Latest appointment

Yesterday, June 29th we had our fourth appointment. Baby Daddy wasn't able to come, so my mom took time out of her day to go with me. She was excited to hear the baby's heart beat and was thrilled to hear that I have gained another four pounds especially because I've been so sick lately.
Everything looks good for 18 weeks and by next Tuesday I will post new ultrasound pics.
An update on Erin, she's still waiting, but goes to the doctor today the 30th all of us are hoping her doctor tells her to head down the hall to labor and delivery, she is really ready for Xavier to come, as are the rest of us.

Stay tuned for more.

Waiting and more waiting

Erin goes to the doctor today and hopefully she'll tell Erin it's time for baby Xavier to come. Erin's really ready to have him here, the poor girl has swollen feet and can hardly wear flip flops anymore and he's really active and she's gotten no sleep for several days.

The countdown is on 13 more days.... or less depending on what the doctor says

I'm praying for Erin's sake it's less than 13

New life

This past Monday, June 14 my second neice arrived. Makayla Wamsley and Ailey Hardy are joining the many grandchildren of Lance and Alaine and Makayla is the first girl to be born into a long line of boys in the Wamsley family. What a joy it is to see their sweet faces and hold their tiny fingers. I am expecting yet another nephew in a few weeks, What fun I will be having playing the role of aunt before getting to play the mom role myself.

I surely am blessed this year. We have another ultrasound in a few weeks and I am hoping that the first ultrasound prediction is the same as the next. We're keeping our fingers crossed.

Congratulations Kaeloni and Cody and a belated congratulations to Shilo and Eric.

First Ultrasound

June 8th was so awesome! I loved the look on Corby's face as he watched the screen while the technician Ann was looking to check that everything with the baby physically was okay. Everything is fine(breathe a sigh of relief), the spinal cord is connected to the skull- there was a risk of spinabifida, it's insides are growing on the inside of it's body, yay! The skull flap is closed and the legs and arms are developed. The heart and kidneys are functioning well.

In fact we couldn't get a profile picture because the baby's legs are crossed

The most exciting part was when Ann said, "I might be able to tell the sex of the baby today, do you want to know?" Corby and I readily agreed and thanks to her sitting with her legs crossed we could see very easily that our baby most likely is a girl! Ann told us not to get too excited and go out and buy pink paint for the nursery, but I told her that we are going with a jungle theme, so it wouldn't really matter.

Finally mom can use that "Baby girl bag" that she has in the bottom of her closet.

When Erin first found out that they were expecting, mom had a dream about a little girl in a dance leotard with blond hair, but wasn't able to see her face. She assumed it was Erin's baby, but then Erin found out that she was having a boy. After our appointment the other day my mom came over to see the pictures and I asked her, "Do you think the little girl in the leotard could have been my little girl?" Her face lit up and she replied, "It makes sense because you came to me before you were born."

We'll wait for the conformation in four weeks.

Baby's Heartbeat

June 1 was a wonderful day, after school ended anyway. I had a doctor's appointment and heard my baby's heartbeat for the first time! It was faint but strong. The miracle of new life! I'm going in for my first ultrasound on Tuesday the 8th.

Stay tuned for further posts