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November 27, 2007

18 Weeks

Hi everyone,

I know you all have been dieing to know...
It's a Girl! Yeah! Girls rock!

Tim and I had our anatomy ultrasound yesterday morning. Our baby girl is about 6 inches from head to rump and weighs 8 ounces; half a foot & half a pound. The heart was beating evenly at 139 beats per minute, which is normal. They took snap shots of all the babies organs to send to radiology for review. While the nurse was pushing on the uterus trying to get a good picture the baby was fighting back by pushing back with her hands a feet.

November 24, 2007

17 weeks

Hello All,

Happy Thanksgiving! Sorry about the late post again. I was really busy at work trying to get a few things completed before the Holiday. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with our friends Lindsay and Bryan and her family in the Woodlands (1 hour North of our house). As an early Christmas present to Lindsay and Bryan, Bryan's parent bought them a Nintendo Wii. They brought it to share with everyone. It was really fun and easy to play. I like how you can create your own person and really make it look like you.

Tim had to work yesterday(Friday) and today (Saturday). I have been busy straightening up the house and starting to put up the Christmas decorations. I finished the inside stuff yesterday, but I still have a box full of outside lights to hang. The weather has been really bad the last couple of days. The temperature dropped over 30 degrees Wednesday night and Thanksgiving through Sunday it is only supposed to be a high of 50. Then by next Wednesday, we will be back into the mid 70's. This time of year the weather changes drastically from week to week depending on what fronts are moving through. Today it has been thunder storming all morning and it is supposed to continue all day today and tomorrow. Tomorrow night we are planning on going downtown to a Kelly Clarkson concert. It is at a relatively nice place with no smoking. It should be a good date night.
I have been feeling generally pretty well. The baby is now about 5 to 5 1/2 inches from head to rump. I can feel the baby moving more and more every day. On Monday we go in for an ultrasound. Hopefully we will get a good look at whether it is a boy or a girl. Tim's mom, Debbie, is planning to throw us a baby shower in Michigan either Saturday Feb 2nd or 9th. We should have the date narrowed down next week. Hope all is well. Love,

November 13, 2007

16 Weeks

Hi Everyone,

Tim and I had a fairly productive weekend. We decided to go through our closet and get rid of all clothes we really don't wear or don't fit into anymore. We had 3 large garbage bags of clothes and 1 large garbage bag of shoes! I was quite sad to see a few things go...like my prom dress and other dresses I had worn for special occasions. We donated everything to a local charity so hopefully someone will get good use out of them. We (Tim) also JB welded the mailbox back together. Someone hit it pretty hard and broke off the side into a couple pieces. I think it was the mailman. She gets easily distracted trying to pullout the next batch of mail and drive at record speed from mailbox to mailbox. We also ran some errands and picked up a new throw and few pillows for the living area.

I am feeling fine. The baby is about 4 1/2 to 5 inches long. I am starting to show enough now that it looks like I am pregnant. We tried to take some pictures this weekend, but the digital camera has been acting up. I hope it is just that the batteries are getting worn out. I can actually see my belly change shape as the baby moves; usually first thing in the morning. Our next appointment is the Monday after Thanksgiving.

November 9, 2007

15 weeks

Hi Everyone,

Sorry about the late post. I have been really busy this week. The Space Shuttle landed safely on Wednesday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. I had a doctor's appointment this morning. It was the shortest doctor's appointment I have ever had. I was in and out in less than 20 minutes. I was able to hear the babies heart beat at this visit. It took the Doctor a minute or so to find it. It seemed like forever! The heart beat was normal and I seem to be progressing along just fine. The doctor said I should be able to start feeling the baby move anytime now. I called Tim on my way home from work last night because I believe I was actually feeling the butterfly movements of the baby for the first time. It lasted for over five minutes. I described it to the Doctor and he said it probably was the baby moving. I can't wait to find out the sex of the baby in 17 days, Monday the 26th. Hope everyone is doing well.

Love,