We're having a baby!! The baby is due to arrive on December 11, 2009. As most of you know we are not finding out the gender. So until the baby arrives we're going to use this blog to take a poll of what everyone thinks it's going to be! We haven't decided on a proper prize for the winners but we'll make it something worth your while (suggestions are greatly appreciated!!) Hey you've got a 50-50 chance of getting it right!! Good luck!
When Devin and I first found out we were pregnant he went online and looked up different plans for how to make a cradle. After discussing the different ones that we liked we finally settled on one. He sent the plans to his dad and in the email all he said was, "How about this for a summer project?"( We hadn't told them yet that we were expecting) His dad wrote back and said that he already had the plans downstairs! Apparently he had planned on making cradles for each of his kids when they had their first baby, and the plan we picked out was the exact on he liked as well!! I thought that was pretty amazing. So he's had the cradle done now for several months!! We're just waiting for something to put in it :D
Devin's Grandma Moss made us baby blankets! She and I went to pick the fabric together, which was harder than I thought (because I'm so indecisive) but really fun. Then she made them and matching burp cloths! I'm SO excited. Sometimes I just stand by the cradle and look at them and imagine our baby all wrapped up in one :D My plan is to wash them this weekend so they'll be all clean for when the baby comes!
I've listed a play-by-play outline of what happens so that you understand what is going on and also so you can know about some exciting parts! The video is 10 mins long, ENJOY!
The first 43-ish second is some good profile footage of face and body (the little things that look like bubbles are actually the umbilical cord! Cool huh?! I was so confused when we first saw them! I thought the baby was blowing bubbles! :D ). -0:43 thru 1:07 -Measuring the cervix and placenta -1:07 thru 2:15 - Measuring the skull and parts of the brain! -2:18 thru 2:46 - Looking at the heart through the head! Isn't that amazing that we have that kind of technology? -2:46 thru 3:50 - Measuring the heart and checking heartbeat from side of body. -3:50 thru 5:20 - Looking at organs, spine, and who knows what else? :D -5:20 thru 5:45 - Measuring the arms! -5:45 thru 6:32 - BEST PART OF THE WHOLE THING!!! The baby yawned!! :D -6:32 thru 7:42 - Looking for legs and feet. -7:42 thru 8:38 - Looking at spine and labeling vertabrae -8:38 thru 9:08 - Checking diaphram and stomach placement. -9:8 thru the end - Technician trying to get another good profile shot, but the baby had turned in a position where she couldn't find it! :D
That's our video! I hope you enjoyed it! I think the most amazing part is how much the baby was actually moving! The technician kept the picture relatively still but her hand was flying all across my belly! It really is an miracle! P.S. if you do by chance figure out the gender (I don't know how easy it would be because the technician didn't even know) then PLEASE keep it to yourself :) We would prefer not to know till the baby is born.
I'm still trying to figure out 'how to blog' so bear with me while this site undergoes some changes in the next little while, like how to make the ginormous picture of our faces a little bit smaller! I want to get some pictures and a video up here of 'Little Baby's ultrasound (just in case any of you want to see it), but I haven't quite figured it out, so as soon as I do I will :D.
I'm technically 32 weeks or 8 months along, however you want to count it! So pretty soon here (just 8 short weeks) we'll have stuff to put on here other than our crazy faces! Take our poll and be sure to check back in December!! We'll get pictures on here ASAP of 'Little Baby'.
