Sooner than expected????

Brenda went to the Dr. this Wednesday and it looks like everything is going very well. So well that Oda Mae may be here a little sooner than we thought. Brenda was hooked up to a baby heart monitor for about 30 minutes and then she had an ultrasound. Oda Mae is FIVE POUNDS!!!!!!! now and instead of being in week 31 she may be in week 33. The due date has not been changed officially, but you know that birthing class we were going to take in early March? We've moved it to early February. Murphy's law states that had we not moved the birthing class, Oda Mae would have been born the day before we had our class. So now she will probably come on the expected date.

We'll keep you up-to-date!!

J.

Three Words...

"Guacamole" and "Orange Juice"

Need I say more. :P

J.

Music to our ears...

So, like I said a few days ago, we bought this "Baby Sounds" monitor at Target the other day. It has been a source of great entertainment ever since. You can hear all kinds of noises from the inside of the mommy's tummy. Here is a little treat for all who want to hear...

Oda Mae Allison's Heart Beat

Thanks to our favorite uncle ROB for the help with the web hosting! You should go to his site.

The internet is a fascinating thing!!!!!

J.

Listening....

to Oda Mae at home now. We broke down and bought a little baby listener thingy at Target for 20 bucks. Now we can listen to Oda Mae any time we want. It's fun to hear her doing all kinds of stuff in there. There will be a special "audio" treat for all you blog readers in the next week or so.

We are in between 28 and 29 weeks now with less than 3 months to go. Allison is about 2.5 pounds now and about 15.75 inches in length. That's almost 16 inches all inside Brenda's tummy. (Go ahead...get your ruler out.)

We have now registered at Target for baby stuff. We have people planning showers out the wazoo. Yeah!!!! Baby stuff.

The Dr. wants to start seeing the family every two weeks now. We've signed up for "Birthing Classes" at the hospital. I'm sure that will inspire a couple of blog entries.

All is well!!!

J.

'Tis The Year...

of Oda Mae's birth!!!! 2005, Happy New Year everyone!

All has been going well with the pregnancy, "Mom" seems to be very happy and "Dad" can't wait until baby Allison is here. Oda Mae has been jumping around quite a bit lately. Quite frankly, it's a little disturbing seeing Brenda's tummy jump out at me from the corner of my eye. Oda Mae's favorite game is "Kick the Daddy". Whenever I put my head up to listen, she gives me a good wack up side the head. We're going to have so much fun when she gets here.

Less than three months to go. The first six months have gone by so fast. Plans are in the works for getting the house ready for little Allison. We've already started working on remodeling the bathroom and getting the nursery together. The nursery theme will be "Country Cottage". She'll have a little white picket fence with lots of flowers, birds, lady bugs, bees, and and "family" tree on the walls. All of our family and friends want to throw baby showers. I'm thinking we need diapers!!!!!! HINTHINTHINT

J.