Saturday, March 18, 2006
Mother's Intuition
Oh yeah...and woohoo for mother's intuition! I (me being the mother, crazy isn't it???) was 89% sure that it was a boy! People always ask how mothers know...and I surely don't have an answer! I just knew! :0)
It's a BOY!!!
Our appointment was DEFINITELY a memory that will be etched in our hearts forever!! What a blessing it was to see a growing baby up on that screen! And to hear the heartbeat...my goodness! Praise God for the miracle of life! (We'll post ultrasound pics soon!)
Judging by the size of the baby, the doc said that we're more like 15 weeks along rather than 14. Therefore, she moved the due date ahead to September 6th!! Woohoo!
Now to start on the name hunt! What pressure! This kiddo will be named the name WE give him his WHOLE life! Wow. That makes me nervous. So, in this quest to find a wonderful name for our precious boy...we're recruiting you to help! Post comments with ideas for baby names! (or email us) But make sure it means something...that's our number one criteria! This should be loads of fun! We'll decide a name, but won't reveal it until our little you-know-who see's the light at the end of the tunnel! ...that is if we can hold out from the pressure everyone is putting on us to tell! ;0)
Have fun with it! We're excited to get your input! Love you all!
Judging by the size of the baby, the doc said that we're more like 15 weeks along rather than 14. Therefore, she moved the due date ahead to September 6th!! Woohoo!
Now to start on the name hunt! What pressure! This kiddo will be named the name WE give him his WHOLE life! Wow. That makes me nervous. So, in this quest to find a wonderful name for our precious boy...we're recruiting you to help! Post comments with ideas for baby names! (or email us) But make sure it means something...that's our number one criteria! This should be loads of fun! We'll decide a name, but won't reveal it until our little you-know-who see's the light at the end of the tunnel! ...that is if we can hold out from the pressure everyone is putting on us to tell! ;0)
Have fun with it! We're excited to get your input! Love you all!
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Our first appointment!
Our first appointment is this Thursday at 9:45am! We'll get to have an ultrasound and hear the baby's heartbeat! What a miracle!!! There's a tiny chance that we will be able to tell the sex of the baby...but we'll see!
Just to keep you updated, this is week 14! We're half way through the fourth month! Can you believe it!?! We're so excited!
Posted by Sally
Just to keep you updated, this is week 14! We're half way through the fourth month! Can you believe it!?! We're so excited!
Posted by Sally
Sunday, March 12, 2006
In the Land where Hershey Kisses Stand on their Heads
With pregnancy there has come an array of creative and intriguing dreams, such as the one I like to call "In the Land where Hershey Kisses Stand on their Heads". The point and content of this dream is unclear...all I know is that the oversized Hershey Kisses were being unwrapped and balanced on their points by close friends and relatives. Interpretation anyone?
Also last night...
This dream was a mix of The Matrix and a recent movie called The Island. Again, I was with close friends and relatives. However, one relative seemed to be interchangeable with King Kong...yes, the big gorilla. Every time I looked at this particular relative, he was one or the other...himself or King Kong. (explain THAT to me!) (this relative shall remain nameless...haha :0) Anyways, we were trapped in some sort of underworld (like the inner crust of the earth...like a lower level inside the earth) that we weren't supposed to know existed, yet found a loophole and realized that there was life outside of/above it. So up a mysterious ladder we went, only to be confronted by (this may become graphic) oversized body chopping fans which, by the way, blew a very strong wind. We had to find a way to get past them. So King Kong/relative threw large objects into the fans to stop them and we crawled through to safety, only to find that we had to climb up more ladders to overcome more body chopping fans...and so on and so on. King Kong was of course the hero of stopping the body chopping fans. So finally we reach what we think may be the top level...leading us to the upper crust of the earth. King Kong stops the fan. Water begins to pour on us. "The Atlantic is pouring on us!" he screams. We had worked so hard and come so far...only to come out at just the wrong place. Of all the places to find the crust...it couldn't be Germany, Australia, or even Antartica...it was the ocean! It was great comic relief...like on one of those spoof movies...until we realized that this pseudo-middle crust would soon fill up with water and we'd have to find a way out before drowning. And then I was awoken. The end.
Thanks for listening. It's pitiful, I know. It's amazing how vivid and random these dreams have been. This is yet one more reason to anticipate sleep! ...like I needed another one! :0)
Posted by Sally...if you couldn't tell.
Also last night...
This dream was a mix of The Matrix and a recent movie called The Island. Again, I was with close friends and relatives. However, one relative seemed to be interchangeable with King Kong...yes, the big gorilla. Every time I looked at this particular relative, he was one or the other...himself or King Kong. (explain THAT to me!) (this relative shall remain nameless...haha :0) Anyways, we were trapped in some sort of underworld (like the inner crust of the earth...like a lower level inside the earth) that we weren't supposed to know existed, yet found a loophole and realized that there was life outside of/above it. So up a mysterious ladder we went, only to be confronted by (this may become graphic) oversized body chopping fans which, by the way, blew a very strong wind. We had to find a way to get past them. So King Kong/relative threw large objects into the fans to stop them and we crawled through to safety, only to find that we had to climb up more ladders to overcome more body chopping fans...and so on and so on. King Kong was of course the hero of stopping the body chopping fans. So finally we reach what we think may be the top level...leading us to the upper crust of the earth. King Kong stops the fan. Water begins to pour on us. "The Atlantic is pouring on us!" he screams. We had worked so hard and come so far...only to come out at just the wrong place. Of all the places to find the crust...it couldn't be Germany, Australia, or even Antartica...it was the ocean! It was great comic relief...like on one of those spoof movies...until we realized that this pseudo-middle crust would soon fill up with water and we'd have to find a way out before drowning. And then I was awoken. The end.
Thanks for listening. It's pitiful, I know. It's amazing how vivid and random these dreams have been. This is yet one more reason to anticipate sleep! ...like I needed another one! :0)
Posted by Sally...if you couldn't tell.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
The Joy of Seeing Weekly Updates
Currently I am training in San Antonio during the week and back on the weekends. Now, by all means, this is not a preferred situation--I would much rather be at home with my wife. However, it has been beautiful and sweet to see week-to-week updates on our baby growing in my wife's belly. :)
- Jon
- Jon
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