Growing Tummy??

Well, for all of our friends and family who do not live in New York (and for posterity sake) we've started taking pictures of the tum every week to chart its growth. As my friend Amber W. said, she's gotta see me pregnant, otherwise it'll be just too weird for me to show up with a baby without ever having seen the tum. So, on Saturdays we're snapping pictures...and I'm sorry to say, there is not much to see...barely even a bump. But maybe someday I'll look back on these pictures and think, "hmm...so that's what my stomach looked like BEFORE children!"

12 weeks

11 weeks

12 week check-up

Well, I went to my OB today for my 12 week check up, and things are looking great. It was a pretty quick visit, as I think they mostly are from here on out. Just a quick ultrasound to look at the little heart beating away, and a check of my vitals, and that was about it. She did have the results of my Nucal screening from last week, which were excellent. According to the test I have a 1 in >10,000 chance of having a baby with Down's Syndrome...it's the best possible test result you can have. So, we're definitely thanking God for that! Not that we were every really worried, but it's always nice to have good news!

With our birthday's coming up this weekend, it's hard not to look forward and think of the drastic changes this next year of our lives is going to bring. It is a mix of feelings that I'm sure all first time parents feel...excitement, trepidation, joy, absolute terror, and the overwhelming feeling of, "hey, wait a minute! Who said I was capable of raising a person?!?" We are, needless to say, praying our way through it...as I'm sure we will be for the rest of our lives. What else can you do?

-Trace

Nuchal Translucency Screening

Kevin and I went to the hospital on Wednesday, July 25, for my Nuchal Translucency Screening...a blood test and ultra sound to help detect Down's Syndrome, as well as other chromosomal abnormalities. This was our first external ultrasound, and when the technician started scanning around Kevin and I both gasped. There was actually a baby in there! We could see it! It wasn't just a shapless blob! There was a head, with a cute little profile. We could see it moving it's arms and kicking it's tiny legs. We got to both see and hear the heartbeat. And the whole thing is only 2 inches long! Absolutely astounding!

We have a whole raft of pics, including the one below with the little arm sticking up...we think it's pretty cute.

We have another appointment next Tuesday with my OB...it's our 12 week check up. And then we'll probably start breaking the big news to a wider audience. Things are looking good so far...we just keep praying.

- Trace

A Night at Yankee Stadium

Last week my Uncle Gary and Aunt Suzy were in town to visit my cousins Carrie and Tom and their three little ones (part of the Gary 7 - Ron 1 count). Gary wanted to get to Yankee Stadium before they move to the new stadium year after next, so they treated us to a weekend game at "The House that Ruth Built."

The Yankees got hammered by the Devil Rays, but we had a great time, and Suzy got us a fun little t-shirt for the little one. While little Clem Jr. will definitely be a die-hard DODGER fan, I guess they'll always have a little connection to the Yankees, so no harm no foul I suppose.

Thanks Gar and Sue for a great time! (Go Dodgers!)

- Kev

A bun in the oven!

June 6th, 2007 - everything changed. We have a little one on the way. This blog will follow our journey from little peanut to little person. It's nutzo, but it's happening!



Here's a pic of me shortly after Trace surprised me with two infant sized "My first LA Dodger caps" - needless to say, I was SO excited, with a little disbelief mixed in there too!

- Kev