Finally, some news!

Ok, so this blog has basically sat dormant for the last couple of months. Frankly, between traveling, working on a dissertation proposal, and being swamped at work, neither of us have had much time to work on it. However, now that Kendall is in her second trimester and we've had a couple of doctor's appointments, it seems if we are ever going to get this blog off the ground, we better go ahead and do it.

To bring everyone up to speed, here's a quick synopsis of baby news over the last few months. We found out Kendall was pregnant on Easter Sunday. We decided to wait a couple of months before we told anyone. We told our family on Kendall's birthday when we returned from Europe. We were showing them some pictures of our trip and at the end put in a shot of us holding a sign that said "We're having a baby!" Everyone was very excited.

Since then, Kendall has seen her midwife three times. We have got to hear the baby's heartbeat twice, which was very exciting. Yesterday we went for a level 2 ultrasound. They wanted to get a more detailed look at the baby and provide us with some genetic counseling just to be on the safe side. This was the first sonogram we've had.

We're happy to say that the baby looks healthy and is developing well. The doctor actually said the baby must have read the anatomy manual because many of the proportions were perfect. The only thing they noticed was a small choroid plexus cyst, which is evidently fairly common among babies in the womb. The doctor said they see about three of these every week, and they almost always go away by the third trimester. He assured us that it was nothing that we should lose one minute of sleep over.

Oh yeah, and we also found out what we're having. Drumroll please..............................................
It's a GIRL! We are very happy, of course. Jeff thought it was a girl all along. Mostly, we are just happy that the baby appears to be healthy, but we're also very excited to now know what kind of baby we are having. We went out and bought three little girl outfits right after the appointment yesterday. Kendall is going shopping with her mom this weekend, so if anybody else out there is looking to buy baby stuff, particularly for a little girl, you might want to do it before they get started.

We hope to get some of the ultrasound pictures scanned in and posted before long. We'll keep you posted.