Thursday, June 12, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Our baby- the model
So yesterday I was wandering around the exhibit hall at the Southern Baptist Convention that's here in town when I came across a booth that was offering FREE sonograms! Basically, they were a group with the North American Mission Board that works with pregnancy centers and their new mission is to put ultrasound machines in these centers in the hopes that women who can see their baby would choose to keep their baby. Anyway, long story short, these people asked if they could have a picture of my baby to put up on a screen at their booth to try to get people to donate money... and here he/she is!
It was really fun since our last ultrasound was at 10 weeks and this was at 18 weeks... AND it was a great preview for what we're going to get to see at our 19 week ultrasound next Monday. William wasn't able to be there, but my friends Kelly and Kendall were able to come and watch the whole ultrasound live on the screen! So exciting! I asked the ultrasound tech to NOT tell me whether or not she could determine the baby's gender since William wasn't able to be there, but hopefully we'll find that out next week!
On the home front, there isn't a whole lot to show from last week. They added our electrical, pipes, and air conditioner/heat pump, threw in our bathtubs/shower floor, and put up the insulation on the exterior walls. But THIS week, they'll be putting up the drywall and adding the siding and brick to the outside... so we should have some great pictures to post next week!
I'm scheduled to take my physical therapy board exam on the 19th... so my life recently has been revolving around studying for that! It's really frustrating because they make the practice exams super-hard and so everyone fails them (or comes really close to it) and your test analysis reveals you are "incompetent" in most categories... but apparently you can still pass the real test without any problems! I think it's fairly insane. And not fair. I should feel like I've learned something the past 3 years... but I don't! :)
So we're heading to St. Louis on Friday for the weekend and to prepare for our dr.'s appointment on Monday... I'll be sure to post before I go to bed Monday night with the information you're all dying to know- boy or girl?!
It was really fun since our last ultrasound was at 10 weeks and this was at 18 weeks... AND it was a great preview for what we're going to get to see at our 19 week ultrasound next Monday. William wasn't able to be there, but my friends Kelly and Kendall were able to come and watch the whole ultrasound live on the screen! So exciting! I asked the ultrasound tech to NOT tell me whether or not she could determine the baby's gender since William wasn't able to be there, but hopefully we'll find that out next week!
On the home front, there isn't a whole lot to show from last week. They added our electrical, pipes, and air conditioner/heat pump, threw in our bathtubs/shower floor, and put up the insulation on the exterior walls. But THIS week, they'll be putting up the drywall and adding the siding and brick to the outside... so we should have some great pictures to post next week!
I'm scheduled to take my physical therapy board exam on the 19th... so my life recently has been revolving around studying for that! It's really frustrating because they make the practice exams super-hard and so everyone fails them (or comes really close to it) and your test analysis reveals you are "incompetent" in most categories... but apparently you can still pass the real test without any problems! I think it's fairly insane. And not fair. I should feel like I've learned something the past 3 years... but I don't! :)
So we're heading to St. Louis on Friday for the weekend and to prepare for our dr.'s appointment on Monday... I'll be sure to post before I go to bed Monday night with the information you're all dying to know- boy or girl?!
Monday, May 26, 2008
Framing Pictures and Predictions
Hello again! Since I hadn't posted in 3 weeks, I decided 2 posts within a couple of days was in order! Yesterday, Ann, mother of by OBU friend Kelly, made her official prediction on the gender of our baby (she worked in an ob-gyn's office for a while): she predicts a girl! I hear, she's pretty accurate.. :)
We went by the house today to take some pictures of the inside, and knew some of you wanted to see them, so here they are!
Upstairs: standing in master bedroom looking into bathroom/closet
View out master bedroom window
Looking down the stairs
Formal dining/living room looking out the front windows
View from back door to front door
View from living room into garage
Game room/loft upstairs
View from the top of the stairs: loft and bedrooms
View from the loft loking back toward the stairs. That's the laundry room that has some drywall in it
Bedrooms
View from the garage into the living room. That's the fireplace in the back left corner of the living room
View from front door to back door
view from formal living/dining are toward living room
Standing in kitchen looking toward living room
Standing in living room looking toward kitchen
That's all, kids! More to come later....
We went by the house today to take some pictures of the inside, and knew some of you wanted to see them, so here they are!
