Week 21
Kavannah Strecker
Let me first start by apologizing. I committed to keeping this blog up to date and have failed. Well, that is only partially true. We are in a 'no news is good news phase'. But, there have also been many posts that have started in my mind that I just can't seem to translate else where. There have been some dark days, the wrestling days where you feel like you are in the dark night of the Soul. But, we have also had some significant blessings. We love our family. Kavanah has joined us already. Both Jim and I feel like she is more active in utero than either Mara or Asher. That could just be the fading of my memory with time...or it could be the merciful hand of the Father knitting together our little girl and remembering that we need constant reminder of her presence...& His.

We had a perinatologist appointment on Monday. From our brief ultra sound we were so pleased to get a good peek at our girl. Kavanah is doing well. She looks as if she is developing well but with a slow growth of her abdomen (common in Trisomy 13 babes). But her head and legs look good. The only other thing that seems to be note worthy is my health. We are beginning the dance of blood pressure verses medication. Please pray that my blood pressure would be suppressed to a normal (for me) range.

Two gifts of music have come to us recently. If you are looking for encouragement or honest hope as you are traveling a dark path, I would recommend either. Cd, Mark Schultz, Come Alive, Cd, & Steven Curtis Chapman, Beauty Will Rise. Thank you to the sensitive sisters who have come along side us at this time.

Tomorrow we will be 22 weeks. During our ultra sound on Monday, Jim said, "Hard to believe that with Mara she was here in only another eight weeks." We are enjoying every day. Life is precious. Psalm 139. Jer 29: 11-13

with our love~