His Name???

Hi,

We need some help with deciding on a name. It's SO hard! Please go to the website listed below and vote on a name.

Thanks,
R&R

http://www.babyzone.com/babynames/bnpoll.asp?pollid=130320

Nursery Furniture

We put up our baby furniture today. It is absolutely beautiful.

Trying to figure out where we want the pieces to go.

Placing furniture in the right place.

Unwrapped armiore and unwrapping dresser.

Unwrapping crib.

The crib will convert into a toddler bed, a day bed, and a full size bed.

The track for one of the drawers was a little bent but Brodie was able to fix it. Thankfully we don't have to send anything back.

The crib.

Crib headboard.

Dresser.

Armiore.

Everything in it's place with the dresser to the right.

The nightlight Brodie bought for the nursery. The lights shine blue.

Sandi was pretty freaked out by all of the excitement and huge boxes in the living room.

Sandi hiding.

Sorry you have to turn your head to see this video but I couldn't figure out how to rotate it. Turn the volume up.

13 weeks 4 days

Well, I am almost to the beginning of my second trimester. (14weeks)

I have been experiencing severe lower back pain and have been in bed for the last two days. Today I was able to roll over onto my side so I think I'm doing better than yesterday.

This morning after Brodie left for work, Sandi and I were lying in bed. I was laying on my tummy but with my leg pulled up towards my chest keeping most of my wieght off my tummy. As I was laying there, I felt a little thump. It was very low in my pelvis and I automatically knew it was different than anything else I had felt. It felt exactly like a kick! I felt my little man move today. I can't wait until it gets more pronounced. I am sure it was just a fluke because of how I was laying so I don't expect to feel him move again for a while but it was very precious.

I went to my OB yesterday to let her know about my back and we heard the baby's heartbeat. Everything sounds great.

12 weeks & 1 day

Everything went great again today! The doctor said that the baby was growing perfectly and we are going to have this baby! She is still convinced it's a boy although we couldn't get any good pics because he was moving so much. He was bouncing all around in there. I have no idea how I cannot feel him yet but it should only be a few more weeks until I can. He is getting so big now, so it was hard to get good clear pics. He is measuring 6.3 cm (2.5 inches) and his heartrate is 154. Perfect! I have gained 5 pounds according to their scales but I am still 137 on mine, same as I was 12 weeks ago. My pooch gets a little bigger each day, it's cute.

My next appointment is on December 9th for a regular office visit and my sonogram is scheduled for week 20 on Jan. 6th. (I have gotten so spoiled to seeing my little man every week, so waiting 8 weeks is going to be very hard!) Until then, we can enjoy these.


HEY Y'ALL (if you can't tell, he's waiving at you)














2.5 inches long














The Blob's hand and leg














This is the pic I like to call "Mole Cricket."
It's his spine, belly and legs. (Yes, his head is still there.)














Tiny little blob fingers

Baby moving all around video. Press Play!

Baby waving "BYE" video

10 week ultrasound

I can't believe it. I'm 10 weeks pregnant. This is such a milestone for us since we haven't gotten past 9 weeks. Although we are still acutely aware that anything can happen, we like to think that we are mostly out of the woods since the chances of miscarriage are dramatically reduced at this point.

My hormones have been, lets say..."more pronounced" this week. My poor husband is ready to sleep at the station, but he's been a very good sport and I am a very lucky woman. Still no sickness and no more dizzy spells. I am extremely tired on occasion. Sometimes it is all I can do just to breathe and blink my eyes. But, thankfully that comes and goes. I am also starting to get a little pooch. It's so cute!


Oh, and we're having a boy!
(Click on pics to enlarge and us back arrow to return to main screen.)



It's a boy!!!!!

3.53 cm long


Head, body and leg


Measuring heart beat.







Playing Peek-a-boo!





Head, hand and foot












Please be sure to check out the 10 week development link to the right if you want to learn more about what is happening with the baby this week.

I have figured out that the video's are only 3 seconds long and sound is not available.

The baby's heartbeat.


The baby playing.

