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C-Section on October 8

Trey — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:37:47 +0000

We went to see our doctor for Jackie’s 36 week ultrasound today. As we suspected, Addison hasn’t flipped yet and remains breached. She’s not even born, and she’s already being stubborn! They’ve scheduled a C-section for Jackie at 7:30 AM on October 8. Jackie’s not too crazy about having a C-section, but I know that people say it’s easier on the baby. She’ll have to stay in the hospital for a few days and then have a longer recovery, but I’m sure everything will turn out just fine. So it’s 16 days and counting!

Pregnancy Update – 34 Weeks

Trey — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:41:29 +0000

We’re officially at 34 weeks, and Jackie and Addison are still doing fine. Jackie had her latest ultrasound today, and Addison is 6 pounds and perfectly healthy. The only thing we’re watching is the fact that she’s still breached. We’re really hoping she turns her little stubborn self the right direction in the next few weeks.

Baby Views Photographs

Trey — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:18:42 +0000

Baby Views is a place that takes “4D” ultrasounds of your baby around 30 weeks into the pregnancy and gives you a disk of photographs. It’s the first time you ever get to see your child look like an actual baby and not that fuzzy, black and white ultrasound image you get from your regular doctor.

Jackie and I went for our visit yesterday and spent about 45 minutes with the doctor as she took all kinds of measurements, told us about Addison’s size and weight and growth, predicted how long she’ll be, and a lot of other helpful and fun information. As an aside, does anyone else find it strange that we talk about length until a baby is born and height after a baby is born? I feel like we should put a size on her too. Congratulations, Trey! You’re baby will be size Medium!

The Doctor told us that if Addison goes to term she’ll be about 8.5 lbs and over 21 inches long. Her legs are already the length of a baby 3 to 4 weeks older than her! If you know Jackie and me, then this won’t surprise you. She also said she had a small head but that was normal and good. Everything else is looking great so far. Our only concern is that she’s currently breached, and we’re obviously hoping she turns before the big day comes. The doctor said we still have plenty of time for that to happen so we’ll see.

The photos we received are below. Addison kept her left hand – and sometimes her foot! – in front of her face most of the time, but I think the photos turned out great.

Pregnancy Update: 28 weeks

Trey — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:24:41 +0000

Jackie is now in her 28th week. She visited the doctor last week for a regular checkup, and everything is looking great. The only issue is that the doctor would like her to gain more weight than she has so far. Jackie tends to eat like a rabbit so we’ve busted out the blender and the protein powder as well keeping a supply of grilled chicken breasts on hand. The doctor also wants her to eat more fish so I’ll be cooking orange roughy tonight for dinner.

As you can see, she’s finally starting to get a real belly. It’s not huge yet, but everyone at least thinks she’s pregnant now.

New Nursery for the Baby

Trey — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:12:00 +0000

I moved my office to our spare bedroom so that we could use it for the baby’s nursery. It took me almost an entire day to move all the furniture and electronic gizmos that I have. It’s scary how much care I put into setting up all my equipment very orderly and neatly only to see the rat’s nest of wires that it’s turned into over the last 2 years.

Jackie decided she wanted to go with a light cream color for the upper 2/3 of the walls, textured wallpaper painted pink for the lower 1/3 of the walls, and a chair rail separating the two. While that sounds complicated, there was one great thing that came out of it. Daddy gets a new saw!!!

We went to Lowe’s and picked up all the stuff – including a new 10 inch miter saw for me – and we’re currently hard at work getting the room ready. Here are some photos of our progress as of this morning.

Update – 6/4/2008

We’re now done with the nursery. I’ve added the new pics below. I think it turned out pretty darn good if I do say so myself.

Bring on the girls

Trey — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:06:50 +0000

Once again, my brother Paul has to be just like his older brother (and I’m pretty sure his idol) – me. Paul and his wife, Tara, found out they are having a girl today. Both our families just doubled the estrogen! Oh well, at least Paul and I can trade stories about how our wife and daughter ganged up on us and we had no choice but to go along. Plus, we can both be sick of pink and yellow together.

Congratulations Paul and Tara!

It’s a Girl!

Trey — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:23:09 +0000

Jackie and I went for our appointment at Baby Views yesterday and found out that we’re having a girl. Jackie has been hoping and praying for a little girl so she’s on cloud nine right now. I’m glad we finally know so we can start picking out clothes, getting the nursery ready, and figuring out what we’re going to name her. Our regular doctor had Jackie at 16 1/2 weeks, but the doctor at baby views estimates she’s at 17 1/2 weeks. Either way, we’re still on for delivery sometime in mid-October. I added more photos to the gallery. Go here to see them.

Video from the Ultrasound at Baby Views

Pregnancy Update – 12 weeks

Trey — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:56:02 +0000

We went to the doctor this past monday for our 12 week visit. They did a second ultrasound, and the baby is now the size of a lime. It looks a bit like a little alien, but you can see its head, arms, body, and legs. We even got to see it move around a bit. Everything else was normal so we’ll head back in another 4 weeks for our next visit.

I’ve created a photo gallery to show all our pregnancy photos. Go here to see it.

We’re Pregnant!

Trey — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:28:27 +0000

Jackie and I just found out that we’ll be having a baby! She’s about 4 weeks into her pregnancy, and everything is going smoothly so far. Our first doctor appointment is Feb 27 so we’ll be sure to keep everyone updated on how it’s going.