Heading to the hospital

We are just minutes away from walking out the door and heading to the hospital to have our precious baby boy, Tristan. We have waited for this day since we found out we were pregnant on April 10th, however we have longed for this day even more since we found out on August 15th that he would be born with Trisomy 18. We honestly did not know if we would even make it to today but we have, thanks and praise to the Lord for allowing us the opportunity to still have Tristan with us, alive and kicking inside of me!!!! I would love to say that I got a lot of much needed sleep last night in preparation for today but I cannot, however it was not for any reason other than the mere fact that Tristan kicked ALL NIGHT, but what a blessing! There have been several nights, the past week and half, that I did not feel him kick much during the day and then by night time it just seemed to disappear and then slowly start back the next day. Trayc and I laid in bed many nights trying to move my stomach around, push on it and then I would try to drink O.J. and when that didn't work I'd drink Dr. Pepper and then if that didn't work I'd drink the ultimate sugar boast, Mountain Dew, just to feel him. Because we became concerned, and honestly very scared, we went to the hospital last Sunday morning to be sure everything was okay. After checking, his heart rate was 142, same as always however since then we have been extremely concerned that we may not make it to today. Needless to say, because of that it has been a week and a half of "roller coaster emotions" just praying he would survive to today, that is why I say that Tristan kicking ALL NIGHT and getting no sleep, the night before he is born was such a huge blessing!!! I laid there feeling every kick, every movement just crying and praying to the Lord thanking Him for bringing us this far. I would ask that you please pray for Trayc and I as parents today in that we do not know what the day will hold, please especially pray for Tanner, he is so excited to be a BIG brother again, but also completely realizes the uncertainty of every minute today - his little 11 yr old heart will be full of excitement and yet sad at the same time, please pray for Tayden (although only 1 1/2 yr old not even understanding that I'm pregnant, he is part of our family, has been a part of this journey and he will be a BIG brother for the 1st time today), please pray that Tristan will be strong enough to make it through the delivery alive, please pray that we will have a very special day with our precious baby boy and enjoy every moment we have him. Please pray for my family, for Trayc's family and for every doctor, nurse and specialist that will be a part of our care-team while we are in the hospital. We would also ask that you continue to pray for us in the upcoming weeks as our journey does not end with the birth of Tristan, we will begin a new, different and very uncertain journey today but are confident that the Lord will continue to carry us on that new journey just as he has carried us every day of my pregnancy. We will update our blog as soon as possible today.

SPECIAL REQUEST: We have 25 family members that will be at the hospital ALL DAY today and because we do not know what today, nor the upcoming days, will hold and how long we will have with Tristan we are asking that only our family members join us at the hospital but we greatly appreciate every person who has offered to be there.