Thank you for all your prayers

Hi everyone! Well it sure has been a weekend. I know many of you are concerned and some of you may not even know what happened so I figured since it's pregnancy related I will update you here!
Friday night I took a little nap and when I woke up I was in severe pain in my right flank (lower back) My OB sent me to the ER where after looking at my ultrasound they decided that it was just Ashlyn sitting on my kidney. They sent me home and told me to try to get her to move. I spent the night in severe pain doing everything possible to get her to move. I was violently throwing up everything and nothing. The OB sent me back to the hospital and they admitted me to labor and delivery. At that point they found that I did have a kidney infection and ran some more tests as well as getting me started on antibiotics and iv's. So the final verdict is that I have some stones in my left kidney, the kidney infection, and all of this is caused by hydronephrosis of pregnancy. You can read about it here http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec11/ch148/ch148b.html
if you want but the short story is that my uterus is obstructing the ureters causing urine to back up into my kidneys and make them swell up which leads to infection and stones. My kidney history has just compounded this. So at this point I can stay one more day for more iv antibiotics and fluids or go home on oral antibiotics. We are not going to take a surgery option at this point. Basically I have to have my weight on my left side at all times, sitting, sleeping etc to take the stress off my right kidney which is the worst. Since this will not resolve until Ashlyn comes I will need to take it pretty easy here on out to make sure I am taking care of us. I want to avoid being on any meds as much as possible. So that's pretty much the update. Ashlyn is doing wonderful. None of this should affect her at all because we caught it in time. We are just going to take it easy and try to get through the rest of the pregnancy in as little pain as possible!
Thank you everyone for all your concern, thoughts, and prayers. It really means a lot to Erik and I!
Love
Ann

3D pictures!

Look at her mohawk!!!

Hey everyone! Today we had our 3D ultrasound! We found out lots of great stuff about our little Ashlyn!!! What a surprise to us... she has hair!!! And she also has my long monkey toes!!! She has definitely filled out since our last ultrasound. She got a little angry at us and opened her eyes when we tried to get her to move her arm! She loves to play with her toes and it was almost impossible to get any shots because she wouldn't let go of them!!! Here are a few pictures! She's mad!!! Look at that face!

This one shows her hair!

Ashlyn's furniture!

How awesome a daddy is Erik. Tonight while I was at school he painted Ashlyn's changing table (crib soon to be painted as well!) Her bedding has these colors as the highlights and since our crib and changing table were different colors he decided to take on the project of making them super special!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! I can't wait until we can set up a room for her and see it all come together! Just wanted to share my excitement.

Thought I would show you guys a pic of her shoes as well since I'm obsessed... No I didn't buy any of them but I do love them!
Also check back soon. We have alot going on. Tomorrow evening is our big 3d/4d ultrasound so we will have good pics of our little princess to post! Also I did a belly shoot last weekend so as soon as I get those pics I will post them as well!
Love you all!!!

Ashlyn's stuff!!!

Daddy and Mommy love to shop for Ashlyn. We find the best deals!!! We are savoring the days when a 1.50 outfit from Target is acceptable. It won't be long before she's telling us where it's "cool" to shop :o) I've been telling everyone how many outfits she has but I thought I would show you!!! She's already kicked me out of my closet (it is a small closet though!!!)

Sarasota Baby Shower

Our second baby shower was last weekend. It was so nice. Erik's family threw it for us. It was a co-ed shower at a condo down on Siesta Key. We were able to watch the Noles beat Miami and spend time with good friends and family. Here are a few pictures from the weekend.

6 1/2 months along
My niece Alissa is so sweet. She wanted to kiss the baby.


Erik kayaking out on the canal

My nieces canoeing on the canal

How cute is this cake?

With my parents


My gorgeous nieces at the pool


The view from the dock.