New Niece

The first of this years babies has arrived (yes, I am a little late posting this....). Emily Morgan Figas was born on Tuesday May 22nd. She was 6 lbs, 11 oz (I think). I don't know how long she was. Both mom and baby are doing great.

Congratulations Matt and Cristine!!

Busy Week!

On Tuesday, we went to the Maternal Fetal Department at RMH for our Nuchal Transleucency Ultrasound. Baby was very co-opeartive in the beginning and the ultrasound tech was able to get the measurements she needed right away. So then she started to show us other pics of Baby. She took a couple in 'normal' 2D and gave us those, one picture shows baby relaxing with his/her legs crossed at the ankles. Then she changed the sensor on the ultrasound machine and we got to see Baby in 3D and 4D! We didn't get any pictures in 4D, she said that is best for watching Baby move, but this is when Baby choose not to cooperate and didn't move. She was able to get lots of pictures of Baby in 3D, though! It was pretty amazing! At one point, baby looked right at us, opened his/her mouth and proceeded to stick his/her tongue out at us!!! We got to see and hear the heartbeat again, it was 157.

12 weeks 6 days

Friday was our routine OB appointment. Everything was great. No ultrasound, but he did use the doppler so we got to hear Baby's heartbeat, again, it was in the 150's.

Ron has been hard at work in his flower gardens moving and planting. We finally got the trellis I bought him last year put together and he moved it out there this week. It looks great. He moved some Clematis so that it climbs up the sides of it. His gardens are looking great. I'll take some pics on a nice sunny day next week and post them.

Happy Mother's Day!

It's been a busy couple of weeks, I'll try to recap the highlights...

At the beginning of May, Ron went back to night shift. His normal hours are now 5:30pm to 5:30am 7 days every 2 weeks. He is still working the same days and weekends he was before, just at night instead of during the day. It is a decision that he and I talked long and hard about and didn't take lightly. Needless to say, it has been a BIG adjustment for all of us (including the dogs).

Rebecca announced a couple of weeks ago that she and Michael (her boyfriend of a couple years) are going to be getting married in October! She has been fun to listen to with her wedding plans and ideas! I think it will be an "interesting" affair, however one I am very excited about and wouldn't miss for anything (except if Baby decides to come visit us early)!!!

Last weekend was my sister-in-law Cristine's baby shower. It was the 1st time that all 4 of us sisters have been together since we have all been pregnant. It was a lot of fun! Mary gave each of us girls a gift of a maternity top and matching sweater and we all posed for a picture (which we all got a framed copy of for Mother's Day). It will be the only time we will all be pregnant together, so it was a fun picture to take! For those of you who don't know, My sister-in-law Cristine is due May 27th (but the consensus is that she will probably deliver soon). She is having a girl (Emily Morgan). My sister Sarah is due September 13th, she chose not to find out the sex of her peanut and be surprised! My sister Caren is due on October 18th with her second child. She is planning to find out the sex if baby co-operates, but doesn't know it yet. And I am still due on November 21st.

(left to right, Sarah, me, Cristine, and Caren)

This weekend for Mother's day, I spent Saturday (yesterday) shopping with my mom. We looked at baby clothes and shopped for Maternity clothes as I will probably start needing them sooner rather than later! We had a great day! Last night Dad and Mary planned a Mother's Day Dinner Out for the whole clan; it was crazy! Everyone but Ron, Matt and Cristine, and Tina were there. Ron was working, Cris wasn't feeling well, so Matt stayed home with her "just in case", and Tina was at home recovering from foot surgery! We laughed and talked all evening and then realized how crazy it would be next year if everyone and all the kids are there! Instead of this years wild party of 12, (if my addition is correct) we will be a party of 20!!! WOW!!!! 4 of whom will be under the age of 1!!!! This morning Ron and I went to visit his mom for Mother's day. We had a nice visit. She gave us a big bag of things for Baby that she got at Kohls.... sleepers, onesies, sleep and plays, blankets, bibs!!! It was great. Tons of fun to look at everything! All in all, it was a great weekend.

We have an appointment on Tuesday for our Nuchal Transleucency ultrasound. We are looking forward to another chance to see our little turkey. Friday we have another doctors appointment.