Baby's Room

We painted a lot of furniture, cleaned, organized, and spent lots of time in there. Now Baby Boy's room is all ready for him. Thank you to everyone for blessing us with furniture, clothes, blankets, diapers, almost everything from our registry and everything we will need once he arrives! Enjoy the pictures!!

In non-baby-related news...

Panzer loves his squeaky toys. He has a deer and a squirrel that he carries around like his babies. But he doesn't chew them up. He bites down, enjoying the sound of the squeaking. The more we laugh, the faster he squeaks. It's awesome! Enjoy!

7 Weeks to go!

So by 33 weeks, I've had a number of colds, food aversions followed by eating everything in sight, two separate cases of pink eye and sore ribs and belly from Baby Boy kicking and elbowing me. But things could have been so much worse and I'm grateful that these were my only complaints. We've got the baby's room painted and almost all set up (pictures to follow) and tons of clothes, decorations and baby stuff already from my SCV shower (Thank you so much, Kim!) We've taken the Lamaze class and gone on the tour of the maternity ward at the hospital where we're already pre-registered. Today is my last day taking care of the kids. I've been taking care of them for 4 years and it's been really hard for me to say goodbye for so many months but I know they'll be in good hands until Baby Boy is born. So I guess you could say we're just about ready for this baby, but ask me again in a few weeks and I might have a different answer for you.

It's a boy!!!

We had another ultrasound today and it's definitely a boy! Everything looked good, he's right where he should be at 19 weeks and we're still on track to welcome him around July 13th.
Here in this picture you can see his profile on the left hand side, his spine running along the bottom and the tops of his knees on the right. He's also waving his left hand and saying, "Hi" which amused Jake, me and our ultrasound technician.
We are so excited to know what we're having and now we can decide on a name, stuff for his room and all that fun stuff.

February Prenatal Visit

I had my latest prenatal visit today. Everything still looks good, baby's heartbeat is strong. I'm at 17 weeks now, almost halfway there. The next prenatal appointment is in four weeks and our ultrasound is two weeks from now. We'll be able to check out all the baby's organs and, if the baby's not too modest, find out the gender. Although, Charlie (age 4) suggested looking to see if the baby's wearing a dress because then it's a girl. Once we know the gender, we can start making more plans for the baby's room and start narrowing down a name. But don't bother asking, we're not sharing the name we pick until after the baby's born! Check back in two weeks for the baby's gender!

More Ultrasound pictures & New Due Date

We had another ultrasound December 10th. The due date was changed again to July 13th and this time, the doctor used the word "official" so we're going with July 13th. The ultrasound technician took a few still pictures to get measurements, the baby is just over an inch long now. Then the technician switched to video to hear the heartbeat. Baby's heartbeat is at 170 bpm, which is good. The average is between 160-180 bpm. Baby shocked both the technician and me by moving its back and arm. I'm pretty sure he/she was waving at me. =)

New baby!

We discovered on Halloween morning that we're expecting our first baby! The due date is July 16th of next year. I've had really bad nausea for the last couple of weeks, living on Saltines and 7Up and it's just now starting to alleviate. While I haven't been feeling well, Jake has been taking care of me, the house and the cooking, God bless him!
Our families are very excited. This will be the third grandchild for my parents and the first for Jake's parents. We've been married over 4 years,















I think they were starting to get antsy.
Charlie, Natalie, Bethany, Bekah and even Gabie are so excited about the new baby and call it "Baby Snow White" and if it's a boy "Baby Prince Eric". But they're very sure it'll be a girl...we'll have to wait and see. We do plan on finding out the gender when we can and we will fill everyone in then, but we've decided to keep the name we pick a surprise, so don't even ask!
We will be posting more as we have doctor's appointments and other developments so be sure to check back for updates!

Panzer

We got a new dog!! We went down to the Westside German Shepherd rescue in L.A. and picked out a one and a half year old dog that we named Panzer (like the German tank). He's really mellow and sweet and will be the perfect dog for us. He was really shy and timid at first, especially in the house (hardwood floors are hard for him to walk on) but he's warming up. So far he's learned that you have to open the screen door if you want to go outside, that his big bone is delicious to chew on and that every time Jake or I move in the middle of the night, that means we need him to lick our hands. He's a sweetheart and we're so excited to add him to our family.

New York-part 2

New York- Part 1

After family time in Seekonk, Jake and I went to New York for a few days. Here are some of the highlights...