New Baby Photo!

Extra! Extra! We have the 2nd photo of Baby Archibald!

We had our 2nd ultrasound today. The baby appears to be healthy and is growing as it should (9 weeks). We were able to see and hear the heartbeat again. This time the little one was VERY active on the ultrasound, moving all over. That is, until the doctor turned the monitor so Joy could see, then the baby decided to be shy and stop moving! Argh! Playing games on its mother already! At least Tom got to see it moving around.

Yes, it still looks like a "blob" but now it's a bigger blob with arms! The circle on the bottom is the head, the two things sticking out on each side are the arms and the top circle is the rest of the body. You can't see the legs from this view, but the Doctor was able to show us the legs on the ultrasound, too. Tom thinks this ultrasound looks like a picture of Homer Simpson. Hmmm, should we name the baby Homer?

Joy is nauseous almost 24/7 now. Ugh - SO much fun. The saltines and ginger ale seem to work a little bit, at least for a little while. So now Tom is the one eating for two - ha,ha!

Tom went home to Oregon last weekend (Wednesday-Sunday) to be with family and attend John's memorial. He loved being there and getting to see everyone again; I know it was very hard for him to come back. We are planning to take a family trip out there for Christmas 2008 - should be fun with a little 1-year-old!

We also wanted to send a big "Get Well Soon" to Jesse. He was badly injured in a skiing accident in Utah. We are thinking about you and hope you recover soon. We know you are in good hands!

And finally, our thoughts and prayers are with the families, friends, students and staff of Virginia Tech. What a horrible, horrible tragedy. We also send our prayers to the family of the gunman. Such a tragic loss for all. We hope everyone will one day find peace and comfort in the memory of their loved ones.

Take care - we will try to update again soon. It had been a while this time.

Baby's First Photo

We have the first photo of our little "coffee bean"!

Our first ultrasound was this past Wednesday (April 4th). The little bean is healthy and doing well! We were able to see the baby AND see and hear the heartbeat! It was absolutely amazing!! The baby is about the size of a coffee bean right now (hence the nickname) so there isn't a lot to see, but we could see the tiny heart flickering on the screen and when the doctor turned on the audio we could hear it beating loud and clear. That was unbelievable - we weren't expecting to be able to hear the heartbeat this soon!

The doctor also found a second sac from the other embryo that was transferred during our in vitro. It appears the second one attempted to implant as well, but wasn't successful. We are definitely thrilled to have one though!

Here's the first picture of our little bean. The little peanut on the right side of the black oval is the baby. The circle to the top and left of the baby is the yolk sac (is this too much information?):

Isn't technology amazing? We are having another ultrasound two weeks from now on April 18th. The doctor just wants to be absolutely sure that there is nothing growing in that second sac.

Also, here is a link to our new Photo Gallery.

Happy Easter everyone!!!

Our thoughts are with Cheri, Kellen and Cody...

Our thoughts are with Tom's sister Cheri following the loss of her husband John on Saturday, March 31st. John collapsed at his home from an unknown heart ailment. He was only 48.

We are also thinking of Kellen and Cody. They should not have lost their father at such a young age. Cheri and John would have celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary this summer.....instead, a celebration of John's life will be held in July.

Our thoughts, tears and prayers are aimed at Cheri and the boys at this very sad time. We are thinking of them every single second. Tom will fly to Oregon next week to be with them.

A community memorial service will take place on April 12th at the new Riverhouse Convention Center in Bend, Oregon. This is a beautiful building in which John and his company had just finished construction.

Cheri, Kellen, Cody....We love you!

And so it begins...

Okay, it's official. I am now starting to feel the bad side of early pregnancy! Ha! I have been EXTREMELY tired lately and have an upset stomach most of the time. I haven't had any major nausea (thank goodness!) - just a general queasy feeling most of the time. It makes it difficult to want to eat anything.

The days seem to be dragging by SO SLOWLY but I know someday I will look back at this and be shocked at how quickly time passed. Each day I look at my pregnancy books and journals and think "I'm only one day closer? We still have 240 days to go?".

Well ... I realize this blog is probably incredibly boring, but there isn't much else to share right now. Here are some pictures of some things we've picked out for the nursery. We haven't bought them yet, but they've gone on the "baby list":

Crib:

Changing Table with Hutch:

Close Up of Leap Froggie Bedding Set: