Visit #3 - March 1st at 9:00 a.m.

Hey all,

It was a short visit but rather reassuring to have heard our baby's heartbeat for the first time. Dr. Patrick Roth said the little one's quite active for, besides the heart, he could hear other sounds, like "swoosh" or swinging arms and legs.

As for my morning sickness, I can say it's behind me. Nausea is something in my memory now and I'm feeling great, however I still need to manage my sleeping habits. I'm starting to love eating and having specific cravings (i.e. agua fresca, carne asada, and a gourmet salad). It feels good to know what I want to eat, again. I just need to watch it, I think I might eat too much down the line. I still need to gain weight, I'm back to 105 lbs. 15 weeks down and ## more to go.

Possible Future Holly Jr. Look Alike

Dianne stumbled upon this cuuuute photo of a little boy, whom she believes to look like our future son, that is if we are having a boy. If anyone happens to see some other potential candidates send the photo to us.

2nd Visit

Last week, we actually got to visit an OB/GYN. We thought we were just visiting a mid-wife, but apparently from now on we'll be visiting him. He's really friendly and wasn't rushed in spending time with us.

He gave us a due date of August 23, putting Julia about 12 1/2 weeks. We got another ultrasound, this time from on top of her belly. We may post that here later.

From now on, it seems like our visits will become routine checkups to just make sure everything is ok until the day we deliver.

We'll definitely post when we find out the gender of our baby.
Any suggestions for names?

First Prenatal Visit

What I thought was going to be just a routine visit with a nurse to draw blood ended up being a visit with a mid-wife in the OB group. Apparently, Julia is 10 weeks already! That means we can have our first ultra-sound!

"Wow, wow, wow. No way. Wow. There he is. Wow. Are those the arms? Whoa, he's moving? I can't believe it. He's actually inside of you. Right there. That's what we looked like before? Wow."

4.25 cm...We're hoping it's a boy.

That visit was in Brea. We're going to Sand Canyon (closer, in Irvine) next week, Friday February 2nd.

Lord, we consecrate this baby to Christ and the church. May he grow up loving You in Your house all the days of His life.