Back To Blogging

I am actually writing this entry on May 13, 2013.  I took a long hiatus from blogging as I went back to work.  It is time to catch this thing up.  I have created a new blog because in the past I have written my own blogging software.  While this was kinda cool, it also was a lot of upkeep.  Blogger happily lets you do all of this for free, and they now have enough features to make it actually better than what I was using before.  Therefore, welcome to the new blog.  The picture at the top was taken at Myrtle Beach last year.

I am going to date the posts on the dates that things actually happened.  On my last blog I would date things based on when I created the post.  I found that this made it very hard to go back and find things because it might be dated months after the actual event.  So this time around I will date things based on when they happened, and we'll see how that works. 

So, going back to April 8, 2012 - Easter day.  We had the usual Easter egg hunt.

Owen checked out the book that the Easter bunny put in his basket.

And showed his new puppy some love.

Progress

PROGRESS

This page is up here specifically because the soon to be Uncle Richard wanted to know if we'd graphed the weight and waist statistics yet, probably because we feel the need to update him every week.  While we're pretty sure he was just being a smart@$$, we thought we'd do it anyway.

May 24, 2002 - 37 Weeks - Yippee!!!

Today's doctor appointment brought good news.  She's finally decided to flip over and looks like she's in good position now.  The doctor says that at this point he considers her full term and would not stop labor if it started.  So, we got our final instructions on when to call the hospital after the contractions begin and we go back to the old fashioned method of just waiting it out.  Not only are we happy that we won't have to go through surgery and/or attempts at turning the baby, but Mommy is happier now too.   Since the baby flipped and dropped the heartburn has gone back to manageable levels and I can breathe again.  The doctor did an ultrasound to confirm the baby's position.  We didn't get a good picture of the face because of where she was, but we did get a really good look at a confirmation that she is in fact a girl.  Even Chris and I could tell right away what we were looking at.  So, no need to keep a couple of emergency boys names on hand "just in case"!

May 15, 2002 - 36 Weeks

The news this week is that the baby has turned breech. So, everyone is to spend the next week and a half thinking about things flipping over. We're crossing our fingers that when we go to the doctor's next Friday she will have realized the error of her ways and will have turned herself over like a good little girl. Other than that, everything still looks good. She's amazingly active, I'm expecting that she'll be a soccer player when she's older.

Week 36 Mommy Stats
Weight: 138 pounds
Waist: 41.75 inches

A close-up on the belly of the T-Shirt I'm wearing. There is a website where you can upload any picture and they will put it on a T-Shirt. So I scanned our last ultrasound and had them make a T-Shirt.

May 2, 2002 - 34 Weeks

The doctor's office had just gotten a new ultrasound machine today and they tried it out on us. We got to see her open her mouth and move her hand up to her face. Below is a really nice picture of the profile of her face. In this picture her mouth is open.

April 28, 2002 - 33 Weeks

Week 33 Mommy Stats
Weight: 131.5 pounds
Waist: 40.25 inches

Our dog Bob. He has no idea what's coming..

April 16, 2002 - 31 Weeks

The kitchen is looking better..

Week 31 Mommy Stats
Weight: 129 pounds
Waist: 39.5 inches

Countertops are in, we have all major appliances back. Now we just need to get the tiling done.