Power of Prayer & Positivity

Twenty eight weeks, four days, and baby scarlet is still kicking. Just had another growth ultrasound, she's weighing in at about 2.4 lbs and her stomach is about 2 weeks too small for where we are. Although this is not what we were wanting to hear we are trying to stay positive in thought. Aside from the stomach being small everything looks good, heart is pumping good, fluid level surrounding the heart hasn't changed much. When asking the Dr. what I could do to help her stomach grow (wanting to hear, "just eat more"so I would have an excuse) I heard, "Resting"... Bed rest?! Me... NO! Luckily it is not complete bed rest, just trying to take it easy. If i'm not at work, it's in bed laying on my side, letting blood flow to her heart and body will help her grow.We have to go back weekly to be on a heart and contraction monitor to make sure all is good.  Fingers crossed and hope alive we will continue to use the power of prayer & positivity to help our little monkey grow.

As more time goes by we find ourselves getting more anxious to meet her, to see her, what will she look like, how will she do... So many questions, wonders, and worries. We have 11 weeks left and the bigger my belly gets the happier I find myself. Scarlet always makes her presence known by kicking, tumbling, tugging on my belly button (my favorite), movement is a great sign for our little one and I enjoy every second of it. Today at the ultrasound we got to see our babygirl up close and personal. Literally. She turned and looked straight at us twice. We got about 7 pictures, and one was of her chubby little cheek and eye. The further along we get well contemplate 4d so we can see her a little more detailed. This is a pretty short blog this time around, not really sure what to say except, my faith in power of prayer and positivity is growing ever so rapidly. Save Scarlet efforts are still going strong, and medicaid went through!!! We got reimbursed for our already paid ultrasound appointments. The Lord is definitely blessing us with work, and much much more dealing with Scarlet. Here are some ultrasound pictures and we will be back in two weeks with another update from the Pediatric Cardiologist and ultrasound dr. Until then everyone, thank you for continued prayers and followers. <3

The Sock Monkey Family.

Vince, Alexis, and Scarlet Griffith

Ps. The top ultrasound picture is us looking at her lips and up her nose :Dnce, Alexis, and Scarlet Griffith