A virtual shower

Hi everyone,

Invitations are going out for the shower today. Check your email inbox and let us know if you are planning to attend, either in person or "virtually" online. Hope to "see" you there!

My Birthday

The quality of this picture isn't great but you can see how big I am getting. I am now at 24 weeks and 24 centimeters. As you can see I can still wear my regular jeans, but I'm sure that won't last much longer.


It was my birthday today. We spent the evening with our good friends the Gordon's. We had cake and ice cream and opened presents. It was lots of fun. When I arrived home there was another gift waiting for me! My wonderful husband, Matt, his father, his mother and his grandmother surprised me with this rocking chair.

I fell in love with it when we were at IKEA a few weeks ago and he drove all the way back up there (about 1 1/2 hours away) to get it for me. I can't wait to use it with the baby.

Also, if you look at the bottom right hand corner of the photo - you can see my other gift - a 2lb box of See's Candy. YUM!

A Home Birth

Matt and I have decided, after much research, that we want to do a home birth. I've never been a big fan of hospitals, doctors or needles so I feel very confident in choosing to have our baby in the comfort of our own home. We have two wonderful midwives - Joi Brock and Stacy Lewis from the Texas Midwives Group who will be attending the birth. We've also decided to do a water birth while we're at it.

My very good friend Lisa had her baby boy, Louis, at home last September and I was able to be there to see the whole wonderful birth. Everything was relaxed and calm. It was an amazing experience.

It's a Girl!

Well we had our ultrasound at the imaging center and found out we're having a girl! I'm very excited because I had a feeling she would be a girl from the beginning. I should say, though, that I would have been equally thrilled to find out we were having a boy.

This picture is pretty hard to make out, but you're looking from the bottom up. Her legs are bent at the knees and hugging her chest. So you can see her thighs and feet on the left hand side.

Matt's dad, Richard, was in town so he was able to be there for the ultrasound with us, as well as my good friend Lisa. It was really special to share the experience with them.

I am now at 21 weeks. To give you an idea of the baby's size, she is only about 7 inches from head to rump and weighs around 10 ounces.

This is pretty much the only other picture that is somewhat recognizable. You can actually see her foot and her toes. It was very reassuring for Matt- as he could count the toes to make sure they were all there.

Our 16 week Ultrasound

Here is the latest picture of our baby. I'm at 16 weeks and one day for this one. As soon as I laid down and the midwife began to do the ultrasound the baby turned their back to us. This was the best picture we could get. Still it's amazing to see all the movement and hear the heartbeat.

I was really hoping to find out if we are having a boy or a girl, but no luck yet. We are scheduling another ultrasound at an imaging center to give us a better look.

Our First Look

These are our very first looks at the baby. I'm only 12 weeks along, but you can certainly see that it's definately a little person in there. I am so very excited! Matt is excited but nervous, as I think most husbands are, especially in the beginning.

According to my books the baby is only 2.5 to 3 inches long and weighs about .5 ounces. Amazing-isn't it?