30 weeks and 1 day

I keep saying how fast time is going, here are some pictures for our update. Last time our little guy was in a breech position, we're happy to announce that he has now moved back into a head down (vertex) position. He hid behind mom for a bit but we got him to move around and got some pictures! It will be fun to see how many weeks we can continue to get shots. Is it just me or does he look really cranky?

3 Vessel Cord

I thought it would be cool so show some pictures of the 3 vessel cord along with a color doppler shot so people can see how the blood flowing threw the cord looks. This is at 30wks 1 day.

30 wks!!

Wow! We are 30 wks, this is a big deal because the percentage of early delivery complications takes a big jump in our favor. We have no reason to believe this baby will be early, but it's nice to feel a little bit more secure in the health of the baby. Everything has gone so smooth this pregnancy. We lost a baby last Feb of 2010, so as parents we find many creative ways to worry, however, overcoming a loss makes us that much better at worrying. Must say it's been really nice to be able to "check in" on our little guy more often. Speaking of that, we need to do that pretty soon. Maybe we'll be able to today or Saturday and we'll post some new pictures.

Oh, he still only has about 3 outfits so we really should start doing some shopping. I told Sheri that whatever money we don't spend on clothes will get spent somewhere else later (like a boat) :-). Boys save you money in some areas, but it just goes other places I figure.

27 wks, still a boy and growing like a weed!

Well, time is moving so fast. We have now moved our offices and finally got a chance to fire things up and take another peek at our little boy, (not so little anymore). I looked back at the earlier pictures and am just amazed at the continuing transformation that is at work. What a miracle….that's really all I can say about it. We are trying to keep our selves in check, but we are getting very excited to meet this little guy. We wonder what he will be like, how his personality will be unique from his brothers and sisters…so many things…and we know the time goes so fast. Riley (18months) is so nice. She gives him little kisses and rubs lotion on him at night. She seems aware that there is a baby, but is still convinced he might be in her tummy to. I can't help but think of them growing up and all things I want to do with them, it will be different knowing our older kids won't be around then but hopefully it will keep us young a little bit longer (or we're in big trouble).

On a more clinical note he has turned breech now, which we were a little surprised about. At 27 weeks that isn't a big deal, but we would prefer he flip back around anytime. Riley was head down the whole time and we figured it gave her more blood flow to her brain and she is smart as a whip…so again….this little guy can flip around anytime. :-)