Archie's Friends

When Auntie Colleen came to visit at the end of May, she brought some stuffed squeaky toys for Archie.  When you have a dog that likes stuffies but doesn't destroy them they get all dog licked, dirty and kind of smelly.

 

But as you can see he loves them and we don't have the heart to throw them away.

Since he sleeps on the floor all alone (insert "awww" here), he like to snuggle with a stuffie.  Our only hope is all the dog lick will help them to disintegrate faster. 

A Bigger Belly

Ok, so I think we had a bit of a growth spurt this weekend so per Colleen's request I am posting another picture.  I find this week it is easier to wear stuff up around my belly rather than tucking it under.  I don't know if anyone else can tell the difference but as I told Aaron earlier this week.."I feel like I am getting bigger everyday".  AND THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING (deep breath don't freak out, this is totally normal).

I Can't Believe

I can't believe I'm actually posting this picture but I suppose it isn't going to get any better for quite a while.

So this is my baby belly at 15 weeks.  Believe it or not, I'm sucking it in as far as it will go.  Of course I will admit that some of it is the lovely roll of chub I carry around my middle but you can see how the lower part of my tummy is starting to stick out now.

The sicky ickies left about two weeks ago and I'm really feeling pretty good these days.  No cravings other than my rediscovered love of milk (I haven't had milk for about 12 years but now MMMMMmmmmm) and a need to have strawberries around.  Will keep you updated and we are currently accepting ideas for baby girl names (no boys because we have our boy name already)

P.S. remember what you're Mum taught you, if you can't say anything nice.....

First Pictures of Our Baby

Today we had our first ultrasound. It was scheduled as a genetic testing ultrasound but the doctor was great and he showed us all kinds of cool stuff. It was kind of surprising (not sure why) to actually see something baby like when he put the wand on my belly.

In this picture you can see his/her spine and ribs and a hand with fingers under the chin.

These last two were taken near the end when we finally got him into the right position to measure the skin thickness on the back of his neck. This is an indicator for Downs Syndrome. I had to roll on both sides and shake my hips up and down to try to get the baby to move to the right spot. Here he is on his back with one arm up above the tummy.

Same position here, but the hand has moved. The coolest things about the whole visit were Aaron's excitement, for me seeing the heart beating and we got a DVD of it all! It is so cool to get to watch it again and again. Mom and Colleen have copies if you want to see it yourself. Of course we are SUPER excited to see that the baby is in there for one and so far as healthy as can be. We will have another ultrasound in two months and there will definitely be more pics then.