Thanks for the Birthday Wishes!

Thanks to everyone for the birthday cards, gifts, emails, text messages, and phone calls! I'm truly blessed to have such a loving family.

Marty took me out to a Brazilian steak house for my birthday. It was yummy :)

All goes well here. The next big visit is the sonogram on April 30. We'll hopefully know then whether it's a boy or girl!


Later

P.S. I got this bulldog birthday card from the alumni association.

Seattle

Just posting pics from our Seattle trip. I had a conference out here for a few days. We also got to visit with our friends Stephanie, Mike, and their son Nathanial.

It was a fun few days. We saw the aquarium (thus the seals and otters), went up to the highest point (the space needle), took a ferry ride, saw the lock where the salmon fish ladder is, and saw a pretty botanical garden.

For the most part the weather agreed with us but there was some rain (go figure). We've just about gotten used to the time difference of three hours only to have to return tomorrow.

Later

Seattle Pics

Doctor's Visit

Well I went to the doctor expecting only to hear the heartbeat and do the full physical exam. They couldn't find where my uterus was located by doing the normal palpitations on my belly and couldn't find a heartbeat so they called in the attending ob/gyn.

He brought in a sonogram machine and I got to actually see the baby. I was so excited! The baby was really active and seemed to be doing summersaults. The hands and legs were just moving like crazy. I even got to see the baby sucking on his/her thumb.

It was a cool experience indeed. I have included the pics that I got. I'm not sure that you can discern what they are. I know most people look at them and go it's a blob.

Enjoy

Profile of baby

This is a profile view of the baby. You can see the tiny head, arms and legs.

Front View of Baby

This view the baby is looking head on at the screen. So you can see the head and legs. The arms would be facing outwards.