Good things come in 3's

It has been a few days since I made a post and I should start by letting you know that Crosby is still in the womb. Tara and the little guy are both doing well. Tara is still taking the Brethine pills every 4 hours to keep the contractions at bay. Friday afternoon, despite the medicine, Tara begin having very regular contractions and we found out that she is now 5cm and 90% effaced, which doesn't surprise us given that she has had contractions several times in the last week. They gave her some pain medicine and the contractions eventually faded as the Brethine did its thing.

This coming Tuesday will put Crosby at 35 weeks. We just play it by ear each day with Tara on bed rest, watching to see if her contractions break through the meds and if this deal shifts to the next level. The OB would like to keep Tara on bed rest another week or two, we'll just have to see what Crosby has to say about that.

We have been here in the hospital 12 days now. We are just playing a waiting game and trusting that God is in control and that He knows what is best for us. We do not know how long we can keep Crosby in the womb, every time that Tara has some contractions we wonder, "Will these be the ones that break through?" So in the meantime we will just trust and wait. Duvall is preaching on waiting this morning at Fellowship Church Arkadelphia, something that this advent season and our lives have in common right now. Tara and I look forward to reading a copy of his sermon shortly. It is our prayer that Crosby will have to spend little or no time in the NICU. We want to give Crosby as much time to cook as possible, but we also trust that God is good and he truly does know what is best for his children. We are very blessed and we know that.

Tara did have some visitors Friday and Saturday that could bring a smile to any patient's face, her cousins Michelle and Darrell with their four year old triplets, Julie, Amy, and Sarah. They were traveling back to Texas from visiting family in Mississippi and made a stop to see us. Tara adores these three girls. Tara truly cherished their visit and their artwork now adorns the walls of her hospital room. Michelle, who spent three months on hospital bed rest during her pregnancy with the triplets, passed on her wisdom of how to survive on bed rest to Tara.