12 Week Check Up

On December 15th Chris and I went and saw Cindi our Midwife for our 12 week check up. We thought it would be pretty uneventful but than we found out we were going to hear the heartbeat. So Cindi searched my belly for a heartbeat and had it for a second but couldn't stay on it so she told us not to worry that our baby just wanted to be seen again, she wheeled in the ultra-sound machine so we can take a look at the baby. It was awesome of course, the little one is looking more like a baby instead of a peanut. S/he was moving around like crazy again, you could see fingers and toes as it moved it arms and legs. At one point one little hand went in between it's legs so both Chris and Cindi said that it's got to be a boy! I hope s/he calms down a little as it gets bigger because I think I am going to be beat up pretty bad if s/he doesn't. ;-) Cindi took pictures and sent them home with us and here they are for you to view. The first one is a great shot of it's little face. Amazing!!! :-)

Our little ones first profile picture.
Full body shot with hand in the background.

Good shot of legs, feet and it's hand going in between it's legs. ;-)

My 30th Birthday!

As you all know I turned 30 yesterday (12/21) and I had a wonderful birthday weekend! :-) On Saturday night a group of us meet over at Leah, Lopey, and Thad's house for a pot-luck dinner but before dinner we headed out to see the "Trail of Lights" at the Denver Botanical Gardens at Chatfield. I added some pictures below to share, most of them turned out really good including the ones taken threw the snowflake 3-D glasses. After we returned to the house and thawed out we had a yummy lasagna dinner followed by cake (they all sang to me-guitars and all, it was awesome). :-) The evening was very relaxed, we chatted, watched movies, and of course we listened to the boys jam out in the basement. Always a good time with a great group of friends!! :-)
Sunday (the big day) was also very relaxing, Chris and I watched some football (stupid Broncos) and did a little grocery shopping. Chris suprised me with a Marilyn Monroe hand bag to add to my collection of Marilyn items. :-) That evening we went over to Bob's house (my FIL) and had dinner with the family, tacos! We had some cake - yummy chocolate with whip cream icing which also came with another birthday song. It was a GREAT weekend to be 30!! :-)

PICTURES!! :-)

Owen rocking out on the drum set with Thad.

Here is a photo of the lights taken threw the snowflake 3-D glasses - pretty cool!

Gigi, Nate, Byron, and Ally

Drew and Thad being goofy.

Chris being cute :-)

Lopey and Leah

Chris and myself

Me with Gigi, Thad, and Chris

Ultra-Sound Pictures

Here are the ultra-sound pictures from our first doctor's visit on November 25th. The little peanut is upside down in these pictures and the first one the Mid-wife zoomed in for a better look.

Our First Visit with the Mid-Wife

OK so it's official, according to the ultra-sound we are 10w4d (today) but my calendar is set at 10w2d. I have ultra-sound pictures but I have no way to scan them in to add them so Leah is going to be kind enough to scan them for me. So for the time being I will just fill you in on how our first appointment went with the Mid-wife at Rose Medical Center.

I was having a hard time deciding on who I wanted to deliver the baby (a mid-wife or a doctor) and if it was more important to deliver at a hospital that was closer to home. So I finally just scheduled an appointment with a doctor at the Parker Adventist hospital and one with a Mid-wife at Rose Medical Center. The appointment with the Mid-wife was this last Tuesday November 25th. We loved her and decided that is where we are staying, so I cancelled my appointment at Parker Adventist and we are delivering at Rose Medical Center. It may be a little further away than Parker Adventist but I think we are making the right choice.

The appointment was great, I will admit that Chris and I were actually really nervous. This was the first time we were going to see our little peanut. There were a lot of questions of course from us and the doctor so it made things make more since to us on what to expect these next 6 1/2 months. The ultra-sound was amazing! I guess I really didn't know what to expect, I knew we would see the heart beat but as soon as the little one started waiving and kicking it made it all that more real to us and it actually brought a tear to my eye. Chris says that s/he is practicing guitar in there. :-)

Chris and I we are really excited, now that it has all sunk in completely that we are going to be parents. It was a little shocking at first, but what new parent-to-be hasn't been shocked at first (planed or not)? I think we will do just fine (at least I hope so). As for me in the morning sickness area, it has been pretty good. I do feel a little nausea here and there but nothing to bad, I actually haven't even thrown up yet. ;-)

So that's it for now, I will post ultra-sound pictures later this month. I can't wait to share them! :-)