Upstairs: standing in master bedroom looking into bathroom/closet
View out master bedroom window
Looking down the stairs
Formal dining/living room looking out the front windows
View from back door to front door
View from living room into garage
Game room/loft upstairs
View from the top of the stairs: loft and bedrooms
View from the loft loking back toward the stairs. That's the laundry room that has some drywall in it
Bedrooms
View from the garage into the living room. That's the fireplace in the back left corner of the living room
View from front door to back door
view from formal living/dining are toward living room
Standing in kitchen looking toward living room
Standing in living room looking toward kitchen
That's all, kids! More to come later....
Thursday, May 22, 2008
So much change...
I just realized it's been 3 weeks since I last posted! WOW, the time has flown by! :)
Change #1: I have officially graduated from physical therapy school, and you can all feel free to call me doctor! Here are some pictures from the day (you can click on them to make them bigger)
William and I at graduation (he cheated by standing on the step!) :)
Me, Laura, and Kassie on graduation day! Oh, and by the way, I cut 14 inches of hair off!
Change #2: My tummy seems like it's getting bigger every day! We went back to the doctor on the 15th and got to hear the heartbeat for the first time. It was very fast- 167 beats per minute! Some people say that means we're getting a girl! We'll find out for "sure" hopefully on June 16th. Here's my best attempt at a belly shot taken at 15 weeks, 5 days:
It's getting there! I'm definitely wearing maternity pants and tanktops, and from the look of this picture I should retire that t-shirt to the "pre-pregnancy" pile as well!
Change #3: Our house building has begun! On the 15th, our friends Kelly and Andy called to tell us that they had poured the driveway and foundation and then on the 19th, they started the framing. Here's some pictures:
Framing on Day 1- the first floor
Day 4: The front of the house
Day 4: The back of the house
Change #1: I have officially graduated from physical therapy school, and you can all feel free to call me doctor! Here are some pictures from the day (you can click on them to make them bigger)
William and I at graduation (he cheated by standing on the step!) :)
Me, Laura, and Kassie on graduation day! Oh, and by the way, I cut 14 inches of hair off!
Change #2: My tummy seems like it's getting bigger every day! We went back to the doctor on the 15th and got to hear the heartbeat for the first time. It was very fast- 167 beats per minute! Some people say that means we're getting a girl! We'll find out for "sure" hopefully on June 16th. Here's my best attempt at a belly shot taken at 15 weeks, 5 days:
It's getting there! I'm definitely wearing maternity pants and tanktops, and from the look of this picture I should retire that t-shirt to the "pre-pregnancy" pile as well!
Change #3: Our house building has begun! On the 15th, our friends Kelly and Andy called to tell us that they had poured the driveway and foundation and then on the 19th, they started the framing. Here's some pictures:
Framing on Day 1- the first floor
Day 4: The front of the house
Day 4: The back of the house
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Moving is such a hassle...
So I'm sitting in the floor of our new apartment in Noblesville, IN writing this post... waiting for William and Kenny and the moving truck to show up... while maintenance guys install our new sink in the bathroom....
I was SUPPOSED to be able to move in yesterday, but due to some staffing changes/maintenance being done on the apartment, today is the day! Cheers to our friends Kelly and Andy for letting me and the cats crash at their place :)
As far as pregnancy goes, every thing's going really well! My tummy is starting to stick out a little, but I don't know if you can tell yet in a picture... I'll see what I can do!
Monday was my last day EVER (well, at least for now.. heh) of school. It was actually a lot more sad than I thought it was going to be. You don't realize how attached you can become to 55 other people over the course of 3 years until it's time to say goodbye to them. See you guys on the 15th! Can't wait to graduate with you!!
By the way, it's DR. Higgins now!
I was SUPPOSED to be able to move in yesterday, but due to some staffing changes/maintenance being done on the apartment, today is the day! Cheers to our friends Kelly and Andy for letting me and the cats crash at their place :)
As far as pregnancy goes, every thing's going really well! My tummy is starting to stick out a little, but I don't know if you can tell yet in a picture... I'll see what I can do!
Monday was my last day EVER (well, at least for now.. heh) of school. It was actually a lot more sad than I thought it was going to be. You don't realize how attached you can become to 55 other people over the course of 3 years until it's time to say goodbye to them. See you guys on the 15th! Can't wait to graduate with you!!
By the way, it's DR. Higgins now!
