A few updates...

Update #1:
This past week marked 22 weeks of pregnancy. Definitely a bump showing up now! I'm feeling great and haven't gained much weight. I guess chasing 3 year olds just might count as physical exercise!


Update #2:
Some of you (the few who know) have been emailing to check in on Brandon.
For those of you who don't know:
Brandon was in a car accident on his way home from basketball practice Thursday night. He's doing very well now, but did suffer a mild concussion. He spent Thursday night at Iowa Methodist in Des Moines. We had a few hours that could have been filmed for the movie 50 First Dates where he was asking re-asking the same questions, which is quite normal I learned. We giggle about it now because when I left the hospital at midnight that night I wrote a note for him with the answers to all of those questions so when he woke up in the middle of the night he could read it and have his questions answered. Most of them had to do with being sure these two:

were being taken care of! Which didn't surprise me one bit since our world revolves around them!
God was definitely watching out for us that night. Brandon was on the phone at the time of the accident. Definitely not a safe idea as we all know. However, in this situation, it may have been good. He was talking to his mom on the phone and all of a sudden she heard what sounded like change rumbling and muffled noises. She stayed on the line for about 2 minutes calling Brandon's name. In the distance she heard his voice say something like "what happened?" and "oh, my head." She then heard a woman's voice say "you were in an accident." Then the line went dead. She called me immediately and we both tried calling his phone. No one answered it. We then proceeded to calling 911 and Highway Dispatchers. BV county (where his parents are located) dispatchers were able to connect them to Jasper county (where Brandon was) immediatly and let them know that yes there was an accident and that Brandon was in it. If he hadn't been on the phone, I have no idea how I would have found out...I hate to even think about it. We all still definitely agree, though that talking and driving is NOT a safe practice (I want to make that clear!)
After picking Brandon up from the hospital on Friday we (his parents came down that morning) went to Marshalltown to see his car. That's when it really hit me how lucky we are. A 1/16 of a second appears to have saved his life. Where the car was hit was completely crumpled and smashed in. You bet we're praying extra hard around here and counting our blessings!
We really are all doing great. Brandon is going back to work tomorrow and will see how it goes. He does have a Dr. note allowing him a week off of work if needed.

This is one of those posts that you're not really sure you want people to read. It was a terrifying experience, and now that we know everything is ok, we just want to move forward. However, we do know that so many people love us and care about us, and I wanted to update those people. It's also a way for me to document the experience and get it 'out.'

A VERY special shout out to Lisa Clayberg who was on my doorstep that night before I even hung up the phone from her. No questions asked, she just came. She knew I needed her before I ever said anything. She got the girls in the tub/distracted them while I was finding out what was going on and stayed with them until I got home from the hospital that night.
Another life saver was Julie Schuster who drove me to the hospital. Lisa called her at the gym and she was to my house in lightning speed as well. Again, no questions asked, she just served!

My wonderful sister (and her husband Eric came later in the evening) met me at the hospital, which was exactly what I needed . An unconditionally loving face and spirit to stand by my side while we met with doctors. She was also a relay person to call Brandon's parents when I couldn't so they could continue to be updated.

If you're like me sometimes and everyday life tends to just carry on and things get taken for granted, today is the day to count your blessings and let the people you love know how much they mean to you!