Update on the Olsons

It has been forever since we wrote.  Part of the reason for that is that Andy has several other blogs he maintains and would prefer to spend his time on and I’ve been working crazy hours (at least 6 days a week) all year.  I don’t have time for sleeping, shaving my legs or certainly writing on a blog.

Being a working mom  of 2 busy boys who like to be constantly entertained and adored and also being responsible for keeping a house clean and organized is a huge responsibility and I’m pretty much stressed out 100% of the time.  I got even more stressed out at the end of December when I learned that I had gotten pregnant.  I was bleeding and cramping badly and figured I was miscarrying another baby.  I was really surprised when the ultrasound tech said that she detected a heartbeat.  I was sure that the baby would be dead.  But, we got the good news that the baby was alive and that the bleeding and cramping was related to a subchorionic hemorrhage in my uterus.  That increased the risk of miscarriage but the hemorrhage resolved itself over time and my baby survived it.  So, now I only had to worry about how we could manage all these kids since this new baby and Levi would be only 1-1/2 years apart.

At some point, we got used to the idea of another baby and then we got excited.  We had another ultrasound a few weeks also and learned we are having another boy.  I just hope that Levi and the new baby won’t be so close to each other that they leave Jude out and I hope little Levi (as the middle child) will get enough attention.

Of course at the back (or front) of my head at all times is whether Jude’s tumor will come back and what his future will be like.  We were relieved to learned last week after his regular 4-month MRI that the tumor is still gone.  We are still waiting for the results of the blood work, but I’m not expecting any changes.  What a relief for now.