Here is Baby X!!

As you can see, we are not having twins. Whew!

Dr. Llewellyn did the ultrasound and printed out several photos. We got to take home these two. The quality on the monitor was better, but this is what we have. You can make out the head and legs.

We saw the baby's heart beating very rapidly and the baby moved its arms and legs a couple times. It's still incredibly small!

Jessica had blood drawn so they can run all kinds of tests, and based on the results of that, they'll know what they need to test me for.

We also asked questions about diet and excercise. Sushi is out (awwww), but exercise is just fine. The doctor said that the first trimester is the hardest and it's normal to be incredibly tired. She compared it to taking 50 benadryls and two Tylenol PM's! We'll have to take her word on that.

Our next appointment is June 29th.

Target Baby!

Today we visited Target to check out baby things. We stood in the baby aisle looking puzzled and confused trying to figure out the uses of a "slow flow" vs. a "fast flow" bottle.



We also pondered some of the great questions of life, such as "Huggies, Pampers, or Luvs?", and if a pack of phase one diapers contains 52, approximately how long will that last, since it's not on the package?

And there are things called "Entertainers"


I'm not sure what this thing does or where the baby fits in it (on it? near it?), but it sure is colorful!

First Dr's Appointment is this Wednesday

We are eagerly awaiting our first doctor's appointment. This week, I (Brad) stopped by the doctor's office to pick up forms. They asked if I wanted vitamins. Jessica is already taking some I said, but sure, I'll take whatever you want to give me.

Well, I walked out with a 10 lb. bag filled with vitamin samples, all sorts of magazines, forms to fill out, and lots of different offers from companies that store cord blood! It's been a lot of reading material.

Jessica has been suffering from morning sickness pretty frequently. They should really call it "anytime sickness"! We think (hope) it's getting a little better. The books say it should be going away soon. Also, we read that morning sickness may be a sign of a girl baby.... well we won't find that out for sure for a while!

Name that Baby

Anyone got baby names?

We don't know the sex of the baby so we've been thinking of names for boys and girls. The only thing we know for sure is that this is that naming the baby is going to take a long time!

According to the social security administration, here were the most popular names for 2005.

GIRLS
Emily
Emma
Madison
Abigail
Olivia
Isabella
Hannah
Samantha
Ava
Ashley

BOYS
Jacob
Michael
Joshua
Matthew
Ethan
Andrew
Daniel
Anthony
Christopher
Joseph


The baby name voyager is a fun resource to use. Type in a name and it'll show you the popularity of the name over the last 100 years. Check it out at:

http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

Thank you for the Mother's Day Wishes!

Just want to send out a big

THANK YOU!!!♥

for the cards and gifts! They are very much appreciated and we're happy you're as excited as we are!

It has been almost two weeks since our last entry. I am now about 7 weeks into our pregnancy and I am feeling pretty tired and VERY nauseous! According to the books, the baby has grown into an embryo and is about the size of a raspberry. The heart has started beating on it's own and is now dividing into the different chambers. We will continue to add little exciting developments! Two weeks until our first doctor's appointment.

We are both very delighted with the anticipation of our growing family.

We're Going to Have a BABY!!

Jessica is pregnant and we're going to have a baby!
According to calculations, Jessica is in her 5th week of pregnancy (as its counted), but only being pregnant ~3 weeks.

The tentative due date is January 4th, but our first doctor's appointment is May 31st so we'll know more then. The first sonogram will also be done during that appointment.

Until then, we've visited the library and have been reading up. Jessica is experiencing her first weekend without caffiene and we're going to be buying special vitamins for her to take.