Monday, April 21, 2008
Not a great start
Sorry it's taken me so long to post... it's been a really busy week!! It started out with a doctor's appointment last Tuesday morning. The ultrasound was way more fun this time around. The first time was cool, because you could see the little flicker of the heartbeat, but everything else was just a blob. This time, we could not only see the heartbeat, but arms and legs waving and kicking around! I was surprise how much he/she was moving!!! Here's an ultrasound pic:
If you look closely, you can see that the baby is lying on its back, the super-huge head is on the left and you can see arms and legs and even the embryonic tail! (yes, my child has a tail... for now) So since the baby was a lot bigger than last time, they got a better measurement and estimated my due date to now be November 8th. I updated the ticker at the top :)
Wednesday night was skit night at school. Every year, the graduating PT class creates/videotapes skits relating to funny things that happened over the past 3 years, or lightly making fun of each other and our wonderful faculty and staff. This year was rumored to be the best ever... we were pretty good! :) Maybe once I get the DVD I can post some of the funnier videos so you can get a better idea.
Friday morning we headed to Noblesville, Indiana (our future home) to pick out all the tiny details of our new house! Carpet, tile, cabinets, faucets, fixtures... it all had to be done. I think we did a pretty good job, and were VERY efficient! I tried really hard to be decisive and not just say "I don't know... what do you think?"
PT08 class photo in Forest Park
William and I with our friends Kassie (a classmate of mine) and her fiance Clint at skit night
Skit night: PT08 and faculty/staff that were there that night
If you look closely, you can see that the baby is lying on its back, the super-huge head is on the left and you can see arms and legs and even the embryonic tail! (yes, my child has a tail... for now) So since the baby was a lot bigger than last time, they got a better measurement and estimated my due date to now be November 8th. I updated the ticker at the top :)
Wednesday night was skit night at school. Every year, the graduating PT class creates/videotapes skits relating to funny things that happened over the past 3 years, or lightly making fun of each other and our wonderful faculty and staff. This year was rumored to be the best ever... we were pretty good! :) Maybe once I get the DVD I can post some of the funnier videos so you can get a better idea.
Friday morning we headed to Noblesville, Indiana (our future home) to pick out all the tiny details of our new house! Carpet, tile, cabinets, faucets, fixtures... it all had to be done. I think we did a pretty good job, and were VERY efficient! I tried really hard to be decisive and not just say "I don't know... what do you think?"
Starting Sunday night, my run-through week has started! This is the 3rd year for the Washington University Med School Musical and it is a blast! This year we're performing Bye Bye Birdie (with a modern twist) and we open on Thursday night. It's a little bit complicated by the fact that this is also my last week of school (EVER!) and I'm trying to get last minute projects and presentations finished. Yikes! I'll close with a couple of more pictures...
PT08 class photo in Forest Park
William and I with our friends Kassie (a classmate of mine) and her fiance Clint at skit night
Skit night: PT08 and faculty/staff that were there that night
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Uh oh...
So, it's started... about a week and a half ago, I was driving home from target when it hit me... the dreaded pregnancy sickness! The persistent nausea has hit me every day since then between the hours of 3 and 5 in the afternoon. However, I've managed to prevent actually getting "sick"! If I eat something salty, it helps keep the nausea under control. So much for avoiding it...
Things are definitely changing! I can't wear any of my non-stretchy waist pants and I'm having to wear a tummy sleeve pretty much all the time now, but they're great! It's just a stretchy material shaped like a tube top that you put around the top of your pants/belly and it makes it to where you don't have to button your pants, and it just looks like you're wearing a cami! They need to market these to the ever-expanding waistlines across the country... I'll post a pic of it at some point.
I go back to the doctor on Tuesday. Hopefully they'll be able to confirm a due date.
Oh, and William is doing well, too! :) He's staying pretty busy by planning the logistics of our move on the 30th. We're going to Indiana on the 18th/19th for some house-building meetings, which should be fun... then after all that, all that's left is for me to graduate on May 16th!
Keep us in your prayers for our doctor's appointment on Tuesday, and that we don't get too stressed about the move... and I'll try to dig up some pictures to post!
Things are definitely changing! I can't wear any of my non-stretchy waist pants and I'm having to wear a tummy sleeve pretty much all the time now, but they're great! It's just a stretchy material shaped like a tube top that you put around the top of your pants/belly and it makes it to where you don't have to button your pants, and it just looks like you're wearing a cami! They need to market these to the ever-expanding waistlines across the country... I'll post a pic of it at some point.
I go back to the doctor on Tuesday. Hopefully they'll be able to confirm a due date.
Oh, and William is doing well, too! :) He's staying pretty busy by planning the logistics of our move on the 30th. We're going to Indiana on the 18th/19th for some house-building meetings, which should be fun... then after all that, all that's left is for me to graduate on May 16th!
Keep us in your prayers for our doctor's appointment on Tuesday, and that we don't get too stressed about the move... and I'll try to dig up some pictures to post!
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