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Faith! What an amazing and glorious thing. I am so thankful that Greg and I are Christians and have Faith in God and the power of His Grace in our lives. The past few days have been a little crazy and stressful, but surprisingly...I am really calm. Here's the update:

I am 34 weeks and 5 days. On Monday of this week, I began having severe contractions all day long along with other signs of labor. Luckily, I was home all day with Paisleigh because she is not feeling well again at all. But, I will get to that chicaroo in a minute! Anyways, my contractions began about 10 to 15 minutes apart and began to get stronger and closer as the day went on. So, at 5 when Greg got home from work we took Pais to my parents and headed to the hospital. We went to labor and delivery and my contractions were 2-3 minutes apart, I was 3 cm dialated and 60 percent ephaced. So, needless to say...I was in labor. They quickly gave me a shot of steroids for Abigail's lungs and started me on an intense dose of magnesium (sp??). My contractions remained consistant all night until about 4 Tuesday morning. They gave me a second dose of the steroids and the contractions began to level back out to the 10-15 minute marks. They moved me to antepartum yesterday morning and I remained on magnesium all day to keep trying to stop my labor. So far, So good. However, that is so not a fun drug to be on...I am HOT HOT HOT and out of it, but if it works...it is worth it!

So today is a new day, they just took me off of the magnesium and have started me on Albuterol to try to control the contractions. The magnesium was the strongest and most intense way to stop the labor...so, if I go back into labor today...they will not be able to stop it. But, hopefully, the albuterol will hold me over for another day or two or three. Right now, we are going day to day. BUT, the GREAT news is, we had a sonogram on miss Abigail this morning and the child already weighs a whopping 6 lbs. She is doing wonderful and is healthy. Especially now that she has the steroids in to help her lungs develop faster.

God is so amazing. I am so thankful for the technology, the medicine, the nurses, the doctors, our families, our friends, our Precious Paisleigh that keeps me smiling and full of hope, our Beautiful Abigail who is a stubborn little fighter and most of all I am thankful for my Faith in God and His amazing power to bless us with such miracles of life! I was telling Greg last night that I cannot believe how calm I am about all of this going on. I think it is because we have been here with Paisleigh being born at 35 and 3 days. Let's face it...I grow babies fast and they are just as ansy and pushy as I am to get somewhere. LOL.

So, if I continue to have contractions and dialate more today...we will have Abigail Grace today, this beautiful day in Lubbock, Tx. But, hopefully we can hold off these stinkin contractions and labor and let this baby grow even more!! Every day counts. So, now you know what we know. I will try to keep you updated as the days progress.

Now, to Paisleigh....She has another double ear infection!! Poor baby! So, please be thinking of my little ones and let both of them be healthy and happy quickly!

Hope you all have a wonderful day!!