8 weeks 4 days

Today was our 8 week ultrasound and everything went perfectly. The heartbeat was 175 which was perfect. As the baby gets older, its heartbeat will decrease to something closer to ours. But, for now, there is a lot going on and the baby and I are both working very hard.

I have been very fortunate not to have experienced "full blown" morning sickness. I have had just little waves of nausea here and there. I have had moments of being incredibly tired and incredibly energized. I almost passed out on Wednesday, but fainting and dizziness is not uncommon. My blood volume will almost double by the time the baby is born so my heart is working overtime. My blood sugar also rises and falls to some degree of one extreme or the other every 2-3 hours, which is entirely normal and also the reason I have to eat small meals every 3 hours or so.

So, without further ado...Here's our baby.

(Click to enlarge images and use back arrow to return to main page.)


Pic of amniotic sac. It's the little halo looking membrane between the baby and my uterus.

The baby's heart is in the two little bars and
is being measured with the graph below the pic.

Pic of blood flow in placenta and baby. The umbilical cord is stretching down to the left side.
















This is a great pic of the yolk sac, the gray hollow circle. It provides the blood supply to the baby until the placenta is formed. It will eventually disappear. The amniotic sac is the orb-like thing and the umbilical cord is the gray fuzzy dot.

This was the greatest pic and the hottest topic of the visit. Here the baby decided to do a little dance for daddy. Brodie is convinced "he" was doing the Super Bowl Shuffle!

Also, this is when Brodie JUST KNEW it was a boy. Take a closer look by clicking on the pic. I tried to convince him that this was the umbilical cord and those parts can't even be seen yet! He wouldn't listen. It was so funny! Dr.'s are usually able to accurately determine the gender of the baby via ultrasound around the 12th week. (3 weeks & 2 days away!)

This is also VERY COOL. This is the baby's spine.

The baby is measuring about 2 cm. Perfect!

Here are some great video's of the baby.

The Heartbeat



The bloodflow inside the baby & placenta.

The baby moving.

If you can't see the video very well try the following steps:

1. Look in the upper right side of the screen and find the words "Page" and "Tools."
2. Click on the drop down arrow to the right side of the word "Page."
3. Click on "Zoom"
4. Choose either "150" or "200"
5. This just makes the screen bigger.
6. Don't forget to change it back to it's original setting after your done.

Our Baby - 7 weeks

Today I went for our 7 week ultrasound. Everything is fine. The baby is measuring right on schedule and had a great heart beat at 145 bmp.

My due date is the last week in May, 2009.

My next appointment is on 10-17.

I'll be 8weeks and 4 days then.

Click on these pics to enlarge and then press the back arrow to go back to the main screen.

The baby is inside the crosshairs and is only 1.08 cm (less than half an inch) and weighs a little less than 1 gram. Basically it's the size of a tic-tac!















The placenta is the big bulge in the lower right. The umbilical cord is the gray thing sticking out to the left and the baby is in the shadows.















The babys heart is inside these two lines. The bubble to the upper right is the yolk sac.















The baby is the squishy blob at the bottom left and the yolk sac is the round thing to the upper right.

30 Miles Off Shore

We went fishing about 30 miles off shore on 8-18-2008 with our friends Chesson and Dee. She caught the 25+/- lb King Mackerel. Chesson caught 4 Red Grouper, Ryan caught 2 Red Grouper and I caught the other grouper. We had lots of fun but the boat ride was too far for me. It took us an hour to get out there and the sun never came out from behind the clouds. Like I said, we had fun, but I don't think I'll be going more than a few miles off shore. I can have just as much fun in shore as I can off shore.

Our First Race

Darlington, SC















Gentlemen, Start. Your. Engines!


















Let's Go Racin' Boyz













Lovin' the Racin'













Tony Stewarts Pit Stop













Matt Kenseth's Pit Stop



























Dale Jr.













Kyle Bush is in the lead!











Go Kyle!!!













Kyle's Burnout!!!!











































Smoke from the burn out.











Click on the play button to play video but first CRANK UP THAT VOLUME!!!!