Cast of Characters

Sorry for the gap between posts.  I ended up in the hospital again for another bleed over the weekend.  Thankfully it wasn't as bad and they just monitored me this time for a couple hours and sent me home.  Bed rest just got kicked up a notch.  I have to really take it easy.  I am beyond blessed to have so much help.  I can't believe I've never blogged about some special people in my life because they are so special and such a big part of my life that it seems silly that they wouldn't be all over this blog, but alas, I'm slacking.  So I want to introduce you to team "keep baby in as long as possible!"  Here they are, in no particular order:

Meet Tina!  Tina and I met because of my other bestie Carla who you'll meet in a minute.  We've been friends since college and her and her amazing hubby Anthony bought a house 3 doors from ours which brought us even closer.  Then, a little over a year ago she decided she had enough with her 9-5 and joined my Mary Kay team so now we're coworkers!  So needless to say, we're close.  Tina and Anthony have been awesome to help out however they can during these last few weeks.  She picks up Farrah from preschool and brings her back home, helps me with cooking and cleaning, and both times I had to get to the hospital, they ran over to the house to stay here with Farrah while we jetted off to the hospital.  I highly recommend you all to buy a house near your friends :)  Thanks Tina!

Meet Carla!  Obviously an old pic folks.  I definitely don't drink while pregnant, although I do dream about the days when I can have one of these glorious cocktails again.  This is Carla.... or as Farrah calls her, Auntie Caca.  Carla and I met the day I moved to Santa Barbara my freshman year of college.  She lived in the dorm across the hall from me and we've been inseparable ever since!  She's bounced around from city to city and then met the love of her life and decided to buy a house on our street too since she's also friends with Tina!  I mean, come on folks, who has their 2 best friends living on their street?  I'm so fortunate!  She and her fiancee even lived with us for a bit while they were saving for their house.  We are blessed to have her and Jeremy as friends, neighbors, and really family at this point :)  She comes over after work pretty much everyday and plays with Farrah until Abe gets home so I can rest and lay down per Dr.'s orders!  And she brings me frozen yogurt... score!  They're the best!

Meet Kassidy!  My one and only sibling.  Just the 2 of us.  She loves playing with Farrah and comes over on her days off to watch Farrah, clean, whatever I need to make sure I stay off my feet.  I'm so grateful to have her.  There's nothing like being one of only 2 kids.  There's no one else in the world that understands my life from birth to present quite like she does.  And Farrah loves to play with her auntie too :)

Meet my parents!  Yep I'm busting out the wedding pics.  It's sad I don't have that many pictures of my parents.  I'll get on that.  They have been gracious enough to take Farrah on Saturdays as Abe works all day every Saturday and I'm just not in a position to watch Farrah by myself right now for more than an hour or so, let alone for 12-15 hours straight.  Farrah loves going to Grandma and Papa's house.  Probably because she gets spoiled there :) 

Meet my love!  The very best person in the universe qualified to handle me and all my craziness, preggo or not.  This is the Abe that you all hear about so frequently.  This is a very old picture but it brings a smile to my face everytime I see it. It was about a year after we started dating so.... 6 1/2 years ago or so.  He is the best husband and father ever.  I know I'm biased but seriously folks... the best.  He works long, hard hours and then comes home to cook and clean and take care of Farrah while I lay around and am pretty much useless.  He never complains.  He wants a healthy baby just as much as I do, so he does what he has to do.  I'm beyond grateful to call him mine.  I thank God everyday for placing him in my life and allowing us to be parents to our children.  Love you babe!

There are countless other people that have helped us but these are the ones I wanted to highlight for putting their lives on hold at times to help us.  We also have lots of family that don't live locally that have offered up love and support which helps carry us through.  My friends from the MOMS club have also been wonderful to bring meals and watch Farrah when they can.  How we got so lucky I'll never know.  This experience has taught me what true friends really are and I only hope I can do the same for them some day... although I hope it's never due to a bed rest situation and more of a happy situation like a vacation or something :)  Either way I'll be there someday to pick up where they left off.  Thanks to you all! 
Love,
Krista, Abe, Farrah, and baby #2