Alright all you curious aunties (real and surrogate alike), uncles and grandparents... we have a date! The ultrasound is officially scheduled for MONDAY, MAY 4 at 3:00PM. Rich doesn't work on Monday afternoons throughout this rotation and I already have my time off approved, so in just one short week we will see our little child for the very first time. Rich and I will do our best to share the experience and the sex of the baby with everyone as quickly as possible, but we welcome your calls or texts if you start to get impatient.
Another date that is feeling more and more real is MAY 8th, when we expect to close on our first home. Everything is moving along smoothly at this point (lending relations, fix-it projects on the part of the seller, etc) and we have no reason to expect that we won't be signing our names on some outrageously serious documents at the end of next week. But as Rich is always quick to remind me, we can't go around counting our chickens before they hatch... so dear friends and family, please continue to pray for the baby and all our chickens! We don't want to begin taking anything for granted at such an exciting but precarious time.
Well I'm again posting just one day shy of the start of a new week of the baby's development. Tomorrow marks the first day of week 19 for the baby and me. One pretty exciting milestone of this week is the baby's sensory perception. He or she is developing the many different spots of the brain that will categorize sights, sounds, smells and feelings (touch). Some researches say that the baby may already start to hear our voices. Little do they know, this poor child has been listening to me sing in the shower and the car for weeks now (I even felt some groovin' going on in my belly this morning on the drive to work). But I'm not quite sure I want him or her to know that's --ugh!-- mommy's voice. Then again, I suppose there's still plenty of time before the baby can verbally express any complaints. In other news, the baby is also now about 8.5 ounces in weight and should measure roughly 6 inches from head to rump (not including legs outstretched). Quite the little grower in there!
As far as mommy goes, I'm still doing fine. My sources tell me all sorts of akward skin changes are just around the corner, but we won't discuss those here. I am, however, willing to admit an appetite change. In regular life I tend to be one of those people who really looks forward to breakfast, lunch, and dinner (and snack time), but now the desire to eat is unmistakable. I already put Rich on 'junk patrol' so that I have some extra support plugging healthy extras into my diet instead of chocolate, cake, muffins, ice cream, cookies, chips, candy, chocolate... I could go on. And just for the record, if anyone reading this ever decides to commit to any silly, new health-conscious habits in the future, my husband is the man to have on your side (and by your side, I mean completely and utterly against you when you realize it's time to bend your commitment just once). He's a pro... what a stellar doctor I have.
Alright, enough of my babbling! I've got more unwinding to do, away from my computer screen, before Rich gets home from the school function he's at. We love you all, we always appreciate your comments and support, and we're often thinking of you.
Another date that is feeling more and more real is MAY 8th, when we expect to close on our first home. Everything is moving along smoothly at this point (lending relations, fix-it projects on the part of the seller, etc) and we have no reason to expect that we won't be signing our names on some outrageously serious documents at the end of next week. But as Rich is always quick to remind me, we can't go around counting our chickens before they hatch... so dear friends and family, please continue to pray for the baby and all our chickens! We don't want to begin taking anything for granted at such an exciting but precarious time.
Well I'm again posting just one day shy of the start of a new week of the baby's development. Tomorrow marks the first day of week 19 for the baby and me. One pretty exciting milestone of this week is the baby's sensory perception. He or she is developing the many different spots of the brain that will categorize sights, sounds, smells and feelings (touch). Some researches say that the baby may already start to hear our voices. Little do they know, this poor child has been listening to me sing in the shower and the car for weeks now (I even felt some groovin' going on in my belly this morning on the drive to work). But I'm not quite sure I want him or her to know that's --ugh!-- mommy's voice. Then again, I suppose there's still plenty of time before the baby can verbally express any complaints. In other news, the baby is also now about 8.5 ounces in weight and should measure roughly 6 inches from head to rump (not including legs outstretched). Quite the little grower in there!
As far as mommy goes, I'm still doing fine. My sources tell me all sorts of akward skin changes are just around the corner, but we won't discuss those here. I am, however, willing to admit an appetite change. In regular life I tend to be one of those people who really looks forward to breakfast, lunch, and dinner (and snack time), but now the desire to eat is unmistakable. I already put Rich on 'junk patrol' so that I have some extra support plugging healthy extras into my diet instead of chocolate, cake, muffins, ice cream, cookies, chips, candy, chocolate... I could go on. And just for the record, if anyone reading this ever decides to commit to any silly, new health-conscious habits in the future, my husband is the man to have on your side (and by your side, I mean completely and utterly against you when you realize it's time to bend your commitment just once). He's a pro... what a stellar doctor I have.
Alright, enough of my babbling! I've got more unwinding to do, away from my computer screen, before Rich gets home from the school function he's at. We love you all, we always appreciate your comments and support, and we're often thinking of you.
yay! I can't wait for monday. Let us know ASAP! -amanda and jason
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