Whew...

Well, we've been officially been living in Alabama since July, but there have been so many obstacles, I just haven't been able to keep up with this blog. So, here's what been going on. We settled in the house in July, went to Puerto Rico, got our household items delivered, got the flu, Kyle started school in the beginning of August, kids started preschool three days a week in late August, kids got the flu, went to an Auburn football game, went canoeing, Kyle almost got bit by a snake, then all was good until the end of September when I started having pre-term labor and ended up in the hospital for four days. Started late on Wednesday evening, still there on Thursday, thought it was Braxton-Hicks, but they were so bad that we went to the hospital that night, gave me a shot to stop the contractions and sent me home, was fine through the night, came back on Friday morning, went back to the hospital, began to dialate, so they kept me and put me on Magnesium (no fun)and had to stay until Sunday and gave me medication to stay on for the rest of the pregnancy. Also, was put on pseudo-bedrest, no lifting and exercising and had to have lots of rest. Had a few contractions and little movement afterwards, went back into the hospital, but was given a shot to help stop the contractions and sent home. Haven't had any contractions/issues in three weeks! Yeah! Had to make it my 34th week of this pregnancy, which is today, and have a doctor's appointment tomorrow to find out more information along with my normal check-up. Doctor said that he would not stop any labor/contractions after my 34th week and we are hoping that he takes me off my medications as well! So, we could have a baby between now and December! We'll keep everyone posted.

Last post for awhile

Well all, the time has come. The movers are here today and tomorrow, so this will be our last post until we receive our stuff in Montgomery. I hope that you all have a safe and wonderful next month and upcoming 4th of July. We will be leaving on Saturday for Haines, AK to take the ferry to Bellingham, WA, then our drive starts from there. We'll be heading to Missoula, MT, Mt. Rushmore, SD, Omaha, NE, Springfield, MO, and lastly Tupelo, MS before arriving in Montgomery on the 1st. After we arrive in Montgomery, we'll check into our house then head to Pensacola for a couple of days, then back to Montgomery for a night before we head to Atlanta to catch our flight to Puerto Rico for a week to celebrate Kyle's parents 50th anniversary, then we'll be back in Montgomery.

Love to all!
Candance, Kyle, Luke & Aubrey

Only 2 weeks left...

Only two more weeks left before we leave Alaska. I can't believe that time is sneaking up on us so quickly! We have most of the house packed and ready to go for the movers (we're packing the boxes, but the movers are loading the truck for us here). I am starting to realize that we are actually moving now, it hit me yesterday when I was running errands and saw some friends, which I no longer will be seeing after we leave, but we all can not wait to get to Alabama (and the warmer weather)!!

Baby Anderson #3 Ultrasound Pictures

Big Announcement

Just wanted to let everyone know 'officially' that Kyle and I have been blessed to have another child. My 'official' due date is December 15, the baby is measuring big, but they aren't going to change my due date, so I might be a little earlier in December, either way, we are going to get a nice Christmas present this year! We'll keep everyone posted on what this one will be, of course, we want a healthy baby, but we do want to know the sex of it as well. I think it's a boy and I haven't been wrong yet.

Aubrey is much better

Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers. Aubrey is doing much better, she still has to have eye drops every day, but the frequency is much less, only four times a day now and her eye is no longer red and swollen. The infection is still present and she is still seeing the doctor every couple of days, instead of everyday.

This is a picture of Aubrey during the height of her eye infection, you can see that her eye is red and swollen and filled with puss, much of the time, it wasn't even open.

Prayers for Aubrey

I am asking for your thoughts and prayers today for Aubrey. On Sunday, we noticed that her right eye was extremely watery, she really hadn't complained much about it that day, but thought nothing of it until bedtime, it was still watering. We decided that if it didn't go away after she woke up the next day, it was something important...last summer, right before the Air Show, Aubrey pulled a paper calendar down onto her head and got a corneal scratch on one of her eyes and ended up in the ER, so we thought it may have been scratched again. So, after sitting in the ER on Monday, because no one would see her for eye problems, they finally sent us up to the Optometry clinic. The doctor prescribed her some antibiotic/steroids drops and informed us that she has a corneal ulcer on her eye. We've been seeing the doctors in the Optometry clinic everyday this week and they still don't know why or what caused it, they do know that it's not bacterial or fungal in nature, but the ulcer doesn't seem to be going away and we have to go back again tomorrow to see the doctor along with a surgeon (I think), so please pray for the quick healing of her eye. The doctor that I've been seeing said that it could take weeks to months for the actually healing of her eye and she will most likely have scaring on the cornea, but at least it's not in her field of vision, but will have to have a waiver to be a pilot. :)