One Step at at a Time - September 2016

[Rusty]

Fantastic news, Mama! Woo Hoo! Go in there and kick some ass! Fingers and toes crossed for you, doll!

[techie]

Sending hugs Pauly. Thinking of you all. Best of luck in your next interview Mama!

[NoraC]

Pauly - I am so very sorry. :hug: When will they know for sure?

Mama - really happy for you

[paulywogg]

They'll know tomorrow Nora,to be accurate they hafta do an amnio but I'm not sure what's gonna happen, thanks everyone

[red67]

Prayers that everything is OK with the baby Pauly.

[Lizann]

Aww Pauly:hug: I am so sad for you! I can't even imagine how you must feel. Just know that I'm keeping you in my prayers and hoping this all works out! Keep us posted?

Mama, still got everything crossed for you! I'm hoping this works out because you really deserve a good break.

[Guitarista]

Thinking of you and family Pauly. :hug:

[Glass Half Empty]

Oh Pauly - I'm so very sorry to hear about Kell and the baby.

My understanding of toxoplasmosis is that if the baby has contracted it, Kell may be at increased risk of miscarrying but not of any birth defects. So if it's confirmed, all you can do now is hang on and hope for the best. Is that right? So if our loving thoughts and/or prayers help I'm sending everything I have your way. :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[paulywogg]

Glassy, it can cause birth defects and the doctor picked up something on the ultrasound, I'm not keeping false hope alive anymore we have to accept it and think rationally,thanks for the support friends, I love you ALL

[Glass Half Empty]

Glassy, it can cause birth defects and the doctor picked up something on the ultrasound, I'm not keeping false hope alive anymore we have to accept it and think rationally,thanks for the support friends, I love you ALL

I'm sorry darling. That's very sad news. We all love you too. :heartbeat: :hug:

[Lizann]

Pauly, please know that you and Kelly are in my thoughts and prayers. Such difficult choices to be made. Kelly is lucky to have you.

Ran into a bit of a glitch with the engagement party planning. Joes mom spoke to CJ last night. She wants them to have their priest bless the engagement and have them sign some sort of engagement document. Sounds a bit odd to me and CJ said she would but not at the actual party. Mind you, there was no talk of them offering to help pay for the party. Then joes mother asked CJ to postpone the party as joes sister won't be able to attend. She is a medical resident and works crazy hours. Joe postponed the actual proposal until his sister could be there, now this. Trying to keep my cool but the icing on the cake was CJ came home and I could smell she had been smoking, something she has done over the years much to my chagrin. I'm afraid of how this will all play out for the wedding, she insists it being Coptic Christian. Not going to lie, thought about drinking but I will not. I have not mentioned the smoking to hubby as he will flip, but I need to vent somewhere. Thank you for letting me get it out. Any advice or input would be appreciated. Please let me know, am I being unreasonable here?

[NoraC]

Pauly- sending you much love

Liz - you are not being unreasonable at all. I think CJ better be very clear on how much she is going to let the in laws intrude. I was young and insecure and put up with some things I shouldn't have. I hope you can have a loving talk with her and explain that they are not going to back off just because they are married.

[SKendall]

Liz, I agree with Nora. My daughter's MIL was very intrusive and Andrea set boundaries early on. MIL takes the odd shot still on F/B, but Andrea seems to have it under control.

Thinking of you, Pauly.:hug:

[Glass Half Empty]

No honey, you're definitely not being unreasonable. I would never dream of interfering with my son and DIL's decisions and knowing my son and my gorgeous, spirited DIL as I do, I imagine if I tried I would be put in my place before you could say 'bye-bye-mother-in-law'. Of course if I ever thought they were doing something dangerous or that they might not have thought of something I'd talk to them, but how they wanted their engagement, marriage and now raising their baby is their decision alone. It does sound as though Joe is having a bit of a 'failure to launch' problem to be honest. Basing his decisions involving his fiancee around his sister's availability is definitely a concern. As Nora and SKendall mentioned CJ probably needs to set some boundaries, but I understand how hard that might be for her. And once again I have to say you are handling this perfectly.

Pauly - any news sweetie?

[paulywogg]

I'm taking Kell this morning to terminate the pregnancy, her doctor said the Toxo is still on her blood and she probably caught it during the first week or two of pregnancy,the abnormal development in the ultrasound shows the baby has it,so that's my world right now