resume what you want, just be reasonable with your body", and I can go back to work for awhile too. All of this is such a great praise!!! I came home and told Kevin I would fix dinner tonight (it's been over a month since I did those little things for my family and I am ready to start again). So thank you all so much for your prayers - they have worked and we are well on our way to delivering a big, healthy girl within the next month.

Since all your prayers were so great - I am asking now that you join with me in praying for a special friend of mine - Amy. Our friends, Josh and Amy are just over 30 weeks along in their pregnancy with a precious little girl Abigail Joy, and this morning she went into labor. Her situation over the past 24 hours has been very much like mine was a month ago, and as of just 5 minutes ago when we talked her contractions have stopped and she is doing better. Her FFN test (same test they ran on me) came back negative - yeah!! Although all this seems great, Amy's pregnancy has been very different from mine and their are many other factors which they are dealing with. You can look for updates on their blog http://joshandamys.blogspot.com/, just please be in prayer for this precious family. Pray for Abigail to be strong and develop quickly (I believe God can speed along the time table of her growth if needed!!), and pray for Josh and Amy to be filled with peace and rest during this hard time. Thanks!!