Week 24

OH MY GOODNESS!!!  This means I'm, dare I say it... CAUGHT UP! :o)

Week 23

Week 22

Seussin' It Up

Dear Grandma Laub,
Mommy couldn't help herself- she found this starter set for SO CHEAP!  So, if you would like to buy me Dr. Seuss please do, just not any of the 5 books that come in this set (Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, Fox in Socks).  Yes, I know Green Eggs and Ham is your favorite - it was selfish of Mommy to steal from you the joy of buying that one! 

Love,

 Baby Boy Kennedy

Week 20

Here it is... the beginning of the weekly (or near-weekly) pics.  While I am 23 weeks today, I'm behind as usual :o).  I thought week 22 was with this one, but it's still on the camera at home so I'll update that once I take this week's pic....  NO LAUGHING AT ME!! ;o)

Baby's Third Ultrasound

This was the BIG day!!  The day we finally found out if we were having a boy or a girl.  I was very surprised when we were only given one picture :o(.  It's another profile of Baby, but additionally this time he's got his arms bent at the elbow with his hands over his face.  I was amazed at how much he'd grown when we saw him at this appointment.  OUR BABY BOY!!!  It was just an amazing moment!

Baby's Second Ultrasound

I MIGHT just get all the ultrasound pics up by the time this baby's born :o).  The purpose of this visit was genetic screening... there was blood work, a long family medical history review, and the ultrasound.  Part of the ultrasound was to check for Down's Syndrome - one of the primary things they check is certain proportions (especially those of the face), and the pocket of spinal fluid at the base of the neck (the bottom most white area basically on the upper two pics). 
Good news is that Baby looks fine (no guarantees but all signs are good)!!  Bad news is that we walked away with nothing but profile shots.  Oh well... the good news was SO worth it!  Can you make out the little nose, lips, and cheek area?  Is he cute or what!??

Dad out...

Yeah, Shawn shipped out this morning.  It's only two and a half months though... we're very lucky in that respect.  Anyway... if anyone would like to send him anything his address is:
SHAWN KENNEDY
451 EAMXS / A-10
APO, AE 09355

PLEASE NOTE:  Shawn asked me to again make sure everyone knows he has little/no room to store things... he will also have little room to bring anything home with him.  So...keep it edible and/or share-able, please. :o)

Baby's First Ultrasound

Again, I'm terrible, and these are VERY late.  Here they are though...at this point I was 10-weeks pregnant.  I joked that we were having a little grub because the baby's head was still so disproportionately big that when we'd see the baby move it looked like just the bottom half was flopping around... like a grub taken out of the ground.  Sorry Baby... Mommy still loves you!  Shawn said it looked like a deep sea squid... I never saw that one, but it's more intriguing than a grub.

All kidding aside, in the first picture you're seeing Baby's first profile shot; the whitest area in the center is the mouth and the darker lobe above is the forehead.  

In the next three you're seeing full body profiles; there are two prominent parallel white lines in this second picture, just above are three faint white parallel lines...those little lines are fingers!

In this fourth picture the baby's head is in the curve of the u-shape and at the opposite end the white area up higher is a foot/leg.

Last one today... I swear... for Grandma

Grandma - you were asking the colors for the nursery... this is the bedding set we're using.  Our crib is Cherrywoood, and i don't know what the rest of the room will look like yet, but colors will be based on this with other things (paint, rugs, etc) pulling in some red and khaki.

Registered

Registry is done... I've never created one before... I feel a little demanding and spoiled.  Honestly, cards full of advice and well wishes are enough for us!  For those that have asked when this will be ready though, here it is: Babies 'R' Us, registry # 44783688... we're in Parkville, MD. 

I guess I should send this link out...

Well... so much for sharing my personal life online... I never finished updating the page and never sent the link out, so i haven't been sharing very much :oS. 

Yesterday we had our 19-week ultrasound.  The baby looks great...arms and legs are growing well, spinal cord, brain, kidneys all look good, etc.  I am so grateful!!  We also got to find out the sex of the baby... IT'S A BOY!!!!  Yipee!! 

I'll see if i can't use the couple extra days off for Christmas to get all my ultrasound pictures from various stages scanned and posted...maybe I'll even throw in a belly shot (clothed!).  Sorry for being so out of touch everyone.  I love you all!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I can't believe I'm a blogger

With so many people we love so far away I suppose I'm grateful for this technology, but I never thought the day would come that I'd be sharing my personal life over the internet. Babies do change EVERYTHING.